Chapter Thirty-Eight: Opportunity is also No Opportunity

  Hong Jun looked at the treasure in front of him and could no longer resist the temptation, only to see Hong Jun grab the pearl outside the token.

  At this time, Hong Jun's best idea was to first deal with the formation. As long as the formation disappeared, he could eliminate the Thunder Array. What Hong Jun feared most now was the Chaotic Heavenly Thunder. Therefore, he could only choose the soft one, put the token aside for the time being, and take out the Taiyin Divine Pearl to break the formation first.

  Hongjun's idea was correct, but separating the Taiyin Divine Pearl and the command plate would be enough to break this formation. However, could such a simple solution resolve this innate formation? The answer is no.

  Hongjun directly grasped the Taiyin Divine Pearl with his hand, and when the Taiyin Divine Pearl was grasped in Hongjun's hand, he suddenly felt a huge suction force coming from the Taiyin Divine Pearl, continuously absorbing Hongjun's magical power, as if to absorb all of Hongjun's magical power. The old ancestor Hongjun now wants to retreat, but there is no chance anymore, because this suction force is too great.

  Hongjun Laozu's heart only thought of letting go and making a big move, seeing Hongjun's other hand holding the Pangu fan operating its power, a strong and powerful Hunyuan sword energy attacked the command plate.

  Hongjun thought that he could be so strong and must not be this extreme first-class spiritual treasure, but it should be this unknown spiritual treasure. Indeed, as Hongjun thought, the Hunyuan Sword Qi saw several tokens on the token.

  "Bang!!!"

  A loud noise, enough to prove the intensity of Hong Jun's attack just now. And just as the Hunyuan Sword Qi hit the command plate, Hong Jun suddenly felt that the Taiyin Divine Pearl no longer had the same suction power on him as it did earlier.

  Hong Jun immediately understood his opportunity and didn't waste any words, using the Taiyin Divine Pearl to cast a divine ability "Seal" that made the Taiyin Divine Pearl disappear on the spot. Hong Jun seized the moment to grab the Taiyin Divine Pearl, mainly because he didn't want the Taiyin Divine Pearl to combine with the Fast Command Badge again to form a powerful formation.

  But Hong Jun was too early to be happy, indeed, if this formation is broken, it would be possible to stop the mysterious token from releasing the divine thunder. Now that Hong Jun has taken back the Taiyin Divine Pearl, it means that the True Divine Thunder Formation has been broken. However, Hong Jun's method of breaking the formation was wrong, going to attack the token quickly may seem like the fastest way, but it is not a wise choice.

  Just as Hong Jun was still maintaining his victorious smile, a divine lightning bolt struck towards him. This time, the divine lightning bolt was not like the previous Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, but rather a Chaotic Divine Lightning, and its quantity was also much greater than before.

  Bang! Slap!

  Two consecutive sounds came out, the difference being that the first sound was full of grandeur, while the second sound was like shattering glass. This was precisely because the Chaos Thunder had struck the protective light shield of Hong Jun, producing a huge noise, and the second time was the sound emitted by this light shield being shattered by the Chaos Thunder.

  Only to see the Chaos Thunder God again breaking through Hong Jun's protective light shield and directly attacking him, another "bang" sound and Hong Jun was knocked back hundreds of feet.

  "Pffft! Pffft!" Hong Jun, having just stabilized his body shape, couldn't hold back the surging spiritual energy inside him and spat out two mouthfuls of fresh blood. At this point, Hong Jun could be said to have suffered a severe injury.

  Don't just look at Hongjun's surface, where he only spat out two mouthfuls of blood. In fact, the Chaos Thunder is still lingering in his body. If he doesn't seize the opportunity to refine it, he might end up hurting his foundation. This injury to the foundation is no small matter, as it concerns whether he can achieve great things in the future. So Hongjun is now suppressing nearly sixty percent of his magical power within his body, constantly destroying the Chaos Thunder that's damaging his body, and first stabilizing his injuries before doing anything else.

  What appeared in front of Hong Jun was a dark, ancient token. Just thinking about the injury he had just suffered made him realize the power of this token. This token was probably not just a Primordial Treasure, or else the backlash from his own Spiritual Treasure wouldn't have been so powerful. After all, he was a quasi-Saint in the later stages of his cultivation. If a Primordial Treasure could exert such power without anyone controlling it and kill Hong Jun, he wouldn't believe it. Although he hadn't had time to notice earlier, the fact that he had been severely injured was undeniable.

  So now Hong Jun sees that such a spiritual treasure is about to fall into his own hands, and if he can have such a spiritual treasure in his hand, who in the vast wilderness would be afraid of him? Hong Jun is now thinking beautifully, and even thought about how he will be in the future.

  However, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Hong Jun still thought it was better to take action early and avoid causing more branches. So Hong Jun exerted his divine power to grab the token, but just as he reached for the token, he found himself grabbing at nothing. Instead, he saw a young and beautiful woman appear in front of him, and at this time, the token was also being held by this woman.

  Don't mention it, this woman is none other than the Taiyin goddess Wang Shu. Wang Shu has been paying attention to the situation here at all times, and when the formation was broken, she instantly moved to this place, ready to take action at any time. After seeing Hong Jun being counterattacked by a mysterious token, she knew that this token must be an extraordinary spiritual treasure. Now that Hong Jun is heavily injured by the token again, it's the perfect opportunity for her to take action. So, just as Hong Jun was about to collect the treasure, Wang Shu took the lead and put the spiritual treasure into her sleeve first.

  "Friend, this treasure is a thing of the Tao, you have no reason to snatch it, what kind of logic is this!" Hong Jun thought that the person in front of him was definitely a pre-heavenly spirit born from the Taiyin star. What he said was intentional, and he didn't think about finding an excuse, but just wanted to distract the Taiyin goddess so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

  After all, he is a strong man who has already reached the middle stage of the Great Dao Law. With his current injuries and having to split some of his magical powers to suppress the Chaos Thunder in his body, it would be unwise for him to engage in a fierce battle with Taiyin Goddess now.

  "Fellow Taoist, how dare you say such a thing? This treasure is clearly from my Taiyin Star, why do you say it's your treasure? You're not even worthy of being a decent person!" Wang Shu looked at Hong Jun and asked back, but he was still cautious and on guard against Hong Jun, preventing him from launching a sneak attack. With his current cultivation level, it would be difficult to defeat the old Taoist in front of him, but the old Taoist had already been severely injured and there was no possibility of him fighting back, the only possibility was that he might try to launch a sneak attack.

  "This thing is indeed from the Taiyin Star, but it was also discovered by Pingdao. Since it was discovered by Pingdao, it means that this treasure has a connection with Pingdao. If it's something connected to Pingdao, how can it not be said to be Pingdao's thing?" Hongjun looked at the expressionless face of the Taiyin Goddess and knew that it wasn't the right time to make his move yet. So he spoke again to Wangshu.

  "Friends, don't be sad. This treasure comes from the Taiyin Star. Although it was discovered by you, in the end, it was taken away by me. This shows that this treasure is not destined for you, but rather heaven used your hands to deliver this spiritual treasure to me. Speaking of which, I should thank you. " Wàng Shū now also started playing Taiji with Hóng Jūn, speaking sincerely, as if he really wanted to thank Hóng Jūn.

  Hong Jun now realizes that he underestimated this overly cautious goddess, who speaks more straightforwardly than himself. His injuries are still worsening and if he doesn't hurry up and use his inner energy to heal them, he's afraid something big will happen. However, thinking about the treasure he was just about to get being taken away by someone else makes him furious.

  Hong Jun had thought of waiting for his injuries to heal before coming back to the Tai Yin star to retrieve this spiritual treasure, but thinking about its power, he himself was severely injured without anyone controlling it. It's easy to imagine the power of this spiritual treasure. Even if he left now, don't think that you can get this treasure. You should know that even if the Tai Yin goddess has this treasure, her strength won't increase easily! Moreover, the power of this spiritual treasure is such that even if the Tai Yin goddess's strength hasn't increased, she wouldn't dare to be too arrogant relying on this treasure alone.

  Thinking of his injuries, he couldn't care about that much anymore. He should find a place to treat his wounds first, this wasn't the time for those things.

  No choice, although Hong Jun saw the smiling face of Taiyin Goddess and had an urge to beat her up again, but now Hong Jun could only smile and say to Taiyin Goddess "It seems that it's fate, then congratulations on gaining the treasure, I'll take my leave first." After finishing speaking, he disappeared into Taiyin without waiting for a reaction. As Hong Jun walked away, he sighed in his heart 'I thought it was a great opportunity, but unfortunately, it's not meant to be!'

  The Taiyin goddess, Wang Shu, realized why the old Daoist had suddenly become so docile after seeing Hong Jun disappear into the Taiyin star. He must have suffered a severe injury and was recuperating from it. Thinking of this, the Taiyin goddess's face filled with regret, for she knew that earlier was the best opportunity to strike, but who would have known that the old Daoist's injuries were so severe?

  But fate is like this, you let go of this opportunity, and then there will be no more opportunities.

  "Ah! Never mind. What's meant to come will come, let's go take a look at what level this spiritual treasure is first! Being able to heavily injure that old Daoist, its grade shouldn't be low." After muttering to herself, the Tai Yin Goddess disappeared from her original spot.

  In another place, Hong Jun suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood with a "plop" sound and continued to drive the cloud towards the distance.

  It's said that Hong Jun's severe injury this time wasn't entirely due to the Chaos God's attack. After all, even if the Lingbao is high-level and has strong attacking power, it still can't compare to a cultivator's control! The reason Hong Jun was so severely injured was also because he had suffered quite a bit of damage from the Jiuxiao Divine Thunder earlier, and his magical powers couldn't be fully utilized.

  The final blow of the Chaotic Thunder only played a crucial role, but it was also because of this one blow that Hong Jun's injuries worsened. This caused Hong Jun to lose his chance to launch a sneak attack and he had no choice but to admit defeat to the Tai Yin Goddess and leave.