Battle Through the Heavens: Top Talent

Chapter 31 Heavenly Thunder Body Refinement

It has to be said that the flying speed of a Dou Zong is fast. The distance from the Tianfen Refining Tower to Luolei Valley would have taken Xiao Yun more than half an hour if he had gone by himself, but under Elder Su's guidance, they arrived at their destination in just a few minutes.

Xiao Yun hovered in mid-air, looking down at the scene before him, which made him involuntarily gasp.

Above the valley, the sky seemed to be stretched into a black cloth, with lightning flashing within it, and thunderbolts constantly striking down into the valley.

White light danced across the valley floor, and thunder roared like a thousand horses sweeping across the land, deafeningly loud. The dark valley appeared even more deep and terrifying in the afterglow of the lightning, inspiring fear in everyone.

It seemed that the entire valley floor would be destroyed by the roar of thunder at any moment. In this valley, all sounds were drowned out by lightning and thunder. Only the howling of the wind blowing through the canyon could carry away some of the terrifying thunder.

"This is Thunderfall Valley. Do you still wish to enter and cultivate here?" Elder Su asked with a smile, holding Xiao Yun in one hand.

Swallowing hard, Xiao Yun tried to reassure himself. After a long while, he finally spoke, "Go in! I'm just cultivating on the outermost edge, so there shouldn't be any danger, right?"

"Alright, you can go in now. I need to go back and guard the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. You can go back to the inner courtyard by yourself later."

Elder Su landed in front of the valley with Xiao Yun, patted Xiao Yun on the shoulder, and then flew towards the edge of the sky in a flash.

Watching Elder Su depart, Xiao Yun silently encouraged himself once more. His figure flashed, transforming into a streak of light and appearing at the outermost edge of Thunderfall Valley. Xiao Yun casually found a large rock to sit on and took out the scroll of "Ten Thousand Thunder Body Refinement" and the Golden Thunder Flower from his storage ring.

On the first page of the scroll, a passage was written in flowing, powerful strokes: "Heavenly lightning tempers the body, defying the heavens; the slightest mistake will result in annihilation!"

With a slight shrug, Xiao Yun paid no further attention. His internal fighting spirit surged, circulating through his meridians according to the method on the scroll. Once he saw that his fighting spirit was flowing smoothly, Xiao Yun did not hesitate, picked up the golden thunder flower, and swallowed it whole.

Without chewing, the golden lightning flower transformed into a golden lightning bolt upon entering the mouth, traveling down the esophagus into the body. With a slight mental movement, the battle qi within the vortex surged forth, passing through countless meridians to reach the golden lightning bolt.

Then, fiery red battle qi surged forward, enveloping him and circulating within his meridians according to the "Ten Thousand Thunder Body Refining" method.

As time passed, Xiao Yun had completed a full cycle of his internal energy circulation, and tiny electric lights began to seep out from the surface of his body, making him look like a human-shaped light bulb from a distance.

"boom!"

Streaks of lightning were drawn to Xiao Yun, like silver electric snakes, intertwining and leaping in mid-air, eventually converging into an extremely thick bolt of lightning that enveloped Xiao Yun's body from above.

"Ahhh! That's powerful!" Xiao Yun's face was contorted with rage. His clothes had already been torn apart by the power of lightning, revealing his somewhat muscular body and fair skin.

Battle Qi surged forth from within his body, the fiery red battle Qi merging with the silver lightning, constantly moving across Xiao Yun's back. Each time the lightning leaped, azure lightning patterns would appear on his back.

"Tsk tsk, this kid, he's practicing the 'Ten Thousand Thunder Body Refinement' left behind by the Dean, right? Attracting thunder to refine the body, only that madman Dean could create such a technique."

In mid-air, Elder Su, who had already left, returned and quietly watched Xiao Yun's frantic act of absorbing lightning.

"Looks like I don't need to intervene; this little guy can handle this lightning."

After a moment, Elder Su looked at the small, resilient body in the lightning with a hint of admiration in his eyes. "To be able to endure pain that is unbearable for ordinary people at such a young age is truly a prodigy. Given time, he may very well reach the level of the Dean."

In mid-air, only an aged voice remained, while Elder Su's figure had already vanished.

Elder Su originally thought that Xiao Yun, a Great Dou Master, would not be able to withstand such terrifying lightning power, and planned to rescue him when he could not hold on any longer.

After watching for a while, he realized that although Xiao Yun was struggling, he was still able to absorb some of the lightning power to temper his body. Since that was the case, he no longer needed to worry about Xiao Yun's safety.

Xiao Yun was completely unaware of Elder Su's appearance and words. He felt as if his body was about to explode, and endless pain swept over him. His mind was filled with nothing but pain, and his fighting spirit could only operate mechanically according to the "Ten Thousand Thunder Body Refinement" method.

In this agony, Xiao Yun's perception of time became blurred. He didn't know if a moment or several hours had passed. Enduring the waves of pain in his mind, Xiao Yun gradually focused his mind into his body.

As he focused his mind on his body, Xiao Yun immediately received feedback on the condition of his body. At this moment, tiny strands of silver lightning were spreading throughout the many meridians in his body.

These silver lightning bolts, containing terrifying energy, darted wildly through Xiao Yun's meridians. Fortunately, the golden lightning flower energy that Xiao Yun had previously ingested had already transformed into a golden barrier, protecting his fragile meridians.

With the circulation of battle qi and the protection of golden energy, the previously boundless pain lessened. Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and finally had time to try to guide the power of lightning. However, as soon as he made contact, he felt a great headache.

This thunderous power is inherently extremely violent, like a mad bull in a bullring. Trying to subdue it and make it obediently return to its pen is obviously not an easy task.

The first attempt ended in failure, but Xiao Yun was not discouraged. He continued to urge his battle qi and persistently tried to guide the power of thunder.

Failure, failure, and more failure... After countless failures, Xiao Yun, who had become almost numb from trying, suddenly felt a jolt in his mind. He was then pleasantly surprised to find that the thunderous power in his meridians was finally no longer resisting his fighting spirit and was circulating in his meridians in accordance with his mind.

Carefully controlling this lightning power, guiding it along the trajectory of the cultivation technique, gradually, other lightning powers within the body were also attracted to it and began to slowly merge together.

When all the lightning power in the body was gathered together, the originally silver lightning began to gleam with a hint of gold.

As the golden light appeared, the power of thunder became even more violent and terrifying. Along its path, even the golden barrier that had previously been able to resist it began to dim.

The effects of the golden lightning flower were gradually fading, but Xiao Yun didn't dare to rush. He continued to carefully control the power of lightning, slowly circulating it through his body along his meridians.

As he practiced, Xiao Yun became increasingly proficient with the power of thunder. When the power of thunder passed through all his meridians and completed a perfect cycle, he could feel a certain power awakening within his body.

Electricity flickered in every meridian, flesh, bone, and other organ of his body. The power of thunder floated above the vortex and was slowly absorbed by all parts of his body.

If anyone were here, they would find that Xiao Yun's small body on the stone was almost entirely covered in black skin, as black as charcoal, with wisps of white smoke seeping out from his head.

"Knock knock knock!"

In the silent valley, the charred body suddenly emitted a powerful heartbeat, each beat seeming to play a thunderous symphony.

As his heartbeat began, a blinding surge of lightning power erupted from Xiao Yun's body, transforming into a silver barrier that enveloped his entire body, crackling with electricity and isolating him from everything outside.

(End of this chapter)