Chapter 221: Heavenly Thunder Crystal Cluster, Alien Thunder Spirit Corpse

He pondered the situation to himself.

Having seen the spiritual treasure, it would be unforgivable not to take it. Wang Yu, who had just ascended a moment ago, flew towards the target once more.

The closer he got, the more lightning energy permeated the environment.

The blue-white electric light gradually took on a hint of purple.

A moment later, a purple glow appeared before his eyes. In the boundless dark underground pit, a cluster of purple crystals, resembling a large crystal, grew in the loose, charred soil.

Each crystal bore a purple lightning mark, with faint lightning constantly forming and emitting a buzzing sound.

Wang Yu recognized the origin of this item and was slightly surprised.

"—Heavenly Thunder Crystal Cluster!"

Legends say that when cultivators undergo heavenly tribulation, the dissipated power of the lightning tribulation has an extremely low probability of forming this treasure on the ground. It is not only rare but also a perfect material for refining tribulation-warding treasures.

It starts at the third tier. If it forms during the lightning tribulation for Nascent Soul or Soul Transformation, its tier would be even higher.

The Lightning Descent Pit has a unique environment. It frequently attracts natural lightning to strike into the pit, and over time, it has accumulated such terrifying lightning energy in the rocks and soil, even forming lightning storms.

This kind of blessed land for lightning-attribute cultivators should, by rights, give rise to many spiritual treasures. This particular Heavenly Thunder Crystal Cluster is only third tier, so it should have formed naturally.

Wang Yu stepped forward, enduring the purple lightning emanating from the spiritual treasure, and easily plucked it. He stored it in a jade box for preservation. Later, he would go to the Sky Treasure Pavilion to purchase a few pieces of equipment.

Then he could begin refining the tribulation-warding treasure.

Logically, if he were preparing to break through to Core Formation, he should ideally apply to the sect. The sect would provide him with everything: a third-tier spiritual vein cave-dwelling, formations to disperse the lightning tribulation's power, tribulation-avoiding treasures, and so on.

It seemed there was no need to refine such a magic treasure, but this was not the case.

Wang Yu actually preferred to break through in Guiling City.

When he was at the sect, he deliberately claimed to have used the Foundation Seizing Great Method to break through to Foundation Establishment, precisely because he didn't want to draw too much attention. Upon closer thought, he was only thirty-seven when he reached Foundation Establishment, which was incredibly fast.

Even now, he was only just over sixty-three years old.

Compared to ordinary cultivators who reach Foundation Establishment at a hundred years old, or geniuses who do so at fifty, this was quite conspicuous. Even the Lifespan Burning Demonic Art wouldn't be a good enough cover-up; he could only explain it by using the Foundation Seizing Great Method.

The Zhuo, Yu, and Zuoqiu families, who had already invested in Wang Yu, were naturally willing to help. With their cover, he wouldn't have to worry about being exposed in the short term.

As long as he persevered until he broke through to Core Formation, and his status rose from Inner Sect Deacon to Inner Sect Elder, his learning of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect's core inheritance would become a certainty.

Originally, he planned to use the Profound Origin Demonic Fetus Secret Charm as an excuse, which was also the 'truth' that Zhuo Shouqing and the others had always believed. However, there was another great enemy who also cultivated this secret charm—Fu Xiao!

That person had traveled to the Vermilion Bird Divine Mountain to seek opportunities and had not returned yet.

Wang Yu considered:

If that person returned, he would break through in Guiling; if they didn't return, he would break through at the sect.

In any case, he definitely needed to prepare his own tribulation-avoiding treasure.

The Heavenly Thunder Crystal Cluster was already a top-grade material for this purpose. Wang Yu imbued his Yin Nether Eyes with True Essence and scanned the surroundings.

And to his surprise!

He truly discovered more reactions of extreme Yang energy.

He would be greedy when it was time to be greedy. He had always been very bold in this regard; otherwise, he wouldn't have entered Dongji Jing to search for opportunities and return with a full harvest.

Following the extreme Yang energy, it wasn't long before he found more.

"Thunderstone? A second-tier spiritual item, and there are actually five of them. They would make good auxiliary materials for tribulation-avoiding treasures."

"This is... Purple Lightning Molten Gold Liquid! A rare second-tier spirit item for body tempering. There must be at least a hundred drops in this pit, right? I'll take it, I'll take it."

"Lightning-Attracting Iron? This is essential for setting up the Heavenly Heart Lightning Dispersion Tribulation-Avoiding Array. It's best refined into lightning-attracting array flags, which can also be dismantled and used elsewhere."

The deeper Wang Yu went into the center, the more lightning-attribute spiritual items he found. Although there were no more items of the Heavenly Thunder Crystal Cluster's caliber, his harvest was still considerable.

As the saying goes, misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and fortune may hide misfortune!

Being forced to hide in the Lightning Descent Pit was a misfortune; using the lightning energy to temper his body and break through to the late second tier was a blessing; and now, finding so many lightning-attribute spiritual items was also a blessing.

According to the theory of duality... Wang Yu couldn't help but swallow.

In the vision of his Yin Nether Eyes, there was one last spot where the extreme Yang energy was exceptionally dense. From afar, it looked like a round watermelon lying on the ground.

"The last one. I'll take this last spiritual item and then leave."

A short while later, Wang Yu frowned, looking at the dark round stone. The extreme Yang energy couldn't be faked; this was what he had seen moments ago, but he uncharacteristically couldn't identify its type.

When he reached out to move it, he found he couldn't budge it at all. This secretly astonished him.

"What kind of treasure is this? I can't even move it with my strength. Is it connected to the mountain?!"

"Argh—"

As Wang Yu exerted force through his dragon spine, veins bulged on his arms, forehead, and neck. Faint dragon roars echoed intermittently, and he seemed to hear the sound of rock cracking.

"Haaah!"

Seeing that he was about to succeed, Wang Yu gritted his teeth and continued to exert his full strength. The ground beneath his feet collapsed, and cracks spread out for over ten meters.

Rumble—

The ground shook violently. A sudden change, coupled with the black round stone suddenly erupting with violent lightning, forced Wang Yu to release it in fright, and he instantly leaped far back.

"What's going on?"

Suddenly. Two flashes of lightning streaked through the darkness. Wang Yu looked closely; the black round stone he had just tried to pull out opened lightning eyes that resembled ordinary eyes.

Wang Yu was stunned: "...So... just now... I was pulling a head?"

Boom—

With a loud bang, earth and rocks exploded, and rubble flew everywhere. Endless lightning gathered from all directions, illuminating the pit exceptionally brightly.

Wang Yu finally saw the complete appearance of the object.

It was a charred corpse. Its legs had many tree-root-like rock tendrils, and earthy-yellow liquid still flowed from the broken parts. What he had just pulled off must have been these.

As expected, this was a naturally formed zombie.

The corpse energy and lightning energy within it were entangled and fused, indistinguishable from each other. Yet, there was no Yin qi or malevolent qi. The situation was exceptionally strange. According to the records of the Yin Malevolent Corpse Refining Art, this object, without a doubt, was definitely a naturally born anomaly.

And the most peculiar kind—a Lightning Corpse!

Wang Yu's scalp tingled for a moment. Zombies feared all Yang-attribute forces in the world the most: thunder, flames, pure Yang energy, and so on.

Some zombies weren't afraid because they possessed resistance abilities, but they were still fundamentally restrained, like Wang Yu's Grand Yin Malevolent Corpse.

This Lightning Corpse was different. It had truly transformed the extremely Yang and rigid power of lightning for its own use. Not only had it shed its Yin Corpse body, but it also possessed lightning magic abilities.

It had also shed its instinct to absorb malevolent qi from heaven and earth. Although malevolent qi granted strength, it hindered the birth of sentience in zombies. The legendary spiritual corpses gained their intelligence precisely because they did not absorb malevolent qi.

This Lightning Corpse before him possessed the characteristics of a spiritual corpse.

Among the extremely rare Lightning Corpses, it was also a special individual. If it could cultivate to the level of an immortal, it might even be able to transform from death to life!

Wang Yu felt as if he had witnessed a legend. The shock in his heart was unparalleled.

It took him a while to recover.

At this moment, the Lightning Corpse also seemed to have understood the situation from its endless slumber. It looked at the broken earth tendrils on its legs, and a human-like rage flickered in its eyes!

Zombies were also known as Children of the Earth; they could draw power from the earth's energy. Its arrangement had clearly been accidentally destroyed by Wang Yu, and a surge of targeted malice erupted.

Whoosh—

The lightning flashed and disappeared. The Lightning Spirit Corpse suddenly appeared before Wang Yu, its corpse claws, filled with purple lightning, clawing towards his chest. Wang Yu quickly leaned back.

While propping himself up with his right hand, he swept his leg out.

With his brute strength, which far surpassed others of his cultivation level, it felt as if he had kicked an iron block; he couldn't budge the Lightning Spirit Corpse in the slightest.

"Mid-third tier?!"

Wang Yu couldn't help but gasp. He couldn't kick it, not at all.

Seeing the Lightning Spirit Corpse retract its hands and suddenly lunge at him, Wang Yu's body seeped into the earth like water, using the Purple Dragon Earth Evasion Art. If he didn't run now, when would he?!

No sooner had he burrowed underground than Wang Yu horrifyingly discovered that the Lightning Spirit Corpse also burrowed after him, and its speed was considerably faster than his. In just two breaths, his left leg was caught, and he was dizzyingly flung out from underground. The rocks and soil layers along the way shattered from the impact.

From the surface, it appeared as if the ground suddenly exploded, and Wang Yu was sent flying backward from it. The Lightning Spirit Corpse, its body flickering with purple electricity, rapidly pursued him.

It opened its mouth and let out a roar.

"Roar—"

A pillar of lightning shot out from the corpse's mouth. This method of attack made Wang Yu's eyelids twitch.

His Frost Moon Wings unfurled behind him, and he tried his best to redirect his trajectory. Third-tier Ice Dragon Dan Flames surged from his sleeves, controlled by the Flame Shaping Art, transforming into two ice pythons that coiled towards the lightning pillar.

Lightning was inherently extremely fast, and with the cultivation level suppression, Wang Yu couldn't dodge it at all. The collision between the Ice Dragon Dan Flames and the lightning pillar only held for an instant before being blasted apart. It wasn't that the Ice Dragon Dan Flames were ineffective, but rather that his cultivation and spell art were holding them back.

Half of his body was struck by the lightning pillar, and he immediately lost feeling.

"Who was it that said fortune is found in danger?!"

He cursed inwardly.

Wang Yu quickly released his Grand Yin Malevolent Corpse from the coffin-like magic treasure. The instant the Lightning Spirit Corpse pounced, the two collided and immediately rolled into a tangled mess.

Struggling to get up, Wang Yu took out his Ghost Wail Flute. The Glazed Soul Lamp hovered behind his head, emitting grey soul fire.

Logically, zombies possessed a certain immunity to soul power, but the Lightning Spirit Corpse was different; it had clearly developed a degree of sentience.

This meant it possessed a clear soul, rather than merely a chaotic consciousness that only knew bloodlust and slaughter. Given the weakness of its nascent sentience, he felt this would be the Lightning Spirit Corpse's weakness.

"Hoooosh~"

A sharp, unique flute sound rang out. The Lightning Spirit Corpse's movements visibly paused. Although it wasn't completely controlled by the mind-controlling demonic music, it was indeed affected.

At this moment, the Grand Yin Malevolent Corpse seized the opportunity to use its innate divine ability: the Yin Corpse Malevolent Qi Descent Curse!

With the malevolent curse wrapped around it, the Lightning Spirit Corpse threw its head back and roared.

It actually erupted with an ability similar to a lightning storm field. Thick bolts of lightning shot out from its body, forming a dense electrical net, striking the Grand Yin Malevolent Corpse and making it howl in agony.

Much of its corpse malevolent qi dissipated, and it was severely injured!

This lightning storm state lasted for a full ten breaths, completely dispelling the Yin Corpse Malevolent Qi Descent Curse. Only then did the Lightning Spirit Corpse return to normal and continue to pounce towards Wang Yu.

Wang Yu's body was numb and difficult to move. He could only summon Xue Yu to carry him away, flying. At the same time,

Divine Sense Secret Art: Soul-Shattering Finger!

(End of chapter)