Fourth Soul Skill [Innate Thunder Body], Titan Giant Ape Consumes Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum

More than four hours later, dawn was breaking.

The light of dawn split the clouds and fell upon the Titan Giant Ape's massive body. Its jet-black fur glimmered with a faint golden light, making it appear even more solemn and sacred.

The Titan Giant Ape sat beside Meng Chen, lowering its head to observe him. Its large amber eyes were filled with confusion.

It could not understand why Sister Xiao Wu liked this frail human it could crush to death with a single sit.

Unable to figure it out, the Titan Giant Ape habitually scratched its head. It wanted to roar a few times, but feared waking Meng Chen and had no choice but to keep quiet.

A moment later, Meng Chen's eyelids twitched. The Thunder Spirit soul ring surrounding him was finally absorbed into his body.

His aura abruptly changed, becoming more than twice as powerful as before.

Meng Chen slowly opened his eyes. Strands of golden lightning flashed through their depths, and his gaze regained its clarity.

After exhaling a long breath of stale air, he sensed the increasingly abundant Soul Power within him. A faint smile appeared on his face as he murmured softly.

"Level forty-six. Not bad, one level higher than I expected."

There were several factors behind his Soul Power rising six levels at once.

The Soul Power from the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone had all been used to strengthen Meng Chen's body.

When a Soul Master reached a bottleneck, they could store at most three levels of Soul Power without absorbing a soul ring.

The Thunder Hell Vine had devoured the lightning power of the Innate Thunder Spirit, and part of it had been fed back to Meng Chen, increasing his stored Soul Power to the maximum of three levels.

The other part had been used to strengthen his martial soul itself.

Afterward, he refined the Soul Power from the Innate Thunder Spirit soul ring, gaining another three levels.

Meng Chen could only say that this felt absolutely incredible!

Once he consumed another immortal herb, reaching level fifty would be easy.

Suppressing his level? This was barely anything. There was simply no need!

Meng Chen summoned the Thunder Hell Vine. Two purple and two black soul rings—four in total—floated and revolved rhythmically beneath his feet, the purple ones magnificent and the black ones profound.

As Meng Chen's fourth soul ring lit up, he transformed into a humanoid Thunder Spirit before the Titan Giant Ape's puzzled gaze!

His entire body was formed from purple lightning, electricity curling around him. Only his eyes were golden, like the eyes of heavenly punishment gazing down upon the mortal world!

This was Meng Chen's fourth soul skill, [Innate Thunder Body]!

After activating Innate Thunder Body, Meng Chen became lightning itself, ignoring physical attacks and becoming immune to lightning-attribute attacks.

His lightning power increased by 200%, the power of all lightning-attribute soul skills increased by 200%, and his Soul Power increased by 100%. There was no time limit; it would only end once his Soul Power was exhausted.

"As expected of an Innate Thunder Spirit. This soul skill is truly heaven-defying!"

Meng Chen dispelled Innate Thunder Body and could not help sighing in admiration. The ability to ignore physical attacks alone was enough to look down upon the vast majority of Soul Masters in the world.

Especially those like the Clear Sky Hammer, which relied entirely on brute force for damage—they would not be able to hurt him at all.

And immunity to lightning-attribute attacks completely shut down the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon relied on its powerful body and lightning power? Sorry, Innate Thunder Body ignored exactly those two things.

Before Innate Thunder Body, the so-called number one beast martial soul in the world was just a soft, adorable little girl who could be bullied!

Retracting his martial soul and soul rings into his body, Meng Chen looked at the Titan Giant Ape, which had guarded him for most of the night. He walked over, tapped the Titan Giant Ape's leg with his fist, and smiled.

"Thanks, big black gorilla."

"Roar, roar!" The Titan Giant Ape also extended a finger and tapped Meng Chen on the shoulder.

No need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank Sister Xiao Wu.

Since Meng Chen had successfully obtained his fourth soul ring, the Titan Giant Ape did not linger. It turned to leave.

"Hey, big black gorilla, wait a moment!"

Seeing the Titan Giant Ape about to leave, Meng Chen thought of something and called out to stop it.

The Titan Giant Ape turned back and looked at Meng Chen in confusion.

Meng Chen then took out a Soul Tool medicine box from the Bone Dragon Ring. To ensure the vitality of immortal herbs, Meng Chen had specifically asked Ye Xishui to make it.

Some immortal herbs that were difficult to preserve, such as the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, were stored in it.

Meng Chen opened the Soul Tool medicine box, revealing an enormous chrysanthemum.

The chrysanthemum was a magnificent purple. Strangely, every petal looked fluffy and exceptionally adorable.

The entire flower seemed perfectly whole, yet not the slightest fragrance escaped from it. Its central stamen stood more than half a foot above the petals, and the tip of the stamen shimmered with a faint golden radiance.

Meng Chen handed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to the Titan Giant Ape and explained its effects.

"Big black gorilla, this is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, a neutral-grade immortal herb. Once eaten, it nourishes the limbs, unblocks the eight meridians, and can forge an indestructible body."

"Well, you probably don't understand any of that. In any case, eating it will bring you tremendous benefits. It can make you stronger and tougher. Consider it my thanks for helping me hunt that soul ring."

As the Titan Giant Ape listened, it scratched its head in confusion and let out several low roars at Meng Chen.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Such a tiny flower can make me stronger? You're not fooling me, are you?

"You don't believe me? Just try it. It's not like I'd harm you." Although Meng Chen could not understand what the Titan Giant Ape was roaring, he could sense its distrust.

The Titan Giant Ape looked at the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. After hesitating for a while, its eyes suddenly lit up. It no longer hesitated and reached out to take the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Seeing the Titan Giant Ape suddenly become so agreeable, Meng Chen seemed to realize something. He looked toward a mountain peak in the southeast, where a streak of white vanished in an instant.

Xiao Wu...

Meng Chen thought to himself but did not dwell on it.

"Then goodbye, big black gorilla."

He waved at the Titan Giant Ape. The Titan Giant Ape nodded, cradled the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and returned to the Star Dou Core Area.

Meng Chen stretched lazily. Looking at the sun that had already emerged on the horizon, he was in an excellent mood as he also left Heavy Cloud Ravine.

More than ten minutes later, in the Star Dou Core Area.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Sister Xiao Wu, Sister Xiao Wu, Sister Xiao Wu...

As soon as it returned, the Titan Giant Ape kept roaring as it searched for Xiao Wu.

When it spotted Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape hurried over and, with a foolish grin, showed her the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Xiao Wu reached out and patted the Titan Giant Ape's head. Her flawless, exquisitely beautiful face, like that of an elf, revealed a gentle smile as she said softly.

"Er Ming, since Ah Chen gave it to you, you should eat it yourself. I already have a flower Ah Chen gave me."

Hearing this, the Titan Giant Ape looked at the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in its palm and did not think much of it. Opening its mouth, it swallowed the entire flower in one gulp.

It smacked its lips twice, looking puzzled.

Why doesn't it have any taste?

But the next moment, the Titan Giant Ape felt a powerful medicinal force surge within its body.

It hurriedly began absorbing the medicinal force. Driven by the medicine's effects, the jet-black fur on its body stood up like steel needles, while a layer of faint golden radiance emerged.

More than half an hour passed. The Titan Giant Ape's limbs had visibly swollen, and the sound of its bones crackling continuously echoed from its body. From time to time, low roars like thunder rumbled from its throat. Its entire body trembled in a peculiar rhythm.

This scene also drew the Sky Azure Bull Python's attention, and it asked Xiao Wu.

"Sister Xiao Wu, what's wrong with Er Ming?"

Xiao Wu explained, "Ah Chen thanked Er Ming for helping him obtain a soul ring and gave it an immortal herb. Er Ming is absorbing the herb's medicinal power now."