Just as the seven were preparing to shelter inside their magic tools to face the first bolt of heavenly lightning while enjoying the sight of “Bai Zhirou” falling into qi deviation, Jiang Ye calmly stood up.
The eyes of all seven bulged.
Wait, with such a terrifying heavenly pressure, how can she still stand?!
Is she unable to handle the pressure and planning to flee, giving up on Foundation Establishment entirely?
Jiang Ye said nothing, simply continuing to use his cheats.
Only locals cared about “unifying essence, qi, and spirit” for a breakthrough. For a player, no such rule existed.
Jiang Ye looked at the pop-up window on his game panel.
【Attempt breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage?】
With a thought, he directly selected 【Yes】.
BOOM—!!!
As Jiang Ye took a step forward, the heavens completely transformed.
The Five Elements Divine Lightning churning frantically above the seven disciples' heads seemed to suddenly witness the arrival of an indescribable sovereign. The violent arcs of lightning instantly shrank, becoming as quiet as a flock of quail.
The seven disciples still striking poses inside their magic tool shields were utterly dumbfounded. Looking up at the tribulation clouds that had suddenly quieted down, their faces went completely blank:
“Wait... where's my lightning tribulation? Where did my huge lightning tribulation go?!”
Before they could react, the sky split open.
The firmament seemed to be torn apart by a pair of invisible giant hands, blinding purple light flashing wildly within the rift!
A heavenly pressure a hundred times more terrifying than that of the seven combined slammed down in a massive backlash, following the aura connection they had used to suppress Jiang Ye!
Thud! Thud!
The seven who had been full of swagger just a moment ago were instantly pinned to the ground by this horrifying pressure.
Their knees smashed heavily into the bluestone floor, leaving them all kneeling in a row!
The light shields of the top-grade magic tools they were so proud of groaned like brittle plastic under the weight of this pressure.
“No... this is impossible! This is actually Purple Mansion Divine Lightning!!”
Utter terror surged in the eyes of the seven as despair instantly consumed them.
They discovered that the pressure was still ramping up, cracking their bones and grinding their bodies into the dirt inch by inch, leaving them completely unable to resist despite giving their all!
High in the air, the pure deep-purple of the Purple Mansion Divine Lightning actually began transforming under extreme compression, turning into a blinding dark gold!
Viewed from afar, it looked as though giant golden dragons stretching several li long were thrashing wildly within the tribulation clouds across the sky.
The tribulation cloud expanded at a terrifying speed, blanketing several mountain peaks in the blink of an eye and swallowing everyone beneath an apocalyptic heavenly aura.
“Th-This is...”
Dead silence gripped the entire area, followed immediately by shrill, horror-filled screams:
“This is Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, something beyond even Purple Mansion Divine Lightning!!!”
“Are you crazy?! She's only in the Qi Condensation realm! How could breaking through from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment summon the legendary Nine Heavens Divine Lightning?!!”
Up in the air, the higher-ups rose to their feet in unison, eyes wide with incomprehensible shock.
Even the ever-aloof and proud Nangong Yue furrowed her brows tightly, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists.
From this pressure alone, even many True Disciples who had already reached Foundation Establishment felt a chill run down their spines, their legs trembling slightly.
The seven disciples pinned firmly to the ground by the heavenly pressure turned their heads with difficulty, staring at the suffocating golden tribulation cloud in the sky.
After an initial daze, the terror on their faces instantly twisted into wild ecstasy!
They dropped their pretenses entirely.
“Hahaha! Heaven never seals off all exits! It’s actually the legendary Nine Heavens Divine Lightning!!”
“That’s seventy-two full bolts of heavenly lightning! And each one gets stronger than the last! She’s just a Qi Condensation cultivator—how is she supposed to block that?!”
Originally, they thought they were doomed to fall at the hands of this "madwoman."
After all, the "essence, qi, and spirit" foundation she had displayed during the earlier trials on the Thousand-Jun Stone Path and the Sword Heart Platform could only be described as monstrous.
If it were merely the sixty-three bolts of Purple Mansion Divine Lightning, she might actually have been able to tough it out.
But Nine Heavens Divine Lightning meant seventy-two full bolts! Its overall power was on a completely different planet, head and shoulders above any other heavenly tribulation of its kind!
Jiang Ye ignored the varied gazes of the crowd.
He yanked the Meteorite Greatsword out of the ground.
Shoulder-mounting it steadily, he stood in a heroic pose, ready to face his lightning.
Under everyone's nervous gazes, Jiang Ye seemed to suddenly remember something important.
With a heavy BOOM that shook the entire mountain peak, he slammed the greatsword back into the ground.
Pulling out a heap of pills and spiritual fluids from his spatial ring, he began his routine "pre-fight buffing" session.
Although he usually played wild and cocky, as a veteran player, he was at heart a pragmatist who combined flashy play with extreme caution.
Pulling a boss without maxing out buffs first? That would be a massive loss!
The crowd's expressions instantly shifted from extreme tension to utter speechlessness.
Wait... Big Sis! You're currently undergoing the legendary, guaranteed-death Nine Heavens Divine Lightning!! Can you be at least a little serious?! What are you doing eating and drinking here, throwing a picnic party?!
The heavenly tribulation clearly had no intention of waiting for Jiang Ye to finish eating.
BOOM—!!
A deafening roar shattered the air.
An arm-thick bolt of terrifying lightning, flashing with blinding golden light, tore through the firmament and crashed down with an all-destroying momentum!
And then, everyone witnessed an outrageously absurd scene.
Jiang Ye held a bottle of spiritual-energy-restoring 【Qi-Replenishing Pills】 in his left hand, tilting his neck back as he chugged them down.
With his right hand, he hoisted the Meteorite Greatsword.
Without even glancing up at the sky, he casually flicked the sword upward.
CLANG!
A crisp sound like striking iron rang out.
The terrifying golden lightning bolt was parried straight into a brilliant golden firework, leaving only a trace of pure origin energy that surged into Jiang Ye’s body.
Before anyone could cry out in astonishment, the heavenly tribulation seemed utterly enraged by Jiang Ye’s casual attitude.
Countless golden bolts of lightning poured down like a torrential storm!
CLANG!
CLANG! CLANG!
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
...
Rhythmic metal-striking sounds echoed relentlessly across the entire secret realm.
Jiang Ye was like a master performing molten-iron fireworks, frantically bursting forth brilliant "fireworks" right where he stood.
Everyone stared blankly at Jiang Ye's "molten iron show," wanting nothing more than to roar out:
“Wait, girl, how can you parry literally everything?!”
“Were you a shield in your past life?!”
The seven disciples still forced into "sleeping" on the ground by the heavenly pressure watched as the feverish hope in their eyes died out once again.
To others, this might be a world-ending heavenly tribulation, but to Jiang Ye, the first phase of heavenly lightning was nothing more than a rhythmic rhythm game.
At most, the difficulty was on par with Croatian Rhapsody.
Although this was his first time encountering Nine Heavens Divine Lightning while in the Qi Condensation realm, that didn't mean he hadn't been struck by this thing at higher realms before.
They were "old acquaintances," so he was intimately familiar with its patterns.
These dense golden lightning bolts at the start were just for show and sound effects.
The real challenge lay in the final sixteen bolts that underwent a qualitative transformation.
As time passed, the power of the heavenly lightning grew greater, and its color deepened.
Jiang Ye's expression gradually grew solemn.
...
CLANG!
As the forty-fifth bolt of heavenly lightning was parried with a Perfect Parry, the metal-striking sound finally paused.
Jiang Ye decisively slammed the greatsword into the ground and began frantically stuffing all kinds of pills into his mouth like candy drops.
“Is it... over?”
Some disciples watching from afar hadn't realized what was happening, completely bewildered.
“Over my ass! Are you blind? Look at the sky!” a disciple pointed upward with a trembling voice.
The originally pure-golden tribulation clouds began churning and contracting violently, as thrilling strands of crimson electrical sparks wove together deep within the cloud bank.
The terrifying heavenly pressure crashing down from above instantly surged several times over!
The seven guys "sleeping on the ground" were pressed so hard they sank right into the dirt!
Talk about being buried on the spot...
Rate on N.U.
