Thunder Gorge Academy of Heaven Dou Royal Academy was a cultivation ground built for Lightning Attribute Soul Masters, modeled after Thunder Academy.
But why were so many people gathered here now?
Were there really that many Lightning Attribute Soul Masters at Heaven Dou Royal Academy?
Puzzled, Su Ze walked toward the entrance. When he arrived, he realized the female students gathered there didn't seem to have come to cultivate.
"Isn't this the Mimicry Cultivation Environment for Lightning Attribute Soul Masters?"
"What are all these girls doing here? They don't look like Lightning Attribute Soul Masters!"
As Su Ze murmured in confusion, the young man in front of him turned around.
The young man was handsome, with fair skin. He looked Su Ze up and down, then spoke.
"There are still new students at this time of year?"
"That's strange!"
"Junior, let me broaden your horizons. These girls aren't Lightning Attribute Soul Masters, of course. They're here for that guy, Yu Tianheng."
"He's a genius from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he's handsome, too."
"They all want to be his girlfriend."
As he spoke, the handsome young man wore an indignant expression.
It was as if he resented that he wasn't the one receiving all this attention.
Su Ze knew the name Yu Tianheng.
He had appeared in the Original Work.
Still, Su Ze was surprised that so many Senior Sisters were pursuing Yu Tianheng at an academy like Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where only nobles could enroll.
Even if top-tier rich kids were just built different.
"Thanks for clearing that up, Senior."
After thanking him, Su Ze set off toward the Lightning Attribute Mimicry Cultivation Environment.
Since he was here, he might as well experience the place's Lightning Attribute Simulated Environment.
The kind young man saw Su Ze heading into Thunder Gorge empty-handed and froze. Then he hurriedly called out to him.
"Junior, what are you doing? Are you lining up to see Yu Tianheng, too?"
"Why would I, Senior? I'm a Lightning Attribute Soul Master. I'm going in to cultivate."
Su Ze was almost amused. What was there to see in Yu Tianheng?
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? Our academy's Mimicry Cultivation Environment is modeled after Thunder Valley at Thunder Academy!"
"Heavenly lightning strikes inside all the time. You're going in without any protection? You'll get yourself killed!"
At the young man's words, Su Ze's eyes lit up. Heavenly lightning strikes?
His Thunderous Force ultimate move required him to accumulate lightning, in addition to consuming Soul Power.
He'd used up all the lightning he'd stored when fighting the Lightning Devouring Python.
He'd planned to wait for a rainy day to gather more.
Now he could just head straight to Thunder Valley.
Seeing Su Ze's expression, the young man shook his head and sighed.
"Forget it. You're new here, so you probably don't know how to protect yourself."
"I'll be a good person and take you in to get protected. Watch closely, all right? I'll only demonstrate once."
Su Ze smiled at the young man's offer and thanked him.
"Thanks for looking out for me, Senior. You're a good person!"
"But I really don't need it. The lightning strikes are exactly what I need for my cultivation."
"Thanks for clearing things up!"
After thanking him, Su Ze pushed through the crowd and entered Thunder Gorge, leaving the young man staring after him in disbelief.
The young man looked at the spot where Su Ze had disappeared, perplexed.
What was wrong with juniors these days?
Even the monster Yu Tianheng couldn't stay in there for long without protection. That kid looked only about seven or eight—probably just past the Soul Master breakthrough.
Wasn't he going to get struck to death in there?
The young man looked conflicted. After hesitating for a while, he found a spot nearby and sat down.
He wanted to see when that kid who wouldn't listen to him would come back out.
The Mimicry Cultivation Environment could draw down heavenly lightning. Ordinary Soul Masters couldn't last long inside.
Once that junior got struck until he couldn't take it anymore and came running out, the young man would have a laugh at his expense, then show him how to protect himself in Thunder Gorge.
It would probably only take a few minutes, anyway.
Meanwhile, Su Ze entered Thunder Gorge.
Once inside, he found that the environment was very similar to the Thunder Gorge where he'd obtained his First Soul Ring.
But then he thought about it and realized it made sense.
After all, both places had been built by the Heaven Dou Empire.
Maybe the same architect had drawn up the plans.
As thoughts flickered through his mind, Su Ze walked farther into the valley and sensed the abundant Lightning Element within it.
The Sikong Zhen Martial Soul inside him stirred as well.
White Lightning began to appear around his body of its own accord.
Feeling the change, Su Ze's eyes lit up.
In such a dense Lightning Attribute environment, cultivating here regularly would at least double his speed.
Before, he could raise his level once every two or three months. Now, he could cut that down to one month.
In other words, in four months, he should be able to start looking for his Third Soul Ring.
An eight-year-old Soul Elder!
If his plans went smoothly and he managed to intercept the Immortal Herbs,
Su Ze felt he could reach the Soul King realm before turning twelve.
After all, reaching twenty was widely known as the end of a Soul Master's golden cultivation period on the Douluo Continent.
If he could reach the Soul King realm by twelve,
then he'd have a good chance of reaching the Title Douluo realm by twenty.
With that thought, Su Ze immediately sat cross-legged.
With such a good environment, he had to make the most of his time and cultivate.
As Su Ze fell into meditation, the White Lightning flickering around him began to surge.
The Sikong Zhen Martial Soul activated automatically.
As Su Zhe began to cultivate, the abundant Lightning Element in the sky above Thunder Gorge responded to the pull and streamed into Su Ze's body.
At the same time, several Lightning Attribute students cultivating nearby opened their eyes.
They could clearly feel the Lightning Attribute in Thunder Gorge growing much thinner all at once.
Yu Tianheng was among them.
He searched the area with his gaze and spotted Su Ze.
He froze when he saw that the person disrupting his cultivation was just a child of seven or eight.
He had the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and his Innate Soul Power was as high as level nine!
He'd always had the strongest affinity for the Lightning Attribute at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Usually, he was the one stealing Lightning Attribute energy from others. Now, a child was stealing it from him.
Could this kid really have better talent than him?
That immediately stirred Yu Tianheng's competitive spirit.
He refused to believe anyone could have better talent for the Lightning Attribute than he did.
He was destined to take over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and become the strongest in the Lightning Attribute.
How could he let anyone outshine him?
Yu Tianheng immediately entered meditation. He would compete with the kid in front of him for the Lightning Attribute.
As Yu Tianheng focused all his effort on meditating and activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, the already-thin Lightning Attribute in the sky grew even more diluted.
The Lightning Attribute Soul Masters affected by this had no choice but to get up and leave.
They couldn't compete. There was no way they could compete!
After the Lightning Attribute Soul Masters left, only Su Ze and Yu Tianheng remained in Thunder Gorge.
But as he meditated, Yu Tianheng realized something was wrong.
No matter how hard he drove the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the densest Lightning Element in the sky always flowed around that kid first.
He simply couldn't compete.