The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

"Wow."

"laugh."

Endless lightning surrounded the fortress, with serpents of lightning and nine-horned electric snakes running rampant around it.

Whether it's a nine-horned electric serpent with spirituality or a lightning serpent without spirituality, swimming in the lightning sea is like a fish swimming in water, shuttling through thousands of thunderbolts and whistling past.

"Chi~~~"

A raging serpent of lightning swept across the spot where Lei Zhan stood, its tail, as thick as a bucket, suddenly sweeping across like a whip.

The black lightning slammed towards Lei Zhan, but the Thunder Serpent was too fast; it was essentially a lifeless bolt of lightning. Its speed also reached the speed of light, comparable to the golden rainbow of the sun controlled by Lei Zhan.

"Hmm? It's getting late."

A violent thunderbolt was about to strike. Lei Zhan frowned slightly, but his heart was calm, even somewhat expectant.

"The speed of the Nine-Horned Electric Serpent and the Thunder Sea Serpent is on the same level as the Golden Rainbow of the Sun. Whether I want to chase or dodge, my speed is about the same as these lightning bolts."

"But truly creating distance, or chasing through speed, is actually quite difficult. Unless I can combine spacetime with escape techniques to create my own spacetime escape technique, or..."

Lei Zhan sighed as he thought of this.

Aside from creating your own methods, one of the best ways to obtain methods is by exchanging merit points in the Demon Subduing Palace.

The Fumo Dao Palace is filled with countless supernatural powers, methods, and secret techniques, including time-space escape techniques. After Lei Zhan received the 'First Class A' rating, he was able to see three types of time-space escape techniques, each with its own strengths and different focuses.

However, the Dharma is precious, and the only limitation to its development is the large amount of merit required to exchange for any one of the Dharmas.

Of these three spacetime escape techniques, even the cheapest one requires 12,000 merit points just to exchange for the first part.

After exchanging all the Eternal Tribulation Heart Stones, Lei Zhan only had a little over three thousand merit points left, which was far from enough.

A thousand thoughts flashed through my mind, but in reality, only a moment had passed in the outside world.

"I can only rely on my divine body to withstand it. It's a good opportunity to test the power of this lightning, which rivals the golden flames of the sun!"

Lei Zhan stared intently at the black lightning bolt that was gradually enlarging in his eyes.

"boom!!!"

A terrifying bolt of lightning struck the towering divine body, instantly shattering his golden robes. Then, countless tiny black electric snakes rolled across his waist, leaving faint charred marks on his skin without even breaking it.

Whoosh!
The black lightning serpent, which had struck the towering sea of ​​lightning like a stone, continued to roam away into the distance, devoid of any spirit...

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan grunted.

The serpent of thunder's tail swept across, leaving only a charred mark on Lei Zhan's waist, but the terrifying impact it contained truly enveloped Lei Zhan completely.

As a terrifying impact swept in, the force was so astonishing that Lei Zhan couldn't help but stagger back several steps in the sea of ​​lightning.

"That was quite a bit of force." Lei Zhan shook his head and smiled, not caring at all about the scorch marks on his waist. He gently wiped them away with his palm.

"It seems that it will be difficult to obtain all of these Thunder God Crystals by force."

Lei Zhan gazed into the distance and saw that in addition to a large number of nine-horned electric snakes drawing power from the Thunder God Crystal, there were also countless lightning snakes and a small number of nine-horned electric snakes swimming happily in the sea of ​​lightning.

The impact of just one Thunder Serpent was enough to knock him back several steps. If he were lucky enough to get his hands on a Myriad Thunder God Crystal, he could be overwhelmed by the almost endless Thunder Serpents and Nine-Horned Electric Serpents chasing after it.

Even if Lei Zhan's divine body is powerful enough to rival a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the divine power within his body is limited and will eventually run out.

Even with the speed of the lightning serpent and the nine-horned lightning serpent, it would be difficult for the second primordial spirit of the three-legged golden crow to outspeed them.

Once his divine power is exhausted, he will be unable to escape or withstand the attack, and will only be able to wait to be annihilated by countless lightning bolts.

“There’s another way.” A thought flashed through Lei Zhan’s mind. “I can cultivate the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique and transform my divine body into a lightning divine body suitable for the Lightning Sea Serpent and the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent. In this way, I can completely integrate into the lightning, and the Lightning Sea Serpent and the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent will be completely unable to work on me.”

The practice of the "Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique" is essentially the same as the supernatural escape technique "Sun Golden Rainbow" practiced by Lei Zhan.

All of these methods aim to make the divine body more in harmony with nature, then integrate the Nine-Horned Electric Serpent or the Golden Sun Rainbow into the body, ultimately achieving the ability to control these Nine-Horned Electric Serpents or the Golden Sun Rainbow, making one's speed comparable to the limits of the Heavenly Dao.

However, the three-legged golden crow divine body that Lei Zhan possessed was formed later in life. Before it fully absorbed the true blood of the demon emperor, it was a half-finished 'sun' divine body, which could only accommodate and control the true fire of the sun at most.

However, after fully absorbing the blood of the Three-Legged Golden Crow at the True God level, the 'Sun' divine body went a step further, undergoing a complete transformation, thus becoming the purest Three-Legged Golden Crow, capable of freely containing the sun's golden flames and golden rainbow.

The Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique is similar; it is a supernatural method for completely transforming the divine body through acquired means.

The cultivator's divine body is modified to form a special 'lightning' divine body, until it can perfectly accommodate the nine-horned electric serpent and the lightning sea serpent.

Like a 'Dao Body', it allows the nine-horned electric serpent to roam freely within a divine body without harming it. Just as the three-legged golden crow is naturally able to contain and control the golden rainbow of the sun.

“My second primordial spirit is a three-legged golden crow, a divine body naturally suited to the golden rainbow of the sun. If it is modified by the sea of ​​thunder, the three-legged golden crow body will no longer be pure.” Lei Zhan shook his head.

"Even if the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique is used to alter the divine body, it is highly likely that the golden rainbow of the sun within the body will become uncontrollable, or it will leave me directly."

"It would be a complete loss to have the second primordial spirit cultivate the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique! However, this has no effect on the main body's transformation of its divine body."

A smile suddenly appeared in Lei Zhan's eyes.

The Thunder Serpent, the Nine-Horned Thunder Serpent, possesses power on par with the Golden Flame of the Sun!
The second primordial spirit's true form is a three-legged golden crow, so naturally there are various concerns about cultivating the Nine-Horned Electric Serpent Escape Technique, but the original body does not have this problem at all.

If the transformation of the divine body is successful, the divine body will be like water, and the Thunder Sea Serpent and the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent will be like fish swimming in the water.

Even a divine body would experience minimal impact from contact with these lightning bolts.

Moreover, the escape technique cultivated by Lei Zhan himself is still a simplified version of the "Golden Rainbow of the Sun" divine power, and he was originally preparing to cultivate the "Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique". However, modifying his divine body is only the first step in cultivating the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique.

"We'll have to wait a bit. Once we summon my main body's clone, I'll first have my main body undergo a preliminary transformation into a 'Lightning' divine body. After that, obtaining the Myriad Thunder God Crystal will be much easier."

"Bring all eighteen of my main body's clones with me. There are also fifteen second primordial spirit clones guarding the Three Realms, so there's nothing to worry about."

"Once my divine body is fully modified, let's see if we can seize the Myriad Thunder God Crystal at the same time. If we can, then we won't have to worry about 'alerting the enemy'."

Lei Zhan said softly, then suppressed his aura and stood quietly in the vast sea of ​​lightning, watching and waiting.

My true form is still in the Great World of the Slanting Moon in the Three Realms. Even if I were to travel from the Three Realms to this Sea of ​​Lightning, it would take at least five days, so there's no rush for me to build this. This vast Sea of ​​Lightning has never been discovered by other powerful beings in the Three Realms before.

The Three Realms are remote and surrounded by dangerous places, making it difficult for cultivators from outside the Chaos to enter the Three Realms and even more fortunate to find this place.

Therefore, there is still plenty of time for the base development.

……

Five days later.

Wow~~~
Spacetime fluctuated, and a small boat, resembling a long shuttle, pierced through the endless chaos and arrived at the edge of the Sea of ​​Lightning.

"call."

A young man dressed in black robes stepped off the small boat. He waved his hand to put the boat away and stood in the chaos, gazing at the endless sea of ​​lightning in the distance.

"We've finally arrived. Fortunately, we came directly from the Three Realms to this Sea of ​​Thunder and Lightning without having to detour, which saved me a lot of time. Riding this Ruyi Spirit Serpent Shuttle, it only took five days to get here."

Without further hesitation, Lei Zhan created a clone that appeared out of thin air in the chaos. Then, he took a step forward and plunged headfirst into the endless silver-white thunder swamp in front of him.

"Hmm?" Upon entering the sea of ​​lightning, the intense pain coursing through his body made him take a deep breath.

To be subjected to a thousand bolts of lightning without any resistance is no less than the most cruel torture.

Fortunately, Lei Zhan had a strong will, so this little pain was nothing to him.

To master the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique, the first step is to cultivate a lightning divine body. This requires standing naked and defenseless in a sea of ​​lightning, allowing the white lightning bolts to strike the body repeatedly. This allows the lightning to slowly transform the divine body, so the supernatural power "Golden Statue" must be actively restrained at this time.

Fortunately, Lei Zhan is now a powerful being at the level of a true god. Even without using protective divine abilities, his divine body, constructed solely from his own divine power, is terrifyingly strong, and his speed of transforming his divine body is much faster than that of a celestial god.

"Let's begin!" Lei Zhan's clone, naked and bathed in endless lightning, closed his eyes and began to cast the "Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique".

Suddenly, golden divine patterns began to appear on Lei Zhan's body. As the patterns continued to emerge, the white lightning surrounding Lei Zhan seemed to become much gentler when it touched him again.

As time slowly passed, a protective barrier formed by countless golden divine patterns gradually appeared around the stack.

As soon as these golden divine runes appeared, they connected completely, and a character could be vaguely discerned—the character 'electricity', a common character in chaos.

"Hua Hua Hua~~"

The moment the golden divine runes formed, white lightning continuously swirled around them, gradually forming a faint lightning vortex. At the center of this lightning vortex was a silver-white cocoon of lightning.

……

"The transformation of the divine body seems to be going smoothly."

Edge of the Sea of ​​Lightning.

Lei Zhan stood in the chaos, gazing at the enormous lightning vortex in the distant Thunder Swamp, a smile appearing on his face.

"All my avatars are here, so let's begin!"

As soon as Lei Zhan finished speaking, one after another, his true form and clones emerged from the magical treasures in the cave, then put away their robes and rushed naked into the depths of the Thunder Swamp.

To transform a divine body, lightning needs to enter the body, penetrating every fiber of the divine body, thereby altering the attributes of the entire divine body.

This requires each avatar to transform its divine body to the point where it can accommodate the nine-horned lightning serpent, which in turn requires all the original avatars and avatars to go into the sea of ​​lightning.

Of course, there are other ways.

For example, after one of the main body's clones successfully transforms the divine body, the other clones die immediately, and then the successfully transformed clone is allowed to cultivate the "Tao Wu Eighteen Gods and Demons" again.

However, compared to the slight pain of transforming the divine body, the price that allowed the true god to cultivate Tao Wu's eighteen gods and demons to the second level was too great. A hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid was not something that Lei Zhan could afford at the moment.

Lei Zhan's current divine body is at the level of a true god, and his true strength is at the level of an ancestral god or ancestral immortal, representing a qualitative change from his body as a celestial god.

With increased strength, one naturally doesn't need to be as cautious as Ji Ning was when he was cultivating.

……

Three years later.

In the central black lightning zone, thousands of black electric snakes soared wildly. Within this terrifying black lightning swamp, eighteen black lightning cocoons floated in the sea of ​​lightning.

Within the cocoon of lightning, eighteen avatars sat cross-legged within their respective large cocoons. Starting from their palms, their bodies, limbs, and heads... their divine forms were being transformed by the black lightning, spreading throughout their entire bodies and slowly changing...

"Wow~~~"

All eighteen clones opened their eyes.

shhhhhh! ! !
Black electric snakes passed through Lei Zhan's body as if passing through an invisible wall, causing absolutely no damage to his divine body.

Even more surprisingly, some black electric light swam around inside Lei Zhan's body.

"Finally, it's a success! All eighteen avatars of the main body have completed the transformation of their divine bodies!" Lei Zhan sensed the changes around him, a smile on his face.

The successful transformation of his divine body increased his success rate of snatching the Myriad Thunder God Crystals from a large number of Nine-Horned Electric Serpents by at least 30% to 40%!

"If you want to learn the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent Escape Technique, you have to tame a nine-horned lightning serpent just like you tamed the Golden Rainbow of the Sun."

"Next is the most troublesome part. This acquired lightning body cannot, like the three-legged golden crow, naturally generate an affinity with the golden rainbow of the sun."

"To make the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent obedient, you need the Thousand Rotten Divine Fruit, the Myriad Thunder Divine Crystal, or the Chaos Spirit Liquid."

"I don't have the Thousand Rotten Divine Fruit. It would be too extravagant for me to use the precious Myriad Thunder Divine Crystal to cultivate this escape technique. The Chaos Spirit Liquid is not bad, but I have a total of eighteen main bodies and clones, which would require at least nearly a hundred bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid, which I cannot produce right now."

Thinking of the difficulties ahead, Lei Zhan smiled easily.

"Fortunately, three years have given me some time to sort things out. My eighteen avatars will first enter the core and reunite with my second primordial spirit avatar."

……

(End of this chapter)