My Beasts Grind Proficiency For Me-Chapter 171 - 76: Taixiao True Thunder

Thunder Techniques are divided into Celestial Thunder, Earth Thunder, Human Thunder, Dragon Thunder, and Divine Thunder.

The Five Elements True Thunder of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect is a type of Human Thunder. It is generated by manipulating the Yin and Yang aspects of one’s Magical Power and possesses the attributes of the Five Elements and Yin Yang.

The Taixiao True Thunder of the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect, however, is the Celestial Thunder that roils endlessly in Taixiao Heaven within the Nine Heavens World.

It has its own unique strengths when compared to the Five Elements True Thunder of the Five Elements True Spirit Sect.

However, unlike the Five Elements True Thunder, the Taixiao True Thunder is somewhat simpler to cultivate. One can comprehend Thunder Talismans by sensing external Taixiao True Thunder, and can even cast it using Thunder Artifacts.

The Nine Illusion Mirage Demon Qi could easily imitate and cast Taixiao True Thunder, but it was incapable of producing Five Elements True Thunder.

In addition to this Demon Shadow that used Thunder Techniques, Wu Siming also conjured two other Demon Shadows.

One Demon Shadow was wreathed in Spiritual Light, which coalesced into a Dharma Aspect that enveloped it.

This Dharma Aspect was far more ferocious than Lou Chenglong’s, possessing a black face, bared tusks, three heads, and six arms. Grotesque horns sprouted from its heads, its body was covered in black scales, and its six arms brandished three long spears.

A Dharma Aspect is an external manifestation of the human heart. When a heart turns to evil and falls to the demonic path, the Dharma Aspect will also take on the form of an Evil Ghost.

The final Demon Shadow stood ten feet tall, its solid muscles looking as if they would burst through its skin. It had a wild mane of black hair and a hideous face. Its nose was especially grotesque—at least six inches long and drooping like an elephant’s trunk. It wielded a Big Iron Rod as thick as a bowl, its immense weight having already cracked the floor tiles beneath it.

This was the only one of the three Demon Shadows with a physical form. Wu Siming had taken a demonic body from his Storage Bag and allowed this Demon Shadow to possess it.

This Demon Shadow cultivated the Elephant Power Demon Scripture. Upon mastery, its Qi Power would surpass that of the Bull Power Demon Scripture, with the majority of its Power residing in its physical body.

He had used a Secret Technique to refine this demonic body into a Demon Corpse, making its Qi Power even greater than when it was alive.

"I had another Bull Power Demon Corpse, but unfortunately, it was destroyed at your hands,"

Wu Siming said with discontent.

The Demon Sect’s Body Refining Techniques—the Bull Power Demon Scripture, the Elephant Power Demon Scripture, and the Dragon Power Demon Scripture—had a clear hierarchy. A Cultivator of the Dragon Power Demon Scripture could even contend with a True Disciple of the Nine Yang Sect using their physical body alone.

An azure-gold light flashed in Yang Jing’s eyes. His pupils darted from side to side, and in an instant, he had completely assessed the three Demon Shadows.

Among the Demon Shadows, the Elephant Power Demon Corpse was the strongest, followed by the one mimicking the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect. The weakest was the Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow.

He made his decision in an instant.

"Iron Head! Activate the Upper Yang Demon Exorcism Formation!"

Iron Head was already prepared. He immediately raised a Token, and streams of Pure Yang Qi began to rise from various nodes throughout the courtyard. An instant later, another Array activated within the Sealing Array.

Billowing Yang Qi surged out like a tide, converging into a Pure Yang Qi Shield that greatly suppressed Wu Siming and his Demon Shadows. Their auras weakened instantly.

This was a Tier Two Lower Grade Array that specialized in suppressing Demon Cultivators. Yang Jing had received it from the Five Elements True Spirit Sect after his Foundation Establishment to guard his Cave Mansion.

When he took up the post of Demon Patrol Envoy, Yang Jing had dismantled the Array and brought it with him.

If this Array accumulated enough Yang Qi, it could directly form Demon-Extinguishing Golden Chains. The moment those chains locked onto the Demon Shadows, they would be completely immobilized, and even Wu Siming himself would suffer greatly.

However, this Array was laid out within another Array, forcing it to compete for Spiritual Qi with the Governor’s Mansion’s Grand Array. Furthermore, it hadn’t been set up for long, so it was still far from being able to form the Demon-Extinguishing Golden Chains.

Wu Siming’s face fell. He never expected Yang Jing to possess such profound skill in the Array Dao. Tier Two Arrays weren’t like Tier One; they couldn’t be set up simply by following instructions. One had to observe the Spirit Veins and locate the precise nodes—and this was an Array stacked upon another, a feat that multiplied the difficulty.

Now that the area was saturated with Yang Qi, not only were his Demon Shadow avatars weakened, but even the Illusion Techniques—the specialty of the Nine Illusions Mirage Demon Scripture—were severely suppressed.

"Do you think a mere Array like this is enough to stop me?!"

"No. This Array is merely to prevent your escape. After all, I’m about to use some methods that are best kept out of the light."

"Iron Head, you take on that Elephant Power Demon Corpse! Yinjiao, Chi Yu, Ji Feng—the three of you, handle the Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow."

Yang Jing assigned his disciples their opponents.

Wu Siming was enraged. Yang Jing’s words clearly implied that he was confident he could fight two on one, handling both Wu Siming himself and the Supreme Profound Upper Yang Sect Demon Shadow.

The next moment, the Upper Yang Sect Demon Shadow activated its Seal Button. A dazzling, purple Taixiao True Thunder leaped forth, targeting not Yang Jing, but Chi Yu, who appeared to be the youngest and weakest of the group.

Yang Jing snatched Chi Yu and pulled him behind him with one hand, raising his other to block.

BOOM!

The Taixiao True Thunder slammed into Yang Jing’s palm. It crackled violently but was caught fast in his grip, unable to advance another inch.

In the next instant, the purple Taixiao True Thunder suddenly transformed, shifting into the five interwoven colors of the Five Elements True Thunder. The Five-Colored Thunder Light flowed within Yang Jing’s palm as the sound of thunderclaps grew incessant and the light flared ever brighter.

BOOM!

The Five Elements True Thunder transformed into a ferocious, roaring Thunder Dragon and shot straight toward the Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow. The might of this bolt of Five Elements True Thunder far surpassed any Thunder Technique Yang Jing had previously displayed; its power was terrifying. The Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow had no time to dodge and took the full force of the blast.

Amid the deafening thunder, the Dharma Aspect—which was comparable to a Tier Two Defensive Spiritual Artifact—was pierced in an instant. The True Thunder detonated from within the Demon Shadow.

The soaring aftershock of the explosion caused the Array’s protective barrier to visibly ripple. Ji Feng, who had the weakest constitution, felt as if her eardrums were about to rupture.

Yang Jing glanced at his unscathed palm. As for the Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow, it had been annihilated, reduced to ash and smoke.

"How foolish, Senior Brother Wu. Did you really think you could fight me just by controlling a Demon Shadow and using some half-baked Taixiao True Thunder?"

’This Dharma Image Sect Demon Shadow’s Cultivation was even higher than Lou Chenglong’s. If I had relied solely on my own Five Elements True Slaughter to generate the thunder, I might not have been able to destroy it in one blow.’

’But I noticed that the Taixiao True Thunder the Demon Shadow wielded was merely activated by a Thunder Artifact Seal Button; it had no real mastery behind it. It was practically just a raw, natural bolt of Taixiao True Thunder. It was child’s play for me to use my Talent for mastering the Five Thunders to seize control of it, transform it into Five Elements True Thunder, and merge it with my own.’

"Go! Go! Kill him!"

A sliver of fear crept into Wu Siming’s heart. He bellowed a command at the remaining Elephant Power Demon Corpse and simultaneously brought out a Flying Hook that radiated a sinister Evil Qi.

THUD!

The enormous Elephant Power Demon Corpse stomped one foot on the ground, its heavy body kicking up a searing gale as it swung the Big Iron Rod down toward Yang Jing.

CLANG!

A deafening clang rang out.

Iron Head, wielding his Big Spear, shot forward and parried the blow, holding his spear aloft with both hands to catch the rod.

The tremendous force of the impact was channeled directly into the ground. Bricks and stone flew as the packed earth instantly sank five feet deep.

"Your opponent today is me,"

Iron Head said, enveloping his Big Spear in Celestial True Gang as he spun and thrust.

The Demon Corpse instinctively drew its rod back to defend, using the shaft to bat away the spearhead.

The man and the corpse, despite their astonishing difference in size, were locked in a tangled brawl. The clash of spear and rod erupted in a deafening, heaven-shaking symphony of ringing metal.