Chapter 229: To Cultivate Gang with the Nine Heaven Thunder Qi and the Appearance of the Purple Thunder (2/2)
He secretly gritted his teeth and drove the Blue Sword again, where it transformed into a snake and slithered into the thunderclouds.
”Click...!”
A flash of lightning appeared at the edge of the thunderclouds. With a roar, it lit up the world. The nearby spirit-like substance violently fluctuated like surging waves in the sea. Its towering momentum nearly made Junior Leopard lose his mind. Most importantly, there was also a ray of thunder property in the spirit. When it came into contact with the Blue Sword, he who was on the ground suddenly shuddered. Feelings of numbness and weakness spread throughout his body and he felt like he was getting an electric shock. He hissed sharply and clenched his fist.
At the same time, the Blue Sword in the sky began retreating like a piece of wood adrift on the sea. As the spirit fluctuated, it floated in the air, struggling to get close to the thunderclouds.
Growl!
Suddenly, another thunder crept up behind the Blue Sword, much more powerful than the previous one. Its great momentum was like a raging torrent. The sword was pushed to the front and had rushed to the thunderclouds before Junior Leopard's divine thoughts could react.
”Are you kidding?” Junior Leopard quietly made an odd cry. He moved his divine thoughts fiercely to keep his sword steady so it wouldn't be struck by lightning.
The impact of the great thunder was so violent that the vibrating spirit propelled his sword into the depths of the thunderclouds.
Inside the thunderclouds, countless lightning storms went on endlessly where the massive Evil Qi flooded and raged.
This was the best place for cultivating Gang. However, how would Junior Leopard dare cultivate Gang here?
Never mind cultivating Gang, the Blue Sword he commanded didn't even dare make a move.
In the thunderclouds, the thunder roared. The Heavenly Thunder would appear at any time and place and strike. If he cultivated Gang in this terrifying place and triggered the spirit of thunderbolt, thousands upon thousands Heavenly Thunder would strike him dead at once.
Therefore, he commanded his Blue Sword to carefully move among the thunderclouds, cautiously avoid thunderbolts, to try and find a way to leave the damn thunderclouds.
The sea of thunderstorms wasn't large, only dozens of square kilometers big. At his usual speed, he could rush out in a flash.
But he dared not! He may be quick, but lightning was faster at 300, 000 km per second.
Could he outrun it?
Of course not! He would just get struck!
Thus, he could only look for an honest way out of it.
It went smoothly first, but he soon discovered something was wrong.
More and more thunderbolts showed up and exploded around the Blue Sword. There was no need for him to absorb any of the fierce Nine Heaven Thunder Qi as it dissipated around the sword, easily coating the body of the sword.
Junior Leopard was supposed to get the Blue Sword to cultivate Gang using the Evil Qi, but he couldn't find the courage to do so.
He didn't dare to make a single move and only allowed the strong Nine Heaven Thunder Qi to rush into the sword.
The strong thunder Evil Qi, like countless steel needles, severely pierced the sword and his divine thoughts.
The Evil Qi fiercely struck Junior Leopard's divine thoughts, heavily damaging them.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
On the ground, Junior Leopard spat out a hiss like an old snake dying of old age. He trembled with his eyes closed. The sweat running down his face like raindrops had already soaked his black robes. With the rain getting heavier and heavier, his clothes were also all wet.
”Elder Qing, he...!”
Golden Rooster's expression changed when he saw how Junior Leopard was faring.
Elder Qing stopped him with a wave. ”He's at his most critical moment now. He can only rely on himself. Don't disturb him, lest he wastes all the previous efforts!”
”Yes!” Golden Rooster nodded. ”What if he can't hold out?”
”At best, all his divine thoughts will be destroyed. At worst, his spirit will utterly extinguish. The power of the Heavenly Thunder is unfathomable!”
”This is so dangerous. Why did you…?”
”I've already made it clear to him all the dangers and possibilities.” Elder Qing gently sighed. ”It won't be so dangerous if it only absorbs the Nine Heaven Thunder Qi. At most, his divine thoughts will suffer some injuries. But I didn't expect him to be blown into the thunderclouds by a thunderbolt. There is countless thunder appearing and disappearing in those clouds. It's full of destruction and chances for survival. We can only hope he can shoulder on!”
Golden Rooster turned his eyes to the dark clouds in the sky. In a low voice, he said, ”He can definitely make it!”
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Wheeze, wheeze, wheeze...
Under the impact of the Nine Heaven Thunder Qi, Junior Leopard felt his divine thoughts were like broken bellows. He wanted to reunite them, but every time his divine thoughts would be struck by thunder Evil Qi before they could be fully gathered. Again and again, he gathered his divine thoughts only for them to scatter.
It happened over and over again. He didn't know how long this went on or how many times his divine thoughts were gathered and scattered. His divine thoughts were already numb and were only moving based on instinct.
Growl!
There was another loud thunder. A thunderbolt as thick as a child's arm exploded beside the Blue Sword, with the eruptive Nine Heaven Thunder Qi crushing Junior Leopard's divine thoughts.
He was done for!
With a tremor in his heart, Junior Leopard felt as if he was torn apart by the powerful force.
Puff.
On the ground, Junior Leopard violently coughed out purple blood. His body went soft and he fell backward.
”Oh no!” With a sudden change of expression, Golden Rooster reached out to him, trying to help him up.
”Watch out!” Elder Qing hastened to stop Golden Rooster, but it was too late. As soon as Golden Rooster's hand touched Junior Leopard, he felt the violent force of the thunder Evil Qi breaking out of the latter's body. In an instant, he was hurled dozens of feet away.
”Yuquan, are you okay?” Elder Qing immediately asked.
”I'm okay!” Golden Rooster got up from the ground, a faint red blood trickling from his mouth. ”Elder Qing, what's going on? Junior Leopard...”
”He's still holding out. But he must have been struck just now!” Glancing at Junior Leopard who was trembling on his back on the ground, Elder Qing sighed helplessly. ”The connection between his spirit and his divine thoughts is getting stronger now. That means his spirit is full of the force of Nine Heaven Thunder Qi. You'd better keep away from him. He can only rely on himself now. We can only wait and see.”
While Elder Qing and Golden Rooster were stuck without a choice but to wait, Junior Leopard felt like he was close to death.
Was he dead? Was he dying?
In his mind, there was only such an idea. But in the mysterious space of his deep consciousness, the bloody eyeball hanging in the middle began to flash as if sensing his crisis. This time it didn't start but it began feeding his mind a string of profound chants.
'If your heart is like a cloud, you'll always feel at ease…'
'If your thoughts are like the flowing water, you'll be free and unfettered…'
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The chants were like the water flowing into Junior Leopard's heart. Unconsciously, his spirit and divine thoughts began working and condensing according to with the mental cultivation methods based on the chants.
An unknown time had passed!
It seemed like a moment, yet it felt 10,000 years as well!
Junior Leopard regained his consciousness. In the thunderclouds, the strong Nine Heaven Thunder Qi had increased. It still felt like steel needles piercing his divine thoughts. Pain once again came to his consciousness, but much lighter this time.
Through countless condensation and scattering, and under the purification of the Nine Heaven Thunder Qi, his divine thoughts finally became extremely pure and one as if they had been materialized.
Boom, boom, boom!
Swish, swish, swish!
The substance-like divine thoughts extracted the constantly incoming thunder Evil Qi as per the profound chants and infused it into the External Elixir based on the refining process of the Jade Original Power Gang.
Everything went well.
Junior Leopard recovered and climbed up from the wet ground. Instead of talking to Elder Qing and Golden Rooster, he fixed his eyes on the thunderclouds.
The rain grew heavier and heavier, but a thin layer of green light had slowly emerged around him, keeping the rain out.
”It's the Carefree Skill! I've unexpectedly broken through the Guarding Spirit between Heaven and Earth with this opportunity and reached the state of Divine Rush Object. Is this a blessing in disguise? Eh, isn't that…?”
All of a sudden, he shivered all over. Not far from the sword absorbing the Nine Heaven Thunder Qi, a thin purple thunderbolt, like a purple snake, emerged from the depths of the thunderclouds. It especially stood out among all the blue lightning.