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If Yue Xiaoqian could use her core energy, handling these lightning beasts wouldn’t have been too difficult. But her core energy was exhausted and couldn’t be recovered here. Even if her core energy had been present, she wouldn’t have dared to undergo tribulation in this world, because she wouldn’t have been able to conceal her core energy under the heavenly tribulation.
Right now, Yue Xiaoqian only possessed seventy percent of her peak combat power. Thus, these lightning beasts posed a deadly threat to her.
Yue Xiaoqian’s sword danced, and the lightning beasts were killed one by one, unable to stop her sword.
However, their number only continued to increase. Yue Xiaoqian was in a crisis now, being completely submerged by a sea of lightning beasts.
BOOM!
Suddenly, Yue Xiaoqian’s sword pointed toward the sky. Countless ripples flowed out of its tip, forcing back the closest lightning beasts. She used that opportunity to escape their enclosure and continue killing.
But there were still too many of them. Yue Xiaoqian was quickly surrounded once more, and she had no choice but to release her magical art again.
Fortunately, having condensed her initial sea, she had plenty of spiritual yuan. Otherwise, doing this twice would have completely exhausted her energy.
Although it was extremely dangerous, Yue Xiaoqian managed to ensure that she wouldn’t be defeated. She went all-out killing these lightning beasts.
Seeing her sweat as she struggled against these beasts made Long Chen’s heart ache, but unless it reached the point of no return, he didn’t dare interfere.
Although his own cultivation base hadn’t reached that realm yet, he was aware of the conventional cultivation path. Once a cultivator broke through to Sea Expansion and condensed their initial sea, it would bring down the baptism of heavenly tribulation. This was a trial and also a law.
Only through the trial of the heavenly tribulation would the initial sea be accepted by the Heavenly Daos and become the true qi sea.
If it wasn’t able to accept the baptism of heavenly tribulation, the initial sea wouldn’t have the world’s approval and would quickly evaporate. Yue Xiaoqian would once more fall back to the Xiantian realm, and it wasn’t as easy as simply trying again. It would be many, many times more difficult for her to advance again.
So unless Yue Xiaoqian was on the verge of losing her life, he wouldn’t interfere. He could only watch anxiously. There were many times where Yue Xiaoqian was sent flying by a lightning beast and coughed up blood that he wanted to charge forward, but his rationality suppressed that urge.
However, one thing comforted Long Chen. Although there was a sea of lightning beasts in the air now, there were no longer any new lightning beasts coming down from the sky.
“Xiaoqian, there are only going to be this many lightning beasts! Once you kill them all, you’ll pass!” encouraged Long Chen.
Yue Xiaoqian finally had a target. Her morale surged, and she continued using her magical arts to kill the lightning beasts.
This battle took a long time. Over half a day, the lightning beasts’ numbers fell. The last one was finally killed by Yue Xiaoqian.
“Good-”
Everyone cheered when the last one was killed, but their cheering was quickly cut short by a heaven-shaking roar.
A huge, mile-long lightning beast descended from the sky. Its lightning runes were glaringly bright, making it look like the sun.
“What?!” Even lord Heaveneye’s expression changed. This lightning beast’s aura was too terrifying.
Despair appeared in Yue Xiaoqian’s eyes. The intensity of this lightning tribulation was abnormal. It was endless, and it refused to allow her to live.
As she examined the huge lightning beast, she suddenly looked at herself and bitterly smiled. “Long Chen, I thought I was smart, but I think I’ve been sensed by the Heavenly Daos.”
When this lightning beast appeared, Yue Xiaoqian felt her exhausted core energy release a slight but strange fluctuation. That made her guess that tricking the Heavenly Daos wasn’t as easy as she had thought.
“Don’t be afraid. Our plan won’t fail. It’s just a slight change. I have plenty of experience with handling this kind of lightning beast, and I’ll tell you its weak points…” shouted Long Chen.
Long Chen had fought against lightning for so long now, especially tribulation lightning. He was an expert in this, and he had also seen all kinds of lightning beasts. His knowledge in this aspect was enough to compile an encyclopedia.
Most importantly, this lightning beast was one he had personally seen before. It was a huge scorpion with a long tail. Where its pincers were supposed to be were a pair of huge claws.
This was what had appeared in the end during his Meridian Opening tribulation. Although their size was completely different, their shape was the exact same. They were clearly one breed.
At that time, he had almost died to it. It was only with Lei Long’s help that he had managed to defeat it in the end. Once he had defeated it, the primal chaos space had allowed him to seal it so that Lei Long could refine it, and that was what had allowed his lightning serpent to transform into a lightning python.
Yue Xiaoqian charged toward the lightning scorpion. She appeared above it, and it instinctively charged up. But as soon as it did, Yue Xiaoqian stopped. The scorpion’s stomach was wide open to her.
“Devil Heart Pierce!”
Yue Xiaoqian’s sword stabbed forward, but it landed on nothing.
At first, people were startled. But then the huge figure behind Yue Xiaoqian also stabbed its sword forward, striking a certain glowing part of the lightning scorpion’s abdomen.
BOOM! In front of everyone’s wide-open eyes, that incredibly powerful scorpion shattered into pieces from one attack.
“Hahaha, success!”
Everyone cheered. The tribulation clouds slowly condensed, forming a huge rune.
This was the last step. This rune represented the approval of the Heavenly Daos. As long as Yue Xiaoqian absorbed this rune, her initial sea would become completely stable, and she would become a true Sea Expansion expert.
Just as Yue Xiaoqian was full of joy and preparing to accept this rune, rumbling filled the entire Immemorial Path. Every Sea Expansion expert present couldn’t help but vomit a mouthful of blood as a terrifying shockwave struck them.
Chapter 888 Terrifying Lightning Tribulation, Long Chen’s Fury
Lord Heaveneye looked up at the sky with shock. Countless lines began to circulate within his white eyes, and inconceivable words came out of his mouth. “Experts from another world broke through the dome of the sky and forcibly sent four people here.”
Everyone was horrified. How was that possible? Who could possibly possess enough power to break the laws of the heavens and send someone into the Immemorial Path?
“Xiaoqian, quickly absorb your rune!” shouted Long Chen.
Only now did Yue Xiaoqian react and hastily fly up into the sky. She didn’t need to wait for the rune to descend upon her. She could take the initiative to merge with it.
Just at this moment, a voice rang out. “Hmph, undergoing tribulation with a bunch of ants is practically an insult.”
That voice was icy, its tone seeming to say that only he was supreme. This voice resounded throughout the air.
The aboriginals were all horrified and looked up at the sky. Four figures were standing above the heavens in the center of the Immemorial Path. Their bodies were covered in flames so it was impossible to see them clearly. They were like gods above the heavens.
“Don’t bother with it too much. Gods and ants exist in the same world; there’s nothing to be done. Now that the Heavenly Dao energy here has been activated by the ants, it’s perfect for us to undergo tribulation. Don’t waste any more time.” Another arrogant voice rang out.
BOOM!
Four incomparably powerful auras erupted. The Immemorial Path had begun calming down as people’s tribulations ended, but now it became chaotic once more.
Furthermore, their auras were even grander than when those countless experts had been undergoing their tribulations.
“Are they even human?! How could they possess such terrifying auras?!”
Almost all the experts within the Immemorial Path had already finished their tribulations. They looked up at the sky in horror.
“These auras are still in the Xiantian realm! But how could they be so powerful?! Are they gods?!”
These four people’s auras caused the Immemorial Path to rumble. Endless tribulations clouds gathered over them, making it look like the world was ending.
“Xiaoqian, careful!”
Long Chen suddenly shouted. Just as Yue Xiaoqian touched her rune, heaven and earth’s energy began to rage. Her rune flew toward the tribulation clouds, toward the four of them.
Yue Xiaoqian panicked. This was something she had won through immense danger. If this rune was taken away, all her efforts would be wasted. Thus, she went to grab the rune.
The tribulation clouds continued to condense. Yue Xiaoqian’s body shook, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood that dyed her robes red. But she grabbed her rune, refusing to allow it to fly away.
“Oh, there’s still an ant. Hehe, still lacking the final step? Stupid!” One of those god-like people sneered. They continued releasing their auras, preparing for their tribulations. They didn’t care the slightest bit about Yue Xiaoqian.
“Friends, can you be generous and pause your tribulations for a moment? Let my friend grab her Heavenly Dao rune, or all her previous efforts will be wasted,” said Long Chen to those figures in the air.
Long Chen had activated the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, and each of his words was shouted using his immense spiritual yuan. His voice rang throughout the sky.
“Ants don’t have the qualifications to speak. Don’t waste our time. If you irritate me, be careful of me destroying you in passing,” said an icy voice.
Yue Xiaoqian had a hold on her rune, but it was still being drawn into the tribulation clouds. She did her best to hold on. She was the scion of the original devil race, their only hope of changing their future.
Long Chen was panicked and infuriated. At this moment, he couldn’t help Yue Xiaoqian. Once her Heavenly Dao rune was infected by his aura, it would dissipate to nothing.
“Original ancestor… please… hear your descendant’s call… Bestow me my bloodline power…”
Yue Xiaoqian’s face was pale. She had no core energy left, but she forcibly summoned her bloodline power.
The rune in her hand suddenly escaped the pull of the tribulation clouds and merged into Yue Xiaoqian’s body. Yue Xiaoqian immediately collapsed from the sky. A pair of arms caught her.
Her face was pale without the slightest bit of color. The light in her eyes had dimmed a great deal.
“Xiaoqian…” Long Chen felt a burst of pain.
“I… succeeded… Long Chen… I’m happy....” Yue Xiaoqian was exhausted, but she was still delighted.
Long Chen nodded. He suddenly flew over to the Xiao tribe’s people and handed Yue Xiaoqian to Xiao Ling. Then he charged back up the Immortal Condensing Pillar.
“Long Chen, what are you planning on doing? It’s not a good time for you to undergo tribulation. Their terrifying tribulation will affect you!” shouted lord Heaveneye.
“That’s fine. If they want to play, then I’ll accompany them. Let’s see just whose tribulation will be affecting whose!”
Long Chen slapped his hand on the Immortal Condensing Pillar. The entire pillar shattered. In front of everyone’s dumbfounded gazes, Long Chen absorbed all the pillar’s runes into his body.
“Has he gone crazy?!” The seniors felt like their eyes were about to pop out. As long as the Immortal Condensing Pillar’s runes were activated, it would have an effect. However, there had been no record of anyone trying to absorb those runes into their bodies. Who knew what the terrifying consequences would be? This wasn’t any different than suicide!
“Big brother Long Chen is furious.” Xiao Fei clenched his fists.
Xiao Ling helped Yue Xiaoqian into a chair. Although she had managed to snatch her Heavenly Dao rune and truly entered Sea Expansion, she was incredibly weak now.
After absorbing all the Immortal Condensing Pillar’s spirit gathering runes, Long Chen soared into the sky.
“Idiots, I’ll let you see just who the ant is!” Long Chen’s furious roar resounded throughout the sky.
BOOM!
As Long Chen fully activated the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, the world’s spiritual qi poured toward him. Rumbling came from Long Chen’s body as though shackles had been broken. A terrifying aura soared into the sky.
As Long Chen broke through, the world was silent for a moment. Very soon, the entire Immemorial Path began to quiver as a destructive aura filled the heavens.
“Is this… the end of the world?”
Sensing that destructive aura, people found that no matter where they were, they were under a terrifying pressure. Their bodies involuntarily quivered. Some people had already dug their way into the ground to conceal themselves.
The fury of the heavens desired to destroy this entire world. All the people in the Immemorial Path were terrified. Many of them didn’t know what was going on, but they all knew something horrifying was happening.
Those four figures were still immersed within lightning. At this moment, the lightning around them began to surge as if it had been affected by something. It was no longer steady.
“Heavenly tribulation, don’t make me look down on you. Let me see just how much power you have!” Long Chen released his powerful will as well, one that wished to fight against the Heavenly Daos.
As if hearing Long Chen’s provocation, the heavenly tribulation in the whole Immemorial Path surged toward him. It was absolutely endless. Even those four figures were enveloped by his tribulation.
“Brat, you’re courting death!” shouted one of the four. Those four were wrapped in flames, being surrounded by some kind of formation that made it so they couldn’t move. They could only undergo their tribulations within the flames.
Long Chen’s actions had infuriated them. They considered this a provocation from him, and they were unable to accept such a thing.
“The ones courting death are you,” sneered Long Chen. The tribulation clouds around him grew denser; their scope could no longer be described. They covered the entire world in darkness, and their thickness was over a hundred miles. Long Chen even sensed the surrounding space solidify.
Even like this, Long Chen still wasn’t satisfied. He suddenly took the initiative to charge into the lightning tribulation and punch it.
BOOM!
A terrifying astral wind blew apart the tribulations clouds. Long Chen continued punching, and the condensing tribulation clouds were pulverized by him.
The aboriginals below felt their scalps turn numb. Long Chen had definitely gone crazy. Was he afraid that the heavenly tribulation wouldn’t be strong enough, so he was intentionally provoking it?
Since ancient times, every person revered the heavens. Each time they underwent tribulation, they were careful and respectful. Who dared to take the initiative to attack the heavenly tribulation?
As expected, following Long Chen’s actions, the heavens were enraged. A terrifying destructive will descended, and people were horrified to see cracks appear in the ground. Energy poured out of them and into the tribulation clouds.
All the Immemorial Path’s experts were dumbfounded. Whether it was the eastern, western, southern, northern, or even the central section, they all sensed that terrifying phenomenon.
With all of heaven and earth’s energy gathering, the heavens were blocking any form of mental probing. Other than the closest aboriginals, no one else could see what was happening any longer. All they knew was that something incredibly major was happening inside the Immemorial Path.
Seeing this, lord Heaveneye suddenly ordered everyone to retreat further.
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��Lord Heaveneye, if we retreat any further, we won’t be able to see anything at all,” grumbled Xiao Fei. At this distance, they weren’t even able to see Long Chen’s figure anymore. The surrounding Heavenly Dao energy was blocking their line of sight.
“Stop wasting words. Not being able to see Long Chen for now is better than Long Chen never being able to see us ever again. This level of heavenly tribulation is heaven-defying! Whoever wants to live better retreat!” shouted lord Heaveneye.
BOOM!
Just as they were retreating, the void suddenly shook. Endless lightning filled the spot Long Chen was at.
Chapter 889 Lightning Sea Devours the Heavens
Heaven and earth rumbled and lightning filled the sky. From a distance, it looked like the spot Long Chen was at had been submerged in a sea of lightning. The Immemorial Path quivered.
Lord Heaveneye and the others stood far off in the distance, unable to speak in the face of that terrifying lightning sea.
Xiao Fei began to sweat and no longer grumbled about not being able to see. Anyone who wasn’t blind would be able to clearly see this terrifying lightning sea.
Even from such a distance, they could feel the berserk energy within the lightning sea. Even Foundation Forging experts sensed the threat of death from that lightning. If they entered this tribulation, they would definitely die.
“There’s not the slightest bit of life energy in this lightning. On a fundamental scale, it refuses to give anyone a path to life. With its aura being entirely destructive, this is no longer heavenly tribulation, but heavenly punishment!” cried a shocked elder.
Heavenly tribulation was just a law to wash out the weak. No matter how dazzling and intense the lightning tribulation, it always left behind a trace of life energy. But Long Chen’s heavenly tribulation was filled entirely with a berserk destructive will. It was clearly intent on obliterating him.
“Is this the result of Long Chen provoking the heavenly tribulation?”
Lord Heaveneye shook his head. “Heavenly tribulation is a part of the Heavenly Daos. It has no life, nor does it have any emotions to speak of. How could it have become angry? Long Chen has simply intentionally broken the heavenly tribulation’s process, forcing it to advance to the next level while not having released its previous power. That’s making its power superimpose. But even so, laws are just laws, and this kind of situation should never occur. This heavenly tribulation is fundamentally not allowing Long Chen to pass.”