Chapter 1177: Allocate Points into a Body-Tempering Art! Someone's About to Have Bad Luck!

Boom boom boom!!

Crackle crackle!!

Outside the Wanlei Pool, thunder roared and arcs of electricity flickered.

Xu Jingming streaked through the Lei Hai like a bolt of black lightning.

The azure lightning around him writhed like ten thousand flood dragons; endless thunderbolts hammered his body, yet could only vaguely bring a faint tingling numbness.

He was not wearing any battle armor — otherwise, with the formidable defense of a B1-grade battle suit, the lightning would not be able to produce any tempering effect on him at all.

After pushing another roughly three hundred kilometers deeper, the surrounding lightning's might kept climbing, already faintly enough to make him feel a stabbing pain.

"We've entered the middle region of the Wanlei Pool — the lightning intensity is equivalent to a full-force strike of a Starlight Third-Stage."

Eva's holographic projection hovered at his shoulder, her little face unusually solemn:

"Although you've already broken through to Starlight Fourth-Stage, S-rank, it's still best to proceed step by step."

"Understood."

Xu Jingming gave a slight nod, slowing his flight speed while raising his gaze toward the depths of the Lei Hai.

The Lei Guang there showed a deep blue color; according to his spiritual sense, it should be suitable for purging the fierce-beast essence blood from his body.

Whoosh—

He quickly arrived at the vicinity, without battle armor or any lightning defense.

The blue lightning struck his body mercilessly, making him feel wave after wave of heart-piercing pain.

"Still not enough…"

Xu Jingming clenched his teeth; the Lei Dragon Wings on his back gave a slight flap, and his speed suddenly skyrocketed!

The lightning along the way was violently torn apart, leaving a vacuum tunnel a thousand meters long in his wake.

The instant he crossed into the next stretch of Lei domain, Xu Jingming's whole body jolted violently.

Every bolt of lightning here carried a terrifying aura as if it would tear apart any existence!

"This is the spot!" Xu Jingming sat cross-legged in midair.

In an instant, billions of lightning bolts swarmed over like sharks scenting blood!

"Argh—!"

A heart-rending roar of agony rang through the Lei domain; the blue lightning pierced through his pores and bored into his meridians, scorching flesh and blood wherever it passed.

Every blood vessel on Xu Jingming's body bulged, and black beads of blood seeped out through his skin — this was precisely the demon-beast essence blood he had been refining for years.

Amid the agony, he held onto the last sliver of clarity and circulated the Three-Turn Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body.

This T9-grade body-tempering art, while in operation, would mobilize the fierce-beast essence blood within his body to the greatest extent, making it easier to purge through lightning.

Bang—!!

Streams of fresh red blood mist kept spurting from his pores, instantly vaporized by the lightning.

And so, he did not know how long passed.

Xu Jingming suddenly felt his whole body lighten, as if he had shed a ten-thousand-ton shackle.

"Success!"

Eva's delighted voice came through: "All the demon-beast essence-blood impurities in your body have been completely cleared!"

Xu Jingming opened his eyes while panting, lightning flickering in his pupils.

At this moment there was not the slightest trace of demon-beast aura left within him; his aura was as pure as a newborn infant's.

Whoosh—

Black lightning surged forth, instantly isolating the surrounding lightning and no longer bearing any harm.

"But S-rank, you do look rather bedraggled right now."

Eva waved a small hand, using virtual light rays to reflect Xu Jingming's current state.

He was seen to be a mess of torn flesh and blood all over, his face a sheet of scorched black.

"Fighting enemies never wrecked me this badly — instead, it's you who has tormented me into this state."

Xu Jingming shook his head slightly.

The good news was that with the fierce-beast essence blood gone from his body, he would never again suffer the negative emotions he used to.

The bad news was that his T9-grade body-tempering art, the Three-Turn Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body, had been completely broken.

Whether the Lightning Extreme Form, the Lightning Storm Form, or the Lei Shen Form — none could be deployed.

However, as his strength had risen, the boosts from those three forms had already become rather insufficient; even with the art broken, it didn't matter.

While hunting demon beasts in the trial zone, he had already studied the Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body to the stage of initial comprehension — perfect for cultivating a new body-tempering art.

'Deep Blue, allocate points!'

Silently mouthing the words in his heart, Xu Jingming tapped the allocate-points option behind the body-tempering art.

Source Points -700

Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body → Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body First Layer!

【Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body (T7-grade)】: Cultivation requires drawing on high-purity lightning energy to temper the body; upon entering the first layer, one can already condense the Purple Heavens Lightning Mark.

When cultivated to the perfected ninth layer, the physical body can withstand head-on attacks from star-level demon beasts.

When the lightning mark is in its activated state, it can greatly enhance physical-body strength and amplify lightning damage.

This was the brief introduction recorded in the Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body manual.

By ordinary Starlight-stage cultivation methods, it would take at least several decades of training just to enter the first layer.

But now, with the system's boost, Xu Jingming directly began stepping into the realm of the Purple Heavens Lightning Marked Body First Layer!

Crackle crackle—

Endless deep-blue lightning came crashing down, yet no longer caused Xu Jingming any harm as it had moments ago.

Instead, it was absorbed by him, continuously strengthening his body!

Fine Lei Guang exploded across Xu Jingming's body surface, and faint purple patterns emerged beneath his skin.

He let out a muffled grunt, feeling as though every bone in his body was restructuring.

At the same time, the lightning within dozens of kilometers was forcibly drained, forming a brief empty zone.

That wasn't all — lightning from even farther away was similarly drawn in, madly converging toward him......

Two hundred kilometers away, Cohen sat cross-legged amid blue lightning.

Golden lightning swirled around him, ceaselessly devouring the surrounding lightning.

Above his head, a massive Dharma Aspect seemed on the verge of coalescing.

"Your Highness truly possesses extraordinary talent — the Dharma Aspect is nearly fully formed!"

Two beautiful female guards stood watch on the outer perimeter, sycophantic smiles on their faces.

But the instant her words fell, the entire Lightning Domain suddenly shook violently.

The blue lightning that had originally been striking down toward Cohen to aid the Dharma Aspect's coalescence abruptly turned violent, and one after another reversed course, surging toward the distance.

"Hm?"

Cohen, seated in midair, frowned slightly.

The Ten Thousand Lightning Pool was a public cultivation ground; over the years he had visited it countless times.

He had seen lightning storms triggered by cultivation manuals more than once.

But this time he was condensing a Dharma Aspect — once its might emerged, who could compete with him?

"Condense!"

He gave a low shout, and the blurry Dharma Aspect above his head suddenly opened its eyes.

Whoosh—

The lightning that had reversed course all returned, but before he could smile—

That lightning reversed direction once more, surging toward that place again!

In an instant, all the lightning within dozens of kilometers actually rushed over there.

Leaving him unable to absorb even a single wisp of lightning.

Whoosh—

The already-blurry Dharma Aspect closed its eyes, then with a thunderous boom vanished into nothingness.

His Dharma Aspect condensation had failed!

"Who is it?!"

Cohen's eyes flew open, fury and shock mingled within.

For today, he had spent a full several months preparing, yet in the end it all came to nothing!

Although he could attempt to condense the Dharma Aspect again in a month.

But before that, he had already told the other imperial clansmen that he would condense his Dharma Aspect today.

If, after returning, the others discovered he had not condensed a Dharma Aspect—

Where would that leave the face of an imperial clansman like him?!

"I shall see for myself who dares to ruin my plans!"

Cohen rose with a dark expression and flew toward the direction where the lightning was converging.

The remaining two beauties hurriedly followed.

Based on their understanding of Cohen, someone was likely about to have very bad luck......