Chapter 32: Lightning forging the body, all parties watching secretly!
Lightning Physique Refinement?
Holy crap!
Is this kid not afraid of death?
Lei Kuang looked at Hu Bai with a strange expression, but saw that Hu Bai's face was calm, without any hint of joking.
Afterward, Bibi Dong left after entrusting Hu Bai to Lei Kuang.
After Bibi Dong left, Lei Kuang led Hu Bai out of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and Hu Bai curiously asked, "Uncle Lei, since you are the Branch Hall Master of Thunder City, are you very strong?"
Lei Kuang chuckled. "Of course! Thunder City is one of the Heaven Dou Empire's major cities, and Thunderclap Academy is located there. If I weren't strong enough, how would I handle things when they arise?"
Thunderclap Academy, one of the five great elemental academies on the continent, is said to have a Soul Douluo as its dean and is backed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Lei Kuang's ability to establish himself in Thunder City certainly means he possesses considerable skill.
"Then, Uncle Lei, would you mind telling me about your Martial Soul and soul power? I wonder if you're stronger, or if my parents are stronger?" Hu Bai asked, feigning ignorance. Xie Tian and Hu Leyao were both only Soul Saints; unless they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they probably wouldn't be a match for Lei Kuang.
However, his parents looked much younger than the person in front of him.
Lei Kuang chuckled. "Since you're so curious, I'll tell you. My Martial Soul is a mutated Lightning War Hammer, and I'm an eighty-third-level attack system Soul Douluo. As for your parents, they should still be Spirit Saints, right? Unless they use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, they won't be my match."
Lei Kuang was quite confident in his strength. He was not yet fifty years old, and if he taught Hu Bai well, and if there were no accidents in this life, he would have a chance to advance to Titled Douluo!
And once he advanced to Titled Douluo, he would become an Elder of the Spirit Hall, with power second only to the Supreme Pontiff and the various powerful Priest Elders!
Lei Kuang led Hu Bai to a back mountain of the Spirit Hall, and his expression became very serious: "Little guy, are you sure you want to try Lightning Physique Refinement? Although you have a certain lightning resistance, Lightning Physique Refinement is no joke."
With Lei Kuang's current strength, although he could endure Lightning Physique Refinement, there was no longer any need for it. Besides, what good person would self-abuse with such a method? One careless mistake, and even treatment would cost a lot of money.
Oh no, that's not right—one careless mistake, and you'd book a ticket to the underworld!
When he was as young as Hu Bai, he had never even thought about Lightning Physique Refinement. Even among those in Thunderclap Academy, he had never seen anyone with such a crazy idea.
If given a choice, many people would rather choose Ice and Fire Physique Refinement than Lightning Physique Refinement.
Ice and Fire Physique Refinement, at first, refines the surface of the human body, and it's easy to control.
What about Lightning Physique Refinement? Due to the strong penetrative nature of lightning, when refining the body, it refines not only the surface but also the inside!
Humans, like metal, conduct electricity, which means that lightning will pass through the body's surface and stimulate the Meridians inside. If not controlled well, it can directly turn a person into a cripple!
Hu Bai, with his knowledge from his previous life, naturally understood this principle, but he was still willing to give it a try. After all, this was a Fantasy world, and although it was a Fantasy sewer, he wouldn't just die from an electric shock to his Meridians, right?
"Can you tell me why you want to take such a risk?" Lei Kuang wanted to know what such a young child was thinking.
Hu Bai said, "My idea is very simple: to improve my Physique as much as possible, and for every soul ring, I want to obtain one that is as close to the ultimate attribute as possible. For example, Uncle Lei, my first soul ring, could withstand a maximum lifespan of eight hundred years, but I chose to absorb a Thunder Hell Prison Vine that was over five hundred years old.
For me, the Bloodline and attributes of a Soul Beast come before its lifespan. And the benefits of improving my Physique have already shown themselves. If I hadn't taken whale rubber to strengthen my Physique back then, even if I had been lucky enough to encounter this Thunder Hell Prison Vine, I could only have watched, couldn't I?"
Lei Kuang finally understood now. Being prepared for the unexpected was a rare and valuable quality.
"Good!" Lei Kuang's sudden loud shout startled Hu Bai.
"I like your personality. Let's start now! With your current physique, you can't withstand heavenly lightning, so we'll start with something simpler. I'll pass the electricity to you. This way, I can help you refine your Physique within your tolerance range, and it's also easier to control," Lei Kuang proposed the safest method.
He had just heard Hu Bai explain a bit about the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, a top-grade lightning-attribute plant Soul Beast, which increased its cultivation by attracting heavenly lightning. But Hu Bai was not a Thunder Hell Prison Vine; if he did that, wouldn't he be struck to death?
Presumably, Bibi Dong specifically asked him to come back because she wanted him to help Hu Bai with Physique Refinement using this method. Otherwise, with her strength, she could have completely protected Hu Bai when he attracted heavenly lightning.
But this kind of behavior was too dangerous; even Bibi Dong probably didn't have full confidence.
"Okay." Hu Bai responded, sitting cross-legged on the ground, while Lei Kuang sat behind him, extending his hands and placing them on Hu Bai's back.
And in the unseen sky above, Bibi Dong was watching the two below, her expression calm and serene.
But if one looked closely at the hand holding the Pope's Scepter, one could see that her fingers, gripping it so tightly they were white, revealed her extreme inner turmoil.
Suddenly, the five great Priests also appeared around her. Qingluan and Guangling Douluo had already set off for Sea God Island.
At this moment in the Void, the six people remained silent, as if they didn't know each other, all watching every move below.
Below.
Lei Kuang did not release his Martial Soul. His entire body was already surging with countless lightning snakes. With Hu Bai's current cultivation, if he were to release his Martial Soul, there would be no need for Physique Refinement; he would just collect his corpse.
"Kid, concentrate and use your soul power as much as possible to protect your internal Meridians!"
Without Lei Kuang's instruction, he had already done so. And when the lightning passed through Lei Kuang's palms and injected into the surface of Hu Bai's body, a portion of the lightning directly penetrated through the tiny pores on the skin's surface.
To facilitate Physique Refinement, Hu Bai had taken off his upper garment, revealing his fair and smooth upper body, with truly delicate and tender skin.
Initially, Lei Kuang did not turn up the power very high but increased it little by little, saying as he did so: "If you can't bear it, you must tell me immediately. You can't wait until your Meridians are almost unable to withstand it before speaking. You should speak when it's about eighty percent of your limit, understand!"
Hu Bai was already feeling pain now, biting his teeth tightly. In response to Lei Kuang's reminder, he could only hum in acknowledgment.
—
End of Chapter