Hum—
A beam of bloody light radiating a terrifying aura shot toward Lei Ming as if teleporting, moving faster than his reaction limit.
"Pfft!"
Lei Ming barely managed to turn aside, but the beam had already pierced his left shoulder.
A cold, savage force that seemed able to erode the soul instantly invaded his body, bringing intense pain and weakness at the same time.
"Ah!" Lei Ming groaned in pain, clutching his bleeding shoulder, his face pale.
"This poisoned Blood Light Blade—I bought it over two thousand years ago, just waiting for someone to throw their life away. Today, no one can save you!"
Before Lei Ming's astonished eyes, Modi's muscles suddenly bulged, and a blood-red longsword slashed down.
"Boom!"
As if struck by a star, Lei Ming's Thunderclap Blade nearly flew from his hand, and his whole body was hacked away like a torn sack, slamming into mountain rock a kilometer away!
Rock fragments flew, and dust and smoke filled the air!
"Pfft!!" Large mouthfuls of fresh blood mixed with internal organ fragments sprayed from Lei Ming's mouth.
The blood hole in his left shoulder gushed blood, bones throughout his body shattered in multiple places, and the intense pain nearly drowned his consciousness.
Had it not been for the Life Force remaining in his body tenaciously repairing him, he would have long since turned into a pile of minced meat.
"Cough cough..." Lei Ming struggled to climb up from the pile of rubble, every movement bringing heart-rending pain.
Modi, like a demon god crawling out of hell, carried a blood-dripping longsword, each step leaving a bloody print, and slowly approached with overwhelming killing intent.
"I want your head as an offering for my brother," Modi said coldly and cruelly, raising his longsword high, aiming at Lei Ming's head.
The breath of death was cold and piercing.
Under the pressure of intense pain and death, Lei Ming's consciousness instead entered a strange clarity.
Everything from the past flew rapidly before his eyes.
The horrors of the slave market, Beta's despair, Mengna's weeping, and his teacher's words: weakness is the original sin.
Death... destruction... rebirth... control...
A glimmer of enlightenment like a thunderclap in the darkness suddenly split open the heavy doors.
"So this is a domain! I understand!"
Just as Modi's longsword was about to fall.
Hum—
Centered on Lei Ming, a profound purple halo containing endless destruction and rebirth suddenly spread out, instantly covering a hundred meters around.
This was no longer a rudimentary form, but the true, complete First Layer of the Lightning Domain!
The violent domain filled every inch of space, forming powerful suppression and restraint.
Modi's all-out slash, the moment it struck the purple halo, was as if trapped in an extremely viscous swamp.
"What? This is impossible! A domain! How could you have a domain!" The savage smile on Modi's face instantly turned into utter shock and disbelief.
"There's nothing impossible."
From the pile of rubble, Lei Ming slowly stood up.
"It's time to end this."
Lei Ming's voice was calm and waveless, yet contained an undeniable sense of judgment.
With just a thought!
Within the domain, endless purple lightning instantly condensed.
Modi's huge body suddenly stiffened, and with a clang, the blade in his hand had already fallen to the ground.
He lowered his head, looking in disbelief at his own body covered in blood marks.
"Hah hah!"
He wanted to say something, but only made a hissing, air-leaking sound.
The next moment.
"Bang!"
Modi's incredibly overbearing Star Level 8 body suddenly crashed down.
"Teacher, I did it! I comprehended a domain!" Lei Ming raised his head and shouted excitedly toward the void.
A thousand li away.
In the void, Lu Qingshan stood with his hands behind his back, the corners of his mouth curving into a satisfied arc.
[Ding! Your disciple Lei Ming, comprehended the First Layer of the Lightning Domain between life and death, triggering a hundredfold return; your Lightning Law comprehension has greatly increased!]
Hum!
Profound and unfathomable law fluctuations appeared out of nowhere; countless exquisite insights into the origin of lightning surged forth out of nowhere, like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, directly branded into the depths of his consciousness.
...
"Not bad."
Feeling the changes in his law comprehension, Lu Qingshan felt as comfortable as if he had drunk honey water.
Four years ago, after breaking through to Domain Master, he had comprehended a trace of the Lightning Origin Law.
Over these four years, he had never slackened in his comprehension of laws, pushing the Lightning Origin Law forward by one step.
Even so, he had not reached the threshold for entering the Lightning Origin Law.
Speaking only of law comprehension, he still could not compare to those Star Level geniuses who could rank among the top thousand in the entire universe.
But now.
The System's feedback was too astonishing; his Lightning Origin Law comprehension directly crossed the threshold of laws and entered a deeper level.
If before it was 0.3 percent, now his law comprehension had reached at least 3 percent.
Don't look at it as only two percentage points—it was already a tenfold increase.
With 3 percent law comprehension, if nothing unexpected happened, his breakthrough to World Master would face no threshold.
It was not in vain that I saved this Return until now; this guy Lei Ming did not disappoint me.
Lu Qingshan's figure appeared beside Lei Ming, light and graceful.
With a raise of his hand, rich Life Force entered his body, and Lei Ming's injuries began to recover at a visible pace.
"Cough cough, Teacher, I did it, I really did it. You were right—only between life and death can one achieve a breakthrough."
Lei Ming's face was full of excitement, like a child who had done a good deed and was waiting for praise.
"Hmm, not bad, you did very well this time."
Lu Qingshan smiled slightly.
He went on to say.
"I once said that if you broke through the first layer of a domain within ten years, I would give you another gift. How about this Huancai Star?"
"Huancai Star?"
Lei Ming raised his head to look at the planet's sky; the multicolored clouds looked especially beautiful.
"Teacher, Huancai Star is very beautiful."
Lei Ming answered honestly.
"Since that's the case, I'll buy this Huancai Star and give it to you."
Lu Qingshan smiled faintly.
"Teacher, is that alright? I just killed Huancai Star's original owner."
Lei Ming widened his eyes, incredulous.
"Who said you killed Huancai Star's original owner?" Lu Qingshan shook his head slightly and smiled. "The three original owners of this Huancai Star clearly encountered space pirates and left not even bones behind. You and I, master and disciple, passed by here, exterminated the space pirates, and saved the people of the entire planet."
"Ah……"
Lei Ming's simple world was shaken.
It could be like this?
Lu Qingshan continued: "Actually, placing Huancai Star's ownership in your hands is a good thing. Their planet is too weak—the highest level is only Planet Level. Even if you gave them freedom, unless they offered the planet to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's authorities, they would still end up in their current situation."
"Teacher, I accept. I'll just be a nominal planetary lord."
Lei Ming was not rigid; for the sake of his friends, he still accepted this planet.
Things went very smoothly.
Personnel from Black Dragon Mountain's office in the Kaluo Empire soon arrived at Huancai Star. Seeing Lu Qingshan's identity as a Two-Leaf Qianwu Practitioner, they were stunned and dared not show the slightest disrespect.
In just half a day, they gave their investigation results: Huancai Star had suffered a space pirate attack, all three lords had died in battle, and the great Two-Leaf Qianwu Practitioner Lu Qingshan had passed by, saving all humans on Huancai Star.
Buying the planet went even more smoothly; there was no need for data collection, because Lu Qingshan was the planet's savior and received a thirty percent discount.
Of course, the planet's price was also the lowest tier: 300 billion Black Dragon Coins; with the thirty percent discount, it was 210 billion Black Dragon Coins.
After the paperwork was completed, Lei Ming became Huancai Star's new lord.
Chapter 16