The oppressive aura was one Wan Lei was very familiar with. He had seen Xi Sha’s aura, the Six-Eared Macaque’s aura, and felt the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, the Three-Yang Saint’s aura.
Although each could easily suppress him, there were still differences.
The pressure currently pinning them down was no weaker, perhaps even stronger, than the Great Sage Equal to Heaven’s.
A Three-Yang Saint!
Wan Lei’s heart felt bitter. He saw Fang Xiaoyu’s puzzled gaze as she turned to him, and he spoke with great difficulty,
"Saint..."
Fang Xiaoyu’s face was ashen. A Saint had intervened.
It made sense. How could the Five Elements Hall simply watch as two cultivators of the Grand Void Realm wreaked havoc and then calmly escape?
They had played around with them before, not taking it seriously, but did they really think they could escape?
This was the Five Elements Hall!
However, how could Wan Lei just sit and wait to be captured?
He had one last method.
A method he was most reluctant to use.
On his head, he didn't just have hair, but also a single monkey hair.
He painstakingly raised his hand. As long as he could pull out that monkey hair, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven would instantly appear.
Even if the Great Sage Equal to Heaven only pleaded for them or snatched them away, it would suffice.
Fighting would be another matter; could the Great Sage Equal to Heaven truly defeat so many Saints of the Five Elements Hall?
But his hand, under the terrifying pressure, refused to budge.
Below, the Five Elements Hall continued to gather, millions of people converging, yet the silence was terrifying.
When they saw a Saint appear, they knew it was all over.
The Saint emerged from behind Wan Lei, walking slowly towards them, his back to them.
"Kneel."
The Saint spoke faintly.
Wan Lei and the other struggled to lift their heads, their teeth almost grinding to dust under the pressure.
But,
They refused to kneel!
Even as the bones in their knees creaked and groaned, they refused to kneel!
The Saint in front slowly turned around.
Upon clearly seeing his appearance, Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were struck with an indescribable shock and horror, and then, without a second thought...
They knelt!
"Wan Lei, descendant of the Wan family, direct lineage of the Second Generation Thunder Emperor of the Lei Feng Realm, pays his respects to the First Generation Thunder Emperor, Ancestor Qingyi!!!"
Wan Lei prostrated himself, his bowed face streaming with tears.
As soon as he saw the other's face, he knew they wouldn’t die this time.
That handsome face, with its starry eyebrows, sharp eyes, and a hint of a wicked smile on its lips, that ever-unchanging green robe—he had seen it countless times.
He had seen it in the Wan family ancestral hall, in the Yin Yang Sect, and countless times in the Thunder Emperor Hall.
The First Generation Thunder Emperor, Wan Qingyi, had left him his inheritance, his Thunder Armor, the Thunder Emperor Hall, and the legitimate position of Thunder Emperor. He had helped him greatly.
It was no disgrace to kneel before one’s own ancestor!
At the same time, Wan Lei thought of many things at this moment.
Ancestor Thunder Emperor was a Saint, and he was in the Five Elements Hall.
Therefore, the identity of the Thunder Hall Master, Saint Thunder, was revealed.
It turned out that the person he had been waiting to apprentice under was his own ancestor.
Wan Lei's shout was loud enough for everyone below to hear clearly, and they were all dumbfounded.
The reversals of this day were too numerous.
What had Wan Lei just shouted? Second Generation Thunder Emperor? Direct descendant? Paying respects to the First Generation Ancestor?
Wan Lei was a direct descendant of Saint Thunder?!
Brother, you have this kind of backing?
If you had this backing, why didn't you say so earlier? Why go and break people out of jail?
Wan Lei: If I had known, how could I have gone to break into jail? I could have just asked my ancestor.
He felt a little angry at this moment. They had always said Saint Thunder was fighting on the Bitter Sea battlefield, always saying he was coming back soon, coming back soon. If only the ancestor had returned a day earlier.
At this moment, Wan Qingyi had withdrawn his oppressive aura and glanced faintly at Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu.
"Follow this seat back."
The two lowered their heads, holding hands, looking like obedient children, doing as their elder instructed.
"Greetings, Saint Thunder."
Everyone bowed in unison.
Wan Qingyi's gaze swept over everyone, lingering only for a moment on the faces of Lei Xin and Lei Ting, who immediately lowered their heads in shame.
"Not bad. As soon as I returned from the Bitter Sea battlefield, I witnessed such a spectacular scene.
So many people, chasing two Grand Void Realm cultivators, not only failed to capture them but were also caused to wreak havoc, blowing up the Five Elements Hall, and killing so many people. If you are guarding the Five Elements Hall, I’m afraid you would kneel as soon as the demon race attacked."
Hearing this, the members of the Enforcement Hall and the guards lowered their heads in unison.
It was too shameful.
Just then, countless light spots descended from the sky, gradually coalescing into human forms.
These were the hundreds of Enforcement Hall disciples and guards killed by Wan Lei earlier.
These people looked at each other, remembering that they had died, yet now they were miraculously resurrected.
They were not confused for long; everyone realized that this was the work of an Immortal Venerable.
Then, Wan Qingyi spoke again,
"For this trial, the Enforcement Hall and the prison system have failed their mission. Wan Lei’s mission is successful."
Wan Lei was stunned. Mission? What mission?
Wan Qingyi turned to look at Wan Lei,
"Tell everyone, what was your mission?"
Wan Lei became even more bewildered,
"Ancestor, what mission?"
"You didn't see? You didn't accept the mission?"
Wan Qingyi was also surprised.
"No, I just broke someone out of jail."
Heaven knows, Wan Lei truly didn’t know about any mission. He genuinely just wanted to save his little sister Xiaoyu.
"Hmph, do you think the Immortal Venerable and the Sect Master didn't know you were planning to break into jail? They seized the opportunity to give you a trial. Take a look at your spiritual tablet."
Wan Lei then remembered that when he was preparing to break into jail, he had indeed received a mission, but he hadn't bothered to look at it at the time.
He immediately took out his spiritual tablet and, after a quick glance, was greatly shocked.
"Read it out."
"Yes... Yes, sir."
Wan Lei nodded nervously and read aloud,
"Fifth Mission of Wan Lei, new disciple of the Five Elements Hall.
Mission Level: Purgatory Level.
Mission Name: Break Free from the Cage.
Mission Description: Rescue the wrongly accused prisoner Fang Xiaoyu and escape the Five Elements Hall.
Mission Reward: Five thousand merit points."
Fang Xiaoyu looked at Wan Lei in shock. The jailbreak was arranged by the Five Elements Hall itself?
Wan Lei shook his head, indicating that he genuinely didn’t know.
"Qian Long of the Enforcement Hall, Xun Dao, the warden of Zone B, tell me about your mission."
Wan Qingyi looked at the two of them.
Their faces turned ashen upon hearing this, but they dared not disobey. They cupped their hands and said,
"Our mission was to capture Wan Lei alive and prevent Wan Lei’s jailbreak."
Upon hearing this, the entire hall erupted in an uproar.
"This was actually a confrontation trial!"
"Wan Lei and the other one against the entire prison system and the Enforcement Hall!"
"How could they possibly win? Wan Lei didn’t even know it was a mission, which is why he fought with his back to the wall."
"What would have been the price if he had failed?"
"The all-powerful Immortal Venerable had already seen through everything. They knew Wan Lei was going to break into jail and took the opportunity to arrange this trial for him?"
The crowd chattered, their guesses not far from the truth.
Wan Qingyi waved his hand,
"Come with me. The Immortal Venerable wishes to see you."