After Renn returned to Black Dragon City, he started a regular daily routine.
He doesn't need to worry about all the matters in the city, Ymir and the council can handle them all. He just practices, eats, rests every day... and repeats the cycle.
A few days later, dark clouds rolled over the city, thunder and lightning flashed in the sky, and rumbling sounds were heard all the time.
The "Kalatwa Basin" has entered the thunderstorm season, and there will be a thunderstorm every three to five. Thunder and lightning in nature are the power of God, and even extraordinary people must avoid them.
The Mechanical City is made of steel, and it is particularly easy to attract lightning during thunderstorms. This wasn't originally a problem, just build a lightning rod to draw the thunder into the ground.
But today, something was unusual.
Behind the "shipyard" where airships are secretly forged in the inner city of Black Dragon City, there is the tallest lightning protection tower in the city. There is a platform on the tower, where a figure is sitting cross-legged and meditating.
In the thunder clouds in the sky, a purple thunder crow with a wingspan of tens of meters can be seen flying happily in the thunder clouds, preying on thunder and lightning.
From time to time, ferocious thunder snakes flashed down from the dark clouds, as if they were about to hit the lightning rod in the next moment, but the figure was not afraid at all.
... ...
In the training ground,
Gannix was trying to fight a level three velociraptor, and on the side, Uncle Sam was giving him instructions on martial arts.
After coming to Black Dragon City, Ganix practiced harder and harder and made great progress.
Not long after, he had penetrated the scales of the raptor with his spear and killed the dragon, which was stronger than the average third-level monster.
Uncle Sam praised: "Good job, Gannix."
After wiping his sweat, Ganix showed joy on his face.
But just at this time, there was a muffled "crack" of thunder, and a thick thunder light hit the tallest lightning tower in the distance. The entire territory was illuminated by strong white light for an instant.
Gannix looked up, his expression froze.
He recognized the figure sitting cross-legged on the lightning tower, his eyelids twitched, he pointed at the figure and exclaimed: "Teacher, that... is that Mr. Lane?"
Uncle Sam also looked at it with stern eyes and nodded slowly: "Yes."
Gannix felt that he understood what Ren was doing, but it was a bit unbelievable: "He... what is he doing?"
Uncle Sam: "If I read it correctly, he is practicing to induce thunder."
Gannix: "But... Teacher, didn't you say that even the fifth-level extraordinary could not bear the natural thunder? He..."
Uncle Sam hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Lane's remarks cannot be taken for granted."
"..."
Looking at it, Gannix was so shocked that he could not speak. He muttered in his heart: "We are both at the third level of Transcendence. Why do we feel that the gap between me and Senior Ren is getting bigger and bigger?"
Not only the master and apprentice, but also all the masters in the city looked at the figure on the tower with more or less shock in their eyes.
In a certain tavern, Bazel, who was drinking, heard the thunder and smacked his lips: "This kid has made great progress this time. He is really a freak. If I hadn't watched him grow up all the way, who would have done it?" Tell me this is a guy who has only been to the extraordinary level for two years. I will definitely give him a slap in the face..."
After the thunder, Canosha, who was inspecting the shops on the street, raised his head and looked into the distance, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Refining the body by attracting thunder? No wonder he said that it won't take long for him to advance to the 'Shen Gang Realm'..."
On the top floor of the parliament building, Ymir looked at the figure in the lightning outside the window, and his crystal eyes flashed: "It's really nonsense... I said I wanted to try it, but I actually went."
Somewhere in the attic, Guy, who was mastering the sword on a rainy day, slowly opened his eyes: "Mr. Renn already has the air of a tyrant."
... ... .
At this moment, under the highest lightning protection tower in Black Dragon City.
Wu Duo looked up at the figure on the tower with a frightened expression, unable to conceal his worry on his pretty face.
A quarter of an hour ago, Mr. Lei instigated her to follow him, then he stripped down to his underwear and climbed up the tower.
She held his clothes in her arms and waited here...
Fortunately, after several rounds of lightning struck down, although the aura on the lightning tower fluctuated greatly, it was obviously still alive.
Udo also breathed a sigh of relief.
On the 100-meter-high lightning protection tower, Ren was meditating cross-legged with his buttocks bare.
The only pair of pants he wore was burned clean by the rounds of lightning just now. After being stimulated by lightning, his angular muscles looked particularly strong, and the knots were bulging, as if there were dragons and snakes surging under his skin.
At this moment, his skin seemed to be sprinkled with gold powder, with a layer of light gold overflowing. The purple mysterious totem was shining brightly at the moment.
And at this moment, there was another "crack" sound.
A bolt of lightning as thick as a water tank struck down, and before anyone could react, it was like a silver python rushing down from the top of the tower, violently passing through Ren's body.
Under the pull of [Thunder Totem], the surrounding thunder elements quickly gathered and were absorbed into his body.
Stripes of silver as thick as a thumb dance and flash on the skin...
And if anyone else was here again, they would definitely be able to see that after the lightning passed through his body, his skin was burnt with cracks everywhere. But in a blink of an eye, as soon as the ganglion appeared, it healed automatically.
Lightning strikes, absorbed, healed... over and over again.
He was clearly using the thunder of nature to practice.
This is a crazy practice method that other extraordinary people, even the top ten legends, would not dare to try.
Natural thunder and lightning has no rules and is uncontrollable, so even extraordinary people with the thunder element dare not use it to practice lightning.
Natural thunder can easily reach hundreds of millions of volts and can easily chop ordinary high-level extraordinary beings into ashes. Occasionally, we encounter large-scale thunder and lightning, which may be billions or tens of billions of volts...
If you hit the mine rashly, even the top extraordinary ones may die on the spot.
However, Renne is an exception.
He has an [Immortal Thunder Crow].
Now after the contract, the thunder crow is connected with him. This stupid bird seems to be a little tired of eating "canned thunder" for countless thousands of years, and likes to prey on natural thunder in thunder clouds.
The lightning, which was beyond the range of Ren's endurance, appeared just now and became the Thunder Crow's food.
Some small thunder and lightning were attracted to the lightning tower and fell on Ren, and he could still withstand it.
... ... .
It was the first time he tried to draw lightning into his body, and Ren was still a little worried.
But after a few blows, he immediately became a surprise.
He discovered that natural thunder can indeed greatly enhance the training of [Thunder God Technique]!
The previous "Thunder Breathing" method could only absorb some mild thunder elements, and the breathing efficiency was very average.
The [Thunder God Technique] follows the path of "nurturing the body with Qi", which not only increases the fighting spirit exaggeratedly, but also greatly increases muscle strength and physical toughness.
Under normal circumstances, he would have to practice this technique to the fifth level and be able to control the power of the thunder element to a certain extent before he could use this method of "drawing thunder into the body" to practice.
But because of the existence of the [Thunder Totem] and the Thunder Crow "Pickup", he can directly draw thunder from the sky at the third level now.
By running the technique, Thunder will use an "external force" to stimulate muscle growth and temper the body.
Even if there is an injury caused by being unable to bear it, he is a doctor and can heal it instantly.
Refining the body and increasing Qi.
Renn has a "smart brain" and clearly detected that the efficiency of physical training stimulated by thunder and lightning is several times that of normal training!
Moreover, not only the efficiency of his cultivation has been greatly enhanced, but his current martial arts skills have also improved by leaps and bounds.
In fact, it is always the best way to hone your martial arts skills.
Last time I had a battle with Um Lopez at the "Black Wind Leader" dinner party, the system recorded the detailed data of this opponent.
Then every night in his dream, he fought several battles to the death with the "Um" simulated by the system data.
An opponent who can bring him a fatal crisis is also a talented fighter who is proficient in various fighting techniques, which also allows Rennes' fighting skills to improve by leaps and bounds.
Twenty times the world's increase, and fighting to the death with all his strength, his proficiency in martial arts in just a few days felt like he had been tempered to the extreme for a year and a half...
From the beginning, when he was beaten one-sidedly by "Wum", he had to rely on healing and healing methods to kill the opponent; later, he could fight with his opponent for dozens of rounds just by using fighting skills... Maybe for a while, Renn felt that he The gap in skills with Naumu will become smaller and smaller.
In the battle with the Black Wind Leader, Guy had previously suppressed [Frost Moon Swordsman] Carlo, who was significantly stronger than him in terms of physical strength with his exquisite sword skills, which greatly touched Ren.
It also allowed Ren to see clearly the path he would take in the future.
He has the assistance of "intelligent brain", and the efficiency of skill training is absolutely unimaginable by others.
He has both strength and skill.
... ... .
Two hours later, the worst of the thunderstorm was over.
It started pouring rain in the sky.
Refreshed, Ren jumped off the lightning tower.
"Dr. Lane, are you okay..."
"It's okay."
Wu Duo looked at the bare-butt Lei, who was already used to it. He handed him his clothes and said, "His Royal Highness Ymir just sent someone to send a message, saying that he has something to ask for and wants you to go to her place. "
"Oh? Ymir is looking for me?"
Ren was slightly surprised, "Okay."
Udo helped him get dressed and then asked: "Doctor Lane, what do you want to eat for dinner? The hunting group shot a few [Dark Demon Bears] this morning and gave one to us. I plan to make a pot of broth. .”
Ren smiled at her: "Okay. Let's drink broth tonight."
Udo's cooking always makes him feel appetizing.
Ren got dressed and went to the city hall.
Ymir is usually there during the day.
Along the way to the top floor, sure enough, I saw Ymir who was concentrating on processing official documents.
"Your Highness Ymir, do you have anything to do with me?"
"yes."
Ymir put down the quill in his hand and looked at Ren at the door. Instead of talking about business, he asked: "Did your practice go well just now?"
Ren nodded, "Yeah. It feels good."
"You are the first person I have ever heard of who can draw thunder to refine the body."
Ymir glanced at him and smiled slightly.
"I have business with you."
At this time, she got down to business and said: "Didn't you guess that the 'Black Emperor's Tomb' is in the mountains to the west? The good news is that our Dragon Riders have brought back news in the past two days, and the location of the tomb has been roughly determined. , basically consistent with the map you drew. But there is also a bad news, that is, there are very powerful dragons and other dragon-blooded monsters in that area. They can sense the extraordinary and feel the very powerful aura of monsters. So, our The hunting group will not be able to approach that area in a short time..."
The map was naturally the mausoleum construction plan he saw from the desert ruins last time.
After an on-site survey, there is no difference between natural and systematic comparison.
"oh?"
There weren't many surprises for Renne.
But after hearing this, he turned his eyes, thought of something, and said: "My teacher previously speculated based on the level division of Warcraft that the areas covered by high-level Warcraft in the west of the basin are most likely the black dragon's lair. That mysterious aura , maybe it’s the black dragon.”
Now we know that there are traces of dragon claws on the airship wreckage, which proves that the legendary black dragon is still alive. Now it seems that its lair is most likely hidden in the area near the mausoleum.
Ymir nodded: "Yes. Grandpa Ilubek also told me this issue during the last meeting. Judging from the current intelligence and speculation, the black dragon will be extremely powerful. Even in our territory Even if we join forces with high-level warriors, we may not be able to kill it. Moreover, lord-level monsters have the ability to drive away other monsters. If we force our way into that area, we may face endless attacks from high-level monsters."
After a pause, she continued: "So, I think it's best to postpone the excavation of the tomb for a while. We can wait until the hunters come to find out the situation in the basin before we take action."
"Um."
Wren agreed,
The current situation of their "Black Dragon City" is that it has a vast area, sparsely populated areas, abundant resources, and a severe shortage of manpower to open up wasteland.
The resources in the "Kalatva Basin" are extremely rich. Even if Black Dragon City cannot move now and remains fixed in place, the resources nearby will be enough for them to use for decades. Moreover, the area of the basin is so vast that it would be impossible for Black Dragon City’s own people to fully explore it even after hundreds of years of land reclamation.
So this is one of the reasons why they are preparing to open the city to attract hunters.
Win-win cooperation is the most efficient choice for development.
Ymir: "Oh, there is another good news. There is news from Mr. Tust that the power system of our airship has basically been restored. Those goblin technologies have given us a lot of help. It will probably not be long before our airship The Mechanical City can fly. Our 'Mecha Assembly Line' has also been put into production. Now we can produce a high-level mecha about every two or three days. However, there is still a big gap in the number of mid- to high-level craftsmen. The materials for some key components are still in short supply and need to be shipped from major chambers of commerce..."
What they are looking for now is population.
Animal husbandry, planting, textile industry, and factory industries that require a lot of manpower all require a large population. This is also one of the most important reasons for the development of Prophet Black Dragon City.
They need a large population.
Renn: "When the hunters and refugees come, our population pressure will be relieved immediately."
Ymir: "Yes. The first batch of wilderness hunters should arrive in our Black Dragon City in three days... By then, we will definitely give the world a surprise."
After saying this, the two of them looked at each other in tacit understanding, with a look of anticipation in their expressions.