Chapter 26: Triple Lightning Attraction Buff
Compared to figuring out how to control the golden lightning in the sky or mastering the new blade technique, Heaven's Wrath: Thunderclap Descent, Su Xiao was now more concerned about another issue: whether he would get struck by lightning himself.
While locking onto Kingsley with his perception, Su Xiao looked up at the golden lightning brewing in the sky.
He currently had three lightning-attracting buffs active. First, entering the world with the [Sky-Plundering Storm] title granted him a high initial status, but this came with a drawback.
If he was too unlucky, he would get struck by lightning. Of course, this wasn't supernatural lightning—it couldn't harm Su Xiao, and it would stimulate his body's cells, speeding up his health recovery for about half an hour.
Su Xiao rarely encountered this situation. His luck attribute was very high, and after obtaining the [Sky-Plundering Storm] title, he had only been struck by lightning once, back in the Canglong Continent, right after leaving the royal capital's outer province.
Since then, Su Xiao had never been struck by lightning due to the [Sky-Plundering Storm]'s side effect. But now, things looked grim—the sky was filled with golden lightning.
Su Xiao felt that, given the current situation, the side effect of [Sky-Plundering Storm] was nothing. The key issue was that his luck attribute was now -39 points.
With luck this negative, it was no exaggeration to say it was as if a several-thousand-meter-tall lightning rod stood behind Su Xiao.
This was no longer a question of whether the golden lightning would strike him—it was inevitable. If any lightning fell, 100% of it would land on him, and it would be a 360-degree, no-blind-spot homing tracking mode.
Beyond attracting lightning this way, Su Xiao's fortune sometimes fluctuated wildly. With his luck attribute this negative, the fortune derived from it was bound to plummet to rock bottom.
The side effect of the [Sky-Plundering Storm] title, the -39 luck attribute, and the rock-bottom fortune—three lightning-attracting buffs stacked on him, reinforcing each other.
Given this situation, if Su Xiao stood a few dozen meters away from a several-thousand-meter-tall metal tower, the golden lightning would definitely strike Su Xiao. In terms of lightning attraction, the metal tower would be utterly powerless, with no presence at all.
Boom.
The golden lightning rumbled in the sky. Hearing this deafening thunderclap, Kingsley's expression shifted slightly. Although this was the lightning power he had summoned, he realized that the lightning gathering in the sky was far too strong, even exceeding his control.
"This weather... not good."
Kingsley's aura no longer locked onto Su Xiao. Golden-red light enveloped his entire body. Kingsley knew he had miscalculated. For some unknown reason, the heavenly lightning he had summoned was too powerful. This was no longer a matter of a few lightning bolts striking down—it was likely a pillar of lightning crashing down directly.
With the locking aura around him gone, Su Xiao no longer hesitated. He moved away from Kingsley. Restoring his luck attribute was the key at this moment.
The effect of Fate Dominator activated. Just as Su Xiao was about to dash into the distance, a sense of being locked onto appeared. This wasn't being locked onto by a person—it was being locked onto by the golden lightning in the sky. This thing would definitely track him.
With a boom, the ground beneath Su Xiao's feet shattered. He charged straight toward Kingsley. At the same time, he manipulated Banishment to fly into the distance. The mermaid couldn't die yet. Having Bubu Wang, who was a few hundred meters away, take over the mermaid was the safest choice.
The reason Su Xiao charged toward Kingsley was simple: he couldn't take the lightning strike alone. If he was severely injured by the lightning and Kingsley chose to turn back and continue fighting, he wouldn't be able to protect the mermaid.
A whoosh of wind came from behind Kingsley. He didn't need to look back to know what was happening.
Crack!!!
A golden lightning pillar several hundred meters in diameter crashed down. The golden-white light emitted by this pillar alone illuminated the surrounding dozen kilometers.
On the coast, the chaotic battle between the Organization members and the Eclipse Organization members came to a halt. Everyone stared at the falling golden lightning pillar. Even though they were transcendents, they were awed by this heavenly might.
The protagonist team of five, who were fleeing, stopped in their tracks. They looked back at the golden lightning pillar, their expressions dumbfounded.
Inside the golden lightning pillar, Su Xiao's vision was filled with nothing but golden lightning. Golden arcs surged across his entire body, feeling as if his body was about to be torn apart. The [Wild Hunt Night] long leather coat he wore was ripped open in large gashes.
Just 0.5 seconds ago, Su Xiao had entered a state of Space Penetration, intending to evade the golden lightning for 2 seconds. But in an instant, the spatial crevice he was in was pierced by the golden lightning, forcing him out of the Space Penetration state.
Su Xiao felt all his muscles cramping, his bones seemed about to explode, most of his internal organs were numb, and his heart was on the verge of stopping from the intense electric shock.
Fine cracks appeared on Su Xiao's skin. He released the blade in his hand. Dragon-Slaying Flash was metal. If he continued to hold the sword, his entire right arm would shatter.
The immense thunder crashed down, washing over Su Xiao's entire body. With cracks already forming on the back of his hand, he crouched low and vanished from the spot.
Thirty meters away from Su Xiao, Kingsley was also within the golden lightning. His eyes had completely turned golden. He could control the golden lightning to a certain extent. Since he wasn't a World Child, this was his limit.
Being able to control it to a certain extent meant he could also resist it to a certain degree. Kingsley stood firm within the golden lightning, not moving. Moving here would attract streaks of fine golden lightning.
Crackle~
The golden lightning was broken through. A figure appeared in front of Kingsley. Surprise first flashed in his eyes, then turned into understanding.
Kingsley's ten fingers curled into claws as he lunged straight at Su Xiao.
The sight of Su Xiao and Kingsley charging toward each other within the golden lightning was incredibly shocking, as if the surrounding golden threads of lightning had become mere decorations, not the most terrifying heavenly might.
The golden lightning pillar continued to pour down. Within this annihilation domain of golden thunder, a battle raged on.
Amid the surging lightning, Kingsley's clawed right hand swept past Su Xiao's face. If his fingers touched him, there would be severe consequences. Su Xiao leaned back to dodge, arcs of electricity dancing through his hair.
In this physical state, it was normal for Kingsley's attack to miss. Using his rapidly shattering external perception, he tried to lock onto Su Xiao's every move. In Kingsley's perception, he caught Su Xiao, who was charging in, raising his right leg for a straightforward kick.
Kingsley breathed a sigh of relief inside. It was just an ordinary straight kick. If he was careful, he could block it.
This thought had just formed in Kingsley's mind when he heard the whistling sound of the kick. This was no ordinary kick—it was a killing move! Kingsley immediately prepared to use his hidden trump card, but it was too late.
Bang!!
Kingsley broke through an afterimage, flying backward within the golden lightning. The flesh on his chest shattered, broken ribs jutted out, and his beating heart was clearly visible.
The golden lightning around Su Xiao suddenly converged, all surging toward him, finally exploding with a crackle.
When everything calmed down, Su Xiao stood on a circular patch of scorched earth ten thousand meters in diameter. Sparks covered the ground. Looking down from above, one would see that the ground around Su Xiao had disappeared in a semicircle nearly a kilometer deep. Clear water seeped from the underground water layer, hissing as it touched the high-temperature ground.
Crack, crack~
The remaining crystal layer fragments on Su Xiao's body fell off. Blood seeped from the cracks on his body. This was a good sign, indicating that Su Xiao's vitality was strong enough that his insides hadn't been charred by the lightning.
Su Xiao raised his right hand. Dragon-Slaying Flash, its blade still surging with golden arcs, flew over and was caught by the handle with a snap.
Within the massive, arc-shaped crater, Su Xiao stepped forward. He needed to kill Kingsley. This powerful enemy was too dangerous.
Su Xiao had only taken a few steps when thunder rumbled in the sky again. Golden lightning began to gather in the sky once more. Even Kingsley himself was surprised by the strength of the golden lightning he had summoned this time, after all, it was boosted by Su Xiao's triple lightning-attracting buff.
At the edge of the massive crater, Kingsley stood up. He reached out, grabbed a broken rib that was pressing against his heart inside his chest cavity, and snapped it off with a crack.
Kingsley saw Su Xiao walking out of the massive crater. His eye twitched. The enemy's vitality was stronger than anything he had ever seen. Over seventy percent of the lightning strike had been concentrated on him, yet the enemy still had the strength to fight.
"You win."
Black particles like dust appeared behind Kingsley, enveloping him. Finally, these black particles were blown away by the wind, and Kingsley vanished from the spot.
Seeing Kingsley disappear, Su Xiao exhaled a breath of blood qi. His luck attribute began to skyrocket at an alarming rate, finally stopping at 40 points, its normal state.
A signal flare shot into the sky—the Eclipse Organization's retreat signal.
Su Xiao drank a bottle of [Vitality Essence]. The cracks on his body healed quickly. As long as there were no severed limbs or large-scale organ damage, [Vitality Essence] had an exceptionally strong recovery effect.
Soon, the cracks on Su Xiao's hands and chest began to heal. After briefly treating his wounds, he headed toward the shore.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang, carrying the crystal coffin, ran over. His face was bruised and swollen, but he held his dog head high. According to his description, he had encountered an enemy trying to steal the crystal coffin, fought them, and won!
Su Xiao looked at Bubu Wang in surprise. He had never seen Bubu win a fight before.
"Woof!"
Bubu Wang raised his dog head even higher, his nose pointing to the sky, meaning: I met a little girl, must have been Kingsley's subordinate, also a perception type. I even made her cry. Master, am I strong or what?
Bringing Bubu Wang along, Su Xiao walked toward the coast. Passing through a ruined area, Amu also came to join them.
Amu's battle with Eclipse Organization's Ring 3 was quite interesting. Ring 3 was a burly man over three meters tall, thick-skinned and tough.
During the fierce fight between Amu and Ring 3, Eclipse Organization's Ring 8, the Waltz Su Xiao had encountered earlier, assisted Ring 3 from the side.
Waltz's powerful long-range abilities nearly severely injured and killed Amu. Baha came to the rescue, but since it was also fighting a strong enemy, it could only help Amu connect to an alternate space.
That alternate space was like a vertical well about eight meters in diameter. Amu and Ring 3, both tough and durable, fought inside in a chaotic melee. This was tough on Waltz, who was also trapped inside. After all, he was a long-range shooter with average survivability.
Amu and Ring 3 fought for many rounds, blood and flesh flying, but neither suffered fatal injuries—their regeneration was too strong. However, their battle nearly took out Waltz, who was just a few meters away.
In the end, Amu and Ring 3 grew fiercer as they fought, while Waltz, dodging the entire time, almost left this beautiful world. That was until the alternate space collapsed and Tide Hunter arrived, forcing Ring 3 to retreat with Waltz.
Tide Hunter went after Ring 3 and Waltz. The funniest moment came when Eclipse Organization's Ring 10 arrived to reinforce them, only to be chopped down by Amu, dying a miserable death.
The two who were fighting fiercely were fine, the one assisting almost died, and the reinforcement died.
Su Xiao stopped on the sandy beach. The chaotic battle here had ended. Both sides had suffered casualties. Now, the Eclipse Organization members had retreated.
Su Xiao ordered a retreat, heading back to the steel warship in the nearshore area. This place wasn't safe to stay.
Boarding the ferry, Su Xiao soon returned to the steel warship. The ship set sail, heading back along the route they had come.
Su Xiao glanced at the crystal coffin on Bubu Wang's back. The goal of this trip had been achieved. Moreover, because Baha had thrown a few Apollos, killing many primitives, and Tide Hunter's somewhat exaggerated kill count, Su Xiao had gained a large amount of World Source.
In a marginal area of the unknown continent, several figures hid in the muddy water of a swamp, each holding a reed stalk in their mouths.
The protagonist team of five was filled with confusion. They had first investigated the bombing of the Thorn Flower News Agency, then gone to the mermaid's original residence, and finally spent several days traveling by sea to reach the unknown continent. Along the way, they had nearly run their legs off.
In the end, they "joyfully" discovered that aside from almost being killed as collateral damage, they seemed to have gained nothing.
"Came for nothing."
The white-haired youth sighed.
"Not for nothing. Look."
Nainai Ni, her face covered in mud, raised a wooden staff, smiling to reveal her neat little white teeth. The staff in her hand was left behind by the primitive tribe's leader. It wasn't a supernatural item, at best a souvenir. One could only say Nainai Ni was quite the clever little one.
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