Powerful mental conception spread out in all directions. It took only a split second for Ou Yangming to notice a drastic change.

Distance.

Under the integration of Heaven and man, his sensing range became a whole 10 times greater than before.

With him as the center, there was a frightening change in the sensing distance. This could only mean that his mental power underwent a qualitative change.

A 10-times increase in the sensing range did not mean that the growth of his actual power was only 10 times its original level. If Ou Yangming's previous mental power was equivalent to the heat quantity produced from burning papers, it was now equal to the energy produced from oil combustion. The disparity between the two was not as simple as a mere digital overlay.

Although Ou Yangming expected his mental power to exceed the world's limit and would greatly improve after he withstood the Heavenly Thunderbolts, he was deeply in awe when he finally sensed the margin of increase.

He took a deep breath and slowly withdrew the mental conception that he spread out earlier.

The young fellow was elated, and the strong impact almost flooded his rationale.

Fortunately, Ou Yangming dared not relax too much because the thunderbolt disaster was still fresh in his mind, hence he slowly composed himself.

Intense essential Qi, which was almost going to burst into the sky, rose from his dantian and instantly filled his meridians. The essential Qi was abundant and vigorous, unlike anything he had ever seen.

It was different—it became vastly dissimilar from his previous power as though he would advance in another form if he became slightly stronger.

Ou Yangming curled his lips into a faint smile. His mental power had certainly gone past 100 points and broke through the world's limit. Besides, his essential Qi cultivation base did not show a weak impression too. Even though the young fellow had not overtaken a great ancestor, he was only a fine line away from Wu Yuanwei, who was already at the peak of a great ancestor.

Perhaps it would be tough to break through in this world, but if one had the opportunity to advance into the upper realm, going beyond the great ancestor boundary would likely be as easy as eating or drinking.

Moreover, Ou Yangming's physical quality became even more terrifying. When he touched his arm, he felt like he became similar to a spirit beast.

If he were to challenge a spirit beast at the moment, he believed that he could beat the creature up so badly that it would be disfigured.

"Woof…"

All of a sudden, a bark was heard coming from a distance away.

Ou Yangming was moved. He quickly flashed toward Big Yellow and the goshawk, then he asked with a smile, "Why? Are you worried about me?"

"Master, your good fortune floods the heavens, so we weren't worried at all." The goshawk looked down as it responded carefully.

It found out Ou Yangming's strength by sensing the change in his aura. Needless to say, after witnessing the strikes of the Heavenly Thunderbolts, anyone would know that the young fellow would surely become a powerhouse beyond Extreme Grade if he endured the process.

Ou Yangming had indeed achieved that.

"Hey?"

The young fellow suddenly turned to look in the direction he came from.

For some reason, the Military Fire in his sea of consciousness moved as if something burst out in the distance and attracted it.

The goshawk quivered intensely almost at the same time. It looked in the same direction and seemed to be taken aback.

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A light was seen amidst the faint yellow clouds and mist. In particular, a blazing flame emerged in the center.

It was an incredibly forceful fire, and its violent flames seemed to be able to burn the devilishness in the universe. Once the scorching fire burned, even the vague yellow clouds and mist could not stop it anymore.

Eventually, the fire covered a broader range, and it tended to the yellow clouds and mist as its fuel.

At the center of the fire, a gigantic bright and multicolored bird flapped its wings and spat divine fire as it floated proudly in mid-air as though it was the incarnation of the flames.

Endless powers arose around it. It only happened in one spot, but it was majestic and invincible.

When Ou Yangming previously released the Military Fire in the sky above Feiya City to light up the Birds Formation, he caused many casualties among the Birds. Back then, the fiery fire was appalling, but it was mediocre as compared to the fire in this area.

They could not be mentioned on equal terms especially in terms of energy intensity.

Nonetheless, there was a peculiar change in the sky above the fire when it was about to break through the faint yellow clouds and mist.

Dense black clouds drifted over from afar. They seemed to be formed from nothing as they appeared in the blink of an eye.

They gathered and floated above the yellow clouds and mist, and they slowly became denser. It looked like they were waiting for something.

The little bird, which had turned into a giant bird, kept cursing at the center of the poisonous miasma. It was cursing at a Venerable One from the Insects in the upper realm because it was smart enough to know that the thick and potent miasma was not meant to be used against Ou Yangming, but to trap it.

If it was only an ordinary poisonous miasma, the little bird would not be bothered at all. However, the miasma was actually secretly hosted by a Venerable One. Though the poisonous miasma could not hurt it, it was purposely made to confuse its sense of direction, thus it became lost and slowly fell deeper into the trap.

The little bird was furious, but it dared not act recklessly. It became more alert after it sensed the Venerable One's aura.

Nevertheless, the aura of the Insects' Venerable One suddenly disappeared just now. The little bird initially thought the Venerable One was scheming something, but it realized after spying through a secret technique that the fellow's aura had really disappeared.

Due to the Heavenly Thunderbolts, the Venerable One's arm that was extended into this realm was completely cut off. Not only did the Inescapable Trap no longer contain its aura, but it also vanished from the poisonous miasma.

Therefore, the little bird released its race's secret technique after making sure that its opponent was gone. It turned the poisonous miasma into a massive fire, which would burn the Venerable One's unique set up in this realm.

Just as the little bird was enjoying the burning process, it suddenly heard deep, rumbling thunders.

It tensed up right away because it knew what was going on. It was so immersed in the process that it did not control the fire's power well enough, causing the whole poisonous miasma to be lighted up, and it released its greatest aura.

Even Multi-armed King Kong dared not act so unrestrained in this realm, let alone the profound and capable little bird.

The little bird shrieked and distinguished its direction, then it spread its wings and flew into the distance.

It was as fast as a meteor once it went all-out, but a substantial Heavenly Thunderbolt pursued it hotly.

From far, it looked like two shooting stars were racing across the sky and went out of sight.

The multicolored big immediately shrunk back into its original size as a little bird. With that, the gloomy clouds above the poisonous miasma dispersed, and the universe seemed to have stopped raging because it could not spot the large multicolored bird.

Even so, the lightning bolt kept following closely behind the little bird. Furthermore, it kept absorbing the universe's free force along the way and grew bigger. From a distance away, it looked like the little bird's body was already enveloped by the thunderbolt, and they seemed to have merged.

The little bird was regretful because it was too careless.

At the spur of the moment, it focused in one direction because it noticed someone through its superb vision.

Without any hesitation or subconsciously, the little bird made a turn in mid-air and flew in that direction.

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Ou Yangming, the goshawk, and Big Yellow remained in their spots as they stared into the distance.

They were fearful because they sensed a power over there. It felt like an oppressive power, so they could not help but become afraid.

Subsequently, they looked at each other because they knew a sudden change must have happened over there. Having said that, judging from the different levels of changes, they knew they could not get involved in the matter.

"Hey, what's that?" Big Yellow shouted abruptly.

Ou Yangming's face changed when he looked. He shook his wrist to swiftly put on his Thunderbolt-resistant Suit, which he had previously removed.

Thunderbolt—it was an unimaginably huge thunderbolt.

What shocked them more was the thunderbolt was zooming toward them at an unbelievable speed.

The instant Ou Yangming put on his suit, the thunderbolt hit him right on his head.

He roared without any hesitation and jumped to charge at the thunderbolt.

Ou Yangming and his companions could not evade the thunderbolt at all given how fast it was. On top of that, the goshawk did not have enough pieces of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment. If it was struck by the thunderbolts, there would definitely be a chain reaction, causing it to be killed at once.

Hence, Ou Yangming decided to initiate an attack instead. Since he had a Thunderbolt-resistant Suit and was tempered by the thunderbolts just now, he could probably resist the Heavenly Thunderbolts in this realm.

As soon as he rose into the sky and raised his shield to face the thunderbolt, he sensed a gust of him blowing past him. When the young fellow narrowed his eyes, he seemed to notice a flash of red light.

'How can there be a red figure amidst the thunderbolt?'

Before Ou Yangming could react in time, the immense Heavenly Thunderbolt struck him.

His body shivered vigorously at that instant.

'What's this Heavenly Thunderbolt? Why is it so mighty? It's probably the combination of all of the thunderbolts that I resisted earlier, isn't it?'

Fortunately, there was only one of the Heavenly Thunderbolt; there were no follow-ups.

Protective shields glowed one by one on Ou Yangming's body as they continuously weakened the thunderbolt power. Following that, an explosive "pow" was heard as every piece of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment cracked.