Chapter 19: Thunder Dragon Claw, Deadly at Any Range
In the afternoon, Yu Tianlin arrived at the meditation room half an hour early, only to find it empty.
He had thought Yu Jian would set up some kind of pointless test to see if he came early or just on time, but now that he was early, Yu Jian was nowhere to be seen.
It seems I was overthinking things.
Yu Tianlin shook his head. Since he felt he had rested enough, he sat cross-legged on the cushion, entered a shallow meditation state, and began cultivating his spirit power as a warm-up for the afternoon's combat training.
About half an hour later, Yu Tianlin heard the door open and knew Yu Jian had arrived. He exited his shallow meditation and opened his eyes.
"Did you come early?" Yu Jian asked, looking at Yu Tianlin sitting cross-legged in front of the stone pillar. "You actually don't need to come ahead of time. Just arrive on the dot. Hard training is important, but proper rest is necessary too."
"It's alright, I've rested enough." Yu Tianlin stood up, looked directly at Yu Jian, and asked, "How will our practical training go this afternoon?"
"Don't rush, I'll explain slowly."
Yu Jian smiled and asked, "What is the goal of these four months of training?"
Yu Tianlin answered casually, "Of course, it's to defeat Tian Qing and obtain the Dragon Origin Fruit four months from now."
"That's right, the goal is to defeat Tianqing." Yu Jian nodded and continued, "Now that the goal is clear, the next step is targeted training."
"Unless something unexpected happens to you, cough cough." When Yu Jian mentioned the accident with Yu Tianlin's first spirit ring, he coughed guiltily and glanced at Yu Tianlin. Seeing no change in his expression, he continued, "Otherwise, according to the tradition of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Tianqing's first spirit ring skill will undoubtedly be Thunder Dragon Claw, and it will definitely be stronger than your first spirit skill."
"Fortunately, although your first spirit ring skill is definitely not as powerful as Thunder Dragon Claw, its advantage lies in secrecy. No one knows what your first spirit skill is, which can give you a surprise edge in battle."
"Therefore, your top priority is to thoroughly understand the Thunder Dragon Claw skill, then prepare appropriate countermeasures for battle, and finally use your first spirit skill to win by surprise."
Yu Tianlin felt that Yu Jian's analysis made a lot of sense and nodded repeatedly.
"This is what they call Thunder Dragon Claw."
Yu Jian spoke while demonstrating.
A blue light flashed between his eyebrows, forming a lightning bolt pattern. Blue lightning spread across his body, and five spirit rings, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, and black, rose up.
However, no other changes appeared on Yu Jian's body this time, which meant he had not activated his dragon transformation.
Suddenly, his first spirit ring lit up, and blue purple lightning rapidly condensed around his right hand, instantly forming a lightning claw about a foot long that enveloped his palm.
"This is Thunder Dragon Claw. When attached to your palm during close combat, it can increase your attack power by fifty percent."
As he spoke, Yu Jian took out a short sword from his storage spirit tool with his other hand. With a casual squeeze of his lightning claw, the short sword shattered into several pieces.
Yu Tianlin quickly squatted down to examine the fragments scattered on the ground, trying to determine what material they were made of.
With his status, he had seen many fine items and was fairly knowledgeable. As soon as he saw the fragments, he recognized them and exclaimed in surprise, "This is refined iron that has been forged a hundred times!"
Yu Jian nodded. "That's right. I didn't try to fool you with scrap metal. This short sword was made of refined iron and was of good quality."
Yu Tianlin stood up, looking at Yu Jian in disbelief. "Refined iron is already very hard, yet you broke it into several pieces with just a pinch. Thunder Dragon Claw is only a first spirit skill. If you were only crushing a stone, I wouldn't doubt it, but being able to do this to refined iron is too much."
"Actually, it's not that exaggerated," Yu Jian said with a smile. "My level is relatively high, so even when I use a first spirit skill, its power is greatly enhanced. If it were an ordinary first ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master, they could also destroy this short sword, but they definitely wouldn't be able to do it as casually as I did."
"That's better."
Hearing that, Yu Tianlin finally relaxed a little.
"Don't get careless," Yu Jian warned. "Even if a first ring Thunder Dragon Claw is not as strong as mine, it is still something you absolutely cannot withstand."
"In the battle four months from now, weapons will definitely not be allowed. You will be fighting bare-handed, while Tianqing's hands will be covered by Thunder Dragon Claw. You will not be able to beat him in close combat."
Yu Jian stretched his right hand out in front of Yu Tianlin as he spoke.
Looking at the lightning claw crackling with blue purple lightning in front of him, Yu Tianlin fell silent for a moment, then said, "If close combat is useless, what about relying on ranged attacks instead?"
"It seems your first spirit skill is a ranged attack, Tianlin." Yu Jian nodded knowingly, then still teased him, "But did you forget? Thunder Dragon Claw can also be used for ranged attacks. As for how strong it is, you can see for yourself."
As he spoke, Yu Jian placed his normal hand on the stone pillar beside him and twisted slightly. About ten meters away, a steel plate slowly rose up from the floor.
Looking at the steel plate, Yu Jian took a few steps back to increase the distance, then said, "We are about fifteen meters away from that steel plate now, which is within the maximum attack range of Thunder Dragon Claw. This steel plate is one foot thick. Now I will show you the ranged attack power of Thunder Dragon Claw."
As soon as he finished speaking, the lightning claw on Yu Jian's right hand shot toward the steel plate with incredible speed, accompanied by a series of sharp crackling sounds as it tore through the air.
"Boom."
The fifteen meter distance vanished in an instant. Thunder Dragon Claw struck the steel plate and exploded, blue purple lightning engulfing the entire surface.
Yu Tianlin subconsciously raised his hands to shi
eld his eyes from the dazzling lightning and asked, "Is the kill radius this large?"
"It's not that exaggerated," Yu Jian shook his head and said. "The area around it is filled with the scattered lightning from the Thunder Dragon Claw explosion, which only has a slight paralyzing effect. The real killing range is the center of the Thunder Dragon Claw explosion."
As he spoke, the lightning gradually dispersed. Yu Tianlin turned his gaze to the steel plate and saw that it was just as he had imagined. Only the spot struck by Thunder Dragon Claw was completely blackened, while the rest of the steel plate remained intact.
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