Lightning to refine the body?
After listening to him, I didn't dare to act rashly. However, I wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or lying to me.
While I was hesitating, the heavenly lightning moved extremely fast. Before I could make a decision, a white light flashed and touched Yao Yao's body.
It was different from what I imagined when the lightning struck Yao Yao's body, when the lightning with white light touched Yao Yao's body, it suddenly disappeared and entered her body.
After the heavenly lightning had entered her body, I observed Yao Yao's body and didn't find any injuries.
However, Yao Yao's expression was one of pain. It was clear that the heavenly lightning that had entered her body hadn't disappeared, but was still affecting her.
I was still nervous, but the heavenly lightning had already entered her body. Even if I tried to help, I didn't know how to help. I had no choice but to believe the black-robed Priest's words and wait for Yao Yao to resist the heavenly lightning.
Seeing that I wasn't going to interfere, the black-robed Priest said to me, "Our Monster race is different from your Human race. Humans are blessed by the Heavens. They are born with the ability to sense the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, allowing them to use powerful magical techniques.
As for our Monster race, we can't sense spiritual energy. Apart from the magical techniques passed down through our bloodlines, we can only cultivate our own bodies.
Even if we can take human form and have a human body, the magical techniques we can cultivate are limited because of our innate defects.
That's why when you advance to the Heavenly Master rank, you humans can condense your soul and create a seal. But our Monster race can only borrow the power of heavenly lightning to refine our bodies.
The difference between the two is more than a thousand miles.
This is also the reason why the Fox King entered the Mountain and Sea Realm to steal the Origin power. Unfortunately, he couldn't defy the will of the heavens. Although the Fox King obtained the Origin power, he was trapped for ten thousand years... "
I didn't know if it was because old people liked to talk about the past. While talking about Yao Yao, the black-robed Priest's topic shifted to the ancient Fox King.
I wasn't in the mood to talk about ancient matters with him. I focused on Yao Yao.
I asked the black-robed Priest, "What are the success rates of your race when they advance to the Monster King rank?
What happens if they fail? "
The black-robed Priest thought for a while and answered, "The Monster race doesn't have enough soul power. Very few of them can communicate with Heaven and Earth and trigger heavenly lightning.
However, if he could trigger the Heavenly Lightning, his chances of advancing to the Yao King Stage would be very high. At the very least, he would have a 50% chance of succeeding.
As for those who fail, most of them will be turned into ashes by the Heavenly Thunder. Those who survive will also be heavily injured and won't last more than a few days. "
According to what he said, on the path to becoming a Heavenly Master, the Demon Clan and the Human Clan were not much different. It was also difficult for the Human Clan to push open that door, but generally speaking, as long as they could push open that door, they would be able to successfully advance.
However, the difference was that even if humans failed to advance, their cultivation would only decrease. In the worst case scenario, they would have no hope of becoming a Heavenly Master for the rest of their lives. It was extremely rare for them to perish.
From this point of view, the human race was indeed more favored than the demon race.
I couldn't help but worry.
The black-robed priest seemed to have noticed my worry, so he tried to comfort me. "This process isn't that difficult. Plus, Yao Yao's innate talent is extraordinary. There is almost no possibility of failure."
I shook my head and didn't say a word. He didn't know Yao Yao's background, but I did.
According to the lifespan of the Green Hill Foxes, Yao Yao was only a little girl who hadn't reached adulthood yet. Her cultivation time was too short, which meant that her foundation wasn't stable. Especially when it came to advancing from Glory of Consciousness realm to Heavenly Master realm, she had only used less than a year's time due to coincidence. I even suspected that she hadn't even stabilized her Glory of Consciousness realm yet.
Even though I was anxious, I couldn't help her. Everything depended on Yao Yao's luck.
According to Murphy's Law, things would always develop in a bad direction.
That was indeed the case. After fifteen minutes, the pained expression on Yao Yao's face didn't disappear. Instead, it became more intense. Even her body started to tremble.
At the same time, electricity seeped out from her body and circulated on her white fur.
Because of the electric light, Yao Yao's originally very fluffy hair, every strand of hair is standing up, bringing a kind of shocking beauty.
Chief Qing Qiu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly shouted, "Heavenly Thunder Leakage!"
I abruptly turned my head and stared at her. I asked anxiously, "What does Heavenly Thunder Leakage mean?"
Chief Qing Qiu glanced at the black-robed priest but didn't speak. The black-robed priest continued, "The Heavenly Thunder Leakage means that the power of the Heavenly Thunder has exceeded the limit that Yao Yao's body can endure. The Heavenly Thunder that seeped out won't refine her body but will only become violent and cause harm to her body … However, God's Envoy, you don't have to worry too much. Normally speaking, when a monster advances, only a small portion of the Heavenly Thunder can be absorbed. The majority of the Heavenly Thunder will leak out. As long as the amount that leaked out isn't too much, it won't affect her too much."
Even though he was comforting me, the black-robed priest's expression was obviously more solemn than before.
I retracted my gaze and looked at him. After staying silent for a while, I asked, "What if a lot of the Heavenly Thunder is leaked out?"
The black-robed priest kept silent for a while before replying, "The more it leaks out, the more harm it will cause to Yao Yao. Once she's unable to withstand it, her advancement will fail and she will be in danger."
Actually, even if he didn't say it, I could roughly guess it in my heart. I had only asked because I wanted to confirm with him.
The situation was already very dangerous. After thinking for a while, I asked again, "What if I help her clean up the leaking Heavenly Thunder? What will happen?"
The black-robed priest shook his head. "Once there's an external force interfering, the Heavenly Thunder will become violent and uncontrollable, including the part of her body that is refining …"
The Heavenly Thunder in my body would become violent. I knew what the outcome would be even without the black-robed priest's explanation. I could only shake my head and reject the idea of saving Yao Yao at the crucial moment.
Since I was at my wit's end, the only thing I could do was to pray.
I prayed that Yao Yao would be able to survive this ordeal.
The truth proved that praying was the most useless method. Just as I had such a thought, the lightning on Yao Yao's body suddenly increased. The bright white lightning was extremely dazzling on her white fur. When it first appeared, it looked like fleas shuttling through her fur and would only appear once in a while. But now, it had turned into countless tiny snakes of light that slithered around Yao Yao's body.
Following a low groan of pain, a ghastly line of blood flowed out from the corner of Yao Yao's mouth.
I clenched my fist tightly and took a step forward with my left leg. I almost couldn't control myself and wanted to make a move.
However, the black-robed priest pulled my arm and said in a deep voice, "Yao Yao is barely able to resist at this moment. If you were to make a move, she would really be consigned to eternal damnation!"
The black-robed priest was right. After I calmed down, I looked at Yao Yao carefully. Although there was blood at the corner of her mouth and her body was trembling, she was still able to maintain her cross-legged posture. It was obvious that she was struggling to hold on. Although I didn't know how long she could hold on for, the situation wasn't at its most critical point yet.
I took a deep breath and retracted the power of the footsteps. I asked the black-robed priest, "The Monster race has existed for tens of thousands of years. For the past tens of thousands of years, there have been countless Monster Kings. Do you have any way to deal with such a situation?"
The black-robed priest shook his head. "Survival of the fittest. You humans also say that there are no shortcuts in the path of cultivation. This is a test from the heavens. You can only rely on yourself to hold on. There's no other way."
He was right. Cultivation was a journey against the heavens. Cruelty was the essence.
Although the living beings in the world could create various cultivation techniques, they couldn't change the essence of cultivation.
Looking at Yao Yao's expression of struggling to hold on, my heart gradually turned cold. When her body started to tremble and blood started to seep out from the seven apertures of her head, I couldn't help but close my eyes.
However, at that moment, a bright light suddenly shot out from the Divine Hall.
The light didn't come from the lightning on Yao Yao's body but from the enormous God statue behind her.
I raised my head suddenly, and saw the source of the light.
The right eye of the God statue was glowing brightly. The light came from the right pupil of the God statue!