From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 545 Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering!

Chen Hong certainly wouldn't try to prove anything about destruction; it was just a sudden whim. Destruction and such things weren't suitable for him.

"I'm all recovered. Let's go out and let everyone know we're safe." Deep in the sea, Chen Hong and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King exchanged a few glances before Chen Hong and Ye Lingling surfaced. The seawater outside was scalding hot, but to Chen Hong and Ye Lingling, it was just a hot spring.

The reason for heading to the seabed was to dilute the power of the Purple Gold Divine Lightning. Reducing its power as much as possible would ensure that, although it wouldn't kill Chen Hong, it would leave him with more injuries.

"Brother Hong, what are you going to do about this lightning pattern?" Ye Lingling looked at the faint purple-gold lightning pattern on Chen Hong's chest with heartache.

"Let's go back first. This lightning pattern is not simple. The power of the laws on it is very dense. If we're not careful, we might be struck by heavenly lightning. However, every cloud has a silver lining. It can also be considered a breakthrough that allows me to comprehend the rules of heaven and earth." Chen Hong glanced indifferently at the purple-gold lightning pattern on his body, comforted Ye Lingling, and then flew towards Sea Soul Island with Ye Lingling.

After this journey, Chen Hong's soul power had soared from level 80 to the level 99 Limit Douluo. An ordinary person might face issues like a fluctuating cultivation level, but Chen Hong wouldn't. Firstly, he already possessed a divine soul, and secondly, his spiritual power level had reached the peak of level 99. Because he couldn't transform his divine sense, it remained fragmented within Chen Hong's soul star sea.

To Chen Hong's slight surprise, the Purple-Gold Divine Lightning raised his physical level by one level, from level 95 to level 96.

"Who knows, the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering might have some miraculous effects." On his way back, Chen Hong told Ye Lingling this news.

Seeing this, the latter looked at Chen Hong incredulously: "Brother Hong, has your brain been struck by lightning? Do you want to get struck by lightning again?"

"But even the purple-gold divine lightning of a million years couldn't kill us, could it?" Chen Hong said, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"The tribulation lightning in the Douluo Realm seems to have some problems. It's devoid of any life force, meaning that once it strikes, it's executed as if you're instantly killed. But as the saying goes, yin and yang are mutually reinforcing, and adversity turns into prosperity. Extreme destruction might unexpectedly trigger a glimmer of life in Lingling's case. In other words, as long as Lingling is present, even a million-year-old heavenly lightning will forcibly preserve a drop of our blood!" Chen Hong looked at Ye Lingling with a strange expression. According to this reasoning, Ye Lingling could almost break through to the divine body by undergoing tribulation.

"For us, one drop of blood is almost the same as full health! Because we only need to slash once!" As long as you're bold and careful, you can exploit bugs in this world!

Chen Hong's [True Self] allows him to exit the tribulation state at any time, thus keeping the number of Purple-Gold Divine Lightning strikes always at the standard of the first strike! Ye Lingling's extreme vitality allows them to lock their bloodline during the first strike of Purple-Gold Divine Lightning, which contains an aura of extreme destruction!

In the eyes of the world's rules, Chen Hong and his group were like a wildly flashing red dot. A bolt of lightning struck, and they were "dead," the red dot vanishing. Then, not long after, another red dot lit up, another bolt of lightning struck, and the red dot disappeared. The red dot then lit up again.

"Wasn't Lingling trying to transform into a divine body from the destruction of extreme fire and extreme ice? And now, without even fusing extreme fire and extreme ice together, look at this." Chen Hong patted the glorious tattoo on his chest and said proudly, "The ultimate destruction that Lingling wanted has now arrived!"

Looking at Chen Hong's smug expression, Ye Lingling sighed and chuckled, "Since Brother Hong has already said this much, wouldn't it be disrespectful for Brother Hong if I were to disagree? However, the power of the Destructive Heavenly Thunder is terrifying, and the risk is proportional to the reward. It can transform a divine body, but it can also completely destroy our bodies."

"This is indeed a problem that needs serious consideration." After hearing Ye Lingling say this, Chen Hong thought about it and felt that Ye Lingling was right.

"In the Creator state, the [True Self], [Eternity], and [Transcendence] can completely cover us. Before awakening [Transcendence], even if I possess the True Self and Eternity, my soul would probably collapse if I were to withstand four or five consecutive Heavenly Lightning Bolts. However, with the blessing of Transcendence, my limit might be to withstand more than ten Heavenly Lightning Bolts, which means that my soul will basically not have any problems."

"However, the physical body is indeed more difficult to withstand so many destructive heavenly lightning strikes. If one is not careful, the physical body will be destroyed, and we can only reshape the physical body and start over."

While talking with Ye Lingling, Chen Hong returned to Sea Soul Island and explained the situation with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

It is said that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was so badly oppressed by humans that he decided to break through the million-year realm to regain his former glory and make humans tremble under the rule of the deep sea. Unfortunately, he failed the tribulation, but was saved by Ye Lingling. No, he was saved by Ye Lingling, who allowed him to sacrifice his cultivation to escape the tribulation.

Chen Hong didn't care whether others believed him or not; that was his explanation.

but

Throughout the entire Sea Soul Alliance, news that Ye Lingling could save soul beasts from lightning tribulations began to spread, which inadvertently increased the cohesion of all the sea soul beasts.

"Dad, the humans said you failed your tribulation and were saved by Ye Lingling. Is that true?" In the deep sea, when Lan Fuzi found the Deep Sea Demon Whale King who was recuperating, several big question marks immediately appeared above the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's head.

Deep Sea Demon Whale King: Oh no, is this how you guys talk about whales in your hearts?

However, considering that Chen Hong had survived such terrifying lightning, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could only remain silent and say, "That human girl... truly possessed the ability to find a glimmer of hope amidst destruction."

After receiving confirmation from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Lan Fuzi's big mouth—a big mouth in a double sense—immediately caused panic throughout the entire Sea Soul Alliance, no, it should be said, the entire Soul Beast community.

So, not long after the commotion subsided, the Snow Empress approached Chen Hong, who was retrieving the Dragon King's remains from the Ice and Fire Immortal Valley, and went straight to the point:

"I don't need the skeletons or anything like that, but you have to help me break through 700,000!"

"Huh? Are you sure?" Chen Hong, who was lost in thought by the Ice and Fire Pool, came back to his senses and saw the two Ice and Snow Emperors, one big and one small, walking towards him without any obstruction.

Xue Di looked at Chen Hong, then glanced at the bottleneck of military power, and shook her head slightly:

"The Dragon King's remains are nothing more than a means for us to break through, but you now have better methods. Why should we abandon our own origins to absorb the Ice Dragon King's power?" The Snow Empress's tone was full of seriousness.

(End of this chapter)