Chương 188: Peak of the saint soul layer

The silence that followed was very suffocating as everyone watched in disbelief as Lei Jun was flung away, destroying several buildings before he stopped. Lei Jun was also in disbelief, partially because of Yan jian's unbelievable strength and mainly because his dantian had been completely destroyed by Yan jian's powerful energy! His cultivation was crippled! Lei Jun felt like the world was spinning before him.

He watched in shock as his inner energy which he had cultivated for half of his life flow out of his body.

"No! No no! This can't be true. Yes, this is all a bad dream. I will wake up anytime now." He tried to convince himself that this wasn't true. Unfortunately, he knew deep in his heart that all of this was no dream. It was all happening.

"Father!" Lei Hao finally snapped out of his shock and shouted, his entire figure shivering in fear. But his father didn't seem to have heard him as he continued speaking to himself. Then, Lei Jun suddenly raised his head and glared at Yan jian with his blood red eyes.

"You dare to cripple my cultivation!"

"What? Don't speak like you are a kind soul yourself. How many people have you slaughtered without mercy? The Li clan, the Song clan? How many Innocents have you killed? And you must have crippled quite a handful of people too. They felt the same pain and rage you are feeling now, the same grievances!" Yan jian snorted in reply.

"All those people's lives are incomparable to mine! I am a direct descendant of the Lei clan. I was destined to be above them all! This isn't over between you and the Lei clan! This is just a branch clan. The main clan will definitely avenge us all! Just you wait!" Lei Jun replied with a tone brimming with ferocity. He had already accepted his fate, knowing very well that he would not be able to live after this, and the Lei clan would also follow after him shortly. But so what?

The main clan will definitely not let this slide. Yan jian laughed.

"Since you're about to die, let me tell you a secret. The reason why we are not frightened even when facing your so called main Lei clan. You see that guy over there?" He leaned over close to Lei Jun's ears and whispered softly while pointing at Long Feng. Lei Jun shook visibly after hearing whatever Yan jian had said. His eyes widened in disbelief as he spat out"Impossible! Absolutely impossible. You are lying. You must be lying!" He shouted hysterically. Yan jian smiled.

"What will I gain by lying to you? You can choose to believe it or not""Long Feng, we're wasting time here. The competition will begin in a month." Li Yue'er frowned and spoke up. Long Feng nodded.

"Yan jian, take care of the Lei clan. I don't want the Lei clan to exist in this city again. We'll deal with the main clan before we leave for Gan Yu city. Yan jian nodded, grabbed Lei Jun by his collar and left the Xuan clan's Mansion, leaving Lei Hao and the other Lei clan elders who had come along with Lei Jun to watch a show. They did watch the show, but it wasn't the one they expect to see. Long Feng turned to Lei Hao who was still looking shocked at the series of events that just occurred.

Sensing Long Feng's gaze on him, Lei Hao shivered and instantly fell to his knees.

"Senior! Please forgive me and spare my insignificant life! I was wrong. Please spare my life! I am willing to be your slave!" He kowtowed more than ten times, ruthlessly slamming his forehead to the floor till he drew blood. Long Feng stared at him expressionlessly.

"If only you were this smart much earlier. Seek for forgiveness from all the Innocents you've harmed." As he spoke, he pointed a finger at Lei Hao. A streak of sword lights gathered on his finger tip and shot out, piercing straight through Lei Hao's forehead. Lei Hao's face was filled with regrets as the lights faded from his eyes. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. Long Feng sat there in silence for a minute before he stood up.

"When Yan jian return, we will go to this main Lei clan. I'm quite interested in them. Besides, since the Long clan is staying here, I don't wish to leave any threat whatsoever." Long Yuan nodded, looking at his son with a satisfied smile.

"Xuan Wujie, we apologise for destroying your hall." He turned to Xuan Wujie who was still reeling in disbelief. Xuan Wujie immediately shook his head.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. You don't need to apologise, Lord clan chief" What a joke. He watched as Long Yuan suppressed Lei Jun in a direct fight, not to mention the beautiful lady who seemed to be even stronger than that earlier youth called Yan jian. Forget about Long Feng at all. He never noticed, but this Long clan was really deserving of its name.

There was the old clan chief who was already a yang realm cultivator, then there was Long Yuan who was stronger than his father, the old clan chief, and there was Long Feng, who was much stronger than his own father Long Yuan. Each son seemed to be better than the father.

"If you don't mind, we will be staying here for a while, before we find another place to stay." Long Yuan continued, confident that Xuan Wujie wouldn't refuse.

"Of course. I don't mind. It's our pleasure to host you all here! Let me lead you to your quarters!" Xuan Wujie immediately replied and led them all to their rooms. These rooms were in fact the rooms of the elders of the clan who were ordered by Xuan Wujie to evacuate. Each room was very large, and was beautifully decorated and furnished.

"Thank you for your help, Xuan Wujie. We owe your clan a favor" Long Yuan sent Xuan Wujie off.

"What now?"

"I'm going to cultivate. I have enough energy for another breakthrough" Long Feng replied.

"Me too" Li Yue'er said.

"I guess we should all cultivate while we wait for Yan boy to return" the old clan chief spoke and walked into his room. Long Feng also entered his room and without even looking around, sat on his bed and closed his eyes. Since his fortuitous encounter in the demon sealing coffin, he hadn't been able to calm down and check for any changes in his body. Now, he could finally do so. He first inspected his dantian. Nothing was different or new, so he checked his entire body next. Finally, he checked his soul world.

The changes to his soul power was shocking even to him. It was all thanks to the power sealed within the Firmament Sword Saint's soul fragment. After he absorbed the memories, the energy also helped him to instantly break into to the saint soul layer from the heaven layered soul realm. After that, he broke through the first, second and finally stopped at the third saint layered soul. He had suddenly surpassed his master Lord Yi Ming and reached the peak of the saint soul realm in one go.

Moreover, he could sense that there was enough energy remaining for him to enter the spirit layer, but something seemed to be impeding him. Otherwise he would have already broken through and his soul power would have been comparable to an imperial realm cultivator!

"Unbelievable. It's unfortunate that I can't seem to breakthrough no matter how much I try. Something seems to be missing" he observed and sighed, feeling that it was a pity. With a spirit layered soul power, he could run amok even throughout the entire Yihua continent!

"Well, I can't have it all. Let me focus on my cultivation for now." Thinking about his cultivation, Long Feng felt a headache coming up. With his current cultivation, if Hua Liuli's words were anything to go by, then he wasn't worth anything in the hundred continent meeting. Hell, he might not even be able to pass the competition organized by the Yihua clan. He didn't want that. Since he wanted to join the competition, then he had to get the best results he could, otherwise there was no use in it at all.

"Forget it. With the energy remaining in my body from the demon sealing coffin, I should be able to reach the peak of the yang realm in one month before the Yihua clan competition. As for the hundred continent meeting, I will find a way to deal with it." With this thought, he finally relaxed and began to cultivate.

In the star mountain city, the entire city was in joyful mood today. That was because yesterday, the Long clan returned and completely destroyed the local tyrant of the city, the Lei clan. This news was first met with disbelief, but when people went to the former mansion of the Lei clan and saw how ruined and damaged the area was, they had no choice but to believe. The entire city immediately burst into celebration. For several months, they had been suppressed by the Lei clan.

Most children would tremble at the mention of the Lei clan. The real tumor of the Lei clan was none other than the infamous Lei Hao, whose mere name made all the ladies of the city, young or not, married or not to go into hiding. Now, they could finally return. Back in the Xuan clan, Yan jian had already returned. They were all waiting for Long Feng who was at a critical moment in his breakthrough. He only emerged the next day, looking bright. His aura was obviously different, stronger than before.

"You broke through?" Yan jian asked after Long Feng appeared.

"Hm. I've reached rank seven yang realm. Three more realms and I will reach the spirit realm" Long Feng replied.

"I'm curious, how strong are you now exactly?" Yan jian asked.

"I have no idea. I'm not very sure about the other continents, but I dare to say that I'm invincible in the Yang realm in this continent."

"And what are your chances against a spirit realm cultivator?" Yan jian asked again.

"I won't know until I test it out, after all I have no idea exactly how strong a spirit realm cultivator is."

"I have a feeling rank one spirit realm cultivators are not your match." Long Yuan spoke up.

"Who knows?" Long Feng chuckled.

"Alright, we're wasting time. Let's get going" the old clan chief interrupted and walked out of the room.

"Let me get this straight, we are going to get rid of the threat of the Lei clan's main branch and also to take their land for the Long clan?" Yan jian asked as they walked out.

"That's right. Their land should be pretty good. Also, they have three cities under their rule, including the star mountain city and many resources. It will be advantageous for the Long clan to take over their territory." Long Feng nodded, the he turned to Li Yue'er.

"I can sense that you are close to a breakthrough. Why don't you stay here and wait for us? You should have broken through when we return" Li Yue'er shook her head.

"It's boring here. I will come along." They walked out of the Xuan clan mansion and met Xuan Wujie, the clan chief waiting for then by the gates. Upon seeing them, Xuan Wujie walked over.

"This one greets seniors!" It was funny how he was referring to all of then as seniors when he was actually older than even Long Yuan. Only the old clan chief was older than him. Alas this world was ruled by the strong. With their strength, it was only right that he referred to them as seniors.

"Thank you for your help these few days. We will be leaving now. If you face any problems and we can be of help, please don't hesitate to ask us for help. We will do the best we can to assist you" Long Yuan spoke first gratefully. Xuan Wujie beamed as he shook his head.

"Then this one will thank seniors in advance. The Xuan clan is willing to be subordinated to the Long clan in the future." He replied. Long Yuan nodded.

"We will discuss it when the time comes. Till we meet again." They finally left the Xuan clan and walked into the bustling street of the city.

"Yan jian, you know the way, right?" Long Feng asked.

"Of course. I made sure to ask. The Lei clan is situated ina valley right in the midst of three cities, this city included. The star mountain city is located to the north of this valley, so we just need to head south. The place is not hard to find as the natural energies there is much more concentrated than the other places." Yan jian replied.

"Alright. Let's go" The five of them immediately left the city and headed south.