Chapter 70

The terrifying thunderball rolled towards him, lightning crackling, and silver arcs of electricity could be seen around it, extremely frightening. Facing this thunderball, Lin Tian gritted his teeth, dispelled all his defenses, and charged forward with his flesh and blood.

"Ah!"

At the moment of impact, Lin Tian spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his entire clothing was shattered.

The thunderball enveloped him and rolled nearly ten zhang away.

With a thud, he fell to the ground, his clothes torn, his body covered in blood, his hair scorched, and blood continuously gushing from his mouth.

"It hurts so much."

Muttering in his heart, Lin Tian felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult.

At this moment, he felt as if his internal organs were torn apart, and his vision became blurry.

In his blurred vision, the Flame Thunder Boar rushed over, its body flickering with electric light.

Lin Tian gritted his teeth and rolled to the side, using the last bit of his strength. The Wind Pattern emerged from the stone ring and appeared in his right hand. With a thought, the Wind Pattern unfolded, and his figure gradually became transparent.

The Flame Thunder Boar rushed over, but its body suddenly stopped.

In his vision, Lin Tian's figure disappeared.

Looking around, the Flame Thunder Boar's blood-red eyes became extremely fierce. With a roar, it charged off into the distance.

Rumble!

The earth shook, and ancient trees collapsed. The Flame Thunder Boar's figure and aura completely disappeared in the distance.

Not far from where he had been, Lin Tian lay on the ground, panting heavily. With each breath, fresh blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, looking extremely pitiful.

"Just a little more, and I would have died."

Lin Tian thought to himself.

At this moment, he was extremely weak, unable to even stand up, and could only lie on the ground.

About half an hour later, he used the second Wind Pattern. Injured so severely, he couldn't even stand or walk, only able to move his hands. With a thought, the Four Poles Scripture slowly circulated, and the earth's spiritual energy gradually drifted over.

"Ugh!"

The intense pain made him involuntarily groan.

The thunder power from the Flame Thunder Boar surged within him. As soon as he started the Four Poles Scripture, this thunder power became violent, like a flood, recklessly impacting his internal organs and flesh. Lin Tian stopped the circulation of the Four Poles Scripture and panted heavily. After a moment, the general principles of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique appeared in his mind.

"Almost died, I hope it doesn't disappoint me!"

Lin Tian muttered to himself.

Circulating the true essence flow of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique, Lin Tian felt the thunder power within him become gentle. As he circulated the true essence according to the general principles, this thunder power gradually dissipated, transforming into silver lightning arcs that quickly merged into his true essence.

At this moment, the numbness in his body began to gradually fade.

"This..."

Lin Tian was startled. The thunder power from the Flame Thunder Boar seemed to have become something like a medicinal guide. When the Azure Thunder Sword Technique was activated, this thunder power merged into the true essence flow, and thunder sounds began to resonate within him. Gradually, even his skin began to flicker with lightning arcs.

His body was still weak, but at this moment, Lin Tian felt a vast and mighty force gathering within him, as if a terrifying thunder beast was about to awaken inside him!

"Truly an excellent Azure Thunder Sword Technique!"

Lin Tian's eyes sparkled.

Just the initial circulation of the general principles could produce such power, showing the terror of this sword technique.

Time passed, and Lin Tian lay on the ground, circulating the general principles of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique. When all the Wind Patterns he carried were exhausted, he finally recovered his normal ability to move and stood up.

"Fortunately, that dead pig didn't come back, or I would have been dead for sure."

Lin Tian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

His clothes were already in tatters, but he had new clothes prepared in the stone ring, which he quickly changed into.

Now, he was dressed in a white shirt, looking somewhat handsome.

Unfortunately, this white shirt, paired with his somewhat scorched hair, looked rather mismatched.

Lin Tian naturally didn't care about these details, and without hesitation, he left.

About a quarter of an hour later, he found a relatively secluded place. This place was not far from the edge of the Dark Forest, and the surrounding area was filled with low-level demonic beasts.

Sitting under a large rock, Lin Tian took a pill from the stone ring, swallowed it, and then began to circulate the Four Poles Scripture. This pill was called the True Essence Pill, which he had purchased from the Treasure Exchange Pavilion, and it could help martial artists recover their true essence faster.

"Hum!"

A faint silver glow flowed, and the surrounding spiritual energy rapidly converged.

After half an hour, Lin Tian stood up, his true essence recovered to nearly eighty percent.

"Phew!"

Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Lin Tian felt much more comfortable.

Looking around, the Return to Origin Sword suddenly appeared in his hand, and he began to practice the Azure Thunder Sword Technique.

The Azure Thunder Sword Technique did not have fixed sword techniques like the Gale Wind Sword Technique. It was about comprehending and cultivating the thunder sword intent. Once one crossed the threshold, the power of even a casual strike could rival that of a mid-level Body Tempering martial technique.

Inside Lin Tian's body, the true essence circulated according to the general principles of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique. At the same time, sword shadows appeared in his mind. Standing in this space, Lin Tian moved with the sword, his form following his will, and his long sword was repeatedly slashed.

"Clang!"

After an unknown amount of time, with a clang, lightning arcs intertwined on the surface of the Return to Origin Sword.

With the appearance of the lightning arcs, crossing the threshold of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique was not far off.

"Again!"

Lin Tian muttered.

In this place, Lin Tian repeatedly swung his sword, stopping only when he was drenched in sweat. After another half an hour, the Return to Origin Sword was completely enveloped in lightning, and with a single strike, the sword whistled like a thunderbolt.

"The Azure Thunder Sword Technique, with a strike like a thunderbolt, is indeed extraordinary."

Lin Tian thought to himself.

At this moment, he had comprehended one-tenth of the Azure Thunder Sword Technique, crossing the threshold.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lin Tian took another True Essence Pill and began to circulate the Four Poles Scripture again, quickly recovering the consumed true essence. This True Essence Pill was just an ordinary pill, costing about ten spirit coins each, which was not too precious, at least not for Lin Tian at this point.

After a quarter of an hour, Lin Tian opened his eyes and stood up.

His true essence had recovered to about seventy percent. Looking around, the sky had become somewhat dark, and Lin Tian felt it was time to return.

"The Azure Thunder Sword Technique, I can practice it on Qingfeng Ridge after returning to the Martial Mansion, which will be much safer."

Lin Tian muttered to himself.

Without hesitation, Lin Tian walked towards the edge of the Dark Forest.

Soon, he was less than three hundred zhang from the edge of the Dark Forest, and he could vaguely see many people at the forest's edge.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the sound of something breaking through the air rang out, and a long arrow whistled towards him.

Lin Tian was startled and quickly dodged to the side.

"Who's there! Come out!"

Standing on the trunk of an ancient tree, he coldly shouted.

"Quite agile."

A cold voice sounded.

In front of him, several figures emerged from behind dozens of ancient trees, each exuding a clear killing intent.

"Who are you!"

Lin Tian said coldly.

Looking at these dozens of people, Lin Tian's heart sank. These people were all very strong!

"Killing the young master of the Mo family, and you still dare to ask who we are!"

The leader said coldly.

This was a middle-aged man in green robes, with an extremely terrifying aura, at the peak of the ninth level of Body Tempering.

"The Mo family!"

Lin Tian's eyes turned cold.

Cautiously observing the dozens of people, Lin Tian was somewhat puzzled. When he left the Martial Mansion, he had been very careful, wrapping himself in a black robe. Logically, the Mo family shouldn't have known he was in the Dark Forest.

Suddenly, Lin Tian's heart moved, and he thought of someone.

"Lu Sheng!"

Lin Tian's eyes turned cold.

In the Dark Forest, Lu Sheng had seen him once. After that, the Mo family's people arrived. As a person with normal intelligence, Lin Tian instantly guessed that this was related to Lu Sheng. And indeed, he was right! After seeing him, Lu Sheng immediately remembered that the Mo family was trying to deal with Lin Tian. He abandoned his mission and rushed back to Fengjian City, informing the Mo family of Lin Tian's whereabouts, earning a large sum of spirit coins.

The middle-aged man in green robes stared at Lin Tian with a cold expression. "The Mo family always has informants outside the Nine Yang Martial Mansion. I can't understand how you managed to avoid their surveillance and come to the Dark Forest."

"Want to know? Fine, take a strike from my sword, and I'll tell you."

Lin Tian said calmly.

The middle-aged man in green robes' eyes turned cold.

"Capture him!"

A cold voice sounded, and dozens of figures behind the middle-aged man in green robes immediately rushed towards Lin Tian.

These people were born into martial families and were all around forty years old, with extremely strong cultivation, the weakest being at the eighth level of Body Tempering.

In an instant, someone rushed close, stabbing with a simple but vicious strike.

"Hmph!"

Lin Tian sneered.

Leaping back lightly, he struck with the Gale Wind Sword Technique.

"Clang!"

The sword whistle was piercing, and the person who rushed close was instantly pierced through the abdomen by a silver sword aura, falling with a thud and emitting a painful groan, but not dying.

The middle-aged man in green robes' face darkened. "Don't be careless, attack together!"

The Mo family had gathered a lot of information about Lin Tian. Clearly, this middle-aged man in green robes had reviewed this information before coming here and had some understanding of Lin Tian.

The dozens of people nodded, changing their steps and no longer rushing forward recklessly.

"Boom!"

Dozens of people, all possessing martial techniques, under the guidance of the middle-aged man in green robes, combined their forces, forming a powerful attack momentum, and charged towards Lin Tian in a nearly synchronized rhythm.

Lin Tian's heart moved, and his expression became serious.

These dozens of people were not weak, and their combined strength was even more terrifying, making him feel a sense of threat.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly stepping on the tree trunk, his body quickly retreated.

His cultivation was not low, and his combat strength was even stronger, but as the saying goes, a multitude can overwhelm an elephant. Even if he was strong, facing dozens of people of the same level at the same time was still overwhelming. Moreover, these people were far from ordinary eighth-level Body Tempering cultivators. After years of cultivation, each of their auras was very condensed.