Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1564 - 828: Thunder Beast (2)

A sense of being overlooked stirred within the two Great Cultivators. Luckily, this sensation wasn't overwhelming, especially since they avoided getting shredded by a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast.

They shared a quick look and turned toward the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, clenching their jaws before pursuing it.

Grandmaster Hu sent a transmission to Li Shiming. The latter was deep in cultivation, needing some moments to pull out of that trance.

Li Shiming felt no rush, as he had a solid guess about the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast's origins. At this moment, a Thunder attribute Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast bursting into the Dongqi Continent had to be the one bound by the Ancient Contract Paper.

Because of that, he stayed calm and cleared his thoughts, sending an order through the Ancient Contract Paper to forbid assaults on Dongqi Continent cultivators.

This order ended up rescuing Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding; without it, even as newly ascended Great Powers, the pair couldn't have endured one blow from a mighty Spirit Beast picked by a Half-step Great Power.

Li Shiming broke from his cultivation and stepped out of the Grotto Heaven. Using the drone satellite network, he tracked the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast's location, and no welcome was needed since it was nearly there.

A grin spread across his face as he gazed one way, catching a bolt of lightning in his 'Divine Sight.' Inside that flash, the outline of an odd Spirit Beast shimmered faintly.

"A Thunder Beast—how is it a Thunder Beast?" Li Shiming fed the image of the peculiar Spirit Beast into IBMz15 for analysis, and shortly, IBMz15 delivered the result.

Yet the response left him baffled, for a Thunder Beast wasn't your typical spirit beast—it was a fabled Divine Beast.

Sure, like Phoenixes and Dragons, it ranked as a Divine Beast, but unlike those with surviving bloodlines in the Cultivation World—such as the robust Red Gold Phoenix lineage—the Thunder Beast remained a pure myth.

In fact, during his time at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, he'd never come across any reports of a Thunder Beast sighting.

Though the Ten Thousand Beast Sect lacked raw strength, it led the Cultivation World in breeding and studying spirit beasts.

Places like Central State Commerce, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and even the sect whose Book Collection Pavilion Li Shiming had claimed—all mentioned Thunder Beasts in their ancient texts, but only as old legends.

To Li Shiming, creatures like Thunder Beasts should have vanished tens of thousands of years back in theory.

As the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast drew close and dropped its Thunder Escape, unveiling its real shape, Li Shiming felt utterly convinced it was a Thunder Beast.

The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast approached Li Shiming, its gaze sparkling with intelligence, eyeing him with shock and curiosity, as if struggling to grasp how its master had turned into this cultivator.

From Li Shiming, the Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast detected the unmistakable soul bond from the Ancient Contract.

The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast lowered itself and paid respects to Li Shiming, accepting his status and displaying its loyalty.

While eyeing the Thunder Beast, Li Shiming remembered the lore about them, and in his palm, he formed a cluster of thunderbolts.

The thunder essence in this cluster had been refined through the 'Heavenly Human Technique' and boosted by the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' in the computer room space, packing the group with fearsome thunder might.

He flung the thunderbolt cluster toward the Thunder Beast, which snatched it eagerly, felt it briefly, and gulped it down in one go.

Watching the Thunder Beast's blissful narrowed eyes and delighted expression, Li Shiming realized his action hit the mark.

Taking advantage of the moment, he examined this mythical Divine Beast closely.

The Thunder Beast's form was extraordinary, wrapped completely in thunder, and even 'Divine Sight' failed to pierce to its core body, making it seem built solely from thunder.

Stretching three meters, the Thunder Beast looked like a leopard aglow with silver light, sleek and elegant, a stunning embodiment of vitality.

He moved nearer to the Thunder Beast and gently rested a hand on it.

Worried about injuring him, the thunder scattered where his hand touched, revealing genuine silver-white fur beneath.

Li Shiming then grasped that the Thunder Beast could shift at will between thunder energy and its solid body.

This power was downright alarming, similar to a Heavenly Ghost's condition, though a Heavenly Ghost relied on spiritual energy for its form while the Thunder Beast drew on thunder energy.

Figuring out how to strike a blob of thunder energy was a puzzle even for Li Shiming.

In its thunder energy mode, hardly anything in this realm could damage the Thunder Beast.

Li Shiming also got why the Half-step Great Power Yang Xing opted for an Ancient Contract Paper to bind the Thunder Beast instead of standard methods.

Given the Thunder Beast's total thunder-based existence, keeping a spirit mark stable inside it during that state would prove tricky.

"What, craving another thunderbolt cluster?" Li Shiming caught the Thunder Beast's soft whine, and thanks to the soul link, he instantly knew what it wanted.

With a chuckle, he formed another thunderbolt cluster and offered it over.

The Thunder Beast swiftly and happily devoured the thunderbolt cluster, and via the soul connection, Li Shiming felt its delight wash over him.

In the Thunder Beast's happy vision, he witnessed a vast lightning sea, with endless golden thunders crashing down from above, creating a thunder ocean surrounding the Thunder Beast.

The Thunder Beast bounded through it with glee, now and then gobbling up a especially fierce-looking thunder.

This came from the Thunder Beast's recollections; that lightning sea marked its birthplace. Glancing at those sky-falling golden thunders, each carrying Great Cultivator Heavenly Tribulation force, he figured this sea of lightning lay beyond the Central State Continent or any known land.

Had such a place existed, word would have reached him.

Indeed, the Cultivation World held a handful of lightning seas, but none matched the intensity in the Thunder Beast's memory.

The thunderbolt cluster Li Shiming created stirred memories of its natal lightning sea for the Thunder Beast.

Plus, the cluster's energy nourished the Thunder Beast greatly; its potency outstripped thunder from even a top Thunder Cultivator Great Master.

It didn't quite hit Half-step Great Power levels, but exceeded what the Thunder Beast could produce alone.

The 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' truly shone as a premier thunder attribute treasure, lifting a Thunder Cultivator Great Master's thunder to new heights. Without other demands for Great Power Realm, his thunder could rival a Thunder Cultivation Great Power's.

Li Shiming looked at the Thunder Beast, warmth filling his eyes.

Despite having Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, Little Feng's back didn't allow sitting, and the Illusion Spirit Dragon's only worked for standing.

Eyeing the Thunder Beast in front of him, it seemed perfectly built for mounting.

With that thought, he shared his wish to ride on its back with the Thunder Beast.

Noticing Li Shiming produce yet another thunderbolt cluster, the Thunder Beast set aside its pride and cleverly shaped thunder energy into a human-friendly seat, ensuring a comfy ride for Li Shiming.

Li Shiming settled onto the Thunder Beast, where only the seat spot turned solid, while the rest stayed in thunder form.

This gave him the look of being cloaked in thunder, like a deity wielding lightning from on high.

Just then, Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding followed the Thunder Beast's trail toward that spot. Spotting its path leading to the Taichu branch, their minds swirled with worry and ease.

The worry stemmed from fears for Li Shiming, while the ease came from his presence in that direction.

This mix felt utterly conflicting; across the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming stood as the mightiest. If he couldn't handle a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, no one else on Dongqi Continent could tackle one.

Not even every cultivator united could stand against a thunder-mastering Fourth Grade Late Stage Peak Spirit Beast.