Chapter 40: Falling into the Tomb, the Mother of Lightning's Inheritance!
Human-Demon Ruins Battlefield, inside a sealed space tens of li underground.
Lin Xuan was looking at Zhao Ling'er with a surprised gaze. On her fair and beautiful brows, the azure lightning mark flashed with streaks of electric arcs. At the same time, Zhao Ling'er seemed to be attracted by something.
"Brother Lin Xuan, I can sense something calling me in my heart and guiding me in a direction!"
Zhao Ling'er said to Lin Xuan with curiosity.
"Calling you!"
Lin Xuan pondered for a moment. This kind of phenomenon basically had two possibilities.
Perhaps it was some kind of inheritance that especially suited Zhao Ling'er, resonating with her to produce a powerful gravitational force and issuing a call to her.
Or perhaps the remnant soul of a powerhouse from tens of thousands of years ago still existed. Because Zhao Ling'er met his conditions for body possession, he issued some kind of summons to her.
However, Lin Xuan also just realized that beneath this Human-Demon Ruins Battlefield, there was actually another type of independent space.
Subsequently, Lin Xuan decided to go and investigate. Perhaps it was an opportunity for inheritance, which would be a good thing for Zhao Ling'er.
Even if they encountered a Great Emperor's remnant soul and could not defeat it, they could still use the transmission array to leave or hide in the crack of time and space.
"Ling'er, you guide the direction; let's go investigate!"
Lin Xuan said.
"Okay!"
Zhao Ling'er at the side had been looking at Lin Xuan, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision. After Lin Xuan pondered and decided, Zhao Ling'er agreed without hesitation.
"This direction!"
Then, after Zhao Ling'er closed her eyes and sensed for a moment, she raised her delicate jade finger and pointed towards a pitch-black direction.
Nowadays, they were situated in a strange environment, so they needed to be cautious in their actions. After all, no one knew if they would trigger some killing formations here.
Lin Xuan thought of that Golden Core Realm Black Lizard recuperating inside the storage ring.
Some time had passed now. Because that Black Lizard had the nourishment of the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, the recovery speed of its injuries seemed like it was cheating. That severed steel tail had also regrown.
Not only that, this steel tail was much stronger than before and had even grown some hideous barbs; its attack power had increased by more than just one level compared to before.
This Black Lizard's realm had also reached the Golden Core Realm Second Heaven; it could be said to be a blessing in disguise.
"Roar!"
After Lin Xuan released this Black Lizard from the storage ring, this Black Lizard lay prone on the ground very obediently like a domestic puppy, putting on an appearance of currying favor with Lin Xuan.
At the same time, when its steel tail, which was as thick as a bucket, swayed back and forth, it destroyed some of the buildings that were still considered intact, kicking up a large cloud of smoke and dust.
Just like this, one hour later.
Lin Xuan and Zhao Ling'er rode the Black Lizard with a body of over a dozen zhang, galloping towards the place indicated by Zhao Ling'er.
On the way, they only encountered a few Foundation Establishment Realm ghosts. There was no need for Lin Xuan to act at all; the Black Lizard swallowed those ghosts into its belly, becoming food in its stomach.
"That voice is right ahead!"
Suddenly, Zhao Ling'er, standing to the side, spoke up abruptly.
As soon as her voice fell, Lin Xuan took out all eight spirit lamps he had prepared. They turned into several bright afterimages and flew towards the distance, illuminating the road ahead brightly.
"This seems to be a deep pit!" Zhao Ling'er said involuntarily as she looked at the faintly visible arc below, which extended to where the spirit lamps had not yet illuminated.
However, after a few breaths, the One-Horned Black Lizard stopped at the edge of a steep slope. At the same time, this Golden Core Realm Black Lizard began to let out somewhat uneasy low roars.
It seemed that inside this deep pit, there was something it feared.
"It seems this is the right place!"
Seeing the Black Lizard frightened to this extent, Lin Xuan's divine sense instantly enveloped this deep pit. However, he could only probe a part of the deep pit's periphery.
Rather than a deep pit, it was more like a dried-up lake occupying nearly hundreds of kilometers.
Immediately after, Lin Xuan drove the Black Lizard, speeding towards the deep pit below.
No matter how afraid it was, under Lin Xuan's drive, it had to continue moving forward.
Lin Xuan realized that the closer they got to the center of the deep pit, the less surrounding demonic energy there was.
After being several hundred steps from the center, the demonic energy was completely eliminated.
Only a lightning sphere visible to their naked eyes remained.
That was a fist-sized lightning sphere, its whole body emitting a faint red glow, with streaks of blue electric arcs jumping from time to time.
"Phew, so it is an inheritance left by a mighty figure cultivating the lightning attribute!"
Lin Xuan carefully probed the surroundings. After confirming there were no ghosts above the Foundation Establishment Realm, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Subsequently.
Zhao Ling'er, who was on the side, flew over by herself.
"Brother Lin Xuan, I can feel its intimacy towards me!"
Zhao Ling'er landed beside the lightning sphere as gracefully as a startled swan, saying with a face full of joy.
Next, she extended her jade finger and lightly touched the lightning sphere. This lightning sphere seemed to possess life, as if it had found its master.
Like a drop of water merging into a stream, it merged into Zhao Ling'er's body very smoothly.
Sizzle!
After a brief silence, Ling'er's body released a violent azure lightning. Like a small sun, it turned the hundred zhang range into a sea of lightning. The blinding lightning light illuminated the entire deep pit within a range of hundreds of li.
Zhao Ling'er was located at the center.
In the lightning sea domain before her, a phantom of an elegant woman several zhang tall suddenly condensed. This woman had a tall figure, wearing a flowing long dress, her three thousand strands of black hair moving without wind.
At the same time, she sized up Zhao Ling'er with a pair of gentle eyes.
"Mother of Lightning!"
When Lin Xuan saw this woman's phantom, a look of realization appeared in his eyes.
At first, he had guessed that this might be this Mother of Lightning's inheritance, but felt it was unlikely.
"I didn't expect Ling'er to obtain the Mother of Lightning's inheritance; it can be considered barely passable!"
Lin Xuan said.
Lin Xuan was located a hundred steps away. Although he was situated in the range affected by the lightning, with his physical body strength, this power of electric shock didn't even qualify to tickle him, so it didn't matter.
The Mother of Lightning was the only one in the Near Ancient Era who relied on single-attribute lightning power to comprehend a trace of the Laws of Life, successfully breaking through the Tribulation Transcending Realm to become a Longevity Realm powerhouse.
Furthermore, it was said she was only one step away from being undying and imperishable.
But afterwards, she was miserably entrapped by the Monster and Demon races.
In the game, Lin Xuan had dealt with the person who held the Mother of Lightning's inheritance.
Although they were crushingly pummeled by Lin Xuan, among other cultivators who obtained some Great Emperor Realm inheritances, this Mother of Lightning inheritance was already top-notch.
A long time later.
Zhao Ling'er, having finished accepting the inheritance, flew towards Lin Xuan with a face full of excitement.
Her lightning evasion speed was used quite proficiently. Inadvertently, she used the lightning method, arriving in front of Lin Xuan in an instant.
Furthermore, Lin Xuan also noticed that the lightning mark at the center of Zhao Ling'er's eyebrows had already hidden away.
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