Chapter 2323 - 2282: Defying Lightning with Blood

Although the eight thousand strong practitioners didn't have as high a cultivation base as the first two waves, they were more than twice the number. These over eight thousand practitioners realized they were to become sacrificial offerings, and were terrified, screaming in fear. Each struggled with fright, but it was in vain against Wang Xiaoqiang with his Grasp Stars and Moon Technique. Not to mention that his technique was powerful, after undergoing the tempering of the two previous bolts of lightning, the Grasp Stars and Moon Technique now carried electricity, its power doubled.

"Struggling is useless. Instead of making these futile struggles, it's better to save your strength to counter the heavenly thunder," Wang Xiaoqiang said in a voice that coaxed like lulling a child. Simultaneously, as if manipulating clay, he stacked these over eight thousand people from top to bottom to form a massive human tower, suspended above the head of Jade Yumo.

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang willing to sacrifice so many lives for her own, Jade Yumo felt ashamed and guilty, and could not help but advise, "Little Qiang, spare them. For my sake, it's unnecessary to sacrifice so many people. Your unwarranted slaughter will incur heavenly punishment."

"Unwarranted slaughter? I don't think I'm the one killing these people. It's fate that kills them. Also, for you and our son, it's not just a few people. Even if everyone from the Ancient Era died, I'd still do it."

Wang Xiaoqiang said, though he cared about Jade Yumo, he cared even more about the child in her womb. Women are like clothes, brothers like limbs; brothers are more important than women, let alone father and son, which is a bloodline connection. But for Wang Xiaoqiang, women are equally important. Since Jade Yumo has become his woman, he will protect her.

Wang Xiaoqiang's words moved Jade Yumo deeply. She no longer tried to dissuade him. Remembering the little life inside her, a strong will to survive ignited within her. She could die, but her child must not. Women, after all, have soft hearts, especially towards their children.

Boom~~~~~~~~

The third heavenly thunderbolt crashed down, aimed at Jade Yumo, or to be precise, at the human tower above her head.

The following scenes were similar to the previous two times. The lightning seemed unstoppable and broke through effortlessly. Although the over eight thousand practitioners didn't have as high a cultivation base as the previous waves, their strength lay in numbers. When over eight thousand were blasted into shreds by the lightning, Wang Xiaoqiang's Grasp Stars and Moon Technique, without hesitation, blocked that lightning for Jade Yumo once more.

Jade Yumo, in perfect harmony, utilized the Seven-Color Light Worm Technique. Countless light insects adhered to Wang Xiaoqiang, absorbing and dissipating the lightning on his behalf. Under the combined force dissipation of the Seven-Color Light Worm, the Patterned Beast, and the Holy Path of Courage, Wang Xiaoqiang neutralized the third heavenly thunderbolt.

Next...

The fourth heavenly thunderbolt...

The fifth heavenly thunderbolt...

The sixth heavenly thunderbolt...

Until the fifteenth heavenly thunderbolt...

A dual tribulation arrived: one was the heavenly tribulation Jade Yumo was supposed to go through, totaling seven heavenly thunder strikes; the other was the heavenly tribulation encountered because Jade Yumo violated the Heaven and Earth Laws and went to the Ancient Era, totaling eight heavenly thunder strikes,

Totaling fifteen heavenly thunder strikes,

After the fifteen thunder strikes ended. The ground was piled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood; this isn't a metaphor. It was truly a mountain of shredded flesh and a sea of blood. The scene could only be described as Senluo Hell, a sight not meant to appear under the sun.

Due to resisting the fifteen heavenly thunder strikes, nearly a hundred thousand people became sacrifices, stacked like human towers by Wang Xiaoqiang and eventually blasted to death by the heavenly thunder.

Yet within Jade Yumo's Dragon Lock Formation, there were still over thirty thousand people. At this time, these thirty thousand people curled up, streaming tears and snot, feeling immense relief. Compared to those hundred thousand, they had survived, feeling incredibly lucky.

Throughout, Jade Yumo did not encounter an attack from the heavenly thunder. Her body was intact, and the little life in her womb was safe, carefully wrapped in a mass of Spiritual Energy, deeply cherished,

And Jade Yumo's Seven-Color Light Worms, after absorbing continuous lightning, had now grown to the size of a fist. Electric arcs danced within, crackling with explosive energy, their devouring capability having increased tenfold from before.

Wang Xiaoqiang, after constantly absorbing and practicing the heavenly thunder, had become more robust, and all spell techniques within him had grown more potent. However, after the fifteen heavenly thunder strikes, perhaps because too much heavenly thunder had accumulated within, his Heavenly Eye, both hands, Patterned Beast, Holy Path of Courage, and others had become saturated and could no longer practice transformation.

Even those Seven-Color Light Worms no longer absorbed lightning, evidently having reached their limit for electrical intake, leaving Wang Xiaoqiang in a bitter state.

Having blocked the fifteenth heavenly thunder, the sky's thunder ceased. But Wang Xiaoqiang's body could not quell; his entire body flashed frantically with electric arcs running rampant within him, seemingly about to burst him open,

"Ah~~~" He let out a wailing scream, the sound shrill. He now needed something to help him neutralize those lightning strikes or to absorb them from his body. Otherwise, even his super physical body could not withstand the heavenly thunder and lightning known as the Heaven's Tiangang Ground Fire.

"Little Qiang, ah, no, don't," Jade Yumo saw Wang Xiaoqiang's body bloated to double size by the lightning, his robe bursting apart, muscles swelling and expanding. Seeing him in such anguish, wailing in pain, Jade Yumo panicked, full of distress. She rushed towards Wang Xiaoqiang, wanting to absorb the lightning into her own body for him. But before she could reach him, Wang Xiaoqiang flicked her away with his fingers. Jade Yumo, strong as a Heaven-Stepping Realm practitioner, couldn't withstand it fully pregnant with a weak little life. Wang Xiaoqiang did not want his unborn son to miscarry prematurely.

After flicking away Jade Yumo, Wang Xiaoqiang flew into the air above the Dragon Lock Formation. Then he gestured with his hands towards the over thirty thousand people below, causing their heads to explode. Blood spewed from their burst skulls upward, forming over thirty thousand blood pillars in the sky, converging towards Wang Xiaoqiang and eventually pouring into his body,

These over thirty thousand blood pillars converging into one body made Wang Xiaoqiang's body seem as though filled with immense blood vessels,

The blood vessels vast as rainbows, like rushing rivers, crisscrossed around Wang Xiaoqiang tightly. These over thirty thousand blood rainbows infused directly like a massive transfusion into Wang Xiaoqiang's body,

Wang Xiaoqiang employed the Blood Burning Technique to practice this blood, thereby fortifying himself to resist the devastating lightning inside. With the sudden replenishment of a vast amount of Blood Qi, the metric of Blood Qi within Wang Xiaoqiang reached an unprecedented level, vast and majestic, forming whirlpools within,

The Blood Qi whirlpools swirling, engulfing and drowning the lightning. The brutal and unruly lightning, upon entering the Blood Qi whirlpool, disappeared without much stir, precisely being neutralized.

Using blood to defend against lightning!

Gathering the blood of tens of thousands to resist the lightning within.

This is not something anyone can achieve. Even strong practitioners from the Heaven-Stepping Realm can't. Only someone with a powerful body and the Power of Blood Burning like his can do this!

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang employing such formidable methods, Jade Yumo felt slightly at ease yet secretly astonished. At this moment, Wang Xiaoqiang seemed like a Blood God.