Into the Creations 2348

Chapter 2348 – 2348. Ascending To The Light

I waited, doing nothing, for the Wall City Lord’s attack.

The Wall City Lord drew his bow without nocking an arrow. *Pzzzt!* Lightning took the form of an arrow. He had squeezed the lightning energy from his subordinates, compressing it into the shape of an arrow, so the power itself was considerable. If I let my guard down, even I could be in trouble.

If I let my guard down, that is.

“You fool… your arrogance will lead you to your death! Rending Thunder Arrow!”

The Wall City Lord released the bowstring.

The lightning arrow shot forward. It was fast, but compared to real lightning, it was incredibly slow.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 11]

‘I can’t understand the idea of making an arrow out of lightning. No matter how fast an arrow is, it can’t be faster than lightning. By clinging to the arrow, he’s abandoned the advantages of lightning, hasn’t he?’

That lightning arrow contained the mental energy of the Wall City Lord and his disciples, so I couldn’t dominate it or deflect it with lightning reversal.

‘I’ll cut it.’

Thunder Heaven Style, Lightning Flash.

I bisected the lightning arrow flying straight at me. The two halves of the arrow grazed past me on either side.

‘How futile. I didn’t come here just to see something like this. I have to kill all these bastards….’

My senses sent a danger signal. I quickly moved my body to the side. Lightning struck the spot where I had been. The lightning burrowed into the ground, then surged back up, chasing me and beginning to split apart.

That was the lightning arrow. The lightning that had been split into two by my cut. It was splitting and multiplying.

In an instant, lightning filled the surroundings and began to pour down on me.

‘So, the Rending Thunder is a splitting lightning. Interesting?’

I became interested in the Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique. What I was most curious about was how far it could split. I had to deal with the lightning that had taken over the surroundings first.

Thunder Heaven Style, Myriad Thunder Bloom.

Flower buds appeared around me. The flower buds rotated, forcibly absorbing the surrounding lightning. Myriad Thunder was a technique that compressed and enlarged the lightning by rotating it. The surrounding lightning began to be cleared away.

“It’s not over yet! The Rending Thunder is a preliminary step for the secret technique that follows…! Golden Piercer…!”

The Wall City Lord drew his bow, made of jade, and nocked an arrow. This time, it was a metal arrow without fletching.

[Using Flash. Remaining stacks: 10]

I could feel it. The lightning energy spread all around was gathering in front of the Wall City Lord’s bow, forming a path.

I instinctively knew what he was trying to do.

‘This bastard… he’s trying to shoot a railgun with a metal arrow. To think he’d conceive of a railgun in such an absurd way.’

The efficiency was terrible. It couldn’t be helped, as this was like forcing a railgun to fire. To fire a railgun, there was no need to fill the surroundings with lightning.

But the reason he was using such an inefficient method was… because he didn’t know the exact principle.

‘It seems like one of their ancestors accidentally fired a railgun. And this is the closest they could get to reproducing it.’

Before the Wall City Lord released the bowstring, I bloomed the flower buds around me. The flowers made of lightning rotated, blooming brilliantly and exploding. The Wall City disciples were caught in the blast and died.

“Mountain Piercer!”

The Wall City Lord released the bowstring.

Thunder Heaven Style, Flying Thunder God.

I turned my body to the side using the movement technique, but… the magnetic field created by the Rending Thunder twisted, following me. The metal arrow, accelerated by the magnetic field, pierced through my shoulder.

‘So, the Rending Thunder was also a preliminary step for a sure hit….’

But the Flying Thunder God was also a technique that used lightning energy. The lightning energy repelled, twisting the direction of the magnetic field. If it hadn’t, the metal arrow would have pierced my heart.

‘I endured the aftermath. The body of an absolute master isn’t weak. It’s tougher than any rock.’

The hole in my shoulder could be healed.

I looked behind me. The metal arrow had pierced through a mountain, creating a hole, and then flew into the sky.

“How can this be… he avoided the secret technique of the Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique…! How?!”

The Wall City Lord coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground. Except for the Wall City Lord and the elders, all the other disciples had died in the explosion.

“You didn’t completely avoid it. Look here. You made a hole in my shoulder. It hurts a lot.”

I took out a potion from my inventory and poured it on the wound. The bones and flesh regenerated, filling the hole. I was a little tired, but my arm moved fine.

The Wall City Lord rolled his eyes around, then lowered his head.

“Senior! I was wrong! I will offer all the Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique manuals and elixirs to you! Please, forgive me!”

“This bastard… I clearly gave you a chance. You’re the one who threw it away.”

“This one was foolish! Please, forgive me!”

“Kill the elders. Then I’ll consider it.”

*Thud.*

Without hesitation, the Wall City Lord plunged a dagger into the heart of an elder nearby.

“City Lord…! What are you doing?! Do you really believe that bastard?!”

“Senior wouldn’t lie. Even if it’s a lie, this is the only way. Understand… we must avoid the destruction of the sect. Only I, the City Lord, can rebuild the Wall City…!”

“City Lord!!!”

The Wall City Lord and the elders began to fight each other. I watched the bloody battle. The Wall City Lord was surprisingly not tired, and even though the two elders worked together, they couldn’t overwhelm him.

The victor was the Wall City Lord. He had lost his right arm, but he had killed the elders and survived.

“Where’s the secret manual of the Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique?”

“H-here it is!”

He took out the manual and elixirs from his spatial storage. Judging by the fact that he was carrying both, he clearly didn’t trust his subordinates at all.

Most of the elixirs were useless by my standards… but I took them anyway.

I picked up the manual. The words “Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique” were written on the cover.

“That’s not the Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique.”

“It’s originally the Rending Thunder Divine Technique. The name Rending Thunder Divine Bow Technique is a name that spread because some idiot distorted it and made it known to the world. Since our sect’s main weapon is the bow, we call it that as a sign of contempt.”

“I see. In the martial world, bows tend to be looked down upon.”

I opened the manual and quickly scanned through the contents. Just by doing that, I began to understand the contents of the manual.

I, in [Ascending to the Light], am receiving support from the Heavenly Star System. On top of that, I’ve reached the Three Perfections Realm. I can understand most martial arts manuals just by glancing at them. Especially lightning-attribute martial arts. Most lightning-attribute martial arts are inferior to the Thunder Heaven Style. This Rending Thunder Divine Technique is the same.

‘I’ll cut out the parts related to archery…. The method of handling lightning energy is much cruder than the Thunder Heaven Style. I’ll cut that out too….’

There were only two useful things.

The splitting lightning, Rending Thunder, and the Golden Piercer Mountain, which could be called a railgun.

‘The Golden Piercer Mountain is like the ultimate secret technique. The last technique used against enemies that the Rending Thunder Arrow doesn’t work on. Even then, the success rate isn’t even 70%.’

The fact that it succeeded just now was because of luck.

‘I’ll discard the Golden Piercer Mountain. I know the principle of the railgun, so I can do it if I want to.’

After reading the entire Rending Thunder Divine Technique and taking it, I raised my hand. A part of the incantation of the Rending Thunder Divine Technique came to mind. I interpreted and accepted this in the style of the Thunder Heaven Style.

*Pzzzt.*

Lightning surged from the center of my palm. The lightning split and began to break away from my palm.

In an instant, it split into hundreds of lightning bolts, filling the surroundings.

Thunder Heaven Style, Rending Thunder.

“H-huh…! H-how can he understand the Rending Thunder after just looking at the manual once, even if he’s in the Three Perfections Realm…!”

“Understand? This isn’t understanding or anything. I did it because I could.”

It looked impressive on the outside, but it wasn’t that powerful.

In terms of power alone, the Thunder Roar was stronger. It amplified its power by resonating with each other. The significance of the Rending Thunder was in controlling space. And it would be a useful power when sweeping away weaklings.

‘The Rending Thunder is dividing one power into many. It depends on how you use it, but it has the advantage of being easy to control.’

I felt that the Thunder Heaven Style within me had become slightly larger. This was growth.

I drew the Crimson Lotus Flying Blades. The Wall City Lord was startled and took a step back.

“D-didn’t you say you would spare me?!”

“I never said that. I liked the Rending Thunder Divine Technique, so I’ll kill you comfortably.”

He gritted his teeth and threw the jade bow in his hand at me. The jade bow glowed and exploded. The light scattered, obscuring my vision. In the meantime, the Wall City Lord tried to escape over the wall.

Thunder Heaven Style, Lightning Flash.

Lightning wrapped in red qi slashed through the Wall City Lord’s body. Even though I couldn’t see, I could feel his presence clearly. It was impossible for him to escape from me from the beginning.

• • •

I traveled around, collecting lightning-attribute martial arts through auto-progress. There were no martial arts as useful as the Rending Thunder Divine Technique.

When I turned off auto-progress, eight months had passed. I had somewhat adapted to the world of [Ascending to the Light], so I didn’t think much of it.

And today, I arrived in a small city in Xinjiang. I grabbed a man passing by on the street and asked him.

“Where is the Duanmu family?”

The real name of the Shadowless Divine Thrower, Dunmu Jeong, was Duanmu Jeong. I had to find his granddaughter. The key to the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s secret vault was her. To be precise, her blood was needed to enter the vault.

The man, seeing the Crimson Lotus Flying Blades hanging from my waist, said nervously.

“I heard about them when I was young. I heard they were destroyed after getting into a fight with a heretical group called the Seven Blades Mountain.”

“…Destroyed? When?”

“I don’t know exactly when… about 20 years ago.”

“I see. Go on your way.”

“Yes, yes, I will.”

The man scurried away as if fleeing. I stood there, lost in thought. It seemed like I was too late.

‘I completely forgot about the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s secret vault all this time… I guess it can’t be helped. But it doesn’t seem like Duanmu Soha, the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s granddaughter, would die easily.’

Duanmu Soha, the supporting character in [Otherworld Heavenly Demon]. She wasn’t a heroine, but she was a supporting character with a decent amount of importance from the middle part of the story. It was also mentioned that she had more talent than the Shadowless Divine Thrower. Besides, wasn’t she the granddaughter of the Shadowless Divine Thrower, who had reached the realm of god in escaping?

‘I should check it out.’

Thunder Heaven Style, Flying Thunder God.

I jumped into the sky and dove into the lake next to the city.

*Splash!*

Thanks to the blessing of water, I could breathe comfortably even underwater, and I searched the lake. I found an unnatural rock and moved it aside. A cave appeared, just big enough for one person to enter.

I swam into the cave and came to a new cave. I came out of the water, shook my head, and stared at the cave entrance. There should have been a wall, but it was wide open.

‘The entrance to the secret vault is open. It’s clear evidence that someone has entered.’

The floor and walls were covered in moss. Footprints? There were none. It had been at least 10 years, so it was strange to find traces of people entering.

I entered the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s secret vault. There was nothing. They had taken everything, very thoroughly. From martial arts manuals to elixirs, items with unique powers, and gold and silver treasures. They had taken all of those things.

‘It’s not impossible since they would have a spatial storage. First, I need to check if Duanmu Soha is alive. I can’t be sure that Duanmu Soha looted the vault.’

It wasn’t greed for the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s secret vault. No matter how great the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s secret vault was, there wouldn’t be any treasures that could change the world.

Rather, I wanted to have Duanmu Soha.

The Shadowless Divine Thrower’s granddaughter. In a way, wasn’t she the Shadowless Divine Thrower’s greatest treasure?