Chapter 127: The Injured Underachiever

"Junior... brother, are you not afraid of... being electrocuted?" Li Chengfu asked Xu Chen, enduring the numbing pain in his soul.

"I don't really feel much."

Feeling the electricity coursing through his soul, this level of intensity didn't even qualify as a tickle.

"Junior brother, don't worry about us; obtaining the inheritance of the Thunder Spirit Clan is the priority," Zong Changshou said, stopping in his tracks.

"We haven't finished our conversation yet, have we?"

"What is the relationship between the Holy Spirit Clan and the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court?" Xu Chen asked, voicing his lingering doubt.

"It is said that the most powerful upper-tier races within the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court obtained a supreme treasure of the Holy Spirit Clan, which contained their inheritance."

"Those upper-tier races then used this treasure to develop the entire Holy Spirit Heavenly Court."

After speaking, Zong Changshou quickly took a few more steps, his expression twitching once again.

"I see."

Xu Chen looked ahead; the fastest among them were already several miles ahead of the three of them.

"I'll head over first, then."

With that, he stepped forward.

Xu Chen's speed attracted the attention of many, who, despite their own distorted expressions, gestured their admiration.

Before long, Xu Chen surpassed the person in first place.

"I am of the Thunder Spirit Body; by what right can he surpass me?" The first-place runner looked at Xu Chen's back with unwillingness.

Leaving everyone far behind, Xu Chen walked for another hundred miles.

For some reason, the numbing sensation of the electric shocks on his soul actually felt somewhat pleasant.

"I actually find myself missing the feeling of being struck by lightning in the Saint White Space."

"This intensity is too weak; it's not satisfying enough."

Xu Chen looked up at the Thunder Throne ahead.

"If this is the extent of the trial, then the Thunder Spirit Clan's inheritance is mine."

At this moment, Xu Chen was only ten miles away from the Thunder Throne.

Entering this range, even though he was accustomed to the lightning strikes, Xu Chen found himself trembling with every step he took over the final ten miles.

Moreover, the path of thunder in the final ten miles was paved with Dao scripts condensed from lightning itself.

When Xu Chen took his tenth step on this path, a fundamental cultivation method condensed from Dao scripts appeared in his mind.

At the twentieth step, another fundamental method of the Thunder Spirit Clan appeared.

Although Xu Chen could not read them, he could sense the extraordinary nature of these foundational techniques.

"When I return, I must study the Dao scripts properly; otherwise, I won't even be able to understand the foundational methods of other clans."

Thus, Xu Chen continued, trembling with every step, until fifty fundamental methods of the Thunder Spirit Clan had appeared in his mind.

His soul suddenly trembled, and he found himself in a world of thunder.

Xu Chen stood in the center of an ocean of lightning.

Before him stood a thousand-foot-tall Dharma manifestation of the Thunder Spirit Clan.

The manifestation opened its mouth, and the profound sound of the Great Dao began to explain the foundational methods that had appeared in Xu Chen's mind.

"Can you translate that into the human language?" Xu Chen couldn't help but shout.

However, the sound of the Great Dao remained unchanged, continuing to pour into his ears.

Xu Chen had no choice but to force himself to memorize it.

After the fifty fundamental methods were explained, the thousand-foot-tall Thunder Spirit manifestation looked at Xu Chen.

"The fundamental law of the Thunder Dao—how much can you comprehend?"

Xu Chen understood the one thing he least wanted to understand.

He looked up at the thousand-foot manifestation, and the manifestation looked back at him.

After a long stalemate, a flicker of disappointment appeared in the eyes of the manifestation.

With a gentle wave of its hand, a surge of spatial energy enveloped Xu Chen and sent him away.

By the time Xu Chen regained his senses, he was already outside the Thunder Gate.

"Can't this world be a little more tolerant of the illiterate? I'm quite talented, too," Xu Chen muttered to himself.

"It really wasn't as easy as I imagined, but these fifty fundamental methods of the Thunder Spirit Clan are still a greater harvest than those previous major inheritances."

"Fellow Daoist, did you obtain the inheritance?" one of those waiting outside asked, approaching Xu Chen.

"No, I only obtained a few fundamental methods of the Thunder Spirit Clan."

Xu Chen looked at the other person; judging by his breathing and aura, his blood-qi strength was at least that of eight dragons.

"That's still good. Fundamental methods from major clans like that can certainly be exchanged for human merit points back home," the man said with envy.

"Fellow Daoist, what did you gain from those previous inheritances?" Xu Chen asked curiously.

"Just some fundamental methods and a few techniques from other races."

"For those of us whose aptitude and comprehension are just passable and whose combat power is decent, we can only scavenge for scraps on the Primordial Battlefield," the man sighed.

Just then, Li Chengfu and Zong Changshou emerged from the Thunder Gate.

"It’s too unbearable. If I stayed any longer, I’d be electrocuted into an idiot," Li Chengfu said, wiping drool from his mouth and face, his expression still twitching.

Zong Changshou looked equally miserable.

"Forget it, let's just scour the surrounding area for treasures."

"That’s more practical."

As they spoke, Xu Chen walked over.

"Let's go, let's find a place to rest," Xu Chen said.

"Junior brother, why did you come out early?" Both were startled to see Xu Chen.

"I was eliminated~"

"Fair enough."

At this moment, the Phantom-Colored Dragon Horse ran toward Li Chengfu, and the three left under the gaze of the crowd.

By a small lake, the three started a campfire to rest.

"We’ve already visited all the marked alien camps and suspected treasure locations."

Zong Changshou took out a map and began marking it.

"Then for now, we'll stay around the center of the battlefield. If we find aliens, we kill them; if there are no aliens, we look for treasure," Xu Chen said, adding some dry branches to the fire.

"Should I calculate the fortune of different directions and head toward the 'Great Auspicious' ones?" Li Chengfu leaned against a stone, holding a stone cup.

"No need, we can just walk anywhere."

During this time, the 'Great Auspicious' directions Li Chengfu calculated were indeed good, and they could find treasures along the way, but there were too few aliens, and none could withstand even two of his moves.

"Just follow what the junior brother said. Your skills will be useful when the critical moment comes."

After resting, the three began wandering aimlessly around the center of the battlefield, searching for aliens and treasures.

Three days later, just as Xu Chen had wiped out an alien camp and was preparing to leave, a piece of the mountain wall a few hundred feet away suddenly collapsed.

A giant beast claw and nail were revealed.

Behind the mountain wall was an endless mountain range.

"This is..."

The three walked over.

"A single nail occupies half the mountain wall! How big must this corpse be?" Li Chengfu exclaimed in amazement.

"The falling rocks might have been shaken loose by my fight just now."

"Then I'll knock down the entire mountain wall to see."

Xu Chen stepped into the air and began to strike the mountain wall below with his palms.

The immense force, under Xu Chen's precise control, peeled off the outer shell of the mountain wall layer by layer, like husking a cabbage.

A giant beast's arm, a hundred feet long, appeared before them.

"This arm is still alive," Xu Chen said inexplicably as he looked at the massive limb.

"How are we supposed to bring something this big back?" Li Chengfu worried.

"We can't bring it back. Let's see if we can draw some blood or get some bone and flesh," Zong Changshou said, stroking his chin.

The three approached the side where the arm had been severed.

The cut surface was encased in hard, massive rocks, and they tried various methods to no avail to remove the outer layer.

"Let's report this to the Human Emperor's Dao Palace and let them handle it," Xu Chen said after some thought.

"I'll go make the trip."

Not even a day later, Zong Changshou returned with the little ancestor and another familiar person.

"Little ancestor, Fellow Daoist Gu," Xu Chen greeted.

"Not only have you recovered, but your strength has also increased. Congratulations," the little ancestor said with a smile upon seeing Xu Chen.

"You're stronger than before. Why don't I recommend you when we get back? See if you can join the Human Emperor's Dao Palace," Gu Chuan said, sizing Xu Chen up as if he were a completely different person.

"Please do not poach members of our sect in front of me," the little ancestor said, casting a dissatisfied look at Gu Chuan.

"Small sects waste talent," Gu Chuan muttered.

After chatting for a while, everyone's focus returned to the giant beast's arm.

"From this orientation, it should be possible to teleport it back."

Gu Chuan took out a small notebook and began recording, inspecting every side of the arm.

"Alright, you don't need to worry about the rest."

"If this arm proves valuable, you will be rewarded with human merit points," Gu Chuan said to Xu Chen and the others.

"Then we'll leave it to you," Xu Chen nodded, preparing to lead the others to continue their journey.

"Wait," Gu Chuan called out.

A book flew over, and Xu Chen caught it.

"This is the bounty list for aliens in the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court. As long as you kill an alien with strength exceeding nine dragons and five tigers and bring back its head, you can exchange it for human merit points. The book contains the specific list and projections."

"Your strength was a little lacking before, but now it's just right. You can give it a try."

"If you're interested, you can go to that abyss pit and ask for the latest intelligence on those aliens," Gu Chuan explained.

"Right!" Xu Chen flipped through the book with interest.

"For the last three months of the Primordial Battlefield, you can come find me. We can hunt down alien prodigies together," the little ancestor also said.

"No problem." Xu Chen's eyes lit up.

The three and their horse left the scene, and Xu Chen handed the bounty list to Zong Changshou to analyze.

"They are all prodigies of upper-tier races, and they even investigated what fundamental methods they practice so clearly."

"It seems our human race had already laid out plans within the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court long ago."

Zong Changshou marveled as he looked at the bounty list.

"There's a reward of at least five human merit points for everyone."

Hearing Zong Changshou, Xu Chen suddenly thought of a question.

"Do you think the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court might have also laid out plans within our human race long ago?"

"They certainly would have, but it won't be as detailed."

"Protected by the fortune of the human path, any alien harboring ill will toward the human race cannot even enter the core continents."

"The fortune of our human race is not just for show."

Zong Changshou answered while reading the bounty list.

"Huh~, I remember this one was killed by the junior brother."

"Nine dragons of blood-qi strength; he originally didn't qualify for the bounty list, but he seems to be the legitimate son of a major family among one of the upper-tier races."

"His talent is very high, which is why he was specifically listed."

Zong Changshou pointed to an alien projection in the book.

"I think I did kill him; I beat him straight into dust," Xu Chen recalled.

"Five human merit points! What a huge loss!" Li Chengfu looked at it and immediately shouted in distress.

"Are five human merit points a lot?"

"On the market, someone is buying them; one human merit point goes for 7 million to 10 million spirit coins."

"That's just the value, but the key is that no one is selling them."

"!!!" Xu Chen.