Chapter 299: Thunder Element Demon Power Dragon
Five minutes later, a massive amount of Thunder Tribulation power condensed in the thunderclouds above Meng Yifan's head, and then a purple bolt of lightning, thicker than an adult's waist, poked its head out from the clouds.
This Thunder Tribulation took the form of a Thunder Element Demon Power dragon, with a single horn on its head, a body ten zhang long—nearly as tall as a ten-story building—and two dragon claws under its belly, its eyes as large as a pair of lanterns, staring fixedly at Meng Yifan on the small hill.
Ever since Earth entered the End of Dharma Era, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had withered, and it had been a long time since anyone had undergone a tribulation, nor had the power of the Thunder Tribulation condensed into form for a very long time.
"Boom-crack!" The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon lunged out, heading straight for Meng Yifan.
The eight Lightning Rods around Meng Yifan suddenly released a powerful attraction toward the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon, pulling at its body from eight directions.
The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon paused; unlike a First Grade Heavenly Tribulation without sentience, its goal was very clear: it had locked onto Meng Yifan.
These Lightning Rods caused it a certain amount of interference, seemingly wanting to pull it apart, which made the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon extremely furious; it roared at the sky, swept its dragon tail violently, and all eight Lightning Rods were knocked to the ground at once.
Immediately following this, the single horn on the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's head flashed with dazzling lightning, and it prepared to continue charging at Meng Yifan.
"Break for me!" As the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon knocked over the Lightning Rods, Meng Yifan let out a loud shout, executed the Wudang Cloud Ladder, soared into the air, sat directly on the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's body, and then, clenching his fists, smashed them fiercely down onto the dragon's head.
"Thud! Thud!" Every one of Meng Yifan's punches could make the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's body tremble, and in some places, he even punched out large craters.
However, the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon was formed from the power of the Thunder Tribulation; as long as there was still lightning power, these large craters would recover very quickly.
"Awoo!" The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon roared in anger; although it had just been conceived from the thunderclouds, it had inherited some ancient memories from the Thunder Tribulation.
From ancient times to the present, those undergoing tribulation had always obediently stayed on the ground to endure the Thunder Tribulation's heavenly punishment; never before had any cultivator been so audacious as to jump onto the body of a Thunder Tribulation dragon and punch and kick it—it was simply too presumptuous.
"Crackle, crackle!" Tens of thousands of volts of high-voltage electricity diffused from the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's body, and Meng Yifan bore the brunt of it, his body instantly suffused with dazzling electric light.
Fortunately, Meng Yifan had used his Qi to protect his body the moment he jumped onto the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon; at this moment, the protective Qi and the lightning collided with each other, and although Meng Yifan was still left feeling numb all over, he could barely endure it.
"Black and White Grinding Disc, crush this Thunder Element Demon Power dragon for me." With a thought from Meng Yifan, the Black and White Grinding Disc appeared out of thin air.
The white disc was on top and the black disc was on the bottom, like a sandwich, trapping the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon in the middle.
Then, the Black and White Grinding Disc rotated rapidly, with the Yin-Yang Domain squeezing toward the center from both sides, attempting to grind the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon to pieces.
The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon did not sit and wait for death; its tail lashed out continuously, causing the Black and White Grinding Disc to vibrate incessantly, and its two sharp dragon claws also struck out repeatedly, each blow heavy and powerful, nearly knocking the black disc flying.
Meng Yifan, meanwhile, continued to punch and kick, braving the lightning strikes to engage in close-quarters combat with the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon.
The constant rotation of the Black and White Grinding Disc ground away parts of the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's body, turning them into pure Lightning Spirit Qi; as time passed, the Lightning Spirit Qi in the surrounding area became very dense.
While fighting, the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon opened its blood-red maw and continuously swallowed this drifting Lightning Spirit Qi, as if it were constantly taking medicine; its injuries were actually recovering rapidly, which made Meng Yifan frown as he watched.
"Huh! With so much Lightning Spirit Qi around, can I absorb this Lightning Spirit Qi into my own body?"
Meng Yifan had a sudden inspiration; he was a Nine-Element Mixed Spirit Root, and he possessed a Thunder Spirit Root within his body. Although he had not yet found a corresponding Thunder-type Cultivation Method, all paths led to the same destination, and the methods for absorbing Spirit Power into the body were much the same.
Thinking of this, Meng Yifan did not hesitate; he attempted to guide a wisp of Lightning Spirit Qi into his body, using his own Yin-Yang Spiritual Power to carry this wisp of Lightning Spirit Qi and circulate it through his meridians.
Although Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is divided into nine types, the two types of Yin and Yang are the most special, because the rule of the Dao's evolution is that the Wuji gives birth to the Taiji, and the Taiji gives birth to the two Yis; the two Yis are the two types of Yin and Yang Spiritual Power.
The other seven types of Spirit Qi are all transformed from the two types of Yin and Yang Spirit Qi, so once Meng Yifan mastered the Yin-Yang cultivation methods, he could take the lead, wrapping the Lightning Spirit Qi to circulate it through his meridians and slowly refining the Lightning Spirit Qi.
With the addition of Lightning Spirit Qi in Meng Yifan's meridians, his Thunder Spirit Root seemed to be activated, flashing with a faint lightning glow; that wisp of Lightning Spirit Qi actually slowly gathered onto the Thunder Spirit Root and then transformed into Meng Yifan's own Lightning Spirit Power.
"Haha, it really works." Meng Yifan was overjoyed, and then he split his focus three ways.
On one hand, he controlled the Black and White Grinding Disc to continue grinding away the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's body; on the other, he continued to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the dragon; and on the third, he continuously swallowed the pure Lightning Spirit Qi that was dissipating.
The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon possessed some sentience, and it keenly sensed that Meng Yifan was actually swallowing the Lightning Spirit Qi, which made it furious.
This dissipated Lightning Spirit Qi was originally part of its body, of the same origin as itself; absorbing it would allow it to recover its body quickly.
Now that the Lightning Spirit Qi was being swallowed by Meng Yifan bit by bit, its body would grow weaker by the same amount, which was something it did not want to see.
"Awoo!" The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon released a massive amount of lightning power, wanting to use high-voltage electricity to directly destroy Meng Yifan's protective Qi and electrocute him into charcoal.
Meng Yifan's protective Qi could barely hold on, but he had been prepared; with a wave of his right hand, a circle of Lightning Attracting Towers appeared around his body once more, drawing away the lightning power his body could not withstand.
At the same time, Meng Yifan's continuous swallowing of the surrounding dissipated Lightning Spirit Qi caused the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon to grow steadily weaker.
Correspondingly, the Lightning Spirit Power within Meng Yifan's body gathered more and more, and his resistance to lightning also grew continuously.
"Whoosh!" The Thunder Element Demon Power dragon's tail swung again, wanting to knock away the Lightning Attracting Towers around Meng Yifan.
For this Thunder Tribulation, Meng Yifan had packed a large pile of similar Lightning Rods and Lightning Attracting Towers in his Space Ring; even if the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon destroyed some, he felt no heartache, and Meng Yifan would not let the dragon destroy the Lightning Attracting Towers at will.
The two sides fought fiercely in mid-air; as time passed, Meng Yifan grew stronger with every fight, while the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon became weaker and weaker.
At the very beginning, the two sides were evenly matched, locked in a stalemate, but later, Meng Yifan completely crushed the Thunder Element Demon Power dragon, holding its head down and smashing it violently, bang, bang, bang.
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