Chapter 21: Trial, Heavenly Lightning Body Refining Art
Damn, didn’t they say there was only one Foundation Establishment demon beast? You hurriedly dodged, still muttering under your breath, “How is this different from what Ouyang Xiu said!”
You had just wanted to summon your spiritual artifact to fight, but suddenly discovered that all the spiritual power in your body had been sealed. No matter how you tried to mobilize it, you couldn’t use a single trace.
Facing five Foundation Establishment demon beasts you had never seen before, you steeled your heart and fought them with the power of your physical body alone.
The five people who had come with you were now nowhere to be found. You could only fight alone.
After several exchanges, you discovered that the physical bodies of these demon beasts you had never seen before were almost comparable to your own!
You knew this couldn’t go on. If you kept wearing each other down like this, you feared you would die of exhaustion! You had to end this quickly!
After more than a dozen exchanges, you finally found an opportunity. One punch burst the eye of one of the demon beasts. Catching it off guard, another punch directly blinded both its eyes, temporarily robbing it of its ability to move.
Seeing this, the other four demon beasts immediately stopped attacking you and gathered around the severely injured demon beast, speaking in words you couldn’t understand.
Taking this chance, you could finally rest properly and think of a countermeasure.
Your cultivation was sealed, the challenge’s difficulty had skyrocketed, and even your storage bag couldn’t be opened.
If you wanted to escape now, you could only kill all five demon beasts before you and complete the trial!
With that thought, you decided to strike first. Watching the few demon beasts still communicating, you exerted strength through both feet and shot out with a whoosh.
Before the other side could react, you launched a fierce assault on the demon beast at the very edge!
One punch, one punch, and another punch!
You gathered all the strength in your body into your fists and unleashed a violent assault on the demon beast’s head.
After three punches, the demon beast was knocked to the ground, blood streaming from its seven orifices.
On the fourth punch, with a bang, the Foundation Establishment demon beast’s head was directly blown apart by you!
The blood from the exploding head splattered all over your body. The three demon beasts at the side had just wanted to stop you, only to find it was already too late.
“Human… die!” The remaining three demon beasts roared in fury and launched another attack on you.
Facing the encirclement of three demon beasts, you felt no fear at all. The Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art circulated fully, and the power of your physical body erupted completely. Two punches repelled two demon beasts, then you launched a full-power assault on the last one.
In your full-power state, faint threads of Heavenly Lightning power coiled around your fists. Each punch was stronger than the last.
One punch knocked the demon beast back, two punches left it severely injured, and after the third punch, the demon beast no longer had the strength to fight.
Looking at the fallen demon beast, you did not spare it. Another punch was thrown, directly blasting its head apart!
It couldn’t be more dead.
Seeing this, the other two demon beasts you had repelled hesitated and did not dare step forward. They had clearly been intimidated by your strength.
You shook the blood off your hands and chose to take the initiative!
With the enhancement of Heavenly Lightning power, these two Foundation Establishment demon beasts were no longer your match.
After a few punches, both were severely injured.
Just as you were about to kill them, a voice suddenly rang out, stopping you.
“Fellow Daoist, wait. You have already passed this trial, so please show mercy.”
You looked toward the voice and found it was actually a remnant soul. You knew this was the ancient existence Ouyang Xiu had spoken of, the master of this tomb, the Tribulation Transcendence cultivator Zhang Chao!
“Senior.” You bowed and spoke respectfully.
Zhang Chao’s remnant soul waved his large hand and brought you to a secret chamber. Tea automatically appeared on the stone table. Zhang Chao’s remnant soul sat across from you and spoke. “Fellow Daoist, please sit.”
Hearing this, you sat across from Zhang Chao’s remnant soul, and a cup of spiritual tea arrived before you.
You accepted it. Just by smelling the spiritual tea, you felt the injuries in your body improve greatly.
“To have learned a fragment of the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art at such a young age is truly remarkable!” Zhang Chao’s remnant soul stroked his beard and praised you.
“I hope Senior will pass down the subsequent parts of the technique.” You set down the spiritual tea, cupped your hands, and got straight to the point.
“Oh? Haha, how interesting!” Zhang Chao’s remnant soul was somewhat surprised by your frankness.
Then he pointed with his right hand, and you instantly felt something appear in your mind. It was the complete version of the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art!
You were delighted and quickly thanked him. “Thank you, Senior, for granting this!”
“This technique is divided into nine layers in total. Cultivate it to the perfection realm, and you can refine your physical body into an immortal physique!” Zhang Chao’s remnant soul explained to you.
“By then, you can rely on your immortal physique to ascend to the Immortal Realm!”
Ascend to the Immortal Realm? You were instantly shocked. This was what every cultivator dreamed of!
“I never imagined this was actually a body-refining technique that could lead to immortality!” You found it somewhat hard to believe. Such a top-tier technique had fallen into your hands so easily. It all felt unreal.
“Drink this cup of spiritual tea, then cultivate here and recover your injuries. I will protect you.”
Hearing this, you hesitated for a moment, then downed the spiritual tea before you and began cultivating the complete version of the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art.
Immense energy gathered within your body. You circulated the complete Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art and continuously absorbed this energy, healing the injuries caused by the Heavenly Lightning.
As the injuries to your five viscera and six bowels gradually recovered, the power of your physical body grew even stronger.
At the side, Zhang Chao’s remnant soul watched your body, his eyes filled with longing!
Who knew how much time passed. You finished absorbing the energy within the spiritual tea, your internal injuries fully healed, and the power of your physical body had also reached its limit.
You felt the powerful physical strength of your body. You knew that as long as you underwent another lightning tribulation, you could break through to the second layer of the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art. By then, your physical body would be comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator!
After cultivation ended, Zhang Chao’s remnant soul looked at you and nodded in satisfaction. Something seemed to occur to him, and he suddenly spoke. “What is your main cultivation technique? What rank is it?”
“Replying to Senior, a Profound-Rank Mid-Grade Technique, the Longevity Art.” You directly took out the Longevity Art and handed it over.
“A technique that increases lifespan? Interesting!” Zhang Chao’s remnant soul took it and looked it over, unable to help but sigh. “I never imagined that after not seeing it for ten thousand years, the Heaven Mystery Continent could produce such a technique!”
“However, for such a technique to only rank as Profound-Rank Mid-Grade, it has likely been heavily abridged!” Zhang Chao’s remnant soul said casually.
“Abridged?” You couldn’t help but speak. With your current Foundation Establishment cultivation and perspective, you truly couldn’t tell.
“But no matter. I have a Heaven-Rank technique here. You can switch to cultivating it right now.” As soon as the words left his mouth, a jade slip appeared before you.