novelhk Chapter 151 Thunder Tide Surges, Cultivating in a Cage
Chapter 151 Thunder Tide Surges, Cultivating in a Cage
Chapter 151 Thunder Tide Surges, Cultivating in a Cage
"That Chen Yi really doesn't want to take any responsibility!"
Qin Chengcheng was filled with resentment. She was now 99% certain that her first time experiencing Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens was because of this guy's deception!
The first time they took it, and today they saw almost everything off her body, and probably touched quite a few places too.
They refused to admit it no matter what.
"Once I regain my memory, the first thing I'll do is settle accounts with you!"
Qin Chengcheng, holding a grudge, went to find Qiu Li.
"Sister Qiu, I'm willing to try and obtain these inheritances!"
In the corner, by the bridle, Chen Yi's "safe house" business became incredibly popular.
These prodigies were actually willing to take turns contributing resources to enter the stable to recuperate and rebuild their lives.
Chen Yikai's price is about 5,000 spirit stones per day. If three people book the entire venue, it will cost less than 2,000 spirit stones per person.
They felt it was cheaper than going out to recuperate or taking drugs.
Chen Yi was willing to accept this arrangement of booking the entire venue.
Earning 5000 spirit stones a day for venue fees—that's comparable to the daily income of a large cultivation clan.
Even ordinary Core Formation cultivators would probably be envious.
The only problem is that Chen Yi himself has nowhere to cultivate.
But this didn't stump Chen Yi. In recent days, he had accumulated various resources worth over ten thousand spirit stones.
He planned to select some resources to build himself a small "doghouse" for his solitary cultivation.
Anyway, this cage is made of thirty-six lightning crystals, which is already somewhat outdated for Chen Yi's current strength.
The "doghouse" he built himself would be much stronger than the Thirty-Six Thunder Crystal Array.
Here, Chen Yi is building a safe cage for his own cultivation, and then he consumes resources without regard to cost to go into seclusion for a period of time to improve his strength.
Qin Chengcheng and Qiu Li have been making great strides. Since she acquired the thirty-six Thunder Crystals, her progress in the battle against the Thunder Lion has been unstoppable.
The other cultivators also alternated between resting and exploring the secret realm.
A month later, several prodigies had passed the test of the third Thunder Lion and completed the inheritance of the third stone tablet.
Prepare to attempt to enter the central area of the minefield and challenge the fourth Thunder Lion.
Over the past month, Chen Yi's body tempering strength has made significant progress, and his Jade Bone technique has improved markedly, now nearing completion of the halfway point.
The first level of purification, also known as basic purification, is more than halfway complete.
Although, in terms of physical cultivation alone, Chen Yi can only be considered a half-step early-stage third-tier body cultivator,
However, with the addition of Jade Bone's strength, Chen Yi's overall body refinement strength has reached the early stage of the third tier, and not just the initial stage.
Before the young monk used the quasi-golden crystal marrow synthesized from the ninety-nine golden radiances, Chen Yi could fight him to a standstill based solely on his physical strength.
Previously, he had lent Qin Chengcheng thirty-six lightning crystals as a seed. Most of the lightning crystals on the horse's cage had been destroyed by the lightning tide, so he replenished them with more.
Furthermore, having rebuilt himself a small dog cage, Chen Yi secretly placed fifty lightning crystals as the base of the new lightning crystal cage array.
The lightning crystals stored in his body have been exhausted, and it's about time he replenished them.
Perfect timing! The number of lightning runes within him has now increased to 54, in addition to the initial thirty-six and the nine from the first inheritance stele on the third level.
Over the past month, he has absorbed and digested the surging lightning field through the system, engraving the first five lightning bolts of the second lightning lion and the first four lightning bolts of the third lightning lion into his body.
In addition,
Over the past month, with those prodigies paving the way ahead, they have fought the three Thunder Lions no less than a hundred times.
Chen Yi observed the various attack methods of the second and third thunder lions many times from the corner.
It has been fully confirmed that no matter what methods those two thunder lions use, he can handle them with ease.
Now, while the prodigies are gathered at the edge of the minefield, discussing how to deal with the fourth Thunder Lion.
Chen Yi quietly left the dog cage and went to the second thunder lion.
Chen Yi used the 49 lightning crystals within his body to form a Seven Star Lightning Array, easily neutralizing the first five attacks of the second lightning lion's Xun Wind Lightning Pattern.
He withstood the remaining four attacks with his physical strength, and the Thunderfire Golden Crystal formed furnace patterns on his body to neutralize the aftershocks of the thunderstorm.
By absorbing the characteristics of the Thunder Spirit through the system, it immediately attacked the remaining four Thunder Spirits within its body, simulating the locations of the Thunder Spirit runes that were about to be generated, and emitting the Xun Thunder fluctuations of the nine Thunder Spirit runes belonging to the second Thunder Lion.
After sensing the danger, the Thunder Lion stopped attacking, and the Thunder Shield of the Inheritance Stone Tablet automatically opened.
Throughout the process, Lei Shizi's attacks also allowed Chen Yi to recover some of his thunder spirit power reserves.
After entering the stone tablet, Chen Yi immediately sat cross-legged, allowing the lightning spirits to strike his body, secretly using the system's ability to absorb the lightning spirits' power.
The 54 lightning spirit runes within his body lit up one by one, and then the 55th lightning spirit rune began to condense and take shape in the diaphragm of his internal organs.
The power of thunder spirit within his body gradually became abundant.
at this time,
He suddenly sensed the rhythm of a wisp of wind and thunder patterns—
"I see!"
Then, the 56th and 57th runes lit up one by one.
He lit up the nine runes of the second Thunder Lion, creating a unique gust of wind.
With a slight thought, lightning flashed beneath his feet, and he moved three zhang (approximately 10 meters) to the side like lightning, leaving only an afterimage in his original position.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Yi comprehended the [Elementary Thunder Movement Technique].
While this [Basic Thunder Movement Technique] is not as profound as the little monk's Lotus Steps, it excels in the instantaneous nature of the thunder spirit.
Its explosive power is stronger, and Chen Yi guessed that it should be the prototype of a higher-level lightning escape technique.
As the lightning surge suddenly attacked from the side, he activated his newly mastered rudimentary lightning technique, and seven lightning shadows exploded around his body.
In the blink of an eye, he had already darted a hundred feet away.
It is even faster than Wind Release by a breath.
"The only downside is the high energy consumption."
Chen Yi pondered to himself.
This basic Thunder Movement Technique isn't unique to Chen Yi; Qiu Li, for example, can already use more advanced versions of it.
Even Qi Yunxi, who possesses the lightning spirit root, can use lightning-based techniques similar to Chen Yi's.
However, this technique consumes a great deal of energy and is generally a technique used by True Core cultivators.
For Foundation Establishment cultivators, using this method is too taxing; they can only use it a few times before their mana is depleted.
At present, it is only suitable as a high-level lightning technique for study, and not suitable for actual combat.
At this moment, the lightning spirit power within Chen Yi's body was once again fully charged.
After returning, he began refining the lightning crystals and researched how to combine the Azure Wind Escape Technique with the Lightning Movement Technique.
Forming a wind and thunder escape,
According to Chen Yi's conjecture, this would greatly increase the speed of his Wind Release technique.
And the energy consumption is far less than that of using the Lightning Strike Technique.
This Wind and Thunder Escape Technique is likely to be Chen Yi's main escape technique for a considerable period of time to come.
Chen Yi was refining the power of the Thunder Spirit, replenishing his Thunder Crystals, and comprehending the profound meaning of the second set of nine Thunder Spirit runes in the Xun Thunder Array. He was attempting to combine the Thunder Movement Technique with the Azure Wind Escape.
Specific training details will not be elaborated here.
On the other side,
The second level of the minefield, at the location of the fourth thunder lion.
More than a dozen prodigies have been taking turns challenging the fourth Thunder Lion for half a month.
The fourth thunder lion unleashed a barrage of thunder and fire, combining burning and electrification, its power exceeding the combined might of the first three thunder lions.
Even the most brilliant minds were helpless.
Even with Qiu Li's cultivation level, he couldn't withstand the final surge of lightning from the fourth Thunder Lion.
"Sister Qiu, I'm ready, let me try."
After observing for several days and with Qiu Li's guidance, Qin Chengcheng had mastered the first eight moves of the fourth Thunder Lion.
"Everyone, please try to stay far away. I might trigger a lightning surge this time."
Qin Chengcheng clasped his hands in a salute to the people behind him and said.
Most of the Qi Kingdom's prodigies retreated several hundred feet.
Three of them even rented Chen Yi's horse cage and climbed inside.
However, the few prodigies from Zhongzhou stood nearby, completely unmoved.
The opportunity to observe the fourth Thunder Lion in battle at such close range, and even to witness the process of the thunder tide being triggered and erupting, was a great benefit to them.
Last time, it came suddenly; they weren't prepared.
This time, with careful preparation, they were able to avoid being seriously injured by that level of lightning surge.
Qiu Li nodded slightly, indicating that she would do her best to help if anything unexpected happened.
Qin Chengcheng, with a serious expression, took out a scorched-tail zither and sat in mid-air in front of the fourth thunder lion.
The Jiaowei Qin (a type of zither) soared through the air, and seven thunder patterns suddenly lit up on its paulownia wood body.
The moment Qin Chengcheng pressed the strings with her delicate hand, a muffled thunderous resonance emanated from the soundbox, and the thirty-six crystals embedded in the belly of the instrument trembled simultaneously.
As the first crimson lightning bolt struck from the Thunder Lion, she flicked her wrist and unleashed a melody from her zither. The instant the sound blade collided with the lightning, a dragon-like hum resounded from the zither's case. Purple-white lightning flowed back along the strings, condensing into a three-inch-long lightning dagger at her fingertips.
Then, the Thunder Lion spewed out eight bolts of lightning. She slashed the fourth bolt with her lightning dagger, dodged the fifth bolt by turning to the side, and the sixth bolt of lightning was refracted by her suddenly inverted zither.
As the seventh golden-red lightning bolt struck, she flipped her wrist and changed the key, transforming the melody of her zither into a variation of "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens."
Thirty-six lightning crystals formed a celestial array within the body, decomposing the incoming lightning and fire into liquid plasma.
The previous battles were uneventful.
The real killer move is only now being revealed.
At the last moment,
Nine furnace patterns lit up simultaneously between the mane of the Thunder Lion, and the spiritual energy of the entire three-layered thunder field was drawn into a vacuum. The late-stage third-order thunder spirit tide arrived with a roar.
Qin Chengcheng knelt on one knee beside the zither, the jade hairpin in her hair exploding into crystal powder.
As her black hair danced wildly, thirty-six points of light beneath her skin lit up one by one, each point extending into a spiderweb-like pattern of lightning. At this moment, the lightning crystal array that Chen Yi had personally planted finally unleashed its full power.
The instant the thunder tide engulfed her, these thunder patterns suddenly formed a three-dimensional array on her body, perfectly overlapping with the array patterns inside the horse cage, forming a thunder crystal rune shield to protect Qin Chengcheng.
"Clang!"
She suddenly slid her fingers across the seven strings.
Thirty-six lightning crystals simultaneously erupted with a bluish-purple light, and a miniature lightning pool phantom appeared inside the spherical shield.
The most violent lightning plasma, upon touching the shield, suddenly and meekly split into two streams, surging past her on either side like Moses parting the sea.
For a time,
Throughout the three minefields, the surge of lightning was like a raging torrent, sweeping across the area.
Qin Chengcheng knelt alone in front of the fourth thunder lion. Amidst the raging thunder tide, she remained as immovable as a rock in the waves, her body surrounded by a protective shield of thunder spirit runes, making her completely unharmed.
Not far away, the various prodigies displayed their extraordinary abilities:
Ji Wuchen tilted his head back and drank the Azure Thunder Brew to the bottom, and thousands of lightning threads immediately burst forth from his body.
The gilded robe transformed into a transparent spirit in the lightning, resonating with the thunder tide—this was the profound mystery of Qingxiao Lei Niang's "transformation into a thunder spirit".
With a long roar, he raised his left hand and his natal flying sword exploded with a blinding cold light.
Man and sword became one, transforming into a stream of light, carving out a ten-foot-long passage through the thunderous waves, passing through the most violent core of the thunderstorm.
The young monk Linghui clasped his hands together, and hundreds of golden crystals formed Sanskrit characters on his body.
Three lightning crystal cores swirled around his body, yet he was still burned raw by the lightning magma.
Amidst the burnt smell, he suddenly opened his eyes—the stubborn demonic thought within his body had actually been refined by thirty percent by the thunder tide!
Qiu Li lightly touched the thunder waves with her toes, and with each movement, she brought forth seven lightning shadows.
Her innate Thunder Spirit Body allows her to dance like a swift on the crest of a wave, always managing to avoid deadly plasma at the last second.
"boom--!"
The moment the thunder surge erupted, the other prodigies had already hastily retreated, and several even withdrew directly from the third level of the secret realm.
Only the horse cage in the corner trembled violently amidst the lightning, with more than twenty lightning crystals exploding one after another, yet it managed to withstand this terrifying lightning strike that was enough to tear apart a third-level cultivator.
Most of Qi's prodigies hid in corners, desperately holding off Chen Yi's horse at the edge of the cage.
Only Qi Wuba, Qi Yunxi, and Ning Buer stood against the tide, advancing instead of retreating.
Qi Wuba's body surged with crimson flames, and his fists, imbued with violent fire elemental power, forcefully tore a gap in the thunder tide.
His muscles were bulging, veins were popping, and every inch of his skin was scorched black by lightning, yet he still grinned and roared, "Lightning tribulation tempering my body, just what I wanted!"
Qi Yunxi then made a series of lightning spells, forming a green lightning array of thirty-six lightning talismans that surrounded her body and collided fiercely with the sweeping lightning tide.
Ning Bu'er is the most unique; her demonic flames and lightning intertwine, and her Nine Yin Demonic Art is subtly transforming under the pressure of the lightning tide.
She bit her tongue, using her blood essence to activate a secret technique, and while enduring the thunder tide, the nascent form of the lightning demonic flame within her body became increasingly solid.
Although the three had different methods, they all understood that the Thunder Tide was both a crisis and an opportunity to break through their current level.
"Is the path of spiritual practice ever smooth?"
Qi Wuba glanced at the unscathed "horse cage" in the distance and sneered, "If everyone acts like a coward, who will carry the banner of cultivation for my Qi Kingdom?!"
"Since our predecessors have paved the way, if we retreat, where will our Daoist heart remain?" Qi Yunxi's thunder talisman surged again, also using the thunder tide to hone his own fundamental thunder talisman.
Although Ning Bu'er did not speak, the demonic flames in his eyes burned fiercely, clearly regarding Lei Chao as an aid to breaking through the shackles of demonic power.
In the corner, Chen Yi's "dog cage" remained unmoved amidst the lightning.
The fifty-four lightning crystals on the cage wall lit up simultaneously, activating a fifty-four-lightning crystal rune array that was fifty percent stronger than the Malong Lightning Array, effectively isolating the raging lightning tide from the outside.
Inside the cage, Chen Yi sat cross-legged, with lightning spirit runes floating and flowing around his body, resonating with the lightning crystal array outside. At the same time, he activated the power of the system, transforming the power of the lightning tide into pure lightning spirit and corresponding lightning spirituality, which he then absorbed into his body.
Gradually,
The first lightning spirit rune of the Fourth Separation Lightning suddenly lit up within his body, and the lightning-shaped pattern solidified inch by inch, with each flash drawing in a surge of lightning from the outside world.
Simultaneously,
The lightning crystals he lost were replenished at a visible rate, and the newly formed lightning crystals were covered with fourth lightning patterns, making them of even higher quality than before.
Outside the cage, the thunderstorm intensified, but inside, it was as calm as the eye of the storm.
Chen Yi formed hand seals, combining the excess lightning crystals and gold crystals to condense a third-tier lightning-gold crystal, which tempered his jade bones.
In the intermission, he did not forget to analyze the relationship between the fourth thunder tide and the previous types of thunder lions and the entire three-layered minefield.
By observing the 59 lightning spirit runes within his body, Chen Yi gained some insight.
"As expected, the Thunder Lion is the node of the Thunderfield..." He squinted at the direction of the seventh Thunder Lion in the distance, "The next high-level tide should come from it."
(End of this chapter)