Chapter 00167: Such a Virtual God
# Such a Virtual God
Chapter 167
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 167: Such a Virtual God
Click! Click! Click! Nine arcs of lightning struck Lan Xiaobu's body, and he could clearly hear the cracking sound of his shoulder bone.
His true mysterious spear nearly flew out of his hand.
Seeing the brewing, even more dreadful killing intent in the sky above, Lan Xiaobu did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent.
His true essence surged crazily as he desperately activated the Taichuan Technique to break through to the Virtual God realm.
Even so, an ominous feeling weighed on him.
While running the Taichuan Technique, he simultaneously began to refine his body with the Undying Technique.
Although he had the Undying Technique, Lan Xiaobu had not practiced his body refinement since he had initially tempered his physique to the skin level.
Besides lacking time, he felt his strength was too low and that he should spend more time on cultivation.
At this moment, facing the lightning tribulation and feeling the fractures in his bones right from the start, he truly realized how important body refinement was for him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Nine arcs of lightning fell almost simultaneously again.
Lan Xiaobu frantically summoned the Void True Mysterious Spear, hoping to block the strikes of these lightning arcs.
The Void True Mysterious Spear only managed to block three lightning arcs before it was sent flying by the subsequent strikes.
With the lightning arcs no longer obstructed, he could only use the Bright Fist to fight back.
Crack! Even though his true essence coalesced on his fist, Lan Xiaobu’s hand bones still broke instantly, and hardly any lightning was obstructed.
The arcs of lightning encompassed Lan Xiaobu's entire body.
His hair was scorched black, and his clothes had long been shredded to pieces.
Even though his skin had been refined by the Undying Technique, it now resembled tattered rags hanging from his body, a sight both horrifying and pitiful.
This was not fatal, but it was deadly that many of Lan Xiaobu’s bones had broken again.
The powerful arcs of lightning blasted a pit several meters wide into the ground beneath Lan Xiaobu's feet, and he fell into that pit.
He knew all too well that whether he lived or died hinged on this moment.
Even if he were heavily injured by the lightning arcs, he still desperately circulated his spirit energy through the Undying Technique and Taichuan Technique.
He consumed the Five-Color Immortal Mushroom and Five Mushroom Liquid like they were nothing, while the Spirit Essence Crystals lay discarded beside him.
At this time, he did not even have time to set up a gathering spirit array; the lightning tribulation had come too abruptly, catching him completely unprepared.
The sky was thick with dark clouds brewing even more powerful arcs of lightning.
Lan Xiaobu was anxious.
If he could not break through before the next wave of lightning struck, his life today would likely come to an end.
Heavily injured, thanks to the influx of spirit energy from the lightning source and the surrounding Spirit Essence Crystals, along with the Five-Color Immortal Mushroom's aid, Lan Xiaobu's cultivation soared as he continuously crashed against the barriers of the Virtual God realm.
Even if he was fighting for his life, he was acutely aware that he could not break through before the next wave of lightning struck.
He focused more of his thoughts on body refinement, pushing the Undying Technique to its utmost limit.
As his bones crackled with sound, Lan Xiaobu distinctly felt that they were rapidly healing.
This was merely a facade; until he broke through the body refinement, he could not consider himself safe.
The third wave of lightning arcs had already fallen, filling Lan Xiaobu with a fleeting sense of despair.
Neither his cultivation nor his physique had broken through.
Boom! Boom! Crack! He quickly felt a surge of joy as this wave of lightning arcs had dropped only three.
Moreover, there was a time gap between them, allowing him a sliver of breathing room despite the injuries he continued to sustain.
This time, without the True Mysterious Spear in hand, he simply halted the operation of the Taichuan Technique, allowing the Undying Technique to operate at its peak.
The three arcs of lightning crashed into Lan Xiaobu, bursting forth blood and shattering bones.
However, that extreme power helped the Undying Technique to cross a barrier, and in the next instant, Lan Xiaobu clearly felt his skeletal structure rapidly restore, and his meridians became more resilient.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Six arcs of lightning came down in a continuous stream.
Lan Xiaobu felt relieved.
He grabbed the Void True Mysterious Spear again and struck toward the lightning arcs.
Just now, he had managed to complete the tempering of his bones while utilizing the extreme operation of the Undying Technique with the help of the three lightning arcs.
Having completed the tempering of his bones, he had at least regained three-tenths of his life.
Once more, Lan Xiaobu used the Taichuan Technique to charge towards the Virtual God realm.
With his bones now refined, even though his skeleton had been torn apart by the lightning arcs and his flesh was covered in scars, he would not lose his capacity to advance to the Virtual God realm.
It was now a matter of fully exerting himself to break through.
As six arcs of lightning inundated Lan Xiaobu, even though his injuries continuously worsened and his bones continued to break, his cultivation kept escalating as the Taichuan Technique turned under the relentless storm of lightning and boundless spirit essence.
The fourth wave of lightning arcs arrived merely a few minutes later, crashing down just as the spirit power in Lan Xiaobu's meridians peaked.
This time, nine arcs of lightning descended together.
It seemed that the lightning tribulation wouldn’t rest until it killed Lan Xiaobu.
Lan Xiaobu erupted with a roar, drawing out two low-grade spirit artifacts as shields.
Crack, crack! The two shields failed to even block two arcs of lightning before being shredded to pieces.
In the brief moments between strikes, the Taichuan Technique tore apart the barrier in Lan Xiaobu's cultivation, a surge of abnormally powerful new energy enveloped him.
Letting out a long howl, he struck out with his broken fists.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The lightning arcs hammered into Lan Xiaobu once more, sending splashes of blood mist into the air, with dreadful pain cascading through his fists as his bones cracked.
Yet, somehow, his aura grew ever stronger.
The forces from the six lightning arcs merged entirely with his spirit energy, all drawn in by Lan Xiaobu.
He chugged down a bottle of Five Mushroom Liquid, visibly regenerating his body at a rapid pace.
At the same time, the fifth, sixth, and seventh waves of lightning struck down simultaneously.
Twenty-seven arcs of lightning nearly sealed off all of Lan Xiaobu's space, yet at this moment, he felt no hint of concern.
The operations of the Taichuan Technique and the Undying Technique doubled in speed around him, with spirit energy and lightning source generating a solid vortex.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The falling arcs of lightning bombarded Lan Xiaobu's body like torrential rain, wave after wave.
To Lan Xiaobu, it felt like paradise; he finally realized that stepping into the Virtual God realm meant these lightning tribulations were the best source for cultivation.
The clear rules of heaven’s path allowed him to clearly grasp what he lacked and how to absorb spirit energy.
After twenty-seven consecutive waves of lightning arcs, Lan Xiaobu faintly touched upon the shadow of mid-Virtual God realm.
He hastily grabbed another Five-Color Immortal Mushroom and swallowed it greedily, causing the operation of the Taichuan and Undying Techniques to become even more frantic.
The ominous sky didn't keep Lan Xiaobu waiting long, and the eighth and ninth waves of lightning crashed down.
Before the relentless lightning arcs concluded, he felt as if a refreshing stream of spirit essence were pouring over him, his entire body feeling extremely comfortable.
The Undying Technique had completed the tempering of his flesh and blood, leaving Lan Xiaobu's heart filled with indescribable joy.
He had nearly perished under the lightning tribulation, yet the benefits from it were unlike anything he had experienced before.
In a short span of this lightning tribulation, he completed the three realms of the Undying Technique of the mundane body.
The Undying Technique’s stages comprise nine major realms, where the three mundane realms include the tempering of skin, bones, and flesh; today, he had finished all.
What followed would be the three celestial realms, concerning the refinement of internal organs, apertures, and meridians.
Crack! As the ninth wave of lightning tribulation concluded, a pang of regret hit Lan Xiaobu's heart.
It was just one step away; if only one more wave of lightning would come, he could have crossed into the mid-Virtual God realm.
As the fine rain fell, a colorful cloud descended upon Lan Xiaobu.
Was this the spirit cloud of the lightning tribulation? Lan Xiaobu quickly understood it was the final boon from this lightning tribulation.
The circulation of the Taichuan Technique wrapped around the spirit resonance of the lightning tribulation, healing his injuries and rapidly elevating his cultivation once more.
Once the last trace of spirit cloud’s resonance was absorbed, Lan Xiaobu’s cultivation broke through the initial stage of the Virtual God realm, officially advancing into the mid-Virtual God realm.
Feeling immensely excited, Lan Xiaobu began to stabilize his cultivation.
Half an hour later, using the Cleansing Water Technique, he washed himself clean and changed into a fresh set of clothes.
The Five-Color Immortal Mushroom consumed under the lightning tribulation proved to be several times more effective than usual.
Coupled with the resonance of the lightning tribulation, it rapidly healed his battered body.
He sensed his sea of consciousness; it had expanded numerous times compared to before, and his primordial spirit had solidified even more.
Having seen the primordial spirit of the Earthly Immortal He You, he could confirm that it was nowhere near as solid as his own.
Earthly Immortal, heh, is really nothing special.
He wasn’t an Earthly Immortal yet, but if he were to fight Feng Han now, he wouldn't even need to use the Seven Sounds Kill to easily defeat Feng Han.
As for using formation techniques, that was unnecessary as well.
The cosmic dimensional model within his sea of consciousness had expanded again, transforming into a seven-sided pyramid.
Seven Spirits Slash? Lan Xiaobu was left astounded; the cosmic dimensional model constructed the Seven Spirits Slash for him.
After all, it was with the help of the cosmic dimensional model that he learned He You practiced Seven Spirits Slash.
He had only casually asked the cosmic dimensional model to construct the model of this divine ability.
However, Seven Spirits Slash required the cultivator to possess seven spirits to practice, or else constructing it would hold no purpose.
Lan Xiaobu did not want to use the seven spirits of living beings to cultivate divine abilities.
To his surprise, the cosmic dimensional model had truly constructed the Seven Spirits Slash.
Imagining himself battling in the future, he could directly sever an opponent's spirit with a single Seven Spirits Slash, and he couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
His divine sense swept out, covering nearly a thousand miles, and Lan Xiaobu secretively thought to himself that this was beyond just being several times stronger.
He was sure that no Earthly Immortal cultivator could match the breadth of his divine sense that spanned a thousand miles.
Lan Xiaobu's gaze fell toward the direction of Nine Provinces Mountain.
Surely, they had received the news of Feng Han being taken down by now, right? It would be best if they came over soon; if not, he’d have to seek them out himself.
“Cosmic dimensional model, construct the ‘Second Dao Classic’.” At this moment, Lan Xiaobu’s first action was not to return to Mubei Immortal City, but rather to unhesitatingly construct the “Second Dao Classic”.
Those who had eaten from him would have to spit it all out.
I may not cultivate the “Second Dao Classic,” but I am happy for it to gather dust at home, and that brings me joy.
Meanwhile, Mu Yangzhe, who was on his way to Mubei Immortal City, would never expect that the “Second Dao Classic” inside his ring had now turned into a blank slate.
(End of Chapter)