Perfect World

Chapter 556: Chapter 456: Minor Fortune
 

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Lightning Fruit, resembling plums but radiant with silver light, intertwined with electric arcs, emitting incredibly powerful fluctuations.

Everyone exchanged glances, uncertain whether they could consume such a thing. This was Xiling, a realm transformed from Heroic Spirits, not the vast Heaven and Earth.

But to give up the opportunity felt unbearably disappointing. The danger they had just faced was real, and even the Xuan Turtle had nearly met its doom.

The Lightning Worm was extraordinary, as indicated by its name. It possessed a speed akin to lightning, comparable to the Great Divine Power of the Ground Shrinking Technique.

This creature was truly terrifying, going through three stages of growth. In the first stage, known as its youth, it had just ignited divine flames, though this ‘youth’ might have already been cultivating for hundreds of years.

Beyond that, it could even slay gods.

One could imagine the terror they inspired and the astonishing potential they held. Even just after igniting divine flames they were considered immature, highlighting the formidable nature of this clan.

When everyone looked at the Emperor Butterfly, their eyes were filled with strange curiosity. What kind of creature was this to have frightened away the powerful Lightning Worm?

“Let me risk my life to try it!” the Xuan Turtle said, picking up a Lightning Fruit.

It wasn’t that it was fearless or intended to recklessly risk its life, especially given its characteristically cautious and life-preserving nature, it would prefer to avoid danger at all costs. It believed, however, there should be no problem.

“Ouch, that really hurts!” the Xuan Turtle cried out.

The silver Lightning Fruit in its large claws shone brightly, crackling with electricity, nearly frying it. The area had already turned black.

Everyone’s expression changed; the Xuan Turtle was in such pain without even eating it. Should it be swallowed, one’s gut would likely be pierced through, an overly frightening thought.

At that moment, the Xuan Turtle hesitated, but finally clenched its teeth, activated its precious symbol, tore off a small piece of the fruit, and placed it in its mouth, attempting to refine it bit by bit.

“Sss!”

As soon as the small piece of Lightning Fruit entered its mouth, it transformed into a bolt of lightning that ruthlessly struck. The Xuan Turtle screamed, black smoke billowed from its mouth, and it was sent flying.

Everyone stood dumbfounded, shocked to the core.

When it got up, its face was as swollen as a pig’s head, its mouth torn open, with blood streaming and blackened within, its teeth nearly falling out.

This was self-torture. Everyone wanted to laugh but couldn’t.

“Damn it, it’s not ripe. Otherwise, the lightning wouldn’t be so violent. It could transform into characters and be directly absorbed,” it shouted resentfully.

This time, it dared not bite again and tossed the fruit aside.

“Whoever wants to eat, go ahead!” it said with tongue out, grimacing, the pain causing it to shed turtle tears.

Everyone exchanged glances again. If even a Venerable One couldn’t ingest it, who would dare?

“We should get out of here, it’s too dangerous,” Shi Hao suggested. The medicinal effect of the Lightning Fruit was too violent; they needed to find a safe place.

Everyone nodded in agreement. After surviving the recent ordeal, they realized this was not a place they could wander as they pleased. There were many creatures more formidable than the Lightning Worm. After all, that golden flesh worm was not yet mature. And the Taotie, Feiyi, Chongming Bird, and other ancient ferocities were commonly seen here, making this a maddening land.

Soon, they had left the Xiling Realm.

“Eh, it’s truly not real fruit flesh,” Xiao Tian remarked.

After emerging, the Lightning Fruit still glowed, but was no longer in the shape of fruit flesh. Rather, it existed as a mass of energy, shrouded in numerous characters.

“Who wants to try?” the Xuan Turtle asked.

“Let me do it,” Shi Hao said, sitting down. He operated the Suanni Law, lightning flickering wildly from within his body. He took a Lightning Fruit in hand, tore off a piece, and placed it in his mouth.

This was energy-shaped fruit with densely packed characters. As soon as it entered his mouth, it turned into fierce electric arcs that thrashed around.

However, the Suanni Law was already in motion, guiding the lightning and seizing the characters into his body.

Shi Hao was jolted, his body trembling, but not as badly as the Xuan Turtle.

“Amazing, it contains the natural laws of lightning!”

Shi Hao’s eyes sparkled, and then he put the entire fruit into his mouth. With a loud bang, he was engulfed by endless electric light, characters densely imprinted on his body.

Shi Hao appeared quite miserable, his hair standing on end, his body charred, sitting there convulsing continuously.

Everyone gasped, the situation looked dire.

“If he can hold on, he will definitely gain a significant amount of fortune. Those are Lightning Runes, a kind of Great Divine Power!” the Xuan Turtle said enviously.

And yet, it became restless again, feeling that it should make another effort. It tore off an even smaller piece of “fruit flesh” and put it in its mouth.

“Boom!”

The Xuan Turtle screamed, its turtle shell defense was astonishing, but that didn’t mean its body was impenetrable and immortal. Even as a Venerable One, it was now electrified to a crisp black, trembling in spasms.

“No, something’s wrong!” suddenly, Shi Hao exclaimed.

Aside from being shrouded in electric light, his body was also covered with a thin layer of black light, filled with the aura of death.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier!” the Xuan Turtle’s expression changed, crying out in agony as it felt its body being corroded, a strong scent of death invading its flesh.

Everyone was alarmed. The Lightning Fruit harvested from Xiling inevitably had major issues, accompanied by the dense death energy of the land.

In the next moment, both Shi Hao and the Xuan Turtle became still, sitting and earnestly combating, attempting to dissolve the death energy within their bodies.

That black light was incredibly strange, like maggots of decomposition that couldn’t be rid of, as if ingrained in their skin and spreading rapidly.

Strong as they were, Shi Hao and the Xuan Turtle were immobilized, their bodies turning black, as if they had entered the realm of the dead, lacking vitality, their entire appearance ghostlike.

The situation worsened, and eventually, Xiao Tian, Xia Youyu, and the others were forced to retreat. The black light was dreadful, corroding everything around it.

At the exit of the Xiling Realm, a pair of crepuscular eyes opened, and a snow-white giant tiger emerged. It was cold and ruthless, its icy gaze fixed on Shi Hao.

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“White Tiger King?!” Xiao Tian exclaimed in shock, well aware that this was one of the leaders of Beast Mountain.

“It must be the Venerable White Tiger now!” Xia Youyu was moved, her beautiful face filled with worry, as she glanced at Shi Hao and the Xuan Turtle, who were fighting against the death energy.

Clearly, the white tiger had been biding its time, waiting for the catastrophe to pass and for the world to be safe before making its breakthrough; otherwise, with its strength, it should have entered this realm long ago.

“It’s really seeking its own death!” The giant white tiger let out a sound like the thunderous roar of the wind, its killing intent overwhelming.

The white tiger, known for its fierceness, possesses one of the strongest bloodlines in the world and is called a Ferocious Beast; some even refer to it as a Sacred Ancient Beast. Despite its impure bloodline, by reaching this level, its power far surpassed that of an average Venerable One.

It opened its massive mouth and immediately spewed out a blast of Gengjin Sword Qi, specializing in killing and capable of mobilizing the Golden Spirit Qi of the world. This was its Innate Divine Ability. With a thunderous dong, a chaotic wave of swords descended.

Without mentioning anything else, this kind of combat power could severely injure an ordinary Venerable One.

Everyone was greatly shocked. The Heaven Mending Pavilion had been annihilated, and back then, Xiling Beast Mountain was the main force, with this white tiger being one of the culprits. Now, as everyone had come for vengeance, were they about to be killed in return?

Everyone tried to stop it, but it was pointless. The Gengjin Sword Qi descended like thunder, enveloping Shi Hao.

“Shriek!”

Shi Hao opened his eyes and pointed a finger, from which a Suan Ni roared, gold laced with purple, immense beyond comparison, meeting the sword energies and scattering them.

“You’re close to death, yet you still have such combat power. Admirable!” said the white tiger, its eyes growing even more indifferent. It took several steps back to observe Shi Hao and, upon confirming that he was being overtaken by death energy and the dark light growing more intense, it said, “You’re really bold, daring to meddle with things from the Xiling Realm. Once the death light enters your body, even those who have ignited divine flames will find it hard to survive.”

Its words were no fiction; buried in the Xiling Realm were Divine Kings and Celestial Gods whose death energy had transformed into dark light that could never be removed, capable of causing beings who had ignited divine flames to perish in hatred.

If a Venerable One came into contact with it, death was certain!

“The remnants of the Heaven Mending Pavilion, I had originally withdrawn, and yet you ignorantly pressed forward into the Xiling Realm. It’s like heaven wants you dead,” said the white tiger coldly, its pupils chillingly sharp like knives as it stared at Shi Hao. “You’ve been so astonishing lately, yet aren’t you still going to die!”

It opened its mouth again, spewing out a beam of Divine Radiance, attacking Shi Hao because, although it believed he couldn’t resolve the death light, it felt it was best to prevent him from trying.

“Most of the old fools from the Heaven Mending Pavilion were personally killed by me. I turned their skulls into drinking cups and have been keeping them by my side. It seems today, I will have another Emperor’s skull cup to add to my collection,” boasted the white tiger, deliberately trying to enrage him.

“You should die!” Xiao Tian and the others all brought out their Magic Artifacts and attacked.

“If not for a Venerable One, you’re just trash, unable to withstand a single blow.” Just then, at the entrance of the Xiling Realm, an old lion and a giant elephant appeared.

The old lion had a body covered in white fur and, with a roar, its Lion’s Roar Divine Ability shook out, causing all the Magic Artifacts to fall, some even exploding.

All three of the great leaders of Xiling Beast Mountain had arrived, and the old lion had also stepped one foot into the Venerable Realm, having cultivated for hundreds of years with profound skill.

“Hum!”

Suddenly, Shi Hao stood up, facing them, and his body shone with light. An inexplicable surge of character energy spread out as all the dark energy within his body was forced out.

“What?!” The white tiger, old lion, and giant elephant screamed in disbelief. Not even a being who had ignited divine flames was necessarily able to force out the death light; how did he do it?

Shi Hao’s chest bone shone with the cryptic power of the Power of Reincarnation, rotating all the death light out. He then grabbed the Xuan Turtle, taking advantage of the moment to help it cleanse itself as well.

“It saved me the time of looking for you. Just a bunch of death light, what’s that worth? I was just using it to perceive the Lightning Runes and further my cultivation.”

“You…” The white tiger was surprised and angry, transforming into a beam of white light, turning around to flee into the Xiling Realm. It felt a chill to its bones, finding Little Stone too bizarre, having consumed the Lightning Fruits of Xiling without any harm.

“Still want to run?” Shi Hao’s body erupted with electric light, the Lightning Runes merging with the Suan Ni Divine Technique, and with a bang, a huge thunderbolt struck out.

The white tiger was frozen with fear, unable to outpace the electric light.

The electric light kept surging towards it, its fur standing on end, leaving it no choice but to fight.

“Boom!”

Lightning flashed like an ocean, with five strikes falling consecutively. The white tiger screamed in agony; this was truly a case of ‘five thunders striking the head’, as five bolts of lightning struck its head in unison.

At that moment, its eyes nearly burst, its skull exploded, brain matter splattered all around, and then it turned charred black.

Soon, its corpse turned into a piece of burnt charcoal, completely annihilating its existence.

The old lion and the giant elephant also tried to escape, but were struck by two lightning-charged blade lights conjured by Shi Hao, splitting both leaders in half, meeting an untimely death.

“So powerful. Have you really attained a great fortune? Have you refined the runes from inside the Lightning Fruit?” Xuan Turtle was both shocked and envious as it had a narrow escape and dared not touch the fruit again.

“This is really some good stuff,” Shi Hao commented.

Meanwhile, all the others were left speechless upon hearing this. The death light within this fruit could potentially extinguish even Divine Fire, how could ordinary people withstand it? Besides, others couldn’t bear the Thunderous Force.

Shi Hao carefully examined the Lightning Fruit, finding that the runes contained within were all the same, eating one was no different from eating two.

“These are not yet mature and still accompanied by death light, yet they have already greatly enhanced my Thunderclap Treasure Technique. What would genuine Lightning Fruits be like?” Shi Hao murmured to himself.

He felt that if these were genuine Lightning Fruits, they should be able to break the limits of the Suan Ni Divine Technique and reach a higher level, at which point his mastery over the divine thunder would be truly invincible!

“Then let’s go to the higher realms. There’s a vast expanse up there where sacred medicines like the Lightning Fruit are definitely not rare; you can harvest them, as long as you’re strong enough and encounter the right opportunity, you can obtain them,” Xuan Turtle tempted, wanting to return.

“There are still some remnants left. I’ll deal with them; you wait outside,” Shi Hao said.

Xiao Tian, Xia Youyu, and others nodded. In such a place, they really couldn’t provide much help; staying outside was the best choice.

Leading Xuan Turtle, Shi Hao re-entered the Xiling Realm, cautiously located the other powerhouses of Beast Mountain, and showed no mercy, killing them all.

In the sky, various Divine Birds flew, their wings tearing the heavens as they soared. On the land, Ferocious Beasts stampeded, smashing mountains, and shattering divine moons—the scene was terrifying.

“What is that?” Xuan Turtle shrunk its head in fear, terrified of perishing in this place.

Up ahead, there was an altar surrounded by bones, as if it was a place of sacrifice.

Shi Hao’s eyebrows twitched as the Primordial True Bone in his palm lit up, sensing something ahead. He saw it, a few bones on the altar were very special, one of which was small, just a tiny corner, gleaming white like jade—exactly what he was looking for!

End of Chapter Two. Continue striving. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)