Apocalypse Magician

As Li Xingkong recovered from his injury and the start of the new semester gradually approached, he and Yueying set off back to Gaocheng.

Yueying was in a good mood and suggested a trip to the mountains and rivers. He had been dealing with the war for a while, and Li Xingkong wanted to relax at this time, so he readily agreed.

In this way, after a few days, the two of them leisurely arrived at a mountain range on the outskirts of the Supreme City.

As he was walking, Li Xingkong felt a warning sign in his heart, and then something jumped out from behind the trees around him. Fortunately, he was prepared, and Li Xingkong blocked the incoming object and knocked it to the ground.

After all, the two of them had special skills. When traveling around, they did not avoid places where monsters were found. They were attacked not once or twice, but the places they passed were not extremely vicious, so Li Xingkong only needed to take action every time. Solved, and the monster that attacked this time was just a small rat-shaped beast.

The rat-shaped beast, as its name suggests, is somewhat like a mouse in body shape. It is a very low-level monster with little attack power. It is timid and cowardly in nature and rarely attacks people on its own initiative.

However, this time there seemed to be some exceptions. The rat-shaped beast failed to hit a single blow and did not run away. Instead, it dug its claws into the ground, quite like a large monster when it became angry.

What's even more strange is that there is a faint horn on the head of this rat-shaped beast. Although it is not yet formed, it is already obvious.

The rat-shaped beast kicked off its hind legs and pounced again. Li Xingkong blocked it without even looking.

However, in mid-air, there seemed to be light flowing from the single horn on the head of the rat-shaped beast, and then a bolt of lightning cut through the void and struck directly.

Li Xingkong's expression changed slightly, and he stumbled back. In a hurry, he formed a wall of earth to block the thunder and lightning attack, but there were still some lightning strikes on his body.

After all, he has practiced martial arts. Of course, this little electric spark cannot cause any harm to Li Xingkong. However, the hair on his head stood up as if he was holding a broom. There was a faint smell of burning in the air, and even Yueying beside him was stunned. Couldn't help but smile.

Damn it, I am also a city lord after all, and now I am being teased by a little mouse-like beast. If word spreads, how will I meet people in the future?

The most important thing is that it is really unforgivable to let this city lord be embarrassed in front of a beautiful woman.

Li Xingkong put his hands on his hips and glared at the rat-shaped beast angrily, preparing to kill him.

"Wait a minute!" Yueying, a bystander, stopped Li Xingkong in time, "It stands to reason that rat-shaped beasts don't have one horn, but this one has such a mutation and can use the power of thunder and lightning. We should find out the reason."

"Well, that makes sense." Li Xingkong understood immediately after reminding him.

The power of thunder and lightning originates from the nine heavens, and is so righteous that it cannot be controlled by humans or monsters.

On the Fantasy Continent, there may be a very small number of people who can use the power of thunder and lightning, but those are just some magicians who are bored after dinner and study some side things as a hobby, often with extremely limited power, and no one's main talent magic is thunder and lightning, so Thunder and lightning are not their own type of magic on the mainland.

However, this does not mean that the power of thunder and lightning magic is insufficient. On the contrary, many thunder and lightning magics are extremely powerful, but no one can use them.

According to legend, the Fantasy Emperor can freely use the power of thunder and lightning, and can even launch the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation, which ranks third among the Seven Forbidden Curses, on his own. However, whether the rumors are true or not, it happened a hundred years ago.

At this time, the rat-shaped beast gave up its useless attack, turned around and ran away.

Yueying and the other two followed from a distance. Li Xingkong was happy to play this game of cat and mouse. From time to time he would send out a few small fireballs and earth thorns, and of course he would deliberately miss them. Seeing the rat-shaped beast running away in panic, Li Xingkong had a wicked smile on his face, taking revenge.

After running away and chasing for an unknown amount of time, they have reached the depths of the mountains.

The rat-shaped beast sprinted and got into the hole in the mountain wall in front. Li Xingkong behind him chanted magic, used his strongest dark power to condense the hand of darkness, and punched the mountain wall with his fist.

A muffled sound stirred up nearby dust and scattered broken stones all over the ground. The inside of the mountain wall was actually empty. The magic of Li Xingkong, a lower-ranking magician, enlarged the entrance of the cave to allow people to pass through.

Li Xingkong and Yueying entered the cave entrance. There was a cave inside. A passage stretched in front of them, and small lighting magic arrays glowed at intervals. The passage was flat and spacious, and seemed to have been carefully constructed manually.

This passage looks like it has been around for a hundred years. When it was built, they must not have expected that the landform here would change slightly, making the passage too close to the outside world, which is why Li Xingkong and Yue Ying came here so easily.

The two of them roughly looked around and saw that there was no danger for the time being, so they cautiously walked deeper along the passage. As for the rat-shaped beast, no one cared where it went.

I don't know how long I have been going, but it seems that I have penetrated deep into the mountain, until a layer of barrier blocks the way.

The light blue barrier is constantly filled with electric light, and occasionally makes a "pop" sound. The awe-inspiring righteousness is released, as if it can break all dark forces, which makes people awe-inspiring.

Obviously, this is an extremely rare thunder and lightning barrier. It was a coincidence that the rat-shaped beast absorbed a little of the power of the barrier to produce that kind of mutation.

Li Xingkong walked closer and prepared to observe carefully, but when the distance was small enough, there seemed to be invisible resistance, making it difficult to get even half a step closer.

Even at this distance, through the translucent barrier, Li Xingkong could vaguely see that there seemed to be a large space behind the barrier, and intuitively thought that this might be a mysterious and important place.

Yueying already had the long sword in her hand. When Li Xingkong left a distance, she gathered her true energy and flew the sword towards the lightning barrier.

In an instant, the barrier's electric light flourished, and the brilliance circulated, shooting countless electric sparks in the air.

Yueying only felt a huge force coming from the barrier. Even with the strength of his mid-level swordsman and the magic sword Huangwu, he couldn't resist it. There seemed to be an invisible sense of oppression attacking his whole body. He had no choice but to retreat and draw. After a distance of more than ten meters, the sword was nailed into the ground, and he barely steadied himself.

And the thunder and lightning barrier gradually returned to calm, without being affected at all.

"Are you injured anywhere?" Li Xingkong rushed over with great concern.

"It's okay for the time being. Fortunately, the attribute of this layer of enchantment is protection and does not take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, I would have been injured." Yueying smiled bitterly and shook his head. He looked at the thunder and lightning enchantment, but was unwilling to give up. "You hide from me. Later, I will attack with all my strength again, and if we still can’t break it, then we can only go back the way we came.”

"Oh." Li Xingkong agreed, but was confused in his heart.

It's strange. Since the Emperor of Fantasy, I haven't heard of anyone else who can use the power of lightning to reach the Holy Level. Does this mean that this barrier was set up by the Emperor of Fantasy or a more ancient senior master himself? So what do they want to protect?

Haha, it’s a treasure, it must be a treasure!

Maybe it's all filled with high-level magic crystals or peerless magic weapons. I've released them. This time I've released them!

When Li Xingkong was intoxicated with himself and beaming with joy, Yueying took action again, gathering the various powers of the True Qi Magic Divine Sword, and finally transformed into a giant sword in the void, roaring towards the barrier with all kinds of brilliance.

Yueying launched his strongest attack so far, while Li Xingkong behind him took a deep breath and activated the Forbidden Demon Realm silently.

Even though the power of thunder and lightning is extremely special, in Li Xingkong's view, it is still a kind of magic in the final analysis, and it must be restricted by the forbidden magic field.

For the huge treasure he guessed in his mind, Li Xingkong was mentally prepared to face the backlash of the holy power against the Forbidden Demon Realm, gritting his teeth and holding on until Yue Ying successfully broke through the barrier.

The moment the giant sword in the void hit the lightning curtain, it was dimmed by the influence of the Forbidden Demon Realm. Only the sword energy contained in it did not weaken.

After the loud noise, a strong wind blew by, and Yueying's waterfall-like hair was flying in the wind, as elegant as clouds. Li Xingkong was in a daze for a moment, and he actually forgot the pain of backlash like a heavy blow, while Fantasy Sword Huangwu fell over. Fly back and pierce the far wall.

Li Xingkong breathed a sigh of relief. The power of thunder and lightning was even better than Shangguan Wudi's dark magic. Indeed, as Yue Ying said, the barrier was for protection, otherwise he would have definitely fallen unconscious on the spot.

When everything calmed down, Li Xingkong pressed his chest and managed to calm down the various forces raging in his body.

Looking at the barrier in front, it seems that it was pierced a little by the phantom sword Huangwu, and then cracked in all directions from the center. In a moment, it turned into streaks of lightning, which flickered and then disappeared into the void.

"The barrier has been broken, we can move on. Hey, what's wrong with you?" When Yueying turned around to retrieve the fantasy sword Huangwu, she suddenly pointed at the top of Li Xingkong's head and couldn't help laughing.

"I'm not doing anything..." Li Xingkong was puzzled. He touched the top of his head and realized that his hair had stood up like a broom due to the backlash from the lightning. He could only smile awkwardly: "Actually, I think this hairstyle is quite fashionable. It can be defined as postmodern abstraction, which may lead the trend of this century. Well... I can't make it up anymore, so let's go quickly..."