“The Immortal-slaying sword! It really does attract everyone!”
Alex looked at the place the sword had vanished and muttered to himself. Eagerness could be seen in his eyes. It was a precious treasure everyone would love. Unfortunately, it was too difficult to attain.
Alex took a few deep breaths and regained his calm. He then glared at the tribulation clouds, unafraid.
“Awh. This lightning tribulation is too weak!”
“I was wondering what sort of havoc it’d cause, but it didn’t even leave a single bruise on me. How disappointing!”
Within the Cleansing Vase, Shelley and Ancestor Bodhi looked at one another, speechless. They had seen what had happened outside.
Alex was nearly killed by the two intruders before. Yet he’d taken the chance and used the tribulation to solve his problem.
‘How ungrateful of him to complain about the tribulation’s attacks!’
‘What a b”tch!’
‘He’s so annoying!’
Ancestor Bodhi asked, “But what just happened? Why can’t the lightning tribulation harm him? I know that he’d trained some lightning attributes, but so did many others. I have never seen them so powerful.”
“It probably has something to do with the Blue Demonic Lotus!”
“The Blue Demonic Lotus can protect him from the lightning tribulation?”
“I’m not sure either. By the way, that lady on the immortal-slaying sword seemed weird. Would she cause trouble?” Shelly was worried for a moment but quickly let it go. “Forget it; if she’s an enemy, we’ll just kill her.”
Outside, the lightning tribulation gradually became fiercer, seemingly mad at Alex. However, Alex remained unscathed. The attacks were absorbed by his mind palace into the soil where the nine lotus seeds rested. A few streaks of lightning still flashed above ground as if it was trying its best.
“Huh, what’s this?”
Suddenly, Alex found numerous flagpoles in one of the rings. He gave them a rough count and realized at least ten thousand of them. “Damn, could he be running a flagpole wholesale business? What does he need that many for?”
He looked through the ring more thoroughly and found an ancient book at the side.
It seemed to be made of some kind of leather and was slightly damaged. The patterns were special like it was a sky full of stars. As he continued staring at it, the stars even seemed to be spinning… The back was filled with script, symbols, and drawings.
“Could this be some sort of formation?”
“There are up to ten thousand poles. Could they be formation flags?”
Alex was shocked. He wondered what sort of formation needed so many flags.
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