With a head full of questions, Lin Beichen walked for a long time.
Suddenly, Lin Beichen stopped in his tracks.
He looked around.
The environment was even stranger than before!
The ancient trees varied in thickness, but all their bark was black, with many already dead.
The ground was devoid of weeds, revealing a bare surface as black as the tree bark, mottled as if random inks had been splashed around.
Lin Beichen confirmed that this was the end point he sought.
From the moment he entered this area, he sensed an overwhelmingly dense presence of Electric Element in the air, almost unbelievable.
Moreover...
He discovered that not only the Electric Element from his direction was flowing here, but from every direction around this area, converging towards this spot like a reversed fountain.
"All of this..."
"What is the cause?"
Lin Beichen tried to sense the Electric Element in the surroundings, searching for clues while scanning his surroundings.
In a blink of an eye, he sensed something unusual.
In the very center of this area, a small patch absorbed the Electric Element around it like a Black Hole.
"So, is this small patch the answer to all the questions?"
"What is absorbing the Electric Element from the surroundings?"
Due to the overcast sky and the dark surrounding environment, it was difficult to clearly see the specifics of the anomalous region with his eyes.
"I wish my phone wasn’t broken."
Lin Beichen realized how indispensable his phone was, then stepped towards the patch he sensed earlier.
However, he had only taken a few steps before he could sense further into the area.
Suddenly!
A bright streak flashed from the sky into his eyes.
Instinctively, he looked up.
A dazzling lightning bolt tore through the thick, black clouds, spreading out like veins and striking downward.
Moreover...
The central and longest arc seemed attracted to the area where he stood, descending straight down!
Lin Beichen: ????
What’s going on????
Thunder Tribulation????
In his bafflement,
"Kaboom——!!!"
With a deafening roar, the lightning struck at a spot only a dozen meters from him.
Perfectly.
The very center of the anomalous patch he detected.
"Boom——!!"
A muffled sound burst forth.
No debris flew, no soil erupted.
At the point of impact,
A gleaming black area appeared, not charred but shiny black, with a rough stone-like outline.
"This is..." Lin Beichen snapped out of his daze, focused on the scene, and had a flash of insight.
"The previous times I encountered Thunder Tribulation, I felt oppressive, breathless pressure, but not this time."
"Moreover, I hadn’t done anything significant or reached a new milestone."
"So, that was not a Thunder Tribulation."
"And the lightning strike was no coincidence."
"It’s because of this."
His gaze locked on the black area, sensing he’d found the answer.
Instinctively, he sensed the Electric Element around the region, feeling a clear flow towards the black patch.
"Thus..."
"This black patch is the key to everything!"
Approaching the answer, Lin Beichen felt an increasing urgency.
He quickly moved forward to examine the black patch.
The remnants suggested a massive ancient tree once stood there, but now, there was only a large tree stump resembling stone, about twenty centimeters in diameter, irregular in shape, with rough, pitch-black surface like ink, evidently charred by thunder.
But oddly...
Despite being charred, the stump bore fresh, green sprouts!
Black, green.
Death, life.
Creating a striking contrast!
With a single glance,
Three words flashed in Lin Beichen’s mind—
Thunderstruck Wood!
Thunderstruck Wood refers to trees struck by lightning during storms.
Influenced by Daoism, people generally believe Thunderstruck Wood is split by Celestial Thunder, feared by ghosts, and a powerful talisman against evil.
Of course, Lin Beichen didn’t believe in such things, ghosts? They don’t exist in this world.
However, regarding the Thunderstruck Wood,
He knew it didn’t possess the abilities rumored by common folk but was not ordinary.
"Except..."
Until then, he’d only heard of Thunderstruck Wood, never seen it. Now witnessing it, his mind flooded with questions.
"Why is there only this one Thunderstruck Wood in the area?"
"Why is this lone tree constantly struck by lightning?"
"For a tree to be reduced to a stump would take decades of strikes. Is it true for decades, only this tree was targeted?"
"What’s special about this tree?"
Lin Beichen couldn’t understand.
At that moment,
He felt the surrounding Electric Element moving towards him without any absorption effort.
"What’s happening?"
"Could it be..."
"Because of it?"
"Does it have such an effect when nearby?"
Unable to look away from the Thunderstruck Wood, Lin Beichen reached out, intending to feel it closely.
As he extended his hand,
He noticed that approaching the Thunderstruck Wood didn’t cause the surrounding Electric Element to move more actively towards him.
When his hands touched the Thunderstruck Wood,
"Hmm?!"
His face showed immense surprise.
Inside the Thunderstruck Wood was a massive store of Electric Element!
"The Thunderstruck Wood absorbs and stores the Electric Element from the surroundings and can help me absorb it?"
With that thought, Lin Beichen was astonished!
This was truly Heaven and Earth Treasure!
In novels, this was equal to finding a Magical Treasure.
If he had it, wouldn’t he be free from the weather constraints?
Like carrying a portable charger.
Moreover...
It would quicker absorb the surrounding Electric Element, reducing the time needed to gather Elements, indirectly enhancing the efficiency of strengthening his abilities?
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