Bachelor [EN]: Chapter 843

844. Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning

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Whoom whoom whoom!

The instant the three types of lightning struck the black lightning net, all 81 copper pillars resonated, and the thin black lightning instantly thickened several times over.

Simultaneously, a dazzling light flashed, and the black lightning net firmly blocked the white, blue, and gold lightning attacks. The Thunder Beast, seeing this, became even more enraged and shrieked, but it seemed to possess some intelligence and didn’t move recklessly.

“Please be at ease. This Binding Lightning Scorching Light Grand Formation was meticulously set up by me, and it’s specifically designed to block the Thunder Beast’s lightning attacks. No matter how powerful the Thunder Beast is, it cannot escape from here.”

The owner chuckled softly and gestured toward the Howling Beast on the copper pillar. In response, a white aura flew out and dropped the small beast into the black lightning net.

Upon seeing the Howling Beast, the Thunder Beast opened its mouth without hesitation and swallowed the small beast. It then purred contentedly and shrank again, disappearing into the surrounding black aura.

With that, the Binding Lightning Scorching Light Grand Formation returned to its initial state.

“What kind of spirit beast is that? We’ve never seen anything like it before.”

“This spirit beast’s background is unique, so please don’t ask further. Just help me subdue it, and that will be enough.”

The owner’s eyes flashed a warning at the young man’s words. The young man’s expression changed slightly, and he closed his mouth. Han Li noticed this but asked once more,

“Senior, you said this spirit beast is one of a kind in the Spirit World. Am I to understand that this spirit beast is not originally from the Spirit World?”

The owner’s expression shifted rapidly, but he soon forced a smile and replied,

“Brother Han, what are you talking about? If it’s not from the Spirit World, how could it be here?”

The giant and the young man realized that the owner was making a weak excuse and exchanged glances.

“If the Thunder Beast isn’t from the Spirit World, could it be a spirit beast unique to the Lower Realm? No, considering its divine abilities from earlier, it’s comparable to an existence at the Void Refinement stage [a high cultivation stage]. How could such a spirit beast be born in the Lower Realm? If not the Lower Realm, then it must be the Upper Realm, and if so, then the legendary True Immortal Realm?”

The young man ignored the owner’s excuse and began analyzing on his own. The giant’s eyes gleamed as he stared at the black mist within the restriction.

“Do you really think this spirit beast is from the True Immortal Realm?”

At the young man’s words, the owner’s expression became strange.

“Are our assumptions wrong? If not, then Brother Uh, please tell us about the Thunder Beast’s background. Knowing about the spirit beast will help us when we subdue it. Of course, if you don’t want to, we can just assume it’s a spirit beast from the Upper Realm and deal with it accordingly.”

“Are you threatening me?”

The owner’s face flickered with a shimmering aura, and his expression turned menacing.

“The three of us together would still be no match for Brother Uh, so how could we? However, our elder brother is the youngest elder of our clan, and I believe Brother Uh will make a wise decision.”

The young man, seeing the owner’s expression, subtly took a step back and then spoke calmly. Han Li and the giant were surprised to learn that the gentle young man was actually the younger brother of a Heavenly Peng Clan elder, and they looked at him with new eyes.

The owner also showed a hint of reluctance at those words and, after a moment, spoke coldly,

“Alright. It’s not like it’s a huge secret, and it’s better than letting you all make strange assumptions. The reason I said the Thunder Beast is one of a kind in the Spirit World is because it is a Lightning Spirit created by gathering the power of lightning and using a secret technique. I spent half my life successfully creating just one, so there’s no way there would be another Thunder Beast in the world.”

“A Lightning Spirit!”

“That’s absurd. Even if it’s a Spirit Clan, I’ve heard that they can’t create a living spirit from lightning. No matter how great Brother Uh’s abilities are, this is impossible.”

The young man spoke, seemingly not believing the owner’s words, and regained his composure. Han Li and the giant also frowned at those words.

“Haha! If I had researched it myself, that would be true. But what if I obtained a spirit beast nurturing secret technique from the True Immortal Realm at the place where a certain deceased person died while traveling through the alien region? The technique to create the Thunder Beast was fully described there.”

The owner hesitated before revealing the truth.

“If it’s a technique from the True Immortal Realm, then it’s not impossible. I apologize for my rudeness earlier.”

The young man’s eyes sparkled as he thought deeply, then suddenly changed his expression, smiled, and apologized. The giant stroked his chin and clicked his tongue. However, the owner did not remove his displeased expression despite the young man’s apology and snorted.

Standing to one side, Han Li was staring at the Thunder Beast within the restriction with an intrigued expression.

Whether the claim that it was a spirit creature born from lightning was true or not, judging by its ability to wield the power of lightning, it was undoubtedly born with a lightning body.

However, even if the Thunder Beast possessed Void Refinement-level divine abilities and wielded powerful lightning, Han Li couldn’t understand why the owner would go to such great lengths to subdue it. According to his words, it had taken him almost half his life, and it didn’t seem worth it.

‘This spirit beast must have other powerful divine abilities or another purpose!’

In fact, not only Han Li but also the giant and the young man were thinking the same thing. They were just pretending not to know in front of the powerful owner!

There was no need to provoke the late-stage Void Refinement cultivator in front of them just because they suspected the spirit beast’s purpose and background.

“Now that we’ve talked enough, let’s start our work. I’ll modify the restriction to temporarily suppress the spirit beast, and then you all can go in and inject the power of lightning into the Thunder Beast’s body. Remember, you must not stop until I say so. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain.”

The owner explained firmly. This time, the others nodded without complaint. The owner flicked his sleeve and took out the Sumeru Heaven Painting again, throwing it forward to unfurl the painting.

Light of five-colored spiritual energy burst forth, and the painting appeared before everyone’s eyes. Chanting an incantation, the owner reached out and pointed to a spot on the painting.

A blue light flickered in Han Li’s pupils. The place the owner pointed to was the pavilion where they were located on the small mountain.

The next moment, the Sumeru Heaven Painting glowed with white light, and a milky white mist rose from within the painting. Within the mist, the pavilion in the painting gradually flipped from the first floor to the second floor and disappeared.

Then, suddenly, the ground beneath their feet vibrated, and the entire pavilion trembled. White light burst out from all directions, and the surroundings flipped as if they were in a painting, turning into empty space.

Suddenly, they and the Thunder Beast were floating in the blue sky, and the place where the pavilion had been was now a flat plain. The black mist within the restriction writhed, and the Thunder Beast seemed surprised.

Han Li stroked his chin, and the young man and the giant exchanged surprised glances.

“Hap!”

At that moment, a blood-red arrow shot out from the owner’s mouth and seeped into the painting.

At the same time, dark clouds gathered in the clear sky, and the sound of thunder and a gale began to rage.

Kwakwang! Kururung Kwakwang!

Silver lightning flashed within the dark clouds, creating a desolate atmosphere as if a demon had descended. Then, before the others could ask, the owner explained,

“Based on previous experience, the power of the three cultivators will probably be insufficient. So, I’m going to use the Sumeru Heaven Painting’s contained heaven and earth energy to transform it into the power of heavenly lightning to assist us. Once this is over, the painting will be almost completely damaged, so I’m also in a desperate situation. If this is successful, I will not only give you the promised items but also a large sum of spirit stones [currency]. So, I ask that you all do your best to subdue the spirit beast.”

The owner requested earnestly. The three were pleased to hear that they would receive the promised rare medicinal herbs and spirit stones, and they naturally promised to do their best.

The owner nodded and flapped his wings, enveloping the Sumeru Heaven Painting with a white aura.

Within the white aura, the painting spun around, emitting countless colorful spell characters, and transformed into a five-colored pillar of light that soared into the dark clouds.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

The dark clouds, having absorbed the five-colored pillar of light, churned, and a thunderous sound that seemed to shake the heavens roared. Five-colored lightning flashed, looking like five-colored serpents darting through the dark clouds.

“Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning?”

The black-armored giant was startled and cried out as if he had seen a ghost upon seeing the five-colored lightning.

“No, it’s not the Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning that appears when the Flying Spirit True King undergoes tribulation [a major trial]. It’s just a similar imitation created by borrowing a bit of heaven and earth energy. Its power is only one-thousandth of the real Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning. You all can rest assured.”

The giant and the young man, who had been showing signs of unease, were finally relieved by the owner’s words. However, Han Li’s eyes were wavering as he looked at the five-colored lightning.

The Five-Colored Heavenly Lightning was a unique lightning tribulation that appeared when a legendary Great Ascension cultivator [highest cultivation stage] underwent tribulation, and it was incomparable to even the Golden Lightning Tribulation of the Body Integration cultivators [another high cultivation stage].

Even if it was only one-thousandth of the power, no one present could be sure what would happen if they were struck by that five-colored lightning.

At that moment, the owner flew towards the 81 pillars floating in the air and began to cast a spell.

Whoom whoom whoom

All the copper pillars vibrated simultaneously, and white light masses emerged, each transforming into a ferocious-looking dragon head. The dragon heads opened their mouths wide and spewed out pitch-black lightning. Their target was the black mist within the restriction.

A growling sound was heard from within the mist, and a silver light quickly darted out and hid in a corner. However, the black lightning changed direction and attacked the Thunder Beast.

The startled beast roared in anger, but it was clearly afraid of the black lightning as it frantically used lightning escape techniques to flee.

For a while, the black lightning and silver light within the restriction repeatedly disappeared and reappeared like ghosts, chasing each other. The owner began to chant an incantation, and the lightning within the restriction grew even stronger.

The speed of the black lightning increased, leaving afterimages with each movement, and eventually, the entire space within the restriction was covered with black afterimages. Han Li was quite surprised by this sight.

He didn’t know what kind of divine ability the black lightning was, but if he were trapped inside that restriction, even with the Wind Lightning Wings, he wouldn’t be able to avoid harm for long.

Indeed, before long, the black lightning struck the silver light that the Thunder Beast had transformed into. A scream was heard, and the Thunder Beast appeared in the air, trembling. Then, other black lightning bolts flew towards the Thunder Beast like whips.

Kwarurung! Kwakwang!

The Thunder Beast roared and desperately unleashed red, white, blue, and gold lightning from its entire body to block the black lightning attacks. From the outside, the owner saw this and strode forward, placing his palm on a copper pillar.

In an instant, white spiritual power flowed through his palm into the pillar, and the lightning that the dragon heads on the pillars were spewing out thickened instantly.

Unable to withstand the black lightning attacks, the Thunder Beast fell, and the four types of lightning on its body were dimmer than before. The black lightning glowed and transformed into black chains, binding the spirit beast tightly and preventing it from moving.

“It’s done, you can all go in now.”

The owner shouted, withdrew his hand from the pillar, and cast a hand seal. Then, the copper pillars trembled, and the black lightning net split apart and disappeared.

Han Li and the other three cultivators exchanged glances and immediately entered, enveloped in spiritual light. They stood in different directions and did not approach the Thunder Beast any further.

The owner saw this, withdrew his hand seal, and flew to their side.

“I will now use a secret technique to suppress the source of lightning within the spirit beast’s body. You all must inject the power of lightning according to my instructions.”

After speaking, the owner immediately flipped his hand and took out five pitch-black daggers. They looked light and seemed to be made of wood.

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