Titan Giant Ape's War God Leap, Meng Chen Devours the Innate Thunder Spirit

Compared to ordinary soul beasts, the Innate Thunder Spirit possessed a uniquely blessed ability: controlling all lightning in the world.

It fed on thunder-element energy. Once it broke through to the hundred-thousand-year level, it could ignore lightning tribulations and even control them!

However, the conditions for its birth were exceptionally harsh. Legend had it that it was formed from pure natural energy left behind between heaven and earth after a lightning tribulation. Only one might be born after a hundred lightning tribulations.

Meng Chen could barely contain his excitement as he stared fixedly at the ghostlike streak of purple lightning flickering through the canyon.

It was fast—so fast that Meng Chen could only barely catch a glimpse of it, unable even to make out its exact shape.

After several failed attempts, Meng Chen turned to the Titan Giant Ape. Pointing at the purple lightning within Heavy Cloud Ravine, he had no choice but to ask for its help.

"Hey, big gorilla, can you help me catch that purple lightning?"

The Titan Giant Ape looked toward Heavy Cloud Ravine. Seeing that a thunder spirit had appeared in the canyon at some point, it scratched its huge head in confusion.

"Roar! Roar! Roar..." The Titan Giant Ape let out several low roars, then patted its burly, granite-like chest and nodded confidently.

Wasn't it just a thunder spirit? Easy!

Seeing how confident the Titan Giant Ape was, Meng Chen stepped aside and watched it work.

The next moment, the Titan Giant Ape launched itself like a war god. Its enormous body turned into a black meteor and crashed into Heavy Cloud Ravine!

With a boom, the earth shook violently as if an earth dragon had turned over, and even the mountains swayed several times!

Meng Chen, who had yet to fully recover, lost his footing and fell to the ground as well.

"Can't this big gorilla make a little less noise? Isn't it afraid of scaring off that Innate Thunder Spirit?"

Meng Chen climbed to his feet, dusting himself off as he complained, then looked into the canyon again.

Within Heavy Cloud Ravine, the Titan Giant Ape stood proudly among the soul beasts. Its immense pressure enveloped the area as its Gravity Control Domain instantly spread out.

Under the crushing force of gravity, every soul beast was pinned to the ground, unable to move. They could only let out faint, mournful whimpers.

Even the Innate Thunder Spirit, which was formed from pure thunder-element natural energy and possessed lightning-like speed, slowed under the tenfold gravity of the Gravity Control Domain, revealing its true form.

The Innate Thunder Spirit was purple and shaped like a sphere. Its color deepened inward, gradually turning black, while a faint glimmer of gold flickered at its deepest core. Purple-black lightning coiled around its body.

Facing the suppression of tenfold gravity, it struggled desperately. Purple lightning raged across its surface, writhing through the air like electric serpents, but its body seemed trapped in a swamp, making movement difficult.

The Titan Giant Ape slowly walked up to the Innate Thunder Spirit. Its Gravity Control Domain began to shrink as well, completely suppressing the Innate Thunder Spirit and forcibly imprisoning it.

The other soul beasts, no longer suppressed by gravity, swayed as they rose to their feet. As they looked at the Titan Giant Ape, humanlike awe appeared in their eyes.

The Titan Giant Ape ignored them. Grabbing the Innate Thunder Spirit, it performed another war god leap.

With the aid of the Gravity Control Domain, the Titan Giant Ape floated up as lightly as a feather and landed gently beside Meng Chen.

Watching this, Meng Chen was somewhat speechless.

"Big gorilla, if you can use the Gravity Control Domain to make yourself lighter, why did you make such a huge commotion just now?"

"Roar roar roar roar!" The Titan Giant Ape growled.

How could that be the same? I'm the king of the forest. My entrance needs to be intimidating! It needs to be imposing! It needs to be fierce!

Of course, Meng Chen had no idea what the Titan Giant Ape was roaring about.

He looked at the Innate Thunder Spirit trapped in the Titan Giant Ape's hand, his face filled with surprise as he silently marveled.

As far as Meng Chen knew, special beings like Innate Thunder Spirits should only exist in deadly forbidden lands filled with thunder-element energy. Why had one appeared here?

Could it have been drawn here by the large number of thunder-element soul beasts gathered in this place?

But how was he supposed to kill it?

Meng Chen looked at the Innate Thunder Spirit, feeling somewhat troubled.

This special lifeform, condensed from natural energy, was already immune to physical attacks and extremely difficult to kill. He had to shatter its origin core.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Meng Chen.

"This Innate Thunder Spirit is made of pure thunder-element energy. My Thunder Hell Vine feeds on devouring lightning, so doesn't that mean I can..."

The corners of Meng Chen's lips curled up slightly, revealing an excited smile.

Seeing Meng Chen suddenly laugh for no reason, the Titan Giant Ape raised a hand to scratch its head, utterly confused.

What's wrong with this human? Could he have been scared stupid by my magnificent physique?

Oh no. If he really goes stupid, Sister Xiao Wu won't let me off!

An anxious expression appeared on the Titan Giant Ape's face as it hurriedly stretched out a finger, intending to poke Meng Chen.

Seeing the huge black pillar suddenly reaching toward him, Meng Chen hurriedly raised his hand to block it.

"What are you doing, big gorilla?!"

Seeing that Meng Chen had not gone stupid, the Titan Giant Ape sighed in relief and let out two low roars at him.

"Roar roar!"

I thought you'd gone stupid. It's good that you haven't—I won't have to get beaten up by Sister Xiao Wu!

Meng Chen could not be bothered with the Titan Giant Ape. He raised his hand and summoned a large number of Thunder Hell Vines, sending them winding toward the Innate Thunder Spirit.

When the Innate Thunder Spirit saw the Thunder Hell Vines, it seemed to foresee what was about to happen. Its body trembled violently, and it was overcome with terror.

It struggled even harder, frantically releasing lightning. Purple thunder surged like a tide, continuously battering the Titan Giant Ape's domain.

The Thunder Hell Vines ignored the surging sea of lightning. Like divine chains of order, they bound the Innate Thunder Spirit tightly. No matter how much lightning it released, the Thunder Hell Vines devoured it all!

At the same time, Meng Chen felt the Soul Power within his body slowly increasing.

Time passed bit by bit. Under the devouring of the Thunder Hell Vines, the Innate Thunder Spirit visibly shrank, until its origin core was finally exposed.

"It's finally out. Break for me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Meng Chen controlled the Thunder Hell Vines, twisting them together into the Thunder Hell Spear, and blasted the golden core with a single strike!

Crack!

The thunder spirit's core shattered on the spot.

As the core broke apart, the thunder-element energy sustaining the Innate Thunder Spirit's body scattered. The Thunder Hell Vines swept through it and devoured everything cleanly, without wasting even the slightest bit.

After a while, the Innate Thunder Spirit's soul ring gradually emerged.

Like other soul rings, it was black, but golden thunder patterns were inscribed around its surface. It radiated dense fluctuations of Soul Power and was roughly thirty thousand years old.

Although it had not reached the forty thousand years Meng Chen had expected, the Innate Thunder Spirit was more suitable for the Thunder Hell Vine than any soul beast. Meng Chen did not dwell on it too much.

After devouring the Innate Thunder Spirit, the Thunder Hell Vine's vine body had grown at least twice as large. Its color was deeper, its golden patterns denser, and lightning coiled around it. It resembled a purple Thunder Jiao, savage and ferocious!

Meng Chen drew the Innate Thunder Spirit's soul ring before him, sat down cross-legged, and began absorbing the thunder spirit soul ring.

The Titan Giant Ape remained by Meng Chen's side, standing guard for him.

The moment he came into contact with the thunder spirit soul ring, the violent Soul Power contained within it flooded into Meng Chen's body, carrying the Innate Thunder Spirit's resentment as it rampaged through his meridians.

Before fusing with the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone, Meng Chen might truly have been unable to withstand it. But things were different now.

Meng Chen easily endured the impact of the Soul Power and slowly refined it.

Even the Innate Thunder Spirit's spiritual shock was nothing before Meng Chen, who had cultivated the Silver Moon Meditation for years. It could not shake his spiritual power at all...