Although the power of the Black Demonic Lightning was as astonishing as ten thousand thunderbolts, its quantity was rather scarce.
Therefore, after those few bolts of black lightning shot out like ghosts of the dark night, the thick, layered black clouds in the sky seemed to be swiftly pushed aside by an invisible hand. They quickly dispersed, leaving only a clear blue firmament behind.
Standing in the sky, Lin Yuan sensed that the lightning tribulation had completely dispersed, and only then did he finally sigh in relief. His taut body slowly relaxed as well.
His aura also receded as though he had undone a secret technique, returning to the middle stage of an early One-Star Dou Saint.
Lin Yuan's current strategy was not to play the pig to eat the tiger, but to play the tiger to eat the dragon—to appear before the world in a sufficiently dazzling manner, using it to conceal an even more astonishing, deeply hidden strength.
In this way, he could both exert his influence and retain some trump cards for when he faced enemies, able to attack or defend as needed.
A twenty-five- or twenty-six-year-old One-Star Dou Saint, plus a Ninth Grade Grandmaster—this was already an utterly astonishing existence. It would be difficult for anyone to imagine or believe that Lin Yuan was already a Two-Star Dou Saint, and that when he erupted with his full strength, he could even rival a Three- or Four-Star Dou Saint!
With a thought, he released the soul power between his brows and carefully sensed a bit of the pitch-black thunder bead in his hand. Immediately, he nodded, satisfied.
"This Heavenly Thunder Bead has quite good energy. I'll give it to Headmaster Mang later!"
After secretly praising it in his heart, Lin Yuan flipped his palm and put the