FROM TRASH TO THUNDER GOD:The cripple who defied Heaven

chapter 6

Rumbling sound of thunder sounded in the sky..

Everywhere was dark as the lighting bead revolved and gathered world Qi towards Liu Kang.

Liu Kang was in suspended animation, his body couldn't react at all and everywhere was silent…

The leader wanted to run away when he noticed a dangerous feeling that was coming from Liu Kang but an invincible force held him down to the extent he couldn't move a muscle…

Liu Kang injury was healing with a visible speed of lighting..

The sword that was stabbed at his back fell down and Liu Kang was immersed inside his dantian or inside the lighting bead..

It has an ancient aura coming from it with a voice that sounded like it looked down on heaven and earth..

sigh!

“You are pitiful, weak!, grow strong!!”

Liu Kang snapped back from everything and noticed the leader was still standing at his voice with a look that shows how terrified he was..

Liu Kang smiled slowly as he took the sword from the floor..

“Thanks for making me realize how weak I am and also thank you for making the lighting bead finally acknowledged me”

Liu Kang smiled devilishly..

“To show my appreciation, then just simply die”

“Youuuu don't… what monster are you…”

The leader moved back slowly after the pressure faded away..

“You want to know? I myself don't even know yet”

Liu Kang chuckled before he brought the sword to sever the leader's neck..

“No.. my father….”

The sword slashed his neck before anything good could come out from his mouth…

Liu Kang took a deep breath, he finally had an evaluation of his strength..

He checked himself and noticed his cultivation has finally made a breakthrough to the 9th stage of body Tempering Realm..

He is now at the peak of Body Tempering Realm cultivation..

He clinched his fist slowly…

“The city genius tournament, Lin Han, everyone that looked down on me and called me trash.. just you wait!”

Liu Kang took a moment to calm his mind down..

He walked towards the dead body of the Three cultivators and checked their bodies..

He found out they have a storage pouch and he opened them and brought out the items inside together…

“Qi condensing pill, spirit stones, weapons, clothes and What is this”

Liu Kang brought out a book that has the aura of lightning on it with the title ‘FIVE HEAVENLY STRIKE’

“What a domineering name” Liu Kang whispered and opened the book slowly..

BOOM!

A violent surge of information rushed into his mind.

Liu Kang’s body trembled slightly as images flooded his consciousness, endless skies, thunderclouds collapsing, and a lone swordsman standing beneath the heavens.

Each time the sword moved… lightning followed.

Each strike carried the might of heaven itself.

Liu Kang inhaled sharply.

“This isn’t just a sword technique…”

His voice dropped.

“…this is a killing art.”

He focused his mind and began to absorb the contents carefully.

“Huh, so is an heaven sword technique”

Technique is divided into Mortal, Earth,heaven and mystic.

And this is an heaven sword technique..

“Wow, this is what I really need right now.. at least I can channel my energy and won't end up wasting it”

Liu Kang went through the books slowly and noticed that you need to be in a qi condensing realm to barely begin practicing it..

This is mainly for an innate realm expert and above..

But such difficulties are not a problem for him since a have the heavy defying lightning bead and is tailored for such technique..

A sword technique born from the observation of heavenly lightning.

Each strike represents a different form of lightning judgment.

Not just power… but intent.

Not just speed… but inevitability.

Liu Kang trembled slowly with happiness..

First Strike: Thunder Awakens

A foundational strike.

The sword gathers energy like thunderclouds before a storm,silent, heavy, oppressive.

At the moment of release, it explodes with sudden speed, catching the opponent completely off guard.

Fast, direct and Impossible to predict.

Second Strike: Lightning Flash

A movement-based attack.

The user channels lightning into their legs and sword simultaneously, allowing a burst of speed that appears like teleportation.

The blade arrives before the opponent can even react.

Speed surpasses perception.

Third Strike: Heaven’s Roar

A wide-area attack.

The sword releases accumulated energy in a violent arc, producing a thunderclap that can disrupt enemies mentally while striking them physically.

Power that crushes both body and will.

Fourth Strike: Storm Descent

A vertical execution technique.

The user leaps and brings down the sword like a bolt from the heavens, locking onto the opponent’s aura.

Once targeted… There is no escape.

Fifth Strike: Heavenly Judgment

The ultimate strike.

All energy is condensed into a single, devastating attack.

It is not merely a slash.. It is judgment.

A strike that carries the will of heaven to erase its target completely.

Liu Kang slowly opened his eyes and noticed his mental energy had been drained just from watching the swordsman practice..

He took out the spirit stones to recover his energy..

After 30minutes of recovering his Qi..

Liu Kang stood up and stretched his body..

He took the sword from the floor..

The sword is an ordinary Spirit sword.

“You will do, let me use you for practice, for now I can barely practice the first move.. at least is worth a try”

Liu Kang swings the sword slowly…

“Such a beauty, and this technique suits me the most”

He exhaled slowly and closed his eyes.

The method for Thunder Awakens surfaced in his mind, the flow of energy, the compression, the timing…

Then… He moved, the sword rose slowly.

Lightning Qi began to gather, violent and unstable.

“Now!” He slashed forward.

PUFF!

The energy scattered instantly like broken sparks.

No power, no impact, nothing at all..

Liu Kang frowned slightly.

“Again!!!”

Second attempt…

He forced the lightning to condense

Too fast. “What the hell!”

A backlash shot through his arm.

“ahhh” Liu Kang screamed with panic…

His muscles twisted as the sword nearly slipped from his grip.

Third attempt.

He slowed down this time, careful with slow precision..

The energy gathered, just for a moment..

It was held.

Liu Kang’s eyes lit up.

But the next second… It collapsed.

“Damn it.” He stood there silently.

Then lifted the sword again.

“Again.” Time passed, multiple attempt after attempt.

Failure after failure.

The lightning was too wild. Too destructive.

It refused to be controlled like ordinary Qi.

By sunset… His arm was trembling. His meridians burned.

Yet…He did not stop… Night came quickly.. Under the dim light of the moon, Liu Kang continued swinging his sword.

Again and again, he didn't feel any exhaustion, only excitement…

Each strike was flawed.

Too slow, too unstable and too weak.

“This is a Heaven-grade technique…”

He muttered, breathing heavily.

“Of course it won’t be easy.”

The lightning bead within his dantian pulsed faintly.

A strand of pure lightning Qi flowed out

Calm but controlled. Unlike his own.

Liu Kang paused briefly.. He noticed it, he felt it..

“So that’s it….”

He adjusted and stopped forcing it..

Stopped overpowering, instead… He followed.

“Lightning isn’t controlled…”

He whispered softly… “It's guided.”

He raised the sword again.

Slower this time, the Qi gathered, not violently, but naturally.

Like clouds forming before a storm.

Still, it failed, but this time, it lasted longer.

A faint smile appeared on Liu Kang’s face.

He made a small progress…

He continued, one day passed.

Then two, comes the third.

He barely rested, barely slept.

His body adapted. His control improved.

But the technique still eluded him.

By the seventh day, he could gather lightning consistently.

But the moment he released it, It lost all power.

“Not enough…” He muttered.

By the tenth day… The strike carried force, but it was slow and predictable.

“Still wrong…”

By the twelfth day… The energy exploded too early… Injuring him again.

Yet, His eyes only grew sharper.

“I’m close…”

By the fifteenth day…

Liu Kang stood silently in the clearing.

His body was leaner, sharper and more fierce.

The ground around him was filled with marks, broken stones, and shattered trees.

Proof of countless failures.

He lifted the sword one more time.

No rush and no force.

No impatience, just understanding.

The lightning bead pulsed.

His Qi followed. The air grew heavy.

Oppressive and Silent.

Like the moment before thunder splits the sky….

Crackle…

Thin arcs of lightning coiled around the blade Steady and Controlled this time around..

Liu Kang’s eyes snapped open.

A deep light flickered within them.

“Thunder Awakens…”

He stepped forward and slashed.

BOOM!!!

A blinding streak of lightning tore through the air.

Fast and Sudden, unavoidable.

A massive tree in the distance exploded instantly, splitting apart as smoke rose into the sky.

The ground trembled, the air vibrated.

Liu Kang stood still.

He lowered his sword slowly…

He looked at the destruction.

Then at his hand.

“Entry level….”

A faint smile formed on his lips.

After half a month…

He had finally stepped through the door.

Lightning flickered faintly around his body, responding to his will.

“The first strike is only the beginning…”

He murmured slowly, His gaze turned distant. Cold but focused.

“The City Genius Tournament…”

“wait for me.”