Battle Through The Heavens : I Am The Thunder Emperor

Chapter 20: Becoming a Dou Zhe (Fighter)

After the testing concluded, Mo Yu didn't immediately rush into seclusion to break through. Instead, he began a more balanced routine. He trained his Dou Qi for two hours daily, spent time in the back mountains honing his Lei Gang Body technique, and when he had free time, he chatted with his grandfather, the only family he had left.

After five days of this relaxed routine, Mo Yu finally felt that he had reached his peak condition. Even though breaking through to a mere Dou Zhe was insignificant given his past life's experience, Mo Yu always believed in being fully prepared, ensuring no mistakes were made.

Now, he felt it was the perfect time to break through to Dou Zhe.

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In the secluded back mountains of Wutan City, beneath a hidden cliff, Mo Yu sat cross-legged in a small cave barely over two meters wide. This cave was a carefully chosen training spot, so remote that even birds and beasts were rarely seen, making it the perfect place for uninterrupted cultivation.

Slowly taking a deep breath, Mo Yu retrieved his black ring from his chest. As his soul power reached into the ring, two second-tier magic cores appeared in his hand.

Gazing at these second-tier magic cores, which contained far more violent elemental energy than first-tier cores, Mo Yu smiled slightly. Then, with his left hand, he released a small red thunder serpent, and the sound of crackling electricity echoed throughout the cave.

"Three months of preparation—it's time to break through to Dou Zhe!"

Given the poor foundation of his original body, Mo Yu had spent a year rapidly advancing to the ninth stage of Dou Qi, an improvement of five stages in one year, even more impressive than Xiao Yan's four-stage advancement. Thus, Mo Yu had deliberately suppressed his breakthrough, knowing that an unstable foundation could cause irreparable harm in the future.

But after three months of hard work, Mo Yu felt fully prepared.

Summoning the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder, Mo Yu's expression became serious as he directly fed the fire-type and thunder-type second-tier magic cores into the flames.

As the two cores entered the red thunderstorm, it began to churn violently, the crackling sound of electricity continuously emanating from the cave. Thankfully, this place was so isolated that no one would come to investigate.

As the thunderstorm continued to devour the cores, their hard outer shells began to dissolve, and a vast and violent elemental energy poured out.

"No wonder they're second-tier magic cores—the energy inside must be ten times that of a first-tier core," Mo Yu thought, marveling at the sheer quantity of energy unleashed as it flowed out, despite its violent nature.

Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, perhaps only Mo Yu could absorb the energy of a second-tier magic core while still in the Dou Qi stage.

Without realizing it, a day and a night passed.

With the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder constantly devouring and absorbing, the once fist-sized magic cores had shrunk to the size of half an egg. By now, the thunderstorm had grown into what appeared to be a solid flame of lightning, both scorching and ferocious.

In this slow, silent waiting, another day and night passed.

When the last bit of violent energy was absorbed by the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder, the cores' outer shells crumbled to dust, leaving only a vibrant red lightning storm swirling in midair.

The thunderstorm now had a solid appearance, far more tangible and powerful than before, even more potent than thunder created by raw Dou Qi.

The growth of the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder could be categorized into four stages: the infant stage, the growth stage, the mature stage, and the peak stage. Previously, it was merely in its infancy, but now it had truly begun to show its potential.

Mo Yu was confident that with the help of the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder, even without breaking through to Dou Zhe, he could still defeat some lower-tier Dou Zhe fighters.

After spending two days consuming two magic cores, Mo Yu knew it was time to break through.

Staring at the rapidly maturing thunderstorm, a fiery determination flashed in Mo Yu's eyes. With a wave of his hand, the Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Thunder responded to his summons, swiftly entering his body.

The moment the thunderstorm entered, a scorching, tingling sensation spread throughout his body. Soon after, a surge of violent, pure energy flooded his system, causing Mo Yu to shudder.

Maintaining a calm expression, Mo Yu quickly formed the hand seals needed to absorb Dou Qi, his breathing steadying as the faint Dou Qi within his body swiftly entwined with the powerful energy, beginning the process of refining it.

In the small cave, the previously calm air suddenly surged, with white Dou Qi seeping out from the atmosphere and flooding into Mo Yu's body.

Inside him, the Dou Qi wrapped around the violent energy, refining it rapidly. The red energy was gradually transformed into white Dou Qi, causing the amount of Dou Qi within Mo Yu to expand at an astonishing rate.

Though the violent energy seemed endless, it began to diminish over time. At this point, Mo Yu's Dou Qi had swollen to its absolute limit.

"Time to condense the Dou Qi cyclone!"

Taking a deep breath, Mo Yu's hand seals changed rapidly, his thumb and forefinger meeting while his middle fingers connected, forming a unique seal.

With his past life's experience, Mo Yu was no stranger to breakthroughs, and this time was no different. He executed the technique with ease.

As his hand seals shifted, the surging Dou Qi within his body, drawn by a powerful force, rapidly converged towards his lower abdomen.

The Dou Qi flowing through his meridians all retreated to his lower abdomen, where it began to transform from a pale white to a milky white color.

Although the energy was still resisting, Mo Yu's soul perception, though diminished, was still as sharp as a Grand Dou Master's. The Dou Qi's resistance was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; after a brief struggle, it rapidly compressed.

When the Dou Qi had shrunk to the size of a palm, it solidified.

In that moment, Mo Yu's eyes remained closed as his soul perception, enveloping the milky white Dou Qi, suddenly pressed down with full force.

"Boom!"

A soft thud echoed within his body.

As the sound faded, a smile crept across Mo Yu's lips.

"I've broken through—Dou Zhe!"

(End of chapter)