Chapter 245: Thunder Tribulation

The most painful thing in the world is for parents to bury their children. After this great battle, in Luolong County, no one knows how many white-haired elders have lost their sons, how many wives have lost their husbands, how many children have lost their fathers, and how many families have been torn apart.

However, living in this cruel end-times dynasty, if one does not want to be eaten by Demon Beasts, one must fight.

Meng Yifan knows that when the next war comes, these soldiers who are currently cheering will suffer heavy casualties again; this is unavoidable.

All Meng Yifan can do is provide them with cultivation techniques and resources to make them strong as quickly as possible, and give them more powerful weapons and sturdy armor to increase their survival rate on the battlefield.

Seeing Meng Yifan looking troubled, Meng Dayong walked over, patted his shoulder, and said, "Yifan, don't blame yourself. In war, there are always deaths. You have already done very well. If it weren't for you, all forty thousand people in the city would have died. You have effectively saved thirty or forty thousand people."

Meng Yifan nodded and pulled himself together. The battle was over, but he still had many things to do.

This battle killed over twenty thousand Demon Beasts. Holding his Ghost Head Blade, Meng Yifan roamed the battlefield, continuously collecting the Yin Souls of the Demon Beasts.

These Yin Souls have a wide range of uses; they can serve as nourishment for cultivating ghost soldiers and ghost generals, or as energy to reduce the countdown.

Having experienced this great battle, Meng Yifan deeply felt that his strength was still too weak. From what he learned from Lang Jiao, within the borders of Dongchuan Prefecture alone, the Demon Race has five major armies, each commanded by a Fourth Grade Beast, and they have split into five routes to sweep across the entire Dongchuan Prefecture.

The Demon Beast army led by Lang Jiao can only be considered the bottom-tier among these five Demon Beast armies.

Among those five Demon Race commanders, two are Level 4 Intermediate Demon Beasts, two are Level 4 High-Grade Demon Beasts, and only Lang Jiao is a Level 4 Lower-Tier Demon Beast. However, Lang Jiao has a Shadow Clone, and when exerting full power, her combat strength is comparable to a Level 4 Intermediate Demon Beast.

The good news is that Dongchuan Prefecture is only a remote, small place in the entire Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, and the Level 5 Demon Beasts have all been sent to attack other important cities.

However, Lang Jiao's father, Lang Batian, is a Fifth Grade Low Stage Demon Beast. When he learns that his daughter has been captured by humans, he is very likely to come and cause trouble for Meng Yifan.

Whether it is dealing with the other Demon Race armies or dealing with Lang Batian, Meng Yifan feels immense pressure.

"I must improve my strength as quickly as possible," Meng Yifan muttered. He plans to find time to return to Earth to collect some Dungeon Evil Qi.

Ghost generals like Zhang Butou and Liu Sheng, as well as the double-blade Zombies, all need Dungeon Evil Qi to advance.

However, it is not easy for ghost generals and Zombies to advance to the Fourth Grade. Besides sufficient Yin energy, Dungeon Evil Qi, and secret techniques, they must also undergo the trial of the Thunder Tribulation.

Thunder Tribulation is the most rigid and Yang-aligned power between Heaven and Earth, and both ghost generals and Zombies are special lifeforms with Yin Attribute. What they fear most is the Thunder Tribulation; if they are even slightly careless, they will be blasted into nothingness.

Martial Artists, Immortal Cultivators, and the Demon Race only begin to experience Thunder Tribulation when breaking through to the Fifth Grade, but special existences like Ghost Cultivators and Zombies are not tolerated by Heaven and Earth, so they must undergo Thunder Tribulation when breaking through to the Fourth Grade.

This also leads to their path of advancement being particularly difficult; basically, nine out of ten Ghost Cultivators and Zombies fall under the Thunder Tribulation and cannot break through to become Fourth-Grade Powerhouses.

However, if a ghost general or Zombie survives the Thunder Tribulation, not only will their strength increase significantly, but more importantly, a glimmer of vitality will be born within their bodies, from then on they will not fear sunlight and can move freely during the day.

Even the intelligence of a Zombie can be partially restored, allowing them to fight autonomously without needing Meng Yifan to distract himself by controlling their every move.

It can be said that as long as ghost generals and Zombies can break through to the Fourth Grade, they can become capable lieutenants under Meng Yifan.

Thunder Tribulation is divided into nine grades. For Yin Souls and Zombies to advance to the Fourth Grade, they only need to survive the lowest First Grade Heavenly Tribulation.

Yet, even the lowest-level Thunder Tribulation has a voltage as high as over three thousand volts. This is an ultra-high voltage; if an ordinary person touches it, they would be instantly electrocuted into charcoal.

Meng Yifan is already a Level 4 Mid-stage Cultivator, but even if he were to take a hit, he would be scorched and severely injured, if not killed. From this, one can see the difficulty of advancement for Ghost Cultivators and Zombies.

"How can I help the ghost generals and the Third Grade Zombies survive the Thunder Tribulation?" Meng Yifan pondered deeply. According to the ratio of less than one in ten Ghost Cultivators and Zombies surviving the Thunder Tribulation, wouldn't it be highly likely that his two ghost generals and three Third Grade Zombies would be wiped out? If so, there would be no point in letting them go to their deaths.

"Ghost Cultivators and Zombies find it difficult to survive the Thunder Tribulation because they have never been exposed to high-voltage electricity. If I use a step-by-step approach to electrocute them, could I increase their resistance to electricity?"

"Aha! There are transformers on Earth. I can set up different voltages, using low-voltage electricity first, then high-voltage, letting them gradually adapt to electric shocks. This will definitely increase their survival rate during the Thunder Tribulation."

A flash of inspiration struck Meng Yifan's mind. He thought of the electric shock method and carefully considered the details, feeling that this plan had a high feasibility. He decided that the next time he returned to Earth, he would use his Space Ring to bring back a diesel Generator and a high-power transformer.

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Both inside and outside Luolong County are busy. Outside the city, there are a large number of Demon Beast corpses; these are precious living supplies.

Wild Wolf fur and eagle feathers can be used to make clothes, their meat can be eaten; every part of them is a treasure.

The pustules on a Toad are a type of poison, but if combined with other medicinal herbs, they can become a good medicine to treat illnesses and save lives.

The Demon Race army is attacking human cities everywhere, and there are more and more human refugees. As the news of Luolong County defeating a Demon Race army spreads, more and more refugees will surely gather in Luolong County.

The more people there are, the stronger the Dynasty Luck that Meng Yifan gathers. This is a good thing for him, but it is a severe test for his food reserves.

The Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes planted in the fields still need three months. Relying on the food in the Warehouse to feed an increasing population is unrealistic, but with this Monster Beast Meat, the pressure on food can be greatly alleviated.

"Hmph! Since the Demon Beasts can attack human cities, I can also lead an army to hunt Demon Beasts. I heard from Lang Jiao that there is a Demon Beast army in Dongchuan Prefecture that contains a large number of wild boar-type Demon Beasts. Each one is plump and sturdy, weighing at least over five hundred kilograms, and can yield three to four hundred kilograms of wild boar meat. If I wipe out this pig-type Demon Beast army, it will be enough for Luolong County to eat for several months."

Meng Yifan wants to lead his army out, not only to solve the food shortage problem in Luolong County but also to kill monsters and level up.