by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
The Corrupt path was naturally not afraid of that. As long as they could kill Long Chen, they would be willing to do anything. Unlike the Huo or Zhou families, they wouldn’t need to give an explanation for their actions.
Buzz…
Suddenly, the lightning pythons began to lessen. The Corrupt experts almost cheered in relief.
“Long Chen, get ready to die!”
The Huo family elder was just about to attack when he suddenly became absolutely still. He then slowly raised his head to look up at the sky.
Chapter 645 Human-Shaped Lightning
The Huo family expert had assumed the heavenly tribulation had ended. He was just about to attack Long Chen when he sensed something was wrong.
The others were all looking up at the sky in horror, their eyes filled with shock.
When he raised his head as well, he saw the tribulation clouds had been concealed by countless lightning monsters. The lightning monsters blocked the clouds, making him think that the clouds had already scattered.
Each one of these lightning monsters was over three hundred meters long. There were wolves, tigers, leopards, jackals, etc.
These weren’t true Magical Beasts. They were merely what thunderforce had transformed into. And yet, the endless destructive aura released from them made it seem like they could destroy the entire world.
“What kind of heavenly tribulation is this?!”
The five Sea Expansion experts were all appalled. Even when they had undergone their tribulations, the thunderforce itself had only been slightly stronger than this. Furthermore, no lightning monsters had appeared.
The lightning pythons had already been extremely shocking to them. But now that they saw these lightning monsters, they all turned numb.
“Is it because we exposed our auras?” guessed one of them.
“That’s absolutely impossible. We didn’t use any of our true abilities. There’s only one possibility: this lightning is all because of Long Chen, and we’re only being implicated,” said the Huo family elder.
“But how is that possible? How could a Xiantian tribulation menace Sea Expansion experts?!”
RUMBLE!!!
The lightning monsters didn’t give them time to ponder that question. They began to surge down.
BOOM!
A Celestial smashed apart one of them, only to be knocked back, wildly vomiting blood. Even Celestials could only destroy one lightning monster at a time, and they would be heavily injured as a result. These lightning monsters were too terrifying.
The most terrifying thing was that the black clouds in the sky were like incubators for these monsters. An endless stream of them came crashing down on the Corrupt path’s experts.
“AHH! No!”
One of the lightning monsters slipped through into the midst of the Corrupt disciples. Even with five Sea Expansion experts and six Celestials, they were unable to block these endless lightning monsters.
As soon as one of them slipped through, it underwent a violent slaughter of the Corrupt disciples. Miserable screams rang out incessantly.
Long Chen was also surrounded by lightning monsters. Lei Long devoured them frantically, but there were too many, and some of them still managed to reach Long Chen. His saber released blood-red waves; any lightning monsters would be killed with a single slash of his saber.
Having frequently had to deal with thunderforce, Long Chen had long since become accustomed. He had an extremely high resistance to it, so while the Celestials couldn’t block the backlash, Long Chen could essentially ignore it.
Furthermore, Lei Long had already grown past three thousand meters. It was becoming more and more terrifying. The lightning monsters might be powerful, but they didn’t know how to defend. They were devoured one by one.
Long Chen only had to handle any that slipped through. In comparison to the Corrupt path, he had it extremely easy.
The Corrupt path was in a complete mess now. There were too many lightning monsters and too many Corrupt disciples, causing their defensive perimeter to be too large to defend.
Lightning monsters would occasionally manage to slip through. By the time a Sea Expansion expert could destroy it, hundreds of Corrupt disciples would die.
In less than an incense stick’s time, there were less than ten thousand Corrupt disciples remaining.
Furthermore, they continued to be slaughtered. The Corrupt experts’ expressions were incomparably gloomy. This time, they really had brought disaster upon themselves. If this continued, how were they supposed to give an explanation to the sects that had participated?
“Everyone, work together and endure! This is definitely the last wave!” ordered a Sea Expansion expert furiously.
Seeing his elite disciples be turned to dust, he was incredibly anxious but also helpless to do anything.
These lightning monsters were too powerful. Each one of them could be compared to a half-step Sea Expansion expert. Furthermore, they were formed from thunderforce, making them even more terrifying.
The Sea Expansion experts didn’t dare release their true power to fight. Handling a few dozen lightning monsters at one time was already each of their limits.
As for the six Celestials, they had truly been abandoned by the heavens. They no longer received any protection from the Heavenly Daos. They were ruthlessly attacked by the lightning monsters, constantly vomiting blood.
Fortunately, they had their Heavenly Dao Recovery. They could use their core energy to heal. Otherwise, they would have already died.
This heavenly tribulation was too terrifying. In just a few more minutes, the Corrupt disciples numbered no more than five thousand.
However, with fewer people, it became easier for them to defend. Their defensive perimeter shrank, and it was no longer so taxing.
BOOM!
Suddenly, the lightning monsters disappeared, which made the Corrupt experts sigh with relief. Some disciples directly collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. They had finally managed to escape with their lives.
The Corrupt experts saw Long Chen standing in the distance, his saber resting on his shoulder. He was smiling at them. That smile… it could only be described as wretched, incredibly wretched. Just looking at it would make a person feel like they might explode.
“Long Chen, hand over your life!!” One of the Sea Expansion experts was just about to charge at him.
Long Chen waved his hand to him and then pointed his finger at the sky, winking.
“What?”
When they looked at the sky, they were all filled with despair. The tribulation clouds had yet to scatter. They were gathering together, and endless lightning runes were condensing. A terrifying pressure fell on all of them.
“Is there ever going to be an end?!” roared an unwilling Celestial.
Long Chen sneered. Just this was enough to make them mad? He had started undergoing these annihilation tribulations since Blood Condensation, and he hadn’t even complained.
Well, the main point was that complaining didn’t have any use.
Good things should be shared with others. The true tribulation began now.
RUMBLE!!!
The explosive rumbling coming from the sky was the only sound that could be heard. The heavenly might made even the Sea Expansion experts’ expressions change. They sensed mortal danger.
Suddenly, nine figures appeared in the sky. It was nine human-shaped lightnings.
Their faces weren’t clear, but they had a pair of wings on their backs, and they were three meters tall. They made everyone feel endless terror.
One of those human-shaped lightnings shot toward the Corrupt path. A lightning prong actually appeared in its hands, which it stabbed down.
One of the Sea Expansion experts slammed his hand toward it, and as a result, he was sent shooting back, vomiting a mouthful of blood.
Any disciples unfortunate enough to be behind him ended up being smashed apart by the impact. A long line of death appeared in their midst, as
the Sea Expansion expert only managed to stabilize dozens of miles away.
Hundreds of Corrupt disciples had died from this one exchange. That was more than a tenth of their number. There was no way around that, as they were too gathered together. They didn’t even have a chance to dodge.
Following the first human-shaped lightnings, the other eight also flew down. What made the Corrupt path the most infuriated was the fact that only one went after Long Chen. The other eight charged into their midst.
PFFT! A Celestial exchanged blows with one, and as a result, he was sent flying, cracks appearing all over his body. He had been just the slightest bit away from instantly dying.
“Don’t look after the ordinary disciples anymore! Focus on protecting the Celestials!” cried one of the Corrupt experts. He began a fierce battle with one of the human-shaped lightnings.
The ordinary disciples despaired. They had been pitilessly abandoned.
In just a few breaths’ time, those ordinary disciples were all slaughtered. The five Sea Expansion experts and six Celestials were doing their best against the eight human-shaped lightnings, but they were still in a dangerous situation.
“We can’t continue like this. If we don’t go all-out, we’ll also die,” roared one of the Sea Expansion experts.
But if they did release their full power, the lightning tribulation would immediately sense them and release even more terrifying lightning tribulation based upon their cultivation base.
Long Chen was in the Meridian Opening realm attacking the Xiantian realm, which drew down Xiantian tribulation. In other words, if the Sea Expansion experts were sensed by the tribulation, it would send down tribulation for when they attacked the realm even higher than Sea Expansion. They were only at the early Sea Expansion realm, and such a heavenly tribulation would definitely kill them.
One of the laws of heavenly tribulation was that it wouldn’t allow experts to interfere, or it would attack them. But if the people interfering were not stronger than the person undergoing tribulation, the tribulation would still be set to the power level of that person.
In other words, amongst all these Xiantian experts, Long Chen’s power was at the peak. Otherwise, an ordinary Xiantian tribulation would not be even close to this level.
Long Chen was also fighting a fierce battle now. These human-shaped lightnings were too terrifying. But with Lei Long’s assistance, it still wasn’t extremely dangerous for him.
Furthermore, his high resistance to lightning was something that even Sea Expansion experts could not hope to match.
So those Sea Expansion experts were battered and bruised, but he was still fine. The only thing that made him depressed was that Lei Long was unable to devour the human-shaped lightning. It could only help him fight it.
Finally, a Sea Expansion expert once more vomited blood from being struck by a human-shaped lightning and was about to die. In his desperation, his aura erupted and an illusory sea appeared behind him.
“Die!” He was finally unable to endure it. If he still didn’t release his full strength, he would definitely be killed.
BOOM!
His punch sent the human-shaped lightning flying. But in that instant, everyone’s expressions changed, including Long Chen.
Chapter 646 Dark Gold Assassins
In his desperation, a Sea Expansion expert had finally released his powerful aura. The nine human-shaped lightnings immediately blossomed with boundless light, looking like nine suns. Endless lightning runes raged in the sky, covering the entire battlefield.
“Damnit!” The Huo family’s expert’s expression changed. Now that one of them had released their aura, it was immediately sensed by the Heavenly Daos. The current tribulation was no longer targeted at just Long Chen, but one targeted for someone at the Sea Expansion realm.
They had already undergone their Sea Expansion tribulations. This new tribulation was a ruthless test for peak Sea Expansion experts attacking a higher realm. If this continued, they would all definitely die.
“What?!”
Suddenly, everyone realized that at some unknown time, over thirty black figures had appeared out of nowhere, looking as if they had sprouted from the ground.
Even after fighting this long, not even the Sea Expansion experts had noticed that there had been this many people hidden within the battlefield.
Furthermore, it was impossible to sense these people’s auras. In fact, these people had even managed to avoid being sensed by the heavenly tribulation so far. But now that a sea of lightning filled this entire space, they had nowhere to hide.
Suddenly, a sharp dagger stabbed toward Long Chen’s back. A figure had already crept behind him without anyone noticing.
“Children from the Bloodkill Hall, you’ve finally come to play? I’ve been waiting for a long time!”
Long Chen sneered. Ever since this battle had started, he had felt a bit uneasy. He had forgotten to include the Bloodkill Hall’s fellows into his calculations.
He hadn’t expected them to be this daring. They actually dared to try and assassinate him in the midst of his tribulation. Furthermore, they actually had some kind of secret technique to keep themselves hidden from the tribulation. It went without saying that the Bloodkill Hall was truly powerful.
Long Chen blocked the dagger with his saber. He was just about to give the assassin a vicious blow when he felt an intense danger, and he hastily slashed his saber to the side.
BOOM!
Long Chen’s saber collided with a human-shaped lightning’s fist. He shot back like a shooting star.
He was horrified inside. This human-shaped lightning’s power had increased by at least ten times. Now it was troublesome.
“Quickly kill Long Chen! Otherwise, every one of us will die!” cried one of the Sea Expansion experts. At the same time, he was sent flying by a human-shaped lightning, madly vomiting blood. He appeared miserable to the peak. However, he immediately escaped from his human-shaped lightning and shot toward Long Chen.
Such a heavenly tribulation was something even Sea Expansion experts wouldn’t be able to endure for long. But as long as they killed Long Chen, the heavenly tribulation would disappear. They had to kill him as fast as possible.
As for those Celestials, they could no longer care about them so much. If they didn’t kill Long Chen, all of them would die. As for whether or not the Celestials could survive, it would be up to their luck.
The Bloodkill Hall’s assassins had originally been hiding in the battlefield. Not even the Heavenly Daos had been able to sense them. They were extremely patient killers, and they had been waiting for the best opportunity to kill Long Chen in one blow.
But now, they would no longer be able to obtain any better opportunities than this one. The endless lightning had exposed them, and with the change in the tribulation, they had to kill Long Chen quickly before they all died.
“Heroes from the Bloodkill Hall, we’ll be in charge of attacking directly. You should focus on attacking from the sides. Try and kill him with a single blow,” ordered the Huo family’s expert. After escaping from his human-shaped lightning, he shot toward Long Chen.
He saw that these assassins were all in the Meridian Opening realm. Otherwise, no matter how amazing their secret art was, there was no way they could have stayed hidden from the Heavenly Daos.
Their defensive strength was low, but their killing power was exceedingly terrifying. Their exquisite assassin arts were incredible. Furthermore, the Huo family’s expert’s sharp gaze saw that these assassins had a dark gold badge hanging on their waists. That was proof of their status: dark gold rank assassins.
In order to kill Long Chen, the Bloodkill Hall had actually sent over thirty dark gold assassins at the same time. This was a first in the history of the Bloodkill Hall. It could be seen that Long Chen had completely infuriated them, and they had to kill him to retrieve the dignity of the Bloodkill Hall.
The Huo family expert sent out his orders, but the assassins completel
y ignored him. They didn’t say a word. It was unknown whether they had consented or not.
Seeing everyone charging at him, Long Chen felt a chill. There was no way he could beat five Sea Expansion experts at the same time.
“I can’t keep holding back any longer. Three Star Battle Armor!”
Clenching his teeth, three stars appeared in Long Chen’s eyes. An aura that caused heaven and earth to change color soared, causing a loud rumbling.
If he didn’t take the initiative with this first attack against the five Sea Expansion experts, he wouldn’t even be able to last a few breaths. He had to go all-out.
“Split the Heavens 2!”
Long Chen’s spiritual qi crazily surged, immediately going through nine acupuncture points. Normally, that would be the moment he would release the first form of Split the Heavens.
But now, all the power of Split the Heavens stayed within his body and surged through another nine acupuncture points.
If the Heaven Splitting Divine Sect’s disciples were to learn about this, they would definitely crap themselves in terror. Split the Heavens was too terrifying, and if they wanted to use the second form, then they would have to discard eighty percent of the power of the first form, and then use only the remaining twenty percent to activate the second form.
Even retaining forty percent of the first form’s power would cause their bodies to explode. That was just asking to die. But now Long Chen had retained all of the first form’s power.
He cultivated the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, which made his physical body incomparably powerful. He was just barely able to endure this terrifying impact.
But in the instant he activated the second form of Split the Heavens, cracks appeared on his body, and blood seeped out of his skin. He had already reached the limit of his physical body.
An immense bloody blade pierced into the sky, looking like a divine weapon that could split apart heaven and earth. It instantly enveloped all five Sea Expansion experts. This was the strongest attack Long Chen had ever executed with his own strength.
The instant that bloody blade appeared, the five Sea Expansion experts, six Celestials, and thirty-plus dark gold assassins were all horrified. They had never seen such a terrifying attack. The valiant will within it was something even heaven and earth would have to lower their heads to.