CHAPTER 440: CH-440: IMMORTAL REGENERATION

Wang Ming and Chu Jingling walked toward the next portal, and this time even Wang Ming showed a grave expression as he looked at the sky.

’Damn, should I continue?’ Even Chu Jingling, who had been firm about completing the trial, was pale and sweating profusely as she looked at the scene in front of her.

The sky was flashing with golden lightning, and hundreds of lightning bolts fell to the ground each second like it was raining lightning.

"Heavenly Lightning," Chu Jingling whispered as she sucked in a deep breath. This was the first time she had seen such lightning, she had only read about it.

Wang Ming, who heard her words, raised an eyebrow when he heard the unfamiliar term. He had no idea what on earth Heavenly Lightning was, so he asked his most trusted information channel.

’ System, what are these lightning bolts?’ Wang Ming asked with a heavy expression as he looked at the golden lightning. He felt that if it hit him, his entire body would get destroyed, not just a single part of his body this time.

[System Message: These lightning bolts are called Heavenly Lightning, and they are formed to punish those who try to break through above the Pure Core Realm.]

Wang Ming raised an eyebrow when he saw this.

’Hah, I was wondering where the lightning was that descends when breaking through a new realm I read about in those Chinese cultivation novels,’ Wang Ming thought as he remembered reading hundreds of cultivation novels in his free time where the protagonist would face heavenly tribulation when trying to break through.

Then more new text appeared from the system.

[System Message: Please do not step forward, user. The Heavenly Lightning will deliberately target the user and only the user, as he has the Primordial Physique Merging Body, which breaks the rules of the heavens. The Heavenly Lightning has many different ranks, and the highest might descend to shatter his entire body and soul. This lightning is even more dangerous than law-based lightning.]

"..." Wang Ming

Wang Ming read the new text that appeared blankly, then his lips started twitching.

’Fuck the heavens,’ Wang Ming cursed. He did not expect that today he would be targeted directly by the heavens just because he had a powerful physique.

’Lucky,’ Wang Ming thought, looking at Chu Jingling, who was staring at the lightning in fear. She did not know that nothing would happen to her when they stepped forward and that all the lightning would be attracted to him, leaving her untouched. He cursed his own luck and envied Chu Jingling’s luck.

’System, is there any way I can withstand the lightning?’ Wang Ming asked with a frown on his face as he waited for the reply, which came after a few minutes.

[System Message: Yes, if host upgrades his Supreme Regeneration to the next rank, he can withstand the Heavenly Lightning.]

Wang Ming’s eyes lit up and then frowned as he asked a question.

’How much Dual Cultivation Points would it cost to upgrade it?’ Wang Ming asked with a bit of nervousness.

[System Message: It will use all of the user’s remaining Dual Cultivation Points. Does host wish to proceed? Y/N]

Wang Ming sighed in relief and picked "Yes" without hesitation, even though it pained him to spend so many Dual Cultivation Points.

[System Message: Affirmative]

[Ding Dong]

[Supreme Regeneration is going through an upgrade]

[12%...51%...]

As soon as those texts appeared, Wang Ming felt a tremendous surge in his vitality. The aura around him started to change, and even Chu Jingling snapped out of her daze and looked at Wang Ming in surprise.

’Huh, what’s happening to him?’ Chu Jingling thought with a frown as the danger he radiated suddenly increased.

[Ding Dong]

[Supreme Regeneration has evolved into Immortal Regeneration]

[Immortal Regeneration]

[Rank: Divine]

[Description: An extremely powerful regeneration technique that almost gives the host an immortal body with terrifying regeneration, along with replenishing the user’s spiritual reserves.

It has two passive effects. First, if any part of the body is cut, it regenerates the destroyed body part instantly, replacing it with new limbs and healing any wounds inflicted on the body immediately. Second, if the host’s body is completely destroyed but even a single part of the body remains intact, such as a finger, a new body will be generated from that finger automatically, while the finger will host the user’s soul until the body is remade.]

When Wang Ming read the description of his new technique, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets and his jaw nearly hit the ground.

"Holy shit, this ability is a bit too ridiculous, isn’t it?" Wang Ming muttered in disbelief as he was intrigued and used his sword to stab his arm. Blood dripped from his wound, which created a hole, but the moment he did, the hole instantly closed up as he withdrew the sword.

’Is this man... is something wrong with his head?’ Chu Jingling’s eyes were a bit weird; at first, she saw Wang Ming stare at the air, then his expression constantly changing, and now he suddenly stabbed himself.

Wang Ming looked at his arm and then moved his sword, cutting off his index finger without hesitation, and willed his body not to regenerate the finger.

He tossed his severed finger onto the ground and went forward toward the place filled with Heavenly Lightning.

As soon as he entered the range of the Heavenly Lightning, the lightning in the sky that was rumbling immediately stopped for a few seconds and then...

Rumble

Boom

All of the lightning in the area condensed into a massive pillar of golden lightning which descended on Wang Ming.

"Damn, Wang Ming!" Chu Jingling clenched her fist when she saw Wang Ming’s body directly get vaporized by the lightning.

"What on Heavens—" Chu Jingling cried out in shock as her eyes popped out of their sockets at the next scene. The finger that was lying on the ground started to wiggle, and then thin ropes of blood shot out from the finger, forming Wang Ming’s body as he stood there unharmed.