Fourth Soul Skill: Innate Thunder Body, the Titan Giant Ape Consumes the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum

More than four hours later, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

The light of dawn broke through the clouds and fell upon the Titan Giant Ape's enormous body. Its dark fur gleamed faintly with 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 filled with confusion.

It could not understand why Sister Xiao Wu liked such a frail human, one 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, and the Thunder Spirit Soul Ring circling his body was finally absorbed into him.

His aura suddenly 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 even more 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."

His Soul Power had risen by six levels at once due to several factors.

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 devoured the thunder power of the Innate Thunder Spirit, and part of it was fed back to Meng Chen, raising his stored Soul Power to the maximum of three levels.

The other part was used to strengthen the martial soul itself.

Afterward, he refined the Soul Power within 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? He was nowhere near needing to do that!

Meng Chen summoned the Thunder Hell Vine. Two purple and two black Soul Rings floated and rotated rhythmically beneath his feet, the purple ones dazzling and magnificent, the black ones deep and profound.

As Meng Chen's fourth Soul Ring lit up, he transformed into a humanoid Thunder Spirit before the Titan Giant Ape's puzzled eyes!

His entire body was made of purple lightning, with electricity coiling around him. Only his eyes were golden, like the eyes of heavenly punishment surveying 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 deactivate once his Soul Power was exhausted.

"As expected of an Innate Thunder Spirit. This soul skill is utterly ridiculous!"

Meng Chen dispelled Innate Thunder Body and could not help but marvel. The ability to ignore physical attacks alone was enough to stand above the vast majority of Soul Masters in the world.

Especially opponents like the Clear Sky Hammer, which relied purely on brute-force attacks—he would not take even a bit of damage.

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

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon relied on a 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, easily bullied little girl!

After withdrawing his martial soul and Soul Rings into his body, Meng Chen looked at the Titan Giant Ape, which had stood guard over him for half the night. He walked up to it, tapped its leg with his fist, and said with a smile,

"Thanks, big black gorilla."

"Roar, roar!" The Titan Giant Ape also extended a finger and poked Meng Chen's shoulder.

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

Now that 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 took a Soul Tool medicine box from the Bone Dragon Ring. To preserve 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 gorgeous purple. Strangely, every petal looked fluffy and exceptionally cute.

The entire flower seemed perfectly whole, yet it gave off no fragrance whatsoever. Its central stamen rose 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 immortal herb. Once eaten, it nourishes the limbs, clears the eight meridians, and can forge an indestructible body."

"Well, you probably do not understand any of that. Just know that eating it will do you a lot of good. It can make you stronger and tougher. Consider it my thanks for helping me hunt down the Soul Ring."

The Titan Giant Ape listened, scratching its head in bewilderment before letting out several low roars at Meng Chen.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Such a tiny flower can make me stronger? You aren't fooling me, are you?

"You don't believe me? Just try it. It is not like I would harm you." Though Meng Chen could not understand what the Titan Giant Ape was roaring about, 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 stopped wavering and reached out to take the flower.

Seeing the Titan Giant Ape suddenly become so agreeable, Meng Chen seemed to realize something. He looked toward a mountain peak to the southeast, where a flash 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 to 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 already peeking over the horizon, he was in an excellent mood as he too left Heavy Cloud Ravine.

A dozen or so minutes later, in the Star Dou Core Area.

"Roar, roar, roar..."

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

Having just returned, the Titan Giant Ape kept roaring as it searched for Xiao Wu.

When it saw Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape hurried over and foolishly displayed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to her.

Xiao Wu reached out and stroked the Titan Giant Ape's head. A gentle smile appeared on her flawless, elfin, breathtakingly beautiful face as she said softly,

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

Upon hearing this, the Titan Giant Ape looked at the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in its palm. Without giving it much thought, it opened its mouth and swallowed the entire flower.

It smacked its lips twice, a puzzled expression appearing on its face.

Why doesn't it have any taste?

However, in the next instant, the Titan Giant Ape felt a powerful medicinal force surge from within its body.

It hurriedly began absorbing that medicinal force. Under its effects, the dark fur on its body stood up like steel needles, while a layer of faint golden light emerged.

More than half an hour passed. The Titan Giant Ape's limbs had visibly swollen considerably, while cracking sounds continuously rang from its bones. Low roars like thunder occasionally sounded from its throat, and its entire body trembled in a peculiar rhythm.

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

"Sister Xiao Wu, what is wrong with Er Ming?"

Xiao Wu explained, "A-Chen thanked Er Ming for helping him obtain a Soul Ring and gave him an immortal herb. Er Ming is currently absorbing the herb's medicinal power."