Supreme Dragon Lord-Chapter 276: Heavenly Phenomenon!
With that thought, Long Chen glanced up at Chu Lingjun’s room. Seeing that all was quiet, he decided not to dwell on it any longer.
He centered himself and promptly swallowed the Heaven Reaching Fruit.
GULP!
When he consumed the fruit, there was no initial reaction, as if it had no effect whatsoever.
Long Chen frowned slightly. What’s happening? Why isn’t it doing anything?
Just as he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly felt a warm current spread through his body. Then, a powerful surge of energy erupted!
A faint golden light radiated from Long Chen. The power continued to grow at a frightening rate, threatening to burst his body apart!
"Ah—"
Long Chen let out a great cry, raising his hands high above his head! A torrential power erupted from his body, spreading out in all directions!
The ground shook! The very building rocked!
Seeing this, Cai Qing’s face went pale with fright, and she immediately ran out of her room.
"That’s Big Brother Long’s voice! What’s happening?"
Cai Qing was bewildered, but she still raced toward the sound. However, before she could get close to Long Chen, a wave of immense power struck her and sent her flying.
Just as she was about to slam into a hard stone wall, a figure flashed past and appeared in her path, stopping her. Realizing she was unharmed, Cai Qing let out a long breath of relief and quickly calmed her racing heart.
She looked up and said to Feng Ziyuan, "Thank you, Senior!"
Feng Ziyuan just nodded slightly, saying nothing. He looked ahead, his gaze fixed on Long Chen.
"Senior, what’s happening to Big Brother Long?" Cai Qing asked worriedly.
"Don’t worry, he’s fine," Feng Ziyuan explained. "He’s just cultivating."
"Cultivating?" Cai Qing, being an ordinary person with no experience in the Martial Path, didn’t quite understand. "Is cultivation supposed to be this painful?"
"He has taken the Heaven Reaching Fruit. The energy inside him is too potent and domineering. As long as he can succeed in refining this energy, he will be fine," Feng Ziyuan stated plainly.
"Oh..." Hearing this, Cai Qing nodded, though she only vaguely understood, and said no more. But one thing was clear to her: as long as Feng Ziyuan was here, Long Chen would be fine.
Seeing that Long Chen was still unable to stabilize his mind, Feng Ziyuan used his Inner Strength to transmit his voice, conveying three words clearly into Long Chen’s ears: "Focus! Circulate! Control!"
Long Chen’s brows furrowed. Upon hearing these words, he endured the excruciating pain racking his body. Casting aside all chaotic thoughts, he centered himself once more and began to circulate his Battle qi as Feng Ziyuan had instructed.
At this moment, Long Chen himself was like a magnetic field. The space around him distorted from the energy he was releasing. Yet, the medicinal effects of the Heaven Reaching Fruit continued to surge. It felt as if an endless stream of power was gathering inside him, making him extremely uncomfortable, as if he might explode at any moment.
Long Chen compressed the energy again, circulating his Battle qi to guide this force through his four limbs and hundred bones, fortifying his entire body. This way, the next time he faced an enemy, it would be much harder to seriously injure him.
Long Chen did not resist. He let the power course through his system, doing his utmost to suppress it and prevent it from surging out of control.
Feng Ziyuan stood guard nearby, ready to provide help in case of any mishap.
Time flew by.
「Two days later.」
Long Chen brought his hands together and let out a long breath. His entire spiritual state had improved immensely. The once-ferocious power was now under his control. He narrowed his eyes slightly and could feel the surging power within his body, which was now fully integrated.
Not only that, but he could also feel his meridians, as if they had undergone a baptism. His whole body was filled with strength. Ripples of terrifying energy slowly emanated from him, sweeping out in all directions.
BOOM!!
Suddenly, the bottleneck he had been facing shattered. His Cultivation soared, advancing from the Fourth to the Fifth Layer of the War Ancestor Realm! Moreover, the rapid increase showed no signs of stopping.
A flicker of joyous surprise passed through Long Chen’s heart as he deepened his focus. I wonder how far my strength can go with the power of this Heaven Reaching Fruit.
Seeing this, Feng Ziyuan nodded in satisfaction. A flash of astonishment crossed his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
This young man is truly extraordinary...
He looked deeply at Long Chen. Seeing that he had passed the critical stage, he didn’t linger and instead walked back into the house, leaving a dumbfounded Cai Qing staring blankly in his wake.
"Senior! Shouldn’t we keep an eye on him?" she called out. "Big Brother Long, he..." Glancing between Long Chen and Feng Ziyuan, her head was spinning with questions.
Just as she was in a daze, the sky suddenly changed color.
BOOM!
A deafening clap of thunder sounded, and silvery-white lightning seemed to tear the sky apart.
Cai Qing was terrified by the scene. Her face went white, and with a scream, she scrambled toward the house. She was just an ordinary person; if she were hit by that terrifying lightning, she would probably be turned into a charred corpse on the spot.
BOOM!!
Another tremendous crash of thunder shook the sky. Feng Ziyuan, who had just entered the house, stopped in his tracks, puzzled. He turned back, his gaze landing on Long Chen.
Cai Qing asked in bewilderment, "Senior, how did the sky change just like that?!"
"This..."
Feng Ziyuan couldn’t answer. Logically, consuming the Heaven Reaching Fruit shouldn’t cause such a thunderous phenomenon. Yet, this heavenly anomaly had appeared... He couldn’t understand it either.
He saw Long Chen forming seals with his hands. Between his fingers, a bolt of silvery-white lightning crackled into existence, flickering nonstop.
The lightning in the sky seemed to answer a summons, as the formidable Power of Thunder shot directly toward him. In the end, it poured directly into his body!
Seeing this, Cai Qing gasped, her heart leaping into her throat.
"W-Won’t he be blasted into a desiccated corpse?!"
"Senior Feng, what... what should we do?" Her voice trembled, her face as white as a sheet.
