"Sizzle..."
Within the pitch-black Lightning Pool, thunder rumbled. Xiao Yan, Xiao Jin, and the Northern King each stood on one side, continuously absorbing the terrifying lightning within the Lightning Pool.
The Northern King's devouring was relatively direct and violent. Wherever his iron tower-like body passed, more than a dozen jet-black lightning bolts were absorbed into his body. Instantly, violent muffled thunder sounds emanated from the Northern King's body, like deep beast roars.
As the lightning devoured him, all the injuries on the Northern King's body were completely healed. His dark, solid skin gave him an eerie feeling of indestructibility. In his indifferent eyes, dark lightning would occasionally flash. Dark lightning would also constantly flicker on the surface of the Northern King's body, becoming part of his hard and domineering strength.
Compared to the Northern King, Xiao Jin appears more domineering, or rather, savage.
Before Xiao Jin, those originally terrifying lightning bolts were like big cats seeing tigers. No matter how powerful they were usually, they couldn't even unleash one-tenth of their usual strength in front of Xiao Jin.
At that moment, Xiao Jin transformed once again into a golden dragon over ten zhang long. With a fierce grab of its massive golden claws in the void, it seized a handful of black lightning.
Xiao Jin was completely unceremonious, treating the lightning bolts as if they were food. It opened its mouth wide and swallowed them whole. After finishing, it even let out a symbolic burp, but in just a moment, it started eating again.
Compared to the Northern King, this Void Lightning Pool was a true paradise for Xiao Jin. As it continued to devour, Xiao Jin's strength was also growing rapidly. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan had begun his breakthrough to the Four-Star Half-Emperor level.
Back in the last Ginseng Spirit Clan, Xiao Yan's strength had already reached the peak of the Peak Three-Star Half-Emperor. After the numerous battles over the past month and a half, it was only a matter of time before Xiao Yan's cultivation level broke through to the four-star level.
As Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in the void, calmed his mind, and began to circulate his internal energy, a huge energy vortex appeared in the void where he was located.
The appearance of the energy vortex immediately attracted the dark lightning bolts. A terrifying suction force erupted wildly, like an inverted tornado, tearing at the surrounding void. The dark lightning bolts, like small fish caught in the vortex, rapidly converged towards Xiao Yan.
Faced with so much lightning, Xiao Yan Xiao Yan dared not be careless. With a thought, the Heavenly Flames in his body spread out, enveloping his internal organs, meridians, and bones.
These lightning bolts have a great tempering effect on the physical body, and Xiao Yan would not give up such an opportunity for nothing. Therefore, he did not throw the Heavenly Flames out of his body. However, in doing so, the pain Xiao Yan suffered when absorbing the power of the lightning would be even more unbearable.
Xiao Yan's attitude towards this didn't change much. He understood that to obtain sufficiently powerful strength, one had to pay a high price after using it. Although the process of absorbing the power of lightning might be very painful, it was much better than being hunted down. At least, he could guarantee that he wouldn't die.
"Hoo... Come on, come on! Four-Star Half-Emperor, here I come!"
With a low shout in his heart, the vortex above Xiao Yan's head trembled violently, and the terrifying suction force became even more ferocious, like an ancient behemoth, constantly tearing the dark lightning closer and then swallowing it up by the vortex.
Lightning gathered and then slammed down on Xiao Yan's body. The dark and terrifying power of lightning erupted instantly, like a bomb, the violent energy bombarding Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan body, and pain instantly spread throughout his entire body.
The pain in his body was almost unbearable for Xiao Yan, but he persevered like an ordinary person.
His jaw clenched, his face contorted, and all the muscles in his body tensed instantly. As the lightning was absorbed into Xiao Yan's body, the areas on Xiao Yan's body that had been touched by the lightning turned crimson, as if they had been burned. Even the blood vessels under his skin appeared extremely twisted and terrifying.
Although the process was extremely painful, the results were obviously remarkable. After being tempered by lightning, Xiao Yan's physical body was clearly much stronger.
At the same time, bolts of pitch-black lightning, upon contact with Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan, erupted and were forcibly absorbed into his body.
Faced with the sudden surge of terrifying lightning, Xiao Yan remained extremely calm. The moment the lightning appeared, the Heavenly Flames that had been waiting rushed forward like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, completely enveloping the lightning.
As his physical body was continuously tempered and the Heavenly Flames within his body refined the power of thunder, Xiao Yan's aura gradually increased.
As Xiao Yan went into seclusion to cultivate deep within the Void Lightning Pool, the great battle on the outskirts of the Lightning Pool had long since ceased.
Amidst the bright silver Lightning Pool, Gu Li and Chi Lin sat Lightning Pool -legged, not in a hurry to cultivate. Both of them wore deep sorrow on their Elder Zhang faces, their hearts filled with anxiety.
At this moment, more than two months have passed since the battle when Mu Han chased Xiao Yan. Gu Li and Chi Lin still clearly remember that when Mu Han returned from chasing Xiao Yan, the expression on his Elder Zhang face was extremely gloomy. Judging from his appearance, he obviously failed to catch Xiao Yan.
Originally, Gu Li and Li were quite relieved for Xiao Yan, after all, being able to escape from the pursuit of a Nine-Star Half-Emperor was a feat that, even if it was a defeat, was still honorable.
Of course, what concerned them most was that Xiao Yan was not dead.
However, as time went by, the relaxed expressions on Gu Li's and his companion's faces gradually disappeared.
For two months, they searched everywhere in the Lightning Pool for Xiao Yan's whereabouts, but they found nothing, not even his aura.
This gave them the feeling that Xiao Yan had already left the Void Lightning Pool, but how could they not know that the Void Lightning Pool was not a place they could come and go as they pleased?
The opening of the Void Lightning Pool requires a hundred years. Once these Half-Emperor- emperors enter, the Lightning Pool will automatically close. The next opening will be six months later. Before then, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to leave this place in advance, unless they can ignore the protection of the surrounding thunder pillars.
They didn't believe Xiao Yan could withstand those lightning pillars. After all, Mu Han alone had already taken his best effort, while those lightning pillars could easily kill Mu Han instantly.
Since that reason is no longer valid, the only explanation for why Xiao Yan cannot be found is:
die