Chapter 238: Orbital Thunder-Magnetic Cannon
Chapter 238: Orbital Thunder-Magnetic Cannon
The Thunderhorn Rhinos were not very strong.
What was strong was that there were thirty of them.
Little Caterpillar saw that it could not fly. Rushing into such a large group of Thunderhorn Rhinos obviously did not suit it well.
This kind of thing was better left to Little Swordie.
When Little Swordie could not handle it, and both sides were tired from fighting, then it would step in and take down those Thunderhorn Rhinos with a few swift moves.
It would give Little Swordie a good shock.
That way, its position and authority as the big brother could be maintained.
Little Caterpillar was growing up slowly and starting to have its own little schemes.
Wang Che did not expose it.
He spread his Divine Sense out like water, sensing these Thunderhorn Rhinos clearly.
Wang Che’s Divine Sense was not just simple Spiritual Power.
It was the Divine Sense cultivated from the Supreme Soul-Nourishing Chapter.
The Soul Power Cultivation and position of each Thunderhorn Rhino clearly appeared in Wang Che’s mind.
When the Divine Sense was fully released, the effect was all-encompassing.
Wang Che transmitted the situation he sensed to Magnetic Sword.
The level of the Life Soul Pact between Wang Che and Magnetic Sword had not yet reached Telepathy.
But it was still very high.
“Let’s go!”
Wang Che looked at Magnetic Sword. “That move, you’ve pretty much grasped it by now, right?”
“Zizi zi!”
Little Caterpillar looked again. Something felt off. Could Little Swordie really handle it?
“You’ve been cultivating the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture for so long. It’s time to test your strength.”
Wang Che nodded.
With 999 years of Soul Power Cultivation and having practiced the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture dozens of times, each session brought significant improvements.
After the last Qihang Cup, Magnetic Sword had been in a state of cultivation, rarely engaging in battle.
For this Competitive Trial, the focus was on training Magnetic Sword as much as possible.
Unless they encountered something too powerful, then Little Caterpillar would step in.
The Thunderhorn Rhinos were Soul Pets of the rare grade.
These Thunderhorn Rhinos had an average Soul Power Cultivation of around 1,100 years.
“Sii wu sii wu!”
Little Caterpillar cried out from the side, suggesting, “Should I go help it?”
“No need. You just watch.”
Wang Che said.
Hearing this, Little Caterpillar felt a bit uneasy inside. Its big brother status seemed a little unstable.
It couldn’t help but look at Magnetic Sword.
Zii~ Qiang~!
A red sword light flew out from the Electromagnetic Sword Sheath.
It made a clear, bright sound.
Little Caterpillar actually thought Magnetic Sword looked cooler than itself.
Magnetic Sword flew out of its sheath, radiating an transcendent aura.
The red blade emitted a majestic Sword Momentum. The surrounding thunder energy, influenced by this Sword Momentum, quickly gathered around Magnetic Sword, forming a stream of purple light.
Magnetic Sword shot forward, transforming into a crimson, blazing light. Because it had gathered a large amount of thunder energy, it trailed a purple stream of light behind it.
“Moo!!”
As Magnetic Sword charged, the Thunderhorn Rhinos immediately let out fierce roars and spotted it instantly.
Perhaps because they had been attacked before, they were especially sensitive to auras.
Immediately, bright thunder light burst from their horns.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Bolts of lightning continuously erupted from their horns, streaking towards Magnetic Sword in mid-air.
“Let the thunder come even more fiercely!”
Magnetic Sword’s body flashed with red light as it hovered in mid-air.
It absorbed all the lightning strikes.
The thunder strikes released by thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos were more powerful than normal Heavenly Thunder.
Magnetic Sword tilted in mid-air, and the red light on its body began to change.
Countless lightning bolts struck it.
Suddenly, its sword tip began to focus, and a pale purple orb of light started to form.
Tree-like lightning spread around the orb continuously.
The red light on Magnetic Sword’s blade vanished, as if it had entered a charging state.
Purplish-red light rapidly extended from its body to the sword tip!
The moment it concentrated at the tip!
Like a cannon firing, the orb at the sword tip suddenly erupted with an intense purplish-red thunder light!
With a boom, it transformed into a laser as thick as a large tree, shooting into the herd of Thunderhorn Rhinos!
In an instant, a massive Energy Detonation occurred.
From the center, it spread outwards like a nuclear explosion!
The thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos, with their massive bodies, were sent flying in an instant.
The purplish-red energy wave instantly submerged the low valley crater hundreds of meters in diameter.
The surrounding walls rumbled and shook, as if about to collapse.
The huge energy wave even reached Wang Che’s location.
It blew the unprepared Little Caterpillar right over, flipping it several times head over heels.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately after, Magnetic Sword swooped down like a shooting star, weaving through the tossed Thunderhorn Rhino herd.
It finished off these Thunderhorn Rhinos with follow-up strikes.
In just a moment, all thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos had fallen.
The smoke lingered for a long time without dispersing.
Only that hint of red light remained suspended in mid-air, still emanating its majestic Sword Momentum.
Little Caterpillar:”…”
It seemed it was not his turn to act?
Little Caterpillar had question marks all over his head.
What was this move? He had never seen it before?
It was so powerful?
Little Caterpillar felt his position was not so stable.
Little Caterpillar looked at Wang Che, with a strong desire for knowledge in his eyes.
“Orbital Thunder-Magnetic Cannon.”
Wang Che explained, “It’s a move it developed and understood by itself. It had been learning and understanding it during the Qihang Cup. It only became more skilled recently.”
Little Caterpillar understood. Magnetic Sword had been secretly practicing a powerful move behind his back.
He could not accept it!
Little Caterpillar looked at Magnetic Sword in the hazy smoke, and snorted twice.
A move understood by itself?
Who couldn’t do that?
“Let’s go down and see the situation.”
Wang Che brought Little Caterpillar down.
The Orbital Thunder-Magnetic Cannon was a move Magnetic Sword figured out by learning from the Fireball Spell.
Combined with Mechanical Charge, it maximized the power of this move.
It easily defeated thirty Thunderhorn Rhinos with one move.
Thunderhorn Rhinos were of the thunder attribute themselves, and their skin had great resistance to thunder.
But the power of this move was not just thunder; it was the Mechanical Energy injected into the thunder, causing a violent explosion.
Also, once it locked onto a target, its release speed was extremely fast, making it hard to dodge.
However, because this was the first time it was formally used, the power was not well controlled.
So it couldn’t defeat so many Thunderhorn Rhinos in one move. Magnetic Sword had to go and finish them off later.
There was no other way; Thunderhorn Rhinos were really thick-skinned and had a lot of health.
Wang Che carefully examined the injuries of these Thunderhorn Rhinos.
He found that the violent explosion had shaken their bodies, breaking many bones.
Even in their frenzied state, they could ignore the pain, but they couldn’t fight back at all.
“The power is still very strong. It’s really hard to control moves understood by oneself.”
Wang Che looked toward the center of the Thunderhorn Rhinos.
A round Core Stone was shining with a dazzling light.
“Good, it’s a thunder Core Stone. This shouldn’t be an ordinary Soul Stone.”
Wang Che walked to the center. In such a violent explosion.
This Core Stone did not break. It was still round and glowing with a faint purple light.
Wang Che took it without hesitation.
Resources like Soul Plants also had grades.
Usually based on the energy they contained.
Trace energy corresponded to the lowest level of resources.
Small amount of energy corresponded to medium level resources.
Large amount of energy corresponded to high level resources.
Different energy levels corresponded to different grades of resources.
The higher the grade, the harder it was to obtain.
Resources of the same grade could have slight differences in their energy levels.
Trace, small, and large amounts were all ranges. There were fluctuations.
This Core Stone barely reached the medium level of resources.
“Let’s cultivate directly.”
Wang Che looked at Magnetic Sword. “See if it can break through to a thousand years.”
That small one year of Soul Power Cultivation was like a huge gap.
Little Caterpillar had been stuck for over two weeks before barely breaking through.
“Cultivate by converting the thunder energy in this Core Stone through Heavenly Thunder.”
Wang Che directed Magnetic Sword.
At the same time, he revealed his Soul Ring and released twenty strong Thunder Message Seeds, floating them into the air.
He summoned the Heavenly Thunder.
Magnetic Sword flew up.
Wang Che threw the Core Stone up.
Magnetic Sword swiftly split the Core Stone into two halves.
Vast thunder energy scattered out!
Boom!
The Heavenly Thunder, summoned by the Thunder Message Seeds, came down on time and accurately.
Passing through the scattered thunder energy, it suddenly increased several times in power!
It struck Magnetic Sword!
This time, it was about Magnetic Sword breaking through to a thousand years of cultivation, so Wang Che did not cultivate together.
Reaching a thousand years of Soul Power Cultivation was a barrier, and not a bit of energy could be wasted.
Wang Che and Little Caterpillar waited quietly below.
In just about an hour.
A bright light burst out around Magnetic Sword.
A powerful energy wave erupted.
It had reached a thousand years of Soul Power Cultivation!
Wang Che nodded with satisfaction. Using that Core Stone, the Heavenly Thunder’s power surged, allowing it to break through to a thousand years of Soul Power Cultivation in one go.
Magnetic Sword came down, and the Thunder Message Seeds also returned to Little Caterpillar’s Soul Domain Space.
“Let me see if there are any changes.”
Wang Che looked at Magnetic Sword for a while.
He did not expect Magnetic Sword to evolve.
The evolution of Mechanical Soul Pets was very complex.
The reason it was complex was that their evolution had little to do with their Soul Power Cultivation.
It required a Soul Pact Master to use Martial Soul Power along with various devices to transform it.
As a modern type of Soul Pet, a Soul Pact Master could directly refine or purchase devices and assemble them into a new form of Soul Pet.
In other words, the evolution of a Mechanical Soul Pet offered a lot of room for operation.
Up to now, the most powerful Mechanical Soul Pet was a very famous Mechanical God Soldier.
It was an extremely strong Mechanical Soul Pet, resembling a Gundam-like robot, with the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Wang Che knew about this Mechanical God Soldier because it was the first Mechanical Soul Pet from the near Ancient Era.
It was created by humans to protect them.
It was said that this Mechanical God Soldier was passed down through a family that specialized in researching Mechanical Soul Pets for nearly three hundred years before it reached its complete form.
At first, it was just a very weak robot.
Through gradual nurturing and modification, it eventually became a Mechanical God Soldier.
It was very legendary.
Therefore, Magnetic Sword did not evolve based on Soul Power Cultivation.
It needed the Soul Pact Master to modify and evolve it themselves.
This was the charm of Mechanical Soul Pets.
The premise for modification was having at least Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation.
Wang Che looked at Magnetic Sword.
Its size had grown a lot, and in its normal form, it was already over two meters long.
“It’s a tiny sword now.”
Wang Che nodded, “When it reaches Ten Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation… hmm, we can consider modifying Magnetic Sword later.”
Magnetic Sword emitted waves of red light and let out cheerful cries.
A stage breakthrough in cultivation was the event that most lifted a Soul Pet’s mood.
Wang Che used the Life Soul Pact to sense the changes in Magnetic Sword.
“Hmm… the improvements in all areas are quite significant.”
Wang Che glanced at Little Caterpillar.
If it didn’t activate its True Caterpillar Form, in a fight between the two, Little Caterpillar would probably have only a sixty percent chance of winning.
This was Wang Che’s estimate; actual performance was hard to say.
At that moment, Magnetic Sword suddenly flew out, as if wanting to show off something.
Wang Che frowned slightly and looked over.
The red light on Magnetic Sword’s body suddenly burst forth.
Centered around Magnetic Sword, the defeated Berserk Thunderhorn Rhinos had strands of special red energy fly out from within them, converging toward Magnetic Sword.
“?”
Wang Che watched this scene, “It’s that red energy inside Magnetic Sword. It seems it really couldn’t hold back, huh?”
The red energy inside Magnetic Sword was originally the root cause of its overactivity and lack of control.
Back then, Magnetic Sword found it hard to get along with humans, always in a state of active destruction.
But that wasn’t normal.
What was that red energy?
Wang Che had been thinking about it.
Wang Che always felt that red energy was alive.
Because it was originally Martial Soul Power.
It was a power derived from the Martial Souls of humans who died in the Fallen Ancient Era, and it wasn’t simple.
“It’s actually absorbing the residual Life Energy of these Berserk Thunderhorn Rhinos.”
A glint flashed in Wang Che’s eyes, “After forming the Life Soul Pact with me, especially after cultivating the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture, that red energy stabilized. Now that it has broken through to Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation, that red energy surged as well. To absorb Life Energy so violently… in the Fallen Ancient Era, it seems this Martial Soul was a bit sinister…”
As the energy converged, Magnetic Sword’s entire body suddenly shone with intense red light, as if entering a special state.
The red energy inside it emanated from its body, its size rapidly expanded, and its aura became incredibly fierce.
But it seemed on the verge of losing control, its body trembling.
At the critical moment, Wang Che focused his Divine Sense and uttered an ancient, profound sound, immediately awakening Magnetic Sword.
The red light dissipated, and finally, Magnetic Sword returned to its original state.
It slowly floated down.
Wang Che held Magnetic Sword in his hand and examined it carefully.
There were no more abnormalities.
“It seems you’ll need to cultivate some calming and focusing techniques in the future to control the red energy inside you.”
“Otherwise, the higher your cultivation rises, the harder it will be to control yourself.”
Wang Che closed his eyes, not too surprised by Magnetic Sword’s current state.
That red energy was bound to erupt sooner or later.
Now that it erupted at the Millennium Spirit Power stage, it was a good chance to resolve it early.
“If you can fully control the red energy inside you,”
“your strength should reach an even higher level.”
Wang Che said.
“Zizi…” Magnetic Sword seemed to understand but not quite.
It wasn’t very clear what had just happened.
When that red energy didn’t erupt, it only had some effect on lightning.
Once that red energy erupted, it could absorb all surrounding Life Energy in a very frenzied manner.
It was extremely overbearing.
For Magnetic Sword, this was very hard to control.
Forcibly absorbed Life Energy would cause Magnetic Sword’s Spiritual Intelligence to lose control.
With the hidden danger revealed, Wang Che actually felt relieved for Magnetic Sword.
“Let’s continue exploring the first layer’s space.”
Wang Che pondered for a moment.
He walked out of this low valley and continued forward through the Barren Land of the first layer.
Not long after.
Screech!
A flock of Thunder Birds flew past from all directions, emitting loud, clear cries.
Thunder Birds were rare Soul Beasts.
Their size wasn’t very big, and their feathers were needle-like. After going berserk and losing their minds, Thunder Birds’ feathers became like steel needles.
They had sharp, long beaks, and when flapping their wings, they could release tiny electric currents.
At the same time, Thunder Birds possessed extremely high speed!
They could be described as moving like thunder.
They flashed by like a bolt of lightning, here and gone in an instant!
“So many Thunder Birds, all flying in that direction…”
Wang Che knew at a glance that this was unusual.
It wasn’t just him; many other students thought the same.
So many Thunder Birds flying in the same direction probably meant either some treasure had appeared?
Even if not, there must be some unexpected event, right?
“Need to follow and check it out.”
Wang Che said.
Dozens of Thunder Birds flew eastward, who knew where they were heading.
The first layer of Thunderous Soul Earth was very vast.
Basically, most freshmen spent a long time in the first layer.
Entering the second layer of Thunderous Soul Earth wasn’t easy, and rashly going in meant facing even tougher Berserk Soul Beasts in the second layer.
The first layer generally had Soul Power Cultivation around the millennium level.
At that moment, a large group of students chased after the Thunder Birds.
But as they followed, they fell behind.
“These Thunder Birds are way too fast! Who can keep up with them?”
“Where are they even flying to? Don’t tell me they’re just heading to the second layer?”
“I only followed for a minute… then got left behind.”
…
Clearly, the speed of the Thunder Birds left most students far behind.
Even though they clearly knew that so many Thunder Birds flying in one direction definitely meant something was up,
they just couldn’t catch up.
They disappeared into the thundercloud-filled horizon in an instant.
“Art of Sword Control!”
Wang Che formed a sword seal with his fingers, picked up Little Caterpillar, tapped his toes, and stood on Magnetic Sword.
Whoosh!
Transforming into a streak of swift light, he shot up from the ground into the air, flying out like a red laser.
He quickly followed the flock of Thunder Birds, his speed not lacking at all, even slightly faster!
Little Caterpillar looked enviously at Wang Che, wondering when it would be able to ride Little Swordie too.
At that moment, this scene stunned many other students.