Chapter 678: Lightning Rod (1/2)

“Help me? Can you really control heavenly tribulations?” Lu Yun’s eyes gleamed with excitement.

“...no.” Ge Long chuckled wryly. “Someone’s already interfered with this one and attracted the judgment of the heavens, instead. I managed to take advantage of the opening they created and beat up the will controlling everything, then wrested control of the tribulation away from them.

“As for tribulations that aren’t controlled by the will of a living being, there’s nothing this old servant can do.” Ge Long felt a little vexed himself. If he really could manipulate tribulations, he would’ve dispatched chaos tribulations to eradicate all the nasty things in the world a long time ago.

“So you mean that… there’s someone out there who can control tribulations?” The possibility suddenly struck Lu Yun. If that were so, he would have to stay extremely vigilant. Heavenly tribulations were a sword hanging over every living creature. If someone could command them, that could bring about unimaginable consequences.

“Indeed, milord!” Ge Long nodded. “There’s someone who can do so through influencing the immortal dao. But fortunately, that person’s cultivation isn’t all that strong, so he can only affect tribulations in small ways.”

“I have to find him and kill him!” Lu Yun’s brows creased in a tight frown.

“Milord, this old servant is here to help with your tribulation. I can’t reveal myself, so I can only use the immortal dao’s aura to conceal my presence. I also have to warn you that this heavenly judgment is too powerful for your lightning-absorbing art to completely swallow,” Ge Long patiently explained.

He couldn’t expose his presence, or the fact that Lu Yun could absorb tribulation lightning. The only reason he’d managed to evict whoever it was manipulating this tribulation was because he’d put in a personal showing and summoned the will of the land.

Ge Long was a very peculiar existence. Ever since appearing at Lu Yun’s side, he’d always conducted himself with utmost caution. It wasn’t until he entered the ancient tomb at the center of Dusk Province and swallowed the cultivator-destroying monster did he fully return to himself.

“Milord, let’s discuss the one who can influence tribulations after we’re done here. This old servant can’t fully control this heavenly judgment, so we have to proceed as soon as possible!”

Rumble!!

The moment Ge Long’s voice fell, the world shook as a gigantic black bolt of lightning drew a strange and terrifying arc in the air. As it slammed down toward Lu Yun, not a single sound could be heard in the realm except for one thing: the devastation of the heavenly judgment!

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“What incredible power… So this is a heavenly judgment. Although it’s not as strong as the chaos tribulation that destroyed Witherdew Major, it’s still something that ordinary cultivators can’t withstand. Eh?! What’s that??”

Just when everyone was expecting to see Lu Yun obliterated by lightning, they witnessed a turnabout straight out of a tale.

Something that looked like an iron rod more than forty meters long had appeared beside Lu Yun. Previously aimed at the young man, the lightning suddenly deviated from its course and crashed into the rod instead.

Rumble!

The iron rod vibrated violently at the impact and absorbed the energy of the heavenly judgment, ultimately defusing it so that Lu Yun’s Thunder Palmstrike could swallow it whole.

Ge Long looked vacantly at Lu Yun. What in the heavens had happened just now?

“Milord is as mighty as ever. It seems this old servant has overthought things.” He beamed with happiness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The third, fourth, and fifth bolts of lightning followed in quick succession, but the iron rod redirected all of them to itself.

All of the nearby immortals looked on, dumbstruck.