Chapter 44: Lightning Bolt Fist! (1/2)

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The water in the gourd was naturally water from the Earth Star Spring. Every single drop of this water was pure liquid spirit essence, and it was widely sought after no matter where one went. However, Xiang Shaoyun was drinking it like a thirsty beggar at an oasis. How wasteful indeed! Any spirit produce repeatedly consumed would see diminished returns in its effects. This was common knowledge.

That being said, Xiang Shaoyun currently was not drinking water in order to raise his strength. Rather, he wished to store its power inside his body to see if it could a.s.sist him in swiftly forming his astral cosmos sea.

Xiang Shaoyun carefully made the Earth Star Spring's power into a ball, and then the power rushed to where his nine stars were. The body of light, which was initially about to disperse, became vibrant all of a sudden. Furthermore, a small portion of it was beginning to form a solid body, giving it a very mystical feeling.

After an unknown period of time, Xiang Shaoyun's nine stars completely refined the strength from the Earth Star Spring, allowing him to form a tiny drop of astral liquid. Although Xiang Shaoyun had yet to gain the ability to examine the inside of his own body, he felt a strong connection to this drop of liquid, roughly allowing him to understand its shape and size.

”This…this isn't even the size of a pinkie! Is this really the astral cosmos sea? Or did I fail?” Xiang Shaoyun began worrying. From the ancient texts he had read, forming the astral cosmos sea would be like having an ocean within one's body, allowing one to store whatever one desired. However, as of now, he had only been able to form astral liquid barely the size of a water droplet! This was too different from what he had previously read!

”It seems I have failed. I simply forced it when I did not have sufficient strength,” Xiang Shaoyun gloomily sighed. Deciding not to remain fixated on the matter, he remained in a meditative stance for another four hours before he awoke once again.

”Even though I've reached the Astral Realm, I must continue to build up my physical body. The stronger my physical body is, the more astral energy I will be able to store within me. Apart from that, I still need to learn more powerful battle techniques, which will allow me to have even greater combat potential! Right now, apart from the Golden Wolf Sword Technique, the only other considerable battle technique I have right now is the Star Destroying Finger. All the other tier-1 battle techniques I've previously learned are now lagging behind,” Xiang Shaoyun muttered to himself.

After deciding what to do next, he once again went through the various battle techniques he had committed to memory. These were all techniques that his family had kept well hidden. Each and every one of them was much more valuable than any Martial Hall Palace technique.

After a brief period, he recalled a special technique called the Lightning Bolt Fist.

Lightning Bolt Fist—convert energy into lightning, attack like a lightning bolt; vicious and cruel, destroying all in its path.

What was so special about this particular technique was that it could evolve. How could a technique evolve?

A technique that could evolve would be a technique with multiple stages. Its weakest stage would have power equivalent to a tier-3 battle technique, whereas its strongest stage would be comparable to a tier-7 battle technique at the very least, possibly even higher. The higher the stage, the stronger its prowess in battle.

This was what was so special about the Lightning Bolt Fist.

The Lightning Bolt Fist was split into the following stages:

Stage one—converting one's energy into lightning usable for offense, manifesting as bamboo-like strands.

Stage two—having pure lightning imbued into one's fists, borrowing the power of nature to empower one's two fists. This would allow one to strike out with the power of lightning at any given time, giving one a substantial increase in combat power.

Stage three—empower one's body with the power of lightning, allowing one to borrow the power of the heavens to strike their foes at will.

With Xiang Shaoyun's current strength, he was already more than qualified to practice the first stage of the Lightning Bolt Fist.