And so, the two humans and the ox spent several hours together by the river. During that time, Yun Xiaomei successfully learned to imitate the thunderous resonance induced by the Kui Ox's breathing.
Along the way, she also grasped something of the essence of its one-legged standing stance.
Seeing this, Chen Jue offered guidance from the side. Using the now-docile Kui Ox beside them as an example, he combined demonstrations and explanations of the [Kui Ox Guiding Technique]'s breathing methods to correct some of the mistakes in Yun Xiaomei's imitation of the Kui Ox's form and intent.
By the time they left Cloud-Mist Swamp, Yun Xiaomei's intent of ten thousand beasts had gained a measure of lightning-like pulsation and vitality. Clearly, observing and learning today had brought her rapid progress.
Of course, the reason they went no deeper into the misty swamp was that Chen Jue knew there were powerful Kui Oxen farther in, with even larger bodies and more terrifying strength.
According to the information Yun Xiaomei obtained by communicating with this cyan Kui Ox, the hierarchy within the Kui Ox population was sharply defined.
From the initial Pale-Cyan Kui Ox to the subsequent Purplish-Red Kui Ox and finally the most powerful Black Kui Ox, each stage differed in skin color and size, but the main distinction lay in the power of the transcendent electricity they generated.
It was just like lightning in nature. White and blue lightning were the most common and also the weakest. Next came purplish-red lightning, often seen during summer thunderstorms, which was stronger than ordinary lightning. The last kind, black lightning, was extremely rare dark lightning, with astonishing destructive power and a tendency to turn into ball lightning after exploding.
Compared with the "little fellow" he had just subdued, Chen Jue himself was