Chapter 360 – As a Daemon General (2/2)

However, he was in no hurry. He settled down and allowed time to pass by rapidly. The snow melted, and the plants sprouted.

One day at a certain moment, he suddenly opened his eyes. His pupils were hiding the light of joy. The ray of light he had been looking forward to all this time finally descended from the sky. He felt like he had crossed over some sort of boundary, stepping into a different world.

At the same time, he felt the arrival of tremendous danger. All he managed to tell Xiao An was, “Go away!” He was subsequently swallowed by scorching white lightning.

A spark as thick as a snake knocked Xiao An away. The cavern turned into a sea of lightning. Bolts of lightning wove together, crawling around like they were alive as they produced a fearsome roar like a tiger or dragon’s cry.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The tribulation of lightning did not descend from above as expected. Instead, it surged over from everything, passing through the thick rock and underground, enveloping Li Qingshan completely in a single instant. It arrived so quickly that he had absolutely no time to react.

In that instant, Li Qingshan even gained the impression that he had released the lightning, and the source of the lightning was the spirit turtle’s daemon core in his body. The lightning penetrated the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell, it penetrated his Ox Demon Forges its Hide, and it penetrated his bones and flesh. It even pierced his very soul.

Li Qingshan had made a huge mistake. Regular daemons all spat out their daemon cores when they confronted the tribulation, moving far away from it.

It was exactly because the cultivation of the daemon core had crossed this invisible boundary of the world that lightning was summoned to kill them, so why would they keep the daemon core within them as they went through the tribulation?

Unfortunately, Li Qingshan was ignorant about this. There were no human books that detailed just how daemons went through their tribulations, nor had any Daemon General ever told him about this. He did have a Daemon General beside him, but Milliped had always been a dunce, so why would he tell him this?

The rocks in the cavern all crystallised from the scorching energy before shattering and melting together once more from the intense heat. They constantly shattered and melted together.

Intense pain! The agony of being ripped apart! He felt pain like he was being torn away inch by inch!

“The Spirit Turtle Suppresses the Seas!” Li Qingshan roared out. The daemon core emitted rings of blue light, suppressing his mind, soul, and body.

Li Qingshan roused himself. His body swelled rapidly. When he rushed out of the cavern, he had already reached a height of seventy or eighty feet. He had completely transformed into a daemon, and he was rapidly growing larger. His roar drowned out the lightning as he waved his arms and legs, like he was fighting against an invisible enemy.

The water in the pool and the waterfall had been reduced to mist in a split second, surging violently and landing on the ground like thick clouds. All that was left was a lofty figure and constantly flickering lightning.

It seemed to last for eons, but it was just a short moment in reality. The lightning vanished as swiftly and mysteriously as when it had arrived, without any prior signs at all.

“Qingshan!” Xiao An took a step forward and called out his name in worry.

He heard the call on the edge of unconsciousness and jerked awake.

The white mist that enveloped the entire place was like a wet towel that had been viciously rung out. Torrential rain poured down, dousing his long, scarlet hair. At the same time, the water level in the dry pool rapidly rose.

He glanced down. The surging surface of the water still managed to reflect a blurry figure.

When he saw himself in the water, he became surprised. Is that me?

Xiao An rushed into the white mist and spotted him too. She stopped and was taken aback.

“So noisy!” He casually reached towards the sky, and the mist turned into water immediately, returning to the pool.

He was not submerged by the water. Instead, he rose with it, standing on the surface of the water. Waving his hand, the surface flattened out completely, turning into a mirror. It clearly reflected the blue sky and white clouds, as well as his appearance.

Long, fiery hair ran down his back. His naked body was like a work of art that a master sculptor had poured his heart out over. Every single curve of his seemed to be carefully planned and chiseled, conforming to the golden ratio of utmost perfection. It was a balance between strength and beauty.

If even this was unable to surprise Li Qingshan, then he would become utterly stunned when he saw his own face in the reflection.

He had seen many handsome men before, like Hua Chengzan and Han Tieyi, but this face of his was no less handsome than theirs, or even more so. If he could ignore the two curved horns that protruded from his head, he was enough to become the dream lover of every single woman.

Li Qingshan suddenly realised that this would be his appearance after transforming. He touched his face and smiled. “So heavenly tribulations even come with a facelift.” After all, those birds and beasts would gain a proper appearance after undergoing a heavenly tribulation. He already seemed like a human in the first place, so he had been directly struck into a handsome man by the lightning.

Xiao An smiled too. She asked, “How do you feel?”

“I obviously feel… fantastic!” Li Qingshan roared out, alarming a great flock of birds in the forest. He laughed aloud, revealing his sharp canines. He actually seemed rather fiendishly charming.