Chapter 129: Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art Minor Success, New Divine Ability
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Translated by Frog in the Well
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Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 4,560,000 / 20,000,000)
Now that Jin So-myeong had reached the 6th layer of Golden Core, the maximum capacity of his Supreme Great Ability was 800,000.
Since the proficiency required for the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art to reach the Minor Success stage was roughly sixteen million…
‘Assuming I pour in all of my Supreme Great Ability, it will take about twenty months.’
Of course, while cultivating, there were many minor occasions to use the Supreme Great Ability. Such as recovering exhausted spiritual roots and so on.
To truly achieve Minor Success within twenty months, he needed to move tightly.
‘Good. Let’s start right away.’
Simultaneously with setting the goal, he sat cross-legged. He entered cultivation without looking away.
After this day.
He put all his efforts into raising the proficiency of the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art.
He even studied the lightning energy itself while comparing and analyzing it with various lightning cultivation methods obtained recently.
‘They say the Lightning Escape Art was originally an incredibly difficult divine ability?’
He did not know because he obtained the Lightning Escape Art through the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art, but the Lightning Escape Art was originally a divine ability so difficult that its acquisition difficulty was called atrocious.
The reason the Lightning Escape Art was tricky was because one had to maintain their sense of self even after becoming one with lightning.
Even though lightning possessed heat that melted all things, it also possessed the characteristic of deeply permeating into the bones. It was not an easy thing even to get close, let alone become one with it?
Even a slight mistake during the Lightning Escape Art easily led to being swept by the lightning energy and turning to ash along with the soul.
‘But I did not feel any particular difficulty.’
He freely used the Lightning Escape Art, which was notorious for being tricky, as naturally as breathing.
The domineering energy that burned the surroundings just by existing, the lightning energy, was not a threat to him.
Thanks to outstanding talent? Honestly, he thought that was not it.
In his opinion, being able to easily use the Lightning Escape Art was all thanks to the effect of the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art.
[When achieved to Great Success, one can go beyond becoming one body with lightning to obtain a spiritual body called the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body.]
‘It said so.’
It was easy to think of a spiritual body as a special constitution, but it was a rare talent possessed only by a genius among geniuses.
The Heavenly Thunder Dao Body is a spiritual body that increases affinity to lightning.
While extremely raising resistance to various lightnings, it simultaneously allows one to absorb lightning and convert it into spiritual Qi.
‘Without these characteristics, I wouldn’t have been able to use the Lightning Escape Art as freely as now.’
When his thoughts reached this point, admiration naturally came out.
Because among the quite numerous lightning cultivation methods he had obtained so far, the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art was the most outstanding. It was so even when compared with the Thunder Sound Resonance Art, which could be practiced up to the early Nascent Soul stage, obtained recently.
‘Is it natural in a way? Because the Supreme Great Ability consumed by the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art alone is in the millions.’
Thanks to the proficiency system, numerous drawbacks were improved and advantages were maximized. Otherwise, no matter how much it was the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art, it wouldn’t have shown such an outstanding effect.
The more he thought about it, the more proud he felt. The lightning spell he accidentally obtained during his Qi Condensation days had grown before he knew it to the point it could be called a divine scripture secret art.
‘Ahem.’
Nodding his head, he suddenly looked forward to what kind of additional effect would be added when the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art reached Minor Success.
‘I hope the consumption of spiritual power when using the Lightning Escape Art decreases.’
When one becomes one with lightning, it feels as if the entire world slows down.
Should he say it feels like walking in a different time alone?
Although it was a technique powerful enough to sweep away enemies in an instant, its extreme consumption of spiritual power was a drawback.
‘If I can maintain the state of the Lightning Escape Art throughout the battle…’
Literally, he could be called a Thunder God.
It was not a hollow delusion. If the proficiency of the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art rose, he might truly reach such a realm someday.
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With the flow of time, the proficiency of the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art steadily rose.
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 7,920,000 / 20,000,000)
One day, he would immerse his body in the Jade Light Spring, a lightning-attribute spiritual spring he made himself.
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 9,810,000 / 20,000,000)
One day, on a day when dark clouds were full, he would climb to the top of a mountain and be struck by lightning.
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 12,090,000 / 20,000,000)
Another day, he would cast a Rank 3 talisman containing lightning spells upon himself.
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 15,250,000 / 20,000,000)
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 16,900,000 / 20,000,000)
Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art (Mastery 17,110,000 / 20,000,000)
…
Whether he opened his eyes or closed them, he was always with lightning. He poured all his heart into the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art, his life-bound cultivation method.
The years spent enwrapped in lightning energy were about twenty months.
As a result.
Simultaneously with the proficiency of a whopping twenty million filling up, the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art took a step forward.
Beyond the Mastery stage, it reached the realm of Minor Success.
“Ah…”
Jin So-myeong, who was savoring the Minor Success grade Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art that arose in his head, trembled all over.
It was ecstatic enough to make him forget all the worries in the world in an instant.
The moment he realized the new cultivation method as the proficiency filled up, at least at this moment, it was truly unspeakably thrilling.
Should he describe it as a feeling of advancing toward perfection as an imperfect existence. However, it was regrettable that the moment of ecstasy was too short.
‘If I achieve the Great Dao someday, will I be able to continue living in such ecstasy?’
Just what is placed at the end of the path of immortal cultivation…
Jin So-myeong, who was lost in contemplation, shook his head.
It was too distant a story.
Although it was important to harbor the direction he wished to reach in the future in his heart, the thing he had to pay more attention to was the present.
Pondering the Minor Success grade spell text for a long time after folding his thoughts.
‘Amazing.’
His mouth naturally opened in surprise.
As expected of the proficiency system? The more he counted the changes that occurred as the cultivation method proficiency rose, the more thrills arose.
The Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art, which was originally outstanding, became great enough to truly be called a divine art.
‘First, the amount of spiritual power consumed when using the Lightning Escape Art has decreased drastically.’
Almost half.
The time he could move in the state of the Lightning Escape Art doubled.
Furthermore, the efficiency of spiritual power also rose. Now, even if Jin So-myeong consumed the same amount of spiritual power, he could cast spells more powerful than before.
Simply put,
if in the past he could produce a power of 10 with 10 spiritual power, now he could produce a power of 12 with 10 spiritual power.
‘The cultivation speed also became faster.’
Originally, he would have had to cultivate for two or three more years to reach the late Golden Core stage, but now, it seemed he would only need to cultivate for a year and a half.
As the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art, his life-bound cultivation method, grew, all abilities related to spiritual Qi became stronger.
Up to here was already sufficient, yet…
the truly outstanding achievement was separate.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, darkness naturally arrived. Despite that, within the mind clearly felt.
A newly born golden pupil faced him.
Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye.
It was a new divine ability awakened as the Heavenly Thunder Dao Body Art reached Minor Success.
What kind of divine ability the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye was, what restrictions it possessed, and how it should be used.
Simultaneously with opening his eyes in continuous realizations.
Rumble!
The world is dyed with brilliant light. To express it more precisely, golden lightning resided in Jin So-myeong’s eyes.
The moment darkness retreated due to the crackling lightning, and the entire world was dyed with dazzling light.
With his eyes residing with lightning, he saw numerous possibilities.
“…”
Jin So-myeong, who cast the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye divine ability, sat still for a moment. Because time was needed to gather the ‘knowledge’ that had arisen like an instinct.
The place he was currently located was his cultivation room in the eastern part.
It was a place where the Wall-Sealing Guardian Vajra Formation, a fairly usable Rank 3 defensive formation, was installed…
‘I seem to know where and how to strike to collapse the formation.’
The complex flow of the formation maintained in balance. Among them, a spot that could be called a blind spot, or a point where numerous energies crossed, was clearly visible.
‘It seems it would collapse if lightly tapped… is it really true?’
Jin So-myeong, unable to endure his curiosity that was close to an impulse, snapped his fingers.
Fwit!
The Sword Qi that flew along with a blurry afterimage dug into the blind spot of the formation, blocking and twisting a part of the flow to collapse the balance.
Rumble!
Seeing the formation collapse in an instant, he let out an admiration.
‘It was real!’
The weakness of the formation discovered through the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye truly worked. It was not a fake or illusion.
Looking at the Wall-Sealing Guardian Vajra Formation being slowly restored, he fell into thought.
‘Strictly speaking, the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye is an Eye Technique combining the two divine abilities of Lightning Insight and Spell-Breaking.’
Lightning Insight. This was an eye method that pierced all possibilities of all creation in a split second of observation.
The instant lightning struck down, at that time when darkness disappeared from the world and light filled it. It could be called a divine ability that read the possibilities to unfold in the future by amplifying instinct, five senses, and Divine Sense in a very short moment.
Spell-Breaking was literally a divine ability that shattered spells just by looking, but honestly speaking, it could not be cast with Jin So-myeong’s current ability.
‘Fine. Just Lightning Insight is already sufficient.’
To think he could read the possibilities to unfold in the future just by looking. It was an absurdly powerful divine ability.
‘It was worth investing twenty million of my Supreme Great Ability.’
It seemed it would be usefully applied in normal times as well as in battle situations.
“Ah!”
He clapped his hands at a sudden thought. Because a field where he could receive help from the Lightning Insight Spell-Breaking Eye came to mind.
He took out the demonic beast egg as large as a human’s height from his sub-space.
Looking at the egg whose identity he had not yet clarified, at the moment of casting the Lightning Insight divine ability.
“Urgh!”
At the pain that felt like his eyes would explode, he hurriedly consumed additional Supreme Great Ability. With the help of the Supreme Great Ability, he amplified his senses.
The five senses and instinct that surpassed limits read one possibility…
Immediately, he deactivated the Lightning Insight divine ability. Without being greedier, he scattered the golden lightning residing in his eyes.
At the same time, the space between his brows throbbed. His Divine Sense, which had squeezed all its strength, complained of fatigue.
‘…The consumption of spiritual power is not small, but the consumption of Divine Sense is even larger.’
It seemed he should not look at just anything recklessly with the Lightning Insight. If he did wrong, his eyes might explode.
‘Sigh, I should get used to it slowly.’
Jin So-myeong, who massaged while pressing his eyelids tightly, turned his gaze.
Looking at the large egg covered with blue spots, unlike before, he seemed to know how to be helpful to this fellow.
He entered the Secret Realm of the Mind and headed for the Jade Light Spring.
Crackle…!
The lightning-attribute spiritual spring that spat out lightning. Walking toward the bath he often used, he stopped at a proper distance.
‘It seems it would be fine around here.’
He set down the blue-spotted egg at a spot about 320 meters away from the Jade Light Spring. It was a position where it would be influenced by the lightning energy yet not too dangerous.
Somehow, it seemed setting it here would be helpful for this egg to hatch. The possibility read through the Lightning Insight was so.
‘Observation? Insight? It feels like using an appraisal skill that reads information.’
Jin So-myeong, who recalled the games he played on Earth, smirked.
‘Ah right. There was also this.’
He took out the yellowish-brown stone tablet, about one meter in width, from his sub-space.
The blade mark cutting diagonally across the center. Although it looked ordinary, there was a part that caught his eye no matter how many times he looked back.
‘There is definitely something.’
He stroked his chin while inspecting the stone tablet engraved with the sword mark this way and that.
Wondering if it was a trace created by a certain absolute expert.
Actually, there were many items whose identities he could not clarify other than the stone tablet. They were packed in his sub-space.
Although he wanted to closely investigate all the items with the Lightning Insight divine ability…
‘Let’s rest a bit today.’
He decided to recover his Divine Sense first.
Although Lightning Insight was an outstanding divine ability, it felt as if it consumed mental resources that much. The fatigue when using it was severe.
‘Will it be a bit better once I become a late Golden Core cultivator? At that time, my Divine Sense will also become stronger.’
Right now, Jin So-myeong’s Divine Sense was at the Golden Core Great Circle stage. It meant he had reached the limit of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.
In this kind of situation, if he broke through the minor boundary? He might possess a Nascent Soul-class Divine Sense.
‘After I become a late Golden Core cultivator… I can initiate the Hundred Battles Mind-Splitting Art that I have put off.’
A smile naturally formed. He was delighted by the feeling of advancing step by step reliably.
Perhaps because he suffered a lot in the Seven-Colored Treasure Pagoda, it felt as if everything was going smoothly.
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