Chapter 90: Earth-Grade Spirit Treasure — Another Breakthrough!
With a thought, Lin Fan directly stored the Thunder Source into his system space, cutting off the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's connection to it.
Then, he suddenly turned to face the pursuing Liu family cultivators and spoke in a calm voice:
"I didn't want to make things difficult for you… but if you insist on chasing me, then don't blame me for what happens next."
As soon as the words fell, Lin Fan's hands moved swiftly, forming a complex hand seal.
In an instant, a massive blue handprint appeared before him, glowing with radiant Yuan Power. In just seconds, it expanded to nearly a hundred meters wide, like a towering blue curtain, and crashed down toward Liu Kui and the Liu family's forces!
Sensing the overwhelming threat, Liu Kui's expression changed drastically. He quickly funneled all his Yuan Power into his broadsword.
"Heavy Mountain Blade Technique!"
A giant blade of Yuan Power took form and slashed upward toward the incoming handprint!
Boom!
The two forces collided violently. Liu Kui's Yuan Blade shattered on impact, and the overwhelming blue handprint kept descending, blasting his sword away!
Pfft!
Liu Kui coughed up a mouthful of blood, sent flying like a kite with a broken string. He smashed into a massive tree trunk and collapsed heavily to the ground.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The aftershock of the blue handprint swept across the remaining Liu family cultivators, sending them all flying. Many were severely wounded, and a few died on the spot!
"You… You were the one who killed the Di Clan members?"
Liu Kui suddenly looked up, a horrified expression on his face as the realization struck him.
"That's right," Lin Fan said with a faint smile.
"I was going to leave after taking the Thunder Source, but you just had to chase me down."
"You… You can have the Thunder Source. Our Liu family admits defeat. Please… spare us," Liu Kui pleaded, seeing the killing intent flash in Lin Fan's eyes.
Lin Fan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Alright, since you're being sensible, I'll give you a chance."
"If you want to live… hand over all your Qiankun Bags. You have three seconds to decide."
Compared to the Di Clan, the Liu family hadn't ambushed him, and technically Lin Fan had been the one to snipe the Thunder Source.
So he was willing to show a bit of leniency.
"I agree!" Liu Kui immediately shouted without hesitation.
Having seen what happened to the Di Clan, he didn't dare delay even a breath longer.
He quickly ordered everyone to hand over their bags, which Lin Fan collected without ceremony.
"Very good. You may leave. Come visit again sometime."
After a quick inventory, Lin Fan found it was only 10,000 Pure Yuan Pills fewer than what he got from the Di Clan, but included more materials and herbs—a solid gain.
Liu Kui forced a bitter smile and quickly left with the rest of the Liu family.
At that moment, Lin Fan noticed the Thunder Source Crystal Beast fleeing in the opposite direction.
"Heh… clever, but too late."
With a smirk, he summoned a Yuan Power dragon beneath his feet and soared ahead, intercepting the beast.
Roar!
The beast's eyes turned vicious. It roared and slashed at Lin Fan with a sharp claw!
Lin Fan remained calm and countered with a palm strike.
Boom!
A heavy collision rang out. The beast was sent sliding backward, gouging deep trenches in the ground. Lin Fan only staggered back a few steps.
[Ding! You touched the Thunder Source Crystal Beast and obtained: One Thunder Source!]
Hmm? Lin Fan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Another Thunder Source?! That was unexpected!
Excited, he lunged forward again and struck the beast a second time—but the system gave no further reward.
After a few more attempts with no results, he gave up and summoned the Waterseal Palm to finish the beast off.
Once it was dead, he stored the corpse in his system space and returned swiftly to Lin Dong and Qingtan.
As he descended, Lin Fan tossed the beast's body to the ground.
"Brother Lin Fan, you're back! Are you hurt?" Qingtan ran over and grabbed his arm, checking him over.
Lin Fan chuckled and rubbed her head.
"Relax. The beast was weakened from its fight with the Liu family. I got lucky—didn't take a scratch."
[Ding! You touched Lin Qingtan and obtained: Earth-Grade Spirit Treasure — Thunder Sword!]
Another Earth-Grade treasure?
Excellent! Lin Fan beamed at the unexpected system reward.
"Good to hear," Qingtan smiled sweetly. "Brother Lin Fan is amazing! You even killed a beast as strong as a Manifestation Realm expert!"
"Hehe, alright, let's divide up the loot."
Lin Fan grinned and turned to business.
"The beast's corpse goes to Huo'er and Xiao Yan. The Thunder Source is valuable, but Qingtan's body isn't suitable for refining it, so Lin Dong and I will each take one."
"Two Thunder Sources?" Lin Dong was stunned.
"I thought there was only one!"
"There are two." Lin Fan smiled and pulled both out of his system space—identical in appearance.
Even Little Marten was baffled.
"How is this possible? A Thunder Source Crystal Beast producing two sources… that's unheard of."
"Doesn't matter. It worked out. One each." Lin Fan chuckled and handed one to Lin Dong.
Qingtan picked a large blade from the collected treasures as her weapon. Lin Fan gave both her and Lin Dong 50,000 Pure Yuan Pills each.
The rest of the items, for now, stayed with Lin Fan.
Huo'er and Xiao Yan dug into the beast's corpse, devouring it.
Lin Fan and Lin Dong found secluded spots to refine their Thunder Sources, while Qingtan stood guard with her new weapon.
As time passed, Lin Fan and Lin Dong's auras steadily intensified.
Three days flew by.
Lin Fan finished refining his Thunder Source, pushing his cultivation from Qi Creation – Initial Stage to Qi Creation – Mid Stage!
Thanks to the Eight Ancestral Glazed Body, which gave him partial access to the Devouring Ancestral Symbol's powers, his refining speed was unmatched!
Two days later, Lin Dong also succeeded, reaching Form Creation – Great Perfection, and his spiritual strength broke through to the Fourth Seal Symbol Master level!
Moreover, he finally mastered the Bronze Thunder Body!
Meanwhile, Huo'er and Xiao Yan, having digested the Thunder Source Crystal Beast's energy, advanced to strength equivalent to Form Creation Realm!
"Let's go. Time to head for the Great Wilderness Province. I hear it's the most chaotic… but also the most exciting place in the Great Yan Empire."
With everyone's strength now leveled up, Lin Fan looked to the distant horizon with a smile.
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