Swallowed Star: Lord of Thunder
Chapter 81

Soul Devour Secret Technique (4k)

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Looking at his watch, Yang Yu realized that the Time Flow Rate inside the Inheritance Palace was the same as that outside.

This was something Yang Yu found somewhat regrettable.

Although actual cultivation is impossible in the illusory Inheritance Palace, simply reading the inheritance books is quite good and can save a lot of time.

But clearly, the mysterious expert did not leave behind such a method.

After a moment of regret, Yang Yu focused his attention on the Mental Force Sphere within his Consciousness Sea.

At this point, only a small portion of the purple solid sphere remained; the rest had decomposed into liquid or mist-like Mental Force.

Looking at this Mental Force, Yang Yu began to transform Mental Force according to the methods recorded in the inheritance.

The transformation method was not difficult. With Yang Yu's comprehension and skillful manipulation of Mental Force, he completed the most crucial transformation by delving deep into the core of the Mental Force Sphere in just half a day, following the method recorded in the inheritance.

After this transformation is completed, the Mental Force in Yang Yu's Consciousness Sea will gradually be transformed into Thunder Spiritual Force!

"It seems my talent isn't bad even without activating the Soul Devour Secret Technique," Yang Yu thought happily.

According to the book, the first conversion of Mental Force is quite difficult, and it is considered qualified if it can be completed within two days. Yang Yu only took half a day, so it can at least be considered excellent.

Exit the Consciousness Sea space.

Yang Yu stretched out his right hand, and a 'Lightning Light Sphere' materialized in his palm.

This Lightning Light Sphere was formed entirely by Yang Yu's Mental Force.

However, after the transformation, the Mental Force was no longer as ethereal and transparent as before, but instead took on a Thunder purple hue!

The surface of this Mental Force sphere also constantly flickered with wisps of real electric light.

Seeing the ball of light crackling with electricity in his palm, Yang Yu's eyes turned cold, and he flung the ball of Mental Force out.

The sphere of light, composed entirely of Purple Lightning Mental Force, instantly made contact with a small bird flying past outside the rooftop.

"Sizzle!"

As if struck by hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity, the little bird, which was not yet fully mutated, was instantly electrocuted into nothingness!

Call!

Yang Yu stood up immediately.

Seeing that the Mental Force, which was originally unable to directly contact living beings, now possessed such destructive power, he was deeply shocked.

Although activating the Soul Devour Secret Technique would allow him to absorb the True Spirit within the souls of dead creatures, this little bird's soul was far too weak, and its True Spirit was so dim it barely shone. So Yang Yu simply let it dissipate.

The Inheritance Secret Technique clearly states that the stronger the being's soul, the brighter the True Spirit within it, and the better the absorption effect. Absorbing such a weak True Spirit is basically useless.

However, Yang Yu was still quite satisfied with the destructive power caused by pure Mental Force.

After all, this was just a simple Mental Force attack. If the Mental Force hadn't been attached to the weapon, it would have simply disappeared into a living being like a bird, causing no damage whatsoever.

However, the Thunder Spiritual Force transformed through the Inheritance Secret Technique is obviously different; it can directly possess lethality. If one were to integrate their understanding of Thunder into their Mental Force and then control the flying knives, how powerful would that be?

Thinking of this, Yang Yu jumped off the rooftop, and the shield flew to his feet. A moment later, Yang Yu arrived at the seaside not far from Jiangnan Base City.

The beach was originally sunny and bright.

But now it was crawling with all sorts of crab-like Monsters.

Seeing the giant crab that had mutated to the height of a person, Yang Yu immediately released a bolt of Thunder Spiritual Force.

The attack struck the crab a hundred meters away almost instantly. This Advanced Beast Soldier- class crab Monsters was leisurely sunbathing when the sudden Mental Force attack instantly turned it into ashes!

"The power is decent, but it's only Beast Soldier Level Monsters, so we can't detect the attack limit of pure Mental Force."

The True Spirit within the soul of the Beast Soldier Level Monsters was almost dimmed to the point of having no luster, and Yang Yu was too lazy to use Secret Technique to absorb it.

Shaking his head, Yang Yu then walked deeper into the beach, where a lobster with the strength of Advanced Beast General Level appeared.

The giant lobster, standing five or six meters tall, saw a human daring to approach it and, feeling provoked, brandished its massive pincers and charged at Yang Yu.

Seeing the mutated lobster going to its death, Yang Yu's eyes turned cold, and lightning-shaped Thunder Spiritual Force shot out from his eyes, striking the lobster's head directly.

"Bang!"

With a crisp crack, the mutated lobster's head vanished into nothingness.

The legs, still running at high speed, continued forward for several dozen meters before collapsing to the ground, exhausted.

"The power is alright." From the moment the Thunder Spiritual Force Annihilation Mystery the lobster's head, Yang Yu had a general understanding of its power.

Seeing that the slightly brighter True Spirit seemed worth absorbing, Yang Yu activated the Soul Devour Secret Technique for the first time. The ethereal Thunder Spiritual Force carried this True Spirit, which ordinary people could not even perceive, into his own Consciousness Sea.

The moment it entered Yang Yu's Consciousness Sea, the True Spirit of this Advanced Beast General Level Monsters directly devoured by Yang Yu's soul under the operation of the Soul Devour Secret Technique.

During the process of absorbing the True Spirit Essence of the lobster Monsters, Yang Yu also read its memories from its previous life. However, most of these memories were fragmented, discontinuous, and mostly repetitive and meaningless, making them not worth collecting. After glancing at them, Yang Yu instinctively used Secret Technique to clear away these useless memories.

After the soul has fully absorbed the True Spirit Essence.

"Call!"

"My soul seems a little clearer?" Yang Yu, who had absorbed the essence of the lobster Monsters's True Spirit Essence, felt that his soul seemed to have become slightly stronger.

At the same time, his mind became a little clearer, but this change was not significant compared to Yang Yu's own talent.

However, the fact that the Soul Devour Secret Technique could also absorb memories was beyond Yang Yu's expectations. In that case, this Secret Technique would have many uses.

"It seems that killing enemies far weaker than oneself, even if one absorbs their True Spirit, will not have much effect on one's soul strength or comprehension."

After carefully experiencing the changes to his soul, Yang Yu knew that this Secret Technique was indeed abnormal, possessing unlimited potential for evolution, and could even absorb the memories of dead enemies.

However, it also has limitations.

That is, it must absorb the True Spirit from a soul that is about as powerful as oneself to have a significant effect. If the True Spirit absorbed is far weaker than oneself, the effect is almost negligible. Only by absorbing the True Spirit from a soul that is much stronger than oneself will the effect be obvious.

This also shows that this Secret Technique seems to lean towards the evil side, encouraging its Successor to fight and kill each other to become stronger through battle. However, Yang Yu doesn't care about this. He doesn't have any so-called moral fastidiousness. He doesn't care whether it's good or evil, as long as it works!

After experiencing the Soul Devour Secret Technique, Yang Yu still felt a little regretful about the Lord-level Monster he had killed earlier.

So many True Spirit, on par with one's own soul, were simply wasted.

But there's nothing we can do about it. We didn't receive the inheritance back then. We'll just have to find some Monsters to kill and absorb it later.

Anyway, there are more and more Lord Level Monsters now, both on land and in the sea, so there's no shortage of suitable ones.

Next, Yang Yu found several more Advanced Beast General Level Monsters in the nearby sea area and finally confirmed the effects of Thunder Spiritual Force and Soul Devour Secret Technique at this stage.

"Pure Thunder Spiritual Force can easily Annihilation Mystery Advanced Beast General Level Monsters, but the True Spirit of Advanced Beast General Level Monsters has extremely limited effect on improving one's own soul and comprehension. As for the lethality of Thunder Spiritual Force against Lord-level Monster, and the effect of absorbing the True Spirit from the soul of Lord-level Monster, these still need to be tested."

But now, Yang Yu has killed all the Lord-level Monster around Jiangnan Base City. Even the East Sea Azure Dragon, which was originally secretly lurking in the ocean, turned around and rushed into the vast ocean after seeing the corpses of familiar Monsters such as the Green-Armored Giant Dragon and the Great Strength Demon Ape floating in the sky, and vowed never to approach the land again.

With its strength and potential, it has great potential even in the ocean.

This has made it difficult for Yang Yu to find Lord Monster to test its power.

However, it didn't matter. Knowing that the power of pure Thunder Spiritual Force was also very strong, and that the Soul Devour Secret Technique was indeed useful, Yang Yu returned to the rooftop to continue studying the inherited content. Anyway, the Monsters in the ocean couldn't escape, and there would be plenty of opportunities to hunt them down later.

After completely converting his Mental Force into Thunder Spiritual Force, Yang Yu immediately began to convert the Genetic Origin Energy within his body.

Compared to his immense Mental Force, Yang Yu had far less Genetic Origin Energy, which he converted entirely into Genetic Origin Energy Thunder Origin Energy in just half a day.

At this point, Yang Yu had officially embarked on the cultivation path of the Thunder Inheritance.

Subsequently, even if Core Inheritance like that of the Yunmo Planet were placed in front of him, he would still be unable to cultivate it.

However, with such a heaven-defying inheritance, Yang Yu had no intention of switching to other inheritances.

It's no exaggeration to say that all the inheritances in the Primal Universe combined can't compare to this Thunder Inheritance in Yang Yu's illusory memories!

This is, after all, a legacy left behind by a true master on the Origin Continent.

Although his purpose is unknown, judging from the inheritance, there were indeed no hidden dangers left behind, and he didn't even make the oath reciprocate.

This shows that this inheritance has very little constraint on Yang Yu.

The only limitation is that the content passed down can only be used by the person who inherited it, and it is almost impossible to pass it on to others.

If one wants to provide guidance for the inheritance of Chinese martial arts masters like Hong and Lei Shen, then one must find another lineage.

After all, much of the content in this inheritance is not permitted by the Primal Universe.

Yang Yu couldn't even say it out loud.

The only way to successfully cultivate is by using the methods left behind by a mysterious powerful figure to enter one's own illusory memories.

However, this is not a big deal. There are still many inheritances on Earth. Once I have digested and absorbed this inheritance, I will continue to search for other inheritances and then pass them on to them.

Having made up his mind, Yang Yu continued his research.

After flipping through a few more pages, Yang Yu finally found a way to break through to the Planetary Level.

But as he looked at Yang Yu, his brows furrowed. "Still, we're going to kill?"

Indeed, the breakthrough method recorded in the inheritance is to kill enough creatures of the same level, absorb their True Spirit, and when the Successor's soul grows to its limit and his physical qualities reach the War God Limit, then he can use the 'Thunder Breakthrough Method' recorded in the inheritance.

By condensing one's Mental Force and Genetic Origin Energy into a 'Life Thunder' using a special method, the explosive Thunder shatters the Life Shackles, thereby allowing both Spiritual Force and Genetic Origin Energy to break through to the Planetary Level.

This method of breakthrough may seem dangerous, but according to the inheritance, as long as the Successor strictly follows the method recorded in the inheritance to condense that special Life Thunder, then the success rate of the breakthrough is one hundred percent!

After reviewing the documents repeatedly to confirm that everything was in order and memorizing the methods for breaking through, Yang Yu exited the illusory Inheritance Palace.

Open your eyes.

I got up and went to the edge of the rooftop.

The sun was about to set.

The setting sun on the distant horizon is about to disappear below the horizon, and darkness is about to engulf the earth.

Yang Yu didn't look away until the sun had completely set.

"Continue your cultivation!"

In the "Thunder Inheritance General Outline," Yang Yu also discovered methods for cultivating Spiritual Force and Genetic Origin Energy Apprentice Stage.

However, Yang Yu's Genetic Origin Energy is still very weak, so he should prioritize training his Spiritual Force.

Yang Yu Heaven Opening the rooftop lights and sat cross-legged in the center of the empty rooftop to begin his cultivation.

"Buzz!"

The six throwing knives began to fly according to the methods recorded in the tradition.

After completely transforming into Thunder Spiritual Force, Yang Yu found that he could control the throwing knives much more easily, and the flying speed of the knives also increased significantly, becoming much faster than before.

After testing, it reached a speed of thirty times the Speed of Sound!

At this speed, even a direct confrontation would be enough to rout large groups of high-level Lord-level Monster.

But this is only the basics.

Yang Yu can currently control only six throwing knives simultaneously, which is far from the minimum requirement of 32 knives needed to break through to the Planetary Level.

Yes.

The "Thunder Inheritance General Outline" stipulates that the Successor must be able to control 32 throwing knives simultaneously before being allowed to break through to the Planetary Level.

As for Martial Artist, the requirement is that the amplitude of their punching power reaches 16 times, which is much lower than the breakthrough condition for Spiritual Force.

However, considering that his current Force Amplitude is only 4, Yang Yu could only sigh that the road ahead is long and arduous.

From these requirements, Yang Yu could tell that the mysterious expert who left behind this legacy had indeed studied it carefully, and the guidance he left behind was very reasonable.

Above the empty and desolate rooftop.

The throwing knives that danced around Yang Yu kept changing shape, and from a distance, they seemed to be trying to draw a bolt of lightning.

Upon closer inspection, the flight trajectory and speed of each throwing knife maintain a specific frequency.

In this constant transformation, the Lightning Diagram outlined by the throwing knife becomes increasingly realistic.

Once Yang Yu fully meets the requirements of the Lightning Diagram, his Psychic Amplitude will reach 8 times, thus meeting the training requirements for the second Thunder Diagram.

Even with Yang Yu's astonishing memory and comprehension, it took him a whole night to completely master the first 'Lightning Diagram' in the inherited content, despite the extremely subtle requirements.

It can control 8 throwing knives to form a real Purple Lightning.

In other words, Yang Yu increased the Psychic Amplitude from 6 times to 8 times in just one night!

This is the speed of cultivation after receiving Inheritance Guidance. If he were to rely on his own exploration, even with Yang Yu's genius, it would be impossible to increase the Psychic Amplitude to eight times in less than one or two months.

As for wanting to improve further, that's too difficult; it can only be achieved through time and perseverance.

This also demonstrates the importance of inheritance.

After mastering the first Lightning Diagram, Yang Yu continued to peruse the <Thunder Inheritance General Outline> from his memory.

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