Chapter 333: Wind and Thunder Canyon

Immersed in cultivation, time passed swiftly.

“**Luo Feng, dawn is approaching. Hong and Thunder God have already ceased their training,**” said Babata, who was lying on a chair in the quiet training room, eyes closed.

“**Oh?**”

Luo Feng closed the book in his hands, shut his eyes, and mentally reviewed the detailed process of cultivating, executing, and the underlying principles of the ‘**Ten-Thousand Sword Soul Seal**’ secret technique he had studied earlier. Then, with a smile, he opened his eyes. After this night, he had theoretically mastered the ‘**Ten-Thousand Sword Soul Seal**’.

Starting tomorrow, he would begin actual cultivation. Once mastered, this ‘**Ten-Thousand Sword Soul Seal**’ would be Luo Feng’s only soul-attacking secret technique worth mentioning.

“**Babata, I’m off,**” Luo Feng said, placing the book back on the shelf.

“**Countdown reminder: the Nooran Shan Family’s forces will arrive on Earth in two years, four months, and twenty-nine days,**” Babata called out.

“**Two years, four months, and twenty-nine days…**” Luo Feng murmured softly, his eyes flashing with a cold glint. The Nooran Shan Family’s forces arriving in two years were something he couldn’t rely on others to handle. In just two years, neither Hong nor the Thunder God would be strong enough to help. For now, he would have to bear this burden alone.

“**Just over two years…**”

“**What should I do?**”

“**If the Nooran Shan Family sends out warriors at the Cosmic Level Sixth or Seventh Stages, how should I respond?**” Luo Feng was troubled. His Golden-Horned Giant Beast body could indeed ascend to the Cosmic Level in a few months, but once he did, the time required for further evolution would become much longer. Moreover, if he used metal combinations, the cost would skyrocket far beyond what it was at the Stellar Lord level. He simply didn’t have enough money.

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In the Milky Way, within a void region,

A D3-class streamlined spaceship, shaped like an axe, flew swiftly through space.

“**Bakarlo, you’ve emerged from seclusion?**” In the control room, with pointed ears, the second-generation Nooran Shan Clan Leader, **Dewen Nooran Shan**, turned his head to look at the newcomer.

“**Mm.**” Bakarlo, cloaked in a black robe, nodded slightly.

Dewen felt a bit uncomfortable inside.

As the second-generation clan leader, he had naturally been apprenticed to the Patriarch at an early age. Bakarlo was his junior apprentice! However… Bakarlo had extremely high aptitude, making him one of the most outstanding disciples among the Nooran Shan. Currently, Dewen was at the Cosmic Level Sixth Stage, while Bakarlo had already reached the Cosmic Level Eighth Stage! Of course, Bakarlo had the right to be aloof.

At the Cosmic Level Eighth Stage, with superior comprehension and combat experience, Bakarlo far surpassed Dewen, who had once been the clan leader.

“**Bakarlo, what do you think is so special about Earth? Not even our elite squad could send back a message before they were all wiped out. The opponent must be quite formidable,**” Dewen gazed at the beautiful starry scenery ahead and asked his junior apprentice beside him.

Bakarlo’s cold eyes stared outside. “**The Mechanical Clan’s spaceship has remained untouched. If there were truly strong opponents, they wouldn’t have left it there.**”

Dewen’s eyes lit up, and he laughed, “**My junior apprentice speaks wisely.**”

“**Senior apprentice, how much longer until we reach Earth?**” Bakarlo asked coldly.

“**Approximately two years, four months, and twenty-six days.**” Dewen replied.

“**Then I’ll enter the virtual universe first.**” Bakarlo said, then turned and left the control room.

Dewen watched Bakarlo’s back disappear, secretly cursing in his heart, “**This bastard… This time he probably only left his cabin to ask about the remaining time to Earth. He didn’t even come out during our wormhole traversal. Now that he knows the approximate time, he probably won’t come out again until we reach Earth.**”

Among the Nooran Shan disciples, Bakarlo was known for being extremely reclusive.

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If Luo Feng knew that the Nooran Shan Family had dispatched two Cosmic-Level experts, one at the Sixth Stage and the other at the Eighth Stage, he would likely feel much more pressure.

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Fifty-one days had passed since entering the Thunder World.

“**No problem, keep moving forward.**” Thunder God sat on the ground, shouting. His waist was soaked in blood, the crimson completely seeping through.

“**Don’t be stubborn. We’re already close to the Thunder and Lightning Canyon, only eight thousand kilometers away. We can reach it in a day.**” Luo Feng said firmly. “**Your injuries are severe. Even with the Wood-Ya Crystal, it’ll take hours to recover.**”

“**Right, Second Brother, we can depart tomorrow.**” Hong also looked at Thunder God.

Thunder God gritted his teeth and muttered a curse, “**Damn it, that bastard bird!**”

Seeing this, Luo Feng felt helpless inside. When they had first set out from the Longsuo Mountains toward the Thunder and Lightning Canyon, they had crossed nearly half of the Thunder World. Back then, with Babata’s alert device, they hadn’t encountered any danger in the Longsuo Mountains, so the group had been quite optimistic. But who would have thought…

As they truly began crossing nearly half of the Thunder World, they realized that this world, used to test and eliminate candidates, was far from easy, as they had imagined.

A 20,000-meter alert radius?

In mountainous and forested areas, it was useful because the dense trees made a 20,000-meter radius quite safe.

But in plains, grasslands, swamps, and rocky mountain regions, some beasts could see for tens of miles. Once they spotted something, with their speed, even with the Thunder World’s high gravity, they could cover twenty kilometers in just one or two seconds.

A 20-kilometer alert radius meant that by the time Luo Feng noticed the threat and gave orders, the others had less than a second to escape.

So encountering danger was normal!

Just now…

A golden monstrous bird, similar to an eagle, might have spotted the group from high above and dove straight down to attack. This golden bird was extremely fast and powerful, far stronger than the average Stellar Lord Ninth Stage warrior. Tie Nanhe was instantly snatched away.

The fierce claw energy slashed wildly. Luo Feng and Hong, wearing alloy battle suits on the outside, had ‘**Moyun Battle Armor**’ underneath to absorb most of the impact, so they were unharmed. But Thunder God had suffered greatly.

Fortunately, it was only the energy that had struck him from a distance. If he had been truly clawed, Thunder God’s life would have been in grave danger.

After being attacked by Ao Gu’s soul assault, the golden bird realized it couldn’t win quickly and immediately turned to flee.

“**We must remain vigilant at all times.**”

“**The beasts’ speed is extremely fast. By the time I detect them and warn everyone, our time to evade will be very short.**” Luo Feng said grimly. “**We’re only eight thousand kilometers away from the Thunder and Lightning Canyon, a day’s journey. Don’t let anything go wrong on the final day.**”

“**If we’re having such a hard time, imagine how perilous the journey must be for smaller teams without any detection capabilities.**” Thunder God couldn’t help but say.

“**We’ve faced no shortage of life-threatening situations ourselves.**” Hong added.

Another night of quiet cultivation passed.

That night, Luo Feng spent his time training in the ‘**Killing Field**’ space. Over the past few weeks, while cultivating both ‘**Dun Tian Shuttle**’ and ‘**Ten-Thousand Sword Soul Seal**’, he had finally mastered the first layer of ‘**Ten-Thousand Sword Soul Seal**’. The sign of the first layer was simple… he could now cast a single ‘**Sword Soul Seal**’.

“**Soul attacks involve transforming mental energy into the most effective arrangement, forming an attack.**”

“**The soul attacks discovered by psychokineticists on Earth were quite weak, unable to kill even peers through soul attacks alone.**”

“**The structure of ‘**Sword Soul Seal**’ is clearly strange and intricate, far more organized.**” Luo Feng was delighted. With ‘**Sword Soul Seal**’, his strength had essentially doubled! Even warriors one level above him would suffer brief mental blankness if struck by his ‘**Sword Soul Seal**’, even if they didn’t die.

And the ‘**Dun Tian Shuttle**’ could then kill the enemy!

A combination of illusion and reality!

This was the true power of psychokineticists! If one relied solely on illusions (soul attacks, illusions, etc.) or purely on physical attacks (mental energy weapons), one wouldn’t fully utilize a psychokineticist’s potential. Unfortunately… both mental energy weapon techniques and soul attack techniques were closely guarded secrets, never shared.

Each secret technique was extremely valuable.

The higher the level of the secret technique, the more priceless it was. For example, the ‘**Soul Seal**’ technique, the greatest pride of the Yumos Star Master, would not even be exchanged for an entire star system by an Immortal expert.

This was why disciples with strong backgrounds and mentors advanced faster and broke through more easily!

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Five streaks of light halted, revealing five figures.

The squad peered into the distance at the looming mountains ahead. The peaks seemed veiled in snow, presenting a chaotic vista. Yet in truth, it wasn’t snow—it was a tempestuous gale whipping up countless stones! Above the mountain range, ominous clouds roiled and churned, their dark bellies flickering with serpentine bolts of lightning, poised to unleash their fury at any moment.

“**Big Brother, Third Brother, according to the map, this should be the Thunder and Lightning Canyon ahead.**” Thunder God held his breath.

“**With thunderclouds constantly hovering above, this is the only place in the Thunder World like this besides the Thunder and Lightning Canyon.**” Hong narrowed his eyes.

Luo Feng held his breath and stared.

The Thunder and Lightning Canyon was the core and central location of the Thunder World—the most dangerous place. However, to pass the Cosmic Novice Mercenary Exam, one required an item—**Wind Horn Stone**—which could only be obtained from this Thunder and Lightning Canyon.

“**Let’s go.**” Luo Feng said in a low voice.

The five of them stopped flying and walked toward the Thunder and Lightning Canyon… strangely, perhaps because they knew the canyon was dangerous, there were no beasts around it. No plants grew on the canyon walls. The black rocks were occasionally streaked with silver.

“**The wind is so strong.**” Luo Feng found it hard to walk steadily.

“**How powerful must this wind be?**” Thunder God and Hong couldn’t help but exclaim.

On Earth, a Category 12 typhoon couldn’t even budge a Stellar Lord. Yet here, Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Hong were struggling to walk steadily—truly unbelievable.

“**According to the books, the wind in the Thunder and Lightning Canyon becomes stronger the closer you get to the center and the lower you go. The wind at the very bottom and center is like blades! Filled with powerful cosmic essence energy, even a Cosmic-Level warrior flying into the canyon’s center would be shredded into meat threads, certain death.**”

**”The most perilous depths, shrouded in raging tempests, harbor the greatest abundance of Wind Horn Stones.”**

“**Of course, many Wind Horn Stones are carried by the wind.**”

“**The most dangerous aspect of the entire Thunder and Lightning Canyon, however, is the lightning. Once it strikes, even a weak Domain Lord would die instantly. A Cosmic-Level warrior would have no chance of survival, let alone us, mere Stellar Lords. So, everyone, let’s discuss how we should obtain the Wind Horn Stones.**” Luo Feng looked at the other four beside him, when suddenly a voice echoed in his mind: “**Luo Feng, within a twenty-kilometer radius around your team, there are a total of 1,092 humans.**”