The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Boom! Blazing thunder radiance exploded on the mountaintop. Austin's body quivered when the lightning struck him as he stood there.

The pain was unbearable! His whole body, even his bones clattered like they were smashed by an enormous hammer.

"Puff! Puff!" The thunder radiance split to thousands of small lightning and wrapped Austin immediately as soon as it touched him. It melted the golden vital energy force protecting Austin and then seeped into his body through his pores.

Caught off guard, Austin felt excruciating pain spread through his body when the thunder and lightning got into him. The pain reached his veins which stimulated the cells to abruptly shrink.

"Arrrrgh!" groaned Austin as he tried to get a hold of himself through the blinding pain.

He could feel every fiber in his body aching and it was intolerable! Thousands of lightning arcs and radiance were blasting crazily on his skin, making him look like a glowing hedgehog.

Nonetheless, it was still fortunate for Austin that this thunder radiance counteracted against the Thunder Unicorn's beast soul that was covering his skin. Thus, it decreased the damage by almost half.

Moreover, the way the lightning and thunder entered his body stimulated the Thunder Elixir inside him. It burst into a silver light and at the stproduced a strong suction. It acted like a sponge and soon, it absorbed ridiculous lightning that was burning him.

The torment only lasted for a quarter of an hour before the Thunder Elixir entirely absorbed all its energy.

It was raining heavily but Austin remained dry. It turned out that the light golden vital energy surrounding him was so strong that it could evaporate any liquid before it even touched him.

This ability was all because of the Scorching Evil Fire. He had gained the original power of it after cultivating it. Now there was nothing in this world he couldn't burn, let alone just raindrops.

Austin could still feel how numb and shock his body was due to the thunder and lightning. He shook his head and sighed. This cultivating method was indeed self-abusive and torturous.

Nonetheless, he wouldn't even flinch doing it again if he needed to. An idea popped into his mind when he looked up the sky and saw the countless lightning dancing crazily like snakes in the midair. He took another deep breath and silently commanded his aura. A split-second passed and then the Thunder Elixir shot lightning as thick as an arm into the sky.

Boom! What happened next wasn't anything new. The thunderbolt Austin triggered created a reaction with the lightning above him and then again, struck towards his direction.

"Arghhh!" Miserable groans escaped Austin's lips because of the murderous lightning bolt. He immediately hauled the Thunder Elixir to absorb the energy tearing his whole body.

He did the sthings for the whole hour again and again until the rain had stopped and the flashes of lightning were gone.

The ordeal left Austin like a roasted lamb. His body was reeking of burnt meat and his hair was standing from his scalp, making him looked like a hedgehog.

"Oh, gracious! Good that it's over!" he sighed in relief.

As soon as Austin opened his mouth to speak, a thick smoke cout together with his breathing. Obviously, he was burned inside and out.

"Shoot! I'm so close to being a roasted pig!" A bitter smile cracked Austin's lips as he shook his head.

It was a good thing though that he survived. Moreover, he could feel how much the Thunder Elixir was greatly enhanced after all the energy it had absorbed.

This dangerous situation made him better in mastering thunder and lightning.

Indeed, the method was self-abusive but then, it was undeniably useful as well.

Austin decided to head towards the Violet Orchid Empire. It was summer right now. Thus, thunder and lightning were frequent.

He was sure that he would have more than enough tto practice the skill. He made a promise to cultivate this skill again next the cacross thunderbolts and lightning.

Austin wasn't in a hurry while traveling. Rather, he was observing the weather while on his way, searching for a place where there might be lightning. Once he noticed the clouds of a place turning gray, he would rush into it and grasp the opportunity to practice.

It was lucky for him to cacross sbad weather several times later. As a result, the original thunder power inside the Thunder Elixir tically increased.

Plus, he was able to hone his mastering thunderbolts skill too.

A few days later Austin found himself run into a small town.

He realized that he had been there before as he began to recognize the place. It was Valley Town, Mindy's hometown.

He was with Mindy the last the was there. He helped her kill and avenge against Lanny, the head of Li Family. After that, Mindy's family regained their leadership for Valley Town.

He never expected himself in that place again. He was too absorbed with his thunderbolt cultivation earlier. This was a pleasant coincidence though due to his absent-mindedness.

'Well, | could surely use srelaxing-time, ' he thought as he gave the place a once-over.

It had been a while since the last the met Mindy's family. Thus, he assumed that the family must be prosperous now.

He decided to visit Mindy's family with Mindy in his mind. He wasn't rushing for anything anyway, so a little tto check on everyone wouldn't hurt.

He immediately headed to the northern part of the town where Mindy's house was located.

Soon enough he arrived at a broad alley.

A grand building stood at one side of the alley. It was vast and magnificent. In front of the entrance of the building lay two giant stone lions.

A strange feeling flooded Austin's mind at that very second. However, he still walked towards the gate, which was embedded with beautiful bronze dots.

'Why is the Zhang family closing all their doors when it is daytime?’ he asked himself before knocking at the door heavily.

Soon enough he heard noisy and rattled footsteps from inside.

"The enemies are coming! Prepare yourselves! We'll never yield to the evil sect!" someone commanded in the building.

Austin was rendered speechless. What the hell was going on now? Why was he their enemy all of a sudden? Totally confused, Austin decided to use his spiritual sense to explore in the building and find out what was happening.

He found that the entire building was haunted by terror and panic.

Soon he felt the existence of Mindy and Zachary, who was the family leader of Zhang Clan.

It seemed that Mindy and Zachary were organizing their family members to prepare for the upcoming battle against enemies.