Pain & Joy

Jiang Chen's heart was beating frantically, his heart seemed to be suppressed by a large boulder, leaving him breathless.

The rumbling thunder sounded, making his scalp numb, the sense of danger lingering in his heart instantly increased a hundredfold.

Thunderbolts have great restraining abilities on evil beings like Vampires. Even the Vampire Overlord who cultivated for over 1000 years could hardly survive its final Heavenly Tribulation.

Although Jiang Chen felt that he was not an ordinary Vampire, he still knew he was going to face his nemesis at this time.

Immortal cultivators from novels always have magical weapons or formations to help them resist the Tribulation and survive it, but he, on the other hand, can only use his body to resist.

Fortunately, he is in this uninhabited mountain forest, otherwise, some curious people might be attracted over.

The Heavenly Tribulation Cloud above Jiang Chen's head is not large, it only covers the top of the mountain, but it looked quite strange in this cloudless sky.

Thunder was rolling in the black clouds, Jiang Chen was very worried, he knew that the time has come.

Finally, that Heavenly Tribulation Cloud seemed to have brewed enough, an arm thick Thunderbolt blasted towards Jiang Chen below, directly aiming at his Tianling acupoint.

He did not know how many Thunderbolts he will have and how long it would last, so he did not release his First Spirit Ability.

Before the Thunderbolt hit him, his scalp had become numb, his hai were all standing up, pointing to the sky.

After the Thunderbolt hit him, his operation of his Heavenly Vampire Transformation Technique was forcibly stopped. He was hit flying backwards into the ground.

His black eyes were tilted upwards into his eyelids, his body was entangled by lightning, and his body was shaking at an extremely alarming frequency.

Pain! It hurts!

Jiang Chen only felt that his flesh, blood and bones were placed on a stone mill and was slowly being ground to dust.

The Spirit Power in his body had already collapsed the moment the Thunderbolt hit him and the lightning entered his body, it was as if it had encountered its nemesis.

The pain from the First Thunderbolt lasted for only a few minutes, but Jiang Chen felt as if a century had passed. If he had not been tortured by the pain from absorbing the God Bestowed Spirit Ring before, he would have been unable to bear it and fainted already.

After a few minutes, the lightning residue disappeared and the pain gradually became faint, but in exchange, the numbness and itchy feeling he felt became higher.

Jiang Chen sat up with lingering fears, that feeling was too terrifying, just a single Thunderbolt had caused him greater pain than enduring and absorbing a God Bestowed Spirit Ring!

The Heavenly Tribulation Cloud above his head had not yet dissipated, it seems that a Second Thunderbolt was brewing, causing his heart to sink to the bottom.

He did not know how many more Thunderbolts he will have to face, all he was sure of was that each of these Thunderbolts will progressively become stronger and inflict greater pain on him.

At this time, his clothes were tattered and his hair was a little scorched, exuding a burnt smell.

After checking his body, he breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he had not lost any limb.

But when he looked inside himself, he was stunned. There was no damage in his body, but his vigorous Spirit Power had been reduced by a third at this time.

"Oh, Mother! It is only the First Thunderbolt and my Spirit Power is almost gone?"

Although his Spirit Power was scattered at once by the Thunderbolt, it had distributed all over his body, blocking the invasion of the Thunderbolt and its residual lightning, if it were not for his Spirit Power, the pain he will have suffered would be several times stronger.

The clouds above his head fluctuated more and more intensely, the Second Thunderbolt should be descending soon.

He was operating his Heavenly Vampire Transformation Technique with all his strength, trying to restore his Spirit Power and recover as much as he could.

After a few more minutes, with a crackle, the Second Thunderbolt fell.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen released his First Spirit Ability, instantly, the imposing Vampire God Armour covered his body.

A single Thunderbolt consumes one-third of his Spirit Power, so it would be stupid of him to not use this Ability now and save it for later when later on he might not even have the Spirit Power to activate it.

What surprised him was that the Second Thunderbolt crashed into him but it was blocked by his Armour, it seems his Vampire God Armour carries anti-lightning capabilities as well.

But even so, lightning continuously poured in from the gaps in the Armour, such as those between joints like knees and elbows, and his orifices.

The sharp pain reappeared, but it was not as intense as before.

The main reason for this is his Vampire God Armour blocked most of the lightning, preventing him from being flooded by it, unlike the first time.

At this time, his body seemed to have built a thick dam outside, the turbulent Thunderbolt was blocked out and could only enter his body through a few openings.

The Thunderbolt had not dissipated yet, even then, the pressure he was under was less intense than before.

The lightning rushing into the body did the same thing the God Bestowed Spirit Ring did, it was tempering his body, causing him to once again discharge some impurities.

The Thunderbolt entangled his body for a few minutes, its strength was dissipating, just as it was about to disperse, a suction force came from Jiang Chen's body, sucking the Thunderbolt in instantly.

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, he immediately looked inside, and found that the Thunderbolt had been sucked into his Inner Core and blended into the Golden Half of the Inner Core.

Before the First Thunderbolt raged in his body, he did not notice how it disappeared, but this time he saw it happen with his own eyes.

Jiang Chen suddenly became a little angry. He was struck by lightning twice, yet the dormant Golden Divine Thunderbolt in his body did not respond. After he was baptised by the Thunderbolt, it swallowed the rest of the lightning as if it were his.

This feeling of something else enjoying the fruits of his labour left him unhappy.

But what he could do, he could only complain inwardly and not stop it.

Seeing that the Third Thunderbolt was brewing, Jiang Chen hurriedly operated his Technique to regain his Spirit Power.

After the Second Thunderbolt fell, the Spirit Power remaining in his body at this time was already less than one-third.

About 10 minutes later, the Third Thunderbolt fell.

Although most of it was blocked by his Vampire God Armour, the power of the Thunderbolt was already much stronger than the previous one, but Jiang Chen was left unhappy despite surviving another Thunderbolt because his Inner Core kept swallowing the fruits of his labour.

Fourth Thunderbolt.

Fifth Thunderbolt.

Sixth Thunderbolt...

The more Thunderbolts fell, the more terrifying the Thunderbolts became, just a small amount of lightning entering his body caused him to convulse in pain, the pain he felt was indescribable.

Although it was painful, the more Thunderbolts struck him, the more he realised he quite liked the feeling, especially the last few minutes before the Thunderbolt dissipates, it actually felt comfortable!

"Am I a masochist?" Jiang Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.

When the Seventh Thunderbolt dissipated, there was no trace of Spirit Power left in his body, he was completely drained.

But the Heavenly Tribulation Cloud in the sky still had not dissipated, Jiang Chen's heart became heavier.

Since half an hour was up, his Vampire God Armour disappeared, exposing his body to the mercy of the Heavens, what was worse, he did not have the Spirit Power to reactivate the Spirit Ability.

"It's over!" He felt that disaster was imminent.

Just when he was flustered, the Eighth Thunderbolt mercilessly rumbled and descended.