chapter 1 thunder power

"Next person"

A cold, emotionless voice came from behind a big table.

A thin young man walked forward slowly with a heavy pace.

From the appearance, this young man is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his body is thin and thin, as if he is riddled with all kinds of diseases. On the fair face, the sharp eyebrows as tall as peaks go straight into the temples, and the eyes are as clear and transparent as black gems in clear water. Although he is born as a boy, he looks a bit delicate.

"It's Hallan Kirkland, this guy is here again."

"This person is really thick-skinned. A disabled person also came to collect the monthly payment."

"This guy's cultivation has plummeted, but his cheeky skills are improving day by day."

The laughter and harsh taunts around him could no longer make the young man in front of him as angry as before. The envy and jealousy they once felt seemed to make these people even meaner.

The young man known as Hallan Kirkland sighed slightly in his heart. This day of giving out monthly calendars was the happiest day for all the young people in the village, but it was a kind of torture for him.

He practiced body training at the age of six and broke through the barrier that year. At the age of eight, he reached the first level of physical strength. At the age of nine, he entered the second level of physical strength. At the age of ten, he broke through to the third level of physical strength. At the age of twelve, he broke through again to the fourth level of physical strength. This kind of abnormal breakthrough speed was realized one by one on him. Until that incident a year ago completely shattered the halo above his head.

"You loser has the nerve to receive the monthly salary. You have made no contribution to the village and you are just a freeloader."

Behind the large wooden table, a young man slowly raised his head and spoke harsher words than the others. The young boy has a fair complexion and a tall figure, and looks quite handsome. But the slightly raised eyes give people a cunning look.

"The village stipulates that anyone over ten years old can receive a monthly allowance. If you refuse to give it to me, I will have to go to the village chief to get it."

Hearing what Hallan Kirkland said, the face of the young man behind the table changed slightly, and then he said with a sneer.

"Humph, the day after tomorrow is the village's three-year coming-of-age ceremony. Once the coming-of-age ceremony is over, not only will there be no monthly routine, but a loser like you will definitely have to do hard labor. Don't worry, I will definitely find someone to 'take care' of you when you fail."

When he mentioned the word "take care of", he deliberately emphasized it a little bit. At the same time, he grabbed a small bag on the table and threw it away. Seemingly unintentionally, the thrown bag flew out in a diagonal direction, spilling most of the coins inside.

Among the teenagers in the queue, someone took the lead and threw a coin on the ground, and then someone else continued to throw coins to the ground.

The anger that had been suppressed for a long time was burning in Hallan Kirkland's heart. He tightened his fists and turned back to look angrily at the young man behind the table.

"Indra Peck, don't go too far."

Hallan Kirkland's voice was cold and slightly trembling. Although he had no cultivation, he was not blind. He clearly saw that after the other party threw the money bag, he winked at the crowd with a sinister smile on his face.

"Hey, our 'God of War' is going to get angry. Why, you thought you were a genius in cultivation? Now I'm afraid of hurting you even if I sneeze."

Hallan Kirkland's face was as cold as dripping water. He wanted to rush over and punch the opponent's hateful face, but in the end he just squeezed out a breath between his teeth. He has no cultivation now. Even if the opponent stays still and allows himself to be beaten, he will still be injured. The difference between a level three warrior and an ordinary person is like an adult and a child.

He silently bent down, picked up his own coins on the ground and put them into his bag, his ears filled with the ridicule and ridicule of the people around him.

"The coming-of-age ceremony the day after tomorrow will be attended by village chiefs from other villages. I don't want you, a loser, to come out and embarrass us all."

When Hallan Kirkland turned around and left, Indra Peck slightly commanding voice came from behind. Hallan Kirkland's body paused and left quickly. Staying here for a moment would be the biggest test of his endurance.

The mountain wind roared in, blowing the young man's long hair back and dancing wildly. The thin figure swayed slightly in the strong wind, but his eyes like the dark night sky stared into the distance unwaveringly. The boy who had been standing here for more than an hour was Hallan Kirkland, who had been humiliated during the day.

After receiving the monthly prescription every month, Hallan Kirkland would come here alone and stand for a while. He won't go home until his mood calms down. He doesn't want his emotions to affect his family.

"Rumble"

Electric arcs rolled in the dense clouds, and then dull thunder rolled in and enveloped the surrounding areas, as if to show the mighty power of heaven.

The sound of thunder is like throwing a big stone into the calm lake water, lifting up the long-standing memories like sand.

That day, Hallan Kirkland was in the waterfall under the high cliff, practicing as usual until late at night. When he was dragging his tired body to leave, he saw two ghostly figures passing by the pool. His intuition made him immediately retreat into the waterfall behind him.

The two figures stopped at the edge of the pool, seemingly talking about something. Hallan Kirkland could hear nothing else except the huge roar of the waterfall. It wasn't until the two of them dispersed in different directions that Hallan Kirkland slowly walked out of the waterfall to the edge of the pool.

For two warriors with such profound cultivation to meet in secret just a few miles away from the village, there must be something shady going on. He decided to inform his master about this first, but before he could move even half a step, he felt a slight chill on his back and chest. When he looked down, there was an extra sword tip on his chest.

He tried hard to turn around, but was kicked hard in the back. Then the whole person flew into the air and landed heavily in the pool.

This kick not only kicked Hallan Kirkland away, but the violent spiritual energy also penetrated into his body. Holding back the pain that felt like tearing through his body, he managed to turn his head in the water and looked around, only to vaguely see a black figure disappearing into the dark forest.

Hallan Kirkland could tell from the figure of the other party that he was one of the two people who had just left. At this moment, it was useless to blame himself. His body was gradually sinking in the pool, and his consciousness began to blur with the passage of life.

"Boom"

A thunder exploded above the water pool, and almost at the same time, a thick silver lightning slipped from the sky and landed squarely in the water pool. Electricity flashed through Hallan Kirkland body, causing him to temporarily regain some consciousness.

He vaguely saw a group of light blue light flashing not far in front of his body. Although he didn't know what it was, his intuition told him that it was the only life-saving straw.

Using all his strength, Hallan Kirkland struggled to swim above the ball of light. From a closer distance, Zuo Feng could see that it was a ball of light that was close to the shape of a water drop. While holding the ball of light with his hands, he finally closed his eyes deeply.

When he woke up again, the injuries on his body were strangely healed as before. Whether it was the sword wound that stabbed him across or the damage caused by the aura that invaded his body with that kick, they were all miraculously healed completely without leaving any wounds, except for a weird drop-shaped bulge on his chest. rise.

He let out a long sigh and gradually recovered his thoughts. Hallan Kirkland slowly looked towards the water pool under the cliff and said to himself.

"It's been a year, and I remember it was like this that night. Although I escaped from death, my cultivation was exhausted and I can no longer practice. Is this the price of surviving?"

Practicing body refining is to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy, refine it and store it in the sea of ​​​​qi, and then transform the body according to the exercise method. But after that special experience, Hallan Kirkland found that his cultivation level was completely gone. His own muscles and veins also seemed to have been placed under heavy shackles, and he could no longer absorb a trace of spiritual energy.

The cold rain fell on Hallan Kirkland's face, and he seemed not to notice it at all. After the coming-of-age ceremony the day after tomorrow, he will lose the qualification to receive the monthly salary. Without cultivation, he can only be assigned some of the most superficial jobs.

"God, do you want me to survive just because you want me to endure these boundless humiliations?"

The roar of Hallan Kirkland spread far away, and in addition to the biting wind, there was only the mournful sound of rain. Over the past year, he has suffered a lot of looks and ridicule, but these are far less than his body that has become inferior to ordinary people, and it has caused him even more pain and suffering.

The rain gradually became heavier, and the sky and the ground seemed to merge into one with the falling rain. Thick electric arcs traveled through the clouds, and occasionally a bolt of lightning struck across the sky.

Hallan Kirkland raised his hands high as if venting his anger, and stood on the top of the cliff in the face of the violent storm.

"If you let me live just to taste this endless pain, then take this life back."

His slightly hoarse shout was wiped out by the roaring thunder.

Suddenly, an extremely huge bolt of lightning fell, coming in the direction of Hallan Kirkland, and he subconsciously widened his eyes. But then the corners of his mouth curved, and the arc slowly expanded until it turned into a bright smile, which contained a kind of joy of relief.

"Click"

A huge electric arc penetrated the body, and from a distance, Hallan Kirkland on the top of the mountain seemed to have turned into a luminous body. The figures of his parents and sister appeared in his mind one by one. These were the three people he missed most in the world.

Time passed slowly, and Hallan Kirkland was surprised to find that not only did he not die immediately, but the pain in his body continued, but his consciousness became clearer. The pain caused by the electric current traveling through the body made Hallan Kirkland's delicate face become more ferocious.

Just when he was tortured by the heart-wrenching pain, the drop-shaped bulge on his chest began to fluctuate as if it was alive. This wave was initially very weak and almost imperceptible, but became more powerful each time and spread further. Wherever this magical wave passes, the pain in the body will weaken a bit until the wave spreads throughout the entire body.

Hallan Kirkland was now in a state of shock and sluggishness. He couldn't tell whether the power came from the bulge in his body or from the huge thunder falling from the sky. It's as if the two are already one, but they merge into one through their own bodies.

What surprised him was that his body gradually changed at this moment. Streams of pure spiritual energy seemed to be squeezed out from all parts of the body, emerging one after another and converging towards the sea of ​​​​qi.

As the light around him gradually faded, Hallan Kirkland still stood upright with his eyes closed, and his momentum began to rise. The barrier of the strong body stage, the initial stage, level one, and the second level, continues to climb until it reaches the strong body and level three before stopping. The fluctuations in the body slowly shrink back to the chest like a sponge absorbing water.

Hallan Kirkland opened his eyes suddenly. At this moment, lightning burst out in his eyes, like two sharp flashes, but he was not aware of it at all.

"Back, back, my body has finally recovered."

A wave of excitement and joy from the bottom of his heart appeared on his face. Although he had not returned to the fourth level of physical strength a year ago, he clearly felt that the shackles in his body had been broken.