Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 540: Chapter 316 Heavenly Thunder_2

He then continued to take the Top-grade Third-Grade Rejuvenation Pill and the Third-grade Top Breaking Mountain Pill, and by then, even the dullest person would understand that he must have found some method of crafting top-grade spirit pills.

Yet, given Li Shiming’s status, even his alchemy master, Elder Ma, wouldn’t dare inquire afterward, let alone mention it.

Elder Su glanced at his disciple, Wan Zheng, while Elder Ma also cast a look with a warning at the two disciples he brought. It was clear to the three late-stage foundation establishment disciples what this meant.

Li Shiming was very close to them, and the stronger Li Shiming became, the better it was for them.

Even without the master’s admonition, they wouldn’t reveal Li Shiming’s secrets.

The five golden cores ceased to devour spiritual power, life vitality, and spirit; under the influence of the Breaking Mountain Pill, strange changes were happening within them.

The aura around Li Shiming suddenly surged significantly, his power leaping from half-step golden core to early-stage golden core.

Then, the now-stabilized five golden cores expelled spiritual power, life vitality, and spirit, which differed greatly in quality from what had been previously absorbed.

At this moment, the five golden cores expelled spiritual power, life vitality, and spirit of the golden core stage, the simultaneous release notably boosting Li Shiming’s aura once again.

Elder Su and Elder Ma clamped their mouths shut tightly. Although they didn’t employ their divine thought, they also noticed some signs on Li Shiming but wouldn’t discuss it in front of the three disciples.

To their senses, something was unusual about the golden cores inside Li Shiming; this surge in aura far exceeded the normal enhancement a golden core provides to a cultivator overall.

Truthfully, under normal circumstances, the spiritual power, life vitality, and spirit exuded by the golden core at this moment should not be too much but simply of a higher quality.

This was meant to allow the cultivator to recover to a certain state to cope with the upcoming heavenly thunder.

However, Li Shiming’s condition was quite irregular; the amount of spiritual power, life vitality, and spirit released by the golden core was excessive, enough not just to restore his state but also to significantly enhance it.

They were already regretting bringing their three disciples to observe this as Li Shiming’s advancement process had no need to be observed. If their other disciples were to face as many twists as Li Shiming’s, likely none would survive the advancement process.

At this moment, the Top-grade Third-Grade Rejuvenation Pill was also taking effect, its medicinal power combining with the life vitality expelled by the five golden cores to restore his physique.

His body swelled, muscles inflating from shriveled beginnings, and his skin regained its elasticity and luster.

He activated the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’, seeking to maximize the opportunity of ample life vitality entering his body to enhance his physique to counter the upcoming heavenly thunder.

He could hardly imagine what sort of heavenly thunder his five golden cores would face.

With full activation of the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’, the true form of the Angry-eyed Vajra naturally manifested, a massive angry-eyed Vajra phantom appearing behind him.

As the golden cores formed, the constraints on Li Shiming’s physique disappeared. If his physique was to naturally recover with the life vitality of the golden core stage being expelled, most of the golden core’s vitality would be consumed in self-recovery, with limited enhancement to his physical strength.

However, with him activating the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ and the augmentation from the true form of the Angry-eyed Vajra, the life vitality of the golden core stage in his body had a much greater effect.

Since the life vitality of the golden core stage expelled by the five golden cores was ample, and his body’s recovery was efficiently managed under the effect of the power generated by the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’, it didn’t need to consume golden core stage life vitality for quick repairs.

Thus, all the golden core stage life vitality was used by the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ for upgrading his body’s level.

In fact, this process should not have been carried out at this stage but after passing through the heavenly thunder ordeal, completed by the rewards of the Heaven and Earth rules.

At that time, the cultivator’s physique would naturally evolve to that of the golden core stage, while currently, the precious golden core stage life vitality was meant for self-repair, to withstand the heavenly thunder.

Were it not for Li Shiming having five golden cores, he would not dare to practice ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ at this moment; who could blame him since the life vitality of the five golden cores of the golden core stage was ample enough.

Elder Su and Elder Ma already wanted to tell their disciples not to take Li Shiming’s breakthrough as a reference because doing so would be entirely meaningless.

For thirty minutes, the scene was extremely quiet; everyone was waiting. Even in the skies beyond the Heavenly Eye Peak mountain range, cultivators hovered, unable to see the situation at Sword Holding Peak, yet they could witness the appearance of the heavenly thunder.

The heavenly thunder signified that Li Shiming’s breakthrough process had reached the final step and was also the end of Li Shiming’s breakthrough.

Afterwards, it would be known whether Li Shiming had successfully broken through. This matter was extremely important for many Golden Core cultivators, as well as for the Shushan Sect.

Li Shiming paid no attention to the outside world; he was fully operating the Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill, to combat the heavenly thunder, there wasn’t much else he could do.

Having ascended to the Golden Core once as his clone Li Yuanba, he had experienced the heavenly thunder twice, each time extremely perilous.

His body contained five Golden Cores; he didn’t know what intensity of heavenly thunder the five Golden Cores would withstand.

But he was very clear that the Heaven and Earth Rules would definitely not let go of him, an aberration; what he was about to face would be the most challenging ordeal.

Under the watchful eyes of Elder Su, Elder Ma, three Late-stage Foundation Establishment Disciples, and many sect cultivators from the outside world, the sky above Sword Holding Peak suddenly darkened.

Then, a thick bolt of golden lightning struck down directly. While all the cultivators were shocked by the thickness of this golden lightning, there were four more thick golden lightning strikes in succession.

In the space of a breath, five thick bolts of golden lightning had fallen.

All the cultivators were stunned, and quite a few were even thinking if Li Shiming had committed an outrageous act to provoke such divine punishment at this time.

This was no longer about surviving a tribulation; this was simply flagellation of a corpse!

Yes, flagellation of a corpse, no one believed that Li Shiming could still be alive under the divine punishment of five thick golden lightning bolts.

Let alone five thick golden lightning bolts, the Golden Core cultivators watching the heavenly thunder fall, who had all endured the heavenly thunder’s baptism, naturally knew how terrifying the heavenly thunder was.

The heavenly thunder they endured in the past was not as powerful as half of any one of these five heavenly thunders, and yet it had almost killed them.

At the instant the heavenly thunder appeared, Li Shiming felt as if everything in the world had slowed down.

The Angry-eyed Vajra Phantom behind him roared at the heavenly thunder, generating a massive amount of Vajra force from its anger, which coursed into his body.

The heavenly thunder pierced through everything, striking him directly.

His body, from the inside out, every cell was attacked under the heavenly thunder.

“Heavenly Thunder Possession!” Li Shiming instinctively felt a life-and-death crisis and activated the secret technique, the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique.

This enhanced his resistance to electricity, and he hoped it would allow him to survive the heavenly thunder.

The “Heavenly Thunder Possession” indeed reduced the damage of the heavenly thunder to his body, even the tiny bolts of electricity formed by the heavenly thunder inside him were countered by the electricity summoned from his five Golden Cores.

This was a unique aspect of the Thunder Skill, which indeed had some advantages in countering heavenly thunder.

But before he could rejoice, a series of heavenly thunders followed, shattering all the electricity he had summoned using “Heavenly Thunder Possession.”

His body, from the inside out, skin, muscles, innards, and bones, were all ravaged by the electrifying baptism. If it weren’t for his life force being enhanced beforehand by the Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill, equating to having already become a Golden Core Body, he might have died on the spot.

Of course, what kept him from dying instantly were the five Golden Cores that had not been destroyed. The Golden Core is the foundation of a cultivator, and although the damage his body sustained was lethal, his body still contained the power of top-grade third-grade Spirit Pills.

The power of the third-grade top Rejuvenation Pill had not yet dissipated, ensuring that his life force had not completely extinguished.