149: Chapter 149 Advancement, Terrifying Thundercloud Storm

"Oh, host, don't just look at the consumption~" No. 1518 said coquettishly. "Look at the effect! Tier 3 and Tier 2 are completely different! And starting from Tier 3, the String-Controlling Weaver can release Star Magic!"

"Star Magic?" Li Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"It's a magic skill based on Star Power. It has great power and a wide range. The core is that basically no creatures in the Mortal Realm have Star Resistance," No. 1518 explained. "That means no matter who you hit, it's true damage. Combined with the Guided Arrow skill, whoever gets shot can only tank it with their life."

Li Yuan was skeptical.

He raised his Light Bow again, deciding to try a shot.

[Song of Battle: Multi-Shot]

[Elemental Resonance: Thunder Element Enchantment]

[Elemental Resonance: Elemental Strike - Chain Lightning]

[Elemental Resonance: Battlefield Magic - Thundercloud Storm]

On the bowstring, twenty arrows condensed into shape.

Unlike the previous fire arrows, these arrows were flowing with dazzling thunder light. Small electric arcs burst out from the surface of the arrow shafts from time to time, making crisp crackling sounds. Their mere existence caused the static electricity index in the surrounding air to soar, making Li Yuan's hair float slightly.

"Let's go."

The bowstring was pulled into a full moon and then released.

Twenty streaks of thunder light soared into the sky.

This time, there were no flashy trails or deafening roars, only twenty streaks of silver light so fast they were almost invisible, flashing across the sky.

Then, they hit the first Spore Pod.

"Zzt—!!!"

Dazzling thunder light exploded.

It wasn't an explosion, but a pure release of lightning. The surface of the hit Spore Pod was instantly covered with spider-web-like electric arcs. The entire shell vibrated violently, turned red, and glowed under the high-voltage current, like an egg thrown into a microwave.

But this was only the beginning.

The Chain Lightning effect was triggered.

From the first Spore Pod, dozens of branched lightning chains shot out, accurately hitting other Spore Pods within a hundred meters. Those Spore Pods were also covered in electric arcs, and then even more lightning chains shot out from them, hitting targets further away.

One to two, two to four, four to eight...

Within just three seconds, centered on the first hit point, a lightning net covering an area of more than three kilometers formed in the air. Hundreds of Spore Pods were caught in it, their surfaces constantly flashing with electric arcs, and crackling short-circuit sounds came from inside—although the Zerg's Spore Pods were resistant to physical impact, the biological circuits inside couldn't withstand high-voltage electrotherapy.

And at this time, the effect of the Battlefield Magic truly began to manifest.

Thundercloud Storm.

In the sky for hundreds of miles around, the clouds had long been scattered by the falling Spore Pods and artillery fire, revealing patches of empty deep blue sky.

But now, those scattered clouds began to gather again.

It wasn't a natural gathering, but a forced pulling, compression, and aggregation by some invisible force. Wind blew from all directions—at first just a breeze, but it quickly intensified, turning into a strong wind, a gale, and finally a hurricane powerful enough to uproot trees.

Driven by the hurricane, the clouds formed a thick wall, blackly obscuring the entire sky. Within the clouds, silver snakes danced, and thunder light loomed. Low thunders, like the roars of giant beasts, rolled down from the high heavens.

"Rumble—!!!"

Dozens of tornadoes formed beneath the clouds. They connected the heavens and the earth, reaching the sea of clouds above and the ground below. With diameters exceeding a thousand meters, they spun so fast that the naked eye could only see a blurred gray shadow. Inside the tornadoes were terrifying low-pressure zones and high-speed air currents, and everything between the clouds and the sea was sucked in.

But the shells of the Spore Pods were indeed hard enough.

Even a hurricane of this level could only swirl them into the air and gather them in the central area of the tornado, unable to tear them apart directly. Countless Spore Pods gathered into a mass in the low-pressure zone of the eye, forming giant floating mountain ranges, helplessly spinning and colliding in the tornado, making dull impact sounds.

And at this time, the lightning in the clouds finally finished charging.

"Crack—!!!!"

The first lightning strike fell.

This was a giant pillar of lightning with a diameter of over a hundred meters, pure white in color with golden patterns flowing inside. The lightning pillar accurately hit the center of that "insect ball," and terrifying electrical energy was released in an instant.

The biological armor on the surface of the Spore Pods vaporized under the high temperature, the internal buffer structures disintegrated under high pressure, and the energy deflection fields were overloaded and burned out. The dozen or so Spore Pods at the center of the lightning strike exploded on the spot.

But it wasn't over yet. Li Yuan continued to attack.

The Thundercloud Storm continued endlessly, with tens of millions of lightning strikes crashing down.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Hitting the mountain of insects from different angles. Electric arcs jumped, conducted, and superimposed between the Spore Pods. The entire mountain range's surface was covered with dazzling electric light, looking like a giant ball of lightning from a distance.

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The lightning strikes became more and more dense, finally forming an unending thunderstorm. The sky was lit as bright as day, the thunder shook the earth, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of ozone and the smell of ionized Zerg corpses.

Li Yuan stood on the shooting platform, continuously drawing his bow at a speed of ten arrows per second. Every arrow carried the magic of the Thundercloud Storm, flying to different areas of the sky, creating new storm clouds, new tornadoes, and new thunderstorm zones.

The energy in his body dropped wildly at a rate of 1,000 points per second.

But he didn't care.

Because the effect was truly amazing.

The Spore Pods that were originally falling like rain were now all swirled into the high sky by the hurricane, gathered into giant Zerg mountain ranges, and then bombarded by the thunderstorm.

Although it was difficult for a single Spore Pod to be directly shattered by lightning, under this continuous high-voltage electrotherapy, no matter how hard the shell was, it would gradually disintegrate, and the Zerg inside were as dead as they could be.

The entire sky of the Trial Star turned into a purgatory of thunder and wind.

The public channel was silent for a few seconds.

Then it exploded.

Sai Wei: "Holy crap!!! Li Yuan, what are you doing?! Aren't you Tier 4?! Why does this scene look more and more like my father's Tier 6 Thunder God Domain?!"

Ansevier: "...It does look like it. But the power is far off. This one of Li Yuan's... at most can be considered a mini version."

Chu Xinghe: "Even a mini version is scary enough, okay?! Look at those tornadoes! Look at those thunderstorms! Is this something a Tier 3 can pull off?!"

Yimoku: "Wow! Li Yuan, this skill of yours is so convenient! By gathering all the insects together, we can focus our fire! Chen Jingyi! Lock the targets of all turrets onto those 'insect mountains'! Let's do a volley!"

The orders were quickly transmitted.

Throughout the North Star Base, more than three hundred million turrets adjusted their angles simultaneously. Under the distribution of the automatic tracking system, they each locked onto the insect mountains in the high sky and, under the control of the fire control computers, began continuous firing.

Sailo of the Light Giant Race didn't complain this time. He flew into the air, the energy core in his chest glowing to the limit, and then—crossed his arms into an L-shape.

"Noah Spark—Full Power!!!"

A giant beam of light with a diameter of over fifty meters soared into the sky, accurately hitting an insect mountain. The beam continued to shine, the shells of the Spore Pods melted and vaporized under the high temperature, and the Zerg inside were evaporated in an instant.

The trial-takers of all races showed their prowess, pouring all their firepower toward those insect balls gathered together.

The battlefield once again fell into a balance.