Fogort surprisingly chose to endure the five thunder strikes directly!


    Itzae also felt a bit surprised. Any ordinary person would think to retract their talismans for defense. Yet Fogort chose to receive the five thunder strikes with his


    body.


    While Itzae marveled at this, the thunder attacks sessfully hit him. However, as mentioned before, Fogort''s body was still that of an ordinary human. How could he possibly withstand Itzae''s strength?


    However, Itzae did not let his guard down. Even though victory seemed assured, he remained extremely cautious. At that moment, he sensed something unusual.


    Fogort''s use of the Five Thunder Array appeared different to him. The Five Thunder Array talisman required a high level of cultivation to refine.


    The term "five thunders" referred to the five distinct forms of thunder found in nature. These thunders were not his power; they were powerful attacks unique to the natural world.


    Simr to mes, the intensity of burning could vary, and the resulting shapes and colors differed as well.


    Cultivators gathered these five types of thunder and gradually learned to


    withstand their damage with their bodies.


    Once they couldpletely resist the five forms of thunder, they could inject their true energy into the thunder.


    Thus, the natural thunder became the Five Thunder Array, transforming into a unique attack method for cultivators.


    Itzae had witnessed Fogort''s method before.


    Since Fogort could not fully master all types of thunder, he used five talismans to separately contain them.


    The lightning he used did not contain any of his true energy; it was merely a pure natural force.


    If that were the case, Itzae should have found it a negligible attack. Yet now, Itzae felt an extraordinary power emanating.


    Why was Fogort still resisting the Five Thunder Array?


    What was going on?


    Itzae no longer hesitated and summoned the sword formation to strike at Fogort. However, the sword formation suddenly copsed.


    Before Itzae could react, he found himself drawn toward Fogort.


    Fogort merely tapped Itzae lightly, and Itzae instantly felt something within him wanting to surge out.


    He realized that what appeared to be five thunders were, in fact, only true energy.


    In essence, the power carried by talismans drained the user''s true energy, but the force supplied by the talismans did not have to be the user''s own power.


    Talismans acted as a medium, enhancing one''s abilities and methods of attack. Yet the Chaos Talismanpletely abandoned this concept.


    It resembled an invisible hand, firmly grasping the power within its control. However, the power mentioned here was not limited to Fogort''s own strength.


    "The Chaos Talisman!" Fogort''s body suddenly radiated runes, glowing with a blue light.


    In the next moment, Itzae''s soul was directly absorbed into Fogort''s body.


    "I did it!" Fogort marveled at his hand in disbelief. "Chaos Talisman, the ability to steal true energy."


    Essentially, the Chaos Talisman turned the inheritor into the talisman itself, serving as the vessel.


    The power injected into this vessel coulde from elsewhere, whether true energy from the world or the opponent''s true energy.


    In the earlier confrontation, Itzae''s attack struck Fogort first. This, in turn, provided Fogort with an opportunity. Using the power of the Chaos Talisman, he absorbed all of Itzae''s true energy contained within the five thunders.


    Thus, while withstanding this fierce attack, he sessfully gathered data on Itzae''s true energy. With this true energy, he could absorb Itzae''s essence.


    Hence, the reason Itzae felt strange earlier was that Fogort''s attack was, in fact, absorbing his true energy.