Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Thunder Dragon, A Century of Glory

Chapter 77 Thunderous Yama Vine (Seeking First Subscription)

"The Thunderous Hell Vine grows in places where lightning is frequent. This plant needs to absorb the power of thunder from heaven and earth to grow further. Therefore, it usually appears in areas with frequent lightning activity. These areas are often remote and sparsely populated. Deep mountains and forests are the ideal habitat for the Thunderous Hell Vine."

"According to that fragmentary record, the Thunderous Hell Vine is a top-tier plant-type soul beast from birth. It possesses innate intelligence and, when it first grows, resembles a bamboo shoot, consisting of only a small segment. It must grow in places where lightning is abundant. It can only develop during thunderstorms. Each time it is struck by lightning, it becomes stronger. A hundred lightning strikes are equivalent to a year of cultivation for an ordinary soul beast."

"Thunder is the most violent of all natural forces. It is under the test of thunder that the Thunderous Hell Vine grows stronger. In the beginning, its growth is very slow and difficult because it needs to wait for natural thunder to descend upon it in order to develop."

"Therefore, while other soul beasts may need one year to cultivate, it may take ten years for it to gather enough lightning bolts for a hundred strikes, making its cultivation more than ten times slower than that of ordinary soul beasts."

"However, as time goes by, once the Thunderous Hell Vine can cultivate to the hundred-year level, the situation will change dramatically."

"When the Thunderous Hell Vine reaches a hundred years of cultivation, it can actively attract lightning during thunderstorms and let the lightning strike it. Often, it can receive a hundred lightning strikes in one night. Although by then, it will take more than a hundred lightning strikes a year to improve its cultivation, its cultivation speed will greatly increase."

"I think this land that attracts lightning is not entirely naturally formed." Yun Yibai's gaze turned to the soul beast that resembled the Thunder Hell Vine again.

"At the same time, due to its own characteristics, once the Thunderous Hell Vine is cultivated to a certain level, its destructive power will be extremely terrifying, often creating a spectacular scene of a thunder pool in an area. And this thunder pool will continue to expand as the Thunderous Hell Vine itself grows stronger, until it devours everything around it."

"A Thunderous Hell Vine with ten thousand years of cultivation is enough to change the celestial phenomena, causing thunder to descend upon the mortal world and control the power of thunder to destroy everything in the outside world."

"Therefore, once a Thunderous Hell Vine of this level of cultivation appears, it will inevitably cause disaster in a certain region. Only a super strong person has the possibility of destroying it."

"But the Thunderous Hell Vine also has a drawback. Because it relies on constantly absorbing lightning to improve itself, once it reaches a certain level, the destructive lightning, after being compressed, becomes too powerful, making it vulnerable to self-destruction at any time."

"The vast majority of Thunderous Hell Vine appear in deep mountains and forests, developing in uninhabited places, but ultimately perish during its own growth process."

"Depending on the different growth experiences of each Thunderous Hell Vine, they generally self-destruct around 20,000 to 50,000 years, and there are very few Thunderous Hell Vine that can cultivate for more than 50,000 years."

This was the first time Yang Wudi had ever heard of a soul beast called the Thunderous Hell Vine.

"So, the reason for this drastic change in the celestial phenomena is because of this soul beast; it's the one that attracted all this lightning!"

"It seems that coming along has indeed been fruitful."

"If what you say is true, and this soul beast in front of us is indeed the Thunderous Hell Vine, can you tell its age?" Yang Wudi asked directly.

"This Thunderous Hell Vine should be between 30,000 and 40,000 years old. I've never seen a soul beast like the Thunderous Hell Vine before, so I can only judge based on the information recorded in ancient books."

"Given the current situation, I cannot determine whether this Thunderous Hell Vine is cultivating or undergoing tribulation."

"Tribulation?" This was the first time Yang Wudi had heard this term.

"According to ancient records, every ten thousand years after the Thunderous Hell Vine ascends, such lightning will fall to obstruct them. Soul Masters who knew about this in the past called it Tribulation."

"I see."

"Now you have another option. Would you like this one?"

"Although rationally speaking, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is more suitable for me, my inner impulse tells me that I want the Thunderous Hell Vine's spirit ring more."

"Hehehe! You little rascal!"

"You didn't read those books for nothing. This Thunderous Hell Vine is obviously much rarer than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Beast."

"However, Yunyi, have you noticed the skeletons around this valley? Although these skeletons are covered by sand and worn down by lightning, I can still spot them even if only a little bit is exposed."

Yang Wudi from Contra has the mental power to the point of being able to probe, but this probe has a certain distance limitation.

Yun Yibai hadn't noticed this at all. After Yang Wudi finished speaking, his eyes emitted a faint blue light.

After consuming the Dew of Longing for Autumn Water, not only did his spiritual power break through to the level expected of a Soul King when he was still a Soul Sect Master, but it also honed his eyes into Fiery Eyes of Truth, enabling him to see through all kinds of strange objects.

As his gaze swept across the area, the skeletons, half-buried by wind and sand and worn down by lightning, gradually revealed their full form to him.

"As expected, these skeletons... are all from soul beasts!"

Yang Wudi nodded, his expression still solemn: "The fact that there are so many soul beast skeletons here proves that a fierce battle must have taken place here before."

"And the culprit is very likely the Thunderous Hell Vine that spews out thunder."

At first, he didn't notice it, but once he did, Yun Yibai felt a strong sense of death permeating the valley. However, with lightning raging here, how could this aura of death linger under the powerful force of the thunder?

"This situation is very likely not the first time. These soul beasts gathered together and first fought over the Thunder Hell Vine, which seemed to be seriously injured. In the end, the Thunder Hell Vine finished off the entire battle."

"Then the flesh and blood of these soul beasts will be used as nutrients for its growth."

"The reason why these soul beasts flock here is probably because of this Thunderous Hell Vine."

"Such a strange Thunder Hell Vine is a highly sought-after tonic for any thunder-attribute soul beast."

"Based on my many years of experience in alchemy, this plant-type soul beast, Thunderous Hell Vine, is no less impressive than those top-tier medicinal herbs!"

Actually, there's no experience involved. It's just that so many spirit beasts here covet the Thunderous Hell Vine. Very few plant-type spirit beasts can be targeted by spirit beasts.

"Senior Yang is right, the Thunderous Hell Vine is, after all, a plant." Yun Yibai hadn't really thought of the Thunderous Hell Vine as a medicinal herb.

Looking back now, a soul beast that can advance to the level of ten thousand years must have some medicinal value.

(End of this chapter)