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Chapter 503: Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body!

Chapter 503: Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body!

After tossing the silver scroll to Gu He, Venerable Lei suddenly gathered an invisible energy in his palm and said, "Sir, this contains the key to unlocking the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body scroll!"

"No need!"

Seeing the invisible energy forming in Venerable Lei’s hand, Gu He shook his head and declined.

The Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body scroll was recorded in a unique thunder script by someone with profound knowledge of lightning.

However, when Gu He swept his soul power over the contents just now, he found that the intricate thunder script was not difficult for him.

Perhaps this was due to his mastery of the Void Thunder God's Flash, a Heaven-tier Dou Technique, which had ingrained a deep understanding of lightning into his very being.

"This..."

Hearing Gu He refuse the invisible energy, Venerable Lei frowned slightly.

If it had been an ordinary person declining, he would have left it at that and not given it further thought.

However, he was well aware that Gu He’s strength far surpassed his own.

Moreover, Gu He had exchanged an eighth-tier pill infused with Five-Colored Dan Thunder for this scroll.

If any issues arose later, misunderstandings would be inevitable, leading to future trouble.

After some inner deliberation, Venerable Lei decided it was best to clarify everything now rather than leave room for conflict later.

"Sir, our Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body is recorded in an ancient thunder script.

Furthermore, in order to cultivate it, one must first master the Three Thousand Thunder Movement, a low-tier Earth-rank movement technique…"

As Venerable Lei carefully explained, Gu He’s figure suddenly vanished from where he stood before he could even finish speaking.

The moment Gu He left, the powerful seal shrouding the tower’s pinnacle also dissipated along with him.

"Sigh, what’s the rush? If something goes wrong later, he'll just come looking for me again!"

Watching Gu He depart, Venerable Lei felt quite exasperated.

At this point, he was almost certain that Gu He would return eventually.

So, he decided to remain in the silver tower and wait.

"Venerable One, may I ask what just happened? Did an outsider intrude into Thunder Mountain?"

At that moment, several respectful voices came from outside the silver tower, spoken by a group of elderly figures.

"It’s nothing! Go back to whatever you were doing!" Venerable Lei responded impatiently.

Upon hearing this, the many elders and disciples of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, who had gathered outside the tower, dared not say another word and quickly dispersed.

…

Meanwhile, after obtaining the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body from Venerable Lei, Gu He swiftly left Thunder Mountain and arrived at an unremarkable peak within the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range.

Opening the scroll, he began studying it carefully.

As an advanced Earth-rank movement technique, the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body was far more profound than an ordinary technique of the same rank.

This Dou Technique had extremely high requirements for soul power.

However, Gu He’s soul strength had long since surpassed the threshold needed to cultivate the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body.

The condensation of the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body's clone can only occur when the Three Thousand Thunder Movement reaches its highest level, the "Three Thousand Thunder" stage. Only then is there a chance of forming a clone.

Even if the clone is successfully condensed, it is divided into three levels—Subtle, Hall Entrance, and Great Accomplishment.

These levels determine the strength of the clone. A Subtle-level clone possesses at most one-third of the original body's strength, a Hall Entrance-level clone has about two-thirds, while a Great Accomplishment-level clone is equal in power to the original body.

After studying the scroll for a while, a dazzling silver glow suddenly surged from Gu He's feet. His gaze sharpened, and his body shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

As he moved, several afterimages appeared behind him. When he halted his steps and quickly turned back, he saw the afterimages gradually fading away.

"Mind controls form, soul remains in the shadow…"

After practicing a few times, Gu He stopped and carefully sensed the process.

About ten minutes later, he took another step forward. In an instant, his figure vanished like lightning and reappeared a thousand meters away, leaving behind over a dozen afterimages along the way.

Most of these afterimages dissipated quickly, but the last one faded at an extremely slow pace. Moreover, Gu He could sense a faint trace of soul energy lingering within it.

"It seems that to condense a clone, I must leave a fragment of my soul within the afterimage at the very moment it appears. The faster I move, the harder it is to leave my soul imprint!"

Gu He quickly grasped the key to cultivating the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body.

Given his vast experience, including mastering Heaven-tier Dou Techniques, the initial stages of this technique posed little difficulty for him.

As the saying goes, mastering one technique leads to an understanding of many others. While cultivation methods may differ, they often share underlying principles.

Unless it was a completely unique technique he had never encountered before, most techniques were relatively easy for him to learn.

The early-stage training method of embedding a soul imprint into an afterimage was strikingly similar to the Distant Horizon Step, a movement technique Gu He had practiced in his early years.

In terms of speed and efficiency, Distant Horizon Step far outclassed the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body.

Not to mention that later, Gu He had mastered the Heaven-tier movement technique Void Thunder God's Flash, which utterly surpassed the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body in terms of speed.

Because of this deep foundation, his comprehension of movement techniques had already reached a profound level.

After about two hours of practice, one of his afterimages remained intact in a fixed posture for a long time without dissipating.

Gu He could even sense a faint soul force emanating from this condensed afterimage.

"It’s done!"

Looking at the lingering afterimage, a slight smile appeared on Gu He's face.

With a flick of his hand, the afterimage transformed into an invisible light spot and entered his forehead.

This light spot was merely a clone seed, but the hardest step—its creation—had been completed.

Now, with continuous refinement, he would be able to fully condense the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body.

According to the cultivation method recorded in the scroll, the first step was forming the clone.

Once the clone was successfully created, the next step was to refine it until it matched the strength of the original body.

The method described in the scroll stated that after forming a clone, one must gradually infuse it with Wind and Thunder Power.

This energy would conceal the soul fluctuations of the clone, serving both as protection and a means to obscure its soul signature.

Gu He’s understanding of clone techniques was already deep.

He had previously learned Eagle Mountain Elder's Soul Clone Technique and later mastered the nearly miraculous Ninefold Clone Technique.

(end of chapter)

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