265: Chapter 261: Majesty 265: Chapter 261: Majesty His own Little Five Thunder Skill had just been mastered.
How powerful was it?
Chen Hai himself was not very clear.
He could only be sure that this Thunder Skill had limited power—it couldn’t summon Heavenly Thunder or shatter mountains and rivers.
To truly experiment with the power of Little Five Thunder Skill, using someone as a target was definitely not an option.
After all, better safe than sorry.
Though he felt that his Little Five Thunder Skill wouldn’t kill anyone with a single strike, if something unexpected happened and someone got injured or maimed, it would be hard to explain!
Walking towards the big tree, there was no doubt that Chen Hai intended to use this tree as his strike target when he utilized Little Five Thunder Skill.
“Ye, let’s hurry and follow to see!”
“What do you think the effect will be when Chen Hai’s Little Five Thunder Skill strikes that big tree?”
“I guess, when he strikes it with his palm, it will definitely penetrate three inches and leave a clear palm mark on the trunk!”
“It can’t be that powerful; this is a camphor tree which is very hard by nature, and such a thick camphor tree, even if Boxing King Tyson were here, his punch would only break the bark at most.”
“I also think Chen Hai’s strike won’t leave a palm print.
Even if his Little Five Thunder Skill is powerful, at most, it could only turn the bark black.”
Following right behind Chen Hai, Ye Cheng and Fang and the others quickly followed.
These guys were quite excited and continued to discuss in soft voices as they moved.
Mysterious things always attracted people, and for ordinary people, the more unclear things were, the more they wanted to have a clear understanding.
The thunder and lightning in the sky had almost completely disappeared.
The drizzle was still falling steadily, but such a small amount of rain was no big deal for everyone.
Even without rain gear, walking in this light rain was absolutely nothing serious.
Their conversation reached the ears of Hu Laodao and Old Mrs.
Wu.
The two looked at each other and couldn’t help but smirk.
Although they had never really seen Thunder Skill before and were as unclear about the power of Chen Hai’s Little Five Thunder Skill as the others present,
they absolutely did not believe that this Taoist orthodoxy, only known from legends, had such paltry power!
They stayed where they were, not following Chen Hai to the big tree like Fang and the others.
After all, their location was only about ten to twenty meters away from the big tree.
Though the sky was dark and visibility was poor, when Thunder Skill was used, there should be flashes of lightning.
Under the illumination of lightning, even from where they stood, Hu Laodao and Old Mrs.
Wu could still roughly make out the level of power Chen Hai’s Little Five Thunder Skill could reach.
At the foot of that camphor tree, Chen Hai had already positioned himself.
Little Five Thunder Skill, also known as Hand Palm Thunder.
As the name implies, when the skill was executed, a palm strike would reveal a thunderbolt in the palm.
Using this skill in combat wasn’t complex or mystical; it was straightforward and crude, simply slapping wildly with the palm.
Of course, if one knew some unique palm technique from a wuxia novel and combined it with Little Five Thunder Skill, the result would definitely be far greater than simply adding one and one together.
“Brother Cheng, Brother Fang, as you know, my Little Five Thunder Skill has just been mastered.”
“This is my first time trying to use it here, and I also cannot predict exactly how powerful it will be.”
“To prevent any accidents, could you guys please step back a bit…”
Glancing at Fang and the others crowding around him, at most two meters away, Chen Hai slightly furrowed his brow and kindly reminded them.
Unknown things were always prone to accidents.
His words at this moment were also for the consideration of Zhou, Ye Cheng, and others.
“Everyone, step back a bit, don’t hinder Chen from casting his skill!” Fang coughed a few times and gestured to the people around him.
As he spoke, he took the initiative to step back two to three meters.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to step further back; he felt that tonight’s sky was too dim.
His current position was already nearly three meters away from Chen Hai.
With his eyesight, Chen Hai already appeared somewhat blurry.
If he stepped back further, he might not be able to see clearly at all whatever Chen Hai was doing.
“Didn’t you hear what Brother Fang said?
Move back further, everyone move back further!”
“Zhou, we’ve already retreated to here; we definitely won’t affect Chen’s casting.”
“You told us to move back further, but aren’t you even closer than we are?”
“Alright, moving back to a distance of two or three meters is already sufficient; any further and we might as well retreat back to our tents!”
…
Several military officers were joking with each other.
As soldiers, they needed to have wills as strong as steel.
The earlier scene of Chen Hai enveloped in Thunder Light had indeed shocked them immensely.
But after a while, they had already calmed down considerably.
For them, under military orders, they dared to tackle all kinds of ghosts and spirits.
In such a situation, how could the slight anomaly on Chen Hai’s body truly shake their resolve?
Now, they approached Chen Hai to watch him cast spells merely out of curiosity.
“Chen Hai, hurry up and show us your Little Five Thunder Skill!”
“Don’t worry, I may be close, but I’m just watching quietly and won’t disturb you!”
Ye Cheng said with a grin, urging Chen Hai.
Others kept a distance of about three meters from Chen Hai, but this guy was probably less than two meters away from Chen Hai.
“Alright, if you think this distance is safe, then suit yourselves!”
Chen Hai glanced at Ye Cheng annoyedly and scanned Fang and Zhou with a rather speechless mumble.
He had already warned them in advance.
Since these guys didn’t take his words seriously, Chen Hai didn’t bother to say more.
“Thunder God and Lightning Mother, descend with Divine Skills swiftly, boom boom boom boom, in the name of Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad, abracadabra…”
He silently recited the incantation of the Little Five Thunder Skill several times.
Then, he infused his mana into the Thunder Map and with a fierce slap, he hit the camphor tree in front of him.
Aside from the flash of Thunder Light when his hand touched the camphor tree, making the place suddenly bright,
The Little Five Thunder Skill he executed seemed silent and uneventful, showing no unusual disturbance at all.
“Is that it…
Not even the bark is damaged; is this Thunder Skill?”
“It couldn’t break the bark, which I had already anticipated, but not even leaving a scorched mark on the bark, can this be called Thunder Skill?”
“I saw a flash of Thunder Light, suddenly brightening, and thought this slap would really damage the camphor tree.
It turns out this Thunder Skill is just a bluff, a paper tiger.”
“Hu Laodao and Old Man Wu made such a fuss about this Thunder Skill, I actually believed it was some extraordinary Divine Skill, turns out it’s all just to deceive people.”
“These feudal superstitions really cannot be trusted lightly; even hiding a flashlight in my sleeve could probably achieve a similar effect.”
…
This spectacle, witnessed by Fang, Zhou, and others, who initially had high expectations, immediately started scoffing and whispering in disdain the first chance they got.
If it weren’t for Chen Hai having some background, making it tricky to offend him too badly,
These guys might even doubt whether the previous scenes orchestrated by Chen Hai were faked, perhaps with the help of some modern props to produce such effects.
“What’s wrong?
Chen Hai, your Thunder Skill looks good but is useless, are you capsizing in a ditch?”
Ye Cheng, closest to Chen Hai, had a peculiar expression and chuckled strangely, teasing Chen Hai.
Just moments ago, when Chen Hai reminded them to step back, Ye Cheng truly thought Chen Hai’s slap would produce some significant effect!
But now, the outcome was clear…
“Brother Cheng, move back…” The result of the Little Five Thunder Skill on this camphor tree left Chen Hai somewhat doubtful himself.
Whether it was the skepticism from Fang and Zhou or the teasing from Ye Cheng, he didn’t react at all, as if he hadn’t heard them.
When he activated his Divine Soul Eye and inspected the camphor tree for a moment, his expression changed, and he sharply called out to Ye Cheng beside him.
The next instant, his body bent, and like a bobcat, he had already sprinted away.
“What are you moving back for; you kid, still not being honest, even at this time, thinking of deceiving me…” Ye Cheng was slightly stunned.
Seeing Chen Hai dart about six or seven meters away in the blink of an eye, he looked contemptuous and burst out laughing.
But his laughter was only halfway through when it stopped abruptly.
“Bang…” The part of the camphor tree that Chen Hai had slapped exploded.
Then, boom boom boom…
The camphor tree, standing six to seven meters high and covering about twenty to thirty square meters with its canopy, fell down before Ye Cheng, Fang, and others could react.
“Holy shit, what’s happening?”
Ye Cheng, who could only hug his head and then got crushed under the tree canopy, cursed while carefully crawling out from under the fallen tree.
His injuries weren’t severe, as only some branches had landed on him.
But when he looked in the direction of Fang and Zhou, his face suddenly looked worse than if he were crying.