Chapter 86: Breakthrough to Perfection.

"City Lord Ye, with your words, the Du family's visit today is worth it. It's me, Du, who is too petty, and I am ashamed," Du Zhenwu said with a bitter smile, still worried whether the Ye family had detained his nephew. It seemed he had overreacted.

"Haha, Brother Du, your straightforwardness is commendable. Worrying about your family is not being petty, but rather showing deep affection and righteousness, which is far better than some people," Ye Baolin laughed heartily.

"Ye Baolin, do you really think that having the Du family on your side can change anything? I ask you one last time, will you hand over what we want or not?" Qin Zongqiong's face turned grim.

...

"Rumble!"

Inside the Thunder Pool, lightning flashed like silver snakes, and the rumbling thunder echoed continuously, extremely astonishing.

At the center of the Thunder Pool, there was a thunderball enveloped in lightning, with the violent lightning force wrapping around it like countless silver snakes, continuously surging into it.

It seemed that there was some terrifying entity within the lightning, absorbing the astonishing lightning force within the Thunder Pool.

This phenomenon had been ongoing for quite some time.

"Crack!"

As time passed, the thunderball suddenly began to crack, and a figure wrapped in a golden glow, covered in lightning, appeared within the Thunder Pool.

At this moment, the figure was enveloped in a circle of golden talisman light.

In the golden light, countless talisman secret patterns flickered, making the mountain cave, illuminated by lightning, shine with a golden glow. A tyrannical and fierce aura spread out, enough to make ten thousand beasts tremble.

In a short instant, when the golden talisman secret patterns directly condensed into the shadow of a golden-winged great roc, the terrifying aura reached its peak.

"Whoosh..."

Then, the shadow of the golden-winged great roc seemed to come to life, with each golden feather connected to the lightning in the Thunder Pool, absorbing the terrifying lightning force into the shadow.

"Ji!"

The shadow of the golden-winged great roc let out a scream, ready to spread its wings and soar, displaying a terrifying level of tyranny and ferocity.

The figure stood on the Thunder Pool, strangely connected to the lightning, with the shadow of the golden-winged great roc flapping its wings behind it.

At this moment, the figure felt like a human-shaped golden-winged great roc, tyrannical and powerful, terrifying beyond measure!

Like a supreme young beast beginning to grow, it would eventually soar to the heavens, becoming the most formidable in the world!

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, the figure moved, swinging both arms, and the shadow of the golden-winged great roc also flapped its wings, striking the Thunder Pool, causing countless lightning to splash.

The lightning energy surged, and countless lightning crazily surged into the figure and the shadow of the golden-winged great roc.

"Whoosh..."

At this moment, a half-piece of beast bone in the figure's embrace, peeking out from the clothing, was also quietly absorbing the lightning force.

Inside the entire Thunder Pool, the violent lightning force was being absorbed in large quantities.

Finally, it was being absorbed at an extremely terrifying speed, until all the lightning force in the Thunder Pool was completely absorbed.

Inside the entire Thunder Pool, the lightning disappeared, but the golden talisman secret patterns shone even more brightly, like the rising sun.

"Golden feathers refined, refining the body!"

In the golden talisman secret patterns, the figure suddenly shouted, changing hand seals, and the shadow of the golden-winged great roc transformed in unpredictable ways, sometimes ready to spread its wings and soar, sometimes looking down on all beings...

Then, the shadow of the golden-winged great roc transformed back into talisman secret patterns, and once again condensed into the shadow of a golden-winged great roc.

"Ji!"

The final shadow of the golden-winged great roc roared, as if thunder was rumbling, spewing out mysterious talisman secret patterns, displaying a tyrannical and fierce aura...

"Golden-winged great roc clan, I never thought I would see the aura of the golden-winged great roc clan again, and on a human, truly incredible!"

Inside the Thunder Pool, a surprised voice faintly echoed, then disappeared, returning to calm.

Inside the Thunder Pool, the astonishing commotion began to subside, and the shadow of the golden-winged great roc disappeared. Then, Du Shaofu's figure appeared inside the Thunder Pool.

Du Shaofu's eyes were tightly closed, and his exposed skin began to emit a dazzling golden glow.

The depth of this color was much stronger than before, with talisman secret patterns swirling on the surface, and faint silver lightning flickering within.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the aura around Du Shaofu, who had his eyes closed, fluctuated from calm, as if something had been suppressed and was now suddenly released.

"Whoosh!"

As Du Shaofu's aura fluctuated, the Thunder Pool also rippled, but for some reason, the solution inside had become very shallow.

Du Shaofu stood on the Thunder Pool, unmoving, with a solemn expression.

In the surrounding space, a strange energy fluctuated and spread, eventually surging into his body, forming a golden halo around Du Shaofu.

As more and more energy poured into Du Shaofu, a vortex-like whirlpool formed around him, with energy surging wildly, and an aura spreading from Du Shaofu, growing stronger.

Finally, when the aura reached a new height, it stabilized and solidified.

"Whoosh..."

The vortex-like whirlpool gradually weakened and slowly dissipated. At the same time, the golden talisman secret patterns on Du Shaofu's body flickered and entered his skin, finally disappearing.

When the aura completely stabilized, Du Shaofu's tightly closed eyes flickered and slowly opened.

"Rip!"

The moment Du Shaofu's eyes opened, a powerful aura swept out, and a dazzling golden light shot out from his clear gaze, sharp and tyrannical.

After a moment, the golden light in Du Shaofu's eyes subsided, making his gaze deep and finally returning to clarity.

"This is the realm of Perfection in the Innate stage, then."

Feeling the changes within his body, Du Shaofu couldn't help but smile. He hadn't expected to successfully break through from the Near-Innate stage to the Perfection stage in the Thunder Pool.

During the competition among the young generation of the five major families, Du Shaofu had just broken through to the Near-Innate stage.

And in just these few short days, he could break through again. Such a rapid breakthrough made Du Shaofu very satisfied, and he even followed Zhen Qingchun's advice to suppress his breakthrough as much as possible.

Du Shaofu knew that the main reason for this was related to his body-strengthening method.

Because this time, not only did he break through from the Near-Innate stage to the Perfection stage, but the biggest gain was completing the first level of refining golden feathers in the golden-winged great roc cultivation method.

Finally, he had completed the refinement of golden feathers and entered the second level of bone washing and marrow cleansing.

Because he had broken through the level of refining golden feathers in his body-strengthening method, combined with the energy contained in the Thunder Pool, his cultivation level had also advanced, which was something Du Shaofu had not anticipated.

Feeling all the changes within his body, Du Shaofu felt that if he met Cao Qitai again, he could directly knock him away. With the second level of bone washing and marrow cleansing in his body-strengthening method, he could easily trample Cao Qitai.

"Coming to the Ye family's Thunder Pool was not in vain."

Du Shaofu smiled, stretched his body, and then looked around the Thunder Pool, saying softly, "Is it the Thunder Lion here? I want to thank the Thunder Lion for your help."

His voice echoed in the cave, but there was no response, and the cave was very quiet.

"How did you know I was here?"

After a brief silence, a deep voice echoed, with a tyrannical aura in the old voice.

Hearing this deep and tyrannical voice, Du Shaofu's gaze trembled, and he said, "The lightning force in the Thunder Pool comes from the Thunder Lion. Someone helped me, and I think, besides the Thunder Lion, there would be no one else."

"Haha, not only do you have talent, but you are also very smart."

A deep laugh echoed, but it was faintly tinged with a sense of decline.

"I thank the Thunder Lion for your help."

Du Shaofu said to the surroundings of the Thunder Pool, able to hear the voice but unable to sense the presence of the Thunder Lion.

"Since my time is limited, helping you in the end is also a matter of fate."

The deep voice echoed in the Thunder Pool, then asked in a low tone, "Tell me, why do you, a human, have the cultivation method of the golden-winged great roc clan? How can a human cultivate the method of a beast?"

"This is a long story, and it might not be clear in a short time," Du Shaofu replied.

"Then tell me. In the end, it's nice to have someone to talk to, especially a unique human who has cultivated the method of the golden-winged great roc clan, quite interesting."

As the deep voice fell, to Du Shaofu's surprise, the cave wall trembled, lightning flickered, and a stone door opened.

Du Shaofu looked at the stone door, did not hesitate much, and stepped in.

...

Outside the Ye family's square, the atmosphere was tense.

After Qin Zongqiong's words, everyone was waiting for Ye Baolin's response, and all eyes were on him. However, his gaze remained cold, and he said, "I said, you don't have the qualifications!"

"Humph, just a small stone city. If you dare to refuse, I will flatten you with my Lianyun County!"

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