CHAPTER 996 CONFUSED

The thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation astonished Darren.

There was only Double Cultivation in the ancient times, but not Conflicting Cultivation. This thunder

punishment was only for cultivators of Conflicting Cultivation during his era. Why would it appear in the

ancient times?

Darren was puzzled.

He then spread his spiritual sense around the island.

Darren followed the route of the thunder punishment, but to his astonishment, he could not detect any

aura of any living creature.

"What's going on?"

Darren flew carefully to where the thunder punishment descended.

After flying for several minutes, he reached a dark area that was burned by the thunder punishment. He

did not dare to go to the epicenter where the lightning struck, so he released his spiritual sense to

inspect the area.

The violent thunder punishment had bombarded the ground as it exploded into flashes of lightning ball

that wantonly spread in the air. Even the bright sky had turned dark red.

Thick smoke billowed on the scorched ground. Darren's spiritual sense was able to go through the

smoke, but he did not find anything there.

Boom!

The black lightning that hovered in the sky had finally landed. The amount of energy was a hundred

times stronger than the dark red thunder punishment.

"That's definitely the thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation!"

Darren could never forget the thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation. He was almost killed by

the thunder punishment for many times!

"Argh!"

At that moment, a loud roar came from the center of the thunder punishment explosion.

"Who is it?"

Darren shouted, but there was no response.

"Avatar, come here quickly!" Darren summoned his avatar.

He thought that perhaps only the Rule Soul Avatar could figure out what was going on. After all, his

ability to analyze objects was unparalleled!

"Roger that."

After a cold reply, the Rule Soul Avatar appeared right away.

He blinked his silver eyes and looked directly at the center of the thunder punishment.

Darren had never seen his avatar so confused before.

"Why is there a thunder punishment for Conflicting Cultivation in the ancient times? Do you have any

clue?" Darren asked.

"Uhm...It's too complicated,"

the Rule Soul Avatar replied as he continued to observe the withered and burned ground.

Buzz!

The Rule Soul Avatar used his silver eyes at its maximum amount to forcibly observe the ancient

Universe Rule.

Crack!

A few moments later, a flicker of lightning appeared in his eyes, and the Rule Soul Avatar immediately

closed his eyes.

The avatar's face twitched, and his brows and lips quivered as if he were in pain.

"This thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation did not originate from this ancient world."

"What?" Darren was dumbfounded. "What do you mean? Then that must mean..."

"Yes, it traveled through space and time. Most likely it is from our era."

Darren was shocked. 'That's amazing. How could the thunder punishment travel through time and

space?' he wondered.

"If so, can you detect who's surviving this tribulation?" Darren asked.

"I don't know. Even with my silver eyes, I can't see through the thunder punishment of Conflicting

Cultivation. I only saw a stream of water flow from the deep cave where the thunder punishment came

from. That is all," the Rule Soul Avatar said.

The Rule Soul Avatar's silver eyes were very powerful, but they were not omnipotent. If he tried to

diagnose anything that was beyond him, he would only get severely injured. For instance, when he

tried to analyze the god's golden power, his eyes were badly hurt.

Although the thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation was a result of the Universe Rule in his era,

its level was too high that it was close to a law. The avatar's silver eyes could not comprehend it.

"In that case, we're going to have to wait until the thunder punishment dissipates before we go

exploring again," Darren suggested.

"Okay." The Rule Soul Avatar nodded.

Afterwards, Darren and the Rule Soul Avatar flew to another deserted island.

On the island, Darren triggered the stone of thunder punishment to enter the Holy Realm again. He had

hoped to survive the tribulations so that he could become a tribulation holy warrior.

Since he had the Shura Force, the thunder punishment to the Holy Realm was as easy as pie to

Darren. Therefore, he managed to pass through with it in only six hours.

"Finally, I'm a one-tribulation inferior holy warrior! Not bad."

By then, Darren's strength had significantly improved.

'Maybe I can defeat a four-tribulation junior holy warrior with the Shura Force," Darren thought to

himself.

"My real body, why not take advantage of this opportunity to go through two more tribulations to

become a junior holy warrior," his avatar advised.

"Hmm. But I'm not strong enough to activate further thunder punishments," Darren replied.

"That won't be a problem. I will help you."

"Okay. Do you have any idea how?"

"Yes."

All of a sudden, a strong stream of ancient spiritual energy rushed straight towards Darren's meridians.

"Go! Refine it quickly!"

"What?" Darren gasped. The speed of the enormous amount of ancient spiritual energy that entered

his body was even faster than the speed of his Assimilation Skill.

He then focused all his attention on the refinement of the ancient spiritual energy.

After seven days, Darren had already reached the peak of an inferior holy warrior and was about to

face the second thunder punishment.

The avatar took out another stone that could help trigger the thunder punishment. He immediately

handed it to Darren.

Without hesitation, Darren activated the second thunder punishment.

Crack!

As the ear-splitting thunderbolt descended, Darren stood proudly and allowed it to hit his body.

After three days, the thunder punishment had concluded. Subsequently, Darren could successfully

advance to a two-tribulation inferior holy warrior. As long as he went through another thunder

punishment, he could become a three-tribulation junior holy warrior.

However, he was not in a hurry at the moment. "Why is there still thunder punishment descending at

that uninhabited island?" he wondered curiously.

"Yes, you're right. That thunder punishment of Conflicting Cultivation has been going on for ten days. It

must be endured by someone extremely powerful. That one is much more terrifying than the one you

went through." The Rule Soul Avatar also kept an eye on the other island. As soon as the thunder

punishment disappeared, he wanted to check it out immediately.

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Darren sat cross-legged on the ground as he relentlessly absorbed the ancient spiritual energy. With

the Rule Soul Avatar helping him with his arcane skill, his power gradually increased.

Three months had passed. By then, Darren had finally reached the peak of a two-tribulation inferior

holy warrior, and was about to reach the three-tribulation junior holy warrior level.

"Phew!"

After three months of cultivation, Darren opened his eyes and felt that his strength had remarkably

boosted. The rate of his advancement was also astonishing!

"An ordinary person would need at least ten thousand years to activate the thunder punishment, but I

can activate my third holy tribulation in just a few months. My avatar is really powerful!"

Darren attributed his fast cultivation speed to his avatar. If he did it on his own without the Assimilation

Skill, it would take him at least a thousand years to reach where he was at right now.

Thus, Darren triggered the thunder punishment again so that he could advance to the three-tribulation

junior holy warrior level.

Bang!

The third thunder punishment was more forceful than the previous ones. The ear-splitting thunder

made his heart skip a beat.

"Oh my God! The power has intensified by several hundred times," Darren murmured as he stared at

the sky.

"Do you want me to help you break the thunder punishment?" the avatar asked.

"There's no need. I'll deal with it myself!" Darren said confidently.