Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, Good at Any Range

That afternoon, Yu Tianlin arrived at the Cultivation Chamber half an hour early, only to find it completely empty.

Yu Tianlin had thought Yu Jian might pull some boring test to see whether he would come early or arrive right on time. In the end, he had come early, but Yu Jian was not even here.

Looked like he had overthought it.

Yu Tianlin shook his head. He felt he had rested enough, so he sat cross-legged on the cushion, entered a shallow meditative state, and cultivated his Soul Power in passing, treating it as a warm-up for the afternoon's practical combat training.

About half an hour later, Yu Tianlin heard the sound of the door opening and knew Yu Jian had arrived, so he withdrew from his shallow meditation and opened his eyes.

"You came early?" Yu Jian said as he looked at Yu Tianlin sitting cross-legged before the stone pillar. "There's actually no need to come here ahead of time. Arriving on time is enough. Training hard is important, but proper rest is necessary too."

"It's fine. I've already rested." Yu Tianlin stood up, looked straight at Yu Jian, and asked, "How are we doing this afternoon's practical combat training?"

"No rush. I'll explain it to you slowly."

Yu Jian smiled and said, "What is the purpose of these four months of training?"

Yu Tianlin answered offhandedly, "Of course it's to defeat Xiao Qing four months from now and obtain the Dragon Source Fruit."

"Correct. The goal is precisely to defeat Tian Qing." Yu Jian nodded in agreement, then continued, "Since the goal has already been set, next comes targeted training."

"Unless an accident happens like with you... Ahem." When he mentioned the accident with Yu Tianlin's First Soul Ring, Yu Jian gave a guilty dry cough and glanced at Yu Tianlin. Seeing that his expression had not changed, he continued, "Otherwise, according to the tradition of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Tian Qing's first Soul Ring skill will undoubtedly be Thunderbolt Dragon Claw. It will absolutely be stronger than your First Soul Skill."

"Fortunately, although your First Soul Ring skill definitely can't match Thunderbolt Dragon Claw in power, its advantage lies in secrecy. No one knows what your First Soul Skill is, so in battle, you can catch them by surprise and win."

"So, your most urgent task is to gain a deep understanding of the skill Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, then take corresponding countermeasures in battle, and finally use your own First Soul Skill unexpectedly to secure victory."

Yu Tianlin felt Yu Jian's analysis made perfect sense and could not help nodding repeatedly.

"The so-called Thunderbolt Dragon Claw is like this!"

As Yu Jian explained, he began demonstrating.

At once, a cluster of blue light shone at Yu Jian's brow. After forming a lightning pattern, blue electric light instantly spread across his entire body, and five Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, and black—rose up.

However, this time, no other changes appeared on Yu Jian's body. It seemed he had not activated the ability of Dragon Transformation.

Yu Jian's First Soul Ring suddenly flashed, and blue-purple lightning rapidly gathered around his right hand, instantly forming a claw of lightning about one foot long that enveloped his palm.

"This is Thunderbolt Dragon Claw. Attach it to your hand for close combat, and it can increase attack power by fifty percent."

As he spoke, Yu Jian took a short sword out of his Storage Soul Tool with his other hand. With a casual pinch of the lightning claw, the short sword immediately shattered into several pieces.

Yu Tianlin hurriedly crouched down and examined the fragments of the short sword that had fallen to the floor, checking what material it had been forged from.

After all, his status was what it was. Yu Tianlin had seen plenty of good things and could be considered experienced and knowledgeable. Now, after looking at the sword fragments, he quickly recognized them and could not help crying out in surprise, "This is... hundred-forged refined iron?"

Yu Jian nodded and said, "That's right. I didn't use some scrap metal to fool you. This short sword was forged from refined iron, and its quality is fairly good."

Yu Tianlin stood up and looked at Yu Jian in disbelief, asking, "Refined iron's hardness is already considered quite high, yet you casually pinched it and broke it into several pieces. Thunderbolt Dragon Claw is only a First Soul Skill. If it were just crushing a rock, I wouldn't doubt it at all, but being able to do this to refined iron too? Isn't that too exaggerated?"

"It's actually not that bad," Yu Jian said with a smile. "My level is fairly high, after all. Even when I use my First Soul Skill, its power is greatly enhanced. If it were an ordinary one-ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master, they could also destroy this short sword, but they definitely wouldn't be able to do it as casually as I did."

"That's good."

Hearing Yu Jian say this, Yu Tianlin relaxed quite a bit.

"Don't be careless," Yu Jian reminded him. "Even if a one-ring-level Thunderbolt Dragon Claw can't compare to mine, for you, it's still something you can't block."

"In the battle four months from now, weapons definitely won't be allowed. At that time, you'll be barehanded, while Tian Qing's hand will be wrapped in Thunderbolt Dragon Claw. In close combat, there's no way you can beat him."

Yu Jian extended his right hand in front of Yu Tianlin and said this.

Looking at the lightning claw flickering with blue-purple lightning before him, Yu Tianlin fell silent for a moment, then said, "Since close combat won't work, what about relying on ranged attacks?"

"Looks like your First Soul Skill is a ranged attack, Tianlin." Yu Jian nodded in understanding, but still dampened his hopes. "But have you forgotten? Thunderbolt Dragon Claw can attack at range too. As for how powerful it is, see for yourself."

As he spoke, Yu Jian placed his normal hand on the stone pillar beside him and twisted it slightly. About ten meters away, a steel plate slowly rose from the floor.

Looking at the steel plate ahead, Yu Jian took a few steps back and opened up some distance before saying, "The distance from here to that steel plate is around fifteen meters, within Thunderbolt Dragon Claw's maximum attack range. As for this steel plate, it is one foot thick. I'll now show you Thunderbolt Dragon Claw's ranged attack capability."

The moment his words fell, the Thunderbolt Dragon Claw on Yu Jian's right hand shot fiercely toward the steel plate with extreme speed. Wherever it passed, the air crackled and burst.

Boom!

The distance of fifteen meters vanished in an instant. Thunderbolt Dragon Claw slammed into the steel plate and exploded at once. Blue-purple lightning flared violently, engulfing the entire steel plate.

Yu Tianlin subconsciously raised both hands to block the dazzling lightning and asked, "Its area of effect is that large?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Yu Jian shook his head. "The surrounding lightning is just scattered lightning from Thunderbolt Dragon Claw's explosion. It only has a slight numbing effect. The true killing range is at the central part of Thunderbolt Dragon Claw's explosion."

As he spoke, the lightning slowly dispersed. Yu Tianlin looked toward the steel plate and found that it was indeed so. Only the part struck by Thunderbolt Dragon Claw was pitch-black, while the rest of the steel plate remained completely intact.

Suddenly, I feel Dai Mubai's skills are extremely ridiculous. His First Soul Skill, White Tiger Barrier, increases attack, defense, and strength by 50%, while his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, comes from a Soul Ring that only just reached the Thousand Year Level, yet it increases attack, defense, and strength by 100%. It feels like in all four parts of Douluo Continent, there doesn't seem to be anyone whose amplification is higher than his.