Chapter 461 - The Cheat’s Lightning Tribulation (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“What… what’s wrong with me?” The fatty looked absolutely confused. He suddenly felt extremely powerful. He was a new man. He had never felt so comfortable and at ease, yet he had no idea where this feeling was coming from. He had no choice but to look to the three seniors in confusion.

“Fatty…” Lonemoon did not know what else to say. Upon closer inspection, Lonemoon found that his maimed spirit root had indeed fully recovered, and it had become even thicker than it was before. Unsurprisingly, it was a Five-Elemental Spirit Root, just like Yun Heng’s. He had a body type that would allow him to ascend to immortality just by lying down and doing nothing. “You… you’ve formed a nascent soul.”

“What?” Hui Ze paused, looking more confused. He opened his mouth to say something. Disbelief was written clearly all over his face. “Formed… formed a nascent soul?” He had spent so many years in a cultivation sect afterall. It was only natural that he understood what it meant to form a nascent soul. He had even seen many people form their own nascent souls with his own eyes. Each one of them had gone through many trials and tribulations. Even with his flesh, they had to go through the same thing. But why didn’t he have to? Why was it that he had formed his own nascent soul just by taking a deep breath after the array in his consciousness was undone?

“Your situation…” Lonemoon began to explain, but saw that the sky had already darkened. Spirit Qi was gushing toward Hui Ze once again. Faintly, they could feel the presence of the lightning’s spirit Qi coming toward them. “Shit, your lightning tribulation is coming.” That was way too fast!

Lonemoon watched as the tribulation’s clouds gathered in the sky. He grabbed the fatty by the collar and flew out, stopping at a plain piece of land. He conjured a seal and left some instructions. “Fatty, you’ve just flown through four major stages in just one breath. The lightning tribulation is going to feel beyond your powers. It’s very possible that this tribulation is for both your Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages. Hang in there. Try your best to stay conscious.”

“Huh? Oh… Alright… Alright!” The fatty had not gotten his thoughts together yet, but he was already being pressed down onto the ground by Lonemoon. The next thing he knew, the array around him was all lit up. There were layers and layers of arrays which kept him firmly where he was.

It was only then that Lonemoon retreated. He looked worriedly at the fast darkening sky. The number of clouds gathering above their heads was frightening. Even from far away, they could feel the impending aura of lightning. The layers of clouds looked ominous and were so thick that they looked highly threatening. It was not the ordinary kind of lightning tribulation that Nascent Soul cultivators went through. In fact, it looked not much different from the divine tribulation.

“An immortal array?” Yi Qing asked as he studied the arrays around the fatty. With one look, he could tell that the arrays did not belong in this lower realm. He looked suspiciously at Father Niu.

“Fatty has never trained before,” Lonemoon explained. Although he formed a Nascent Soul out of nowhere, he was nothing but an empty shell. Lonemoon was willing to guess that this man did not even know how to regulate the spirit Qi in his own body. Any ordinary lightning could easily kill him, much less the lightning tribulation. He had no choice but to set up these arrays. “What’s more, lightning tribulations that people who have skipped stages have to go through are often more threatening than ordinary lightning tribulations.” Needless to say, the fatty was in for a ride – he skipped through four stages. Lonemoon turned and scanned Chef from head to toe with contempt in his eyes. “Aren’t you very familiar with these things?” You would also skip stages from time to time, you pervert!

Lonemoon’s contemptuous look shut Yi Qing up. He was right – the lightning tribulation that people who skipped several stages would have to go through are often much worse than normal. He, of all people, understood. Therefore, he said nothing. Instead, he turned back to look worriedly at the fatty in the middle of all the arrays.

The fatty looked extremely nervous. He looked on the brink of panic, and his eyes were still clouded with confusion. He did not have enough time to process what was happening to him. He had no idea how he turned from a completely useless block of wood to a Nascent Soul cultivator undergoing the lightning tribulation in just a matter of minutes. Still, he understood what he was about to go through. Therefore, he tried to keep what Lonemoon said firmly in his own mind. He sat down where he was and curled himself up into a ball, not even daring to move.

The next moment, everything became pitch-black. Above the clouds, there was a white glow. It looked like something was brewing. Finally, they heard the sound of thunder. A thick bolt of lightning struck the ground.

“It’s here!” Lonemoon’s expression darkened. This lightning was even more frightening than he imagined. Even Yi Qing was stunned into silence. They did not move. The array around the fatty glowed even brighter.

The lightning was coming closer and closer, so that it looked like fatty was going to be struck head on. Suddenly, there was a swoosh – the sound of fire being put out. There was a lightning bolt as thick as a stream of water that flashed in the sky, but something seemed to weaken it. It became thinner and thinner, thinner and thinner… Finally, the soft sound of thunder was heard. The bolt of lightning disappeared, just short of the fatty’s head.

Striking aside – the bolt of lightning did not even touch the fatty. Instead, it disappeared mid-way through the sky.

Huh?

(⊙_⊙)

What was going on?

The two people who were keeping their eyes on the array looked absolutely confused. Wasn’t this lightning tribulation supposed to be much worse than usual? The arrays were all in place – and this was what happened!

That was not the end. The exact same thing happened for the next ten bolts of lightning. When they first appeared in the sky, each one looked even more frightening than the previous one. However, each one also disappeared quicker than the last. It was almost like the skies were playing a trick on them.

Less than 20 bolts later, the lightning tribulation seemed to give up. It stopped sending bolts of lightning down toward them. The thick, gray clouds rolled away and the surroundings became brighter.

Lonemoon: “…”