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Chapter 1564: Chapter 828: Thunder Beast (2)

A feeling of being ignored rose in the hearts of the two Great Cultivators. Fortunately, this feeling was not too bad, at least they wouldn’t be torn apart by a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast.

They exchanged a glance and looked in the direction of the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, gritted their teeth, and chased after it.

Li Shiming received a message from Grandmaster Hu. He was in the middle of cultivation, and it would take him a little time to exit that state.

He wasn’t in a hurry because he roughly knew the identity of that Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast. At this point in time, if a Thunder attribute Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast suddenly entered the Dongqi Continent, it must be the Contracted Spirit Beast on the Ancient Contract Paper.

With this, he didn’t have to panic and simply controlled an empty mind, issuing a command to the Ancient Contract Paper prohibiting attacks on Dongqi Continent cultivators.

This command saved Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding; otherwise, facing a powerful Spirit Beast chosen by a Half-step Great Power even after their ascension to Great Power, the two Great Cultivators wouldn’t have withstood even a single strike.

Li Shiming exited his cultivation state and emerged from the Grotto Heaven. Through the drone satellite system, he monitored the position of the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, and he didn’t need to greet it as it was about to arrive.

He smiled, looking in one direction, and saw a lightning flash through his ’Divine Sight.’ Within the lightning, a strange Spirit Beast’s figure was faintly visible.

"Thunder Beast, how could it be a Thunder Beast?" Li Shiming input the image of the strange Spirit Beast into IBMz15 for a search, and soon IBMz15 provided an answer.

However, he was puzzled by the answer because a Thunder Beast was not an ordinary spirit beast but a legendary Divine Beast.

Of course, like Phoenixes and Dragons, they are also considered Divine Beasts, but while Phoenixes and Dragons have left descendants in the Cultivation World, with Red Gold Phoenix being a lineage with particularly strong bloodline.

But the Thunder Beast is purely a legendary Divine Beast, and at least in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect where he was, he had never heard of any sighting of a Thunder Beast.

Although the Ten Thousand Beast Sect is not strong in terms of power, it is definitely the top in the Cultivation World in terms of nurturing and researching spirit beasts.

Other places like the Central State Commerce, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and even the sect with the Book Collection Pavilion taken by Li Shiming—though their tomes have records of Thunder Beasts, it was all ancient rumors.

In Li Shiming’s understanding, such beings as Thunder Beasts theoretically should have disappeared tens of thousands of years ago.

When the Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast arrived nearby, exiting its Thunder Escape state and revealing its true form, Li Shiming could be one hundred percent certain that it was indeed a Thunder Beast.

The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast came beside Li Shiming, its eyes glowing with wisdom, looking at Li Shiming with surprise and questioning gazes, seemingly unable to understand how its master became the cultivator before it.

From Li Shiming, the Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast could sense the soul connection brought by the Ancient Contract, which couldn’t be wrong.

The Fourth Grade Late Stage Thunder Beast bowed down and saluted towards Li Shiming, acknowledging Li Shiming’s identity and showing its attitude.

Li Shiming recalled the records on Thunder Beasts while looking at the Thunder Beast, and in his hand condensed a thunderbolt group.

The thunder energy within this thunderbolt group was transformed via the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ and was further enhanced using the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ of the computer room space, making the thunderbolt group filled with terrifying thunder power.

He tossed the thunderbolt group to the Thunder Beast, which joyfully accepted it, sensed it for a moment, and directly swallowed it whole.

Seeing the Thunder Beast’s joyous squinting and enjoying look, Li Shiming knew that what he did was right.

Seizing this opportunity, he carefully observed this legendary Divine Beast.

The Thunder Beast’s body is very remarkable, entirely enveloped in thunder, and even with ’Divine Sight’ he couldn’t observe the Thunder Beast’s actual body, as if the whole body were composed entirely of thunder.

The Thunder Beast was three meters long, resembling a silver-glowing leopard, slender and streamlined, embodying a beautiful life form.

He approached the Thunder Beast and lightly placed a hand on it.

Fearful of harming him, as his hand fell, the Thunder dissipated at the point of contact, transforming into real silver-white fur.

Li Shiming then understood that the Thunder Beast could freely switch between thunder energy and its physical form.

This capability was extremely terrifying, akin to the state of a Heavenly Ghost, but whereas a Heavenly Ghost uses spiritual energy as its body, a Thunder Beast uses thunder energy.

How one would attack a mass of thunder energy is something even Li Shiming must ponder.

With the Thunder Beast’s thunder energy state, there’s likely very little in this world that could harm it.

Li Shiming also somewhat understood why the Half-step Great Power Yang Xing chose to use an Ancient Contract Paper to contract with the Thunder Beast rather than using a regular contracting method.

With the Thunder Beast’s completely thunderized life state, how long a spirit mark could last within it in its thunderized state would be problematic.

"What, do you still want a thunderbolt group?" Li Shiming heard the Thunder Beast let out a soft cry, and due to the soul connection, he immediately understood the Thunder Beast’s intention.

He smiled and condensed another thunderbolt group, handing it to the Thunder Beast.

The Thunder Beast promptly and joyfully swallowed the thunderbolt group, and through the soul connection with the Thunder Beast, Li Shiming shared its joy.

In the Thunder Beast’s joyful perception, he saw a sea of lightning, countless golden thunders descending from the sky, forming an ocean of thunder around the Thunder Beast.

The Thunder Beast joyfully leaped amongst it, occasionally swallowing a particularly potent-looking thunder.

This was the Thunder Beast’s memory; the sea of lightning was where it was born. Just looking at those golden thunders in the sky, each possessing the power of a Great Cultivator’s Heavenly Tribulation, he surmised that this sea of lightning probably wasn’t on the Central State Continent, nor on any other continent.

If such a sea of lightning existed, he would have heard of it.

In the Cultivation World, there are indeed a few seas of lightning, but their power greatly differs from the Thunder Beast’s memory of the sea of lightning.

The thunderbolt group that Li Shiming condensed reminded the Thunder Beast of the sea of lightning of its birth.

The energy of the thunderbolt group also benefited the Thunder Beast; its power far surpassed the thunder deployed by a peak Thunder Cultivator Great Master.

Though still falling short of a Half-step Great Power, it surpassed the power of thunder the Thunder Beast could generate on its own.

The ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ is indeed a top-grade thunder attribute supreme treasure, capable of elevating the thunder power of a Thunder Cultivator Great Master to a higher level. Were it not for the Great Power Realm requiring other conditions, his thunder might truly reach Thunder Cultivation Great Power’s might.

Li Shiming gazed at the Thunder Beast, showing affection in his eyes.

Though he had Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, Little Feng’s back wasn’t suitable for seating, and the Illusion Spirit Dragon’s back only suited standing.

Looking at the Thunder Beast before him, it appeared exceedingly suitable for riding.

With this in mind, he expressed his idea of sitting on its back to the Thunder Beast.

Seeing Li Shiming conjure another thunderbolt group, the Thunder Beast relented in its pride and thoughtfully used thunder energy to transform into a convenient seating structure that fit the human body, making it more comfortable for Li Shiming to sit.

Li Shiming sat on the Thunder Beast, and except for where he sat, the rest retained its thunder form.

This made him appear as though enveloped in thunder, resembling a God controlling thunder from afar.

Coincidentally, Grandmaster Hu and Master Ding were tracking the Thunder Beast and headed in that direction. When they discovered the Thunder Beast’s heading was towards the Taichu branch, their hearts were a mix of concern and relief.

The anxiety was for worry over Li Shiming, while relief was due to Li Shiming being in that direction.

This feeling was highly contradictory; within the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and the entire Dongqi Continent, the strongest was Li Shiming. If Li Shiming couldn’t restrain a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast, then no cultivator in the Dongqi Continent could defeat a Fourth Grade Late Stage Spirit Beast.

Even if all the cultivators combined, they would not be a match for a Fourth Grade Late Stage Peak Spirit Beast that mastered thunder.