Chapter 85: Three Thousand Thunder Move, Blood Furnace Anomaly

The blood-colored still gleaming underground world, Xiao Li flew upward with his back bearing wings as wide as dragon wings; the thick, powerful wings were utterly unlike the weak, feeble wings of a bat.

The dragon wings hung low, at least increasing Xiao Li's speed by fifty percent.

Moreover, in such a thunderstorm environment, the dragon wings seemed to be summoned, mysterious lightning patterns flowing across them, and Xiao Li's speed surged again.

Profound-rank high-level combat skill, Thunder Dragon Wing, in a lightning storm environment its speed rivals that of continuously using a burst-type movement skill of the same rank, while consuming far less.

Know that flight combat skills focus on endurance, being all-round for battle and travel; but this also means they fall short of burst-type movement skills in extreme speed.

And such movement combat skills are destined, due to high consumption, to fall short in endurance compared to same-rank movement combat skills,

But the Thunder Dragon Wing combines the advantages of both, worthy of being called perfect; more importantly, it even matches Xiao Li's attribute, and even more astonishingly, Xiao Li estimates that this thing could possibly be used together with the Three Thousand Thunder Move.

Xiao Li's weak point in speed instantly became his greatest strength.

He raised his head to gaze at the somewhat dark sky, a great wind rose, lightning flashed, and Xiao Li planned to begin absorbing the wind and thunder power from the scroll; only then could he initially practice the Three Thousand Thunder Move.

And in the underground world, lightning and raging winds flickered almost incessantly; after seeing a bolt of lightning shuttle out from the red clouds, the piercing light bathed the earth as if it were doomsday.

A youth in black robes sat cross-legged on a blue stone, letting the fierce wind howl however it wished, yet he remained motionless like a rock; lightning fell, illuminating his handsome, plain face.

Xiao Li slightly lifted his head, gazing at the dark red clouds above, and gave a faint smile; turning his palm, a scroll the same color as thunder and lightning flashed into view, the ancient script on it bursting forth with faint blood-colored lightning in the flash.

"Three Thousand Thunder Move!"

This scroll seemed to be affected by Xiao Li's aura, its flickering color turning entirely blood-red.

Thick layers of dark clouds overlapped and blanketed the entire sky; occasionally, a bolt of lightning several zhang thick, like a blood-colored giant python, burst through the clouds, tore the sky, and the piercing light shrouded the whole mountain range in majestic heavenly might.

Faintly, the sound of some thunder followed the howling wind, spreading across the whole earth.

And in this extremely violent environment, only Xiao Li, who possesses the Blood Slaughter Heavenly Thunder, can guarantee safety; others entering would likely, due to aura attraction, draw the bombardment of blood-colored lightning.

Sitting cross-legged on the blue stone, Xiao Li tightly gripped the blood-colored scroll; under this harsh weather of intertwining lightning, the scroll that usually appeared plain and unremarkable gradually emitted a faint warmth, and occasionally when Xiao Li glanced at it, he could see tiny silver electric sparks flickering within.

He opened the scroll and placed it on his thighs; at this moment the wind and thunder power between heaven and earth was at its peak, needing no guidance, the strand of wind and thunder power hidden within the scroll would automatically surge forth; Xiao Li's gaze sharpened, and in the instant it flashed out, he seized it, absorbing it into his body and beginning to refine it.

If Xiao Yan were to cultivate the Three Thousand Thunder Move, it might still be somewhat dangerous, but Xiao Li possesses aberrant lightning, so this wind and thunder power is no problem at all, and even the effect after successful cultivation would be far stronger than Xiao Yan's.

Moreover, the soul long burdened by grudge pressure is extremely resilient, and during the cultivation process it hardly encountered any mishap.

Originally the wind and thunder power within the scroll was not very obedient, but after Xiao Li released strand after strand of Blood Slaughter Heavenly Thunder, it became utterly obedient, almost actively drilling into Xiao Li's body.

As the blood-colored lightning faded, Xiao Li's eyelid twitching intensified; after a moment, he finally flung open his eyes like breaking free from bonds, and instantly, a substantive blood-colored lightning shot forth from his eyes, carrying a hint of domineering sharpness, reaching a full three inches in length.

The blood-colored lightning shot from his eyes lasted only an instant before abruptly dissipating, and as the blood-colored lightning faded, his pair of dark pupils also returned to calm.

……

"Bang!"

Upon the frenzied earth, a faint thumping sound suddenly rang out; shortly after the sound sounded, a black shadow shot forth from the ground, brandishing a blood-colored brilliant light.

Each time the sole struck the ground, the constantly extending and retracting electric sparks would blast the earth's soil into fragments, and that thumping sound originated precisely from there.

The black shadow's speed was terrifyingly high; rushing all the way, it carved a trench over a zhang wide directly into the ground.

A flash of red light flickered at the sole; with a twist of the body, a soft 'whoosh' sounded and it appeared on a boulder a hundred meters away; if not for a faint, blurred black line still lingering in space, anyone would think this speed had already broken spatial barriers, reaching the terrifying realm of instantaneous movement.

"As expected of an earth-rank movement combat skill, this speed is exhilarating!"

The black shadow revealed its form—indeed, it was Xiao Li.

The Three Thousand Thunder Move consists of three layers: Lightning Flash, Lightning Instant, and Three Thousand Thunder; when one cultivates to the final layer, the Three Thousand Thunder realm, it slices through space soundlessly, nearly indistinguishable from instantaneous movement; such speed, even a Fighting Sect expert would dare not slight it in the slightest.

And someone like Xiao Li, at most, is merely at the entry level of Lightning Flash.

Three Thousand Thunder Move: still as a rock, moving like a bolt of lightning; seeking no flashy clamor, only to strike unexpectedly and strike the enemy by leveraging momentum.

Xiao Li recalled the words of Yao Lao from the original work, set aside the slight joy rising in his heart, gave a small shake of his head, turned, and produced the three Blood Pills already refined in the Blood Furnace.

After half a month of cultivating the Three Thousand Thunder Move, these Blood Pills were also ready; since absorbing the corpses of two fifth-rank magic beasts and a damaged sixth-rank magic beast corpse, Xiao Li discovered his internal Blood Furnace was splitting—originally there was a single Blood Furnace at the dantian, now there was even one at the Baihui acupoint.

Xiao Li recalled the long-stalled Great Suction Law, the second layer, Body as Blood Furnace…

Could Body as Blood Furnace mean letting Blood Furnaces spread throughout the entire body?

Thinking of the X-ray showing his whole body covered in red light spots, Xiao Li shuddered a little; that indescribable feeling was unpleasant, even triggering his trypophobia.

He shook his head, Xiao Li stopped thinking further; at least having an extra Blood Furnace, his speed of refining Blood Pills increased considerably.

But… increasing speed isn't of much use; it would be better to improve the quality of the refined Blood Pills.

A flicker of worry crossed Xiao Li's eyes; this Blood Pill contains many impurities, after using so many Blood Pills he inevitably precipitated some impurities; it seems that upon breaking through to the Fighting King rank he will need to consult Yao Lao.

Dismissing distracting thoughts, Xiao Li sat cross-legged again, three Blood Pills held in his hand, vast energy began to enter his body through the meridians…

(End of Chapter)