Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1564 - 828: Thunder Beast (2)
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A sense of disregard welled up inside the two Great Cultivators. Luckily, this sensation wasn't overwhelming, especially since they avoided getting shredded by a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast.
Sharing a quick look, they turned toward the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, clenched their jaws, and pursued it relentlessly.
Grandmaster Hu sent a transmission to Li Shiming. He was deep in cultivation, needing a short while to break free from that trance.
Li Shiming felt no rush, as he had a solid guess about the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast's origins. Right now, a Thunder attribute beast of that level bursting into the Dongqi Continent had to be the one bound by the Ancient Contract Paper.
Because of that, panic wasn't necessary; he kept his thoughts clear and sent an order via the Ancient Contract Paper, forbidding assaults on Dongqi Continent cultivators.
That order ended up rescuing Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding; without it, even as newly ascended Great Powers facing a beast picked by a Half-step Great Power, the pair of Great Cultivators couldn't have survived one blow.
Finishing his cultivation, Li Shiming stepped out of the Grotto Heaven. Using the drone satellite network, he tracked the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast's location, and no welcome was required since it was nearly there.
A grin crossed his face as he peered in a certain direction, catching a bolt of lightning in his 'Divine Sight.' Inside that flash, the outline of an odd Spirit Beast shimmered faintly.
"A Thunder Beast—how is it a Thunder Beast?" Li Shiming fed the image of the peculiar Spirit Beast into IBMz15 for analysis, and IBMz15 quickly delivered the results.
Yet the response left him baffled, since a Thunder Beast wasn't your typical spirit beast but a mythical Divine Beast from legends.
Sure, like Phoenixes and Dragons, it ranked as a Divine Beast, though while those two had offspring lingering in the Cultivation World—with the Red Gold Phoenix boasting an especially potent bloodline.
The Thunder Beast, however, stood as a pure legend among Divine Beasts, and in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect where he trained, he'd never come across any reports of a Thunder Beast sighting.
Even if the Ten Thousand Beast Sect lacked raw strength, it topped the Cultivation World when it came to raising and studying spirit beasts.
Spots such as the Central State Commerce, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and the sect whose Book Collection Pavilion Li Shiming had claimed—all had mentions of Thunder Beasts in their ancient texts, but nothing more than old tales.
To Li Shiming, creatures like Thunder Beasts were supposed to have vanished over tens of thousands of years prior.
As the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast drew close and dropped its Thunder Escape, unveiling its real shape, Li Shiming felt absolute certainty that it was truly a Thunder Beast.
The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast reached Li Shiming's side, its gaze sparkling with intelligence, staring at him in astonishment and curiosity, as if struggling to grasp how its master had turned into this cultivator.
Through Li Shiming, the Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast detected the unmistakable soul bond from the Ancient Contract.
The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast lowered itself and paid respects to Li Shiming, confirming his status and displaying its loyalty.
While eyeing the Thunder Beast, Li Shiming thought back to the lore on Thunder Beasts, and in his palm, he gathered a cluster of thunderbolts.
This cluster's thunder energy had been refined through the 'Heavenly Human Technique' and boosted by the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' in the computer room space, infusing the whole thing with dreadfully potent thunder might.
He flung the thunderbolt cluster toward the Thunder Beast, which snatched it up eagerly, examined it briefly, and gulped it down in one go.
Watching the Thunder Beast's blissful narrowed eyes and delighted expression, Li Shiming realized his action had hit the mark.
Taking advantage of the moment, he scrutinized this fabled Divine Beast up close.
The Thunder Beast's form was extraordinary, wrapped completely in thunder, and even 'Divine Sight' failed to pierce through to its true body, like it was made solely from thunder.
Stretching three meters, the Thunder Beast looked like a leopard shining with silver light, sleek and elegant, a masterpiece of natural beauty.
He stepped nearer to the Thunder Beast and gently rested his hand on it.
Worried about injuring him, the thunder scattered where his hand touched, revealing genuine silver-white fur beneath.
At that, Li Shiming grasped that the Thunder Beast could shift at will between thunder energy and its solid body.
Such an ability was downright fearsome, similar to a Heavenly Ghost's existence, except a Heavenly Ghost relied on spiritual energy for its form while the Thunder Beast drew from thunder energy.
Figuring out how to strike a blob of thunder energy was a puzzle even Li Shiming had to mull over.
Given the Thunder Beast's thunder energy mode, scarcely anything in this realm could damage it.
Li Shiming now saw why the Half-step Great Power Yang Xing opted for an Ancient Contract Paper to bind the Thunder Beast instead of standard methods.
In the Thunder Beast's fully thunderized living state, keeping a spirit mark intact amid all that thunder would prove tricky.
"What, craving another thunderbolt cluster?" Li Shiming caught the Thunder Beast's gentle whine, and thanks to their soul link, he instantly knew what it wanted.
With a chuckle, he formed yet another thunderbolt cluster and offered it over.
The Thunder Beast wasted no time, swallowing the thunderbolt cluster with delight, and Li Shiming felt its happiness echo through their soul connection.
Via the Thunder Beast's elated senses, he witnessed a vast lightning sea, where endless golden thunders rained from above, creating a thunderous expanse around the Thunder Beast.
The Thunder Beast bounded through it with glee, now and then gobbling up a thunder that seemed especially mighty.
These were the Thunder Beast's recollections; that lightning sea marked its birthplace. Glancing at those sky-falling golden thunders, each carrying a Great Cultivator's Heavenly Tribulation force, he figured the sea of lightning wasn't anywhere on the Central State Continent or other lands.
Had such a place existed, word would have reached him.
The Cultivation World did hold a handful of lightning seas, but none matched the sheer intensity in the Thunder Beast's memory.
Li Shiming's thunderbolt cluster stirred the Thunder Beast's thoughts of its natal lightning sea.
The cluster's energy also nourished the Thunder Beast greatly; its strength outdid the thunder from any top Thunder Cultivator Great Master.
It didn't quite hit Half-step Great Power levels, but it topped what the Thunder Beast could produce by itself.
The 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' truly was a supreme thunder attribute treasure, pushing a Thunder Cultivator Great Master's thunder to new heights. Without the extra demands of the Great Power Realm, his thunder could rival a Thunder Cultivation Great Power's.
Li Shiming looked upon the Thunder Beast, warmth shining in his eyes.
Despite having Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, Little Feng's back didn't work for riding, and the Illusion Spirit Dragon's only allowed standing.
The Thunder Beast in front of him seemed perfectly built for mounting.
Harboring that thought, he shared his wish to climb onto its back with the Thunder Beast.
Noticing Li Shiming produce yet another thunderbolt cluster, the Thunder Beast set aside its pride and cleverly shaped thunder energy into a human-friendly seat, ensuring a snug fit for Li Shiming.
Settling onto the Thunder Beast, Li Shiming found only his seat spot solid, while the rest stayed in thunder form.
This gave him the aura of being cloaked in thunder, like a deity wielding lightning from the heavens.
Just then, Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding were following the Thunder Beast's trail toward that spot. Spotting its path leading to the Taichu branch, their emotions swirled with worry and ease.
The worry stemmed from fears for Li Shiming, while the ease came from his presence in that area.
Such emotions clashed fiercely; across the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and all of Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming held the title of strongest. Should he fail to hold back a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, no one else on Dongqi Continent could tackle one.
Not even if every cultivator teamed up would they stand against a peak Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast expert in thunder.