- Thunder Eight Extremes Collapse
At dawn, sunlight streamed into the valley from the eastern opening, instantly brightening the dark valley.
Inside the cabin.
The tall egret stood behind Dai Yao, carefully combing Dai Yao's long golden hair with a wooden comb.
Looking at his long hair, which he had grown over the years, in the mirror, Dai Yao's eyes flickered, and he said calmly:
"Heron, could you give me a short haircut?"
The egret's hand froze upon hearing this, and the smile on her face also captivated her. After a few breaths, she managed a weak smile, her delicate hand trembling slightly as she said:
"Master, long hair is so handsome, why did you cut it off?"
Before Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong left, Feng Wutong was the one who did Dai Yao's hair tying. It was only after Feng Wutong left that Lu Si had the opportunity to take over the job.
This was one of the very few times of the day that she could have contact with Dai Yao.
She cherished this brief moment, but if Dai Yao cut his long hair, it would mean she would no longer have the chance to get so close to him.
"Hair is too long, it will affect your cultivation."
Dai Yao smiled.
Next, he needs to work on the fusion of his fourth soul skill and the Eight Extremes Collapse technique, and as before, he'll need to train under the waterfall. Getting soaked and having his long hair stick to his body will be very uncomfortable.
Getting a short haircut will make things much easier.
"Okay...okay."
The heron forced a smile.
Immediately, he took out a set of hair-grooming equipment from his soul tool and meticulously gave Dai Yao a haircut.
With a series of 'snap' sounds, long, golden hair reaching her waist fell to the ground, and a short-haired Dai Yao gradually appeared in the mirror.
Although the egret felt a little bitter, it still carefully trimmed every detail of Dai Yao's face in order to make it perfect. After half an hour, it finally completed the haircut.
Touching his short hair and looking at himself in the mirror, Dai Yao felt a sense of novelty and exclaimed:
"good."
With just a simple sentence, the heron felt as if it had received the highest praise, its heart pounding, but it managed to maintain a calm facade as it said:
"Master, this is what I should do."
Standing up, Dai Yao turned his head and looked at the tall heron. He had to admit that the heron was really tall, a head taller than him.
Her legs are incredibly long, but they don't look out of place at all.
He was well aware of what the maids were thinking.
The peacock is proud and seeks out the strong; the cuckoo is quick-witted and is a pawn sent by Bibi Dong to monitor him; the heron, though seemingly clever, is the most naive of them all; and the last one, the partridge, is quiet and somewhat melancholic, but quite capable in his work.
These four maids would offer themselves to him at the mere beckoning of his finger, and they would not refuse to accompany him if he asked.
However, Dai Yao did not want it to be this way. Although the four maids already belonged to him, he had just spent time with Feng Wutong and Zhu Zhuqing a year ago. If he took the body of one of the maids when they were not around, it would inevitably cause the maids to have thoughts of competing for his favor.
That would be bad if it hurt Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong's feelings.
In his heart, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Feng Wutong were the three most important women, and the four maids were far inferior to them.
"Alright, you're so tall, and you've been bending over for so long. You must be tired. Focus on your cultivation and don't let your soul power level fall behind."
Dai Yao pointed it out.
"Yes, Master. With you by my side, my cultivation speed has increased considerably. In just four and a half years, I have almost reached level forty-nine."
"I will definitely not let you down."
The heron raised its little fist and said firmly. The fact that it had the figure of a mature woman, yet adopted such a childlike posture, felt rather odd.
"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, four and a half years have passed. You have all been by my side for four and a half years."
Gazing at the morning light, Dai Yao sighed.
"It is our honor to serve our master."
The heron said excitedly.
Since becoming Dai Yao's maid, not only has her cultivation speed increased significantly, but although serving Dai Yao has taken up a lot of time, her cultivation progress has actually been much faster than before when she is by Dai Yao's side.
Moreover, their families also benefited greatly, especially the egret family. Originally on the verge of collapse, after becoming Dai Yao's maids, their family immediately received goodwill from many families and was immediately brought back to life!
This is one of the reasons why she stayed by Dai Yao's side until death.
Dai Yao nodded. Being served like this no longer made him feel flattered. He was gradually integrating into the rules of this world.
The strength of a martial spirit directly determines a person's position in the world; some people are destined to be supported by others.
Although Dai Yao felt somewhat uncomfortable, he was now a member of the rentier class and had to uphold these rules.
He opened the wooden door, took off his shirt, revealing his well-defined upper body.
Upon seeing this, the maids blushed and became shy.
After greeting the other maids, Dai Yao took a deep breath, and with a light leap, stood beneath the waterfall.
The water, falling from a height of 100 meters, slammed straight onto Dai Yao's back, the sound of which was drowned out by the roar of the water.
"You four, stay away!"
Dai Yao greeted him.
The next technique he was about to learn was extremely powerful; he wasn't sure he could even control it himself, let alone protect the four women. If the technique went out of control, and the four women were too close, they would likely perish.
"Walk!"
The four women looked at each other, and Kongque gritted her teeth and gave the order.
Now, Peacock is a six-ring Soul Emperor, the most powerful among the maids. Apart from Feng Wutong, she is the head of the four maids. Under Peacock's guidance, the four women gradually moved away from the waterfall.
After watching the four women disappear into the distance, Dai Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief and thought excitedly:
"Now, it's time to cultivate seriously. Then, Tang San will give me a pleasant surprise."
With a surge of soul power, five soul rings suddenly appeared, shimmering with yellow, purple, black, and other colors. The fourth black soul ring slowly glowed, its tiny blue-purple lightning crackling and sparkling in the valley.
The sky gradually darkened.
"The fourth soul skill, White Tiger Thunder God Strike, I haven't used it in a long time. I used it to shine in the competition back then, and I really miss it."
Gazing at the lightning bolt in his hand, Dai Yao felt a slight unease.
This is a terrifying soul skill from the Thunderous Hell Vine. Moreover, the thunder element is inherently explosive and vast. To try to integrate it into the Eight Extremes Collapse is nothing short of wishful thinking in the eyes of outsiders!
A thought struck him, awakening the Thunder Vine in his spiritual world.
The purple-clad figure, breathtakingly beautiful, opened her indifferent eyes, looked at Dai Yao, and said calmly:
"What do you want with me?"
Dai Yao gave a brief greeting and caught up with Yan Yuteng before informing him of his plan. After all, integrating the fourth soul skill into the Eight Extremes Collapse required Yan Yuteng's cooperation.
Before Dai Yao could finish speaking, Lei Yuteng's eyes widened in disbelief as he said:
"Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?!"
"Your fourth soul skill is already vast and powerful, and I've also witnessed the Eight Extremes Collapse. Its explosive properties are in no way inferior to your fourth soul skill. They cannot coexist!"
Is it really impossible?
Dai Yao did not directly refute Yan Yuteng's statement, but instead smiled and said.
Within his right arm, soul power began to compress, and at the same time, the fourth soul ring flickered with a faint light. A moment later, a silver serpent cleaved down from the sky, splitting heaven and earth in two, and finally struck Dai Yao's right arm.
At that very moment, Dai Yao's Eight Extremes Collapse was ready. The instant the silver snake slashed down, he swung his right arm out, and the explosive energy, mixed with the lightning element accumulated in his arm, instantly blasted towards the top of the waterfall.
The sound of wind breaking through the air and the thunderous roar of lightning filled the valley.
The waterfall cascaded upwards for ten meters, creating an empty area where no water flowed down from where Dai Yao was standing.
The water, swept upwards, crashed against the cascading water, creating countless splashes. The waterfall seemed to pause for a moment, and then, in the next instant, all the water slammed down.
The waves on the water kept crashing against the shore.
Under Yan Yuteng's incredulous gaze, Dai Yao explained with a smile:
"Although I did not focus on cultivation during this year, but only read constantly in the library, the gains I made have, in some ways, surpassed my decades of hard work."
"To develop this technique, I painstakingly studied a great deal about the elements of lightning and the theory of soul power compression. Through learning and summarizing, I gradually realized that the so-called lightning is also a kind of soul power!"
"Driven by soul power, it ends in the form of thunder."
"Therefore, since thunder is also a kind of soul power, and my Eight Extremes Collapse is also performed by compressing soul power, why can't I combine the two?"
"As the saying goes, make bold assumptions and verify them carefully. After having this idea, I began to verify it carefully."
"The two soul skills were much weaker at the beginning and at their strongest, which was within my body's tolerance. So, I started to fuse them using the weakest versions of the two skills."
"Although we went through many hardships, we also gained a lot."
Dai Yao pointed to the aftershocks of the attack and said with a smile.
Yan Yuteng's face was filled with shock, and he said blankly, "You really are a genius..."
Dai Yao shook his head and said, "I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants."
"Many sages have studied the theory of thunder element and soul power compression to a very deep level, but they did not have my physical condition, so they did not have such ideas."
Upon hearing Dai Yao's words, Yan Yuteng seemed to have thought of something, and said in a low voice:
"Even if they had your resources, they wouldn't have your courage, would they?"
Born noble with the bloodline of the Thunder God, she could stand at the top of all soul beasts through her talent. However, Dai Yao's strength was enough to look down on many of her peers, yet she still persevered and created astonishing skills.
This left her bewildered and deep in thought. The Thunderous Hell Vine Clan knew they were doomed, yet they still followed one after another like moths to a flame.
To put it more nicely, it's called sacrificing oneself for the cause, as powerful as thunder, wanting to fight against this unjust world.
To put it bluntly, it was a foolish suicide mission.
Millions of years have passed, and has a single Thunderous Hell Vine ever succeeded? Why not try a different approach? Like Dai Yao, perhaps not only can one overcome this unjust world, but one can also become stronger!
After a brief silence, Lei Yuteng said in a deep voice:
"By the way, you still haven't told me what you want to see me about?"
Dai Yao nodded and said, "Although I have completed the fusion of the two soul skills at their lowest power, the uncontrollability of the fusion is also increasing as the power increases. So, in order to allow me to concentrate on fusing the soul skills, I'll leave the task of attracting lightning to you."
"Can."
Lei Yuteng pondered for a moment, then agreed.
As the sun rises and sets, summer fades into autumn, and the heat gradually recedes.
The valley was tinged with a light golden hue, and soon the entire mountainside would be bathed in golden hues.
As has been the case every day for the past few months, lightning strikes continuously in the valley. The rock walls surrounding the waterfall are barren, charred black by the lightning.
Although it was daytime, the sky was pitch black, with faint flashes of lightning within the dark clouds, and terrifying lightning power was brewing within them.
"The strongest blow is coming!"
Lei Yuteng, who controlled the lightning in the sky, reminded Dai Yao.
"good!"
With his eyes closed, Dai Yao carefully sensed the eight times the soul power that had been compressed to its limit in his right arm.
His entire right arm swelled up, and the sleeve of his right hand was torn to shreds by the force of the compressed soul power. The surrounding space seemed to distort, and just a glance was enough to make one's scalp tingle and heart pound.
The slight leakage of energy struck the surrounding rock walls, causing rocks to fly and produce a series of explosive sounds.
It's no weaker than a Soul Master's full-force attack!
With the double amplification of the White Tiger Dark Gold Transformation and the White Tiger Titan Transformation, his body has become incredibly powerful, reaching the theoretical limit of compressed soul power—eight times compressed.
Upon hearing this, the Thunder Prison Vine summoned lightning, which struck Dai Yao's right arm. His right arm instantly swelled up, and several bolts of lightning clung to it, flashing continuously.
Although Dai Yao possessed the ability to be immune to lightning, he still felt a stiffness and swelling in his right arm as such a massive amount of lightning power was poured into it.
It looked like it was about to explode at any moment.
"It's time!"
Dai Yao's eyes lit up, and he roared inwardly.
For months, he had experienced countless instances of uncontrolled lightning power, ultimately resulting in severe injuries. However, thanks to the Chaos Green Lotus, these injuries were completely healed by the next day.
Because of these injuries, he has become increasingly adept at controlling the power of thunder and the power of compressed soul.
If he didn't deliver this blow immediately, he would be severely injured by the two forces that were on the verge of going out of control.
He swung his fist upwards with eight times the compression of his soul power, carrying immense thunder and the sound of air exploding and thunderclaps, as if transforming into a giant thunder dragon, rushing straight up towards the waterfall!
In an instant, the hundred-meter waterfall stopped flowing, and was swept into the sky by the thunder dragon, turning into water droplets that fell back down. After a while, the waterfall gradually resumed its flow, then rapidly increased in size, transforming back into the magnificent waterfall.
However, compared to the thunder dragon from before, this magnificent waterfall no longer evokes the same sense of awe.
"Finally completed! A strike comparable to a Title Douluo!"
Dai Yao was bathed in the torrential rain, but his eyes were incredibly bright. Although he had suffered a lot, it was all worth it!
Although this move can only be considered to have just reached the threshold of a Title Douluo, it is still an attack at the Title Douluo level.
"Since it's a fusion skill of thunder power and compressed soul power, let's call it Thunderous Eight Extremes Collapse!"