Crackle, crackle.

Golden light flashed, and Li Rui had already arrived in this darkness. Compared to the ring of deathly silence isolating Ghost Cry Ridge, this place felt even more chilling.

The good news was that there was no danger in the darkness either; those twisted evil demons hadn’t appeared here.

Li Rui slowly groped through the endless darkness. Finally, under the illumination of the Divine Thunder, he found a shrine. However, there was no statue inside, just a cluster of dark cyan light.

Is this the Earth Thunder?

Although he asked himself this question in his mind, he actually already knew the answer. Having witnessed the three types of Thunder Skills, the aura emanating from this cyan light was almost identical to them, so it couldn’t be fake.

Li Rui reached out to touch the cyan light itself, but even before he could fully make contact, his fingertips began to rapidly decay, blood and flesh withered, bones shriveled, and eventually, it all disappeared.

"Hmm."

Li Rui grunted, endured the pain to pull his hand back, and hurriedly activated the Everlasting Life to stop the bleeding.

The Earth Thunder, by nature, nurtures all things, but when reversed, it becomes a terrifying object of ultimate extinction.

He was troubled about how to make contact with this thing when a sudden idea struck him.

Since the Earth Thunder was twisted by the Exorcism Institute’s technique, wouldn’t transforming into a state of Reversed Yin and Yang solve it?

So he attempted to activate the skill that the Yin Yang Umbrella provided, then reached out again to try touching the dark cyan light. Sure enough, this time, he wasn’t harmed at all.

Then, a whirl in front of his eyes, and the light swiftly entered his body.

Crack, crack, crack.

At the same time, not only did his body undergo changes, but also his coat.

[Original Wood Thunder Spell: Once activated, heals all injuries and negative states.]

This was a skill on the administrator’s coat, the Everlasting Life, that had been replaced by a higher-level spell.

Li Rui glanced at it and understood its mystery immediately.

Initially, the Everlasting Life could only heal injuries, but if limbs were severed, poisoned severely, or caught in some other rare negative state, it was impossible to restore.

But that’s no longer the case. Li Rui activated the skill, and the hand that had been eroded by the reversed Earth Thunder immediately began to regenerate, returning to its original state amidst a tingling sensation.

The key point of this skill is that it enables cross-realm interactivity; what was previously impossible to achieve in the real world can now be done.

Even if limbs were severed outside, they could still be restored. This is immensely useful, especially now that Zuo Qiutian and the Hidden Sect are invading, and the real world is also fraught with crises.

Besides the administrator’s coat skill, he also acquired an extra legendary talent.

[Original Endless Body: Spiritual Power recovery speed permanently increased by 80%.]

This is a passive skill, unlike the Origin Unlimited, which requires activation.

Now, after acquiring the Divine White Dragon Amulet of the Dragon Thunder, under full status, he can cast one and a half times the All Heaven Void Thunder Fire Seal Spell.

Considering the once-off recovery ability of the Origin Unlimited, he can use it three times.

If the backtracking ability is included, it can count as six times.

However, the Origin Unlimited has a ten-minute cooldown; if too much Spiritual Power is consumed in high-intensity combat, the period before the next Origin Unlimited becomes effective will be a vacuum phase, unable to use the strongest ultimate move.

This is very disadvantageous when facing world NPC-level enemies.

Now, the passive 80% increase in Spiritual Power recovery speed becomes quite useful. Although it’s not as significant as the Origin Unlimited, spreading out over ten minutes, it can recover roughly the amount the Origin Unlimited provides additionally.

If planned well, and not using six ultimates within one minute, but spreading it out, he might achieve near-unlimited usage.

At the very least, he could use it an additional one or two times, potentially saving his life at critical moments.

Moreover, there’s more — the Yin Yang Umbrella’s Reversed Yin and Yang skill also has an effect that reverses the Five Thunders Skill’s capability.

When the Original Endless Body is reversed, its effect changes.

[Reversed Life Severing Body: All skills consume 50% more Spiritual Power, with added Power of Earth Mine.] 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

In this state, the All Heaven Void Thunder Fire Seal Spell transforms into the Nine Heavens Extinction Spell. The specific effects are unknown, but based on the consumption, it should at least deal 150% of the original damage, right?

Just as Li Rui discerned everything, he felt the darkness he was in start to tremble.

The distant light began approaching him rapidly, but he soon realized it wasn’t the case. Instead, the darkness was converging towards the center, eventually condensing into a point and disappearing into the shrine.

Looking around, he found himself no longer inside a subterranean cave but in an open pit, with those lined-up resurrected beings behind him, and Cheng Mingyue and Guan Gui staring at him in a daze.

"Is it done?"

Li Rui nodded: "Got the Earth Thunder, let’s wrap up."

The three were very thrilled; now they just needed to leave here and exit the Secret Realm.

At this time, due to the disappearance of the Earth Thunder, the circular darkness surrounding the crater also faded away. More precisely, the entire Ghost Cry Ridge, after countless years of cold winds, finally cleared up.

"Let’s hurry." Li Rui said.

"Wait."

Guan Gui suddenly stopped him, "There’s something in the ruins."

After the darkness receded, some previously concealed corners were revealed, and they saw many scattered armors, weapons, and magical accessories on the ground.

"These...are they equipment?" Having seen similar items in the Secret Realm war zone’s Upper Realm Arsenal, Cheng Mingyue remarked.

Guan Gui immediately ordered all the resurrected beings to bring the items over.

After dozens of different equipment pieces were brought over, all three were astounded.

There were at least dozens of pieces of equipment here, with high quality, over a dozen being of legendary level, the rest all epic.

No one had ever seen such a scene; Li Rui promptly ordered the three to quickly find suitable ones and distribute them accordingly.

While inspecting the quality of the equipment, he thought this was indeed the authentic fallen Exorcism Institute, which was why so many high-quality items ended up here.

However, it surely wasn’t the entire Exorcism Institute, as he hadn’t been there but had been to Thunder City, a vast place that couldn’t be covered by a pit at Ghost Cry Ridge.

The three hurriedly chose equipment they could use and quickly distributed them.

Li Rui glanced, finding most items related to the Exorcism Institute’s secretive and extinction-focused methods, being very suitable for Guan Gui.

But since he also had the skill of Reversed Yin and Yang, he could barely make use of a few.

Finally, a legendary belt caught his attention.

[Light Thunder Wind Calling Jade Belt.]

This thing, besides enhancing Thunder Skills, had a skill for summoning wind, which clearly wasn’t the Exorcism Institute’s style.

He immediately recalled Master Bo Yuan’s words.

Back then, the internal conflict between the Exorcism Institute and the Thunder Division’s Thunder City attracted two additional divisions, so he roughly understood the situation here.

It was because of the battle at the Exorcism Institute that it collapsed from the Upper Realm, falling into Ghost Cry Ridge, causing the overlapping effects of the Earth Thunder and the Exorcism Institute’s extreme negative impact.

He looked at the belt’s skill.

[Wind Call: Summons a gale around you, lasting ten seconds, benefiting from dominance attributes.]

The main role of this skill is to synergize with the Escape Technique.

If he can summon the wind, it can greatly enhance the Escape Technique’s speed, enough for him to flee a hundred miles within ten seconds.