Chapter 449 Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment
Under the dim moonlight, Ou Yangming used his body technique to go beyond Yongxiang City’s wall and headed into the wild. Apart from the goshawk in the sky, he was only accompanied by the big yellow dog.
None of the people in the city agreed with his decision. In fact, even Wu Hanning and Ni Yinghong firmly opposed his idea. After all, Yongxiang City was faced with an insect disaster. While the Insects were not as impactful as the Beasts, they were adept in hiding and tunneling.
Nonetheless, the Humans had long been prepared after having experienced many disasters over the course of a millennium, hence the city was specially guarded. Although the city was not as strictly guarded that even a drop of water could not trickle through, it could certainly prevent attacks from most of the insects. Therefore, it would be much safer to stay in the city than going outside.
It was worth noting that the person regarded as the most important figure in the city at the moment was no longer Her Royal Highness. Ever since Ou Yangming found the second parasite and slaughtered it, he had unknowingly replaced the princess and became everyone’s primary concern.
As such, nobody agreed to it when he asked to leave the city. Nevertheless, not only did Ou Yangming insist on leaving, but he also brought Multi-armed King Kong into the picture. When he revealed that he needed to discuss something urgent with the massive creature, even the ones that objected to his request the most dared not say a word anymore.
The people lost their courage to go against Ou Yangming when they saw the mountainous Multi-armed King Kong. On second thought, if the young fellow would still be harmed when he was protected by the king kong and the goshawk, the Insects would have wrecked the city long ago. At the end of the day, while the others were worried, they could only watch Ou Yangming leave the city.
They had high hopes in the goshawk in the sky and Multi-armed King Kong in the distance. As for the big yellow dog, which was following behind Ou Yangming…
The little fellow, which should have been revered and favored by everyone, seemed to have been forgotten.
Throughout Ou Yangming’s journey, he fully utilized his mental power to check his surroundings, especially for life signs underground.
Nobody dared to treat the Insects lightly because they were skilled at hiding. Given that Ou Yangming had always been a careful young man, he would not be careless at all.
Perhaps because the goshawk was patrolling in the sky, or maybe because Big Yellow was constantly releasing its aura as a half-spirit beast at the peak, Ou Yangming never spotted any insect along the way.
After he arrived at where Multi-armed King Kong was, he flashed and jumped onto the large platform behind its back. The big yellow dog hesitated for a brief moment before it followed suit.
The platform would not be able to accommodate Big Yellow if it was occupied by many people. Since Ou Yangming was the only person on it, there was more than enough space for the big yellow dog. Big Yellow stuck up its chest proudly as soon as he got onto the platform. It was as though it was showing off its achievement.
The goshawk and Multi-armed King Kong glanced at it but quickly ignored it. They would not regard the big yellow dog as their equal because they were formidable spirit beasts. If it was not for the sake of Ou Yangming, Big Yellow would probably be in a dangerous spot.
Ou Yangming inhaled deeply after he got up to the platform, then he uttered, “King Kong, I found the way to resist the Heavenly Thunder.”
The young fellow’s mental power fight against the parasite took place in his sea of consciousness, but he hid the spirit beasts’ partial souls deep inside because he did not want to alert the insect. As a result, the spirit beasts did not participate in the fight and were not aware of the outcome.
Multi-armed King Kong could not help but turn to stare strangely at Ou Yangming after it heard him. The goshawk in the sky heard him as well through their mysterious connection, and it almost fell from the sky because it stopped flying all of a sudden.
Despite that, the goshawk immediately flapped its wings again to stabilize itself.
“Master, is that a joke?” Multi-armed King Kong blinked its huge eyes and questioned Ou Yangming in shock.
The giant spirit beast firmly believed that Ou Yangming could come up with some thunderbolt-resistant tricks with the little bird’s help. If not, it was sure he could bring it back to the upper realm before the Heavenly Thunderbolt struck, so it could avoid the punishment.
That said, the spirit beast never expected Ou Yangming to develop a thunderbolt-resistant method using his own abilities.
Countless Almighty Beings in the upper realm studied intensively on ways to resist the Heavenly Thunderbolt. If Multi-armed King Kong had not descended to this world, it would not bother about it at all. This was because it was still far from tempering the thunderbolt power. Even if the giant spirit beast spent its whole life cultivating and did not encounter any problems, it would still not be bold enough to say that it could definitely take the leap.
Ou Yangming responded with a smile, “Why should I lie to you?”
In actuality, even when the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune was already gathered in his sea of consciousness, he still felt like he was dreaming.
The young fellow was only attempting to strike the parasite with the Heavenly Thunderbolt. Before the insect showed signs of being able to resist the thunderbolt power, he never had wild wishes that he would gain something so brilliant.
Unintentional actions might bring unexpected successes-Ou Yangming might not have made it at all even if he tried 10,000 times if those were deliberate attempts, whereas he achieved success on his first try during an unexpected event.
Ou Yangming knew Multi-armed King Kong and the goshawk were dubious. The spirit beasts dared not question him further, but it would not be easy for them to trust him before they saw results.
While standing on the platform with a smile on his face, Ou Yangming brushed his hand across his waist to retrieve a peculiar stone from his interspatial bag.
The stone was transformed into an arm guard in a split second by the blazing Military Fire. Ou Yangming was so focused at this moment that his energy, essence, and spirit were at their peaks. On top of that, the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune glowed and lit up his sea of consciousness.
Ou Yangming had a feeling that the rune would bring him unimaginable benefits, thus he must go all out. As the Military Fire burned, the rune’s content was carved on the arm guard bit by bit. When the final stroke was made, the equipment shone strangely. The light released was not intense, but it was strong enough to give one a mental shock.
However, that was not the end.
The Military Fire kept burning, causing some unrelated and unimportant runners to appear on the equipment. At the very end, some purple sparks were left behind too.
They were the purple flame’s power but very little was left behind, by which it could not be sensed by Ou Yangming at all. Having said that, if someone tried to use mental conception to sense or crack the Thunderbolt-resistant Rune, the power would be released to destroy the rune in an instant.
The Thunderbolt-resistant Rune was the first powerful rune that Ou Yangming came up with. It would not be an overstatement to say that it was priceless.
Ou Yangming did not mind using his greatest power to set a trap because he did not want to expose the secret.
Subsequently, the young fellow shook his arm and curbed the fire. He looked at the arm guard on his arm and said to Multi-armed King Kong with a smile, “King Kong, attack me.” By then, he had replaced his original arm guard with the new one and kept his previous one in his interspatial bag. Since Ou Yangming had interspatial bags, he could easily prepare two or more pieces of equipment. If he wanted to, he could always change his equipment set according to the opponents that he faced.
Needless to say, this was also the benefit of being a blacksmith. Other than a blacksmith, other martial artists could not prepare that many pieces of equipment at all.
After all, it was not easy to obtain pieces of tailored equipment. Even the powerhouses from the imperial family could not request Superior Blacksmiths to serve them over and over again.
“Me?” Multi-armed King Kong widened its eyes and pointed at the platform. “Master, I can control thunderbolts, but I don’t want to be struck by them…” Ou Yangming was stunned, and he could not help but laugh. He jumped off the platform and went far away before he shouted, “What about now?”
Big Yellow initially wanted to follow him, but it tucked its tail and shrunk its neck when it thought about the fearsome thunderbolts.
Before long, Multi-armed King Kong rubbed its hands and pointed its thick finger at Ou Yangming. A flash of intense lightning was seen in the air, and it zoomed toward Ou Yangming at high speed. Thunderbolts were unquestionably the fastest; they were almost as fast as light. The moment the thunderbolt was released, it arrived in front of the young fellow.
Ou Yangming extended his arm at the spur of the moment. The arm guard emitted a harsh light, forming a small semicircle in front of him and directly opposed the thunderbolt power.
“Pow…”
A deafening explosion was heard coming from the area in front of Ou Yangming. Multi-armed King Kong’s thunderbolt was not too mighty, but it was assembled before it was released, so it was a fatal threat to ordinary living beings.
Ou Yangming shuddered a little. The semicircle light was resisting the thunderbolt power, but it was evident that the power still penetrated it and struck the young fellow.
Multi-armed King Kong and the other creatures were startled, and their faces took on grave expressions. Did Ou Yangming fail?
Multi-armed King Kong was Ou Yangming’s pet beast under a soul contract, hence it could not unleash all of its force when it attacked him.
In other words, the thunderbolt power that it released could not threaten Ou Yangming’s life. In the upper realm, a treasure that could defend against thunderbolts could completely fend off the spirit beast’s thunderbolt power once it was activated.
However, the thunderbolt-resistant equipment smithed by Ou Yangming turned out to be inadequate. The two spirit beasts and the half-spirit beast sensed that the thunderbolt power caused the young fellow certain damage.
Of course, the damage was also insignificant to Ou Yangming. Without needing to cultivate, he could fully recover by circulating his essential Qi for a few cycles.
Far away, a little red bird hopped and sneered as it looked at the invisible fireball gathered from magic power.
‘Trying to come up with a piece of Thunderbolt-resistant Equipment on your own?
‘Heh, unless you’re the awakened willpower of the legendary Almighty Being, you should stop mulling it over blindly!’