Chapter 256: Chapter 17: The Secret of Thunder Cave

After the incident with Han Zihua, Lin Feng immersed himself once again in cultivation, where every day, aside from rigorously honing his cultivation, he would also learn medicine refinement from the Fire Kirin and conduct his own research into Spirit Arrays. For an ordinary person, managing to multitask in such a way would be impossible, but Lin Feng’s soul power had already reached the level of a cultivator in the Yin Yang Realm. Not to mention multitasking with one heart and three tasks, even one heart with ten tasks would pose no problem.

Lin Feng often went to Thunder Cave to temper his physical body, and after two months of intensive training, his body became increasingly powerful. Ordinary arrows shot at his body were like striking an iron wall, utterly unable to pierce Lin Feng’s defenses, which excited him greatly. The Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique indeed was formidable; the physical body it honed surpassed that of Divine Demons.

With more than half a year left, Azure Dragon Academy was set to hold the Mountain River List ranking competition, and during this time, many in the academy had begun discussing this matter. Naturally, Lin Feng became the focal point of these discussions. Despite being a new student, the strength he displayed was shocking, and his leadership abilities were extraordinary.

This made many curious about Lin Feng’s potential standings in the upcoming Mountain River List ranking competition, wondering what place he might achieve. But in reality, Lin Feng wasn’t much interested in the Mountain River List ranking competition–it was only a stepping stone. Even if one ranked first on the Mountain River List, what use would it be?

Outside the Thunder Cave!

“Junior Brother Lin, you’re here to train again!” Wang Yun said with a smile.

“Right,” Lin Feng nodded and entered the Thunder Cave.

A group of disciples passed by in the distance, puzzling, “Who is that kid? He looks even younger than us. Why do the brothers guarding the Thunder Cave show him such respect?”

“Damn, you don’t even recognize Lin Feng? How do you get by?”

Immediately, his peer rolled his eyes exasperatedly.

“Ah, that youth was Lin Feng? The first-year freshman Lin Feng?” The student exclaimed in surprise.

“Does our Azure Dragon Academy have a second Lin Feng?” Someone asked, mouth twisted.

“Wow, that Junior Brother Lin isn’t bad-looking either.” A few female students said, swooning.

“What’s the use of looking good?” A male student questioned immediately but didn’t know what to say next. He intended to say, “What’s the use of looking good? If the cultivation isn’t up to par?” but then realized, saying that would be self-deprecating, so he just awkwardly laughed, drawing contempt from the crowd.

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Lin Feng made his way into the Thunder Cave, letting the power of thunder and lightning strike his body. Countless thunder forces densely bombarded him, with fleeting thunderous forces containing tremendous destructive power. Yet, none could even scratch Lin Feng.

Now, Lin Feng could enter up to two hundred meters into the Thunder Cave without injury.

Lin Feng continued deeper into the Thunder Cave!

He reached the two hundred thirty-meter zone, where dense thunder forces bombarded his body, flaying his flesh.

He circulated the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique to heal his wounded body, and at the same time, Lin Feng began to use his Devouring Martial Soul to absorb the thunderous forces.

The formidable thunder forces were devoured by Lin Feng, then refined and transformed into his own strength.

Had anyone witnessed this, they would have been scared to death.

Others tempered their bodies in the Thunder Cave by using the destructive power of thunder, progressively destroying their body, then waiting for it to heal to enhance its strength.

But Lin Feng didn’t just do that. Now, Lin Feng directly devoured the power of thunder and lightning and channeled the refined forces throughout his entire body, even into the softest organs, like the heart. Lin Feng also used the thunder forces to temper these areas. Of course, the heart and other vulnerable parts were too fragile, so Lin Feng controlled the strength carefully. The thunder forces weren’t violent but instead gradually and incrementally tempered his body.

“First temper the body, then the internal organs. It’s said the heart of the Ancient Dragon Elephant can’t even be scratched by ancient Holy Emperor Artifacts, which shows just how powerful the body of the Ancient Dragon Elephant is!”

Lin Feng couldn’t help but feel amazed.

Why was the Ancient Dragon Elephant so powerful?

The reason lay here: its physical body was nearly indestructible, with the heart of the Ancient Dragon Elephant being the least defended part of its body. Yet even the ancient Holy Emperor Artifacts struggled to damage the heart of the Ancient Dragon Elephant!!

Just this fact alone was enough to understand what a fearsome existence the Ancient Dragon Elephant was.

And in mythical legends, the Ancient Dragon Elephant was a primordial being born out of chaos.

It predated the likes of the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix, the Qilin, and other Divine Beasts. There were even rumors that the birth of the Dragon Clan was deeply linked to the Ancient Dragon Elephant, which had split its blood to create All Living Beings, with the most powerful bloodline being separated out to form dragons.

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Of course, reaching the realm of the Ancient Dragon Elephant was an extremely difficult task, but Lin Feng, persistent and unyielding, believed that he would surely reach the pinnacle in the future.

He didn’t know how long he had been cultivating inside the Thunder Cave, but Lin Feng had penetrated from two hundred meters to three hundred meters deep.

He was feeling deeply exhausted.

Lin Feng decided it was time to exit.

Suddenly, at that moment, Lin Feng glanced toward the deepest part of the Thunder Cave, where an astonishing fluctuation was emanating.

“It seems I’m almost at the deepest part of the Thunder Cave.”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes toward the deepest area of the Thunder Cave, always feeling as if there were secrets hidden within.

Instead of leaving, Lin Feng moved toward the deepest part of the cave. Even more violent power crashed down upon him, his physical body bathed in blood, but Lin Feng gritted his teeth and struggled toward the deepest part. Finally, he saw a huge mountain belly appearing in front of him. This mountain belly seemed to be the center of Thunder Mountain, and within the endless Divine Thunder inside the mountain belly, there was a purple thunder and lightning, warping space-time, emitting a terrifying power.

“What is that…”!

Lin Feng was shocked; wrapped within that purple thunder and lightning was a Jade Talisman.

“The secret of the Thunder Cave”!

Lin Feng was stunned; the Thunder Cave indeed contained a huge secret.

Lin Feng deployed his Golden Body Feathered Wings, shot up into the sky, and charged toward the purple thunder.

Boom!!

The warped purple thunder seemed to sense Lin Feng’s presence and unleashed a powerful destructive Power of thunder and lightning at Lin Feng. The blast hit Lin Feng’s body, which was directly blown apart, looking extremely miserable.

Lin Feng’s face turned incredibly pale as he felt the horror of the purple thunder, but he didn’t want to give up. He frantically operated the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique, and the Ancient Dragon Elephant Power enveloped his body. The purple thunder and lightning struck Lin Feng’s body again, and although his physical body sustained severe injuries once more, it was less serious than before. He rushed forward and snatched the mysterious Jade Talisman from within the purple thunder.

“Thunder God immortal, undying through a thousand calamities”!

Suddenly, a deep, immense, ancient voice echoed from within the Thunder Cave. Lin Feng felt the world spin around him, and the next moment, he found himself in an ancient World. In this World, Above Nine Heavens, there was an endless barrage of Divine Thunder, obscuring the sky and stretching out for tens of millions of kilometers. Space-time itself was warped by the Power of thunder and lightning. Beneath the endless Thunder World stood a tall man, his body radiating explosive power, like an undying War God at the pinnacle of All Heavens, slanting his eyes at Heaven and Earth, his presence swallowing the Eight Desolate.