The Seven Thunders of Lightning gave him the strength to contend with a seventh-wheel Qi Wheel Realm opponent, but before an eighth-wheel, he was still somewhat weak.

Pain! Just one strike! William Carter felt as if his arm had snapped. He was gasping for breath, the pain spreading from his arm to half his body, making him stagger and nearly collapse to the ground.

“Thump, thump!”

At that moment, the soul seed suddenly began to throb.

Its rhythm was completely different from when he used the Thunder Fist, and it was beating with unusual intensity.

With each throb, the meridians that seemed to have been shattered slowly regained sensation, and the intense pain in his body rapidly subsided.

Damaged organs were also being repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

William Carter was astonished by the changes within his body. This soul seed... can it actually heal injuries? Relieve fatigue? Is this my martial soul’s ability? Recovery?

Excellent! That last blow must have injured Andrew Carter as well! He’s just forcibly suppressing it! I just need to keep trading blows, and with the soul seed’s healing, he’ll be the first to fall.

“The Seven Thunders of Lightning really are extraordinary. No wonder he could defeat Robert Carter.” Andrew Carter flexed the fingers of his striking hand. That last blow actually injured him as well! This was truly unexpected!

Looking at the gasping, deathly pale William Carter, he knew that William Carter was at the end of his rope. One more strike, and William Carter would surely die.

“Again!” Andrew Carter stepped forward, raised his arm like a pillar, and launched a charging straight punch at William Carter!

Intent on killing William Carter, he showed no restraint just because William Carter was injured. In fact, this punch was even fiercer than the last!

His fist, carrying a gust of force, appeared once again before William Carter.

“Thunder Fist!”

In just a few breaths, the soul seed had already restored William Carter. Swinging his fist, he suddenly unleashed even greater explosive power than before.

“Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa!”

With a jolt of his arm, there were actually eight strikes! Eight Thunders of Lightning!

“What? Eight Thunders?!”

Andrew Carter’s eyes bulged wider than a bull’s!

Each additional Thunder in the Thunder Fist was harder to master than the last, and every release consumed a tremendous amount of energy. His previous punch had clearly dealt heavy damage.

He shouldn’t have been able to unleash even three Thunders, let alone seven!

But to his utter shock, William Carter had unleashed an even more powerful Eight Thunders of Lightning!

“I must kill him!”

Andrew Carter ignored the damage the Eight Thunders had done to his own body, forcibly suppressing the internal injuries from the thunderous blow. He twisted his shoulder and waist, swinging his arm in a spear-like punch at William Carter.

Thunder Strike! William Carter urged his soul seed to rapidly heal his injuries, while raising his arm to chop down on Andrew Carter’s spear punch!

“Pfft!”

A mouthful of fresh blood spurted from William Carter’s mouth. He felt as if his internal organs were about to shatter.

But this sensation lasted only a moment. Then, the “thump thump” of the soul seed once again began repairing his battered body.

“Pfft!”

Andrew Carter was sent stumbling back several steps. When he finally steadied himself, a mouthful of blood also spurted from his mouth, his eyes burning with even more hatred!

That last blow! Andrew Carter could no longer suppress his internal injuries. If he kept fighting, even his foundation would be shaken, leaving hidden dangers for future advancement! Most importantly, after that strike, Andrew Carter no longer had the strength to continue fighting. His injuries... were far worse than they appeared.

“Why can that useless trash cultivate such advanced martial arts as Thunder Strike?” He hurriedly swallowed a Qi Condensing Pill and began to regulate his breathing. “And I can only practice the basic Zheng family techniques! I hate it! If I could cultivate Thunder Strike, I would have killed him long ago!”

“Damn trash, you made me waste a Qi Condensing Pill!” Andrew Carter cursed inwardly. The Qi Condensing Pill could help a cultivator quickly gather spiritual energy to heal the body, making it extremely valuable.

He had only gotten this pill after doing so much for Thomas Carter.

He had planned to save it for a critical moment on his martial path, but because of William Carter’s display of strength, he was forced to take it early.

As he regulated his breath, his eyes narrowed and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Trash, you actually made me waste a Qi Condensing Pill! You must be close to death from your injuries, right? I just need a quarter of an hour to stand up again. Then, I’ll torture you to death!”

“Waste?” William Carter stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile, “It really was a waste! If you’d waited a bit longer to take it, you could have saved it for me.”

Andrew Carter frowned and screamed, “How... how is this possible... How can you stand up? You should be more seriously injured than me!”

When William Carter was knocked away, he spat blood and was deathly pale, clearly suffering severe internal injuries. He shouldn’t even be able to stand, not for half a month at least.

How was he standing now?

Even after taking the Qi Condensing Pill, his own body had only recovered a small part.

He was supposed to be a useless trash who had lost his martial soul—how could he have a Qi Condensing Pill?

Could it be that he was just forcing himself to stand, preparing to escape?