The Second Tribulation Thunder Summoning Talisman comes from the *Tai Chi Thunder Concealment Book*.
The First Tribulation is Celestial Thunder; the Second Tribulation is Earth Fire.
It’s called Celestial Thunder, but it actually contains the Five Yang Thunders, Five Elements Thunder, All Heaven Thunder, Four Directions Thunder, and more.
It’s called Earth Fire, but it actually contains Earth Fire, Heart Fire, Samadhi True Fire, and more.
Though named Second Tribulation Thunder Summoning, it is actually a tribulation of Thunder Fire. With Celestial Thunder from above and Earth Fire from below, this so-called tribulation isn’t for the caster, but for their opponent!
Overcoming it is no easy feat.
The Second Tribulation Thunder Summoning Talisman might sound ordinary, but its power actually surpasses the Five Directions Yang Thunder Spell. Taoist Ming Yu had only recently become capable of creating them. He made a few and gave them to the older Daoists whose Dao Practice was still relatively weak, for their protection.
As direct disciples of the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Taoist Zhi Qing and Taoist Zhi Xiu naturally had some.
Wounded by the Thunder Fire, the youth’s aura plummeted.
Taoist Zhi Qing, like a Celestial Thunder Divine General, instantly closed in on the youth. His Long Spear moved like a venomous dragon, ensnaring his target.
Taoist Ling Ya was no less impressive. Despite his age, his Purple Sun True Qi from the Inner Alchemy South Sect was incredibly profound. When his Purple Sun True Qi empowered his bones, blood, and meridians, his fighting prowess was not necessarily inferior to Taoist Yi Hong’s.
A great purple sun approached. From within it, Taoist Ling Ya struck out with his palm, forming a Purple Sun Divine Palm several yards wide. Purple light gathered around it, locking onto the youth.
"Break!"
The youth’s figure flashed as he tried to flee.
But Taoist Zhi Qing’s Long Spear never stopped, and a Thunder Net unfurled behind him, swooping down to envelop the youth.
At the same time, the Purple Sun Divine Palm contained not only Purple Sun True Qi but also a wisp of Taoist Ling Ya’s Divine Thought, which had locked onto the youth’s Divine Soul aura.
Before, the youth had been too fast for them to catch or intercept. But now, Taoist Zhi Xiu had restrained him with Five Sounds Shattering Illusions and wounded him with the Second Tribulation Thunder Summoning Talisman.
When better to strike him while he was down and go for the kill?
The youth slammed into the Thunder Net, his sharp claws like knives as he tore it open.
But being hindered by the Thunder Net slowed him down just enough for the Purple Sun Divine Palm to catch up and land squarely on his back.
BOOM!
The youth was sent flying. The nearby Thunder Net, as if alive, instantly transformed into Thunder Locks that wrapped around his body.
Taoist Yu Hua and Taoist Chong Xuan seized the opportunity to unleash their power, flinging a dense barrage of countless Northern Emperor Curse Techniques and Shenxiao Thunder Skills at him.
"AHHH!" the youth shrieked in agony.
Previously, the youth had his Protective Demon Qi. Combined with his unparalleled speed and evasive maneuvers, even a glancing blow from Taoist True Qi wouldn’t have been enough to injure him.
But things were different now.
The *Supreme Zhengyi Five Sounds Truth-Breaking Secret Talisman* that Taoist Zhi Xiu cultivated was wondrously profound. It bypassed the youth’s Protective Demon Qi and even his Divine Soul defenses, directly using the Five Sounds to agitate the Five Qi within his body. This forced the youth to use all his Demon Power to suppress it, costing him his swiftness.
The youth’s reaction hadn’t been wrong. His first instinct was to take out the support who was hitting him with a debuff.
But he never expected this support’s ultimate move to be a damage-dealing type. What’s more, its damage was even higher than that of the oldest-looking, most magically powerful elder next to him.
He was struck by the Second Tribulation Thunder Summoning Talisman. The Celestial Thunder triggered the Earth Fire, instantly shattering his Protective Demon Qi. The combined assault of Thunder Fire invaded his body, destroying his meridians, bones, and blood, leaving him heavily injured in an instant.
Of course, he was a Sect Leader Level expert, after all. A single Thunder Talisman wasn’t enough to kill him. If he could just escape, he would have a chance to recover. If he fled quickly and found a place to heal, it wouldn’t take long for him to return to his peak condition.
But the experienced Taoist Zhi Qing and Taoist Ling Ya had no intention of giving him that chance.
Taoist Zhi Qing, who cultivated the *Celestial Book Thunder Talisman* and could manifest weapons from Thunderbolt, was a practitioner of Dual Cultivation of Body and Skill. He intercepted the youth immediately.
Taoist Ling Ya was a veteran elder of the Alchemy Sect. He was battle-hardened from his time in the Otherworld. Seizing the opportunity, he landed a Purple Sun Divine Palm that grievously wounded the youth!
With Thunder Fire raging inside him and the Purple Sun Divine Palm striking his back, the youth’s internal Demon Qi fell into chaos under the assault from within and without. Immediately after, he was overwhelmed by Northern Emperor Curse Techniques and Shenxiao Thunder Skills.
If he had been at full strength, the attacks from Taoist Yu Hua and Taoist Chong Xuan certainly wouldn’t have harmed him.
But he was already severely wounded. Furthermore, the Northern Emperor Technique and Shenxiao Technique were renowned offensive Dharma Gates within the Taoist Sect, and the quality of Taoist True Qi was higher than his Demon Qi.
And so, his injuries worsened!
His five organs ached with excruciating pain, as if burned by fire, crushed by stone, cut by knives, and soaked in acid.
Thunder Fire invaded his meridians, spreading throughout his body.
Purple Sun True Qi raged within, viciously destroying his bones and blood.
The Northern Emperor Curse Technique invaded his Sea of Consciousness, and the Shenxiao Thunder Skill added insult to injury.
For a moment, the youth lost all ability to resist. His body nearly went out of control as he plummeted from the sky.
He struggled to right himself, manifesting a pair of wings on his back. With a beat of his wings, he tried to fly up to the cliff.
At the same time, he looked toward the woman in purple on the cliff, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
’If she just intervenes for a moment,’ he thought, ’I can suppress my injuries. Even if I can’t fight anymore, I can escape with her.’
Then he saw the woman in purple let out a shriek, her form dissolving into a cloud of purple smoke as she turned and fled.
The youth was speechless.
"Don’t worry, she won’t get away." Taoist Ling Ya appeared before the youth and struck, his palm landing on the youth’s chest.
Taoist Yu Hua appeared to his left. "We’ll send her to the Underworld to find you."
Taoist Chong Xuan appeared to his right. "Assuming, of course, that this Otherworld has an Underworld and the Ten Directions Yama."
Taoist Zhi Xiu appeared behind him. "Unfortunately, it doesn’t."
Taoist Zhi Qing appeared above him, his Thunder Spear plunging toward the crown of the youth’s head. "What a real shame."
The Thunder Spear pierced his body. The inside of the youth was already in chaos, and now, being run through by the Thunder Spear, his Dantian Sea of Consciousness was utterly destroyed, and his Divine Soul was annihilated in the Thunderbolt.
The light faded from the youth’s eyes and his aura dissipated. His human form reverted to that of a great cyan eagle.
After he reverted to his true form, the Thunder Fire, Five Qi, and Purple Sun True Qi inside him all erupted, leaving his feathers a tattered, bloody mess.
Taoist Ling Ya grabbed the Cyan Cloud Eagle by the neck. He shook its body, which was as tall as a man, before storing it in his gourd and nodding with satisfaction. "We’ll braise this when we get back!"
"There’s still one more," Taoist Yu Hua reminded him.
"She won’t get away." Taoist Ling Ya looked in the direction the purple smoke had fled. "After her!"
...
「Outside Illusory Flower Valley, on an unnamed mountain peak.」
Taoist Gao Yue, having the highest Divine Soul Cultivation, had a slight glint in his eyes. "Lady of Illusion Flower is out!"
Taoist Xu Xing stroked his beard and smiled. "Her helper has been dealt with."
Taoist Xuan Yong’s Divine Sense stirred. "Brother Ling Ya, Brother Zhi Qing, and the others are on their way."
Taoist Huai Yi, holding a cigarette between two fingers, said with a smile, "Then it’s about time we made our move."
"Let’s do it!" Taoist Tai Xian laughed heartily and was the first to move, streaking away as a beam of light straight for Illusory Flower Valley.