Chapter 423: Retrieving the Thunder God's Hammer, the Dispersing Cloud Vortex
Under the cover of his first Spirit Ring, Yu Tianlin easily passed through the cloud vortex and once again saw the ancient, massive hammer suspended upside down, its handle above and its hammerhead below.
Just like the first time he had seen it, the Thunder God's Hammer had not changed. A crack on the handle made it look as if it might break at any moment, and the hammerhead was partially damaged as well.
Feeling the powerful pull from the Thunder God's Hammer, Yu Tianlin took a deep breath. With a flap of his dragon wings, he flew in front of the Thunder God's Hammer and, without the slightest hesitation, gripped its handle with both hands.
Come. Leave this place with me. I will help you restore the Thunder God's prestige.
As Yu Tianlin silently spoke these words in his heart, the Thunder God's Hammer seemed to sense them and suddenly burst forth with dazzling purple light.
Under this sudden change in the Thunder God's Hammer, Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring also resonated mysteriously. The seven golden patterns on it directly broke free from the Spirit Ring's restraint, surged into the handle of the Thunder God's Hammer, then flowed along the spiral patterns on the handle and into the hammerhead.
As the seven golden patterns were injected one by one, the purple light on the Thunder God's Hammer gradually transformed into purple gold. After the last golden pattern entered the hammerhead, the Thunder God's Hammer paused for a moment, then suddenly erupted with powerful suction.
Yu Tianlin felt as if the floodgates of his Spirit Power had opened. It surged frantically toward the handle, and it was not just his Spirit Power. Even the blood in his body was being absorbed.
Yu Tianlin had long anticipated that this would not be so easy, so his expression did not change. The golden lightning pattern between his eyebrows glowed, enveloping the entire Thunder God's Hammer in front of him.
The moment the Thunder God's Hammer was enveloped by this golden light, the air seemed to solidify. Yu Tianlin could feel that the Thunder God's Hammer in front of him seemed to gain life with the infusion of his Spirit Power and blood, and its affinity with him was gradually increasing.
Just like that, until two thirds of Yu Tianlin's Spirit Power had been consumed, and one third of his blood had been lost, causing his arms to tremble uncontrollably, the purple gold light emanating from the Thunder God's Hammer suddenly spread outward, affecting the entire cloud vortex.
At this moment, Yu Tianlin vaguely felt that the Thunder God's Hammer already belonged to him.
Following the feeling in his heart, Yu Tianlin gripped the handle and exerted his strength. The entire Thunder God's Hammer was no longer as immovable as before. Instead, it was swung upward with Yu Tianlin's movement.
Subconsciously raising the Thunder God's Hammer above his head, the entire hammer seemed to transform into a black hole, and all the lightning contained within the cloud vortex surged toward it.
How astonishing was the lightning power within the cloud vortex?
One had to know that even Yu Yuanzhen's strength back then had been unable to penetrate it. Even Yun Xi, after breaking through to the Hundred Thousand Year level, had almost died inside. In the end, he had only escaped by using the self detonation of his Saint Dragon Spirit Bone to tear open a crack.
At this moment, all the lightning power contained in the entire cloud vortex surged into the Thunder God's Hammer like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea. Yu Tianlin only felt that the fluctuations emanating from the Thunder God's Hammer he held above his head were becoming increasingly terrifying.
Is this the true power of a Divine Artifact?
Indeed, there is a serious problem with the Dragon Slaying Saber. Even when sharpened with true dragon blood, the power it releases is only a very small portion.
Yu Tianlin had a feeling that if he had held the Thunder God's Hammer during his battle with Thousand Jun Douluo, then Thousand Jun Douluo would not have had any chance to escape by self detonating his twin arm Spirit Bones. He would have fallen beneath his hammer.
The Thunder God's Hammer continued to frantically absorb the lightning power from the entire cloud vortex. This process lasted for half a day before finally ending.
After the last wisp of lightning power surged in, incomparably surging energy erupted from the Thunder God's Hammer, shattering the thunderclouds within a ten mile radius.
The core area of Thunder Gorge, which had been covered by thunderclouds and deprived of sunlight for many years, finally saw the sun today.
Under the sunlight, Yu Tianlin stood in the air, holding the Thunder God's Hammer high. At this moment, he gave people the feeling of a true Deity.
Although he looked incredibly imposing, Yu Tianlin himself knew his actual condition. His Spirit Power consumption was too great, and he had lost too much blood. Under such circumstances, he still had to forcefully hold up the Thunder God's Hammer and absorb the lightning power from the cloud vortex, which almost made him faint.
As soon as everything finally ended, Yu Tianlin quickly stuffed several dragon ganoderma leaves and blood replenishing medicines into his mouth, then rapidly descended from the air.
"Big Brother, are you alright?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm quickly came forward, carrying the Dragon Slaying Saber on its back.
Because Yu Tianlin had come here to retrieve the Divine Artifact Thunder God's Hammer, to prevent any accidents, he had left the equally Divine Artifact Dragon Slaying Saber with Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. In any case, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had his mark on it, so Yu Tianlin was not worried that it would run off with the Dragon Slaying Saber.
At this moment, it was clear from Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's eyes that the scene of Yu Tianlin acting like a Deity just now had deeply shocked it.
"No harm."
Yu Tianlin shook his head, indicating that he was fine. Then he immediately sat cross-legged and began recovering his state.
His current location had originally been the territory of the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Yun Xi. No Spirit Beast in the entire Thunder Gorge dared to trespass here. Coupled with the power he had unleashed when retrieving the Thunder God's Hammer just now, even fewer ignorant Spirit Beasts would dare to provoke him.
As for the only one beside him, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, it could be trusted for now. Even if Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wanted to cause trouble, Yu Tianlin felt it could not harm him.
In fact, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm no longer had any thoughts of causing trouble. It even silently helped Yu Tianlin keep watch, activating its simulation Spirit Ability to make him invisible.
Yu Tianlin's recovery this time was much more troublesome than when he recovered after breaking out of the Extreme North Land and battling Thousand Jun Douluo two days earlier. Last time, it had mainly been about restoring Spirit Power. This time, however, he had lost too much blood because of the Thunder God's Hammer, and even with blood replenishing medicine, recovery was not as simple as restoring Spirit Power.
This also made Yu Tianlin feel somewhat nostalgic for Ye Lingling.
If Ye Lingling were here, that would be great. With her realm, the healing effects of Nine Heart Begonia were extremely astonishing. This kind of blood loss problem could be resolved in a moment.
Now that Ye Lingling was not here, Yu Tianlin had no choice but to spend some time recovering.
Even though the recovery was somewhat slow, after one day, Yu Tianlin's state once again reached its peak.
Standing up from the ground, Yu Tianlin looked at the Thunder God's Hammer placed beside him. A smile appeared on his face, but he also could not help complaining inwardly.
It was clearly a Divine Artifact that was extremely compatible with him, yet retrieving it had been even more troublesome than battling Thousand Jun Douluo.
However, although the retrieval process had been rather troublesome, its power still left Yu Tianlin very satisfied.
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