Chapter 288: Lightning Against Lightning
"…"
Li Jiexuan stared, dumbfounded. This was the first time his Dragon Thunder Chidori had suffered such a humiliating defeat. It hadn't even lasted a single second before being crushed.
Besides that, Li Jiexuan faintly sensed that these bolts of lightning seemed almost… alive.
Crackle, crackle~!
After shredding the Dragon Thunder Chidori, the purple lightning falling from the thunderclouds seemed to notice Li Jiexuan, this foreign presence. Dozens of purple bolts chased after him like venomous snakes trying to bite him.
"You've got to be kidding me. I was just saying that casually."
Li Jiexuan groaned inwardly. Who could have guessed that these lightning bolts truly behaved like living creatures, with such a strong sense of retaliation?
There was no way he dared let those purple bolts bite his backside. They had devoured the Dragon Thunder Chidori in a few bites if they caught him, this tender human body would be reduced to ashes just as quickly.
Yet Li Jiexuan was unwilling to give up like this. He hadn't even advanced one-tenth of the way. If he retreated now, he might as well forget about ever taking that meteorite iron in this lifetime…
"Forget it. Professor Yang, bless me!"
Gritting his teeth, Li Jiexuan charged deeper into the thunderclouds. At full speed, the purple lightning couldn't catch up to him for the moment…
"Second breath!"
In that single breath of time, Li Jiexuan advanced another thousand meters. After crossing that distance, the purple lightning chasing him seemed to grow wary and stopped, hesitating before falling back toward the sea.
"What's going on?"
Just as Li Jiexuan was puzzling over this, a terrifying bolt of white lightning suddenly descended, moving at twice the speed of the purple lightning…
With lightning about to strike his head, Li Jiexuan instinctively formed hand seals. "Dragon Thunder Chidori!"
Two streaks of pale lightning collided in midair like two small dragons fighting.
But this time was different from before. The Dragon Thunder Chidori failed to shatter even a single bolt of lightning. Like a younger sibling, it was grabbed by the white lightning, kneaded into a ball, and swallowed whole…
"What kind of garbage Chidori is this? Kakashi really misled me!"
With Dragon Thunder Chidori rendered completely useless, Li Jiexuan turned and ran. Clinging to the idea that he should at least get a closer look before leaving, he dashed toward the meteorite.
But this time, he had severely underestimated the speed of the white lightning…
Bzzzt!!!
The white lightning bit hard into Li Jiexuan's backside. The violent current coursed through his body in an instant. Hair and flesh were scorched, and his organs convulsed violently…
A burnt smell even began to spread through the air…
"I was too careless!"
Li Jiexuan's eyes widened in shock. He never imagined that just a single bolt of lightning could seriously injure him like this.
And at this moment…
Crackle, pop!
Dozens of white lightning bolts leapt out from the thunderclouds, surrounding Li Jiexuan and emitting sharp, malicious crackling sounds…
If these dozens of bolts struck him directly, even a god would struggle to survive. Seeing this, Li Jiexuan's eyes bulged. "Flying Thunder God, save me!"
He activated the Flying Thunder God technique. But awkwardly enough, his imperfect mastery of it required one full second to initiate…
Under normal circumstances, one second meant nothing. But right now, that single second was enough to decide life or death!
The nearest white lightning bolt was already right in front of him, while the Flying Thunder God technique was only halfway activated. At this rate, he would certainly die!
Li Jiexuan's mind raced wildly: Should he use Sage Mode to endure it? Use the First Hokage's Wood Release to turn himself into a non-conductive block of wood? Or freeze himself with Ice Release?
In the end, Li Jiexuan made a decision almost instinctively…
Lightning Armor!
Fight lightning with lightning…