More than ten minutes later, the thunderclouds in the sky rolled and struck the lightning rod precisely. The violent lightning poured down the iron rod and poured into the purple-gold lightning cocoon!
Sizzle sizzle--!!
The surface of the pupa burst with lightning, and the entire pupa trembled violently, flashing with light.
The next moment.
Click!
Fine cracks covered the pupa's body, and the pupa shell shattered with a crack, turning into countless sparks of lightning that dissipated into nothingness.
Lin Tian, his body crackling with tiny arcs of lightning, slowly landed and slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes still held a hint of confusion.
"I... it's over!?"
Upon seeing Lin Tian emerge, Lu Yu immediately stepped forward and asked, "What did you feel just now? What happened inside?"
Lin Tian rubbed his head, looking completely confused:
"I don't know... As soon as I activated the skill, everything went black and I fell asleep. I had no awareness of what was happening outside."
As he spoke, Lin Tian stretched his limbs, and then a look of shock appeared on his face!
"No! My physical body! It's gotten stronger!"
"My body has been tempered by lightning; it feels light and airy, and my resilience and strength are much greater than before!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yu nodded thoughtfully.
After Lin Tian pupated, he retained the characteristics of the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly pupae, which only metamorphose into butterflies after being struck by lightning. However, it seems that a slight mutation has occurred...
Seeing that Lin Tian was safe and sound, and even gained a free boost to his physical body, Lu Yu felt much relieved!
"It's good that you're alright! Since it's safe, let's try again!"
Lin Tian: "???"
Before he could refuse, Lu Yu had already started urging him on.
"Hurry! Try again. I've figured out a bit of the trick, but there are still some things I'm not entirely sure about. Let me try again!"
Unable to resist Lu Yu's urging, Lin Tian had no choice but to activate his Soul Bone Skill once again.
Buzz--
The Purple-Patterned Wings closed up again, enveloping Lin Tian. The lightning pupa quickly took shape, and Lin Tian fell silent once more.
This time.
Lu Yu is about to go big.
He wanted to thoroughly test whether there were any other methods besides heavenly lightning that could break the pupa and harm it.
First, Lu Yu retrieved the Great Sage into his body, and his Soul Power reached its peak at level 24. The Ruyi Staff now weighed a full 4,200 jin.
Lu Yu raised his left hand and aimed it at the sky above the Thunder Chrysalis. With a thought, the Ruyi Staff instantly appeared above the Thunder Chrysalis. As the Ruyi Staff fell, it rapidly grew larger, its base completely enveloping the Thunder Chrysalis.
Thud--
The Ruyi Staff slammed down on the thunder cocoon that Lin Tian had transformed into, causing the entire ground to tremble and dust to rise everywhere.
Lu Yu fanned the dust from his nose, put away the Ruyi Staff, and when the dust settled, the scene that appeared, though expected, still surprised Lu Yu slightly.
The lightning pupa that Lin Tian had transformed into was half-buried in the ground, but there wasn't a single crack on it, and the lightning on it hadn't dimmed at all.
Lu Yu scratched his head, refusing to believe it!
He chopped down a large tree and buried the entire Thunder Chrysalis deep within the pile of broken wood.
"Since physical attacks are useless, let's try magical damage!"
Lu Yu took out several bottles of wine and threw them directly into the pile of trees. The bottles shattered, and the wine stained the surface of the trees. He then took out a tinderbox and threw it in.
A raging fire shot into the sky, engulfing the entire pile of wood, Lie Yan intense heat scorched the rock layers, turning the ground scorching red.
The fire continued to burn for a long time until not a single intact piece of wood could be seen. The flames faded, leaving only charred ground and scattered sparks.
And in the center of the ashes—
The surface of the blue-purple thunder pupa remained as smooth and radiant as ever, without a trace of burning.
Lu Yu walked closer and placed his palm on the surface of the thunder cocoon. He felt Sisi tingling sensation in his palm, but it wasn't hot at all!
Lu Yu was completely stunned!
Physical attacks are ineffective!
Burning with fire is ineffective!
Immune to both regular and elemental damage! Although I've only tested it with fire and not other elements, it's highly unlikely to have any effect.
Lu Yu stared at the thunder cocoon in front of him, a terrifying guess rising in his heart.
"This... is probably not just ordinary defense or physical tempering."
"This is a rule-based Soul Skill!"
" The Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly is born from lightning and transforms into its cocoon through lightning."
"This pupa only recognizes heavenly thunder!"
"Except for lightning, all physical, elemental, and Soul Power attacks in the world are completely ineffective, immune to, and impossible to break through!"
in other words--
As long as Lin Tian transforms into a lightning pupa, his non-lightning attacks are practically invincible!
Lu Yu gasped.
The External Soul Bone brought by the Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly, which is 3,800 years old, is actually this terrifying!
Moreover, there was something Lu Yu dared not think about: this pupa could only be opened by naturally generated lightning.
The Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly is a thunder-attribute Soul Beast. Why doesn't it use its own thunder to help the pupa break out of its cocoon, but instead waits for heavenly lightning to strike it before it can emerge as a butterfly?
On the way back, Lu Yu told Lin Tian about her experimental results, and Lin Tian was so shocked that he was speechless.
According to Lu Yu's deduction, as long as Lin Tian activates his Soul Bone Skill to transform into a lightning cocoon, he will almost be invincible. The only weakness is the power of lightning.
Whether the artificial lightning released by the Soul Master can open this cocoon shell is currently unverifiable.
Even though Soul Master's lightning-type attack can break through the Douluo Continent pupa, Lin Tian can be directly immune to more than 90% of attacks in the world thanks to the lightning pupa.
If Lin Tian can't even overcome the remaining ten percent of lightning-type attacks, then he might as well stop cultivating altogether.
Lin Tian's Adam's apple bobbed, and it took him a long time to finally speak.
"So, if I encounter an opponent I can't defeat, I can simply transform into a cocoon and shrink back, so no matter how fiercely they bombard me, they can't hurt me. I just need to quietly wait for the heavenly lightning to strike and unseal me?"
Lu Yu nodded, but her expression was not relaxed.
"That's true in theory, but the drawbacks are equally fatal. Once you transform into a lightning pupa, you will fall into a deep sleep, completely unaware of the outside world and losing all ability to move."
You can only passively wait for the heavenly lightning to strike. If this area remains free of lightning for Jiujiu, you will be trapped inside the cocoon, your life or death entirely in the hands of fate.
Upon hearing this, Lin Tian's initial elation instantly cooled considerably.
What seems like an almost insurmountable trump card for survival comes at the cost of surrendering one's fate entirely to heaven and earth.
Throughout the journey, Lu Yu was struggling with whether or not she should also try to obtain a Purple-Patterned Thunder Spirit Butterfly Soul Ring. There were three issues causing her to struggle with.
First, there's no guarantee you'll obtain External Soul Bone;
Second, the Soul Bone Skill is uncertain;
Second, the attributes of the Soul Ring are incompatible with the Martial Soul.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Lu Yu and Lin Tian also discovered another drawback of the Purple-Patterned Wings after they pupated: the pupation was not something that could be removed by being struck by lightning; there was an energy bar involved, which was related to the strength of Lin Tian's physical body.
The stronger Lin Tian's physical body is, the more lightning power he needs. The lightning pupa will only open if the absorbed lightning power exceeds Lin Tian's tolerance limit; otherwise, it will keep striking.
The last time Lin Tian emerged from his pupa was five days ago, after being struck by lightning 17 times.
If one continues to absorb lightning to temper their body, the amount of lightning required will only increase in the future.
Considering that they would need more time to emerge from the cocoon after encountering danger in the future, Lu Yu and Lin Tian abandoned the idea of continuing to use the Purple-Patterned Wings to temper their bodies.