Chapter 591: Phenomena of Ascension (1/2)

Bam!

Two combat arts, one among the most powerful in the modern age, and the other a flawless art from the Primordial Era, merged together.

Bright moon, snowflakes; blade edge, sword energy.

The great power of heaven and earth was drawn to circle around the Xue youth. His figure grew incredibly strapping as he stood tall and powerful as the core of the world. Even the domineering heavenly tribulation seemed negligible by comparison.

Snow and moon sliced into the thunder kun, eliciting a death scream when its body was nearly cut in half. Its faint gold blood splattered all over the sky, emitting an oddly refreshing energy.

……

“This kun is a manifestation of liquid thunder, it’s both a threat and an opportunity!” screamed a dao immortal. “Are such incredible opportunities what await every void-realm immortal?!”

He stared at the bisected kun with greed and jealousy, but didn’t have the courage to interrupt.

Heavenly tribulations were governed by the laws of the immortal dao. Anyone who dared intervene was destined for disintegration via tribulation. Case in point, when the Exalted Immortal Sect had interfered with Yuying’s tribulation to kill her, they’d paid the price with many of their elites.

Void realm cultivators in the area shared conspiratory looks.

“He can’t be allowed to pass the tribulation!” They could all tell that the thunder kun was the last test of the tribulation. Once the kun was slain and the tribulation passed, the Xue youth would truly become a void-ascended immortal!

Ninety-nine waves of thunder and lightning had drained the young man of most of his power. Now that he’d pulled out his last trick, the only thing keeping him upright, despite his powerful appearance, was his last dregs of inner energy and an iron will.

“You’re not ascending to immortality so easily!” Another young man shot a thread of sword qi containing the energy of the world at the Xue youth, catching him while he was fighting the thunder kun.

If it’d been anyone else going through a tribulation, those who interfered so openly would’ve suffered the worst kind of retaliation afterward. The Exalted Immortal Sect, for example, had chosen to sabotage Yuying’s tribulation only through subterfuge and the subtlety of having someone strengthen her tribulation. That way, everyone would attribute her death to her failure to overcome the trial.

The Xue youth had such no support, though. His clan was nearly erased and no one would avenge his death. This was why such boldness occurred to this cultivator and he dared launch a fatal attack outside the zone of the tribulation.

The Xue youth was at the end of his tether, one last strand of consciousness the only thing preventing him from collapsing. The thunder kun was thrashing in its death throes as well, its faint gold blood pooling in the air.

He stared at the approaching sword energy with frustration in his eyes. At his peak, the sword energy would’ve posed no threat to him, but now, it was enough to kill him.

Ding!

Something intercepted the attack before it could reach him, deflecting it with a crisp ring.

“Focus on the tribulation.” Lu Yun stood outside the tribulation clouds with a large water jar, levelling a cold stare at the void realm cultivator who’d made the move. “I’ll be sure to visit you when you’re enduring your tribulation,” he sneered.

Lips thinning, the void realm cultivator then flung back derisively, “You can barely keep yourself safe, Lu Yun. Mind your own business.”

“Kill!” The heavenly tribulation was coming to an end, and void realm cultivators had seen enough to figure out how it would work. With reckless abandon, they charged at Lu Yun, gathering and releasing great heavenly power.

Boom!

A bolt of black lightning arced through the sky from a great distance and came crashing down on the Xue youth in the clouds. This wasn’t part of the tribulation, but sword energy shaped like lightning!