It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future (WN)

Chapter 1363 Thunderbolt Sphere?

While the leaders of the three factions were speaking with Ling Lan, Ji Ming silently moved closer to the door of the palace. When he saw that little white ball appearing, he wanted to rush out of the palace. However, he didn’t expect that when he wanted to leave, he felt as though his legs were being pulled on.

Bang! Ji Ming fell face-first near the entrance.

He turned around and looked at his ankles with apprehension. He could feel a slimy tentacle wrapping around his ankles, and the source of that tentacle was the strange flowers behind him. Currently, the plant was looking at him with a hungry gaze while its tentacles were growing longer as it flailed around furiously.

Ji Ming immediately realized something. Back when the five lords came to this place to probe Ling Lan’s capabilities, it was the plant that had stopped them.

Everyone had always believed that the tentacles were Ling Lan’s own abilities. They never expected the source of the tentacles to be the normal-looking plant.

Ling Lan glanced at Ji Ming indifferently. When she discovered Ji Ming’s odd behavior, she had already put Little White in charge of keeping him in place. Thus, if Ji Ming behaved or moved oddly, Little White would make a move on him.

“Tell me, what is that and what can it do?” asked Ling Lan.

Ji Ming had a frustrated expression on his face. He indeed knew the faction leaders would use this item to fight against Ling Lan. However, he didn’t expect that he would fall into such an unfavorable position. Faced with a threat to his life, he could only choose to tell Ling Lan the truth.

“This is called a thunderbolt sphere, an item created from the Heart of Imperial…” a look of fear was shown on Ji Ming’s face.

“Thunderbolt sphere?” Ling Lan raised her eyebrows, “I think I understand somewhat.”

“You think that can harm me?” Ling Lan was curious. Even if an imperial realm formidable master came down to kill her, it was almost impossible for him to do it alone. She didn’t understand why these faction leaders, who were only titled domain realm master levels, could be so confident in a small ball.

Ling Lan finally understood the degree of talent in the Lawless Lands. In the Federation, encountering someone at the domain stage was very difficult, and titled domain realm masters were even rarer. However, here in the Lawless Lands, one can easily encounter a domain realm master and anyone that was called upon could easily be a titled domain realm master. It was indeed just as the rumors in the Federation mentioned. The rumors were that in the Lawless Lands, domain realm masters were all over the place and ace operators were like cattle in a farm, were true.

“You can test it out,” Jimu Huo Yan said coldly. A hint of confidence and decisiveness showed in his eyes.

Seeing his sudden burst of confidence, Ling Lan thought about it carefully. It was as though she was thinking whether she should try it or not.

Ji Ming’s expression changed instantly and shouted loudly, “Lord Gen, once the thunderbolt sphere explodes, it could reach the strength of three imperial level domain realm masters combined together. You must not let it explode!”

Perhaps Ling Lan might not die from it, but the others in the room wouldn’t be able to get away with their lives.

The thunderbolt sphere was indeed very terrifying, but it was usually used as a deterrence. It wouldn’t be used unless absolutely necessary. It was because after it is used, it would be an outcome of mutual destruction. Ji Ming did want the throne, but he still loved his own life more.

“Three times the power? No wonder you’re so confident.” Ling Lan finally knew why they were so confident.

“Do you actually want to give up your lives?” Ling Lan leaned against the armrest of her chair as her right hand rubbed Little White’s soft hairs rhythmically. She seemed to not even care about the threat of the thunderbolt sphere. That uncaring expression on her face made Jimu and the others begin to hesitate.

In the end, none of them wanted to die.

“You asking us to give up everything here is the same as asking for our lives. If that’s the case, then why would it matter if we give up our lives? At least, we will have you come with us. It will be worth it.” shouted Xiang Tengyun angrily, and the hesitation of Jimu and Lu Jiachi instantly turned into determination.

If they were to back down now, they would have nothing left. Plus, they were already one foot in the grave so they didn’t need those extra years in misery.

Although they were all titled domain realm formidable warriors, they still lived 20 to 30 years more than the average person in the Lawless Lands. So if they were to leave without a fight, they would live the rest of their lives with nothing. Unless they have the luck to break through their barriers and advance into the imperial realm, they would be nothing for the next few years. After being comfortable for most of their lifetime, were they actually going to become poor, homeless and become stepped on by others in their last few years?

Moreover, they had offended many people. As soon as they become removed by the current position, their old enemies would definitely make moves and go against them. When that happened, they would be totally helpless.

“You people really won’t give up until it’s over it seems.” Ling Lan sighed.

Everyone looked at each other. Only Ji Ming had a sharp look in his eyes, but he immediately put his head down, not daring to look at Ling Lan again. It was as though he was afraid Ling Lan would be able to see through to his thoughts.

Right as the three of them didn’t know whether to accept Ling Lan’s terms, they suddenly felt their bodies turning stiff.

Jimu’s expression changed instantly. He wanted to open his palm to toss out the thunderbolt sphere. However, he shockingly discovered that his hand had become a block of ice. Even the thunderbolt sphere in his hand was frozen in ice.

“Break!” The flames on Jimu’s body roared. He wanted to crack open the ice around his body, but discovered that no matter how strong his flame concept burned, it wasn’t any bit effective against the layer of ice.

It easily suppressed his power. Their concepts were supposed to suppress each other, but right now, only his was suppressed.

What made him feel even more despair was that the thunderbolt sphere actually left his palm and slowly floated out of the ice. Two long, jade like fingers held up the thunderbolt sphere.

“This is the thunderbolt sphere?” Ling Lan felt the energy within it and was dumbfounded for a moment.

“Explode!” Another angry voice echoed in the room. Xiang Tengyun, who was originally encased in ice, actually moved. Another thunderbolt sphere flew towards Ling Lan.

Right as Ling Lan was about to use her ice element concept to freeze the thunderbolt sphere, it exploded right after leaving Xiang Tengyun’s hand.

“Ah!” Xiang Tengyun was instantly sent flying by the explosion’s energy. He smashed onto the wall of the palace before falling limply to the ground. Not long after, a puddle of blood painted the ground red. Xiang Tengyun was covered in blood. The right hand he tossed the black sphere with instantly turned to dust, leaving him with a broken arm.

Of course, the explosive energy did not only send Xiang Tengyun flying. The others were also sent flying backwards. Jimu and Lu Jiachi were somewhat protected because they were frozen by Ling Lan. Although the layer of ice turned to dust after the explosion, the two of them were more or less still intact. They smashed to the ground and fell unconscious as blood continuously poured out of their mouths. If they couldn’t receive any medical attention soon, they probably wouldn’t be able to live for long.

After seeing Xiang Tengyun toss out another thunderbolt sphere, Ji Ming activated his domain to protect himself, so his condition was much better than Jimu and Lu Jiachi, but he was still severely injured.