Thunderclap Hellvine

The tall youth wore a lazy smile, and the noble purple hue lent him an added air of dignity.

"How powerful is the skill from a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

Hearing Lin Yi's question, Beibei was somewhat curious as well.

Thus, his thousand-year second Soul Ring lit up, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Might, was unleashed.

Countless golden bolts of lightning appeared, then expanded into Thunderbolt Arrows that flashed through the air, weaving into a Thunder Web that descended upon the area ahead.

A moment later, the thunder faded, leaving behind a few arcs of golden lightning in the air.

Lin Yi could not help but praise it. "What incredible power. That attack could at least make my Golden Protection shake a couple of times."

Beibei fell speechless. After a long while, he managed to force out a sentence. "Thank you..."

Realizing that his words had sounded rather strange, Lin Yi gave an embarrassed smile. "I've only fought a single Soul Ancestor before, so I don't know the strength of Soul Masters at each rank. Besides myself, you're the only Soul Grandmaster I've ever seen."

"I'm truly sorry that you had to encounter such a weak Soul Master as me."

"It's fine."

Lin Yi's calm reply broke through Beibei's defenses once more.

Mu En promptly put an end to the farce.

"As expected of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Among Soul Grand Masters, no one could withstand that Soul Skill head-on."

Mu En's judgment was naturally not lacking.

"Beibei, this time, you truly need to thank Xiao Yi for his help."

Hearing that, Beibei clasped his hands toward Lin Yi. "Thank you for this. It was all thanks to you."

"It's fine. Who told me to be the elder?"

Beibei's face darkened again...

The group continued searching for a Soul Beast suitable for Lin Yi.

"Is your only requirement that it possesses a powerful Lightning Attribute?"

Along the way, Beibei looked at Lin Yi and asked.

"Not exactly."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yi replied, "Aside from having a powerful attribute, it would be best if it were a Plant Soul Beast. However, lightning-attributed plants are far too rare. Even if we find one, its age might not be suitable. We'll have to see what luck brings."

Beibei nodded and asked again, "But your Martial Soul has nothing to do with the Lightning Attribute. Are you sure you can absorb a lightning-attributed Soul Ring?"

"According to my calculations, I should be able to."

"My First Soul Ring previously gave me a new attribute. Although that was due to its compatibility with my Martial Soul Origin, it still proves that my Martial Soul is rather adaptable."

"And I've discovered that my Martial Soul is somewhat unusual."

"What is unusual about it?" Beibei asked. Mu En also focused his attention and listened closely.

"My Martial Soul is actually a mutated Martial Soul. My parents' Martial Souls were mutated as well. Two consecutive generations of beneficial mutation have left my Martial Soul Origin in an extremely active state. In this state, it is more easily affected by external influences and can undergo certain changes."

"Besides the Golden Ancient Tree, this abnormal activity in my Martial Soul Origin is also one of my trump cards. It is why I am confident that I can absorb a lightning-attributed Soul Ring."

Beibei finally understood, while Mu En secretly nodded. His disciple had always been intelligent. Since he was attempting something so shocking, he naturally had something to rely on.

However, neither Mu En nor Beibei knew that Lin Yi had another trump card. That was the most important reason why Lin Yi had chosen a lightning-attributed Soul Ring and was confident he could absorb it.

It was a theory from the Otherworld—Wood Generates Lightning!

Among the Eight Trigrams, thunder was the Zhen Trigram, positioned in the east and belonging to Wood within the Five Elements. It was perfectly compatible with the Golden Tree.

Furthermore, thunder itself represented vitality. The Otherworld had the twenty-four solar terms, and among them, the thunder of Awakening of Insects referred to spring thunder.

As the weather warmed, spring thunder began to rumble, awakening the insects hibernating beneath the ground. That was Awakening of Insects.

When spring thunder resounded, all things revived. This also matched the Golden Tree's Extreme Life.

Lastly, there was one somewhat far-fetched point. When lightning flashed and thunder roared, heaven and earth became as bright as day, which barely corresponded to the Golden Tree's Extreme Light.

These three points were Lin Yi's true confidence in absorbing a lightning-attributed Soul Ring.

Yet Lin Yi could not explain any of this to Mu En and the others. This was the cultural foundation of thousands of years from the Otherworld. How could it be explained clearly in just a few words? Besides, if he revealed it, how could Lin Yi explain the origin of such theoretical knowledge?

Unable to do otherwise, Lin Yi could only let them believe that he was taking a risk, albeit one with something to rely on and a high chance of success.

Only Lin Yi himself knew that the Lightning Attribute and his Golden Tree actually had common ground. The difficulty involved was far less than Mu En and the others imagined.

The Golden Crow set in the west, and the Moon Rabbit rose in the east. Having found nothing, the group prepared to rest.

Over the next three days, they found nothing at all.

However, Lin Yi was not anxious this time. His physical constitution could now absorb at least a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but even in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were not something one could encounter casually.

Lightning Strike Valley was somewhat different from the Star Dou Great Forest. The Star Dou Great Forest gave one a sense of tranquility and depth, while Lightning Strike Valley was violent and ostentatious.

The thunder that occasionally descended from the sky, the roaring of the Thunderfall at the heart of the valley, and the violent lightning elements permeating every corner all inevitably affected Lin Yi's state of mind.

After three days, Lin Yi felt his desire to fight growing stronger and stronger. Yet as they ventured deeper, all the Soul Beasts they encountered were at the ten-thousand-year level. The Lightning Attribute was already famed for its formidable combat strength, and although Lin Yi was no longer merely a Support System Soul Master, his main methods still focused on support and restraint.

Against opponents of similar strength, Lin Yi even possessed absolute dominance. However, against enemies vastly stronger than himself, preserving his own life was already the limit of his current abilities.

If Lin Yi truly lost his head and provoked those lightning-attributed Soul Beasts older than ten thousand years, then without Mu En's intervention, he could only try his best to make his death look graceful.

Therefore, Lin Yi had been doing his utmost to suppress his Fighting Spirit these past few days. With the calming effect of Extreme Light and the serenity of Extreme Life, he had barely managed to keep it under control.

Another week passed, and Lin Yi felt as though he was becoming less and less able to suppress that impulse. But why?

Lightning Strike Valley was the continent's largest gathering place for lightning-attributed Soul Beasts. He had never heard that it could affect a Soul Master's state of mind.

Lin Yi told Mu En about his condition, but Mu En knew nothing about it either. Lin Yi's situation was extremely unusual, perhaps even unique.

Beibei, on the other hand, cultivated every day in this place overflowing with the Lightning Attribute. His Soul Power, which had reached level twenty-two after absorbing the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, was on the verge of breaking through. Raising a level of Soul Power in just over ten days—Lightning Strike Valley truly deserved to be called a paradise for the Lightning Attribute.

With Mu En present, the group charged through Lightning Strike Valley unhindered. Yet after more than ten days without results, all three of them had become somewhat restless.

Thus, the group arrived at the central region of Lightning Strike Valley—the Thunderfall.

The so-called Thunderfall was a wondrous place. Above it hung dark clouds that never dispersed. As the clouds rubbed together, endless lightning connected heaven and earth, pouring down from the clouds into the center of the valley like a waterfall of lightning standing between heaven and earth.

It was precisely because of this Thunderfall that, despite being shrouded in dark clouds year-round, this place remained as bright as day, eternally illuminated through all four seasons.

Aside from the Extreme North, this was also the only place that possessed a phenomenon resembling polar day.

Looking at the Thunderfall spanning heaven and earth, Lin Yi suddenly asked, "Master, are there any Soul Beasts within the Thunderfall?"

Mu En thought for a moment. "There are no records of it in the ancient texts. Besides, no Soul Beast should be capable of living within this Thunderfall year after year."

"This lightning is immensely powerful. Once one enters it, even a Super Douluo would be injured. If an Ultimate Douluo were careless, they would suffer as well."

Only then did Lin Yi and Beibei gain a direct understanding of the Thunderfall.

This was the terror of nature's dangers.

Yet just as Lin Yi was marveling at it, the Golden Tree suddenly seemed to stir.

When he summoned the Golden Tree, an instinctive sensation rose within Lin Yi's heart.

Lin Yi seemed to see a Plant Soul Beast resembling a bamboo shoot, its body consisting of only a tiny segment. Then, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down and crashed onto it.

Lin Yi could not help but cry out, but the Soul Beast acted as though it had not been struck at all, showing no reaction.

Then, bolts of lightning struck the Soul Beast's small body one after another. Only then did Lin Yi realize that as the lightning continued to crash down, the Soul Beast's aura was actually growing stronger.

After being struck for who knew how long, the Soul Beast's aura rose until it actually became a hundred-year Soul Beast. Yet it had taken this Soul Beast enduring tens of thousands of lightning strikes to gain that hundred years of Soul Power.

Then, before Lin Yi's astonished eyes, the Soul Beast actually began to actively draw lightning toward itself.

In an instant, lightning rained down without end, and the Soul Beast's aura rose rapidly as well.

The endless barrage of lightning jolted Lin Yi awake.

After coming to his senses, Lin Yi tried his best to recall the Soul Beast illustrations he had once seen in the Library Pavilion. He vaguely remembered having seen information about that Soul Beast before.

Suddenly, the contents of an illustrated page appeared in Lin Yi's mind, and he immediately recalled the Soul Beast's origins.

A top-tier lightning-attributed Plant Soul Beast—Thunderclap Hellvine.