Chapter 345 – First Combination
As his voice faded, Lei Yu clapped his palms together and a hissing noise was heard. The sky was already filled with storm clouds but once Lei Yu"s palms clasped together, a huge lightning dragon flew down. Its target was precisely the White Scaled Giant Crocodile floating in midair!
The giant crocodile wasn"t able to react fast enough from the sudden attack. But since it possessed a naturally thick armor, it didn"t care about such a normal looking attack. As the lightning landed on its back, it only felt a slight numbness and didn"t sustain any injuries.
"I never thought you would dare to make the first move! You"re simply courting death!" The White Scaled Giant Crocodile dove through the air with its open mouth about to bite at Lei Yu.
Although Lei Yu had a strong body, the size of him wasn"t even enough to cover the gap between the giant crocodile"s teeth. For such an enormous demonic beast to attack such a small target didn"t look quite right. But one still had to admire the White Scaled Giant Crocodile"s speed and precision; in a moment"s time where Lei Yu hadn"t even finished breathing, he was already within the jaws of the giant crocodile.
Lei Yu didn"t panic and condensed internal energy beneath his feet. There was a sudden bright light and like a lit firecracker, he blasted off to the side past a gap of the giant crocodile"s teeth.
But was the White Scaled Giant Crocodile"s attack that simple? Nope, it had already expected Lei Yu to escape from its bite. When Lei Yu hadn"t escaped far away yet, a whip like object swept straight for him.
In front of Lei Yu was a giant tail and behind him was a large mouth – there was no way for him to escape!
Lei Yu clenched his teeth and injected internal energy into his skeletal structure that contained metallic properties. One could hear a large "bang" before Lei Yu"s body shuddered. His entire skeletal structure felt like it was going to break apart as a look of horror appeared in his eyes.
"This giant crocodile"s attack actually has an anti-shock effect!"
Lei Yu"s body was shaking as "pak pak" sounds was heard from his body. The pain from his body then disappeared without a trace, which was caused by a beam of white light from the Spiritual Bracelet of Frost.
After exchanging two moves, the White Scaled Giant Crocodile didn"t gain any advantages over Lei Yu causing it to be a bit surprised. There weren"t many people that were able to escape from the clutches of his mouth. And in this sea region, there were barely any demonic cultivators at the Boundary Transition stage. Moreover, he was almost an existence almost on par with the six major demonic beasts so how could there be any common cultivators around here with such an extraordinary strength?
This was called a frog at the bottom of well looking into the sky. This White Scaled Giant Crocodile had never left its own territory so it naturally didn"t know there were many existences much stronger than Lei Yu in the Immortal World. Over a century ago when the Immortal World was in chaos, the weakest top expert that partic.i.p.ated in it was in the late Soul Fusion stage. Now there was already two experts that had reached the Mahayana stage who could deal with this White Scaled Giant Crocodile as easy as flicking dirt from their nails.
Lei Yu"s goals was to test out his abilities and had no intention of killing this giant crocodile. But just with the giant crocodile"s bite and a sweep of its tail, Lei Yu could tell the crocodile wanted to take his life which caused his anger to rise up.
With a roar, Lei Yu interlocked his hands and pushed down, causing all the muscles in his body to start bulging. Just like a slab of granite, his muscles were now filled with an explosive power.
Lei Yu had enshrouded himself with his internal energy making it similar to an energy shield that surrounded the whole body. He didn"t want to experience the direct impact of that huge tail anymore since it was quite a painful experience.
It looks like the giant crocodile"s natural defensive body wasn"t something Lei Yu could break past in a short time, so the only thing he could do was engage it up close and find a flaw for a fatal strike!
After his decision, Lei Yu started moving about the giant crocodile with the shield covering him and not giving it a chance to land a strike.
Several fierce pounces by the White Scaled Giant Crocodile netted it nothing but air. Lei Yu"s expertise was his speed which was similar to lightning! In front of this monster, Lei Yu was like a little flea making the giant crocodile roar out in annoyance.
After another several rounds of attack that didn"t land, white energy suddenly rose out from the giant crocodile. The white energy created multiple round hoops surrounding it before its body started shrinking. Its body kept getting smaller and smaller!
Finally, its body turned into an upright position. There were no changes in its appearance except for its pelvic bones moving back which allowed it the upright posture.
Lei Yu was shocked. Although demonic cultivators were able to transform into a human form, the current giant crocodile didn"t do that while its appearance reminded him of a certain person. And this person was someone Lei Yu hated to the bones!
It was precisely Doctor Tony who had hidden in a secret base in the United States and created a terrifying bacterium! Although there were stark difference between the two of them, especially their skin color, yet there still remained many similarities!
Seeing his enemy in front of him, Lei Yu"s clenched his teeth and his eyes went red. Not giving the just transformed giant crocodile a chance, the Sky Devouring Sword in his hand started emitting a bright light.
Lei Yu then roared out: "Thirty-six Lunar Star technique, first combination!"
This was the first time Lei Yu was using the first combination he had grasped. The Thirty-six Lunar Star technique was split into six parts, and each part had its own style of attacking. Once someone masters the first six forms, that"s equivalent of reaching the Gold Core stage. Mastering all the forms was equivalent of reaching the strength of the bull-head. So how strong was Lei Yu"s first combination attack?
The extremely bright purple internal energy contained white starry dots which made it especially eye catching. The point of the Sky Devouring Sword shot out six beams of light, and those beams of lights began to fuse together forming a huge illusory crescent sickle blade. This was only a portion of when the beams of light fused together. On the edges of the crescent sickle blade were five bright stars that each looked like one of the attack forms of the technique!
The first form was like the base igniter while the other five forms were the blade, creating a fusion of attack that achieved its most powerful effect!
From the time Lei Yu roared out those seven words to the time of forming the first combination, not even a second of time had pa.s.sed by. The crescent blade attack with the five stars had already shot towards the giant crocodile"s body.
It didn"t dare to hide anything back now – ever since it was born, this was the first time the White Scaled Giant Crocodile had encountered such a powerful attack. It was now even slightly regretting its previous action of blocking Lei Yu"s path.
It was planning on using its own naturally powerful defensive body to block Lei Yu"s attack. But just when the attack was less than half a meter before striking its body, it finally revealed a terrified expression.
The shrill piercing sound it emitted would many anyone"s scalp go numb. The giant crocodile finally realized this crescent attack possessed a very strong penetrating power! Since it was unable to escape, the White Scaled Giant Crocodile tensed its scale armor up in attempts to resist with its life on the line!
"Ahhh!"
"Thump!"
"Pak!"
Several strange sounds were heard. The sharp crescent blade sliced into the White Scaled Giant Crocodile but it wasn"t able to break past its hard scale armor and only caused it to shudder violently. Right after that, several large "booms" was heard because it was the explosion of those five stars on the edge of the crescent blade.
The eyes of the White Scaled Giant Crocodile bulged out. If it previously didn"t activate its own defense to the maximum proportions, most likely it would have been already cut in half! And the several explosions were obviously an aftereffect of when the crescent blade wasn"t able to kill its opponent off!
Chapter 346 – Taking The Nascent Soul
Amongst its white leathered scale were five fresh wounds. Blood was dripping out and splashing into the sea before disappearing without a trace.
The White Scaled Giant Crocodile roared into the air; it had been completely enraged by Lei Yu! It had never suffered any injuries to its body before and now a puny martial cultivator had damaged its natural body armor. How could it not be in rage?
After issuing an ear piercing roar, its white internal energy erupted from the giant crocodile. The white energy coursed throughout its body before all heading towards its mouth. As the internal energy reached its mouth, two long fangs started elongating before it slightly curved.
If one was bitten by those two long fangs, most likely one would be ripped into thousands of pieces!
Lei Yu knew that it wouldn"t be easier to defeat a demonic beast who had reached the Boundary Transition stage. He had already finished preparing his second attack and was only waiting for the right time to release it.
Lei Yu was now concentrating on injecting internal energy into his arms so that the powerful energy currently stored inside the Sky Devouring Sword can be easily released at a moment"s notice.
The White Scaled Giant Crocodile"s speed was considered tyrannical, but Lei Yu"s speed was also as quick as lightning!
As the former and the latter struck out, it was the latter that gained the advantage! Lei Yu"s attack was a form of energy attack, while the White Scaled Giant Crocodile had to get close to its opponent in order to use its body as the attacking medium!
The victor between the two was already obvious. Lei Yu roared out each word: "Thirty-six Lunar Star technique, second combination!"
His arms came down, the sword flashed, and there was a bright gleam!
Lei Yu"s attack a formed into an arrow made up of radiant light. With him as the bow and the Sky Devouring Sword as the strings, the arrow was shot out at breathless speeds!
"Tw.a.n.g!"
The Thirty-six Lunar Star technique"s seventh form was the arrow while it contained five eye-catching stars. The moment the White Scaled Giant Crocodile rushed towards Lei Yu, the arrow pierced through its chest!
The speed was too fast for one to react. The White Scaled Giant Crocodile didn"t even get a chance to show off its other special moves before its life was taken by Lei Yu.
While gasping big breaths of air, Lei Yu was actually falling down from the air. He plummeted into the sea before resurfacing and trying to catch his breath.
If that White Scaled Giant Crocodile wasn"t taken down by that move, it would definitely be over for Lei Yu. Using two combinations one after another had completely drained Lei Yu of his internal energy. He was so drained that he almost felt like his soul had left his body. The White Scaled Giant Crocodile had an insanely strong defense, but it was fortunate that after being angered by Lei Yu, it directed its power into an offensive attack instead of maintaining its defense. This was the flaw the giant crocodile had created itself – relaxing its focus on defense was the cause of its own demise!
The moment Lei Yu fell down was also when the waves surged. The White Scaled Giant Crocodile had previously shrunk its size similar to Lei Yu"s, had suddenly reverted back into its forty plus meter size upon death. Intense waves was caused by it crashing into the waters that flung Lei Yu dozens of meters away. Lei Yu didn"t bother about any of this because the most important thing he needed now was to recover!
After his brief recovery, he felt a cool sensation circulate inside him. Lei Yu lightly smiled, "Thank you Xue Yu."
"I never imagined master could kill an opponent at the Boundary Transition stage without using your Nascent Soul! You"re truly very powerful!" Xue Yu"s voice was transmitted into Lei Yu"s mind.
"That"s because the Thirty-six Lunar Star technique that the bull-head imparted to me is very powerful, or else I"d definitely have had to split my soul out to fight."
"I thought I"d be able to appear in reality again but didn"t expect to be not needed, sigh!" Said Xue Yu while pretending to be disappointed.
"Next time, next time, first help me recover!" After saying that, Lei Yu who was floating on his back in the sea went back to a sitting position and didn"t sink into the waters. Lei Yu was in the process of absorbing while Xue Yu a.s.sisted by healing and refining the spiritual energy. With the cooperation of the two, Lei Yu"s energy recovery rate was clearly much faster now.
It"s not entirely that the bull-head"s Thirty-six Lunar Star technique was that powerful that it could pierce through anything. This martial technique was of course an exquisite piece of art, but the power behind was only a singular property. If both Lei Yu and the bull-head stood at the apex of the Mahayana stage, there"s a chance that the bull-head would not be Lei Yu"s opponent!
Having a.n.a.lyzed the martial technique for such a long time, Lei Yu used his unique powers and integrated it with the Thirty-six Lunar Star"s special offensive properties. So with his special lightning attributes fused in, he was able to come up with his own attack methods. On the other hand, the bull-head was only capable of releasing attacks that contained internal energy and wouldn"t be able to achieve the piercing powers like Lei Yu"s. With the difference between the two, it will clearly show the gap in power between their attacks.
After several hours of recuperating, Lei Yu finally opened his eyes. He still felt a bit weak but at least it was much better than how he was feeling before.
In the Immortal World whether one was a martial cultivator, a demonic cultivator, or the elusive devil cultivator that Lei Yu hasn"t seen yet, they were all full of personal treasures. Lei Yu of course wouldn"t let this opportunity of taking treasures slip by. And there had always been a question he was curious about and he was going to find out soon!
Lei Yu flew up into the air towards the White Scaled Giant Crocodile"s corpse that had drifted over a few kilometers away. After descending down, Lei Yu injected his internal energy into the Sky Devouring Sword and stabbed it into the giant crocodile"s abdomen. Blood started gushing out while Lei Yu remained extremely cautious. He didn"t forget about the explosion that happened to the Dragon-Snake"s corpse back then.
After retreating backwards and not seeing any changes, Lei Yu once again went up to the corpse and dug deeper with the Sky Devouring Sword. Without the protection of internal energy as a reinforcement, the giant crocodile"s natural defense was still strong but couldn"t resist the Sky Devouring Sword filled with energy.
Upon examining closer, Lei Yu actually found an infant like being floating there! He edged the Sky Devouring Sword close to the infant and suddenly a bright white light flashed as if it was making its last resistance!
This was the Nascent Soul of a super expert at the Boundary Transition stage, something that a Gold Core could never compare to!
The Nascent Soul that lacked a living body was slowly sucked into the palms of Lei Yu. After his suppression, Lei Yu was successful in calming it down while the previous resistance disappeared. At this time, the Nascent Soul that was giving off a warm white light really looked like a small infant lying in the palms of Lei Yu.
The infant wasn"t very big; it was about the size of a single hand and his two palms managed to cup it perfectly.
With a thought, he stored it inside his Universal Pouch. Right now Lei Yu wasn"t in a hurry to use it. Once he took care of all his things, he will have plenty of time to raise his strength in the future.
While on top of the Sky Devouring Sword, Lei Yu was now slowly absorbing spiritual energy to replenish his internal energy as he continued flying forward.
At the edge of what was considered the eastern sea region, living creatures and other demonic cultivators were seen less often. Lei Yu could clearly feel an enormous pressure in this area, and even the air felt thick in this environment. As he flew forward, he could feel an invisible energy dragging him down. Although it didn"t cause too much of an impact, Lei Yu still felt uncomfortable from its effect.
Lei Yu gradually descended onto a small island. He looked off into the distant gloomy fog but couldn"t see anything beyond it.
At this time, his mind heard the Devil King"s voice: "This region is the Forest of Fog, a place that no one has dared to take half a step into!"
"No one? Then what about me?" Lei Yu raised the Sky Devouring Sword and cut his hair that had reached his waist already. A chunk of hair fell to the ground and Lei Yu"s already wild looking hair looked even messier now.
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(T/N: I have no clue the meaning behind Lei Yu cutting off his own hair at a time like this.)
Chapter 347 – Swordback Tiger
While staring at the forest that will filled with the aura of death, Lei Yu felt slightly irritated. With the faint mist enshrouding this place, it had actually hidden this forest within the sea region.
Before entering, Lei Yu had to make some preparations that he couldn"t do without. He was holding onto a red ribbon while his Universal Pouch was to the right-side of his waist so that items can be taken out at the shortest amount of time. With the Sky Devouring Sword in his hand, "Can we go now?"
"Use your strongest attack to break apart the outer protective net for the forest!" Reminded the Devil King. Lei Yu condensed internal energy on his feet before flying towards this dangerous forest filled with unknowns.
In the air, the shadow of a person was seen holding a brightly lit sword. An extremely strong aura was fluctuating in the area that was filled with a terrifying amount of lightning. One could see this person clench his teeth before slashing down fiercely. A strong beam of purple energy that was similar to a purple dragon rushed towards the light brown outer protective net of the Forest of Fog.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
After lightly breathing out, Lei Yu observed the scene become clearer as the barrier disappeared. The scene of dense populated trees appeared before him while there didn"t seem to be any other living beings in the area. There was only dead silence.
There were no sounds of insects and no sounds of birds chirping. Even the trees didn"t have any leaves on them making this place look like a bunch of dried up vertical corpses. This wasn"t strange because this forest had been constantly covered by the mist barrier so sunlight couldn"t enter. There"s no way these trees would be able to survive under those conditions.
Lei Yu then carefully descended to the outer periphery of this Forest of Fog and felt that the pressure here was even stronger. Lei Yu released his spiritual perception in hopes of finding the first barrier"s guardian – the Swordback Tiger.
The Devil King had already told Lei Yu about the powers of the Swordback Tiger. It was a beast at the late Fusion Soul stage and it was good at long-range attacks. Lei Yu still had to be careful because before he even reaches the Swordback Tiger, it may launch an attack from a long distance.
When Lei Yu reached the late Soul Splitting stage, the area of his spiritual perception was greater than before. Although this Forest of Fog took up a large area, Lei Yu"s spiritual perception was still able to encapsulate this entire first barrier region.
There was no other living beings in this area except for something on top of a thick tree, where Lei Yu was able to detect a living ent.i.ty that was breathing. As he carefully got closer, he began to hide his own aura. To be honest, what Lei Yu was doing was unnecessary.
Breaking apart the protective barrier of this Forest of Fog had caused such a large commotion, so how could the Swordback Tiger not know? It of course knew but there was no need for it to reveal its presence yet. As long as it made sure the intruder couldn"t break the second protective barrier, then it would consider itself of fulfilling its duty. It was taking a nap while patiently waiting for Lei Yu"s arrival.
Lei Yu decided to walk instead of flying. The dried twigs underneath his feet were all making "cracking" noises as he stepped on them. With a light stomp, Lei Yu leapt up and landed on a st.u.r.dy looking tree. While holding onto the Sky Devouring Sword, he coldly stared at the living being that wasn"t too far away. Lei Yu didn"t bother to continue hiding because the huge being was already staring at him from a distance away. Most likely it had already detected Lei Yu a while back.
There was a giant yellow tiger with black stripes that looked no different from any other tigers, except that its body was twice as large as normal. The most unique thing about it was its back – there were spikes about 30 centimeters long sticking out of each of its spinal joints. There were about twenty to thirty of those spikes!
Those two did not bother speaking with each other. The Swordback Tiger knew this person was an intruder while Lei Yu knew he wouldn"t be able to pa.s.s unless he killed this Swordback Tiger. The only thing these two had to do was start their life or death battle!
"Roar!"
The ear deafening sound of a tiger"s roar was heard. There was a slight grin on Lei Yu"s face because this was the biggest tiger he has ever seen in his life. And with those white spikes growing from its back that looked like short swords, placing it in a zoo as an attraction would definitely attract plenty of visitors. But if it was used as a mount, the rider would need to have some skills or need to add some extra holes to their b.u.t.t.
Lei Yu didn"t move yet but the fierce tiger already made its move. One could see it suddenly pounce towards the ground with its back arched. Each of those spikes were shimmering a white light as if they were arrows about to be released. The target was none other than the intruder in front of the tiger – Lei Yu.
Lei Yu didn"t put the tiger in his eyes. One had to pay attention to a late Fusion Soul stage demonic beast, but its attack to the current him didn"t cause much threat. The Sky Devouring Sword in his hand was exuding a faint purple light. He was waiting; waiting for the best time to not waste too much effort in slicing the Swordback Tiger"s throat.
Seconds pa.s.sed by. The Swordback Tiger had made its preparations for an attack but didn"t launch its spikes because it noticed the confidence on Lei Yu"s face. This look of confidence made it have thoughts of wanting to flee, but its duty was to guard this area and even if it were to die, it couldn"t take half a step out of this place!
With another roar, those already decaying trees starting falling over from the shaking power of its voice. Not waiting anymore, the Swordback Tiger"s back suddenly brightened. Right after that, those short sword like spikes on its back started shooting forth towards Lei Yu.
"Whoosh, whoosh…"
There were a dozen attacks and their frequency was in a consistent manner. Before the first short spike arrived in front of Lei Yu, there was already another one shooting out from the Swordback Tiger"s back.
Lei Yu was in no hurry as he used the Sky Devouring Sword to knock aside those short spikes flying at him. "Ding ding, clang clang." Some were knocked flying towards the surrounding trees while some were deflected into the ground. Not a single one managed to touch a hair on Lei Yu"s body.
The Swordback Tiger"s look of shock was becoming more apparent. After roaring out, its back once again gave off a bright light. Those areas where the swords like spikes had been shot out from suddenly gave rise to a yellow energy. Lei Yu slightly widened his eyes as he observed those swords starting to grow from the Swordback Tiger"s back again. It looks like its main attacks all relied on those sword spikes, but how can such an attack harm Lei Yu at all? No, for the Swordback Tiger to reach the peak of the Fusion Soul stage, there"s no way its attacks would be that simple!
After growing out another set of sword spikes, the Swordback Tiger was slowly undergoing a transformation. It didn"t know Lei Yu"s current strength but seeing how easily he was able to block its attack, it determined Lei Yu was at least at the Soul Splitting stage. This was why it didn"t dare to be careless.
Although Lei Yu was able to easily resist the giant tiger"s attack, he was still constantly scanning his opponent"s every move in hopes of finding a flaw. But for the time being, there was no flaw he was able to detect. The giant tiger was extremely devious because the position he was in was protected by trees all around. Even though those trees weren"t considered a big obstacle, it was still a minor annoyance where it would affect the accuracy of his attacks and delay his reaction speed. The giant tiger was also keeping low to the ground so its weakness was protected, making Lei Yu unable to find a place to make his move.
Chapter 348 – Refining The Nascent Soul
"Roar!"
With another cry, the Swordback Tiger"s second round of attack was coming!
This time, it didn"t release the sword spikes one at a time instead released a dozen or so all at once. The next moment, the fierce tiger"s figure finally stood up and followed right behind those sword spikes that had been shot out. There was a spike sticking out near its head that looked especially sharp, and the tiger was imitating a rhinoceros wanting to ram towards Lei Yu.
Lei Yu dodged some of the spikes with his body while using the Sky Devouring Sword to deflect some the others. Upon seeing the Swordback Tiger appear in front of him, Lei Yu roared out: "You came at a good time!"
As his voice faded, the Sky Devouring Sword was rotated to a backswing and swept forth. If the Swordback Tiger continued forward at its trajectory, there would only be one outcome for it: cut in half at the waist!
Right at the critical moment, Lei Yu suddenly saw the Swordback Tiger grin! It was actually grinning!
That swift a.s.sault had suddenly stopped in place! The Swordback Tiger then threw its body to the side and its tail that was similar to a metal whip swept by! Lei Yu was shocked; he didn"t expect the Swordback Tiger to be this cunning!
What gave Lei Yu a headache wasn"t being struck by the tail. It was at the tip of the tiger"s tail that he noticed was encased by white bones, making it look like a round ball the size of two fists. And sticking out of that ball were multiple spikes protruding out from it. If that thing smashed into his body, it wouldn"t take his life but the explosive power of it with the enhancement of the Swordback Tiger"s aura would definitely cause him some serious injuries. At that time, wouldn"t he be dancing on the palm of that Swordback Tiger?
"What a treacherous move, you actually used a meteor hammer!" Roared Lei Yu. And beyond the expectation of the Swordback Tiger, Lei Yu had suddenly disappeared at the last second!
The next moment, Lei Yu reappeared and a purple light flashed by the Swordback Tiger"s neck area. Ever since Lei Yu disappeared and its tail whip missed, it was in an unmoving defensive state. Now there was an extra injury at its throat before blood started gushing out. The huge body wobbled a few times before crashing to the ground and losing its right to breathe.
Lei Yu breathed out lightly before looking at the giant tiger that was lying in a pool of blood motionless. The tiger"s skin had actually caused Lei Yu"s eyes to light up, but he couldn"t just start peeling it off right?
Lei Yu then walked up towards the Swordback Tiger"s abdomen, his target being its Nascent Soul. Only when one reached the Mahayana stage would their Nascent Soul disappear so below that stage, most high-leveled experts would have that infant body. Of course there would be strong and weak Nascent Souls, and the higher levels one has surpa.s.sed the Nascent Soul stage, the stronger the infant body will be. But the chances of gaining such strong Nascent Souls was too rare. Lei Yu was fortunate enough to gain the White Scaled Giant Crocodile"s Nascent Soul, which was no different from a supreme treasure. As for the Nascent Soul of this Swordback Tiger, it"s not too shabby in itself so there"s no way Lei Yu was going to let this pa.s.s.
After spreading the abdomen apart, a yellow and black striped light shot out towards a certain direction. Lei Yu was still in a daze before hearing the Devil King cry out in his mind: "Quickly chase after it! It"s an item that"s required to open the second barrier!"
Hearing this, Lei Yu started rapidly chasing after it. With his lightning like speeds, catching up to the fleeing Nascent Soul was just too easy. Within a hundred meters, Lei Yu was able to immediately intercept it!
Lei Yu flipped his palm and the Nascent Soul had nowhere else to go and could only obediently allow itself to be caught.
"Use your own internal energy to seal it or else it might explode!" The Devil King"s advice was necessary because Lei Yu had already started to feel the infant body start to violently shake. Lei Yu activated his internal energy and a purple light shot out of his body and created a silkworm like coc.o.o.n barrier around the infant body. Only when it gradually stopped shaking did Lei Yu feel relief.
"So why would these things explode?" Lei Yu asked out of curiosity.
There was a slight hesitation upon hearing Lei Yu"s question but the Devil King still answered: "You don"t even know something like this? Every cultivator that has an infant body in them would always give their Nascent Souls a last command before they die. If you hadn"t stopped the Swordback Tiger"s Nascent Soul just in time, most likely the explosion would have devastated this entire region"s forest! As for you, the least you would suffer would be a serious injury!"
"So there"s something like this?" Lei Yu widened his eyes in disbelief. It was this time he recalled what happened at the Ceng Hong Villa with the Dragon-snake. It looks like the Dragon-snake had given its Nascent Soul one last command, so it"s no wonder he encountered the sudden explosion. Even though the force wasn"t that powerful, it was still enough to knock Lei Yu unconscious.
"Quickly take out the infant body of the White Scaled Giant Crocodile. After you refine it, it will help you recover your internal energy and also raise your cultivation a bit." Advised the Devil King.
Lei Yu nodded. He first stored the yellow and black striped Nascent Soul of the Swordback Tiger before taking out the white infant body from his Universal Pouch. Lei Yu then closed his eyes and sat down cross legged while the white infant body floated in front of his chest. The white light gave off a soft allure but still contained an explosive power behind it.
Lei Yu enlarged his nostrils and sucked in a deep breath of air. He could suddenly smell something pungent and unpleasant that was difficult to endure. He didn"t know where the smell came from but immediately ceased doing that action.
Lei Yu controlled the energy inside his dantian and had a portion of it appear out of his body. Those strands of internal energy were in the outside world but still maintained a connection with Lei Yu. One could see those strands of internal energy begin wrapping around the infant body floating in front of Lei Yu. Right after that, more strands of energy started leaving his body and appearing in the outside world to wrap around its target. Towards the end, Lei Yu"s own purple internal energy had completely encompa.s.sed the infant body where no signs of the white Nascent Soul was seen anymore.
Suddenly, the white infant body brightened and light flared out through the tiny gaps of Lei Yu"s internal energy. It then started intertwining with Lei Yu"s energy and started climbing towards his body. Lei Yu started trembling as large pulses of energy entered into his body and started running rampant. But in an instant, a beam of cool white energy wrapped around them. After being moisturized by the cool energy, the rampant energy started becoming in sync with Lei Yu"s own internal energy and no longer ran rampant. It started circulating normally according to the paths of Lei Yu"s cultivation before ending in his dantian and merging together. The white cooling energy was none other than Xue Yu"s doing from the Spiritual Bracelet of Frost.
The moment the white infant body"s energy latched onto Lei Yu"s infant body, he started feeling intense pain on his right arm. The pain continued getting stronger causing Lei Yu to clench his teeth. If another person was in Lei Yu"s place or one that had less willpower, most likely they would have already lost consciousness. But ever since Lei Yu was young, his mind and willpower had surpa.s.sed most others. He had also experienced different types of pain throughout his life so this was something he could still handle. It"s just that the more he resisted, the more intense the pain become. One must wonder if he was to just faint, maybe he wouldn"t be tortured by this pain anymore.