Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

At this critical moment of life and death, Lin Bei made a firm decision: since he couldn't avoid it, he would refine it!

He sat cross-legged on the ground, formed hand seals, and endured the excruciating pain that felt like his body was being torn apart. He circulated the Maoshan Vajra Body technique, guiding the thunderous power surging into his body along his meridians.

"Come on! If you can kill me, that's your skill!" Lin Bei roared at the sky.

Lei Gu seemed to understand his provocation. The clouds suddenly exploded, and a bolt of lightning, twice as thick as before, struck straight down, hitting him squarely on the top of the head.

puff!

Lin Bei shuddered, blood flowed from his seven orifices, his eyes turned bloodshot, and his jaw clenched, yet he stubbornly refused to fall.

The power of thunder raged within his body, his meridians were destroyed and then reshaped by the power of thunder, his bones made a cracking sound in the lightning, and the flesh on the surface was chopped into charcoal.

He remained motionless, clinging to his last shred of willpower, enduring the onslaught of countless lightning bolts, his mind focused deep within his dantian, circulating the Vajra Body Technique again and again.

Every time the power of thunder destroyed a meridian, he would use his magic to repair it, making the repaired meridian wider and stronger than before.

One day, two days, three days...

The thunder in Thunder Valley relentlessly bombarded him, yet several bones within his body emitted a faint glow.

As time passed, 26 of the 206 bones in Lin Bei's body were tempered by the power of thunder until they resembled white jade.

On the seventh day, as the thirty-sixth bone was tempered into the color of white jade, a crisp cracking sound came from his body. At the same time, Lin Bei's body suddenly trembled, and a powerful aura emanated from him. The charred skin on his body began to peel off!

Lin Bei suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of lightning passing through them.

He slowly stood up, the charred outer skin peeling off in a rustling sound, revealing the new skin underneath, which gleamed with a bronze luster, as tough as iron and as heavy as stone.

Maoshan Vajra Body, second level, early stage of Iron Bone Realm, breakthrough successful!

At this point, the lightning above Thunder Valley could no longer harm him!

"Awesome!" Lin Bei clenched his fist, feeling that his strength was several times greater than before. His tempered bones were as hard as iron, and every bone seemed to contain explosive power.

He punched a nearby rock, and with a loud bang, the rock shattered into powder.

At the very moment he broke through, in a palace in the underworld, a Maoshan patriarch who was enjoying a massage from a ghost servant suddenly froze and sat up abruptly.

He discovered that someone had broken into the Thunder Valley he had set up in the Maoshan Secret Realm, and had even broken through a level of Body Refinement Realm inside.

"Hmm? Interesting!" This old ancestor had white hair and wore an ancient Taoist robe. His face was old but his spirit was vigorous. He was none other than the Maoshan Patriarch, Master Chixiao!

With the help of a magical artifact placed in Thunder Valley, he sent a wisp of his primordial spirit to descend above Thunder Valley, silently overlooking the scene below.

Lin Bei stood amidst the lightning, the lightning still lingering on his body, with streaks of blue and white electricity dancing across his skin.

"Good lad, your willpower is quite strong!" Old Ancestor Chixiao stroked his beard, his eyes full of admiration.

He had seen many junior disciples of Maoshan enter the secret realm for training, but only a handful could withstand the test of Thunder Valley. Apart from that arrogant Shi Jian, Lin Bei was the second person to break through the body refining realm in Thunder Valley and take the opportunity to cultivate thunder techniques.

"This kid actually has a pure Yang Dao Body. He has a firm will and cultivates diligently. This boy is worth nurturing." After carefully examining Lin Bei, the Crimson Sky Ancestor discovered that Lin Bei's physique was extraordinary. After pondering for a moment, he pointed into the void, and a pale golden light shot out from his fingertip, silently merging into Lin Bei's body.

Besides containing a trace of affinity and understanding of the power of thunder, which made his thunder cultivation smoother, the light also contained a contingency plan left by the Crimson Sky Ancestor!

After doing all this, the primordial spirit of the Crimson Sky Ancestor slowly dissipated in Thunder Valley, leaving only a satisfied hum.

Deep within the underworld, another ancestor, Baopu Shanren, put down his wine cup and laughed and cursed in the direction of Chixiao Ancestor, "You old thing, you're quick on your feet. I haven't even made a move yet, and you've already given me the benefits."

The primordial spirit of the Crimson Sky Ancestor returned to the hall, reclining back in his chair. He rolled his eyes at the Embracing Pu Ancestor: "Nonsense, that was the Thunder Valley I set up back then. If I don't give it to them, who will?"

"If you're itching to do it, wait until this kid passes on to other challenges before you go and show your favor."

"Hmph, do you think I'm afraid I won't have a chance? That kid is only at the Daoist Master level. There are plenty of good things in the secret realm. That dragon alone is enough to give him a hard time."

The elders chatted animatedly, each offering their own opinion.

Inside Thunder Valley, Lin Bei was completely unaware of all of this.

He sat down cross-legged again, guiding the thunderous power in Thunder Valley into his dantian to practice the Lightning Thunder Fist.

He had previously endured a bolt of lightning at Green Bamboo Mountain and barely learned the first move, Thunderclap. However, he had too little lightning power in his body, and he was unable to master the second move, Radiant Lightning, and the third move, Mighty Thunder.

The thunderous power in Thunder Valley is now extremely abundant, making it an ideal time for cultivation.

The first bolt of lightning circulated through his meridians for one cycle, and was refined into his body, leaving a trace of pure lightning imprint in his dantian.

This was the first time he had truly refined the power of lightning. The last time was when he was struck by lightning and only managed to refine a trace of it, which gave him lightning-attribute magic power in his dantian.

The second, the third, the fourth...

With each bolt of lightning power refined, the lightning imprint in his dantian solidified further, and his magical power began to transform, taking on a violent aura of lightning attributes.

Three days later, Lin Bei suddenly stood up, clenched his right fist, and threw a punch.

"Lightning Thunder Fist, First Form: Thunderclap!"

A bolt of lightning as thick as a wrist shot out from the palm of his fist, slamming into the stone wall in front of him and blasting a crater the size of a washbasin.

"Second move, lightning strikes in all directions!"

He threw another punch, and lightning exploded in front of him, turning into more than a dozen tiny bolts of lightning that scattered and surged, covering an area of ​​three zhang in front of him. The ground was plowed with scorched furrows by the lightning.

"Third move, thunderous force!"

Lin Bei raised his hands high, guiding the lightning power within his body to gather in his palms. A lightning bolt, twice as thick as before, shot out from his palms and smashed into a boulder in the distance.

boom!

With a loud bang, the boulder, which was more than two people tall, was blasted into pieces, with fragments flying far away.

"It's done!" Lin Bei laughed heartily, his laughter echoing through Thunder Valley. "I've successfully mastered the first three forms of the Lightning Thunder Fist!"

He drew the Demon-Slaying Sword again, channeling the power of lightning within his body into the blade, causing blue and white electric sparks to crackle across its surface.

"Thunder Sword Technique, First Form: A Flash of Lightning!"

With a thrust of the sword, a bolt of lightning shot from the tip, striking the mountain wall precisely and blasting a deep crater.

"Second move, Thunder Strike!"

He gripped the sword with both hands and slashed down with all his might. A bolt of lightning, twice as thick as before, shot out from the sword and cleaved a boulder in two.

"Third move, Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens!"

With a flick of his wrist, the Demon-Slaying Sword flew from his hand, spinning in mid-air. Countless tiny bolts of lightning shot out from the sword, covering an area of ​​five zhang in radius. Wherever it passed, the ground was scorched black, and the stones were turned to ash.

"Hahaha!!!"

Lin Bei sheathed his Demon-Slaying Sword, looked up at the sky and laughed wildly. He looked exactly like a smaller version of Shi Jian, his whole body crackling with lightning, full of vigor and high spirits.

"Brother Snake, the Daoist Master is here to see you!"

Ignoring the lightning overhead, Lin Bei strode out of Thunder Valley. With the support of his Iron Bone Realm, most of his injuries had been healed, and his energy was even more abundant than before he entered.

When they emerged from the valley, the giant blue python was still coiled in a dense forest not far away. Upon seeing Lin Bei emerge, its vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and its body arched slightly.

"Little Taoist priest, you're still alive?"