Thunder God Aid Me!

Chrysanthemum Douluo was a little baffled. What did this have to do with storms? It was just as strange as his first martial soul being called Carpenter's Set.

Still, as long as Tianling liked it. It was a little weird, but it did sound pretty imposing.

"Good name. So, do you have any plans for your second Soul Ring? Given your current physical condition, a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring definitely won't be a problem."

Xia Tianling carefully sensed his current body and thought it over before saying, "With my current physical condition, absorbing a Soul Ring of around two thousand years shouldn't be a problem. The Thunder Dragon is a subspecies of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. It possesses both Thunder Attribute and strength attributes, so it should suit me quite well."

His greatest strengths were nothing more than his affinity for lightning and his domineering power. Carpenter's Set itself had no attribute; whatever was added to it determined what form it took. Naturally, lightning, the attribute he was most familiar with, was the priority.

Besides, now that he had a Storm Axe—and it had even had a Hammer form before fusion—it would be a disservice to the axe if he didn't become a Thunder God!

Not at the same time, but in the same Soul Hunting Forest.

Hell yeah, let's do it, brothers!

That afternoon, a "lucky" Thunder Dragon was caught by Chrysanthemum Douluo and turned into Xia Tianling's Soul Ring. It was just around two thousand years old.

This time, he definitely did not dare let Xia Tianling fight it alone.

A two-thousand-year Thunder Attribute sub-dragon was not something Xia Tianling, who had only one ring, could defeat. Even a three-ring Soul Elder might not necessarily be able to beat it.

But what made his jaw drop was that Xia Tianling possessed his True Dragon Spirit and pushed his bloodline aura to the limit, pressing down on the Thunder Dragon. That unlucky Thunder Dragon was so frightened that it fainted on the spot! A foul, fishy stench rose from the ground.

It had actually wet itself from fear.

Thunder Dragon: Elder Brother, can you just make it quick? I could accept a Titled Douluo catching me, but then you had to scare me with such intense bloodline pressure. Add my injuries, add the pressure from a Titled Douluo's aura—how the hell am I supposed to withstand all that?

The rest was much simpler. The Two-Piece Set Martial Soul appeared, and fusion activated.

Xia Tianling gripped the Storm Axe, put all his strength into it, and ended the life of this little—uh, rather large—unlucky fellow in three swings. A massive dragon head was severed.

Chrysanthemum Douluo scratched his head. He knew that the Dragon Clan placed great importance on bloodline purity, but he had not expected the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to be this overwhelming. Even if Yu Yuanzhen, the clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, came here, he could only barely frighten a Thunder Dragon into collapse—and only one that was not especially strong.

And that was only because he was a Titled Douluo.

Xia Tianling happily sat down cross-legged and skillfully drew the purple Soul Ring over to begin absorbing it.

With the experience from his previous absorption, along with the intimidation of his True Dragon Aura and the compatibility of their attributes, this absorption went very quickly.

The Soul Power of the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring continuously transformed Xia Tianling's body while slowly helping him compress the False Core within him.

Under the pressure of the massive amount of Soul Power, the originally liquid Golden Core grew increasingly solid and spun without pause, slowly rising upward from the Lower Dantian.

At the instant the False Core reached the Middle Dantian at his heart, the Soul Power throughout his body finished tempering. The liquid False Core instantly solidified and became a true Golden Core!

The Golden Core was formed!

Afterward, the abundant Soul Power of the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring continued nourishing and strengthening the Golden Core, which had originally been only the size of a dragon's eye.

Rolling thunder echoed through the sky, but there was only sound.

Douluo Continent—or rather, Douluo Star—had no such thing as Thunder Tribulation. And the Heavenly Dao of the plane where the Dao Scripture had originally been born could not send a Thunder Tribulation across worlds, resulting in this awkward situation: thunder without any actual tribulation.

Thunder Tribulation: I'm so mad! Are you exploiting a bug here?

Xia Tianling did not care about any of that. At this moment, he was immersed in the thrill of his rising strength.

His martial soul, the Sea of Qi in his Lower Dantian, and the Golden Core in his Middle Dantian formed a stable cycle. Soul Power flowed continuously between the three, then slowly grew.

By the time the Thunder Dragon's Soul Ring had been perfectly absorbed, his Soul Power had risen from level twenty-one during the False Core stage to level twenty-three.

This made Xia Tianling, once he came back to his senses, sigh. Such an excellent method for assisting cultivation as Soul Rings had actually been turned by the person who created the soul master profession into a necessity for breaking through major realms. That was simply idiotic.

Had no one ever tried creating another cultivation method to change this situation?

Once his cultivation was successful and compulsory education was on track, he would definitely popularize the Great Dao Longevity Scripture and benefit all living beings!

Xia Tianling silently set another small goal for himself.

What he did not know was that, Tang San included, even if he wanted to teach them, the people of Douluo could not cultivate it. The reason was that the Dao Scripture had strict requirements for a cultivator's aptitude. One needed a Five-Element Spiritual Root, and the five elements had to be balanced.

This body of his had been created by some unknown existence. Its talent was naturally among the very best, and it perfectly replicated the physical traits of humans from Earth.

But the people of Douluo Continent did not possess physiques containing all five elements. Most had only one or two attributes, and they were usually derivative attributes outside the five elements, such as wind, lightning, light, and darkness. It was extremely awkward.

"Tianling, how was it? Did you get the spirit skill you wanted?"

Seeing Xia Tianling space out after completing his breakthrough, Chrysanthemum Douluo assumed he was sensing the effects of his Second Spirit Skill and stepped forward to ask.

"Ah? Ah! I got it, I got it."

Pulled from his thoughts, Xia Tianling released the Two-Piece Set Martial Soul. Fine arcs of lightning now coiled around both the Hammer and Axe, flashing intermittently.

"My Second Spirit Skill releases lightning power to cover my entire body and martial soul, increasing my strength and attack power somewhat. Maintaining this state continuously consumes Soul Power. When I attack an enemy, or when an enemy makes physical contact with me, it causes paralysis and an explosion."

"Of course, the paralysis effect varies from person to person. If I unleash my Soul Power at full force in Storm Axe form, every strike can paralyze an opponent of the same level as me. But how long the paralysis lasts depends on their physical condition and lightning resistance. However, my Soul Power will also be consumed rapidly. In that state, I can probably only last five Minutes."

"I call this state—Thunder God Aid Me!"

Five Minutes might sound short, but that was already because of the boost from his Golden Core and because the Soul Power tempered by the Dao Scripture was several times stronger than that of soul masters at the same level. If it were another Soul Grandmaster of the same rank, they probably would not even last one minute.

Besides, if an Assault System strength-type soul master who could paralyze you and trigger a small explosion with every strike got close and chased you around with a hammer for nearly five Minutes, you would definitely learn why flowers were so red that day.

Tool Spirits or Plant Spirits would be fine, but if it was a Beast Spirit, then pray for yourself. Even if your lightning resistance was high and you found a chance to counterattack, touching him would still force you to take a lightning-attribute counterattack. It was unbearably unpleasant.

"Another enhancement-type skill? It sounds pretty good. If your opponent can't effectively control you or create distance, once you get close, even a Soul Elder will definitely go down within five Minutes in this lightning-clad state." Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed the power coming from the Storm Axe and vigorously patted Xia Tianling on the shoulder.

"Haha, I'm just ridiculously talented."

"Then let's head back. This ring-hunting operation was a perfect success." Chrysanthemum Douluo did not say much as he looked at Xia Tianling's excited expression. Kids were always happy after getting something new.

Looks like some readers really got the Zhang Jiao reference. So touching, haha.