Flashes of blue electricity flickered constantly in the heavens and earth, transforming into subtle, invisible microcurrents that entered Gu Yuan's body. Encased by Gu Yuan's consciousness, they became a thin, elongated current, continuously attacking the Zhen Elephant Gate within his body.
Gu Yuan's physical body, externally, began to be encircled by electrical light. As sparks flashed, the scent of burnt flesh filled the air.
More and more electrical light converged from the heavens and earth, eventually transforming Gu Yuan into a blue human charged with electricity.
Gu Yuan continuously controlled the current entering his body. Although his current physical body was quite strong, the sensation of the current passing through was not pleasant. Gu Yuan could only endure the discomfort, constantly controlling a blue electric current to strike the Zhen Elephant Gate.
Unbeknownst to Gu Yuan, the Primordial Embryo within his dantian trembled slightly, and wisps of innate Qi began to disperse. The currents that spread throughout Gu Yuan's body captured and nourished the Primordial Embryo.
Gu Yuan repeatedly battered against this solid gate of Zhen Elephant. After an unknown period, with a roaring sound, Gu Yuan's consciousness instantly entered a space filled with lightning of various colors. Gu Yuan knew this was the illusionary realm of the world's various thunder and lightning. Collecting different lightning energies would upgrade this space, which was how the spaces within the "Eight Elephant Body Tribulation" were upgraded.
With a thought, Gu Yuan withdrew his consciousness from the space and returned to the outside world. He saw the electrical light gathered on the ground around him. The once lush green grass had been reduced to a patch of charcoal.
This was the power of lightning, the ultimate attack in the world, and also the beginning of all things' resurgence, carrying endless vitality.
A flash of light appeared in Gu Yuan's hand, followed by a surge of blue electricity. The lightning in his hand transformed into a sphere, continuously emitting a dangerous aura.
With a gentle toss of his palm, the spherical lightning instantly vanished from Gu Yuan's hand and landed on the ground twenty meters away.
Boom!
A sound like a grenade explosion from his past life erupted. Dirt flew everywhere. Gu Yuan's figure flickered, and he appeared at the edge of the cratered hole. He nodded slightly, deeming the power impressive.
This was the sorcery Gu Yuan obtained after opening the Zhen Elephant Gate: Lightning Flash.
It allowed lightning to strike objects at extremely high speeds, making it impossible to defend against.
Gu Yuan felt it could be paired with his arrows. The speed of the arrows combined with the speed of lightning would make it impossible to dodge. Thus, another skill was born. From then on, anyone who dared to call him a mere martial artist relying on fists and kicks would be met with an elemental feast.
Satisfied, Gu Yuan dispersed the shimmering lightning in his hand. He felt that his "Eight Elephant Body Tribulation" was definitely not as simple as it appeared. Martial artists typically focused on single-target attacks. Only in the later Qi Sea realm, with a significant increase in true qi, could they unleash wide-area group attack skills.
Wait, ferocious beasts. Gu Yuan realized a place where he could quickly increase skill proficiency: the frontier battlefield. He could participate after reaching the peak of the Meridian Opening realm and then breaking through to the True Qi realm.
He recalled that he still possessed a quota for a high-grade cultivation secret realm, awarded by the Central Prefecture Martial Examination, which he could use when breaking through to the True Qi realm.
He began to plan, intending to develop the skills he could cultivate here, fill all one hundred and eight qi meridians within his body, achieve the peak of the Meridian Opening realm, and then enter the high-grade cultivation secret realm to break through to the True Qi realm.
However, considering how precious this high-grade cultivation secret realm likely was, Gu Yuan decided that if his breakthrough to the True Qi realm didn't feel too difficult, he would break through on his own without wasting the quota, perhaps saving it for greater use later.
He also needed to "milk" the First Martial Arts University for all it was worth, including martial arts techniques, the hundred million yuan, and that piece of metal. He would absorb all the metal into his body, then find a sturdy body-hardening technique. By then, he would be the brightest star on the battlefield, with promotion and fortune within his grasp. Then he would upgrade his destiny and seek out geniuses.
Gu Yuan quickly finalized his plans for the remaining development period. He had about a month left. Gu Yuan also received notice that the National Martial Arts League would no longer have a fixed start date but would be determined by battlefield conditions. This session would be the first to implement this.
Although not explicitly stated, Gu Yuan understood that the battlefield situation was becoming tense. He just didn't know when the fighting would begin.
Gu Yuan sighed and shook his head. These were not matters he could concern himself with yet; his strength was too weak. If the sky fell, taller people would bear the brunt of it. His current task was stable development.
Because he cultivated the "Primordial Ancestral Qi Chapter," he could absorb any power in the world and transform it into his true qi.
Gu Yuan's figure flickered and disappeared from his spot, embarking on his path of cultivating martial arts techniques.
Time ticked by, and geniuses preparing for the National Martial Arts League began to exert themselves, one after another announcing breakthroughs to the Meridian Opening realm, detailing how many meridians each genius had opened. People sometimes complained, "Why is it always news like this?"
However, in the absence of major national news, only entertainment and peripheral news were the most enjoyable!
A week later, Gu Yuan, with a faint stench emanating from his body, appeared at the entrance of his residential complex.
During this past week, Gu Yuan, possessing buffs like the Innate Physique, had a nearly inexhaustible supply of energy. This allowed him ample time to practice and continuously improve.
He not only depleted all the Meridian Opening realm cultivation resources obtained from the competition but also developed a terrifying speed in digesting resources. With the boost of so many destinies, resources were consumed at an alarming rate, startling him. He wondered what his future realms would be like if such resources couldn't even last seven days.
Good heavens, no wonder the Dao Fortune Celestial Chart evaluated him as having the potential of a divine being. It turns out it was in this regard.
Furthermore, Gu Yuan's development and use of lightning referenced the "Ninjutsu: Lightning Release: Body Reinforcement" from Naruto.
He successfully imbued himself with lightning, achieving similar amplification effects to his previous "Seven Ferocious Kill Fist." As for the "Seven Ferocious Kill Fist," Gu Yuan had not neglected to cultivate it during this period, given its formidable power that left a deep impression on him. However, upon cultivation, the essence and blood containing the power of ferocious beasts were all absorbed by the innate Qi.
As the most noble Primordial Qi, how could it allow itself to be polluted by such low-level ferocious beasts? This left Gu Yuan helpless, as his current strength was insufficient to control the innate Qi, forcing him to temporarily abandon the cultivation of the "Seven Ferocious Kill Fist."
He also borrowed inspiration from the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's skill, "Supersonic Lightning Release Blade," in Naruto.
The technique involved infusing the sword with Lightning Release chakra to enhance its sharpness. By using Lightning Release to induce high-frequency vibrations, it gained penetrative power surpassing Wind Release.
This was the original description. Gu Yuan directly wrapped his sword, "Autumn Water," with the power of the Qian Elephant to protect the blade from damage, then covered it with lightning. He painstakingly deciphered the correct vibration waves, the cutting force of which even his strongest fifth-tier metal could not withstand.
It's worth noting that fifth-tier metal corresponds to realms beyond the Qi Sea realm.
This is three major realms ahead of Gu Yuan's current level. To be able to inflict damage was already remarkable.
With this, fighting against martial artists in the Meridian Opening and True Qi realms would be a piece of cake.
Gu Yuan had become addicted to playing with electricity, not only electrocuting himself to stimulate cell activation but also imitating Touko's classic move: Railgun!
The principle behind the Railgun, or electromagnetism, is Ampere's force, though its mechanism differs slightly from the propulsion of maglev trains. Current flowing through a magnetic field experiences Ampere's force, with a magnitude of f = bilsinθ. Therefore, an object carrying current in a magnetic field will experience acceleration.
A railgun has two long, electrified metal rails that generate a powerful magnetic field. Simultaneously, part of the current in the rails flows through a metallic projectile, accelerating it and ultimately giving it an extremely high muzzle velocity.
Although Gu Yuan's Railgun lacked metal rails like Touko's, both could generate extremely high voltages that break down the air, forming plasma, which substitutes for the rails. The principle remains the same as a railgun.
Upon testing, Gu Yuan discovered that possibly due to the different nature of this world, the metal quality was extremely high. While Misaka Mikoto's range was only about fifty meters, Gu Yuan could easily surpass this distance, reaching one hundred or even two hundred meters. This was solely due to Gu Yuan's powerful lightning energy and the high-quality metal as a foundation, enabling such results.
Gu Yuan was also experimenting with using arrows for this type of attack. This might be much better than purely accelerating with lightning. Indeed, sometimes science is the primary productive force.
However, Gu Yuan did not solely focus on these aspects during these seven days. 138 Reading Network.
(Brothers, I'm just borrowing Touko's moves, please be merciful. There's no intent to disparage. I also really like the character Touko.)