Chapter 61: Undergoing Tribulation

Chapter 61: Undergoing Tribulation

As Zhang Yuhe broke through to the Refining Void Realm.

The entire Cloud Python Mountain Range suddenly changed color, with dark clouds obscuring the sky, resembling the arrival of the apocalypse.

Countless Yao Beasts frantically bolted out of the mountains, triggering a sizable beast tide.

Zhang Yuhe stood up, nine Flying Swords slowly rotating around his body.

With a solemn expression, he raised his head and looked toward the sky.

He saw the dark clouds rapidly gathering, and a giant vortex was forming.

Lightning flashed and thunder rolled within the vortex, occasionally emitting dazzling bright lights.

"Is this the Heavenly Tribulation? It is indeed rather terrifying."

Feeling the terrifying pressure emanating from the Heavenly Tribulation, Zhang Yuhe grew somewhat nervous.

However, the Heavenly Tribulation gave him almost no time to prepare.

A bucket-thick bolt of lightning, shining with seven-colored light, rapidly formed from the vortex and struck straight down toward the center of the small island.

When the lightning reached above the small island,

a faint blue light barrier slowly rose.

The Ren Water Lightning Absorption Array operated rapidly.

The lightning passed through the blue light barrier, and a small amount of electricity was guided by the barrier, quickly sliding down toward the lake surface.

Countless bolts of lightning fell into the lake surface, stirring up bursts of waves.

The Ren Water Lightning Absorption Array indeed had the effect of weakening the Heavenly Tribulation.

After being weakened by the Formation, the power of the lightning had decreased slightly.

Despite this, Zhang Yuhe still did not dare to underestimate it.

He was seen quickly pulling out a cyan bead.

A Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, the Azure Profound Pearl.

As his magic power was injected, a strong light bloomed on the surface of the Azure Profound Pearl.

The Azure Profound Pearl formed a cyan barrier above Zhang Yuhe's head.

Rumble…

At this moment, the first Heavenly Tribulation finally arrived.

The lightning bombarded the cyan light barrier, producing a heaven-shaking loud noise.

The cyan light barrier instantly shook violently.

Countless tiny bolts of lightning penetrated the light barrier and struck Zhang Yuhe's body,

giving him a numb and itchy feeling.

These tiny bolts of lightning seemed to be transforming his Physical Body.

Zhang Yuhe felt that the strength of his Physical Body seemed to have improved somewhat.

For a Cultivator, the Heavenly Tribulation was both a test and a benefit.

As long as they survived the Undergoing Tribulation, the Cultivator's Physical Body would be greatly strengthened.

This was also an important reason why the strength of a Void Refining Cultivator was far stronger than that of a Soul Transformation Cultivator.

After the Physical Body was strengthened by the Heavenly Tribulation, even without using any Divine Abilities or Magic Treasures,

relying solely on physical strength, a Void Refining Cultivator could easily thrash a Soul Transformation Cultivator.

"Fortunately, the first Heavenly Tribulation is not considered too strong."

Zhang Yuhe raised his head to look above, seeing that the light barrier propped up by the Azure Profound Pearl was still intact.

He couldn't help letting out a soft sigh of relief.

Since a Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure could withstand the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation,

that would make things much easier.

Although this was only the first Heavenly Tribulation, there were still 62 more behind it.

Furthermore, the power of the subsequent Heavenly Tribulations would definitely get stronger and stronger.

However, at this moment in Zhang Yuhe's heart, he already had a little bit of certainty.

He had prepared quite a few defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures.

Most importantly, he still had the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation as his final guarantee.

As long as these defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures could help him hold on for a bit longer,

those last few bolts of thunder, relying on the super strong defense of the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation, would definitely be able to be withstood.

As for why he didn't activate the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation right from the beginning?

The reason was very simple; it was impossible for him to show his trump card right at the start.

Moreover, although the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation had peerlessly powerful defensive capabilities,

as the foundation of the sword Formation, his Lifebound Treasure, the Nine Heavens Primordial Sword,

was still a Low Grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure at this time, and might not be able to continuously withstand the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Having just broken through to the Refining Void Realm, he simply had no time to upgrade his Lifebound Treasure.

If the Heavenly Tribulation were to shatter his Lifebound Treasure, he wouldn't even have a place to cry.

Therefore, Zhang Yuhe planned to keep the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation until the very end as much as possible.

He would first use ordinary defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures to hold out for a while; anyway, he had prepared quite a few.

When the ordinary Spirit Treasures truly couldn't withstand the Heavenly Tribulation anymore, he would then activate the Nine Heavens Primordial Chaos Sword Formation.

As the lightning continuously struck down, the cyan barrier above Zhang Yuhe's head slowly began to become unable to support itself.

Crack…

When the ninth bolt of lightning passed, tiny cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the Azure Profound Pearl.

Zhang Yuhe quickly retrieved the Azure Profound Pearl and immediately conjured a yellow shield.

The Xuanyu Shield was also a Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

As magic power was injected, the Xuanyu Shield propped up an earthy yellow light barrier above his head.

Time slowly passed, and the lightning continuously struck down.

The vortex in the sky also slowly expanded larger and larger.

The lightning formed from the vortex became more and more mighty and fierce.

From the very beginning, a single Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure could block the bombardment of nine bolts of lightning.

Later on, every Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure would be scrapped after blocking only two or three bolts of lightning.

Zhang Yuhe's expression was somewhat solemn.

Now that it had just passed the fifth round, the effect of Low Grade defensive Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures in resisting the Heavenly Tribulation was rapidly weakening.

Fortunately, he had prepared enough of them.

As long as each Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure could completely block one Heavenly Tribulation bombardment, that would be sufficient.

While Zhang Yuhe was Undergoing Tribulation, the surroundings of Yunzhong Prefecture fell into chaos.

A large number of Yao Beasts rushed out of the Cloud Python Mountain Range, causing tremendous pressure on the surrounding cities.

At the beginning, many people thought that a beast tide had erupted.

The major factions within the city united one after another, preparing to deal with the Yao Beast siege.

However, before long, when they saw dark clouds covering the sky above the Cloud Python Mountain Range,

and listened to the rolling thunder in the distance, everyone seemed to understand something.

Yunzhong City Guardian Manor.

Wang Guofeng and the other two stood outside the doors of the manor.

Seeing the anomaly in the distant sky, Qian Weiguang muttered to himself,

"Is this the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Sun Pengcheng, standing beside him, instinctively answered,

"I'm not too sure; I have never seen a Cultivator undergo tribulation before, but judging from the distant anomaly, it is very similar to the Heavenly Tribulation recorded in ancient texts."

"It's just that I don't know whether a Cultivator or a Yao Beast is Undergoing Tribulation."

There were numerous Yao Beasts in the Cloud Python Mountain Range, with seventh and eighth-tier Yao Beasts present, not to mention quite a few sixth-tier Yao Beasts.

When Yao Beasts broke through to the seventh tier, a Heavenly Tribulation would also descend.

According to records in ancient texts, there had previously been records of Yao Beasts Undergoing Tribulation in the Cloud Python Mountain Range.

It was just that Qian Weiguang and Sun Pengcheng had practiced the Dao for a short time and simply hadn't seen it before.

As for Wang Guofeng, he had never even seen the sight of a Cultivator Undergoing Tribulation.

Standing outside the manor, the three of them were all somewhat worried.

They had just received reports from the cities below.

Because a Yao Beast or Cultivator was Undergoing Tribulation in the Cloud Python Mountain Range,

it caused countless Yao Beasts to rush out of the mountains, triggering a sizable beast tide.

The Guardian Lord was not in the city, and they couldn't even activate the defense Formation of Yunzhong City.

Once the beast tide rushed beneath Yunzhong City, what should they do?

Suddenly, Qian Weiguang said with a hint of conjecture,

"What do you guys think, could the person Undergoing Tribulation be the Guardian Lord?"

"No way, if the Guardian Lord wanted to undergo tribulation, he should need to find someone to guard his Dao path."

"That might not be the case. Three days ago, the Guardian Lord suddenly went out, and right now in the Cloud Python Mountain Range, a Heavenly Tribulation has descended. I reckon there is an 80% chance it is the Guardian Lord who has just broken through to the Refining Void Realm and is undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation."

"If the Guardian Lord successfully survives the Heavenly Tribulation, wouldn't he become an Elder of the Dao Saint Sect?"

"That's right, my Lord possesses supreme natural talent, and people like us can only look up to him."

Qian Weiguang and Sun Pengcheng stood to the side discussing in low voices.

Wang Guofeng did not interrupt.

To be honest, up until now he still didn't understand what was happening.

Matters like the Heavenly Tribulation were too far away from him.

Furthermore, as a player who entered Yu Fantian from Blue Star, he still lacked a certain understanding of many common sense aspects of immortal cultivation.

Take the distant Heavenly Tribulation for example.

If Qian Weiguang hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have known at all

that the anomaly in the distance was a Cultivator or a Yao Beast Undergoing Tribulation.

At the beginning, Wang Guofeng even thought that it was a sudden natural disaster.

Regarding the conjectures of Qian Weiguang and Sun Pengcheng,

Wang Guofeng felt both expectant and apprehensive.

If the person Undergoing Tribulation in the Cloud Python Mountain Range at this moment was Zhang Yuhe,

then as a player also hailing from Blue Star, he was naturally extremely happy.

However, Wang Guofeng was also somewhat apprehensive.

Once Zhang Yuhe broke through to the Refining Void Realm and became an Elder of the Dao Saint Sect,

would he still be able to hug this thick thigh?

How conflicted.