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 other island. As soon as the thunder punishment disappeared, he wanted to check it out immediately.

"Never mind. I need to enhance my cultivation base first."

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.