# Chapter 105: Bai Ye's Lightning Control Method
Black tentacles surged in the seawater. Under the invasion of the Solar Flame, these black tentacles were scorched, losing their vitality.
With a booming crash, the black tentacles that had coiled into a massive sphere shattered. The Sun Bird·Tahakaka broke free from its restraints. Its wings flapped once in the seawater, turning a large area of water into a golden-red color, the water temperature reaching an appalling degree.
Over a thousand Sea Race members surrounded the Sun Bird·Tahakaka from all directions. Within the flames, Tahakaka coldly stared at the gathered Sea Race, not making any rash moves. If this were on land, these half-merfolk would have long become grilled fish. But here, deep underwater, Tahakaka clearly understood that its abilities were severely weakened.
Its purpose in coming here was to kill Su Xiao. Even if it couldn't retrieve other things, it absolutely had to take back the [Steel Box].
"Stab this fire chicken to death!"
Some talented Sea Race member shouted. Looking closely, it was a Sea Race girl, her small mouth as if smeared with lubricant.
The Sun Bird·Tahakaka actually understood the Sea Race language. The golden-red flames on its body exploded outward, and a flame laser beam shot straight toward the Sea Race girl.
"The fire chicken is angry."
The Sea Race girl's figure blurred for a moment, swapping positions with a horned Sea Race member who looked completely bewildered and usually had a grudge against her.
The horned Sea Race member's chest was pierced through by the flame ray. His body turned to charcoal from the inside out, then transformed into a cloud of black ash, dispersing within the seawater.
Su Xiao, Wood, and Zuiyasi all witnessed this scene. Their gazes unanimously turned to that Sea Race girl. Such a talented individual at drawing aggro would be of great use in this battle.
Originally, the task of drawing aggro was solely handled by Baha. Although Baha on the ground ran like a ground-running chicken, it still ran fast. But Baha in the sea had lost its taunting ability.
Baha's principle was: the most important attribute for taunting ability was speed. If you couldn't run fast enough after taunting, you were holding the keys to heaven. To taunt, you must ensure you can outrun the target you're taunting—that was the essence of taunting.
Within the seawater, groups of Sea Race members wielding various long weapons charged toward the Sun Bird·Tahakaka. These Sea Race members either had exoskeletons on their bodies or thick scales, all excelling in defense.
The seawater near the Sun Bird·Tahakaka began to churn. Arm-thick water ropes formed, winding toward all parts of Tahakaka's body.
Bang!
A water spike nearly five meters long stabbed into Tahakaka's chest. It immediately spewed out a stream of golden flames, which in the next instant burned the Sea Race member controlling the water spike to ashes.
A mesmerizing song came from above. A mermaid-like figure swam overhead. A sun phantom appeared behind the Sun Bird·Tahakaka, and the mermaid above it instantly turned into dried fish.
Countless water-type attacks came from all directions toward the Sun Bird·Tahakaka. Various binding techniques emerged endlessly. The Sea Race were mostly water-type, mental-type, or curse and transformation types.
Facing the encirclement, the Sun Bird·Tahakaka let out a sharp screech. Flame-laced sound waves spread layer by layer. Its wings spread wide, and a fire domain extended to the surrounding thousand meters. Polos's subordinates let out cries of agony.
After the fire domain completed a round of discharge, of the nearly thousand subordinates Polos had sent, over eighty percent were dead. This was the price of fighting the Sun Bird·Tahakaka. It was worth noting that most of the Sea Race members Polos had deployed possessed Eighth Rank combat power, with few at Seventh Rank.
In just a short while, the Sea Race had been decimated to almost nothing. Seeing this, Polos, who had been watching, waved his hand. Over a thousand Sea Race members hidden at the seabed surfaced, re-encircling the Sun Bird·Tahakaka.
"Don't let this fire chicken escape!"
That Sea Race girl from before was actually still alive. Her small face was flushed red as she shouted—not from shyness, but because she had almost been boiled alive.
The second round of siege began. Water currents trembled, flames continuously spread through the water, and massive amounts of bubbles surged, making it hard to see the battlefield clearly. The falling charred corpses of Sea Race members already indicated how brutal this underwater battle was.
When the Sea Race casualties dropped below three hundred, Polos waved his hand again. Another batch of Sea Race members lurking in the shadows beneath the sea emerged.
It was wise to only send out a thousand Sea Race members at a time. This number was enough to besiege the Sun Bird·Tahakaka without letting too many be killed by its large-scale abilities.
Su Xiao observed all of this from the sidelines. Although he didn't understand why the Sun Bird was so persistent, if this were on land and he fought the Sun Bird, his chances of victory would be infinitely close to zero.
The current battle situation was: the Sun Bird had left the Sand World—this was the first weakening. Then it charged into the deep sea, where not only was there terrifying water pressure, but the massive amount of water meant the highest concentration of natural water elements and the lowest of fire elements—this was the second weakening.
Wood was continuously activating some ability—this was the third weakening of the Sun Bird. When they had dealt with the blood energy monster before, Wood's weakening ability had played a major role.
With three layers of weakening stacked, the Sun Bird was still formidable. Over a thousand Sea Race warriors couldn't get close, and within the seawater, they would be burned to death by its flames in no time.
At first glance, the Sun Bird seemed invincible among Eighth Rank. But that wasn't the case. After enduring three layers of weakening, although the Sun Bird's combat power remained strong, its divine system·Solar Energy was being consumed six to seven times faster than normal.
This was the price of maintaining fire-type energy power in the deep sea. Everything was balanced equivalent exchange. To make the Solar Flame have more terrifying temperatures without fire-type elemental support, it needed to consume more of its own bodily energy.
Su Xiao would wait until the Sun Bird's energy was depleted to a certain degree before making his move—at least over eighty percent consumed.
How to achieve this? Simple—fill it with the lives of Polos's subordinates. Today, the Sun Bird had to be permanently left here to eliminate future troubles.
The chaotic battle continued. After about an hour of this melee, at the seabed below the battlefield, the seafloor had turned black and white. The black was from Sea Race members burned to charcoal then crushed by the water pressure; the white was sea salt evaporated by the high temperature.
Now only a few hundred Sea Race members were besieging the Sun Bird. Su Xiao looked at Polos. Polos shook his head and said in a low voice:
"No more. If I send more people to besiege it, even if we win after the battle, I'll be attacked by those troublemakers in Sanctuary City."
Polos was usually a bully who oppressed others. If his subordinates died beyond four-fifths, his retribution wouldn't be far off.
Su Xiao checked the Sun Bird's information again. Its Solar Energy was at 39.53%, and its health was nearly full. The Sun Bird could restore its health by consuming Solar Energy. Without draining its Solar Energy completely, it would be very difficult to kill it.
The war of attrition had been going on for nearly two hours. Although the Sun Bird seemed to be in good condition, it was already showing signs of decline.
The deep sea restricted it too much. Every time it used energy, it needed to consume several times the normal amount of Solar Energy and stamina. Indeed, the Sun Bird wasn't an energy entity—it had a physical body. Otherwise, Zuiyasi wouldn't have gone all out to help this time.
"Bai Ye, let's go!"
Zuiyasi stomped the seawater beneath him and charged toward the Sun Bird. Su Xiao looked at Wood, who nodded, meaning he wouldn't act now, but he would help Su Xiao secure two opportunities.
Su Xiao turned into a water phantom, launching a flanking attack on the Sun Bird. After getting within a thousand meters of the Sun Bird, he felt the surrounding seawater was at least 140°C. If this weren't the seabed, the water here would have already evaporated into steam. The closer to the Sun Bird, the higher the seawater temperature.
Whoosh!
Three pillars of flame shot out from the three sun eyes behind the Sun Bird, forming a pincer formation with all convergence points on Zuiyasi.
The tentacles Zuiyasi had grown quickly turned to charcoal. The next second, he was burned to ashes, just like that.
A black mark appeared in the Sun Bird's pupil. Intense burning pain made the Sun Bird flap its wings wildly, creating currents in the water.
Was Zuiyasi dead? Of course not. In the past two hours, Zuiyasi hadn't been idle. He had been watching the Sun Bird, quietly leaving imprint seeds on its body.
Now those seeds erupted. Zuiyasi successfully invaded the Sun Bird's body. This seemed suicidal, but after invading an enemy's body through the black imprint, Zuiyasi would gain corresponding resistance based on the enemy's cell characteristics. This was a replication of cell characteristics from the Eye Ritual.
For example, after invading the Sun Bird's body, Zuiyasi would gain high fire-type resistance. Once he exited this invasion state, the resistance would disappear.
Zuiyasi had previously been able to steal the sanity recovery ability from Divine Concealment precisely because of the replication eyes cultivated through the Eye Ritual.
The Sun Bird clearly sensed the existence inside its body. Its chest and abdomen suddenly expanded with a bang, then slowly deflated, spewing golden-white flames from its mouth.
Seeing this, Su Xiao no longer hesitated. If he let things continue unfavorably, Zuiyasi might really become grilled seafood, and directly enter the Sun Bird's stomach at that.
Clang, clang, clang!
Three crisscrossing blade auras slashed out. Su Xiao clearly knew one thing: he absolutely couldn't withstand the Sun Bird's attacks head-on. Given the Sun Bird's hatred toward him, the attacks it used against him, if not ultimate moves, were certainly its signature abilities.
Although the Sun Bird had been weakened layer by layer, the attack intensity of its abilities hadn't been reduced much. Most of the weakening targeted its physical body.
Under these conditions, if Su Xiao withstood one attack from the Sun Bird, he would be severely injured. After two, he would immediately need to consume the [Sacred Cross Emblem]. After three, he would die.
It wasn't that Su Xiao's survivability was weak, but that the Sun Bird hated him too much. It seemed willing to die together with Su Xiao. This was more stubborn than Brother Donkey.
'Blade Path Sword: Flow.'
An ethereal wind scar slashed through the water. A cut mark appeared on the Sun Bird's chest and neck. Golden-red blood was diluted by the seawater.
As Su Xiao slashed out this strike, crackling sounds erupted. Densely packed hundreds of flame rays crisscrossed, cutting from bottom to top. Su Xiao had no way to avoid them.
Just as the flame rays swept past, a popping sound came from around Su Xiao. It was the sound of him exiting the Space Penetration state, with spatial repulsion pushing away the seawater.
The Sun Bird's eyes locked onto Su Xiao. Su Xiao veered to the side but was a moment too slow. He felt all the blood in his body about to ignite, his health dropping like flowing water.
At that moment, the Sun Bird let out a sharp screech, its claws clawing wildly in the seawater. It was Zuiyasi, who had invaded its body, taking the opportunity to severely wound it and cover for Su Xiao.
It could be said that the Sun Bird hard-countered all melee combatants. Su Xiao stopped trying to get close to the Sun Bird. Within several tens of meters of it, he felt like he was about to be boiled alive. Being killed by a powerful enemy was acceptable—kill or be killed, he understood that principle. He could be killed, but he didn't want to be boiled to death. Dying like that would be too shameful.
If this battle was won, he would definitely stew this feathered beast.
Su Xiao took a scroll from his storage space and made a gesture to Wood. Wood understood. This was the benefit of having these old yinbi as teammates. They might betray you, might backstab you, but if interests were aligned, these old yinbi were exceptionally reliable.
The Lightning Spirit attached itself to Su Xiao's right forearm and was immediately activated. No golden lightning, or World Lightning, struck down.
Equipment Effect 1: World Lightning (Active) — Activating this effect can summon World Lightning.
Note: The upper limit of World Lightning's intensity will be determined by the current world.
Note: The quantity and intensity of summoned World Lightning will be determined by the equipment wearer's Luck Attribute or Elemental Affinity (two lightning-summoning methods, freely switchable).
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This time, Su Xiao summoned lightning using Elemental Affinity. They were tens of thousands of meters underwater. After World Lightning struck to this depth, it should be within tolerable range. Moreover, this was an Eighth Rank world. Even if World Lightning was strong, it had an upper limit.
Did Su Xiao have lightning immunity abilities? No. The reason he could fight using World Lightning was brutally simple: he was more resistant to electricity than others. No, he was exceptionally resistant to electricity.
Kingsley's original words were: 'Bai Ye, I searched for a long time but couldn't find any ability or dangerous object that could grant immunity to World Lightning. The key to controlling World Lightning isn't summoning it down, but after summoning it, you must be resistant to electricity. If the enemy falls before you do, you win.'
Boom!!!
A thunderous roar almost pierced the eardrums, coming from the seawater above. The Sun Bird looked up.
"You bastard!"
Zuiyasi's voice came from inside the Sun Bird. He now had fire resistance but no lightning resistance.
Su Xiao ignored Zuiyasi. That guy had immortality and wouldn't be easily killed by lightning. A crystal layer formed on Su Xiao's body surface.
Boom! A golden lightning pillar of World Lightning struck down, engulfing Su Xiao, the Sun Bird, and Zuiyasi within it.