Chapter 621: The Race of Lightning

In the end, Vanessa still accepted the blood.

And she agreed to Rod that she would build three machines for ring blank molds.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to foot the bill.

Only now did Rod learn that the current machine had been built by the zombie Selina using her own wages.

The cost was quite substantial.

It seemed to be forty or fifty thousand Jin Along.

But that wasn't much of a problem either; judging by its output, it wouldn't take long to earn it back.

Selina was very devoted.

Even when Rod topped up the money and asked her what she wanted, she only said she wanted a few more employees to help out, so she could free up more time for research.

Rod smiled.

He decided to let the ghoul Pan Ni, the banshee Chris, and the little pony girl Little Little Bangde come here to do some off-the-books work.

Adding the current vampire Vanessa, it should lighten her burden quite a bit.

One could only say a zombie's body really could take the punishment; working through the night day after day, and she still hadn't broken down.

It couldn't help but make Rod wonder whether he should enslave a few more zombie girls to come do off-the-books work.

After leaving the underground research room.

Rod went to the planting area for his usual stroll.

From afar he saw the tree spirit Vivian digging holes and planting trees.

The little pony girl Little Little Bangde and the big squirrel Cui Qian were rolling around on the ground, apparently seeing who could roll farther, both filthy and utterly disheveled.

Rod casually planted five or six trees, then let Tally go help out while he sat down nearby to rest.

Slacking off was one reason.

The other was that the "Sprouting Form" natural phase of 【Child of Nature】 was naturally endowed with making trees grow quickly.

Him simply strolling around was already beneficial to the newly planted saplings here; the hands-on work could be left to others~

Sitting under a tree, sheltering from the drizzling rain.

Rod's thoughts drifted to his new spiritual art 【Lightning-Smitten Sinews】.

This spiritual art was supposedly drawn from the storm giants' control of Lei Ting.

After all, the emphasis was on activating the bloodline resonance within the body.

Its main method of cultivation required practicing in thunderstorm weather, while also enduring the damage of small lightning, feeling the flow of lightning within the body through a constitution save.

The thunderstorm weather part didn't necessarily have to be insisted upon.

Rod's spell satchel held a pile of stored lightning energy stones seized from the Coral Bay battle, which could substitute for the small lightning damage.

But its supplementary potion required two materials: storm eagle feathers and blue copper ore.

Neither of those things was available around Dusk Hills, so he'd have to go to the Arcane Consortium to buy them.

Thinking this.

Rod took out a lightning energy stone, activated the lightning, and let it flow over his body.

While doing so, he followed the method of 【Lightning-Smitten Sinews】 to gain insight.

Bright white lightning covered his entire body; the whole person looked like he was glowing.

Tally, who was always keeping an eye on her master, immediately noticed, and asked curiously while carrying a sapling:

"Is this a Xin Wan Fa, Master? Tally doesn't really like lightning; if I get paralyzed, I won't be able to feel Master's friction and contours."

"It's not, just cultivating something new."

Vivian also came over and poked Rod's arm.

With crackling arcs of electricity flashing, she gave a tiny jolt and shrank back.

She blinked her big eyes that were glowing white: "Rod, lightning, Vivian, also, all, like."

Tally looked at her in displeasure: "Lines like that are usually mine to say; you're starting to act like a whore too, Vivian."

Vivian clearly didn't quite understand the meaning of "whore," and cutely tilted her head.

She slowly rested her cheek against Rod's chest.

Her slightly curled green hair was soon electrocuted to stand straight up.

The Young Lady tree spirit's lightning resistance was clearly not all that great.

"Me too~"

Tally also leaned her head over, claiming the other side of Rod's chest.

The two girls faced each other.

The succubus was visibly jealous, the tree spirit pure and innocent.

"Rod, are you guys playing? I want in too!"

The little pony girl Little Little Bangde also came bouncing over with a big laugh, hugging Rod around the neck from behind.

Then her whole body trembled, and she laughed in a quavering voice:

"Tingly and buzzy, so comfy~~"

Her lightning resistance was clearly much higher; she didn't look affected at all.

After all, centaurs' all-attribute resistance was inherently impressive.

Little Little Bangde, who carried that bloodline, naturally was the same.

Rod's expression turned strange, and a little embarrassed.

The little thing was already a big girl now.

Behind.

The touch was soft, the weight astonishing.

The old father felt a bit awkward again.

He could only try to relax his mood and stop overthinking.

Focus on practicing the Spiritual Arts.

As for a Warrior's Spiritual Arts...

To be honest, most of it is the grinding work of tempering the body.

It differs from spells, which involve mastering techniques and usage methods.

But Rod had another idea.

Currently, he himself had mastered seven Domains.

Excluding the 【Grass Domain】 gifted by Daphne Argyle, and excluding the illicitly obtained 【Preservation Domain】 after finishing with the Sky Ancient Tree Eva.

Three of them—Plague, Passion, and Flame Domains—were all obtained during Rod's lewd sessions.

The most exaggerated was the Flame Domain.

Before this, Rod had hardly learned any Flame-type skills, but after a fierce battle with twenty-three Fire Spirit girls, he directly comprehended it!

In contrast were the Defense and Disguise Domains.

One was the Dragon Scale Art, used at high intensity in almost every battle; the other was a Domain obtained via 【Dark Plunder】.

These two had nothing to do with lewdness, yet it took a full three or four months of grinding to comprehend them.

"So, during my lewd sessions, my comprehension and learning abilities were at their peak."

Rod nodded, thinking it was highly probable.

He immediately pinched the soft flesh on Tally's waist in his arms, making her giggle.

"Are there any intelligent races related to lightning?"

Succubi are experts in this field of knowledge; asking her is most appropriate.

Tally looked at him strangely: "You want one capable of that?"

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be asking you."

"Blue Dragonborn half-dragons, Storm Giants, Stormborn Warlocks, Air Genasi, Lightning Gnomes, Lightning Golems, Thunderforged Liches, Thunderforged Spirits."

Truly Tally.

Without almost any thought, she immediately recited them like counting family treasures.

Rod rubbed his chin: "Feels like only the Blue Dragonborn half-dragons seem reliable."

Giants, Golems, Gnomes?

Hmm... better not.

Tally's legs went weak from his fingers scratching her; sweet sweat seeped out, lust sparkled in her eyes, and she lazily leaned on Rod.

"Speaking of the Twilight Hills here... um-ha~ the one that might be linked to lightning would be the Harpies in the Eagle Claw Canyon~~"

"Hobbits?"

"High-class Harpies' latent bloodline activates upon maturity, granting the ability to manipulate storms and summon lightning~~ Usually it's the clan leader... Don't stop, Master~"

"Are you a bit too sensitive? I'm just scratching your waist."

"Hateful~~"

Little Little Bangde behind them heard their conversation.

He rested his chin on top of Rod's head, pressed his chest tightly against the back of Rod's skull, and said with a laugh:

"Rod wants to play with lightning? I can do that too! Just come find me to play!"

(End of Chapter)