deltrittennovels Could Chapter 173 be a remnant from ten thousand years ago?
Could Chapter 173 be a remnant from ten thousand years ago?
On the other side, on the vast plain, the five upper-realm cultivators from the Tianxuan Realm were still laughing together.
Wang Yuanjie and another elder, who are usually quite composed, couldn't help but cover their mouths and desperately try to suppress their laughter.
Elder Long, who was being mocked, blushed like a wronged child and chased after the two elders who were laughing the loudest, determined to get an explanation.
"You two bastards! You've been laughing at me! You haven't stopped since just now!"
"Hahaha... Elder Long, we are professional elders of the Holy Land, and we have received the most rigorous training."
Elder Li, while dodging, spoke breathlessly.
"No matter how funny it is, we won't laugh, unless... hahaha... unless we can't help it!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Elder Zhang echoed this sentiment from the side.
The five people seemed to take the sudden lightning tribulation they had just experienced completely lightly, as if they had tripped over a pebble on the roadside while taking a walk after dinner.
But in reality, they were already on high alert.
After all, Wang Yuanjie, this holy son, had actually endured a terrifying lightning tribulation with power sufficient to threaten a peak seventh-order cultivator.
Even though he possessed a protective treasure given to him by his eighth-rank father, he remained unharmed.
But the fact that he was unharmed does not mean that he was completely unaware of what was happening.
The instant the lightning struck him, he used his divine sense to transmit the alarming news that "the sixth elder was launching a sneak attack" to the other four elders.
All they are doing now is to lull the attacker, who is hiding in the shadows, into a false sense of security.
On the surface, they were making a ruckus, but in reality, they were already communicating rapidly through divine sense.
"Still haven't located that person's position, Elder Long?"
Elder Li's voice echoed in everyone's minds, his tone filled with solemnity.
While chasing and playing around, Elder Long replied helplessly in his divine sense.
"Stop talking, I can't find it at all. Divining the secrets of heaven is completely ineffective, and even searching the surroundings with my divine soul yields nothing."
"If the Holy Son hadn't said he was ambushed, I wouldn't have known that this tribulation lightning was man-made!"
"Do you have any clues about the attacker's background?"
Elder Long then inquired.
This news caused the other four to fall silent.
As for clues about the attackers, they really had no leads at all.
In their view, the attacker must be a seventh-level cultivator who is proficient in lightning magic.
Their cultivation level is unknown, but they are definitely no match for the five of them working together in a direct confrontation. That's why they resorted to such underhanded lightning techniques to launch a sneak attack.
It was precisely this characteristic that left the five people completely baffled.
Where did this seventh-level cultivator come from?
It should be noted that this lower realm, known as Tianyuan Realm, has long been transformed by their Taiyan Holy Land into an exclusive farm for "Void Seeds" for many years.
With that eighth-level elder personally setting up a terrifying array that could cover the entire world, it was impossible for anyone other than them to enter this world.
It is also impossible for any seventh-level cultivator to be born again.
No matter what methods the other party uses, it is impossible for them to secretly achieve the seventh rank without the knowledge of an eighth-rank formation.
"Could this person... be a remnant of the Tianyuan natives who were wiped out by the Grand Elder ten thousand years ago?"
After careful consideration, one of the most senior elders put forward this view.
"impossible."
Another elder immediately retorted.
"Those remnants from ten thousand years ago couldn't possibly still be alive. Back then, the Grand Elder personally inspected the area and wiped out all cultivators of the seventh rank and above in this world!"
Upon hearing this, the others all agreed that the elder's words made sense.
This could not possibly be the work of remnants from ten thousand years ago.
Even if some of them were to miraculously survive, it would be absolutely impossible for a new seventh-tier being to emerge under the suppression of an eighth-tier formation.
This eighth-order formation, built with a huge amount of manpower and resources, is not just for show.
At this moment, Wang Yuanjie, who had been silent all along, put forward what he considered to be the most reasonable conjecture.
"Elders, do you think... this could be the work of that chosen one of destiny?"
"Through some unknown lineage belonging to those remnants, they learned of our existence and used my spy to lure us down to the mortal realm, seeking revenge against us."
"I haven't been able to contact the spy I sent to this realm either. He was clearly used and then silenced!"
"That terrifying lightning tribulation just now was caused by some kind of powerful, one-time-use destructive talisman that the opponent possessed!"
Upon hearing these words, the other four elders were immediately shaken.
They felt that Wang Yuanjie's words made a lot of sense and were very valuable for reference.
Both in terms of logic and motivation, this is the most reasonable explanation.
"The Holy Son's words are truly profound. It's as if I've been enlightened, and I understand everything in an instant."
"Your Highness is truly wise! To be able to deduce the entire sequence of events so clearly in such a short time!"
"Truly worthy of being called the Holy Son! Such wisdom far surpasses that of us old folks!"
The four elders couldn't help but praise Wang Yuanjie repeatedly.
Hearing the elders' praise, Wang Yuanjie couldn't help but feel a little smug.
On the surface, however, he forced himself to suppress his pride and put on a humble and flattering appearance, and began to engage in mutual flattery with the four elders.
Clearly, even though he suspected he might have fallen into a trap, he still didn't take the chosen one seriously at all.
After all, the opponent is at most a peak sixth-tier ant.
On their side, the four elders were all at the peak of the seventh rank, and they also had many special methods specifically designed to target the chosen ones.
Under such circumstances, what kind of trouble can the other party cause?
Perhaps that powerful lightning tribulation talisman is already the strongest technique the opponent possesses.
Seeing that this attack had no effect, the opponent was probably already so frightened that they were hiding in some corner, trembling with fear.
However, just as the five of them were preparing to use the Dragon-Seeking Compass, which was specially used to track fortune, to find the other party's whereabouts.
The sky, which had just been clear, was once again shrouded in endless dark clouds for some unknown reason.
Within the sea of clouds, countless dark purple lightning bolts, even more terrifying than before, surged wildly.
The next moment, the endless dark purple lightning, like a wild horse that had broken free, rushed out of the sea of clouds.
These dark purple lightning bolts transformed into hundreds of lightning tribulations, pouring down like a world-ending torrential rain towards the location of the five of them.
Each of these hundreds of lightning tribulations possesses terrifying power comparable to that of a peak seventh-tier cultivator.