Chapter Fifty: The Thunder King

  In fact, many professions, even the so-called "dual cultivation" of magic and martial arts, are not uncommon in the civilized world. This is because humans are fundamentally different from magical beasts and insects in their innate constitution. As is well known, the unique properties of a living being determine what abilities it possesses, whether it be a magical insect or beast, most of which inherit the bloodline of their parents and thus inherit their attributes, which they then hone through training, evolving into their own abilities. Through continuous refinement and absorption, they merge their abilities with their soul, shedding their physical form, even condensing into a divine aura that belongs to this system, achieving immortality. However, human formation is vastly different from these magical beasts and insects, and can even be said to be extremely rare!

  In the ancient era, the gods residing in Borweisna controlled the sky, ocean, and earth. Their reign over this world had reached its peak. However, due to factors of selfishness and greed, the gods of Borweisna sought to monopolize this rich land, driving out other pantheons, slaughtering different voices among the divine, exiling them, and branding them as heretics with the title of Demon Kings. This led to the outrage of other pantheon deities, who rose up in resistance, uniting to attack Borweisna and engaging in a fierce battle with the gods. At the moment the war began, the world's order collapsed instantly, plunging everything into chaos and carnage. After the War of the Gods, although Borweisna emerged victorious with three of the eight Creation Deities presiding over it, they suffered significant losses, wounding their vitality. Those divine spirits born since ancient times were mostly annihilated; a small number of extremely formidable ones that were hard to kill were sealed away in the bottomless abyss, accompanying the terrifying Abyss Queen. If even gods and demons fared thus, then it was all the more so for the mortal creatures struggling to survive on this earth.

  The severely damaged Borweisna gods, in order to fill the void of divine power and satisfy their own pleasure in ruling, screened out thousands of powerful biological species with great potential, using their own abilities as catalysts, and cultivated them into ancient magical beasts with different abilities. The supernatural system that manipulates elemental abilities, the spiritual system that peeks into the souls of other living beings, and the super-ability system that twists time and space were all formed in that era. There are even many other strange and mysterious abilities. Moreover, during this experiment, due to the gods' lack of control, many terrifying species unique to ancient times were born, among which the most famous are the Deep Abyssal Tribe and the Purgatory Tribe, both completely controlled by violent and murderous thoughts. Some gods even left their own bloodlines in different creatures, developing divine lineages, hoping to obtain a portion of usable material from them, solidifying their own lineage's position.

  Finally, in the ancient times, various powerful lives began to multiply and kill each other, giving birth to even more strange and peculiar lives, becoming the object of entertainment for idle gods. Of course, the ambition of the Borweisna lineage of gods was not just that. The nearly infinite life made it easy for them to produce boredom and emptiness. They hoped to create a very special, intelligent life tribe, to serve themselves. Let them sing their own glory, worship and then watch them develop. Watch them kill each other in conflicts between different beliefs, with blood flowing like rivers. Watch wise and intelligent masters die of old age without being able to fulfill their ambitions due to their short lifespan. Watch two or more countries fight over a discarded waste, dyeing the seawater red. And so, humanity was born!

  The human race was favored by the gods of Borweisna and domesticated, cultivated, not because they had great potential, nor because they were particularly impressive in ancient times. The reason is actually very simple: at that time, humans were like the original blood mosquitoes of today, all very pure primordial life forms, without the gods' experiments messing up their bloodlines, making them difficult to eliminate. Their bodies didn't even inherit any genes with abilities, maintaining the purity of life since birth. Therefore, they also made good experimental subjects.

  The gods of the Borweisna lineage were excited to find such excellent material for themselves, so they began to gather all the ability systems of their own lineage and infuse their blood into the bodies of the original humans, hoping that they would acquire these abilities. Some gods even went crazy, releasing some sealed demons and making deals with them, allowing them to participate in creating the greatest masterpiece in history!

  After spending over a hundred years, three children with the blood of ancient divine spirits were finally born. The three children were adopted by the three great leaders of Borweisna and named Adam (Earth), Poseia (Ocean), and Christina (Sky). They were given the highest divine artifacts to demonstrate their infinite divine power. The experiment was a huge success, and the gods of the Borweisna lineage began to celebrate. However, when they created more and more humans and raised them, they discovered that although these humans had the blood of thousands of gods in their bodies, they did not have the ability to awaken like the descendants of the gods, who could summon wind and rain, turn into aurora and lightning, and use their powers at will. Instead, it seemed like a dormant ability that needed someone to guide and teach them how to use.

  Of course, these minor flaws cannot affect the gods' fondness for humans as playthings. Even when they calm down, they know this is for the best. If these abilities were to truly awaken, they would become uncontrollable powers. Moreover, human lifespans are short; even if one becomes a legendary powerhouse, they can only live for about 150 years, which isn't even comparable to some mid-tier magical beasts. It's also impossible to develop and research all of their abilities, so they can only focus on the one with the most potential, hoping to merge it with their soul and make it their innate ability, thereby strengthening the corresponding bloodline. Once they fully convert this ability into a fundamental force, condense it into a divine aura, and attain godhood, they would also lose the ability to cultivate other energies. In terms of innate abilities, they are also suppressed by the ancient gods who granted them their bloodlines, and no matter how hard they cultivate, they will always be far inferior to those ancient gods with their vast divine powers.

  Liu Ting knew that the High Priest said so, although it wasn't hinting at anything about himself, but also made Old Liu hear something. To say, he obtained three abilities due to a coincidence and had extremely strong potential, but wanting to continue cultivating was extremely difficult, and wanting to rely on this achievement to become a god was simply a fantasy. It's better to abandon the cultivation of the other two abilities after reaching a certain stage and focus on cultivating one. That way, the achievement would come more easily. Moreover, after Old Liu completed his third growth, entering the higher ranks was already like being meat on the chopping board, really. The potential that could be squeezed out of the three abilities had all been squeezed out by himself, and it wasn't possible to have another growth spurt fall into his lap, making him effortlessly evolve, at that time he would have to rely on himself.

  The concept of multi-system abilities sounds impressive and powerful, and when used properly, it can make one almost invincible in battles against opponents of the same level, even allowing for cross-level combat. However, even among true multi-system magical beasts, few can actually master multiple systems simultaneously. Most still focus on one primary system, with the others being secondary and only useful as auxiliary tools. When the amount of soul energy reaches a certain limit, multiple energies cannot be balanced, not only failing to further enhance one's strength but also hindering progress. At that point, one can only use their primary ability to absorb and purify other abilities, thereby enhancing their main attribute and striving for the half-god level. Only a small portion of divine descendants or ancient magical beasts can truly master multiple systems and achieve success. Moreover, this requires an opportunity - specifically, when advancing from high-level to legendary status, all the abilities within oneself must reach the brink of breakthrough in order to succeed. Like the so-called "omni-elemental grandmaster" in human civilization, who mastered eight elemental forces and was invincible, yet due to arrogance and a desire to become the strongest since ancient times, refused to give up any system's cultivation, ultimately ending up as a pile of bones under the merciless passage of time.

  Old Liu borrowed the potential contained in three abilities, as well as the innate triple growth of the original Blood Mosquito clan, which would be favored by the Mutta Grand Priest. In fact, he had nothing to do with him, at most admiring that this little mosquito was quite clever. These three abilities, each one is an extremely strong existence, after reaching a high level in battles of the same level, it's hard to find opponents who can restrain them. Now Old Liu only needs to develop 30% of the original version of the three abilities within his body, and with the huge energy mixed with the three abilities, he can easily reach a high level. If he wants to, he can do it now. However, this kind of crippled high-level will not have a good outcome when encountering any authentic ability in battle. Because Rainforest Electric Python, Lava Giant Lizard, and King Kong Beast are all the strongest in their respective systems, only by completing the ultimate evolution can they unleash a demonstration comparable to the natural world's thunder, or use high heat to disperse the ground into magma, or condense into a King Kong Dominant Body, resisting all elemental impacts, unmatched!

  But your three kinds only have thirty percent of the original version's ability, even if they are combined and become high-ranking, how can they compete with the power of any one genuine version?

  So, I can only absorb the energy of thunder in the third growth and develop the potential of three abilities to the maximum extent. After that, I will no longer be a native blood mosquito, but a new-born species, although I have three abilities, I'm afraid I can only choose one as my own source power for cultivation. Hehe, after all, I don't want to be a strong man, just let me complete the transformation and change into a human form, that's enough for me. The road is too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk it. High Priest, I know you want me to cultivate these three abilities at the same time to protect your country. But I can't wait that long. Time is too long, I'm afraid my heart, my humanity, will disappear and degenerate in the long years.

  "Who would have thought that in the end, I'd still have to ask him myself?" Liu Ting shook his head and looked at the cunning high priest, saying with a bitter smile: "When will you arrange for me to go to the Thunder Clouds to temper my body and expand the power of the thunder flames?"

  "Anytime is fine. But before that, you should learn the techniques of how human mages get close to elemental energy and control the power of thunder." The high priest said calmly.

  "Bring out all your treasures, one by one. I'm afraid I won't be able to take it if you bring them out all at once." Old Liu said with a grin. He pointed at the strange texts on Krous's magic book and said: "You'd better teach me what these are, I really can't understand them."

  The high priest smiled slightly, flipped his hand over, and a thick, heavy long bar appeared in both hands, about the length of an arm. One end had a knife handle, and it looked like a giant battle knife. Moreover, this time Old Liu saw clearly that this thing was out of thin air in the high priest's hand, not hidden there beforehand. This couldn't help but stir up a thought in Old Liu's mind, thinking of a term often seen in fantasy novels: spatial equipment.

  The high priest, however, cherished the sword, stroking the thick scabbard with his fingers, tracing every line on it, and after a long moment of contemplation, he sighed and said: "This is a sacred object, its original form was not like this, unexpectedly after being cut off, it transformed into a broken sword. Because it was used by the war god back then, our barbarian tribe calls it 'Lei Wang'."

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