Chapter 324: The Effects of the Century Thunderfruit

Chapter 324: The Effects of the Century Thunderfruit

At the bottom of the lake.

As Jiang Ning unleashed his Water Control Technique, the lake water raged, instantly suppressing the lightning power unleashed by the electric eel.

"Master!" The ancient turtle's voice echoed from behind.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel a little amused.

At the moment the electric eel unleashed its lightning, the ancient turtle had disappeared from beneath his feet in a flash.

He wondered how the ancient turtle, with its current display, had dared to fight the electric eel earlier, resulting in injuries all over its body.

At the same time.

The lake water beside the electric eel instantly surged and compressed towards its body, and through the eel's mouth, it frantically poured into its body.

The lake water here was already extremely dense and heavy due to the depth of the lake.

Now, under Jiang Ning's control, the water condensed, and its weight increased further.

The compression from all directions caused the bones within the electric eel's body to start cracking, and its massive body began to contort.

The lake water that poured into its mouth rapidly spread throughout the eel's body.

The gigantic electric eel's eyes suddenly revealed a sense of despair.

Its eyes shifted, gazing at the Thunderfruit Tree beside it, absorbing the lightning, and at the topmost Thunderfruit on the tree, a look of deep regret filled its eyes.

"Ten more days, if only we had ten more days!"

"At most ten days, and it would be a century-old spiritual fruit, enough to increase my Dao cultivation by three hundred years, giving me five hundred years of cultivation. How could I be so powerless to resist as I am now?"

The electric eel's eyes were filled with profound regret.

Then, in less than a breath's time.

It completely lost its ability to resist, and its eyes gradually dimmed.

Two breaths later.

Snap—Snap—

Continuous bone-breaking sounds echoed from within the electric eel's body.

The once formidable giant electric eel's vitality was dissipating.

"Master...this..." The ancient turtle was stunned, its eyes wide open.

Jiang Ning moved, arriving in front of the electric eel.

At this moment, the giant electric eel's last bit of vitality completely vanished, and its eyes dimmed, devoid of any light.

Killing the electric eel was a decision Jiang Ning had made before arriving.

He also wanted to verify a guess.

Next.

A flash of blade light appeared in his hand.

Then he opened the heavenly eye between his eyebrows, assisted by his mental strength.

The internal structure of the electric eel's body was revealed in minute detail within his pupils and mind.

After observing.

Jiang Ning held the long blade and pierced the electric eel's head. With his exertion, the eel's body instantly separated into flesh and bones.

Like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox, Jiang Ning separated the huge head of the electric eel without damaging any of its bone structures.

A moment later.

"As expected!"

Jiang Ning's expression brightened.

He brandished the long blade repeatedly, slicing through the eel's flesh and blood like cutting tofu.

Soon.

A piece of bone on the eel's head was exposed to Jiang Ning's sight.

On that palm-sized bone, intricate patterns were densely packed, and purple electric arcs occasionally flashed across it, while faint purple currents filled the patterns.

Upon seeing this bone, Jiang Ning infused a strand of mental strength into the long blade in his hand.

Then, the tiger bone he had obtained from Hong Minghu appeared in his hand.

Comparing the two, Jiang Ning understood.

"According to Hong Minghu's explanation."

"Some extraordinary beings will nurture special patterns within their bones, which he calls divine patterns. These patterns contain the rules of heaven and earth and the ultimate truth."

"With these patterns, those extraordinary beings can unleash terrifying killing techniques."

"Judging by this, the electric eel's innate talent for controlling lightning should be attributed to the rules of heaven and earth and the ultimate truth contained within its bones."

"Calling them divine patterns doesn't seem fitting; they should be referred to as the manifestation of the rules of the Dao."

"These patterns should be considered the manifestation of the rules of thunder, and thus, they are the patterns of the Dao!"

Jiang Ning thought to himself.

Then, he removed the special bone from the electric eel's body, cleaned the impurities off with lake water, and instantly felt a surge of joy.

Once he grasped the patterns on the tiger bone given to him by Hong Minghu, he could use them for his own benefit, applying them to the skill level of his inner breath.

Similarly, this electric eel's skull should have the same effect.

With this in mind.

His gaze fell upon the precious bone imbued with the patterns of thunder.

After observing for two breaths, he closed his eyes.

At this moment.

The ancient turtle beside him looked up at Jiang Ning.

It had just witnessed how Jiang Ning easily subdued the Thunder Carp that had severely injured it earlier.

That water control technique made it feel like a firefly compared to Jiang Ning's moonlight.

As a softshell turtle, it had naturally mastered the innate ability to control water after its transformation into a demon.

It seemed miraculous, but its effect was limited.

It could only control water sources within a few meters around it.

But when Jiang Ning lifted his hand, he felt that all the lake water around him instantly came under his control.

It had secretly tried before, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't gain control over even a strand of the lake water, just like an ant trying to shake a towering tree.

At this moment, it finally understood the true power of its master.

In a world without gods, this was the god of water control.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Jiang Ning closed his eyes and casually imagined a dragon, then visualized the lightning vein in his mind.

The next moment.

He opened his eyes.

With a raise of his hand.

A crackling sound echoed—

Lightning erupted from his palm.

He immediately felt a surge of power, and a dragon-like creature burst forth from his palm.

The dragon roared, surging forward.

The dark lake bottom was instantly illuminated by the lightning.

In an instant,

Bolts of lightning erupted from the ground, merging into the dragon, causing it to grow even larger.

"Oh my!" The ancient turtle, upon seeing the dragon rushing towards it, stretched out its limbs and instantly retracted into its shell.

The dragon then brushed past its head and dove into the nearby rock pillar.

The rock pillar, like a sponge, instantly swallowed the dragon without making a sound.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning's eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

"We shouldn't stay here for long!"

He thought to himself.

After witnessing the mysterious phenomena here, he couldn't help but realize that this place was not ordinary and might hold some ancient secrets.

But he had no intention of digging deeper.

He didn't want to be a curious cat that got itself killed.

Based on his knowledge from books, this world was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

With his current strength, he might be considered a formidable figure in Luoshui County or even Dongling Prefecture.

But in the vast empire of Great Xia, he was nothing.

In the grand scheme of history, he was not even a ripple.

The mysterious phenomena here might be connected to some ancient secrets.

Just like the Dark Lotus Mother he had encountered before.

Through their conversation, he knew that the Dark Lotus Mother must have been extraordinary in ancient times.

At this thought.

His gaze fell upon the three fruits on the Thunderfruit Tree.

At that moment.

His eyes narrowed.

He focused on the fruit at the top of the Thunderfruit Tree.

He still remembered that the fruit had condensed nine lightning marks, indicating that it had grown on the tree for ninety years.

Now, the nine lightning marks had transformed into a lightning vein, piercing through the entire fruit.

The appearance of the lightning vein represented a qualitative change in the fruit's potency.

Only a century-old Thunderfruit would condense a lightning vein.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning's breath quickened.

Over time, whether it be ten, a hundred, or a thousand years, there would be a qualitative increase in the potency of heavenly materials.

The enhancement of effects was not as simple as one plus one; instead, it increased exponentially.

The next moment.

His figure flashed, moving like a swimming dragon.

In an instant, he reached the Thunderfruit Tree.

He reached out and plucked the century-old Thunderfruit, which fell into his hand.

As he held it, he saw a crackling static electricity burst from his palm, causing a slight numbness.

After a breath or two, the electrical burst dissipated.

Seeing this.

A smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face.

With the century-old Thunderfruit in hand, his heart was filled with joy.

The Thunderfruit contained the power of lightning.

It could temper the five viscera and six entrails, enhancing one's cultivation.

Ordinary Thunderfruits that were ten years old would provide an average increase of one year's worth of cultivation for every additional ten years of potency.

The ninety-year-old Thunderfruit he had just obtained could increase his cultivation by nine years.

And this was just the average.

Jiang Ning believed that with his innate talent and the repeated purification of the Imperial Elixir, his absorption efficiency would surely surpass the average.

In other words, the cultivation increase from the ninety-year-old Thunderfruit could easily exceed ten years.

What did this mean?

Ordinary fifth-rank martial artists would accumulate drop by drop over ten years, yet it couldn't compare to the strength of a ninety-year-old Thunderfruit.

Not to mention that the ninety-year-old Thunderfruit had just undergone a transformation, becoming a century-old Thunderfruit.

Its effects were bound to be extraordinary.

If sold, such a miraculous item could easily fetch several hundred thousand or even a million taels of silver.

But such thoughts were far from his mind.

Thirty years of cultivation, and his inner breath was like an ocean.

Sixty years of cultivation, and his inner breath was like an abyss.

His cultivation had already surpassed forty years.

Now, with this hundred-year-old Thunderfruit, his accumulated cultivation reached sixty years, giving him a tenfold increase in his chances.

Such an improvement couldn't be bought with mere money.

After that, he plucked the remaining two Thunderfruits from the tree, one fifty years old and the other twenty years old.

After completing this task, he flashed and landed on the back of the Ancient Turtle.

"Old Turtle, let's go!" Jiang Ning spoke.

"I'm holding it in, I'm not a turtle!" The Ancient Turtle muttered, turning its head back with longing in its eyes, gazing at the enormous Thunder Carp beside the Thunderfruit Tree.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning suddenly realized.

The White Dragon Fish, not yet transformed into a demon, had already brought him significant benefits, let alone this Thunder Carp that had already undergone the transformation.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and beckoned.

The lake water surged, carrying the massive Thunder Carp towards him.

Jiang Ning grabbed the Thunder Carp and said, "Let's leave first. I'll let you eat meat once we're out of here."

"Yes, Master!" The Ancient Turtle was filled with excitement.

Demon race bodies are incredibly resilient, and their flesh is a great supplement for their kind.

Hearing Jiang Ning's words, the Ancient Turtle's heart was suddenly filled with motivation.

A moment later.

The two arrived at a sandy land covered in water plants.

Jiang Ning threw the Thunder Carp's head towards the Ancient Turtle, letting it eat slowly on the side.

As for the remaining fish meat, he intended to bring it back.

The six-meter-long body was already a transformed demon.

Such fish meat was a rare delicacy, even more so for ordinary people.

Jiang Ning naturally wanted to bring it back.

After placing the Thunder Carp's massive body aside, Jiang Ning took out the Thunderfruit from his Sumeru Ring.

"Twenty years old!"

Seeing the two lightning marks on the surface of the Thunderfruit, he instantly knew its age.

"I wonder how much this twenty-year-old Thunderfruit will increase my cultivation."

Wishing for this.

Jiang Ning bit into the Thunderfruit's hard shell.

Crack!

At that moment, Jiang Ning heard the fine sounds in his mouth, like the static of winter, causing his lips to tingle.

"Such a delicacy, ordinary people truly don't have the qualifications to enjoy it."

Feeling the tingling in his mouth, he couldn't help but sigh.

For him, it was just a tingling sensation, but for ordinary people, it would be a shocking electric shock.

After a few bites, the twenty-year-old Thunderfruit was swallowed into his stomach.

Then.

He sat cross-legged at the bottom of the lake.

The energy circulated throughout his body, and his stomach began to churn.

In an instant.

He felt the fine electric current burst from his stomach, accompanied by a hot stream flowing into his five viscera.

Feeling this, Jiang Ning suddenly remembered the secret technique, Furnace Pill Refining Technique.

Furnace Pill Refining Technique: The body becomes a furnace, using qi and blood as fuel to refine pills within the body.

With this secret technique, not only can the absorption rate of pill properties be increased, but also the accumulation of toxic elements in the pills can be reduced, purifying the pill's power.

After all, a pill is three parts poison.

Let's give it a try!

With a thought, he activated the technique.

In his mind's eye, a furnace appeared.

Boom!

The qi and blood in his body began to burn fiercely.

Red light emanated from his body, and waves of heat burst from within.

The Ancient Turtle, witnessing this scene, had a flash of surprise in its eyes.

Then, it threw a piece of Thunder Carp meat towards Jiang Ning.

After a few breaths.

It saw that the color of the meat had changed, transforming from a slightly transparent jelly-like state to a solid white color.

"So amazing?!"

It was stunned, then quietly retreated a few zhang away.

It certainly didn't want to end up as a pot of softshell turtle soup.

As an ambitious softshell turtle, it only wanted to become a thousand-year-old great demon, condensing its demon core.

On the other side.

Jiang Ning, deep at the bottom of the lake, had the surrounding lake water under his control.

At this moment, because of the astonishing heat radiating from his body, the nearby lake water began to churn, as if in a state of boiling.

At the same time.

Jiang Ning's Thunderfruit, under the effect of the Furnace Pill Refining Technique, instantly refined into a pure energy that burst within his body, spreading through his viscera.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter end