Thunderclap Nether Vine, Luck!

Thunderclap Nether Vine!

A top-tier existence among Plant System Soul Beasts, it was born with Wisdom, grew in places dense with lightning, and relied on absorbing the power of natural thunder to grow. Upon reaching Ten Thousand Years of cultivation, it could alter the weather and control Lightning Power to destroy everything.

It was said that this Soul Beast possessed the Thunder God Bloodline, but it was highly prone to self-destruction during its growth, and few lived beyond fifty thousand years. Legend had it that the plane did not permit it; perhaps a Hundred Thousand Years Thunderclap Nether Vine could truly awaken the Thunder God Bloodline.

But Hu Bai did not care about any of that. What mattered was the first part: although this Soul Beast was a plant-type Soul Beast, it was exceptionally compatible with him!

There might be such a Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, but it would probably not be easy to find.

That night, Hu Bai murmured in his sleep, "Thunderclap Nether Vine."

What he did not know was that an almost imperceptible white light flickered across his body.

Early the next morning.

Xie Tian and the others entered the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Before going in, he reminded Hu Bai not to leave a one-meter radius around him and to remain vigilant at all times.

After five consecutive days, the three of them still had not found a suitable Lightning Attribute Soul Beast. Either its age was too high, or its bloodline was too weak—not even a Sub-Dragon.

That night.

Xie Tian sighed. "Sigh, I never expected Lightning Attribute Soul Beasts to be so hard to find. Bai'er, it has already been ten days since we left. Even if Nana claims she has gone into seclusion to cultivate, she can probably only stall for another five days or so. We don't have much time left."

Hu Bai fell silent, but remained stubborn. "Dad, I'd rather fail to find a suitable Soul Beast than casually absorb any Lightning Attribute Soul Beast. That would do me no good in my future cultivation!"

Rumble!

Before Xie Tian could say anything, thunder rumbled in the sky. He looked up. The weather had been poor these past few days, with dark clouds constantly gathering overhead. It seemed like it was about to rain.

"Sigh, this weather..." Hu Leyao sighed as well. She did not like rainy days.

If it rained, many Soul Beasts would return to their nests. That would make finding a suitable Soul Beast even harder.

But Hu Bai was different. He stared excitedly at the sky, the corners of his mouth curling upward as he muttered, "No way... Could it really be such a coincidence? Hahaha!"

Seeing Hu Bai grinning foolishly, Xie Tian and his wife had clearly misunderstood. Xie Tian comforted him, "Bai'er, it's fine. No matter how difficult it is, the two of us will do our best."

"No, no, Dad and Mom, you misunderstood. What I mean is that we're incredibly lucky. Heaven is helping me!"

"Ah?"

Hu Bai smiled and explained, "I once read about a Lightning Attribute Plant System Soul Beast in a complete guide to Soul Beasts. It's called the Thunderclap Nether Vine. It grows by absorbing Natural Element lightning power and likes to live in valleys frequently struck by thunderstorms or in high-energy electric fields.

"This is our chance. All we need to do now is wait—wait for lightning to strike. We just heard thunder, which means we aren't far from such a lightning field."

"Dad, is there any relatively open area nearby that would be suitable for Plant System Soul Beasts to live in? A valley, wasteland, something like that."

The Star Dou Great Forest covered a vast area, so there had to be places like that. It could not all be trees.

Thunderclap Nether Vine... This was the first time either of them had heard of such a Soul Beast. But they both knew their son had been intelligent from an early age and had read extensively. Perhaps such a Soul Beast really did exist.

At his request, who knew how many books had been brought from Spirit Hall to their residence? Most of them had not even read them.

"There should be!" Xie Tian replied, glancing at Hu Leyao.

As a Mental Control Soul Saint, her Spiritual Power was undoubtedly stronger than Xie Tian's. She closed her eyes and carefully expanded her spiritual perception. A moment later, she pointed in one direction. "Over there!"

In the end, the two of them hurried onward under Hu Leyao's guidance, while Hu Bai also deployed his Sky Fox Domain to assist along the way.

Over the past few days, he had discovered that his Sky Fox Domain could not only strengthen his perception and control of Natural Elements, but also enhance Spiritual Power. It could even enhance Hu Leyao's Spiritual Power by around five percent!

It might seem like only a little, but that was because Hu Bai was still too weak. If it were used on himself, the enhancement would be about ten percent.

However, Xie Tian could not receive this boost. Perhaps it had something to do with Martial Souls.

Before this, Hu Bai had not dared to waste his Soul Power. After all, he was only Level Ten, and the Soul Power in his body was limited. But now, he had to activate his domain at full strength.

While assisting Hu Leyao, he also tried his best to obtain some basic information from the Lightning Elements within the domain. They really were getting closer and closer to the center of the lightning!

As a bolt of heavenly lightning descended, the three of them arrived at the edge of the Lightning Field.

What came into view was a plant Soul Beast shaped like a bamboo shoot, growing in the center of the Thunder Pool and undergoing the baptism of lightning!

"Bai'er, is that it? Could this bamboo shoot be the so-called Thunderclap Nether Vine? I can sense a fairly strong Lightning Attribute from it, but it looks rather weak. Are you sure you want to absorb it?"

Hu Bai's face was pale from having consumed more than half his Soul Power, but he smiled happily. Their luck was simply too good!

"Yes, that's it. It's still in the juvenile form of the Thunderclap Nether Vine. It seems to have five segments, meaning it is around five Hundred-Year old—just right for my First Soul Ring!"

Although testing had shown that the highest age he could withstand was around eight hundred years, it was obviously impossible to get infinitely close to that limit. A Soul Beast like this was something one could only encounter by luck!

And although the Thunderclap Nether Vine before them was only around five Hundred-Year old, the lightning it drew down was probably more than an ordinary eight-hundred-year Soul Beast could endure!

"Good. Since that's the case, son, wait here. Your old man will go bring that Soul Beast over for you right now!"

The next moment, Xie Tian held the Moon Blade as seven Soul Rings—Yellow Yellow Purple Purple Black Black Black—slowly appeared around him. At thirty-six years old, he was now a rank seventy-eight Soul Saint!

He had attained such cultivation partly thanks to an incident two years ago. When they had wiped out the Wolf Bandit Group, it had been extremely dangerous. There had actually been two Wolf Bandit Leaders, one large and one small. If not for a Titled Douluo like Yue Guan being present, they would truly have faced grave danger.

A single Wolf Bandit Leader was not his match, but the Wolf Bandit Group they had faced that time had numbered at least a hundred!

Without Yue Guan, with their Soul Power, they really...

But the rewards had been excellent as well. That time, they had actually obtained two Soul Bones from the two Wolf Raiders!