Chapter 485: Chapter 18 Mountain Ghost
Originally intending to retreat due to these strange green vines, Lu Qingshan now found himself deep in thought.
Though the green vines had ceased to appear, he was well aware the bizarreness had not disappeared, merely lying dormant for the time being.
Having come this far, how could he be content without seeing it through to the end?
Turning back in the face of difficulty is the choice of most, but not Lu Qingshan’s.
His custom was to confront challenges head-on.
It was this very character trait that made him a top player in his previous life.
Lu Qingshan did not pause but cautiously headed deeper into the gorge.
The journey that followed went smoother than imagined.
Although the might of the thunder steadily increased, there were no sudden violent outbursts anymore, and those green vines that required his caution had completely vanished without a trace.
After a while, Lu Qingshan’s steps came to a halt, and a bright glint exploded in his eyes as he stared transfixed at something ahead.
There, a massive Thunder Light Sphere condensed, overtly marking a Thunder Domain.
Within the Thunder Domain, stood a small tree about the height of a palm, rooted in the midst of thunder light, surrounded by looping arcs of lightning, radiating endless thunder and vibrant vitality.
The trunk of the tree twisted like a Qiu Dragon, exceedingly robust.
At the top of the crooked trunk hung a deep-purple fruit, crystal clear and enshrouded in a halo, ineffably mystical, currently looking as if it teetered on the brink of falling.
He had actually found it, the very Life Thunder Fruit that would trigger Mo Gao’s blood calamity.
There were sixteen more years until the Life Thunder Fruit would mature.
At this moment, the Life Thunder Fruit was within reach.
Only separated by a layer of the Thunder Light Domain.
The splendor of the thunder within the Thunder Domain was incomparable to any thunderous assaults Lu Qingshan had previously encountered.
Lu Qingshan thought for a moment, and a small jade bottle appeared in his hands.
He tilted the jade bottle, and several brownish-yellow pills, the size of dragon eyes, rolled into the palm of his hand.
Fourth Grade Pill, Blood-rock Pill.
Lu Qingshan downed the five pills in his palm in one go, and a rich energy quickly coursed through his entire body along his meridians.
His body trembled slightly.
The energy of the pill burst from every pore of his body and instantly solidified into a layer of brownish-yellow solid, akin to a layer of stone skin or cuticle, thoroughly protecting him within it.
The energy of the Blood-rock Pill was being consumed, and under normal circumstances, it could last for half an hour.
But against the thunderous blows, the rate of energy consumption would double, and how long it would ultimately last, he had no way of knowing either.
With the protection of the Blood-rock Pill, Lu Qingshan fixed his gaze on the Life Thunder Fruit not far away, gritted his teeth, and with a flash, plunged directly into the Thunder Domain, a sea of thunder.
His dark pupils now reflected the dazzling thunder light.
The rolling thunder, upon Lu Qingshan’s intrusion, showed no mercy and surged towards him, seemingly determined to reduce the intruder to dust.
The thunder serpents danced wildly; amidst the intense tumbling and sparks flying, the surrounding space showed slight signs of distortion.
Within just a moment, one of his Lightning Avoidance Artifacts, meant to protect him, had shattered under the ferocious thunder strikes.
Lu Qingshan couldn’t afford to feel distressed.
Because the power of the thunder was not yet spent.
Three more sounds of Magic Artifacts shattering resounded in succession, and the Fragments, amidst the thunder, soon turned into fine powder.
The ferocious power of the thunder serpents finally halted before the Green Wood Spirit Light emitted by the Green Wood Bead.
Lu Qingshan looked gravely at the thunder that hovered around the surface of his body and his expression subtly changed.
But having reached this point, it was impossible for him to give up.
His Physical Body trembled slightly under the pressure of the thunder, but his pace remained unchanged.
The Green Wood Spirit Light from the Green Wood Bead shielded him from most of the thunder’s power.
But the pervasive thunder still found ways to penetrate the Green Wood Spirit Light and hammer down at him.
Thankfully, Lu Qingshan had one last line of defense.
The blood-rock formed by the Blood-rock Pill.
Fine sparks danced over the surface of Lu Qingshan’s body, failing to penetrate.
Still, after being filtered through two layers, Lu Qingshan could feel a tingling numbness from the thunder.
The dread of the thunder was palpable.
He was fast, and the distance to the Life Thunder Fruit tree was not far to begin with.
Three breaths later, the Life Thunder Fruit was within reach.
The Life Thunder Fruit was not yet mature, and if plucked prematurely, its Spiritual Nature would be diminished by thirty to forty percent.
But Lu Qingshan couldn’t worry about that.
With sixteen years until the Life Thunder Fruit’s maturation, he couldn’t afford to wait that long.
Nor was he Master Han, without a Sky-mastering Vase he couldn’t force the Life Thunder Fruit to mature, so he could only waste thirty to forty percent of the Life Thunder Fruit’s Spiritual Nature.
After all, what one had in hand was the only thing that truly belonged to them; anything beyond grasp, no matter how abundant, was meaningless.
Looking at the Life Thunder Fruit, glinting with a crystalline purple light, Lu Qingshan clenched his teeth and decided to pluck it!
He reached out and grabbed the teetering deep-purple Spirit Fruit.
An endless might of thunder erupted from that Life Thunder Fruit.
As its name implied, the Life Thunder Fruit could generate infinite thunder.
The terrifying power, in an instant, shattered the Green Wood Bead that had shielded him from countless attacks.
The blood-rock inspired by the Blood-rock Pill was also under great duress.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle.
A sound like hot oil on a frying pan echoed.
Covered by thunder, the blood-rock rapidly began to melt.