Ling Tian followed suit, purchasing thirteen jade pendants from the ground around Da Yue Wan. These pendants were etched with various patterns, suggesting a formation.
Next, Ling Tian produced a specially made talisman and infused it with his internal energy. He then released it.
The talisman, drawn on purple paper, slowly floated into the sky and stopped about ten meters above Da Yue Wan's head.
The rain continued to fall. For some reason, this rain was lasting an unusually long time.
Hell Paradise Island actually had abundant rainfall, but it was mostly in the form of showers. Rain that continued all night without stopping was indeed rare.
In fact, this rain was partly related to Ling Tian. Some days ago, he had discovered large pieces of ten-thousand-year ice soul in a cave beneath a volcano. Ling Tian had excavated a substantial chunk, causing fissures in the entire piece of ten-thousand-year ice soul.
The unstable ten-thousand-year ice soul increased its contact area with the magma below, consuming it faster. This, in turn, affected the island's weather and geological stability.
After the talisman ascended to mid-air, hundreds of meters above, a massive amount of spiritual energy and thunderclouds began to converge around it, forming a giant vortex!
At this moment, a message from the Ice Soul Giant Bear appeared in Ling Tian's mind.
Xiong Er, the Ice Soul Giant Bear, unleashed dozens of breaths of extreme cold air. Even though it was a spirit beast, an energy body composed of ice energy, it found such consumption difficult to bear.
Ling Tian walked forward. The Ice Soul Giant Bear lowered its head. Ling Tian patted its head, signaling that it had done well. He then immediately retracted the bear into his spatial dimension and turned to flee!
Meanwhile, in the center of the ground, within a massive block of ice, the ghost god Da Yue Wan had begun to burn its fundamental magical power.
Magical power could be slowly restored after depletion, but once the fundamental magical power was consumed, it would greatly impact its strength and cultivation.
However, there was no other way. Without doing so, it could not resist the intrusion of the bone-chilling cold.
Once invaded by this absolute zero cold, even a powerful demon god would likely be stripped of its skin, if not killed.
Da Yue Wan, in its desperation, began to burn its fundamental magical power. It could never have imagined that after leaving this plane for a millennium, humans would become so powerful!
Finally, after struggling for a few minutes, the layer of ice encasing Da Yue Wan's body finally melted. It appeared somewhat listless, having consumed a significant amount of its fundamental magical power, which had severely damaged its core.
The ice cracked. The moment Da Yue Wan emerged, it sensed something was wrong. It detected an anomaly overhead: a large concentration of spiritual energy gathering there, with rolling thunderclouds seemingly ready to strike at any moment.
Da Yue Wan was terrified by the sight. It immediately prepared to leave the area, to escape this perilous place. However, before its foot could even move, the dozen jade pendants on the ground around it lit up almost simultaneously!
The patterns etched on these pendants were channeling vast amounts of energy, and a connection had been established between them!
Da Yue Wan attempted to escape but found its body seemingly bound by an invisible force.
No matter how it struggled, it was futile. In fact, the more it struggled, the stronger the binding force became. Eventually, Da Yue Wan simply sat down on the ground.
Da Yue Wan was truly despairing. If it were in its prime, breaking free from the ground formation's restraint would have been a matter of minutes.
After all, while the formation was powerful, the spiritual energy stored within it was quite limited.
Once it consumed all the spiritual energy in the formation, the formation would become useless.
However, the previous battle, and its efforts to escape the chilling frost, had completely depleted its magical power, even severely consuming its fundamental magical power. Under these circumstances, Da Yue Wan was truly powerless to turn the tide!
A few dozen seconds later, the giant vortex overhead seemed to have reached its limit. The power of the rolling thunderclouds gradually converged into a single stream!
"Crack!"
With a deafening sound, a thunderbolt as thick as a water bucket descended from the sky, piercing the lightning-attracting talisman and striking Da Yue Wan squarely.
Even a ghost god could not withstand this heavenly might. The immense energy brought by the rolling thunder instantly vaporized Da Yue Wan, turning its entire body to ash, and even its soul dissolved completely!
Thus, a ghost god that had lived for over a thousand years was struck dead by lightning!
Not long after this bolt of heavenly lightning fell, another one descended. This was something Ling Tian had anticipated. This second bolt struck the torii gate in the small grove.
The large gate behind the torii formed a planar passage. Here, the spiritual energy was chaotic, and immense energy was being generated, which attracted the heavenly lightning.
The remaining lightning power in the sky was not wasted. It struck the torii gate squarely, instantly reducing the gate and the spatial passage behind the curtain to dust!
At this point, the dark clouds overhead gradually dispersed, and sunlight broke through the sky. The day had finally dawned!
Ling Tian was already adept at summoning heavenly lightning. He had witnessed it many times before, so he had long since retreated several hundred meters away. Even so, the powerful shockwave generated by the explosion made his scalp tingle.
He approached the center of the lightning strike and found a crater about 20 meters in diameter and half a meter deep. The surrounding soil had been vitrified.
Ling Tian inspected the area and, confirming the monster was dead, left with satisfaction.
Ling Tian passed through the volcanic area and returned to the forest where they were hiding. On the edge of the forest, he found Aurora and Bis, trembling with fear.
They had been hiding at the edge of the forest, afraid of being caught in the crossfire, watching from afar as fireballs and ice rings clashed violently.
Then, they watched as Ling Tian was pursued by the demon god.
Following that, a terrifying heavenly lightning bolt, unlike anything they had ever seen, descended from the sky. Such lightning was also rarely seen in nature!
Just as the two women felt that everything was about to end, another bolt of heavenly lightning fell, striking a few hundred meters away from them. They could even feel the ground shaking, and the immense lightning caused their hair to stand on end!
The two women huddled together, shivering. They were secretly庆幸 (qìngxìng - rejoicing) that they had moved slowly, as they had been contemplating going to the torii gate to take a look!