Normally, the extremely hard enamel pearls are difficult to digest, but after swallowing them, Uchiha You felt that the two pearls suddenly softened.

The octopus pearls were wrapped by the natural energy in the body before they even fell into the gastric juice, and melted and decomposed almost instantly.

But Uchiha You immediately discovered that this was an illusion. The softening and melting were illusions. The two real pearls still fell into the gastric juice, fell onto the stomach wall, and stopped moving.

All the feelings experienced during swallowing are illusions. It is the lightning chakra in the pearl being released. The powerful natural energy of lightning flows into the meridians, greatly increasing the proportion of lightning, and a new energy balance begins to be rebuilt.

After a big circulation, Uchiha You discovered that the natural thunder energy contained in the pearl was not much, but it was particularly pure and highly concentrated.

Among natural energies, thunder is more active than wind, and there is a strong repulsive force between them. Therefore, the free thunder natural energy is very dispersed, with extremely low concentration, and is difficult to attract.

But with the high concentration of natural thunder energy from the octopus pearls, the situation is completely different.

When the concentration of thunder natural energy reaches a certain level, its characteristics will be reversed, from mutual repulsion to incomparable strong attraction.

Just like when thunder strikes in the sky, it attracts and pulls the electric charges in the entire cloud.

The range of attraction generated by this trace of natural thunder energy in Uchiha You's body far exceeded the range he could perceive. The natural thunder energy, which was far beyond his expectations, gathered around his body at an extremely fast speed and then entered his body.

A large amount of natural lightning energy gathered and aggregated on the surface of Uchiha You's body, manifesting as tiny arcs and sparks.

As soon as the purple arcs and blue-white sparks appeared, they would be absorbed by Uchiha You. His body was craving for natural energy of lightning, just like an endless electromagnetic black hole, greedily attracting and absorbing lightning.

The natural energy of thunder gathered very quickly, and soon a small red cloud gathered above the reef. That was a cluster of water vapor attracted by the strong electrostatic charge that was derived from the natural energy of thunder that gathered to the point of being visible.

In the strong static electric field, all of Miwa Masayoshi's hair stood up and she became like a fluffy plush toy, very cute but also very dangerous.

At the critical moment of his promotion, Uchiha You still noticed that his partner was in critical condition. He did not throw the tabby cat far away, because doing so in a static electric field would more easily induce lightning prematurely, which would be more dangerous to her.

He bent down slightly, thrust his head forward, and grasped his feet with his hands in an arc, creating a Faraday cage with his body.

There is no doubt that Uchiha You, who is absorbing natural energy of thunder, has a body that is the best conductor of electricity.

The moment the Faraday cage made of the best human conductor was formed, it blocked the influence of the static electric field on Miwa Yashiro, and her hair fell down, returning to normal.

Just as Miwa Masayo was about to say something, a dazzling flash of lightning exploded in front of her.

The distance was so close that the strong light of lightning was almost right in front of the cat's eyes, causing it to suffer temporary blindness.

Although Miwa Masayo couldn't see it for the time being, he could hear a series of explosions and roars. Dense lightning and thunderstorms were erupting, but they were all caught by his owner's body and absorbed into the body.

She already understood that this was not lightning from Lightning Release, but natural lightning. Its power and speed were not comparable to those of Lightning Release. It was impossible for her not to worry about Uchiha You.

But Uchiha You is not really afraid now, on the contrary, he feels great!

Lightning is the most dense collection of natural thunder energy in nature. Every time a lightning bolt hits Uchiha You, he feels like he is eating a big bite of delicious food.

Although there is no taste in the mouth, the body feels full and satisfied after a good meal.

In just a few seconds, the thunderclouds generated more than twenty lightning bolts, which hit Uchiha You's body, allowing him to absorb enough natural energy of thunder and successfully complete the balance of four attributes of natural energy.

The balance was achieved almost instantly, allowing the natural energy in the meridians to return to a stable operating state, and was greatly enhanced in all aspects.

The intensity of natural energy increases, completely achieving pressure balance with the chakras in the cells, and there is even a tendency for reverse penetration, further expelling the chakras from the cells.

Uchiha You stopped this trend of natural energy with a slight restraint and continued to maintain the two sets of extraordinary energy systems inside and outside.

Now that he doesn't have to pay attention to the state of his meridians all the time, he can free up a lot of mental energy to deal with the little monster in his mind more easily, and it will also be easier to subdue the heart shape.

This feeling of having a full and plump body and a relaxed and refreshed mind can only be described in one word: awesome!

Uchiha You also realized that Lightning Release Chakra was successfully produced in his body cells, and the progress was faster than the last breakthrough.

I don’t know why, but Uchiha You wanted to laugh, wanted to laugh out loud.

He grinned and laughed wildly: "Hahaha..."

The next second his hearty laughter was drowned out by continuous thunder explosions.

Uchiha You was full of doubts, but found that his hair was standing up. He looked up at the sky and his face suddenly changed.

The red clouds caused by the gathering of natural energy of thunder did not disappear, but grew larger and larger, and became lower and lower. It seemed that a real thunderstorm belonging to the real environment was about to break out.

Uchiha You knew in his heart that this was a disaster brought about by his promotion.

It was my own negligence. After sensing the lack of natural thunder energy nearby, I forgot to sense the water and wind conditions again, and ignored the possibility of a whole-type updraft occurring here.

No wonder the gathering of natural energy of thunder just now produced red clouds. It turns out that the prerequisites for a thunderstorm have been met here, and only a trigger is needed to trigger a thunderstorm.

It happened that he broke through at this moment, and the accumulated natural thunder energy became the fuse for the explosion, just like the silver iodide spread during artificial rainfall.

At this time, there were flashes of lightning and bursts of thunder in the thunderclouds. Although no lightning had struck directly yet, a strong smell of ozone could be smelled in the air, and the static electricity on the hair was getting stronger and stronger.

Uchiha You realized that he no longer needed the natural energy of lightning, and he changed back from a good conductor to an ordinary human body. This time he did not directly attract the lightning.

However, now when the lightning strikes him, it is not to charge himself, but to cause real damage. This is natural lightning, with a voltage of hundreds of millions.

The attraction of thunderclouds is much stronger than the natural energy in his body. At this moment, natural thunder energy in an unknown range has been gathered here. The environment is no longer suitable for using most ninjutsu and fairy techniques. Perhaps only thunder escape similar to "Qilin" can be fully released.

If he and Miwa Masayo used techniques like fire jumping or reverse summoning, the outcome would definitely not be good.

Uchiha You took a deep breath, hugged Miwa Masayo in his arms, jumped off the reef, and ran wildly on the sea.

He did not expect that he could completely avoid the damage of the thunderstorm by hiding in the mountains on the island, but such a huge mountain and such dense trees could at least block some of the power for him... right?

While running for his life, Uchiha You discovered that the situation was the worst possible one. The thunderstorm clouds actually moved with his movement, and the natural energy in his body was vaguely connected with the sky, forming an intermittent connection.

"Damn it! I've never heard that even a breakthrough in the Foundation Establishment Stage requires a tribulation!"

Uchiha You knew he couldn't escape, so he tried his best to throw the tabby cat away.

"Miwa Masayo, stay as far away from me as possible, I believe I can make it through it!!"

"Come on, meow!" The tabby cat didn't say any annoying nonsense. She put all four paws on the ground and ran quickly in the other direction, soon disappearing from Uchiha You's sight.

Uchiha You was very satisfied with his partner's reaction. He ran to the top of the uninhabited island in one breath and then stopped running.

Now that he is alone and will not implicate Miwa Masayo, he decides to try to save himself.

Uchiha You felt very clearly that ninjutsu and senjutsu were useless, and he also trusted his intuition very much in the supernatural realm, but why didn't he stop struggling when his feelings were right?

joke.

When a rabbit is desperate, it will kick the eagle. When it is dying, it will make a final struggle. It is impossible for Uchiha You to just stand there and get struck by lightning.

What is the best way to deal with lightning attacks?

Of course, you should hide in the biggest and best shelter, which is the ground beneath your feet.

Immortal Technique: Earth Escape Technique

The rocks liquefied under the influence of the natural energy of the earth. Uchiha You felt his feet go empty and he began to fall.

When only his head was exposed above the ground, he finally couldn't help but look up and laughed, "Damn God, I can dig a hole in the ground, what can you do to me!"

Before he finished speaking, because of the abnormal gathering of earth-attributed natural energy, the thunder-attributed natural energy that had gathered to the limit was attracted in the thunderstorm brewing in the thunderclouds, and a nearly straight line link was finally formed.

Just as Uchiha You's head sank into the liquefied rock, a bright bolt of lightning struck directly at the place where Uchiha You sank.

boom--

Thunder exploded, and the liquefied rock shattered instantly, blasting upwards like water. In mid-air, the natural energy of thunder dissipated the natural energy of earth, and the water-drop-shaped rock returned to its hard texture and fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

Because it was softened, the rock ground was blasted by thunder to create a large pit with a diameter of more than 30 meters and a depth of two meters. The re-hardened rock retained its water-like shape.

Uchiha You, who had already sunk into the ground, was exposed to the air again. The rock under his feet had become hard again and was filled with the residual power of thunder and could no longer be liquefied.

Unwilling to give up, Uchiha You put his hands together and shouted, "Earth Escape: Tsuchigumo Domu!"

Snap——

"ah!!"

"Damn it, Lightning Release: Running Fast!!"

Snap——

"ah!!"

"Asshole, using lightning to attract lightning is not possible? Then... Water Style: Large Water Spray!!"

Click--click--click--click--click--

“Ah! Ahhhh! Ah!!”

Water can attract lightning. Seven or eight lightning bolts struck in a row, and Uchiha You was electrocuted all over. Every strand of hair on his afro was emitting wisps of green smoke.

"Wind Thunder, Wind Thunder... Wind Style: Tornado Kill!!"

"Huh? It really worked! I... s-s-s!!"

After a brief silence, the thunderclouds suddenly exploded with a noticeably thicker bolt of lightning that snaked down like a dragon, instantly breaking the incredibly thick tornado into pieces, and then hitting Uchiha You directly.

Although most of the natural energy was dissipated by the explosive wind energy when the thunder exploded, he still felt pain everywhere in his body, even from the inside out.

Uchiha You knew that his internal organs had been burned by the lightning and fire. This attack had obviously broken through his body's multiple defenses. If this continued, his life would be in real danger.

He looked up at the sky. There were heavy thunderclouds and flashes of lightning. It was obvious that the thunderstorm still had plenty of energy and showed no signs of ending.

Is it really a thunder tribulation?

Could it be that I, a great time traveler and cultivator who has opened up a new path to immortality, would die in a thunder tribulation during the foundation-building period?

Uchiha You's heart was full of dissatisfaction.

There are many things in the ninja world that are more powerful than Uchiha You, including the big toad, the big white snake, the big slug, the Six Paths Demon Sage, and the almighty Goddess of the Rabbit.

I haven't heard of them being struck by lightning, so why are they targeting me specifically?

[Wait... the big toad hid in the cave, the big white snake and its family hid in a bigger cave, the big slug never left the Wet Bone Forest, and the Six Paths Sage hid in the Pure Land. Could it be that... they were also struck by lightning? ]

Snap——

“Ah… ah?”

Uchiha You discovered that amidst the severe pain in his body, an itchy feeling appeared at some point. The itch started from his internal organs and gradually spread.

It passed through the hard bones and invaded deep into the bone marrow, and then spread to the muscles and skin. It was really itchy, and no matter how much I scratched, it couldn't stop the itch.

Uchiha You saw that he had scratched his arm until it bled, and the itching sensation did not subside at all. He could only force himself to endure it and stop scratching his body.

But what made him despair was that the itchy feeling was spreading to his head and even his brain felt itchy.

[Oh no, am I going to grow a brain or die? ]

Just then, another bolt of lightning hit him.

Snap——

"ah!"

Uchiha You's scream rang out in the thunderstorm, so high-pitched, but it changed the next moment.

“Ah—ha, haha, good! So cool!!”

Miwa Masayo, who was hiding far away, had a worried look on his face, but when he heard the strange "Shuang", his little cat face turned into a big "embarrassing" character.

"What are you doing Yuu-chan, meow? Why do you feel so embarrassed, meow?"

Immediately afterwards, lightning continued to fall into the big pit, and Uchiha You's high-pitched "cool, cool, cool" and "comfortable" could be heard continuously.

The more Miwa Masayo listened, the more ashamed she became. She covered her triangular ears with her front paws, and lay on the shaking ground, mumbling to herself, "How can such a shameful poop scooper still want a meow?"

…

Uchiha You is feeling really good now. The feeling of itching from his bones to his brain is so horrible that he really wants to die. Fortunately, he was struck by lightning in time.

The electric shock hurt from the inside out, just enough to get rid of the itchiness all over the body. Compared to the itchy hell just now, the feeling of pain could be described as bliss.

The strange thing is that the pain caused by the lightning strike disappeared very quickly, and Uchiha You immediately felt that his whole body was like grass growing, and countless itchy sensations sprouted.

Uchiha You's face suddenly changed color, and he quickly climbed out from the bottom of the four-meter-deep pit while the itchy feeling had not yet fully erupted.

He stood upright on the wave-like rocks at the edge of the deep pit, and raised his left hand high. As a right-handed person, he could only let his left hand bear more.

When the itching feeling was not there, he was still a little afraid of being struck by lightning. After all, the pain of smoking from the inside out was not pleasant, so all he could do was raise his left hand.

But as the intense itching exploded, Uchiha Yuu began to miss the pain.

For the first time, he actively mobilized the natural energy of thunder. Without forming any spells, he controlled the thunderclouds to extend toward the sky. Just like Franklin flying a kite, he wanted to actively attract thunder.

The thunder came as expected, hitting Uchiha You all over. The pain once again dispelled the itch, and the pleasure made him howl loudly: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much!"

Snap——

"It feels great, very great!"

Snap——

"It's not strong enough, try again!"

Snap——

"Cool!"

Despite the continuous thunder, Uchiha You's body was not destroyed. Instead, it was completely cleansed from the inside out by the thunder and lightning.

Among all Taoist schools, thunder is particularly revered. It is believed that thunder is the pivot of heaven and earth, the general principle of yin and yang, and while it has the power of great destruction, it is also the source of vitality and creation of all things.

Protected by the natural energy of lightning in his meridians, the lightning strike did not bring destruction to Uchiha You, but a leap in his life level. After being cleansed by the thunder, he forged the most solid foundation of Taoism, and even showed some signs of high-level life, such as the lightning resistance of his body was enough to directly resist natural lightning.

In the future, if there is any blind Kumogakure ninja who uses Lightning Release or Storm Release to attack Uchiha You, he will be able to experience what despair is. Even if they develop an S-level Lightning Release Ninjutsu similar to "Qilin", Uchiha You can still take it with his chest as if nothing happened, which will definitely shock countless jaws.

Such miraculous resistance can match that of a Six Paths-level strongman. Of course, a true strongman has such strong attributes in all aspects, and Uchiha You can only resist thunder for the time being.

But Uchiha You also has his own unique advantages. His resistance to thunder comes from his Daoji, that is, his physical body itself. Even if his chakra and natural energy are exhausted, thunder cannot harm him.

However, the Six Paths-level masters who manipulate chakra do not have such strong bodies. Once they run out of chakra, their defense against ninjutsu is actually similar to that of ordinary ninjas.

But now, Uchiha You did not realize this.

The thunderstorm was still going on, the itch was still coming, and he was still jumping back and forth between the two different kinds of pain, enjoying the brief pleasure between the transitions.