The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 516 - 367: Image in Thunder and Lightning

Chapter 516: Chapter 367: Image in Thunder and Lightning

After re-burying the silver Divine Bones, Li Yi could only continue to harvest the silver fruit from the tree. For him at this moment, the fruit were urgently needed. The remains buried by the god were not something he could covet now, and he also worried that digging up the corpse further might invoke the wrath of the gods. He certainly did not wish to be struck by that golden lightning.

After harvesting the second silver fruit.

Suddenly.

The sky thundered again, and another bolt of golden lightning struck down from the top of the canyon. This time, it hit right beside Li Yi, and in the instant the lightning flashed, the phantom of a god reappeared. This time, however, the massive figure of the god seemed to be in motion, as if performing some sort of action.

As the golden lightning disappeared, so did the image.

"This isn’t an illusion, there truly are images within the lightning," Li Yi was particularly astonished now, filled with curiosity and incomprehension about this scene.

Then, he thought of something, and took out the Sword Coin from his storage Magic Artifact.

"Hey, evil old thing, do you know what just happened?" Li Yi tried to communicate.

But the residual consciousness in the Sword Coin did not revive, offering no answer.

Having no luck in communication, Li Yi had no choice but to continue harvesting the fruit.

When he picked the third fruit, another bolt of golden lightning illuminated the canyon, striking down from the sky above and landing beside him. As the lightning flickered, the same scene appeared once more, but now it showed the god raising its arm, waving its fist, shaking heaven and earth.

But just like before, the image disappeared.

Li Yi seemed to notice something.

Every time he picked a fruit, a bolt of golden thunder would fall from the sky and a phantom of the god would emerge from the lightning. Although the appearances were brief, they revealed some ancient message - if he could collect the information within these bolts of golden lightning, perhaps there would be some unexpected gains.

After musing for a moment, Li Yi continued to pick the fruits; the fourth, the fifth, the sixth.

Three bolts of golden lightning struck beside him in succession, this time the scene within the lightning lasted a bit longer.

And now he saw it clearly. In the scene was a monumental god, akin to a mountain, throwing punches that reversed rivers and mountains, shook the firmament, and caused ripples to spread across the world in great waves. A kind of indescribable divine majesty swept across the vast land.

The scene stopped abruptly.

"The god was throwing punches?" Shock filled Li Yi’s eyes. He didn’t know why, but upon seeing that scene, his blood surged, and deep within his heart, there was a longing as if he wanted to follow the god in the scene and shake heaven and earth with his fists.

He couldn’t wait to pick another three silver fruits.

Three bolts of lightning struck down one after another, and then in the golden lightning, three connected images presented the remaining scenes.

After the phantom of the god threw a punch, and it struck the heavens and earth, the resulting ripples surged violently, with a force that could flip mountains and rivers, and turn the sun and moon upside down. Moreover, the way the god threw its punch was peculiar, unlike that of ordinary people. On its ethereal body, silver brilliance flowed; those were... the god’s bones revealed.

The body is ethereal, the bones are solid.

But at this point, the image disappeared again, and Li Yi, now anxious, consecutively picked five more silver fruits.

After five bolts of golden lightning struck down, the scene within the lightning continued once again.

The immense, ethereal figure of the god stood upon the land, its silver bones manifesting outward, radiant paths flowing in a strange manner over the bones. Each point a joint was passed, a glimmer of bright starlight was left behind, like the stars in the sky. And when these stars gathered at one place, it was where the god’s fist was headed.

The scene vanished again.

But at this moment, Li Yi remembered the entire process of the god’s punches.

At this moment, he had an epiphany.

The images that appeared were not illusions nor mirages, but the most pure memories left by the god buried here, possibly its battle instincts. The lightning contained the will of the god after death, and thus when the lightning struck, it manifested this most pure essence.

And this, is the inheritance.

The god throwing punches, stirring heaven and earth, reversing rivers and mountains, its majesty unfathomable.

"The final image must be the method the god used to operate its Divine Power," Li Yi closed his eyes and reminisced. The silver brilliance that flowed, like the twinkling stars of the sky, was deeply imprinted in his mind.

In the process of recalling, his body involuntarily assumed the posture of the god throwing its punches.

But the posture alone was not enough.

It was the operation of power that was fundamental.

As Li Yi kept recollecting, a dazzling silver glow also began to stir within him. This bloodline power, once activated, brought all of his Qi-Blood, his condensed Gang Qi, even his sinews and skin along with it. It seemed as though his body was no longer under his control, operating in some unfathomable way.

He tried to throw a punch.

However, when the punch roared out, it had no effect. It seemed as though his internal power was impulsive, not only unable to be harnessed, but even weaker than his usual punches.

Li Yi opened his eyes and fell silent.

He knew there was a problem in the operation of his power; he hadn’t managed to ’light up’ certain parts within his body like the god had.

Perhaps this had something to do with the fact that he had not yet mastered the Cultivation Methods of this world.

Mere rough imitation and visualization were not enough to learn that punch.

"I cannot pick these mutant fruits yet; doing so would only waste the opportunity granted by the divine for martial prowess. Only after I have grown stronger, or have grasped the essence of that punch, can I come back here to observe the lightning and understand the inheritance," Li Yi thought as he looked at the tree full of silver mutant fruits. Despite his craving, he was clear-headed.

Compared to the intrinsic value of these mutant fruits, what the lightning contained was far more precious.

Furthermore, the fact that the fruits on this enormous tree had grown for so many years without being picked indicated that it was undoubtedly one of the most dangerous places in the entire canyon. Li Yi had avoided danger by relying on his bloodline aura. If it were someone else, or another mutant beast, they would not have been so fortunate.

The previous hesitancy of Niu Niu was perhaps due to this reason.

"However, if this tree is untouchable, that other tree might not be. Not every tree is capable of carrying the will of the divine and drawing the thunder from the valley," Li Yi thought as he turned his gaze to the oldest tree halfway up the mountain, where four of the largest mutant fruits remained that he was unwilling to give up.

Summoning the Thunderbolt war machine, he immediately boarded it and flew towards the midpoint of the mountain.

However, as he passed by the area, he noticed the giant body of a silver roc lying motionless on top of a boulder; parts of its body were charred.

Li Yi recognized it; this was the very roc that had pursued his second Thunderbolt war machine.

"You’re unlucky to be struck dead by lightning?" he chuckled and, following the principle of not wasting, Li Yi stored the body of the roc into his Magic Artifact, to see if he could use the flesh and blood of the silver roc to breed younglings with the Life Cradle in the future.

He then arrived by the ancient tree and took away the remaining four mutant fruits, each the size of a lantern.

Li Yi’s judgment was correct, taking the four mutant fruits did not cause any abnormalities, and this relieved him.

Leaving behind the tree in the center of the valley untouched, he returned home fully loaded.

"Niu Niu, let’s go, leave the valley. Time to go to Shoushan Village to settle the score with those people," Li Yi did not dawdle but mounted the mutant beast and turned to leave.

The Thunderbolt war machine flew high in the sky, ready to provide fire support at any moment.

Niu Niu sprinted furiously; after consuming several silver mutant fruits, it became even stronger. It seemed as if it had boundless energy surging through its body, and upon leaving the canyon, it regained its vigor, no longer restrained and tense, but instead began to excitedly howl.

But the howl echoed, soon attracting the attention of a creature in the sky above.

A familiar cry resounded from afar.

The war machine in the high sky went on alert, and the main cannon immediately began to charge energy, ready to retaliate.

"Stand down from alert, it is Good Wings coming to find me," said Li Yi.

Li Yi looked up, his silver pupils with excellent Eye Power clearly saw the figure in the distant sky; he had not expected it to be the mutant beast he had previously tamed.

"It’s actually still alive. I thought that after I passed out, Good Wings would have been killed by Ju Jiao, the boss of Shoushan Village," he realized clearly that Good Wings stood no chance against Ju Jiao, and being slaughtered was a very likely outcome.

Yet, for some reason, the other side chose to spare Good Wings.

Good Wings had been lingering around the canyon, waiting for Li Yi’s return. Today, as it flew nearby, it heard Niu Niu’s howls and came out of curiosity, leading to this discovery.

As Hu Fei had said, Good Wings excelled at flying.

Now speeding through the sky, it wasn’t just fast, but also extremely agile. Approaching from a distance, it exhibited no signs of weariness, instead issuing joyful cries.

"Good, you’ve survived as well. Since that’s the case, come with me to take revenge," said Li Yi. Then he threw three silver mutant fruits to Good Wings to feed it, both to enhance its strength and as a reward.

After swallowing the three mutant fruits, Good Wings underwent some changes, with several of its feathers morphing into silver in a very short time. Its strength was also notably boosted, just like Niu Niu’s.

Li Yi knew that Good Wings’ feathers turning into silver did not mean it had acquired a Divine Bone; rather, its body had been tempered, similar to the body of the silver roc.

Acquiring a divine bloodline required internal transformation while maintaining a normal outward appearance, just like himself.

With the addition of another mutant beast to aid him, Li Yi’s confidence in this journey had increased a bit more.

Very soon.

He rode on Niu Niu, along with Good Wings circling and soaring in the sky, and arrived at Shoushan Village.

Only, unlike before, today near Shoushan Village there were burly, armor-clad warriors on patrol, each holding a large bow and vigilantly watching all around, seeming to be on guard against invading enemies.

"Who are they guarding against?" Li Yi stroked his chin, wondering to himself.

However, as he approached, the people of Shoushan Village noticed him too. They immediately struck the golden bell, sounding the alarm, and then one after another, warriors began to gather.

Now Li Yi understood.

Turns out they were preparing for him.