The concentrated rumbling of thunder was only the beginning, however. Even more lightning bolts flashed, illuminating the sky to the point it seemed like daytime. The wilderness in all directions could be seen clearly.
Making use of the lightning flashes, Hanxue moved out once more, travelling along the narrow ravine between the mountains.
Zhang Ye didn't care about Hanxue's destination. Instead, he kept looking back towards the grasslands he was at previously. He discovered that the area was nearly devoured by the lightning, as countless bolts of lightning rained down. It looked like a scene from Hell.
A layer of cold sweat seeped out from Zhang Ye's back. He felt immensely grateful. Fortunately Hanxue realized something was amiss and brought him away immediately. Otherwise, wouldn't he have been struck to death by lightning and turned into a block of burnt coal?
Zhang Ye had no way of knowing whether that scenario would have come true, but to his astonishment, he saw a black figure in the sky going back and forth within that area filled with concentrated lightning bolts!
Zhang Ye was sure that he didn't see wrongly. That black figure was swimming in lightning, as if it was taking a bath!
Bolts upon bolts of gaudy lightning struck on that black figure, sending countless mini lightning snakes spiraling away. They were actually unable to hurt it in the slightest! 'As a mage who aspires to reach great heights, this kind of power should be what I strive for!'
Zhang Ye was dazzled by the sight, and his mind drifted away in fascination…
Although he was really coveting the black figure bathing in lightning, Zhang Ye understood that obtaining such a power was surely part of the 'in this lifetime' series.
That was a thunderstorm, and yet that black figure was flying in it in pleasure. How horrifyingly powerful must its strength be? 'In Xianxia novels, those powerful immortal cultivators experiencing a lightning tribulation is probably something like that, right?'
"But I believe that I will be able to have such a powerful and bathing in lightning even eat a lighting is easy to me im a literally lighting man!" With the Goro Goro No Mi, Zhang Ye had such confidence.
However, that was something for consideration in the future. At present, it was better to leave this place as soon as possible, to avoid being caught up in that expanding thunderstorm. Otherwise, he'd really be turned into ash, and all his sky-high ambitions would be for nothing…
Exerting its strength, the impatient Hanxue immediately let out a long neigh and ran along the path in the narrow ravine, borrowing the light from the thunderstorm.
The path was full of twists and turns. On the way, Zhang Ye could feel his field of vision growing increasingly narrow, surrounded by mountain cliffs on all sides.
Who knew how Hanxue ran to this secluded corner in the past? As a horse king with incredible speed as its forte, shouldn't it favor the vast grasslands?
Zhang Ye didn't have the mood to care about this, either. There shouldn't be any danger in here, from the looks of it; that was enough for now!
Even though Hanxue had been running for quite a long while and they were deep into the mountain range, the thunder still showed no signs of stopping. Zhang Ye even heard the sound of rain; it was now raining the heaven's tears out there!
From the looks of it, it seemed like this area would be engulfed in a torrential rain soon. Zhang Ye only hoped that a flash flood wouldn't occur. Otherwise, this place Hanxue found wasn't going to be safe, either!
Zhang Ye couldn't help but furrow his brow, worrying about their safety.
Alas, things had already developed into such a situation. He could only trust that Hanxue would find a safe place to hide from the storm and get through this natural disaster.
The lightning flash behind him grew increasingly brighter, and the rumbling of the thunder seemed to be chasing Hanxue. Zhang Ye even felt the fine rain approaching his way.
"Hurry, how much further is the place you're going to? We'll be in danger if we don't get there soon!" Zhang Ye urged impatiently. Hanxue seemed to know that danger was approaching as well and increased his speed, as if moving to a dangerous dance on this rugged mountain terrain.
Finally, a dark cave appeared under the face of the mountain. Hanxue jumped into the cave without any hesitation.
"Hey, are you sure it's safe here?" Zhang Ye was scared. He subconsciously felt that this dark cave gave off an unsettling vibe. However, the thunderstorm was approaching from behind them, and he had no choice but to let Hanxue go ahead.
The result greatly exceeded Zhang Ye's expectations, however.
The cave seemed really dark on the outside, but it wasn't deep. It extended less than twenty meters in before opening up to a wider area.
Dismounting the horse, Zhang Ye took a short, stealthy walk and went around the whole cave.
There weren't any powerful exotic beasts in here as he imagined, nor were there any treasures to be found. Zhang Ye felt a burden lift from his chest, while feeling slightly disappointed at the same time.
Aside from feeling confused, Zhang Ye couldn't resist looking at Hanxue and asked, "There's nothing special about this place. How did you find it?"
After hearing Zhang Ye's question, it neighed excitedly and walked to the wall. It stuck out its long tongue and licked at the coarse wall of the cave, revealing a satisfied look.
'The heck, this beast still has such a hobby!' Zhang Ye felt his scalp going numb. Could this fellow actually enjoys licking rock? 'Hmm? Something seems amiss!'
Making use of the light from the thunderstorm outside, Zhang Ye discovered that there seemed to be some greyish white crystal particles on the face of the wall.
'Could this be a natural salt mine?' Zhang Ye immediately thought of this possibility. He walked over with wide strides and used this finger to swipe at the powdery particles, tasting them. As expected, a salty taste accompanied with slight bitterness assaulted the tip of his tongue. -It truly is a salt mine!-
Seeing its master taking a taste at the good stuff it found, Hanxue couldn't help but grew excited and let out a neigh, asking to be rewarded.
"You fool!" Zhang Ye didn't know whether to be angry or amused. He couldn't resist patting his palm on Hanxue's long face, saying, "This has a bitter taste to it. What's so delicious about it? Wait till I leave the beast world; I'll let you have a good taste of what fine salt is like!"
Alright, after wasting so much time, this place actually turned out to be where the elephorse herd replenished their salt levels.
-But, do exotic beasts have to consume salt?- Zhang Ye couldn't help but wonder. Alas, Hanxue couldn't speak. Even if there was some special component in the salt here that was beneficial to the growth of exotic beasts, he wouldn't learn of it.
The sound of rain and thunder outside grew even more violent. This cave Hanxue found was situated at a higher elevation; Zhang Ye didn't have to worry about flash floods. Thus, he decided to set up his tent and went to sleep.
When he woke up, the sky was already bright. Although the sound of the storm was a little lower now, it was still raging on violently.
Zhang Ye walked to the entrance of the cave to take a look outside. The whole world seemed to be covered in a layer of rain, and the areas at a lower altitude were flooded with muddy water, flowing at high speed.
"It seems like I can't go back anytime soon." Zhang Ye shook his head and returned to the cave. He took out a piece of compressed biscuit and sat at the entrance, taking small bites of it uninterestedly.
After eating a piece of the biscuit, Zhang Ye only drank a few mouthfuls of water.
Only the heavens knew how many days this flood would continue on for. If he didn't ration his supplies properly, it would be hard to find a clean water source
'The rain didn't stop right away so I had to use my spare time for training'
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How Devil Fruit User Train?
There seem to be 3 different ways to learn this:
Experimentation:
If a user has no idea exactly how his fruit can be used, he can play around with different motions movements or just live his life. Brook never figured out what his fruit could do until he was already dead. Hypothetically, Bartolomeo could have lived his life without finding out if he hadn't happened to cross his fingers the right way (assuming that is required).
Reason:
Some users have some idea what their fruit is when they eat it. Others only have partial knowledge of their abilities. The Barrier Fruit is based off a children's game. If Bartolomeo knew that he had this fruit, they could have tried to enact that game to see if it worked. This can be combined with experimentation to improve fruits. Bartholomew Kuma and Law seem to have decided to try appying their abilities to abstract concepts and studied their ability to learn how to do this. Other fruits may have simular unusual uses that are never noticed as the users aren't as smart as those two.
Historical Research:
Devil Fruits are not single use. They are reincarnated into a new fruit to be eaten when the user dies. This means, for instance, that Law knew exactly what fruit he had before he knew how to use it. There are records and second/third hand sources stating what some fruits can do. That is exactly why he knows that you can make someone immortal with it despite having never done so. For our repeated example, Bartolomeo might know he has to cross his fingers because he could have read that it was required. This means, of course, that someone else must have learned it by on of the first two methods and there may be other unknown uses.
Final Note:
Devil Fruits do not change during the person's life (with Brook as the possible exception). A Logia fruit does not itself get stronger as the user does but the user can get more creative, more practiced, and more experienced in combat in general. This means that training can't make the fruit itself more powerful or generate new powers that previously were impossible (only undiscovered).
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After two day's of training Zhang Ye allready learn to use Mera Mera No Mi and Goro Goro No Mi the skill that he learn is base on the true user of the fire and thunder fruit in the tv series.
Mera Mera No Mi Skill Set:
Heat Haze (Kagero): Shoots a stream of fire from the palm of his hand.
Blaze Net (Enjomo): Creates a circle of fire around a selected area, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it.
Fire Fist (Hiken): Turns his fist into flames and launches it as a column of fire at his target.
Mirror Fire Flame (Kyokaen): Releases a wall of fire to block an attack.
Fire Gun (Higan): Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like guns, Ace turns his fingertips into flames and shoots bullets made of fire from them.
Flame Commandment ( Enkai): Amasses a large amount of flames around his body (usually by first swinging his outstretched hand around him, summoning the flames) in preparation for an attack.
Fire Pillar ( Hibashira): Used following Enkai. Shoots the collected flames straight upward, destroying a target above him. It can also be fired downwards to clear any enemies that might be below him while he's in mid-air.
Firefly Light (Hotarubi): Creates many small, glowing greenish-yellow fireballs that float around an enemy.
Ablaze (Hidaruma): After using Hotarubi to send the fireballs floating around in proximity with the enemy,
God Fire: Unknown Fire (Shinka: Shiranui): Hurls long lances made out of fire. The lances have the combined effect of simultaneously burning an opponent while piercing them.
Cross Fire ( Jujika): Places his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at his opponent.
Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor ( Dai Enkai: Entei): Ultimate technique. After creating great spiraling flames centered on his location before amassing it at a focused point, Then turns it into a gigantic fireball resembling the sun and hurls it at his opponent to try to obliterate them.
Burning Dragon Claw Fist: Blaze Dragon King (Moeru Ryusoken: Kaen Ryuo): A combination of the Mera Mera no Mi powers and his Ryusoken style, Forms a "talons" and ignites them, and then slams them into his opponent and spins them around before blasting his target away with a burst of fire
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Zhang Ye
Fire Magician Level 5
Skill:
Double Casting Mage Completion lvl 3
Fire Ball Magician Mid Stage lvl 5
Heat Haze (Kagero) Magician Initial Stage lvl 4
Blaze Net (Enjomo) Magician Initial Stage lvl 4
Fire Fist (Hiken) Mage Mid Stage lvl 2
Mirror Fire Flame (Kyokaen) Mage Mid Stage Skill lvl 2
Fire Gun (Higan) Magician Mid Stage Skill lvl 5
Flame Commandment ( Enkai) Mage Initial Stage Skill lvl 1
Fire Pillar ( Hibashira) Mage Initial Stage Skill lvl 1
Firefly Light (Hotarubi) Mage Initial Stage Skill lvl 1
Ablaze (Hidaruma) Mage Initial Stage Skill lvl 1
God Fire: Unknown Fire (Shinka: Shiranui) Skill lvl 0
Cross Fire ( Jujika) Skill lvl 0
Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor ( Dai Enkai: Entei) Skill lvl 0
Burning Dragon Claw Fist: Blaze Dragon King (Moeru Ryusoken: Kaen Ryuo) Skill lvl 0
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Goro Goro No Mi Skill Set
Lightning Flash ( Sango ): Unleashes a massive charge of electricity from his hand that forms a wide blast used to devastate large areas with no specific target in mind.
Judgment of God ( El Thor ): Mostly used to destroy targets from long range,
Volt ( Kari ): Heats the air around him with his Goro Goro no Mi powers until it explodes in a thunder clap.
Thunder Bird (Sansenman Boruto Hino): Creates a giant hawk-shaped blast of lightning that he shoots from one of the drums on his back
Thunder Beast ( Kiten): Creates a giant wolf-shaped blast of lightning.
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Thunder Dragonl (Rokusenman Boruto Jamuburu): A giant dragon shaped blast of lightning emerges much stronger than the Hino or Kiten attacks
Thunder Greeting (Raigo): Combines his own electric powers with the Ark Maxim to create a huge spherical cloud filled with electricity.
Thunder Metallurgy (Gurōmu Padoringu): Uses his electrical powers to heat and melt nearby metal and then reshape it into anything he desires.
Heart Massage (Shinzo Messaji): Can use his electricity to jump-start his heart if it enters a state of cardiac arrest by applying jolts of electricity to his body
Deathpiea ( Desupia): A thunder storm is created by powers combined with the Ark Maxim.
Heavy Thunder (Mamaragan): The thunderstorm showers lightning everywhere.
Thunder God (Makkusu Ni'oku Boruto Amaru): Transforms into a gigantic Raijin-looking thunder god made of pure electricity. He can fire giant lightning blasts from his hands and is supposedly at his strongest.
Electrical Discharge ( Boruto Vari): Releases various levels of his electric energy, eventually becoming a living body of lightning.
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Zhang Ye
Lightning Magician Level 5
Skill:
Double Casting Completion skill lvl 3
Light Beam Magician Initial Stage skill lvl 4
Chain Lightning Magician Initial Stage skill lvl 4
Lightning Speed Punch Magician Initial Stage skill lvl 4
Lightning Flash ( Sango ) Mage Completion skill lvl 3
Judgment of God ( El Thor ) Mage Completion skill lvl 3
Volt ( Kari ) Magician Initial Stage skill lvl 4
Thunder Bird (Sansenman Boruto Hino) Mage Initial Stage skill lvl 1
Thunder Beast ( Kiten) Mage Initial Stage skill lvl 1
Thunder Dragonl (Rokusenman Boruto Jamubūru) Mage Initial Stage skill lvl 1
Thunder Metallurgy (Gurōmu Padoringu) Magician Mid Stage skill lvl 5
Heart Massage (Shinzo Messaji) Magician Mid Stage skill lvl 5
Deathpiea ( Desupia) Mage Completion skill lvl 3
Thunder Greeting (Raigo) Mage Initial Stage skill lvl 1
Heavy Thunder (Mamaragan) skill lvl 0
Thunder God (Makkusu Ni'oku Boruto Amaru) skill lvl 0
Electrical Discharge ( Boruto Vari) skill lvl 0