Chapter 1406: Temporary Apotheosis

The Young City Lord vaguely sensed something was amiss. His expression darkened, and he shouted, "Act quickly! Don't give him a chance to strike!"

Apart from General Zhengtian, who was severely wounded, the other seven Half-Giants of the Dharma Aspect Realm, all with varying cultivation levels, made their move. Some roared in anger, others showed disdain, and some had grim expressions. They all simultaneously attacked Jiang Fan!

This was practically all the Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators in Tianyi City! In terms of numbers, they were double the number of Deified Venerables in Taicang Prefecture! Any Deified Realm cultivator, facing their combined siege, would be forced to flee!

At this moment, Jiang Fan also moved. His eyes swirled with two flashes of lightning. Beneath his feet hovered a lightning lotus. A lightning dragon coiled around his body. In his chest, a heart composed of lightning pulsed. Behind him, a lightning sword condensed. Above his head, a Tai Chi Yin-Yang diagram swayed.

This "Six Parts of Heavenly Thunder" manual, incomplete for eight hundred years, finally had someone cultivate all six parts. And today, they would be unified!

As all six types of lightning divine abilities were unleashed, deep within the high heavens, it seemed as if some unseen entity sensed it. The sky suddenly darkened, and countless bolts of lightning surged and rolled. At a glance, the sky transformed into a terrifying, multicolored lightning pool!

Each bolt of lightning possessed the power of a Nascent Soul tribulation. And the lightning pool before them contained thousands of such bolts! Not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, even Venerables experiencing the first decline of Heaven and Man could not withstand the might of such a vast lightning pool!

However.

With a crackle! The entire lightning pool suddenly poured down! They all converged around Jiang Fan, continuously condensing. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into a hundred-foot-tall lightning giant! With a Yin-Yang diagram above its head, lightning arcs in its eyes, a five-colored lightning heart in its chest, holding a lightning sword, standing on a lotus, and a flying dragon coiling behind it. It was as if the legendary God of Thunder had descended!

What was even more unbelievable was this: Jiang Fan, within the lightning giant, felt his aura surge madly. He broke through the Nine Orifice Nascent Soul stage and reached the realm of a Deified Venerable! Behind his head, even a divine halo appeared!

The unification of the six parts unexpectedly summoned a powerful avatar from across realms, which merged into Jiang Fan's body! As a price, the lightning energy stored in his Abyssal Core was being consumed at an astonishing rate. It could only last for a maximum of five breaths!

Jiang Fan felt an unprecedented power, as if he had leaped from the ground into the clouds, able to overlook the vast land. But there was no time to savor the feeling of the Deified Realm. Jiang Fan's gaze locked onto General Zhengtian, whose face was filled with shock and doubt.

With a thought, *Whoosh!* The hundred-foot-tall lightning body instantly enveloped him and vanished from the spot as if teleporting.

The Young City Lord snapped back to his senses, his expression drastically changed, and he urgently shouted, "Protect General Zhengtian!" The other generals, as if waking from a dream, hastily flashed towards General Zhengtian. One Half-Giant of the Dharma Aspect Realm, the slowest to react, quickly followed the others to provide aid.

But.

The moment he moved, his soul suddenly tensed, and countless chains bound him, causing him to lose connection with his body. To his astonishment, Jiang Fan, who was clearly attacking General Zhengtian, unexpectedly executed a sudden reversal and flashed before him. The lightning sword in his palm descended from top to bottom. It pierced through his skull and straight into his chest! The destructive lightning utterly destroyed his internal organs, and the scorching heat caused his body to violently swell.

With a loud bang, this Dharma Aspect Half-Giant didn't even have time to scream and was left with only his lower half. A soul, intermingled with black and transparent colors, was furthermore bound by chains and collected into the Soul Crystal. All of this happened in a flash!

Only then did the Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators, who had gone to rescue, notice the anomaly behind them. They all roared in unison, "General Jueming!" They simply couldn't believe their eyes. Jueming, a Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator, had just fallen like that? They were all companions who had been together for decades, even centuries, treating each other like siblings. Jueming's sudden demise was unacceptable to them!

The Young City Lord's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared, "Kill him!"

The moment they moved, the Nine-Dragon Demonic Cauldron, left on the ground, stirred without warning, violently striking the nearest Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator. The hazy demonic liquid immediately glued the two together, rendering him unable to maneuver or dodge. The Young City Lord's expression drastically changed, and he ordered, "Protect him!"

But it was still a step too late. Two terrifying lightning beams shot fiercely towards him. "Ah! Save me!" cried the terrified Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator. He hastily activated his Dharma Aspect, attempting to use it to block the fatal lightning attack.

"Soul Lock!"

A cold and cruel voice echoed, and the Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator became immobile. The lightning beams mercilessly burned through his head, his soul was forcibly dragged out, and sealed within the Soul Crystal.

"No!!!"

"General Nixing!!"

The Dharma Aspect Half-Giants were utterly enraged. The Young City Lord roared, "Summon your Dharma Aspects! Don't give him any opportunity!" The Dharma Aspect Half-Giants, one after another, released their Dharma Aspects and charged, their eyes bloodshot.

Jiang Fan said coldly, "Are you already heartbroken after I've only killed two of you? Don't rush! This is just the beginning!" He took a deep breath and threw the Hell Lotus from his palm.

How terrifying was the explosion of a Deified Realm attack? Even though the Half-Giants had all summoned their Dharma Aspects, they were inevitably affected and suffered some injuries. The Young City Lord glanced at the injury on his arm, his eyes filled with immense killing intent, and roared: "He can't sustain this! Keep him alive! I want him to suffer a fate worse than death!"

After several rounds of attacks, the lightning body condensed around Jiang Fan significantly dimmed. The lightning energy within his Abyssal Core was almost depleted. But this was enough. Jiang Fan swept his gaze over their injuries and uttered four chilling words!

"Flawless Domain!"

The divine halo behind his head, which was gradually blurring, activated the domain before disappearing! An invisible wave swept out. The Young City Lord's expression changed, and he exclaimed softly, "Be careful, he has activated his domain!"

What kind of heaven-defying origin did this lightning cultivation technique have? To be able to temporarily break through to the Deified Realm! Even possessing a divine halo! Everyone else was also startled. The domains of cultivators were quite dangerous entities; some supportive ones were fine. But some dominant domains made people turn pale just hearing about them.

However, the domain swept over their bodies but caused no dangerous harm. The Young City Lord was stunned for a moment, just as he felt suspicious. He noticed from the corner of his eye that a wound on his arm was expanding strangely! In the blink of an eye, it spread to his entire arm! Blood gushed out, bones fractured, and meridians snapped. What astonished him most was that the wound was rapidly spreading towards his shoulder, and would soon extend to his neck and head. He gasped sharply. Without thinking, he tore off the severed arm. Only then did the spread of the wound stop.

However, not all Dharma Aspect Realm cultivators were as fortunate as him to be able to sever a limb to survive.