CHAPTER 41: 41. THUNDER BRANCH SPROUTS

Corner of a street market.

Yang Fan felt a burning sensation in his chest, twitching his lips: "Why does it hurt a bit this time?"

The disappearance of the Red Lightning was naturally due to the Thunder Branch showcasing the power of a curiosity, absorbing the Red Lightning.

In the dream realm the night before.

He dreamt of a major tragedy.

The Red Lightning incident occurred in Anling City, where a lightning bolt struck a densely populated area, causing over three hundred casualties instantly.

The site of the tragedy was precisely this street market.

Having foreseen the tragedy, Yang Fan naturally wouldn’t sit by idly.

That’s why he rode three Night Owls last night, flying over two hundred kilometers to Anling City.

Yang Fan touched his chest: "Killing mutated macaques in the middle of the night, the Thunder Branch consumed half of its electric power, it should be fully charged now."

He promptly left the market, turned into an alleyway, and his figure quickly blurred, then vanished into thin air.

Yang Fan knew well that after the Red Lightning incident, the officials would definitely conduct an investigation.

He did not want to be exposed too early, hence he used his superpower to leave.

A kilometer away.

At a bus station.

A No. 78 bus started up, slowly leaving the station.

The vehicle traveled five kilometers, intersecting with a No. 33 bus on the road.

No one noticed a barely perceptible ripple of air moving from the top of the No. 78 bus to the top of the No. 33 bus.

It was Yang Fan.

He used his Spirit Concealment Superpower and silently boarded the roof of the bus.

He looked at the sparse traffic on the road, curling his lips slightly: "So fare evasion is also one application of invisibility."

Another ten minutes passed.

Yang Fan leapt from the air, once again swapping to a No. 48 bus.

His feet landed, making a sound comparable to snow falling, with not a single passenger noticing anything out of the ordinary.

*

Street market.

The bizarre "lightning disappearance incident" had just transpired not long before.

Personnel from the Liren Special Team hurriedly arrived at the scene.

A middle-aged man with a lieutenant’s insignia walked back and forth at the scene, sniffing non-stop.

This strange posture made him look somewhat like a dog.

Soon after.

The middle-aged lieutenant stopped, excitedly saying: "Our guess was right, the Big Shot was here, the disappearance of the lightning is indeed the Big Shot’s handiwork."

This "Big Shot" refers to the strong individual who single-handedly killed the mutated macaque.

In the Jiuzhou Legion, this mysterious and powerful superpower user has earned the title of "Big Shot."

The director of the Anling Branch couldn’t wait to ask: "Lieutenant Ma, can your ’Spiritual Nose’ superpower track the whereabouts of the Big Shot?"

The "Lieutenant Ma" mentioned by the director was originally an assembly line worker screwing nuts, or "Factory Brother," who often carried a bucket and wandered between factories.

Later, he luckily awakened the Spiritual Nose Superpower, with a sense of smell a hundred times stronger than a dog’s nose.

Person named Ma actively wanted to join the officials, transforming into Lieutenant Ma.

"Bang!"

Lieutenant Ma forcefully slapped his chest: "Leave it to Old Ma."

However.

A minute later.

Lieutenant Factory Brother felt as though a loud slap landed on his face.

Lieutenant Ma stood in an alley where Yang Fan had vanished, his face somewhat embarrassed: "Director, the trail seems to end here."

The director was a bit puzzled: "How can the trail end?"

Lieutenant Ma was even more embarrassed: "I don’t know either."

But the director’s mind was sharp, coming up with a plausible explanation: "Tracking of superpower users should essentially be opposition of superpowers.

"The Big Shot possesses very powerful superpowers, likely having some method to counteract the Spiritual Nose Superpower."

Lieutenant Ma nodded repeatedly: "The director is absolutely right."

In fact.

The reason the trail stopped in the alley was naturally due to the effect of the Spirit Concealment Superpower.

The invisibility ability of Spirit Concealment not only allows disappearance from visual perception but also conceals from extraordinary sensory detection.

Lieutenant Ma is merely a relatively insignificant support superpower user, naturally left helpless.

*

Suburbs of Anling City.

A No. 55 bus parked at a relatively remote stop.

A little girl sat in the back row, curiously observing the snowy scene outside through the bus window glass.

At that moment.

The bus window suddenly opened a small crack automatically.

Two golden chocolate coins swiftly flew through the crack, landing accurately in the girl’s lap.

The girl was startled.

She picked up the chocolate to look at it and was dumbfounded immediately.

Her mother, sitting beside her, was also taken aback.

The mother and daughter looked at each other, both with astonished faces.

Soon.

The bus started again.

Yang Fan, in his invisible state, watched the bus drive away, chuckling: "Little Miss, you sing nursery rhymes beautifully, let me give you a small gift."

During the bus ride, he listened to the little girl singing nursery rhymes all the way, her crisp and pleasant childlike voice was quite impressive.

So he decisively gave her a reward.

He thoroughly enjoyed such minor tricks.

Giving people some unexpected little surprises inadvertently.

Isn’t that a wonderful thing?

Yang Fan walked alone for a while, arriving at a secluded spot, then took out the Thunder Branch.

"Zizi~"

Streaks of red electrical arcs swirled around the branch, appearing increasingly extraordinary.

He could hardly believe his eyes: "The curiosity is actually sprouting?!"

The sight before him.

A tiny red bud had emerged from the tip of the Thunder Branch.

Yang Fan turned the branch over and over, marveling at it for a while.

He restrained his excitement, quietly sensing for a moment, his face beaming again: "The stored energy has doubled, and it’s fully charged."

Clearly.

This curiosity had grown quite a bit.

Yang Fan had a hunch: "If I encounter mutated macaques again, unleash the Thunder Branch and it could likely roast them instantly."

At this moment.

The Soul Stealing Wisp suddenly trembled.

A stream of information instantly surged in his mind.

Yang Fan was taken aback, then overjoyed: "So this little bud is actually the ’Thunder Shock Seal,’ meaning I’ve gained another powerful method!"

The so-called "Thunder Shock Seal" is essentially an energy blob, understood as a "bomb" of supernatural power.

A smile spread uncontrollably across his face: "The Spirit Concealment Superpower paired with the Thunder Shock Seal is indeed a perfect match."

The Thunder Branch previously, despite its remarkable power, could only discharge arcs within a certain range, with strict limitations in practical application.

The current Thunder Branch can nurture Thunder Shock Seals, then have partners carry the energy blobs, using the Thunder Shock Seal to attack enemies.

Imagine.

A flock of bird companions, each carrying a Thunder Shock Seal, bombing enemies altogether.

What a beautiful sight that would be?

Yang Fan rubbed the Thunder Branch with his fingers, with slight regret: "Unfortunately it can only nurture one Thunder Shock Seal per hour, the bud can only hold five Thunder Shock Seals."

But this is not a major issue.

As the Thunder Branch grows, the buds will increase, and the Thunder Shock Seals will proliferate.

An hour later.

The Thunder Branch suddenly quivered.

The first Thunder Shock Seal matured.

Yang Fan found a frozen pond in the wilderness for a test, throwing the Thunder Shock Seal into it.

"Zzz~"

Accompanied by loud currents.

An impressive spectacle emerged.

A swath of red light illuminated the area.

The ice layer on the pond surface instantly melted, the surrounding snow vanished, leaving a scorched black spot, with a diameter exceeding one hundred meters.

Such power is indeed somewhat astonishing.

Yang Fan was dumbfounded, blurting out an exclamation: "What the—!"

He swallowed hard: "If I encounter mutated macaques again, no, even three mutated macaques, a single Thunder Shock Seal could kill them all."

Then.

Hundreds of fish quickly floated up.

This was evidently collateral damage, an unexpected experimental gain.

Yang Fan activated the Light Spirit Superpower, walking straight onto the water surface without sinking.

He nimbly collected the fish into his Space Pearl, smugly smiling: "I ought to be the strongest superpower user on Canglan Star now."