Chapter 938: God's Staff

On the bridge, Lei En saw the soul‑power pool's electricity suddenly surge by a notch; it had absorbed Prince Lu Sifante's soul.

The electricity converted from a prince's soul can outweigh that of a thousand vampires.

The Star Destroyer raced across the sky, its cannons never paused for even a second, firing continuously as if without energy, harvesting vampire souls. Extreme Warriors and Holy Lance Knights dispersed in squads, sweeping away enemies; the vampires' will to resist was destroyed along with the Blood Castle, and they were shot down en masse like living targets.

In just that short time, the soul‑power pool rose to nearly half.

Lei En poured all the electricity into the Thunder God's Spear, and the progress bar surged forward.

After the one‑sided slaughter lasted over ten minutes, within sight the Duke Lu Sifante's domain was a ruin; Extreme Warriors and Holy Lance Knights kept chasing vampires far away, though few vampires remained.

The battle was drawing to a close.

The Thunder God's Spear's progress bar also reached its limit; when Lei En invested a full fifteen‑thousand‑plus units of electricity, finally the progress hit one hundred percent!

The icon flickered wildly, became blurry, and the upgrade began.

The ninth‑level Thunder God's Spear advanced to level ten, consuming more electricity than the previous nine levels combined, and the upgrade changes were even more intense.

Lei En felt a soul‑ascending state; the World Tree shook, the Thunder God's Spear's Element leaf blossomed with light, and simultaneously the two Lords of Thunder's Element leaves auto‑activated, resonating with the spear from afar, establishing a tight link.

The spear's potency depends on arm strength and the infused thunder power.

It's no surprise it linked with the Lords of Thunder.

But then, several Elements suddenly connected to the spear's light: "Destruction Critical," "Precise Throw," "Titanium Gold Holy Sword," "Mental Force Field," "Electric Blast Orb," "Advanced Thunderclap Technique," and "Electric Flash Teleport."

That instantly left Lei En baffled.

Destruction Critical is a melee Element he often uses; he previously upgraded it to level nine, then hit the cap and couldn't advance further.

It has nothing to do with the Thunder God's Spear, so why is it reacting?

Precise Throw improves the spear's accuracy?

Titanium Gold Holy Sword creates a long spear?

The other four Elements are spells; three are lightning‑type and understandable, but what about the Mental Force Field?

Lei En was completely confused.

The situation resembled the Titanium Extreme Golden Body upgrade, where several Elements fused into one, yet these Elements are unrelated and don't seem to be merging.

He glanced at Ai Luotixiya, stood up, and let Reslin control the Star Destroyer in his place, teleporting to the seventh‑floor magic training room. Upon arrival, the surging thunder power inside him became hard to suppress; countless thunder Elements converged from all directions, forming a lightning storm.

Standing at the storm's center, Lei En let the upgrade continue.

A few minutes later.

The surrounding thunder Elements calmed, the spear's Element leaf also steadied; the reacting Elements were not fused, remaining independent, able to be triggered or cast. The Thunder God's Spear seemed only to have absorbed a fraction of the other Elements' effects.

The light dispersed, revealing an entirely new Element.

Legendary Element!

Lei En thought to himself, indeed; just by the complexity of the Element rune, he could tell this must be a Legendary Element.

The icon on the mobile interface changed too; it was originally a hand grasping lightning, centered on "hand," but now the lightning in the hand turned into a spear radiating electric light, shifting the focus to "spear," highlighting the Element's nature.

A slight sense, and the upgraded Element's information flooded his mind.

"Whoa!"

Lei En blurted out a praise, this Element is amazing!

A thought triggered the new Element; instantly, countless energies surged, both lightning Elements from the void and his own erupting thunder power, flowing from his arm to his right palm, instantly coalescing into a spear over two meters long.

The spear was dark‑gold, its texture identical to the Titanium Extreme Golden Body, indestructible.

Lei En understood immediately.

The Titanium Gold Holy Sword can condense energy into a solid form; this spear is another manifestation of that sword, and once the spear formed, thunder power poured in at once.

Immediately, the dark‑gold spear erupted with dazzling electric light.

The Lord of Thunder can control surrounding thunder Elements; in less than half a breath, the spear was infused with massive energy, its core invisible, like a thick bolt of lightning held in the hand, crackling with sizzle.

And this was only the beginning.

Lei En looked at the spear in his hand; a familiar yet strange sensation rose in his heart, and he found he could sense surrounding things through the spear.

The newly created spear felt like a duplicate of himself.

"This must be the Mental Force Field's effect…"

Thinking that, Lei En released his grip; the spear didn't fall but hovered mid‑air, still under his control. It accelerated instantly, turning into a bolt of lightning that raced around Lei En at such speed the naked eye could barely catch its form.

Lei En tracked its movement the whole time, much like remotely controlling the Thunder God's Hammer.

Bang!

A thunderclap roared, the spear suddenly burst with electric light then paused, reappearing at another location.

Electric Flash Teleport!

"Interesting…" Lei En admired, his control over the titanium spear reached great distances, like extending his arm with a finger, at will.

He recalled the xianxia novels he'd read in a past life; this is basically a flying sword!

When others shout 'Sword!' he can too— hmm… but it should be 'Spear!', swapping to Thunder God's Hammer works too, that would be 'Hammer!'.

None of those sound quite right.

Lei En dismissed the mischievous thought, refocused on the titanium spear; after upgrading, its power naturally exceeds that of the ninth‑level Thunder God's Spear. Currently it's only in its primary form; the stronger the throw, the more thunder infused, the greater its potency.

Testing it inside the Star Destroyer is difficult.

Lei En glanced at the battlefield, saw little threat left, opened a portal and stepped through, appearing in a black‑thorn forest about a hundred li away, the titanium spear following.

Gripping the spear again, a terrifying aura fully released.

Level 20 power limit activated; Lei En's body instantly swelled to over fifty meters tall, like a deity descending, and the spear grew proportionally, as thick as a temple pillar and over seventy meters long!

His arm muscles bulged as he raised the spear for a charge.

Bang bang bang…

With earth‑shaking footsteps, the Lord of Thunder absorbed all thunder Elements within a kilometer radius, massive bolts merged into the spear, the electric light brightened, illuminating the twisted black forest.

"Go!"

Lei En shouted loudly and hurled the spear.

A massive bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, piercing the dark clouds over the Sighing Wilderness, and vanished instantly at the horizon. When it shot out, a rumble of thunder returned, exploding beside his ear.

Boom…

Lei En stood still, sensing the titanium spear soaring through the high sky at lightning speed; while it flew, the Lord of Thunder remained active, devouring the lightning along its path, making the spear brighter, heavier, and longer.

At the same time, the titanium spear's speed had already exceeded the sound barrier and was still accelerating wildly.

Gale howled, and lightning cracked.

About half a minute later, the titanium spear stretched beyond a hundred meters, stopped growing, and its speed reached its limit.

"It should be at twice the speed of sound now."

Lei En used the spear's mental force field to roughly calculate its current speed, and was instantly shocked.

He was surprised not by the spear's speed, but by its distance from him.

It's already over fifteen li!

Moreover, each second it grew farther, yet his control over the spear did not wane; a thought shift and it turned in the high sky, tracing a huge semicircular arc, then reversed to fly back toward his position.

In less than twenty seconds, a dazzling flash of electricity appeared on the horizon, and the next instant it zipped over his head, heading in another direction.

Boom—boom—boom…

Lei En stared at the titanium spear dragging a long stream of electricity as it raced, and he was stunned, wondering, "Is this really the spear I threw?"

"This damn thing is a missile!"

"And it can home in precisely!"

However, maintaining the titanium spear consumes massive soul energy; without a soul power pool as a source, even as a Holy Soul Wizard he couldn't sustain it long—no more than three minutes at most.

But with a soul power pool…

Lei En glanced at the continuously rising charge and dismissed the consumption, then directed the titanium spear at maximum speed in one direction to test its range limit. About two and a half minutes later, he felt the link between him and the spear weaken.

"It won't exceed a hundred li at most," Lei En calculated silently.

After all, it's not a real missile; a hundred li range doesn't even qualify as a short‑range ballistic missile, let alone a rocket artillery.

But that's enough!

Even Nine‑ring or Ten‑ring Spells that reach a hundred li are few and far between.

In a world with teleportation spells, a weapon's range need not be vast; the significance of spatial distance is diminished.

The most important factor is the weapon's potency.

Lei En shrank his body, opened a portal and stepped through, instantly closing the gap to the titanium spear and restoring stable control.

The titanium spear suddenly surged upward, launching at a steep upward angle.

When it reached roughly twenty li altitude, it readjusted direction, descending at an almost vertical slant, using gravity to accelerate wildly.

A few li ahead, a black forest housed a gloomy castle, the domain of a Vampire Baron; it was small and sparsely populated. The All-Seeing Eye swept over it quickly, spotting fewer than three thousand vampires, none of which sensed the approaching danger.

A few seconds later, a vampire finally noticed the titanium spear.

They looked up; the dim sky above suddenly brightened, and before they could react, a massive bolt of lightning struck the castle instantly.

Boom…

The castle was silent for a heartbeat, then collapsed, and instantly exploded.

Countless bolts of lightning erupted from within the castle, destroying everything; the explosion roared enormously, the shockwave carrying the effect of "Advanced Thunderclap Technique" spread outward, stunning all vampires in the area, and some low‑rank vampires had their heads blown apart by the shock.

Following that came an energy release similar to an Electric Blast Orb, turning everything blocking the path into ash.

The ground trembled, and thunder roared.

When the lightning and tremors subsided, the Vampire Baron's castle had vanished, and the vampires living inside and nearby were killed, with only a few escaping.

Lei En watched the result of his own hand, his gaze unmoving.

He was assessing the power of the upgraded Thunder God's Spear.

Undoubtedly, this already reached the lethality of a Ten‑ring Spell, though it was slightly weaker than the Star Destroyer's main cannon, comparable to the Ultimate Ao Fireball.

Nevertheless, Lei En was very satisfied.

Because the Thunder God's Spear is not a spell, it requires no lengthy casting time and can fire almost instantly; achieving maximum potency needs a few seconds of acceleration and more lightning infusion. This is far faster than casting a Ten‑ring Spell, making it usable in personal combat.

Even without acceleration, merely harnessing the titanium spear's raw energy yields tremendous potency, between Nine‑ring and Ten‑ring levels.

The Thunder God's Spear's range also far exceeds spells, allowing beyond‑visual‑range strikes.

And it can be upgraded!

Under the smartphone interface icon is a progress bar, but it can't receive power yet; likely the Soul Transformation rank is insufficient, so it must wait.

This strike killed over two thousand vampires, and the soul power pool's charge surged.

Lei En flicked his right hand, gathered another titanium spear, and tossed it casually. This time, he didn't infuse much lightning into the spear, only letting it accelerate without reaching its speed limit, facilitating directional control in a small area.

Whoosh…

The titanium spear transformed into a several‑meter‑long bolt of lightning, shooting into the baron's domain.

Around the ruins, two to three hundred vampires were fleeing; whether transformed into bats or black mist, they were instantly pierced by the spear or brushed aside and shredded into fragments.

The titanium spear carries a devastating critical hit, unleashing multiplied force the instant it strikes; even steel can be pierced in one blow, let alone poorly defended vampires. It moves like a ghost tracing a path, darting left and right, up and down, cutting through numerous moving targets in the shortest possible route.

In a few breaths, the titanium spear killed dozens of vampires.

Some vampires noticed the lightning, but the spear's speed was too great for them to evade.

A few quick‑witted vampires fled underground or hid behind rocky walls.

Yet the titanium spear seemed to have eyes; obstacles appeared nonexistent, easily locating hidden vampires, locking onto them, and flashing past.

Cries of agony rang out.

Soon, the vampires of this baron's domain were wiped out completely, none surviving, turning the area into a dead zone.

All the way until death, the vampires didn't know what had attacked them.

The titanium gold spear completed its mission, flew back, and fell into Lei En's hand, revealing its true form. He looked at the spear, lightning flashing all around, and thought he should give this legendary element a new name. The scene just now of bombarding the castle reminded him of a kind of concept weapon from his past life.

"Mmm... Although the essence and principle are worlds apart, borrowing the name is fine."

Lei En thought: "Then let's call it the God's Staff!"

(End of chapter)