The Restrictions of the Clan Grounds and the Puppets

A year had passed since entering the clan grounds, yet Lei Qi had made no moves. He had remained in the "birthplace."

Over the past year, he had indeed encountered the puppets that existed here.

However, nearly all of them were merely Fighters.

But although they were Fighters, their lack of fear toward pain made them excellent sparring machines.

At the very least, his experience with Dou Techniques and combat had been shooting up rapidly!

After a year in the clan grounds, his cultivation had reached the level of a nine-star Dou Master.

The energy he could obtain through cultivation here was no longer particularly abundant. Moreover, the longer Lei Qi stayed, the more he realized that the primary purpose of cultivating here seemed to be gaining actual combat experience.

Because every battle gave Lei Qi a considerable amount of experience. This was something he could not feel merely by sparring with Lei Dong.

Rather than heading for the second level, he continued wandering around the first.

"Crackle, crackle."

"Crackle, crackle."

Long streaks of electric current filled the surroundings, occasionally falling from the sky to the ground.

Even those with lightning attributes had no choice but to avoid such things.

But for someone like Lei Qi, who had been struck by lightning countless times, the lightning power on the first level did not pose much of a threat.

"Woo, woo!!"

"Woo, woo!!"

Just as he was searching everywhere for sparring puppets, he happened to spot two Dou Master-level puppets, along with more than thirty Fighter puppets.

Good heavens, this was not a group hunt. They were practically looking to start a brawl.

Although the sheer number made his scalp tingle, Lei Qi chose to face them head-on.

The puppets had noticed him as well and began surrounding him.

Lei Qi did not choose to defend. Or rather, the Thunder Clan had always known only how to attack!

In just a few steps, he closed in on the two puppets at the front. Throwing a punch, he directly smashed the head of one Fighter puppet.

Once its head shattered, the puppet was instantly finished.

After smashing one apart with a punch, lightning covered Lei Qi's leg. With a spinning kick, he immediately took down the second puppet.

Bang! Bang!!

But at the same time, he was immediately attacked.

The puppets' strikes were especially heavy.

Fortunately, after a year of being tempered by lightning, his physique had grown much stronger. Although he took a punch, it did not affect him too badly.

Rumble!

Turning around, he condensed lightning power and swiftly thrust out his palms.

With two Thunder Seal Palms, two more puppets shattered.

In just a short instant, he had already taken down four puppets. But the two Dou Master-level puppets had also closed in before him.

Lightning Whip!

When facing Dou Master-level puppets, relying solely on physical strength to fight head-on was not very effective.

At times like this, he needed to use a Dou Technique.

After all, he was only a Dou Master himself.

Whoosh!

A long Lightning Whip condensed from electric currents lashed out, striking one of the Dou Master puppets on the head with a sharp crack!

But unlike the previous Fighter puppets, it did not shatter.

Bang!

The other Dou Master puppet gathered lightning power in its fist and sent him flying with a single punch.

When Lei Qi was blasted away and crashed to the ground, sparks trailed from him as he rolled!

His entire body was sore and numb. The strike of a Dou Master puppet truly was different!

Lei Qi got back to his feet, and the Fighter puppets mixed with the Dou Master puppet surrounded him once more.

Lei Qi attacked again, but just as before, after taking down two Fighter puppets, he was forced back several steps by one of the Dou Master puppets.

This time, he had been prepared. Yet that punch still hurt just as much.

If this continued, he would clearly be finished.

Though he did not care much about what he could gain here, if he were sent out just like this, how could he speak of status?

Running was impossible. If he ran, these puppets would pursue him relentlessly. Escaping them would not be easy, nor would it be wise.

In this situation, it seemed he could only fight them head-on.

His gaze locked once more onto the puppet he had attacked earlier. The next moment, Lei Qi charged straight at it.

This time, Lei Qi chose to ignore the attacks from the Fighter puppets.

Thunderous Dance!

After enduring their attacks and reaching a spot not far from the Dou Master puppet, a purple glow surged from Lei Qi's finger, shooting out as a purple beam!

Boom!!!

The purple beam pierced straight through one of the Dou Master puppets' skulls.

The next moment, a muffled thunderous boom erupted, and it shattered apart!

But after killing one Dou Master puppet, half of his Dou Qi had been consumed!

Thunderous Dance was a mid-tier Earth-rank Dou Technique with considerable power. Although Lei Qi could not unleash even a tenth of its full might, even one-tenth of its destructive power was beyond doubt. Of course, it also consumed an enormous amount of Dou Qi.

Just after the Dou Master puppet exploded, Lei Qi suddenly saw a spear appear where its shattered remains lay!

He suddenly recalled what Clan Chief Lei Ying had said: there were all kinds of cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and more here!

Who would have thought that these things were not meant to be excavated, but searched for within the bodies of these puppets!

As for why the other members of the Thunder Clan did not come here to obtain them, it was because anyone above the Dou Emperor realm would be rejected by this place. Even if they brought someone in from outside, someone as powerful as a Dou Saint could not remain for long.

In short, this was a genuine inheritance ground for gifted youths.

Lei Qi rushed over and grabbed the spear. Then he turned and swung it behind him!

Whoosh!

Dou Qi covered the spear, lightning coiling around it. The shaft smashed into the foremost puppet, shattering its skull, and without pausing, a series of bang bang bang sounds rang out one after another!

Five or six Fighter puppets were almost instantly finished!

Lei Qi was somewhat stunned. Although he had infused the spear with some of his own Dou Qi, judging from the power it unleashed, this was definitely no ordinary weapon!

"Good stuff!"

Lei Qi was instantly invigorated. As the saying went, an inch longer, an inch stronger!

After several successive swings, even without any particular technique, he easily wiped out all the Fighter puppets here.

After dealing with the Fighter puppets in just a few moves, only the remaining Dou Master puppet was left.

It had made him suffer quite a bit earlier, so naturally Lei Qi would not let it go.

Bang!

But the Dou Master puppet was decisive as well. Once it was within range, it threw a punch!

Fortunately, Lei Qi's reactions were quick. By the time the punch came down, he had already held his spear horizontally before him.

After blocking the force of the punch, Lei Qi looked at the spear in his hand. Though it had bent slightly just now, it quickly straightened again!

"Good spear!"

After praising it, Lei Qi thrust the spear directly into the puppet's skull!

Boom!