72: Chapter 72 A tremendous opportunity, tempering the body with heavenly lightning!

"This ninety-ninth step doesn't seem to be the end!" Jiang Ling stood on the ninety-ninth step, looking ahead, unable to help but fall into deep thought.

He felt that ahead, there was still a huge Opportunity waiting for him.

Behind these ninety-nine steps, there was another step, where he could gain even greater rewards.

Therefore, Jiang Ling took a deep breath, and the image of the Black Tortoise appeared clearly behind him.

His spirit and body were all elevated to a Peak!

His gaze was firm as he looked at the seemingly void space ahead, using all his strength to take a step forward.

With a roar from the Black Tortoise and the giant snake, Jiang Ling stepped onto the one-hundredth level beyond the ninety-nine steps.

All the clouds and mist dissipated.

Jiang Ling saw that the place he was currently in was a huge white marble platform.

In the center of the platform, a Yin and Yang Bagua pattern was carved, flickering with a strange luster.

"Is this... the end of the Heavenly Ladder?"

Jiang Ling's eyes lit up!

He had really climbed to the end of the Heavenly Ladder!

Jiang Ling walked forward, step by step, arriving at the center of the Yin and Yang Bagua.

Suddenly, the platform's atmosphere shifted, and countless complex runes rose up from all directions.

Rumble!

Above in the sky, thunder suddenly roared, a dark cloud formed, and purple lightning surged within it.

"Purple lightning?"

"Is this a Heavenly Punishment?"

Jiang Ling was shocked.

Purple lightning represented the punishment of the Heavenly Dao; this was something from legends!

He didn't expect to encounter it here.

"Is this a blessing or a curse?"

"Why, upon reaching the top of the Heavenly Ladder, am I faced with a Heavenly Punishment?"

...

Jiang Ling tried to retreat, but discovered that he was trapped in the middle of the Yin and Yang pattern by a strange force and could not exit at all.

Boom!

With an explosive sound, the purple Divine Thunder from the dark clouds descended from the sky like a python, smashing down towards Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling had nowhere to hide at this moment and could only grit his teeth, using his body to withstand the Divine Thunder.

Crack!

The Divine Thunder struck directly onto Jiang Ling's body, and he felt as though his entire being was soaked in electricity, with every cell standing on end.

"Hiss!"

"This feeling... it's incredibly stimulating!"

Jiang Ling grimaced, feeling as if his whole body was about to be cooked by the lightning.

"My blood and cells seem to be undergoing a baptism!"

"Could it be that the end of this Heavenly Ladder is another layer of trial, where this Divine Thunder Body Tempering allows the body to further improve?"

"If that's the case, then I've hit the jackpot!"

"I already possess the SSS-grade World-Ending Divine Thunder Supernatural Ability, which gives me a certain resistance to lightning!"

"Now, being baptized by this Divine Thunder is a perfect complement!"

"Perhaps, I will obtain some unimaginable Opportunity because of this!"

...

Thinking of this, blue lightning sparks crackled and flashed all over Jiang Ling's body.

He wanted to combine with the lightning of this Heavenly Punishment as much as possible to improve himself.

Crackle!

Soon, the next round of lightning punishment struck down.

Jiang Ling felt as if his internal organs were about to be roasted, but after this lightning tempering, his internal organs seemed to begin regenerating, with cells constantly reshaping to build a brand new set of internal organs.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

"If it's a blessing, it's not a curse; if it's a curse, it cannot be avoided!"

"Wealth and honor are sought amidst danger!"

"I will use my World-Ending Divine Thunder to cooperate with this Divine Thunder for Body Tempering and see exactly what kind of effect it will produce!"

...

Crackle...

Jiang Ling's Divine Thunder and the heavenly lightning erupted together, and he seemed to have turned into an elemental being made of lightning, losing his physical form.

However, Jiang Ling could clearly perceive that his physical body was being transformed by the lightning.

Once this transformation was successful, the benefits would be immeasurable.

Soon, the fourth Divine Thunder arrived.

Rumble... Crackle...

Jiang Ling no longer resisted the Divine Thunder at all, but instead embraced and merged with it.

He had now entered a strange state, as if he were a creator, rebuilding his own body.

Layers of skin peeled off his body, and new skin grew in its place.

His internal organs and blood were constantly replaced, with Impurities expelled from his body, only to be reborn.

The fifth, the sixth...

The Divine Thunder descended a full nine times, after which the dark clouds in the sky began to dissipate, the runes from all directions appeared once more, and a light rain fell from the sky, landing on Jiang Ling and enveloping him.

Jiang Ling's body had originally been riddled with holes, reaching the limit of repair, but after this light rain enveloped him, it brought immense energy, allowing Jiang Ling's physical body to begin recovering rapidly.

In just a few minutes, Jiang Ling's injured internal organs and exterior were completely repaired.

Jiang Ling's battle suit had long since been incinerated in the Divine Thunder.

Now, his skin was as crystalline as jade, and standing there, he looked like a newborn baby.

"Divine Thunder Body Tempering!"

"So this is the Opportunity at the end of the Heavenly Ladder, to receive Divine Thunder Body Tempering!"

"Now, my body is a completely new one, with infinite vitality and infinite potential!"

"Combined with my Chaos Sacred Body, I possess the strongest foundational talent!"

"Awesome!"

Jiang Ling tried to circulate his World-Ending Divine Thunder.

Crackle...

The color of the Divine Thunder had actually turned purple, swirling around his body, making him look like a deity descended from the heavens.

At the entrance to the back garden of Magic Capital University.

The guards responsible for security were chatting idly, all about Zhao Kailai causing a scene at the Tianqi Guild.

"Dean Zhao is truly domineering!"

"He directly overturned the Tianqi Guild!"

"I've long found the Tianqi Guild displeasing!"

"Relying on their great influence, they do whatever they want in the academy, making it so that no one has an equal learning environment!"

"Let's see if they dare to be this arrogant in the future!"

"It's just a pity that Dean Zhao's Disciple died inside the Creation Secret Realm!"

"Otherwise, with that kind of talent, and having such a teacher, the future would definitely have been limitless!"

...

"Um, excuse me... a few big brothers... can someone throw a piece of clothing in here!"

Just at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from inside.

"What's the situation?"

"How is there someone inside?"

"We didn't see anyone go in?"

Several guards were shocked and immediately took out their weapons, looking inside.

Then they saw, from behind a bush, a bare head poking out, with no clothes on, smiling sheepishly at them.

"Who are you?"

"How did you get in?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Jiang Ling said to them: "The Dean brought us into the Creation Secret Realm to walk the Heavenly Ladder a few days ago!"

"When I came out, the Dean had already left, so I had to come out by myself!"

"My clothes were accidentally destroyed inside!"

"Can you find me some clothes?"

...

"Holy crap!"

"You are Jiang Ling?"

"You didn't die?"

Everyone finally recognized him.

The person in front of them was none other than that Genius Jiang Ling who was thought to have died inside the Creation Secret Realm.