Though his injuries had healed, Xu Yi felt no joy at all. Old Desolate crawled out of the Starry Sky Ring and stood beside him, all four of his eyes, round as copper bells, fixed intently on Xu Yi's two eyes.
After a long silence, Old Desolate said, "Maybe you should borrow a treasure that can control lightning from someone after all. Even your Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey body can't take it. Without such a treasure, there's no way to cultivate this divine ability."
"Don't waste time on those pipe dreams," Xu Yi said. "Who would lend out a treasure like that? It didn't kill me outright, which proves I still have room to test it. I'll give it another try. I'll find a way eventually."
Xu Yi rose into the air again. The two Yuan Magnetic Beads exploded once more, ten thousand zhang above the ground, immediately gathering into a Lightning Storm.
The Crimson Flame Thunder Monkey, prepared in advance, promptly brought out the Ruyi Universe Circle. At his urging, it transformed into a vast expanse of silver light, hovering above Xu Yi's head.
It enveloped him tightly from head to toe.
With a thunderous boom, the lightning storm crashed down. The brilliant silver light was like thin paper, shattering in an instant.
Xu Yi was startled. He sprang out of the storm, not daring this time to hold on until his meridians ruptured. He retreated in a hurry and avoided serious injury.
After that blow, he gave up completely on the idea of using an Acquired Spiritual Treasure to share the burden of the storm.
By now, he had become utterly convinced of the truth of One Lightning Breaks Ten Thousand Laws.
The Acquired Spiritual Treasure was useless, and he could not think of any other way. It