Chapter 90

"Poof!"

A bright silver ice ball shot out from the Ice Soul Python's mouth, rolling and emitting a bone-chilling cold. It exploded on a stone pillar behind Qin Lie, producing a startling thunderclap.

The second-stage Ice Soul Python, about six to seven meters long and as thick as a human waist, had a fierce gleam in its eyes and was rapidly pursuing them.

Qin Lie suddenly turned his head, looking at where the ice ball had exploded, his eyes shining with a peculiar light.

"Quick, go! What are you daydreaming for?" Gao Yu stopped and urged him to flee, his expression urgent.

At this moment, the group that had been fleeing gradually dispersed. Tu Ze led Kang Zhi and others in one direction, while Zhuo Qian, Han Feng, and Chu Peng went in another. However, the general direction was towards the outskirts of the stone forest, and they only gradually split up for convenience.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu were together, with the Ice Soul Python and about a dozen first-stage spirit beasts of the snake and python type chasing them.

After a period of pursuit, the first-stage spirit beasts, due to their slower speed, gradually fell behind, leaving only the Ice Soul Python in hot pursuit.

To prevent the Ice Soul Python from turning back, Qin Lie and Gao Yu occasionally provoked it, causing it to continue its pursuit.

"Whoosh!"

A silver ice ball, as large as a fist, bright and sparkling, flew out, carrying a bone-chilling cold.

Qin Lie did not flee but instead stared intently at a greenish-blue object inside the ice ball. From it, he could faintly sense a surging thunderous power!

The Ice Soul Python, a spirit beast of the ice attribute, had a body that was extremely cold, and its attacks were usually ice blades or ice shards, which inflicted cold poison.

However, this Ice Soul Python seemed different. Its ice ball contained thunderous vibrations, and when it hit the ground, it produced a thunderous explosion.

This caught Qin Lie's attention.

Seeing another ice ball coming, Qin Lie held his breath, focused, and activated Heavenly Thunder Punishment. Currents of electricity surrounded his body, and a faint thunderous sound came from within him.

The ice ball, cold and piercing, aimed straight for Qin Lie's chest, sending a bone-chilling cold that made his body stiffen, and his blood seemed to freeze.

"Indeed, it's a second-stage spirit beast, with an astonishingly cold aura!" Qin Lie's expression changed, and he continued to activate Heavenly Thunder Punishment. Just before the ice ball hit, he suddenly pointed his finger.

A thumb-thick greenish-blue lightning bolt shot out from his fingertip, striking the ice ball directly.

"Rumble!"

The silver ice ball exploded, and the thunderous power it contained burst out, causing ice shards to scatter.

"Clack! Clack!"

Several ice fragments hit Qin Lie, and a cold current spread, making his teeth chatter and his muscles feel like they were freezing.

"Thunder! There's thunder power inside the ice ball!" Qin Lie exclaimed.

The ice ball formed in the Ice Soul Python's mouth had a translucent outer layer of ice. However, once it shattered, the internal thunderous power would immediately explode.

The explosive thunderous energy was even more powerful than the cold, seemingly the true strength of the ice ball and the key to the Ice Soul Python's killing technique.

"Qin Lie, what are you doing?" Gao Yu returned from the front and stood beside Qin Lie.

At this moment, the Ice Soul Python, with its head raised high, also came in front of Qin Lie, its greenish eyes gleaming with cruel and venomous light.

"This Ice Soul Python is a bit special. The ice balls it spits out contain thunderous power!" Qin Lie's expression was excited. "So its spirit core must also have thunderous power! It's possible that its body contains lightning-attribute spirit materials. I want to kill this Ice Soul Python!"

"Mutated spirit beast?" Gao Yu was taken aback and then exclaimed, "Mutated spirit beasts are even more troublesome than normal ones. A second-stage Ice Soul Python... it will be very difficult for the two of us to take it down!"

"Let's give it a try!" Qin Lie was eager, "Because we are both in the Body Tempering stage, five out of the six second-stage spirit beasts went after Tu Ze, Zhuo Qian, and the others, leaving only this Ice Soul Python chasing us. If we work together, dealing with a second-stage Ice Soul Python will be difficult, but not impossible, especially since it is proficient in both ice and thunder!"

"Alright, let's give it a try!" Gao Yu pondered for a few seconds, his expression also showing interest. "You take the lead, or should I?"

"I'll take the lead, and you attack from the side!"

Qin Lie took a deep breath, took out the wooden carving, and activated Heavenly Thunder Punishment. The wooden carving emitted a "crackling" sound, and a fine web of electricity formed around its head.

"Rumble!"

Thunderous sounds came from his bones, and at this moment, Qin Lie's blood cells seemed to be activated. Holding the wooden carving, he suddenly charged straight at the Ice Soul Python.

The Ice Soul Python let out a strange howl, opened its foul-smelling mouth, and another silver ice ball formed, emitting a bone-chilling cold and a dazzling ice light, hurtling towards him.

Qin Lie did not dodge or evade, but swung the wooden carving to meet the ice ball. The fine web of electricity around the wooden carving suddenly contracted.

All the lightning converged into a single beam, as thick as an arm, and struck the top of the ice ball.

"Boom!"

The ice ball suddenly exploded, ice shards scattered, and the internal thunderous power exploded, enveloping Qin Lie in a wave of thunderous energy.

"Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!"

Thunderous sounds echoed through Qin Lie's body, the result of the thunderous energy inside the ice ball exploding and suddenly surging out.

If Gao Yu, who was at the same stage as Qin Lie, had taken the lead, even knowing the ice ball's peculiarities, he would have been hit by the thunderous energy after breaking the ice, causing immediate injury, possibly severe enough to lose his fighting ability.

However, Qin Lie, who had practiced thunder and lightning for many years, could withstand the intrusion of the Nine Heavens' thunderous power. His body had been tempered to be extremely resilient, making him the most suitable to withstand the thunderous explosions. Therefore, the thunderous energy could not harm him.

On the contrary, as the thunderous energy exploded within his body, a cold and refreshing sensation permeated his bones and flesh, making him feel more energetic and clearly sensing an increase in the thunderous power within his body.

He immediately realized that his judgment was extremely correct. For ordinary martial artists, the mutated Ice Soul Python would be deadly, but he was the most appropriate to deal with it!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Another ice-thunder ball shot towards his forehead, and the Ice Soul Python howled, its body as thick as a water bucket, twisting skillfully, trying to wrap around Qin Lie.

"Gao Yu! Don't let it wrap around me!" Qin Lie shouted, stepping back and waving his hand to form lightning, striking the ice-thunder ball with pinpoint accuracy.

As the ice-thunder ball exploded, he immediately stopped his retreat and moved forward to endure the second wave of thunderous power.

With the thunderous sounds, the thunderous power exploded, and the violent thunderous energy entered his body, quickly subsiding and quietly merging with his body.

"Thunder and lightning are often mentioned together, but they are actually two different forces. Thunder is the explosive force, and lightning is the intense electric light. These two forces are often complementary, both originating from the depths of the Nine Heavens. In the past, when practicing Heavenly Thunder Punishment, I mostly drew in the power of lightning, with the thunderous power being slightly weaker. My body's ability to accommodate the violent thunderous power seemed to be lacking..."

Feeling the thunderous power entering his body, he carefully pondered, and his understanding of Heavenly Thunder Punishment became clearer.

Heavenly Thunder Punishment cultivates both thunder and lightning, combining the two most dominant and violent forces in the world. It uses lightning to enhance the power of thunder and thunder to enhance the power of lightning, merging the two to form a terrifying attack.

However, over the years, he had mostly drawn in the power of lightning during thunderstorms, with the thunderous power being significantly weaker.

The medicinal mountain in Ling Family Town had an array that could guide lightning, gathering it from the sky, weakening it, and then inputting it into his body to temper his tendons, blood, and flesh.

The violent and explosive thunderous power, upon landing, would cause a terrifying explosion, making it difficult to guide and weaken.

Therefore, over the years, his cultivation of Heavenly Thunder Punishment had been more focused on drawing in the power of lightning, with the thunderous power being weaker.

Later, after he left the medicinal mountain, he practiced alone in the frigid mountains, no longer relying on the array within the medicinal mountain. His body was directly exposed to the elements, allowing both thunder and lightning to fall, which allowed him to store some thunderous power in his body.

However, compared to the power of lightning, the thunderous power stored in his body's acupoints, tendons, and bones was much weaker.

This led to him often using lightning attacks in battles, as his body contained less thunderous power. His attacks were mostly greenish-blue lightning, lacking the destructive and explosive power of thunder, which prevented him from fully utilizing the power of Heavenly Thunder Punishment.

"Ah, I see, I understand."

Another ice-thunder ball exploded, the thunderous power enveloping him, and the violent thunderous energy merged with his body, entering his acupoints, tendons, and bones. He carefully felt the changes in his body and gradually understood how to release the true power of Heavenly Thunder Punishment.

"Thunder and lightning, thunder and lightning, thunder and lightning!" Qin Lie muttered, his palms facing each other, the intense electric currents intersecting, and thunderous sounds echoing from within his palms.

"Thunder-Lightning Ball!"

A greenish-blue electric ball formed in his palms, with lightning shooting out from its surface and thunderous sounds echoing from within.

The fist-sized thunder-lightning ball gradually took shape, its greenish-blue light blinding, and the thunderous sounds continuous, making one's heart race.

Just like the ice-thunder ball, the outer layer was formed by lightning, while the inner part contained the violent and explosive thunder!

"Boom!"

The thunder-lightning ball was thrown, moving at the speed of lightning, striking the Ice Soul Python's head instantly. The lightning shot out, and the thunderous power exploded violently.

The Ice Soul Python's head was blasted to a bloody mess, a hole filled with blood and brain matter suddenly appearing.

The second-stage spirit beast, hit directly by the thunder-lightning ball, was instantly killed.

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