Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 506 Returning to Origin Qi Gong

"These guys seem to have failed the Gate Hall Trial and are still wandering around the Ancient Sacred Domain..."

Lei Chi looked up at the sky in front of him, where there was a golden "Lei" character.

This is a rare treasure. Surrounded by these ruins, Lei Chi cannot see any information about its attributes, but the character "雷" (lei, meaning thunder) floats around like a divine talisman, occasionally emitting lightning.

The reason why Lei Chi is still in the ruins of the Heavenly Thunder Palace is to collect the Thunder Talisman.

This talisman is also strange, capable of absorbing divine consciousness. Lei Chi has already sent about 6000 thoughts into it. This process is like refining. Lei Chi vaguely feels that if he sends another 4000 thoughts, he can probably refine it and make it his own.

Otherwise, Lei Chi would be unable to collect it, and would not even be able to use the Lotus of the Other Shore to bring it into the Other Shore World.

"If these guys continue as they were before, a fight is probably inevitable."

Lei Chi looked outside the hall and muttered something to himself. He continued to sit cross-legged, and with a flick of his right hand, lightning burst forth from his fingertips, crackling and popping, instantly transforming into seven Azure Dragon Kings and seven Great Tigers.

They were all comparable to the sixth-tier Beast Tower, standing on either side of the Thunder Pool like guardians, their azure lightning illuminating the dilapidated hall.

This used up more than half of the lightning energy in Lei Chi's body. He took out a pomegranate fruit and quickly swallowed it, and the lightning energy in his body was quickly replenished.

At the same time, the lotus flower beneath Lei Chi also sprouted petals and unfolded in an underground form, transforming the dilapidated hall into a lotus world.

The figures of the Twelve Ancestral Witches then appeared all around, and at the same time, a large number of Thunder Pool Gods equipped with Endless Wings flew out from behind Thunder Pool. They flapped their wings and hovered behind Thunder Pool, like an angelic painting.

At this moment, the seven fallen ones finally entered the dilapidated hall.

They were startled when they saw the scene in the hall. They quickly took out their weapons and, instead of retreating, dispersed in perfect unison.

"A guardian angel? He's from the Temple of Light!"

"No, he doesn't have wings!"

"What the hell are these things?"

"Where am I...?"

The seven Fallen Ones muttered a few words, and one of them took a step closer to Lei Chi, holding a long sword in his hand. He cautiously asked Lei Chi, "We are the Temple Hunters. May I ask who you are and why you are here?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

Lei Chi's voice was calm. He was not disguised at the moment and appeared as a child. His temperament was also completely different from that of Qing Huo's incarnation. These hunters did not recognize him and even mistook Lei Chi for a guardian angel of the Temple of Light.

At this moment, Lei Chi's demeanor was quite extraordinary. Coupled with the Lei Chi Divine Generals arranged behind him like a scroll painting, as well as the Azure Dragon King and the Great Tiger on his left and right, he gave people a sense of overwhelming power, making the hunters dare not underestimate him.

"Are you quite famous?"

The hunter glanced at the lightning rune floating in mid-air and said, "You are not an ordinary player; you must be a master. However, if you don't want trouble, please leave this place. This is the territory of our Fallen Temple, and this lightning rune is also a treasure of our Fallen Temple!"

"You guys are truly shameless!"

Lei Chi remained seated, thinking to himself that this Fallen One had a good eye, managing to recognize the Thunder Character as a treasure. However, he was not about to give the Thunder Character away so easily.

With a slight chuckle, Lei Chi continued, "I'm giving you a chance to escape. Get lost!"

"Huh? You little brat, how dare you talk to us like that!"

"Do you know who we are? Have you ever heard of the Fallen Temple?"

"I think he's asking for it!"

"Let's get to it, everyone. Why waste time talking to him?"

"Kill him! Steal his things!"

A group of degenerates began to shout and approach the Thunder Pool, each carrying a weapon.

Lei Chi wasn't afraid of them. He shook his head and said, "The first to strike wins, the last to strike suffers. Since you're going to make a move, then I won't hold back!"

After speaking, Lei Chi opened his mouth and spat out the black longsword. The longsword, like a serpent, pounced directly at the black-armored Fallen in front of Lei Chi.

The true mask on the Fallen One's face writhed rapidly. He cleaved the black longsword away with a single strike, and was about to retaliate when he suddenly felt his body sink. A sudden, inexplicable panic gripped his heart, causing his movements to slow down slightly. But in that slight moment, a Great Tiger pounced, like a giant tiger devouring a mortal, and bit down on his skull.

"Suppress!"

Lei Chi pointed at the Great Tiger again, and the Great Tiger suddenly flashed with golden light, its body swelling up and becoming much stronger in an instant. It bit the Fallen One's head and slammed it down. The Fallen One had no power to resist and was suppressed on the spot by the Great Tiger like a scarecrow.

At the same time, the Twelve Ancestral Witches also used their methods to activate the Great Array of Heavenly Gods and Demons.

The seven Azure Dragon Kings also launched an attack on another Fallen One at the same time.

This is a concentrated fire attack!

In a one-on-one situation, the Azure Dragon King, who was only comparable to the sixth-tier Beast Tower, was definitely no match for the Fallen One. However, the Fallen One was also affected by the Great Might Divine Art, which weakened his strength considerably. In addition, he was caught off guard and was targeted by concentrated fire. In the end, he was unable to dodge and was hit solidly by three trident lightning spears.

With a crackling sound, the lightning halberd pierced through his body, and blue lightning danced across the fallen one's flesh. He let out a painful roar as the poison of the [Azure Dragon King]'s lightning halberd quickly took effect, further weakening his strength.

Lei Chi spotted the unlucky fellow and pointed at his forehead from a distance. Another [Great Mighty Tiger] jumped out and bit his neck, carrying him several feet away as if he were a sack.

In the blink of an eye, the other five Fallen Ones also launched an attack on Lei Chi. Lei Chi neither dodged nor avoided the attack, taking it all without flinching.

The Fallen Ones possess true masks that can shield them from the system's power to some extent. Lei Chi has already tested this; the Lei Chi God General poses little threat to the Fallen Ones, and even the power of the Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation is greatly reduced, unable to even trap these black-armored Fallen Ones.

However, the True Mask could not shield Lei Chi from the protective power of the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore. The Golden Lotus of the Other Shore, with its twelve petals on one lotus platform, provided a total of 13000 trillion durability points to Lei Chi, making him even more resilient than the Azure Flame Incarnation. The attacks from the five Fallen Ones only reduced Lei Chi's life points by a maximum of one million, which was of no consequence to Lei Chi.

However, one of the Fallen Ones launched a mental attack, causing the Free God Dharma Image and the Bliss God Dharma Image in Lei Chi's sea of ​​consciousness to tremble slightly. This Fallen One then became Lei Chi's next target. With a flick of his sleeve, he condensed seven Azure Dragon Kings, which immediately launched an attack on the Fallen One who had launched a mental attack.

The fallen one hurriedly retreated, narrowly dodging the combined fire of the seven [Azure Dragon Kings] Lei Qizun. The next moment, a spiral spike flew into his forehead and out from the back of his head, creating a small hole that was both open and closed, while also inflicting a severe blow to the fallen one's soul.

The spiral spike circled around and flew back to Thunder Pool, where it was swallowed whole.

Those spikes were naturally the Divine Shock Spikes. Lei Chi had been living in seclusion in the stone slab passage for many years, occasionally practicing the mental manipulation techniques of a spiritualist, that is, using mental power to control mental weapons.

Lei Chi is arguably the least skilled at using the Shocking God Thorn. Ordinary mentalists use it as a trump card, usually nurturing it in their sea of ​​consciousness for a long time. When using it, they draw out a large amount of mental energy to create a fatal blow. Lei Chi, however, uses it as an ordinary mental weapon, but its power is still extraordinary.

The fallen one whose brain was pierced by the shocking dagger was the first to be killed by the Thunder Pool.

Another fallen person witnessed the horrific scene and, filled with terror, cried out, "Something's wrong with this person!"

He shouted as he retreated, successfully attracting Lei Chi's attention. Lei Chi had a thought, and the black flying sword that had been knocked to the ground earlier suddenly sprang up and stabbed at him like lightning. At the same time, [Azure Dragon King] and [Great Tiger] also launched an attack on him.

Lei Chi ignored the man and grabbed the Jade Void Divine Thunder Sword given to him by Dr. Sean with his right hand.

"Sword One: Meteor!"

Lei Chi spoke in a low voice. He sat cross-legged and remained motionless, simply slashing down with his sword. However, with this slash, all the lightning energy within Lei Chi's body was mobilized. He felt as if his life was about to be drained by this sword.

With a clang, the fallen one was cleaved in two and died instantly.

Lei Chi was also exhausted, so he quickly took out a pomegranate fruit to replenish his energy. He had a premonition that if his Meteor Sword Intent was perfected, his lifespan would probably not be long.

"Meteor Sword Intent... Every time it is used, it requires all one's strength and is difficult to control. It is a double-edged sword."

Lei Chi sighed silently.

The battle was nearing its end. In the end, Lei Chi showed no mercy, killing all seven Fallen Ones and looting their spoils, obtaining seven True Masks, seven Black Orbs, a Star Heart, and a considerable amount of high-level materials.

Lei Chi then performed a ritual to help them pass on to the afterlife. After all that work, the temple records in the Fallen Temple were updated, showing that seven more hunters had committed suicide.

At this point, Mo Lang's squad was left with only Mo Lang as its commander.

The squad leader was still in the weapon-refining room, "keeping" the Azure Flame avatar in a daze.

Lei Chi did not rush to send his thoughts into Qing Huo's body. He remained seated in the ruins of the Heavenly Thunder Palace, continuing to refine the thunder character.

Time passed, and a day later, Lei Chi successfully refined the thunder character. With a thought, the thunder character, which seemed to be nailed to the void, slowly fell into his palm.

As Lei Chi carefully examined the character, he gradually came to understand.

This thunder symbol is called a thunder talisman. It is a special item that can summon thunder and lightning and store lightning. It can be used to set up formations and has good controllability. If controlled with divine sense, it is much less strenuous than controlling ordinary telekinetic throwing knives. It is similar to a black longsword.

"This thing is quite interesting. I can store lightning energy within it and then control it with my divine sense, allowing me to unleash thunder from thousands of miles away, or even condense a tower of ferocious beasts!"

Lei Chi was quite satisfied with the effectiveness of the Thunder Talisman, thinking to himself that it was worth the effort to collect it. He opened his mouth and inhaled, and the Thunder Talisman turned into a bolt of lightning and was sucked into Lei Chi's mouth. Then, a dark golden "Thunder" character the size of a fingernail appeared between Lei Chi's eyebrows.

A moment later, Lei Chi left the ruins of the Thunder Palace. It was now a complete wasteland with nothing left to explore.

"Time to move on to the next place..."

Lei Chi released the Moon Gazing Beast. He already had a plan: to explore the lair of a Starry Sky Beast.

That cosmic behemoth was the giant mayfly squid, which Lei Chi had encountered before when he was chasing the giant tortoise carrying the monument of the [Cosmic Sword Technique]. It was entrenched in a large area of ​​ruins and seemed to have many underlings. Lei Chi thought there must be a lot of good stuff there.

Half a day later, Lei Chi killed the giant squid. To his disappointment, the cosmic beast exploded and died, leaving behind almost no usable materials.

In its lair, Lei Chi discovered a giant tortoise carrying a stele, which contained the cultivation technique of the [Return to Origin Qi Gong].

Unlike the giant tortoise carrying the monument that Lei Chi had seen before, this giant tortoise seemed to be sleeping, lying motionless on a boulder. Even when Lei Chi came close to it, it still did not wake up.

"Hmm, this giant tortoise is quite open and spacious. In that case, I might as well study this Guiyuan Qigong here and see what mysteries it holds."

Thinking of this, Lei Chi sat down cross-legged next to the giant tortoise and carefully read the inscription.

The Guiyuan Qigong can be described as profound and mysterious. Lei Chi read through the entire inscription, but he was still not very clear on how to cultivate it. However, he did understand what kind of Qigong it was.

The inscription describes that after mastering the 【Return to Origin Qi Gong】, the practitioner's recovery ability will be greatly enhanced. This recovery ability is not only reflected in the recovery of injuries, but also includes the recovery of "internal energy", mental energy and so on. After mastering it, one can even be reborn from a drop of blood.

In addition, Guiyuan Qigong can strengthen the internal organs and greatly enhance internal strength and endurance!

Lei Chi felt that this technique was quite useful, so he memorized its contents and planned to study it carefully during his next ten-year seclusion.

After more than half a day, Lei Chi focused his thoughts on Qing Huo's body.

The Azure Flame Avatar opened its eyes and looked around. Mo Lang was still there, standing next to the refining furnace, looking left and right with curiosity as he peered into the furnace.

At this moment, the forging furnace had finished its work. Lei Chi controlled his Azure Flame avatar to step forward and watch, and couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

The Meteor Sword has been forged.

"A custom weapon, we've got it!"

The Azure Flame Avatar quickly manipulated the refining furnace panel, and the furnace sped up. Then, a long sword with a shimmering blade, resembling a starry sky, flew out.

This longsword was naturally the Meteor Longsword. When Lei Chi grasped the sword, he immediately felt a sense of comfort, and the Meteor Intent was activated.

"You actually forged a sword! What kind of sword is this? It looks quite extraordinary. Can I take a look? Hey, it's just a longsword, can't I even take a look? Pah, don't think you're so great just because you forged a broken sword..."

Mo Lang did not disappoint Lei Chi, and immediately started chattering away beside him.

(End of this chapter)