Chapter 36: Making Lightning Rods

Although the lightning body tempering method is effective, it takes a long time!

The first thing Jerry thought of was a lightning rod. A lightning rod attracts nearby lightning and then conducts it underground.

Previously, iron ore had been discovered in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a group of Diamond Iron-Eating Ants lived! They fed on iron ore! And they were metal-attribute spirit beasts, naturally able to control metal, but they currently only knew how to simply control the iron elements in the iron ore, just to eat!

Erming brought Jerry to the vicinity of this iron ore mountain and found a ten-thousand-year Diamond Iron-Eating Ant, asking it to help collect some iron and make it into the shape of a needle. The Diamond Iron-Eating Ant quickly understood and directly activated its ability. They saw countless small iron particles flying directly from the iron ore mountain, then slowly condensing together, directly condensing into a huge cylinder, one end pointed and one end round, about a hundred zhang long. Honestly, Jerry envied this ability; with this ability, what blacksmith would be needed! Then it made ten of them in succession. Jerry took the opportunity to let the Diamond Iron-Eating Ant make many knives, guns, sticks, pots, bowls, basins, and the like. Thinking of Erming, he tailor-made a huge stick for Erming. Erming took it in his hand and waved it a few times, feeling it was very handy. Sure enough, apes all like sticks!

Then he brought these lightning rods to the lightning-attribute area, found a suitable place, and let Erming surround a large circle and insert the lightning rods directly into the soil. From now on, inside the circle would be the place for spirit beasts to undergo tribulation. Until all the lightning rods were standing up, it still looked quite spectacular! Then he called a few lightning-attribute flying spirit beasts to strike a few times in the sky to test it. Sure enough, before the lightning reached the ground, it was attracted by the lightning rods nearby and then conducted underground. The nearby soil felt like it carried a trace of lightning aura. At this time, many lightning-attribute plant spirit beasts excitedly began to work hard to absorb the lightning underground, not wasting a bit! Looking at the ten huge lightning rods, it was estimated that the lightning in this area would be attracted here in the future, and this place would also become a holy land for lightning-attribute spirit beast cultivation!

Seeing that the experiment was successful, Jerry was afraid that ten would not be enough, so for the sake of safety, he let Erming continue to work and insert more pillars. Knowing that these pillars were helpful to their lightning-attribute spirit beasts, they also joined the action of transporting and inserting pillars one after another. Sure enough, spirit beasts were the best labor force. A week later, the entire lightning area was inserted with lightning rods everywhere, looking dense from a distance!

Jerry saw that the preparations were all done, so it was time to go see the Radiant Divine Tiger!

After meeting the Radiant Divine Tiger, he found that it was currently suppressing its cultivation, but there was still a trace of spirit power instinctively being absorbed. Looking at this situation, it was estimated that it couldn't suppress it for much longer! At that time, it would only be able to passively undergo the tribulation!

"Radiant Divine Tiger, you are almost unable to suppress it, right! I built a place to avoid lightning, I don't know if you are willing to try?" Jerry asked!

"So it was you, the only human in the Star Dou Great Forest, Jerry, who leads spirit beasts to develop, making the spirit power concentration of the entire forest increase by five times, and the strength of the spirit beasts has been greatly improved. For most spirit beasts, it is a good thing, but for us spirit beasts who are about to break through ten thousand years, it is fatal! Originally I could suppress it for another hundred years, but now I can only suppress it for a few years. I have already prepared for death. Now that you have built a place that can avoid lightning, I am willing to be the first to try! If it succeeds, this is a good thing for the entire spirit beast world, and the other old guys will dare to break through!" The Radiant Divine Tiger said quietly, its voice carrying a trace of sadness and also a trace of hope. For so many years, it had seen too many spirit beasts die under the lightning tribulation, and had long been prepared for death. Now Jerry let it see a glimmer of hope!

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