Online Game: Low Drop Rate? I Have a Guaranteed Drop System! - Chapter 345

Chapter 345: Chapter 345: Johnnie Who Can’t Accept the Outcome
In the Thunder Pool, Johnnie slowly opened his eyes.

Wrapped in a sea of golden Thunder Essence, the first thing he saw was Levin’s corpse, thin like a skeleton. Wrinkled skin clung to the bones, making him look unbearably old.

He saw Lumi gently holding Levin’s body, slowly pulling it into her arms. Her face was full of grief, with a hint of helplessness.

Johnnie let out a quiet sigh. He clenched his fist and looked up. Through the golden water, he could see the Bio-Humans outside, moving around busily.

With Levin’s help, Johnnie’s control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning had improved a lot, but it was still far from enough.

He glanced at the denser golden Thunder Essence below him, then looked at Lumi again. He said nothing and swam deeper into the Thunder Pool.

The Bio-Humans would need some time to destroy the Thunder Pool. He had to find a way to keep improving his control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning—ideally, he could grasp the Thunder of the Celestial Vengeance that Levin had mentioned.

Soon, as Johnnie kept diving, the once calm Golden Thunder Essence began to surge and riot.

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Johnnie stopped at a depth that felt about right. In a single breath, he had gone down more than three hundred meters—already deeper than what Lumi said Wyatt had reached before.

Here, the damage from the Golden Thunder Essence was about equal to the speed at which he could recover his Health points.

Johnnie closed his eyes and began to run the Eight Desolations Body-Tempering Art, taking in the damage from the Golden Thunder Essence to harden and strengthen his body.

[Ding, your physique has improved; body toughness +1, lightning element comprehension +1]

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Johnnie kept diving. He wanted to level up the Eight Desolations Body-Tempering Art and speed up the Lich bloodline fusion.

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[Ding, your physique has improved; body toughness +1, lightning element comprehension +1]

[Eight Desolations Body-Tempering Art has reached the eighth layer; four basic attributes +200,000]

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Johnnie had gone down more than four hundred meters. The bottom of the Thunder Pool was still some distance away, and as he went deeper, the Golden Thunder Essence around him grew even more violent.

Right now, he was trying to use his control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning to calm the raging Golden Thunder Essence nearby.

But the Thunder Essence, though it could sense him, refused to accept his control.

“It must be because my control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning isn’t high enough.” Johnnie thought.

At that moment, he saw Lumi above him suddenly wave her arm.

Johnnie reacted at once, shot upward, and came to her side.

Lumi motioned for Johnnie to look up.

Through the golden Thunder Essence, they could see that the Bio-Humans had started dragging some people of the Lightning Spirit Race to the edge of the Thunder Pool.

They force-fed the Lightning Spirit Race a strange black seed, and the ones who swallowed it soon became just like Wyatt before.

Then the Bio-Humans slit their throats. Black blood dripped into the golden Thunder Pool and vanished quickly.

“Not enough. Keep catching more from the Lightning Spirit Race!”

“Hurry up! We need to destroy the Thunder Pool as soon as possible!” the Bio-Humans shouted outside.

Lumi clutched her arms tight. These Bio-Humans had caused her father’s death, and now they were slaughtering her people.

Her anger pushed her to rush out of the Thunder Pool, but her reason told her she could only watch it happen.

Johnnie took a deep breath and felt the pressure of time again.

He said a few brief words to Lumi, then dove back down into the depths of the Thunder Pool.

Lumi looked at Johnnie’s back, then at Levin’s body, and fell silent. She didn’t know if her father’s choice had been wrong.

Johnnie wasn’t an ordinary human. He was strong, strong enough to kill the Lesser God Ming, and he had many artifacts. But could he fully master the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning and take her out of here?

Lumi didn’t know.

If we can’t get out, maybe dying in the Thunder Pool isn’t such a bad choice, she thought.

Black blood kept eating away at the golden Thunder Essence. The Golden Thunder Essence at the top of the pool was starting to look a bit transparent.

“How many from the Lightning Spirit Race did you catch?” the tallest Bio-Human asked.

A Bio-Human replied.”Lord Cedric, we caught another five hundred Bio-Humans. These fools don’t even try to run.”

“But a few geniuses from the Lightning Spirit Race, who had grasped some power of the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning, killed a few of our people.”

Cedric’s face, woven from black vines, showed no concern. He said.”I don’t care about losses. I only want to catch as many of the Lightning Spirit Race as fast as possible.

“Remember, once we destroy the Thunder Pool, we can take the Thunder Realm for good and launch a full invasion of the whole Universe Continent!

“Glory and power will be ours. Our Bio-Human race will rise in rank among the Interstellar Raiders and won’t be an insignificant race anymore.”

All the Bio-Humans around nodded. The vines that made up their bodies wriggled and waved as they shouted together:

“Glory to us! Everything is for the glory of the Bio-Humans!”

Soon, the other Bio-Humans sprang into action. They went all out, not afraid of death, and madly grabbed people of the Lightning Spirit Race across the Thunder Realm.

Cedric stayed near the Thunder Pool, looking at the golden water, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, he ordered the Bio-Humans who were feeding black seeds to the Lightning Spirit Race:

“Wait a bit. Later we’ll turn a large group at once. Use a lot of their blood to pollute the Thunder Pool. It should be faster.”

“Yes, sir.” that Bio-Human replied.

Cedric nodded with satisfaction. Wyatt was already dead, and even if Levin was alive, he wouldn’t be able to fight.

No one could stop what was coming. The Thunder Realm would be theirs, and after some time, they would take the whole Universe Continent too.

The Lizardman and the Six-Armed Demon would have to watch as they lost the credit!

Thinking of this, a satisfied smile spread across Cedric’s twisted face.

Deep in the Thunder Pool.

Johnnie had already dived past five hundred meters. He kept running the Eight Desolations Body-Tempering Art, strengthening his body and improving his control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning.

[Ding, your physique has improved; body toughness +1, lightning element comprehension +1]

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Keep diving!

Johnnie felt he was just a hair away from fully mastering the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning.

Depth: 600 meters—can’t break through!

Depth: 700 meters—still can’t break through!

At a depth of 800 meters, Johnnie reached the bottom of the Thunder Pool. The Golden Thunder Essence here was extremely violent. It turned into a giant golden python and a golden Abyssal Turtle, and they attacked him.

Johnnie didn’t draw a weapon or use any other method. He stayed calm and used his control over the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning, trying to command the Golden Thunder Essence around him.

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A python formed from Thunder Essence bit his arm, dealing over eight million damage.

Johnnie took a deep breath, slowly reached out, and touched the golden python’s head.

“Submit to me!”

“Submit!”

His eyes were firm. An invisible aura burst from his body, like a king’s, trying to make the surrounding Thunder Essence yield.

The golden python tried to pull away from his hand. It twisted and struggled, but it couldn’t get free.

Time passed bit by bit.

In the end, the golden python stopped struggling. It loosened its huge jaws and lowered its head to Johnnie.

At the bottom of the Thunder Pool, other beings formed by the Golden Thunder Essence also stopped raging and slowly bowed to Johnnie.

Just as all those creatures were about to fully submit, a bright golden light suddenly appeared.

At once, the creatures that had been ready to bow started to tremble.

Johnnie looked toward the source of the light.

He saw a palm-sized, sword-shaped golden glow. It had no eyes, yet Johnnie felt it was sizing him up.

Could this be the Evil-Slaying Thunder Sword Levin mentioned?

But isn’t this artifact supposed to be in the Thunder Palace? He hasn’t even entered the Thunder Palace yet—he shouldn’t be running into it now.

Johnnie was puzzled. He carefully studied the palm-sized, sword-shaped golden light.

It gave off an ancient aura, far older than anything he had ever seen. Johnnie even felt as if it had existed since the moment the world began.

To make the Golden Thunder Essence formed by the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning react like this, it had to be no ordinary thing.

Johnnie thought instinctively: could this be the Thunder of the Celestial Vengeance that Levin mentioned?

The Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning contains the Power of the Way, but the Thunder of the Celestial Vengeance is the true source power of the world—the true Power of the Way.

It is even stronger than the Nine Heavens Tribulation Lightning.

If he could master it, Johnnie would gain an even stronger method to deal with the Bio-Humans outside, as well as the Lizardman and the Six-Armed Demon on the Universe Continent.

His eyes were firm as he moved toward the golden sword-shaped light.

As he drew closer, he felt a strange force passing through his body again and again, reaching deep into his soul.

In an instant, Johnnie lost control of his body.

He could only watch as the golden sword-shaped light circled around him.

He felt that the golden light seemed disappointed. It paused, then started to turn away.

“Damn it! Am I not qualified?” Johnnie shouted in his heart.

He needed greater power to kill the Bio-Humans, the Lizardman, the Six-Armed Demon, and any other invaders that might come.

He wanted to finish what he failed to do in his last life—protect Earth, protect the world he lives in.

“The Way is fought for! I can’t accept this result!” Johnnie’s fingers suddenly jerked!