Chapter 5: Thunder Hell Prison Vine, Luck!
Thunder Hell Prison Vine!
It is a top-tier plant-type soul beast, inherently intelligent, growing in areas dense with lightning. It relies on absorbing natural lightning energy to cultivate, and at ten thousand years of cultivation, it can change the weather, controlling lightning to destroy everything.
It is said that this soul beast possesses the bloodline of the Thunder God, but it is extremely prone to self-destruction during its growth, with few reaching over fifty thousand years. Legend has it that the plane does not allow it, and a hundred-thousand-year-old Thunder Hell Prison Vine might truly awaken the Thunder God's bloodline.
However, Hu Bai wasn't concerned with the latter points; the former was what mattered. Although this soul beast is a plant-type soul beast, its compatibility is very suitable for him!
Such a soul beast might exist in the Star Dou Great Forest, but it would likely be very difficult to find.
That night, Hu Bai was still muttering in his sleep: "Thunder Hell Prison Vine."
What he didn't know was that a nearly invisible white light was shimmering around him.
Early the next morning.
Xie Tian and his group entered the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest. Before entering, he instructed Hu Bai not to leave his one-meter radius and to remain vigilant at all times.
For five consecutive days, Xie Tian and the two others failed to find a suitable lightning-attributed soul beast. Either their cultivation years were too high, or their bloodline was too low—none even being sub-dragon-level.
That night.
Xie Tian sighed: "Alas, I didn't expect lightning-attribute soul beasts to be so hard to find. Xiao Bai, it's been ten days since we came out. Even if Na Na uses cultivation as an excuse to seclude herself, she can probably only delay for about five more days. We don't have much time left..."
Hu Bai, however, remained silent, very stubborn: "Father, I'd rather not find a suitable soul beast than casually absorb a lightning-attribute soul beast. That would be of no benefit to my future cultivation!"
Boom!
Before Xie Tian could say anything, a thunderous sound erupted in the sky. Xie Tian looked up. The weather hadn't been good these past few days, with dark clouds continuously gathering. It should be about to rain now.
"Alas, this weather..." Hu Leyao also sighed. She didn't particularly like rainy days.
If it rained, many soul beasts would return to their lairs, making it even harder to find a suitable soul beast.
But Hu Bai was different. He looked at the sky with excitement, unable to suppress the smile on his lips, muttering: "No way, it can't be such a coincidence, hahaha!"
Seeing Hu Bai giggling like a fool, Xie Tian and his wife misunderstood. Xie Tian consoled him: "Xiao Bai, it's alright. No matter how hard it is to find, we'll do our best."
"No, no, no, Father, Mother, you've misunderstood. What I mean is, we are truly too lucky! Heaven is helping me!"
"Huh?"
Hu Bai smiled and explained: "I once saw a lightning-attribute plant-type soul beast in a comprehensive soul beast encyclopedia called the Thunder Hell Prison Vine. It grows by absorbing natural lightning energy and prefers valleys with frequent thunderstorms or high-energy electric fields."
"Now is the opportunity. What we need to do now is wait—wait for the lightning strike. Just hearing the thunder indicates that we are not far from such an electromagnetic field."
"Father, is there any relatively wide area nearby suitable for plant soul beasts, like valleys or barren lands?"
The Star Dou Great Forest spans a vast area, so there must be such places—areas not entirely covered by trees.
Thunder Hell Prison Vine. This was the first time the two of them had heard of such a soul beast, but they both knew their son had been precocious since childhood and read a lot of books. Perhaps such a soul beast truly existed.
At his request, they had applied for countless books from Spirit Hall to be sent to their mansion, most of which they had never really looked at.
"There should be!" Xie Tian responded, glancing at Hu Leyao.
As a mental control system soul saint, her mental power was undoubtedly stronger than Xie Tian's. She closed her eyes and carefully expanded her perception range. After a moment, she pointed in a direction: "That place!"
Finally, the two hurried along under Hu Leyao's guidance, and midway, Hu Bai also activated his Sky Fox Domain to assist.
During these past few days, he discovered that his Sky Fox Domain could not only enhance his perception and control of natural elements but also strengthen his mental power, and it could even boost Hu Leyao's mental power by about five percent!
Don't underestimate this small amount; it's because Hu Bai's current strength is too low. If it were just him, it would be about ten percent.
However, Xie Tian did not receive such a boost—perhaps it was related to their martial souls.
Before this, Hu Bai dared not squander his soul power, as he was only at level ten and had limited soul power in his body. But now, he had to fully activate his domain.
While assisting Hu Leyao, he also tried his best to extract some basic information from the lightning elements within the domain, confirming that they were indeed getting closer to the center of the lightning!
As a bolt of heavenly lightning descended, the three of them arrived at the edge of the lightning field.
What greeted their eyes was a plant-type soul beast resembling a "bamboo shoot," growing in the center of a lightning pool, undergoing the baptism of lightning!
"Xiao Bai, is this it? This bamboo shoot couldn't possibly be the so-called Thunder Hell Prison Vine, could it? Although I can feel its strong lightning attribute, it looks a bit weak. Are you sure you want to absorb it?"
Hu Bai's face was pale from the significant soul power consumption, but he smiled happily. His luck was truly too good!
"Yes, this is it. It's currently in its infantile form, looking like it has five small segments, which means it's about five hundred years old. It's perfectly suitable to be my first soul ring!"
Although his tests showed he could withstand a maximum cultivation age of around eight hundred years, it was impossible to get infinitely close to that age. Such a soul beast is rare and hard to find!
Moreover, don't let the current five-hundred-year-old Thunder Hell Prison Vine fool you; the lightning it attracts would probably be unbearable for an ordinary eight-hundred-year-old soul beast!
"Alright, if that's the case, son, you wait. Your dad will go get that soul beast for you now!"
The next moment, Xie Tian, holding his Moon Blade, slowly manifested seven soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black. At thirty-six years old, he was now a level seventy-eight soul saint!
The reason for such cultivation was due to an extremely perilous incident two years ago during the extermination of a Wolftaken pack. There were surprisingly two Wolftaken leaders, one large and one small. Had it not been for the presence of a Titled Douluo like Yue Guan, they would have been in grave danger at that time.
A single Wolftaken leader was not his match, but the Wolftaken pack they faced that time consisted of at least a hundred individuals!
Without Yue Guan, with their soul power, they truly...
However, the harvest was also excellent. That time, they obtained two soul bones from the two Wolftaken!
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