Unexpected Benefits, Courteous Companionship

Once one reached the Dou Wang realm.

One could draw on small amounts of ambient energy of the same attribute to aid in battle.

After breaking through to Dou Emperor, one could command vast amounts of ambient energy of the same attribute, even influencing the weather! (Influencing it, not summoning it.)

A single strike from such a powerhouse could collapse mountains and cleave peaks!

And Medusa was a Peak Dou Emperor powerhouse, no less.

Although Heavenly Thunder differed from her own attribute, merely changing the course of its strikes was well within her abilities.

With Medusa assisting him from the side.

The efficiency with which he harnessed Heavenly Thunder soared!

Often, Zhou Changqing had only just finished refining one bolt of Heavenly Thunder before the next entered his body!

There was never a break!

This left Zhou Changqing no time to rest, forcing him to keep his cultivation method running at its limit!

Under such intense body tempering, his physical strength increased at a speed that could only be described as flying!

Likewise.

Such an extreme burden also made the agonizing pain relentless as ocean waves, crashing mercilessly against Zhou Changqing!

The thunderstorm lasted nearly eight full hours!

When he finished refining the final bolt of Heavenly Thunder.

Zhou Changqing could no longer hold on.

He toppled stiffly onto the stone surface and passed out!

Whoosh!

A flash of red light!

Medusa appeared on the Mountain Peak platform beside Zhou Changqing.

Seeing him unconscious, she hurriedly bent down to check his condition.

She could not conceal the flicker of panic, worry, and regret in her eyes.

Fortunately, after examining him, Medusa finally relaxed.

The little fellow had merely fainted from pain because the excessive impacts of Heavenly Thunder had overwhelmed his mind; his body had suffered no other injuries.

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