Chapter 1237: Chapter 1237: The Thunderbolt Bead Takes Center Stage
An hour later, Ye Fei, who had been struck another hundred times, once again reached his limit. The thunder tribulation was meant to help cultivators strengthen their meridians, purify their internal energy, and temper their physical forms.
Of course, if oneās foundation wasnāt solid enough, the tribulation would no longer be a help but the deadliest weapon.
If it were a regular thunder tribulationāone that only struck a maximum of ninety-nine timesāYe Fei would have handled it with ease. However, the tribulation he faced was endless.
The first nine thousand or so strikes had completely reinforced his meridians and physical form.
The subsequent strikes were no longer beneficial but actual attacks.
At this point, Ye Fei felt his body on the brink of collapse. Even Wang Yueryao, watching from a distance, could tell something was wrong.
When Ye Fei first transformed, the thunder striking him barely seemed to affect him.
But now, his nearly ten-foot-tall, imposing frame was covered in electric arcs. Although he looked even more majestic, almost like a god of thunder descending to earth, this change was not a good sign.
Of course, Wang Yueryao had no idea just how perilous Ye Feiās situation was, but Ye Fei himself was acutely awareāif another bolt of thunder struck, his body would start to disintegrate. And after another hundred or so strikes, he would be reduced to ashes.
At this moment, Ye Feiās heart was filled with frustration. He was only seventeen; his life had barely begun, and now he was about to die in this inexplicable thunderstorm. Did the heavens truly not allow exceptionally talented people to live?
Moreover, if he died, what would happen to his mother? His younger sister?
And what about the women he loved?
Even if they didnāt die with him, they would live the rest of their lives in agony. For Ye Fei, this was even harder to accept than his own death.
But no matter how reluctant he was, there was nothing he could do. The damned valley had no way out, and the relentless thunder struck so quickly that he didnāt even have time to dodge. He could only withstand it with his body.
However, giving up easily was not in Ye Feiās nature.
As long as he hadnāt been completely annihilated, he would never give up. He clenched his fists, roared, and punched the mountainside beside him with all his might.
With a āboom,ā the entire valley trembled from Ye Feiās punch. The mountainside, which had previously only left a fist-sized imprint, now had a hole as big as a head.
It seemed that after being tempered by the thunder, his physical strength had increased by dozens of times!
Realizing this, Ye Fei couldnāt help but regret that he hadnāt thought of it sooner. If he had, he could have carved out a decent-sized cave in the mountainside and hidden inside.
Wouldnāt that have been safe? No matter how powerful the thunder was, could it bend and strike him inside a cave?
But now wasnāt the time for regrets, and Ye Fei knew that this idea was just wishful thinking. He could now create such a large hole because his physical enhancement was complete.
If he had tried earlier, it would have been almost useless, just like before.
Ye Feiās body could now withstand at most another hundred strikes, which was less than an hour. Although this time was enough for him to throw hundreds of punches, how much of a difference could a few hundred punches make?
Ye Fei had also considered using the two indestructible giant swords in his spatial ring to dig a cave, but he quickly abandoned the idea. Although he didnāt know what material the swords were made of, they were definitely metallic. And metalās attraction and conduction of lightningā¦
If it somehow attracted an even stronger bolt of lightning, he would be done for. So, it was better to stick with using his fists; at least that way, he still had some hope.
All of this took a while to explain, but in reality, only half a minute had passed. Ye Fei raised his fist, but before he could throw the second punch, the sky lit up again, and he prepared to take the hit.
At that very moment, something unexpected happened!
Ye Feiās spatial ring automatically opened, and a deep blue sphere, about the size of a fist and surrounded by electric arcs, floated out and hovered above Ye Feiās head.
Then, a bolt of lightning as thick as a barrel struck down, but this time it didnāt hit Ye Fei. Instead, it struck the sphere and was silently absorbed.
The Thunderbolt Bead! It was the bead that had exploded out when he defeated the Thunder God!
Ever since he obtained it, Ye Fei had possessed the power of lightning, but he had never used it in combat, only for traveling and in strange ways, so he hadnāt paid much attention to it.
He never expected that it could not only grant him lightning power but also absorb lightning, and it had just saved him in this critical moment.
Ye Fei had always taken the items he obtained for granted, considering his own strength was already formidable and he didnāt need external aids.
But now it seemed that these items could provide the greatest help in unexpected moments. So, he made up his mind that in the future, when he defeated powerful enemies, he would definitely use his barbarian transformation.
Who knows, he might get something as amazing as the Thunderbolt Bead.
But that was for later. The immediate priority was to dig a cave in the mountainside. Who knew what the absorption limit of the Thunderbolt Bead was?
If it couldnāt hold on any longer, the tribulation wasnāt over, and he had nowhere to hide, that would be disastrous.
With the Thunderbolt Bead absorbing the tribulation, Ye Fei wasnāt afraid anymore. He took out the two giant swords from his spatial ring and plunged the one in his right hand into the mountainside with a āhiss.ā It went in up to the hilt.
Using the tip of the sword as a pivot, he drew a circle with the blade, about a meter in diameter, on the mountainside.
Then, with a pull, he removed a conical rock with a base diameter of a meter and a length of nearly two meters. This was much faster than using his fists.
With the help of the two indestructible swords, Ye Feiās cave-digging speed was incredibly fast.
In less than an hour, he had carved out a cave over two meters high, more than a meter wide, and about ten meters deep in the mountainside.
Then Ye Fei stopped and went back outside the caveādigging further was pointless. If the thunder couldnāt bend, this depth was enough.
If it could bend, then digging deeper wouldnāt help either.
After exiting the cave, Ye Fei looked towards his grandmother in the distance and saw her curled up her sexy body, arms wrapped around her ample chest, leaning against a large rock, fast asleep.
Seeing this, a smile couldnāt help but spread across Ye Feiās face.