HUFF... HUFF...
Watching the scene unfold, Yu Changsheng shot a grateful look in the direction of the Sui Xian Sword Spirit. He seized the opportunity to take out two Life-Returning Pills and swallow them, and his injuries began to heal at a frantic pace.
The Life-Returning Pill, a holy medicine for healing among Tier Three Elixirs, was so valuable that even some Fourth-Grade Elixirs could not compare. Even for Yu Changsheng—
"Biluo Cyan Light!"
The Colorful Star Deer stamped a hoof lightly, and specks of cyan light scattered from its antlers. They fused into Yu Changsheng’s wounds, accelerating his recovery.
Under this dual-pronged healing, Yu Changsheng’s injuries recovered at an unbelievable speed. The terrifying regenerative power of his formidable physical body was on full display.
RUMBLE!
The Array shook as eight swords of blue thunder roared, constantly striking down upon it. Bolts of Thunder Sword Qi slashed down, making the protective shield tremble. At that moment, the stars burst with a brilliant light that fell upon the Array, continuously repairing it. Thus, a balance was formed.
Finally, under the constant strain, the Thunder Power of the eight swords slowly dissipated. At the same time, the Star Array shattered with a deafening crash, dissolving into starlight that swept back to its source as the stars themselves faded from view.
"PFFT..."
The instant the Star Protection Formation shattered, the distant Sui Xian Sword Spirit staggered violently, its footing unsteady, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Cough, cough... ’Now my already crippled Spirit Body is going to have its lifespan shortened even further...’"
The Sui Xian Sword Spirit coughed violently, its form growing somewhat more translucent. It muttered to itself, a bitter smile involuntarily appearing on its face as it turned to look toward Yu Changsheng, its expression shifting subtly.
’I’ve already done this much for you. You’d better not die to this Celestial Tribulation...’
......
RUMBLE!!
Thunderbolts raged like long dragons dancing wildly across the heavens. A tyrannical pressure suppressed everything in all directions, and arcs of electricity leaped about, forming what looked like a sea of thunder shimmering with multicolored light. A single glance was enough to bring the crushing might of the heavens down upon one’s mind, a soul-stirring and terrifying experience.
After the eight swords of blue thunder dissipated, the dense tribulation cloud did not hasten to descend. Instead, it began to churn violently as if brewing something. Layers of clouds stacked upon each other, obscuring the sky and sun, casting a vast shadow over the land as if the apocalypse had arrived.
The world suddenly darkened. The tribulation cloud billowed, arcs of lightning flashed, and a terrifying aura at its center began to brew, escalating at a rapid pace.
Soon, a mere stray arc of electricity was enough to make Yu Changsheng tremble, filling him with a heart-pounding fear.
’Is this... the final wave...?’
Yu Changsheng took a deep breath, suppressing the fearful throbbing in his heart. He swallowed hard, his gaze darkening as he felt the increasingly terrifying pressure from within the tribulation cloud.
Wisps of a horrifying aura leaked out, filling the air with a suppressive atmosphere. Even Yu Changsheng’s heart sank and his scalp tingled. An intense sense of life-and-death crisis flooded every corner of his being.
The feeling was deeply unsettling. Yu Changsheng abruptly looked up, his jaw clenched and his eyes bloodshot. With a wave of his sleeve, his five great Spirit Beasts took up positions in five directions, guarding him.
After a moment, the tribulation cloud seemed to finish its brewing. Suddenly, a black fissure tore open within it.
Nine bolts of world-ending thunder flashed, coalescing into nine World-Ending Spears. The void shattered at their tips. Their shafts were wreathed in wisps of black lightning, exuding an aura of destruction. As it descended through the void, the void itself could not bear the power and tore open with fine cracks, from which sinister winds howled.
"!!!"
Yu Changsheng’s eyes widened, and every hair on his body stood on end. His expression grew ever more solemn as he sensed the might of the nine black Thunder Spears.
The sense of threat they gave off was stronger than anything he had ever felt before. It surpassed any Golden Core cultivator; only a Purple Mansion expert had ever made him feel so powerless.
’Damn it, I’m just trying to get through a Celestial Tribulation to reach the Golden Core realm. Is all this really necessary?’ Yu Changsheng cursed inwardly.
The next moment, the tribulation cloud parted, and the nine black Thunder Spears shot down like meteors. They streaked across the sky, leaving long black trails as they descended from the heavens, carrying the power to destroy everything as they poured down from above.
"The Thunder of Destruction..."
The Sui Xian Sword Spirit shot to its feet, its gaze locked on the nine World-Ending Spears. Its heart pounded, and its expression was grim and uncertain.
’If it’s come to this, then this must be the final wave... I hope you can make it through.’
The Sui Xian Sword Spirit let out a deep sigh, speechless for a long moment.
CRACK... CRACKLE...
The void shattered as the nine black Thunder Spears dragged heavily through it, leaving behind black thunderous contrails. They were as magnificent as they were destructive...
"Red Purgatory!"
Yu Changsheng roared, his eyes bloodshot. In an instant, the Red Purgatory dragon let out a cry, flying beside him. It threw its head back and let out a long roar at the black thunderbolts, spewing forth an endless stream of Evil Fire!
Yu Changsheng’s face flushed as he rapidly formed a Finger Technique. Coordinating with the Red Purgatory, he also drew out plumes of Evil Fire, merging them with the dragon’s attack. A Sea of Fire swept toward the black Thunder Spears.
The black Thunder Spears moved like dragons. The nine world-ending weapons met no resistance, directly piercing through the Sea of Evil Fire. They continued their unstoppable, heaven-reaching descent and struck the Red Purgatory, which was highest in the air.
"ROOOAR!!"
The Red Purgatory shrieked, its cry wretched and pitiful. Its massive body was instantly charred black as it crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. Its head hung low, black lightning crackling over its body. A black Thunder Spear was lodged deep in its abdomen, yet no blood flowed; its flesh was already a mangled, unrecognizable mess. It was on the verge of death.
Finally, it transformed into a streak of light and was recalled into Yu Changsheng’s Inner Realm.
"Ugh!"
A wave of dizziness instantly struck Yu Changsheng’s mind, and the flow of his blood and qi reversed. The Red Purgatory was severely injured, and the backlash from the Spirit Beast Contract struck him as well.
But Yu Changsheng had no time to worry about that. After hastily swallowing the blood rising in his throat, he glared at the remaining eight black Thunder Spears, his eyes scarlet.
"Colorful Star Deer!"
"Golden-Winged Eagle!"
His Magical Power was being frantically overdrawn, faster than any Elixir could replenish it. A sharp pain shot through his meridians as terrifying Divine Techniques were unleashed by both him and his Spirit Beasts, forming a defense before him.
Instantly, it was as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were sinking. The void trembled. Towering trees sprouted, forming an endless sea of trees for protection. The Golden-Winged Eagle shrieked as a storm raged and thunder boomed. Yet when these attacks met the eight black Thunder Spears, they lasted only a single moment. After a slight pause, the defenses crumbled, and the spears crashed toward the Colorful Star Deer and the Golden-Winged Eagle.
"SCREEE!!"
The Colorful Star Deer and the Golden-Winged Eagle let out wretched, tragic cries. Two Thunder Spears slammed into the Golden-Winged Eagle’s massive wings first. The eagle’s body rapidly turned to stone, but with a flicker of black lightning, the petrified form swiftly crumbled, and the spears plunged deep into its body.
In an instant, the Golden-Winged Eagle was bleeding profusely and the Colorful Star Deer was on its last breath, their auras depleted. They transformed into two streaks of light and automatically returned to Yu Changsheng’s Inner Realm.
"Cough, cough..."
Yu Changsheng’s face grew even paler, and a tearing pain ripped through his internal organs. At the critical moment, the Spirit Beast Contract had transferred a portion of the damage from the blow to him, which was the only reason his Spirit Beasts had not died on the spot. However, it also left Yu Changsheng even weaker.
If it weren’t for his tyrannical physical body, the backlash alone would have been enough to kill an ordinary cultivator instantly.
But the crisis was not over. Of the nine World-Ending Spears, three had been dealt with, but the remaining six now erupted with an even more terrifying might, threatening to annihilate everything!
"Vast Sea Without Limits!"
"Water Country’s Immeasurable Calamity!"
Droplets of blood oozed from Yu Changsheng’s skin. His face was a ferocious mask as a vast, azure sea surged with waves and the Water Country enveloped the world. But before the apocalyptic Thunder Spears, his techniques only managed to grind away one more of them before the rest pierced through everything, descending as if to shatter the heavens.