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564. Breaking Through the Barrier with Thunder
Unlike the significant improvement in his soul power, Xiao Yan's physical body did not improve as noticeably after being tempered by heavenly lightning. However, Xiao Yan was completely stimulated by the lightning at this moment, and his senses were passively made exceptionally sharp, allowing him to perceive that all the flesh and blood in his body were slowly being permeated and changed by the pill lightning.
Although this change isn't as direct as the power of the soul, this subtle enhancement, given enough time, will eventually elevate Xiao Yan's physical body to a higher level. However, Xiao Yan doesn't have time to think that far ahead right now, because the next bolt of pill lightning is already upon him.
In mid-air, his body was completely enveloped by the lightning, and under the impact of the silver lightning, his entire body was filled with numbness and stinging. However, Xiao Yan remained extremely calm at this moment, his rationality was not affected by the impact of the lightning, and the Heavenly Lightning Forging Spirit continued to operate steadily.
Yao Qingyu lightly covered her mouth with her hand, already worried about Xiao Yan's safety: "Could it be some kind of fighting technique related to tempering the physical body? But this is too outrageous..."
Seeing Xiao Yan's crazy act, Lei Jingxiao subconsciously gave a thumbs up. He finally understood why Xiao Yan insisted on taking a direct hit from his Heaven-Rank Battle Technique with his body back in Yin Valley. A thought also arose in his mind: what would happen if he took the Heavenly Lightning with his bare body?
However, since Xiao Yan was cultivating at the moment, he couldn't just snatch it away. He could only excitedly imagine it in his mind. He had already decided that if he had the chance, he would definitely try to experience the feeling of his physical body receiving the pill lightning.
Wei Jiangyuan, who was waiting beside the pill, stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yan. Even with his confidence, he wouldn't dare to directly let the pill's lightning strike him. However, he quickly noticed something amiss. He sensed Xiao Yan's constantly increasing soul power and then roughly confirmed what Xiao Yan was doing.
"Using Dan Lei as a medium for tempering is a truly inhumane cultivation method. Old Xiao is a born evil cultivator..."
Xiao Yan's bizarre devouring methods, his extremely powerful and all-consuming black flames, combined with his almost self-destructive soul-forging techniques, certainly make it easy for people to misunderstand.
The sound of thunder was incessant, and streaks of silvery-white pill lightning rained down one after another, seemingly determined to destroy the Heart Bamboo Pill. Each strike of pill lightning caused the space to tremble slightly. However, Xiao Yan forcibly attracted all of these pill lightning bolts, which then entered his body and became part of his soul-strengthening power.
Everyone drawn here by the commotion of the thunderbolts gasped in astonishment upon seeing what Xiao Yan was doing. After all, compared to the sky-covering thunderclouds and the dragon-like lightning, Xiao Yan's tiny figure was utterly insignificant. Yet, Xiao Yan remained steadfastly seated cross-legged amidst the lightning, unmoved. No matter how intense the thunderbolts, they could not shake his somewhat slender figure in the slightest.
"This child is extraordinary! He's destined for greatness!"
"Stop acting like you're old and inexperienced. Are you even a match for them now?"
"Xiao Yan is definitely a transformed magical beast. His physical strength... ahh..."
The dark clouds churned like an inky sea, with silver snakes twisting and turning in the gaps, leaving dazzling patterns. Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in mid-air, his robes already reduced to ashes by the first bolt of lightning, his bare back revealing the muscular physique of mountains.
Taking advantage of the brief respite from the falling pill lightning, Xiao Yan opened his eyes and looked at the pill lightning clouds. The pill lightning hadn't ended yet, and the most terrifying energy was still gathering over time. He wasn't willing to let it end either. In the previous waves of pill lightning, the bottleneck of the early stage of the Soul Spirit Realm was constantly loosening. As he had withstood most of the pill lightning, he was only one step away from the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.
The difficulty of this step is self-evident. Countless eighth-grade alchemy masters have been stuck at this step for years, but Xiao Yan doesn't want to wait any longer today.
"The opportunity for a breakthrough is right now!"
Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and made a desperate decision. He stepped into the air and transformed into a black shadow, rushing directly into the thunderclouds. His figure became a black line amidst the countless silver snakes in the sky. His bare back smashed through layers of electric curtains, like a sharp blade cleaving open a vast ocean of thunder.
"Senior brother?!" Yao Qingyu exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this, but before she could react, Wei Jiangyuan came to her side and reassured her, "Don't worry, that guy dared to do that, he must have known what he was doing."
Lei Jingxiao stared at the scene before him, his eyes shining brightly: "Big brother, that's so cool!"
Only Xiao Yan himself knew how dangerous it was to enter the thunderclouds completely unprepared. Fortunately, the author of "Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit" hadn't really lied to him; the power of thunder was indeed subtly altering the strength of his body. Therefore, despite taking so many bolts of lightning, Xiao Yan's body was still able to remain stable.
However, a body tempered by heavenly lightning still possesses some resistance to the lightning of the pill.
At this moment, in the center of the gathered pill lightning, Xiao Yan no longer needed to release the Soul Flow Black Vortex; all the pill lightning actively drilled towards him.
Xiao Yan's pores opened up in the lightning plasma, and every strand of hair sparkled. The silvery-white plasma flowed into his lungs through his nasal cavity and then circulated within his body in a regular pattern under the influence of the Heavenly Thunder Spirit Forging.
The newly struck silver lightning merged with the remaining electric light, forming a dazzling lightning cocoon around his body. Through the semi-transparent light membrane, one could see the scene inside his body: silver currents flowed on his crystalline bones, and Xiao Yan's bones gradually revealed a jade-like luster in the lightning. Every muscle fiber expanded and contracted under the stimulation of lightning, undergoing visible reorganization and strengthening.
"bring it on!!!"
Driven by the immense stimulation, Xiao Yan roared wildly in the sea of lightning, his hands forming hand seals so fast they left afterimages.
Under the scouring of the lightning magma, the essence of his soul became increasingly solidified, and the final barrier of his spiritual soul was rapidly crumbling. Xiao Yan's soul strength gradually broke through its shackles and began to rise. Every time the silver lightning swept over Xiao Yan, the soul in his brain would beat like a heartbeat, filtering the violent lightning power into nourishing rain for his soul.
At this moment, Xiao Yan seemed to have become the vortex itself. The thunderclouds of this eighth-grade pill had been completely devoured by him. Although his appearance remained unchanged, the thunderous power within had been completely exhausted. And with the help of so much pill thunder, the power between Xiao Yan's brows truly began to change.
"Click—"
A crisp sound like shattering glass echoed from the depths of his soul. At that moment, dazzling lightning patterns appeared in Xiao Yan's deep pupils, and his eyes instantly turned silver-white.
Then his perception began to improve, and his soul perception automatically expanded, with increasingly clear information entering Xiao Yan's mind as his soul perception extended.