Chapter 70: Fourfold Lightning Baptism!

Chapter 70: Fourfold Lightning Baptism!

With the reminder from Jiang Han's inner voice, Lin Tianming, who had been focusing on continuously condensing his shattered Furious Thunder Armor, also noticed that his armor could now withstand the thunder power of the Thunder Pool much longer than it could at the beginning.

Unexpectedly, this training method, which he initially thought no human could have conceived, could indeed enhance the defensive capability of the Furious Thunder Armor he obtained through the Plundering Hand of God.

Moreover, in the gaps between the breaking and re-condensing of the Furious Thunder Armor, his physical body, by repeatedly enduring the destructive lightning baptism, also gained significant defensive enhancements.

His sixteenth-level aura was steadily climbing bit by bit.

Although he was still far from breaking through to the bottleneck of level seventeen, the rate of improvement in his level was much faster than his usual gentle cultivation.

The new specialized training designed by Teacher Jiang Han for him, involving soaking in the Thunder Pool, not only trained the Plundering Hand of God and enhanced his level but also improved his physical defense.

However, Lin Tianming's spiritual power had yet to feel any training.

Jiang Han had said that her newly designed training content could simultaneously include the effects of the previous three types of training, but why couldn't he feel any enhancement in his soul power?

Just as Lin Tianming, who was gradually adapting to the baptism of the Thunder Pool, had more energy to think, Jiang Han's devilish voice rang in his ears.

"You're adapting quite fast! Not bad, let's add some more intensity!"

Upon hearing Jiang Han's devilish words, Lin Tianming thought to himself, "As expected."

Outwardly, he pretended to be on the verge of his limit, weakly saying, "Teacher Jiang Han, I can't hold on any longer, this is my limit, please... don't add more intensity!"

Saying that, Lin Tianming tried to escape the Thunder Pool.

In the next moment, familiar lightning chains struck him, piercing through his Furious Thunder Armor, leaving his body exposed to the Thunder Pool, and for a moment, he was paralyzed by the electricity.

After the lightning chains shattered his Furious Thunder Armor, they continued to pierce into his body, pulling his soul directly out.

Lin Tianming was all too familiar with this technique.

It was the Furious Thunder Soul Seal that Jiang Han had used before for his soul power training. This technique could use other lightning attribute skills to strike him, doubling the power, and reflect the pain back to his soul.

However, in previous training sessions, it was the lightning summoned by Jiang Han from the sky. Even when doubled in power, it was nowhere near as powerful as the unenhanced baptism of the Thunder Pool.

Today, soaking in the Thunder Pool alone was already making him feel like he was dying from electrocution, and Teacher Jiang Han still found the training intensity insufficient, enhancing the Thunder Pool's power through the Furious Thunder Soul Seal.

Was she trying to avenge the grudge of her previous life, where the original host killed her as a master!

"Jiang Han, you devil!"

Lin Tianming finally couldn't hold back and cursed.

Jiang Han stood calmly to the side, saying, "You little rascal, I told you this Thunder Pool bath training was to combine the effects of the previous three types of training. You were only training the Plundering Hand of God and leveling up just now. The final part of soul power training definitely has to be added!"

[Now it's perfect! With the Furious Thunder Soul Seal pulling out this brat's soul, it will simultaneously train his soul power, the Plundering Hand of God, and level breakthrough. I am indeed a professional at nurturing such talented students!]

Indeed, you are really a professional!

Hiss... this feels a bit off...

Isn't the Furious Thunder Soul Seal a skill that doubles the power?

Why does the destructive thunder power of this Thunder Pool seem to be far more than double?

Three... three times shouldn't be this painful!

Is it... four times!

"Damn! Jiang Han!"

"You kid, speak more civilly. To develop this new training content for you, I haven't slept well for days, repeatedly modifying the training content and adding details!"

[This little rascal has no idea of my painstaking efforts!]

Lin Tianming certainly knew she increased the training intensity to make him grow faster.

But this devilish training was too perverse, what's wrong with cursing a bit?

In such high-pressure training, not venting would be suffocating!

Shouting like this made him feel much better.

At the same time, he had a question.

"Let me ask you, isn't your Soul Seal only supposed to double the power? Why do I feel like the Thunder Pool's power has increased at least fourfold? Are you trying to electrocute me to death?"

Regarding this question, Jiang Han smiled.

[The Furious Thunder Soul Seal naturally quadruples the power, affecting both the soul and the body.]

After thinking it over in her mind, Jiang Han answered Lin Tianming's question.

"I never told you that my Furious Thunder Soul Seal only doubles the skill power to cause you pain. Previously, you only felt the double soul power pain because I was using single-target lightning to train your soul, only triggering half of the Furious Thunder Soul Seal's effect.

The true Furious Thunder Soul Seal simultaneously attacks the soul and the body, with double pain from both sides stacking, so both the soul and the body will ultimately endure four times the skill power.

Now, in this Thunder Pool, with both your soul and body being attacked simultaneously, it naturally triggers the full effect of the Furious Thunder Soul Seal, resulting in the fourfold Thunder Pool baptism!"

Thunder roared wildly!

Even if the single Furious Thunder Armor grew stronger after repeatedly re-consolidating, it was still far from enough to withstand the quadrupled destructive thunder power of the Thunder Pool, causing immense damage to both Lin Tianming's body and soul.

If this continues, Lin Tianming will be electrocuted to death long before his Furious Thunder Armor grows enough to fully protect him in the fourfold Thunder Pool.

Having no other option, Lin Tianming could only try his best.

However, the Thunder Rage Amplification only increased speed and attack power, which was useless in his current desperate situation.

"Jiang Han, you really want to kill me! Is this how you teach students? Don't you understand the concept of gradual improvement in training? Transitioning from lightning strike training to Thunder Pool training was already enough. I just adapted to the Thunder Pool, and you increased it fourfold! If it were a normal person, they'd be dead by now!"

[Stupid boy, I'm tailoring the training to your capabilities. It's because you can endure it that I'm training you this way!]

Jiang Han didn't reply, but her inner voice revealed her sadness at Lin Tianming's complaints and lack of understanding.

Lin Tianming was just venting; he didn't really hold a grudge against her.

As he had thought earlier, to survive high-pressure training without breaking down, one needed a release valve to vent pent-up emotions.

At this moment, Lin Tianming was also thinking of ways to cope.

Energy Conversion!

Temporarily abandoning his physical body and turning into a spirit form, Lin Tianming realized that this was worse than letting his body bear the brunt.

Moreover, with the Furious Thunder Soul Seal's fourfold amplified pain affecting the part of his soul that Jiang Han had separated, he wouldn't last long.

Quickly recondensing his physical body, he allowed only the part of his soul pulled out by the Furious Thunder Soul Seal to be exposed, which made him feel much better.

But this was still back to square one and didn't solve the fundamental problem.

Thunder Wall!

By forming a four-sided barrier with the Thunder Wall, Lin Tianming found he could withstand the Thunder Pool's baptism.

However, this surprise lasted only a few seconds before the Thunder Wall was destroyed.

But this didn't make Lin Tianming too depressed.

These few seconds of respite were crucial for him to endure the Thunder Pool's baptism!

Combining the Thunder Wall with the Furious Thunder Armor, increasing his breathing space, allowed him to last longer in the Thunder Pool.

Although Lin Tianming had been cursing and wanting to quit, he knew that enduring longer in the Thunder Pool would improve the results of today's training.

Having found a method, he now hoped to hold out longer, further stimulating his potential.

[This brat finally found a method. But even so, he won't last more than another half hour.]

[I'm just training you, not harming you. When you can't hold on any longer, I'll pull you out immediately. This brat only knows how to curse at me during training!]

Jiang Han's inner voice confirmed to Lin Tianming that his current method was the best to increase the Thunder Pool baptism time.

The Thunder Wall and Furious Thunder Armor were quickly destroyed by the Thunder Pool's destructive lightning, and Lin Tianming repeatedly recondensed them, taking short breaks.

After nearly half an hour, Lin Tianming, as Jiang Han had predicted, was close to his limit.

[It's almost time. This fool is at his limit. I'll pull him out when the time is right!]

Listening to Jiang Han's inner voice, Lin Tianming carefully sensed his soul, level, and the skills of the Plundering Hand of God.

Compared to before entering the Thunder Pool, they had all improved significantly.

Combining the effects of the previous three training methods into this one had also trained Lin Tianming's physical limits.

Moreover, it brought an additional new benefit today: his physical body strength had also increased under the Thunder Pool's baptism.

This was an improvement that previous training never achieved!

Although his current method to withstand the Thunder Pool was reaching its limit, Lin Tianming, having gained so many benefits, was reluctant to come out just yet.

He felt he could hold on a little longer to gain even more benefits today!

[Is this idiot getting electrocuted senseless? He's close to his limit yet not screaming anymore. He used to curse me even!]

[No matter, I'll pull him out first to avoid really hurting him!]

Just as Jiang Han was about to pull Lin Tianming out, he shouted at her.

"Don't rush to pull me out!"

Momentarily stunned, Jiang Han felt a bit annoyed with Lin Tianming.

[Stupid boy, you're at your limit. I'm pulling you out for your own good, and you shout at me!]

[Is he blaming me for throwing him into the Thunder Pool, angry with me, and now harming himself by refusing to come out, wanting me to regret it forever?]

[I never intended to torture you. Your body isn't injured. Under the protection of the Furious Thunder Armor and Thunder Wall, you're just exhausted. Staying longer after reaching the limit will really hurt you!]

Despite being annoyed, Jiang Han could see Lin Tianming was genuinely at his limit. She still cared deeply for her precious student.

For his own good, she had to pull him out now!

A lightning whip flew towards Lin Tianming, intending to pull him out.

Who would have thought Lin Tianming would use the destructive thunder power of the Thunder Pool to shatter her lightning whip?

"You brat, come out now!"

Jiang Han was truly anxious.

Ignoring her, Lin Tianming continued soaking in the Thunder Pool, thinking about how to extend his time inside.

Seeing Lin Tianming's Thunder Wall and Furious Thunder Armor about to collapse and his lack of energy to continue using these skills, Jiang Han softened her tone.

"Please, I apologize. Just come out. Staying longer will really hurt you. Don't sulk and harm yourself!"

As she spoke, Jiang Han sent another lightning whip, expecting Lin Tianming to comply this time.

Yet Lin Tianming still ignored her, using the Thunder Pool's destructive lightning to prevent her from pulling him out.

Having no other choice and genuinely fearing for Lin Tianming's health, Jiang Han decided not to use the lightning whip anymore and chose to deactivate the Thunder Pool.

The Thunder Pool was her lightning attribute skill, and it was easy for her to deactivate it.

But just then, she saw Lin Tianming's body emit a mechanical silver glow under her incredulous gaze.

Under this silver mechanical glow, Jiang Han could clearly sense Lin Tianming's physical strength greatly increasing.

In just a moment, Lin Tianming transformed into a body entirely glowing with mechanical light.

Normally, a machine hit by such intense lightning would be damaged beyond repair.

But the mechanical glow of Lin Tianming's body perfectly resisted the high-intensity baptism of the fourfold Thunder Pool.

Achieving this, Lin Tianming smiled.

This was the Mechanical Transformation skill he learned from Alice in the Mechanical Ascension Pool within the mechanical secret realm.

He hadn't had many opportunities to use this skill before, almost forgetting he had it.

Unexpectedly, the mechanical body formed by this transformation could withstand the destructive baptism of the fourfold Thunder Pool!

Overjoyed, Lin Tianming's mind flashed to the inscription on the mechanical stele next to the Mechanical Ascension Pool.

Flesh is weak, machine ascends!

Is this the so-called power of mechanical ascension?

It's truly strong!

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