116: Chapter 116 Silver Bones Forged, One Sword Decapitates! You call this a blank slate?

Lin Qi's voice sounded somewhat distorted amidst the violent thunder, but that streak of madness pierced through all the background noise.

The moment his words fell, he gripped the hilt of the zhan ye heavy sword with both hands, exerted force from his waist and abdomen, and twisted his entire body's strength into a single force.

He fiercely thrust the three-hundred-pound meteoric iron blade into the purple-flickering energy node on the Thunder Tyrant's neck!

Puchi!

There was no loud crash of metal hitting stone as one might imagine.

Under the enhancement of the Spiral Force, the tip of the zhan ye heavy sword was like a red-hot iron branding butter, sinking into the Thunder Tyrant's energy core without any resistance.

That wasn't for the sake of dealing damage.

At least, that wasn't the primary goal.

What Lin Qi wanted to do was to bridge the connection! To divert the flow!

This heavy sword, forged from high-density meteoric iron, was the best conductor he could find at this stage!

In the next second, the massive amount of lightning energy accumulated within the Thunder Tyrant for unknown years found an outlet.

Following the blade of the zhan ye heavy sword, it surged like a bursting flood toward the tiny human tightly gripping the hilt!

Zzzzt—!

Incredibly terrifying purple electric snakes instantly erupted from the hilt, completely swallowing Lin Qi!

The already tattered casual jacket he was wearing couldn't even last for 0.1 seconds, turning directly into fly ash under the high temperature. Next were the T-shirt, pants, shoes, and socks inside...

In an instant, he was completely naked.

But that wasn't the point at all.

A violent current, far exceeding any previous lightning strike, coursed through his entire body, washing through every one of his Meridians and every single cell!

"Ugh, aaaaaah—!"

Lin Qi could no longer maintain his composure and let out a long, pained howl toward the sky.

The sound was shrill, unlike anything human, filled with extreme pain and suppressed madness.

If the previous Body Tempering by heavenly lightning was like steel needles piercing bone, then now, it was like throwing his entire being into a steel-smelting furnace, refining him from the inside out!

Under the impact of this terrifying energy, the bones in his body emitted overburdened, crackling explosions!

That was the sound of bones shattering and then restructuring!

The True Qi vortex within his Dantian spun frantically at an unprecedented speed, desperately tearing and refining this external destructive energy, then converting it into nourishment for tempering himself.

Those black Impurities that had stubbornly remained deep in his bone marrow even after tempering with toxic waste liquid were completely incinerated, gasified, and evaporated under this high temperature and pressure that far exceeded heavenly lightning!

Pain!

Extreme pain!

But at the end of this pain was a craving for rebirth!

A dazzling sliver of silver, flowing like mercury, began to emerge from the deepest part of his spinal dragon and rapidly spread toward the bones of his entire body.

Bones like refined steel, marrow like mercury!

The [Silver Bone] was emerging from its cocoon like a butterfly amidst this destructive power!

"Roar—!!!"

The Thunder Tyrant also let out a roar of extreme agony.

It could feel that its very life-sustaining energy core was being frantically plundered by the tiny insect clinging to its body!

It felt as if a giant straw had been inserted into its heart, its life force draining away at high speed!

This overlord of the thunder zone, who had lived for decades, went completely berserk!

Its massive rock body swung, twisted, and jumped frantically, trying to shake off that damned "nail" on its body.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Its giant arms beat wildly at its own body. Every impact caused the ground to tremble violently and sent crushed rocks flying.

But Lin Qi was as if he had grown onto its body.

He gripped the hilt tightly, the muscles in his legs knotted, and his feet gripped the monster's rock skin like tree roots, remaining motionless no matter how much that force—strong enough to tear steel—pulled at him.

He couldn't let go now, and he absolutely wouldn't let go!

This was his only chance to ascend to the heavens in a single step!

As the last bit of black Impurities was expelled from his body and dissipated as a wisp of blue smoke.

A faint, moonlight-like silver glow began to rise on the surface of Lin Qi's body.

That heart-wrenching pain was rapidly receding, replaced by an unprecedented feeling of power!

He could clearly "see" that all two hundred and six bones in his body had turned into a brilliant silver-white, indestructible, with what seemed like lightning flowing within them.

Power!

Endless power surged from this brand-new skeletal frame, filling every inch of his flesh!

Lin Qi abruptly opened his eyes.

Deep within those pitch-black pupils, two faint flashes of purple lightning flickered and vanished!

He grinned, revealing a row of forest-white teeth, and let out a hearty laugh at the now weakened Thunder Tyrant beneath him.

"Thanks for the treat!"

Amidst the laughter, the muscles in his arms suddenly bulged, and veins popped up like little snakes.

"Now, it's my turn!"

He gave a low growl, and his hands, which were gripping the hilt, suddenly pulled outward!

This time, he utilized the Silver Bone power he had just mastered!

Hum—!

The three-hundred-pound zhan ye heavy sword was forcibly pulled from the monster's core by him, the blade still entwined with lingering purple electrical arcs.

Immediately after, Lin Qi twisted his waist and rotated his body in mid-air with an extremely graceful posture.

[Spiral Force] poured into the blade!

The Silver Bone power was pushed to its limit!

The zhan ye heavy sword in his hand drew an exquisite silver streak!

That sword light was faster than the limit of vision!

Swish!

The Thunder Tyrant's frantic roar came to a sudden halt.

Between its massive rock head and its huge body, an incredibly smooth silver cut appeared.

In the next second, the giant head rolled off the neck and crashed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud.

And its massive body, having lost its energy core, collapsed with a bang, turning into countless dancing points of lightning light that gradually dissipated in the air.

The entire core area returned to a deathly silence.

Lin Qi landed lightly from mid-air, standing steadily atop that massive rock head.

He was completely naked, his bronze skin shimmering with a faint light under the electric glow, filled with the beauty of power.

And in the distant shadows of the ruins.

Several Advanced professional teams who had been lurking there, preparing to reap the benefits of others' labor, were all holding their breath now, each looking as if they had seen a ghost.

They watched with their own eyes as that Lv.1 Blank Slate, using a method they completely couldn't comprehend,

absorbed the power of a lord monster and then... killed that Lv.30 lord, which even their teams found troublesome, with a single sword strike.

Is he... even fucking human?

Just what kind of monster is this?

Lin Qi paid no mind to those prying eyes.

He slowly lowered his head and spread his palm, looking at those five fingers that were as smooth as jade yet contained explosive power.

He could feel that the ceaseless power surging within his body was more than ten times stronger than before!

The Silver Bone was complete.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his gaze became cold and sharp.

"Next, it's time to go back and settle the score."