Hundreds of miles in a radius were all areas covered by thunderbolts, and each thunderbolt was like a giant dragon, travelling through the thunderclouds.
On the ground, this piece of primitive jungle, all the flying birds and beasts were all greatly frightened and desperately fled out. There are also some weak savage beasts, so scared that they prostrate on the ground, do not even dare to move a bit, can only wait for death.
The energy contained in the lightning was too terrifying, melting a large mountain and turning it into magma, devouring the flowers, plants and trees in the primitive jungle.
“Rumble.”
The second thunderbolt fell, penetrating Zhang Ruochen’s body once again.
Zhang Ruochen’s meridians, blood vessels, and holy veins were filled with raging lightning surging through, shuttling through every structural tissue in his body.
Such a process was exactly like quenching the physical body over and over again, and although it was painful, it had unrivalled benefits.
Why was it that one could only become a Saint after crossing three Quasi-Saint Tribulations?
Precisely because, when crossing the three quasi-saint tribulation, the cultivator can get infinite benefits, so that the characteristics of life are transformed, transcending the mortal, and becoming a saint on the ground.
Danger and opportunity existed side by side.
When the third thunderbolt fell, the thunderbolts in Zhang Ruochen’s body became even more numerous, and his meridians, veins, and sacred veins were all about to be burst, making it difficult to carry such a terrifying Heavenly Dao’s might.
A loud roar came out of Zhang Ruochen’s mouth.
“Wow…”
All 143 orifices on his body opened, and those thunderbolts rushed out crazily as if they had found a vent.
From afar, Zhang Ruochen’s body was as if there were one hundred and forty-three holes, with a lightning bolt flying out from inside each of them, emitting a heaven-shaking roar.
The power of the lightning, travelling through the orifices, was actually quenching the orifices as well.
The original orifices that had already been sanctified unexpectedly became even more sacred, and the energy they contained became even fuller.
Carrying down eighteen thunderbolts in a row, Zhang Ruochen’s fleshly body was also somewhat unable to withstand them, and some tiny cracks appeared.
Only, his flesh body’s self-healing ability was very strong, and those cracks, soon re-closed again.
Enduring nine more lightning bolts in a row, Zhang Ruochen’s self-healing ability could no longer keep up with the tearing power of the lightning bolts, and the skin on his body appeared to be densely cracked, becoming a bloody mess.
When the thirty-fourth thunderbolt fell, Zhang Ruochen’s entire body’s skin shattered and split open, his body crashed to the ground, and with a plopping sound, he fell into the magma, sinking to the bottom of the magma.
After experiencing the power of the previous thunder tribulation, this piece of jungle, completely turned into a magma lake, with heat waves, black smoke rolling, with dense lightning patterns flowing on the surface of the magma.
The lightning tribulation did not end, it continued to strike down, penetrating through the magma and striking Zhang Ruochen’s body, not stopping until he was killed.
The thunderbolts became more and more ferocious, with each one falling, the next one would be stronger.
After only thirty-four lightning strikes, Zhang Ruochen’s fleshly body was already a little unable to withstand them, and with more and more powerful lightning strikes behind him, he really didn’t know if he would be able to survive them?
Devil Ran Wangfei felt her heart palpitate and secretly said, “I had underestimated this brat in the past, to have withstood thirty-four robberies and, moreover, not yet died.”
According to Demonic Ran King Consort’s speculation, even with her current cultivation level, if she withstood thirty-four robberies of lightning without using a Saint Artifact to resist, she would probably have already died from serious injuries.
In other words, the fleshly body of a first calamity quasi-Saint was surprisingly stronger than that of her, an upper realm Saint.
“Are all fleshly cultivators this perverse? I really don’t know how powerful that brat Gu Linfeng would have to be after his fleshly body became a Saint?”
However, the Demon Ran Princess didn’t think that Gu Linfeng had a chance to cultivate to the point where his flesh body became saintly, after all, he most likely wouldn’t be able to survive the thunder tribulation in front of him.
“This fellow, if he is able to keep a low profile, with his natural talent, will say that he may not necessarily still have a chance to become a party of the Gai Shi. It’s a pity that his character is flawed, even if his talent is strong, he will easily die young.”Within her heart, the Devil Ran Princess actually still somewhat despised Gu Linfeng.
In her eyes, the young figure that truly made her feel scorn and admiration was still the Timeless Transmitter that she had met in the Green Dragon Market Realm.
That was the one who was truly astonishing, not only was his natural talent unrivalled, but he was also incomparably resolute in his heart, not subject to any temptation.
In front of him, even though Demon Ran Princess was even more powerful in her cultivation, she still had a sense of powerlessness.
The thunderbolts fell for another dozen or so, and the Devil Ran Wangfei could no longer sense Gu Linfeng’s life breath, which at one point caused her to wonder if Gu Linfeng had already gone up in smoke.
Only, the robber thunderbolts didn’t stop and kept falling into the magma lake, thus showing that Gu Linfeng was still alive.
“How many more strikes can he hold out?”
Such a thought popped up in the Devil Ran Princess’s mind.
Zhang Ruochen sat at the bottom of the magma lake, surrounded by hot liquid that was even hotter than flames.
He clenched his teeth and tried to hold on, an untamed look in his eyes, even if it was the lightning that Heaven and Earth had condensed out, it was impossible for him to succumb.
Inside his body, however, the Sacred Eating Flower was howling.
“I can’t, I can’t carry on anymore, Zhang Ruochen, quickly give me a Saint Source, I want to immediately fuse my Void Body and True Body and break through to Sainthood. Otherwise, your lightning tribulation will strike me to death.”
The Sacred Eating Flower was already quite powerful, being one of the most powerful ferocious plants, more powerful than many of the Swift Ancient Legacy Species, yet, it still couldn’t withstand Zhang Ruochen’s second lightning tribulation.
It wailed with each thunder tribulation that fell.
Zhang Ruochen did not immediately take out the Sacred Source and give it to the Sacred Eater Flower.
Because, he thought that the Sacred Eating Flower was far from reaching its limit and could continue to support it.
The reason why it was so eager to get its hands on the Saint Source was probably because it wanted to take this opportunity to break through to the Saint realm and, taking advantage of the fact that Zhang Ruochen had just finished his tribulation and was at his weakest, devour him as its host.
“Boom.”
“Rumble.”
……
Nine more tribulation thunderbolts fell in a row, and the Sacred Eating Flower continued to wail.
In the end, the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from the Sacred Eating Flower became weaker and weaker, and finally sent a message to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “I’ve really reached my limit, if, you don’t give me the Sacred Source again, I’ll only be able to absorb your power and impact the Sacred Realm. At that time, how about we die together.”
Zhang Ruochen was naturally able to sense that the Sacred Eating Flower had indeed weakened to the extreme and could fall at any time.
If, at such a critical moment as now, it disregarded everything and absorbed Zhang Ruochen’s power, it would be incredibly dangerous for Zhang Ruochen.
“Stop screaming and give you a Saint Source.”
Zhang Ruochen remained in his seated position, and above his finger, in the spatial ring, a Sacred Source with brilliant light flew out.
The Saint Source passed through Zhang Ruochen’s brow Divine Martial Seal and entered the Qi Sea.
At the same time, at the location of Zhang Ruochen’s spine, an emerald green vine slowly grew out, and in the midst of the thunder and lightning, it continued to become thicker and thicker.
The roots of the Sacred Eating Flower entered Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea and wrapped around the Sacred Source, absorbing its essence power and converting it into nutrients to help it fuse its True Body and Void Body.
At this moment, sixty-three thunderbolts had landed, with only the last nine remaining.
Zhang Ruochen endured extreme pain, his fleshly body shattering further, and it was only through his firm will that he was able to persevere until now.
It had to be said that his lightning tribulation was far from other Paramount Saints.
Not to mention Quasi-Saints, even if it was a different Lower Realm Saint or Middle Realm Saint, it would be certain death and impossible to withstand it.
“It seems that I still underestimated the power of the lightning tribulation, I should have accumulated it more strongly, and when I crossed the tribulation, it wouldn’t be as treacherous as it is now.”
The lightning tribulation continued to fall, shattering Zhang Ruochen’s physical body over and over again, and the Dragon Soul and Elephant Soul in both arms also manifested, emitting the sound of a dragon roaring and an elephant whistling.
The Dragon Soul and Elephant Soul seemed to have become stronger even after being tempered by the thunderbolt.
All of the divine seals on Zhang Ruochen’s body emerged and appeared, some on his feet, some on his arms, and some on his head. It was because of the many divine seals that Zhang Ruochen’s physical body was able to regroup over and over again.
Otherwise, even if he had already saintly transformed one hundred and forty-three orifices, I’m afraid that they would all have been torn apart.
The sixty-seventh calamity thunderbolt.
Sixty-eighth calamity thunderbolt.
……
The seventieth calamity thunder.
The seventy-first tribulation thunderbolt.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was about to cross the second Quasi Sacred Tribulation, right at this moment, the Sacred Eating Flower gave birth to a cold and sharp laughter, “Finally crossing into the Sacred Realm, Zhang Ruochen, now this Sacred Saint is going to devour you, the host, take over your body, and seize your Sacred Dao.”
The roots of the Sacred Eating Flower grew out quickly and stuck on top of Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea wall, actually treating Zhang Ruochen as a nutrient, wanting to suck him up.
To Zhang Ruochen, this was undoubtedly a heavy blow.
One must know that before the Saint Eating Flower had broken through to the Saint realm, it was already quite powerful, far from the lower realm Saint. Now that it had fused its true body and virtual body and broken through to the Saint realm, how powerful would it be?
What’s more, Zhang Ruochen had suffered a heavy blow when he crossed the tribulation, and was at his weakest moment.
With this and that, Zhang Ruochen was naturally quite passive.
Zhang Ruochen immediately mobilised his Saint Qi and injected it into the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, preparing to invite the Blood Moon Ghost King, or the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood, so that they would step in to suppress the Saint Eating Flower.
In his current state, this was the only option he could choose.
However, right at this moment, the seventy-second robotic thunderbolt fell.
“Rumble.”
The Sacred Eater Flower let out a miserable cry, and, from its body, a crisp cracking sound came out.
The last lightning bolt was the most powerful, and its might was terrifyingly boundless.
However, the Sacred Flower Eater was too eager, and it tried to suck on Zhang Ruochen before the thunderbolt had completely ended. As a result, the lightning tribulation captured its aura first, so the vast majority of the lightning struck its body. Only a very small portion of the lightning struck Zhang Ruochen’s body.
One had to know that the Sacred Eating Flower had only just fused its true and virtual bodies and was still very unstable.
After withstanding this strike, the true body and the virtual body unexpectedly began to separate, and, the virtual body became tattered and almost ready to crumble.
The Sacred Flower Eater wailed while begging Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Master, please find me a Sacred Soul to replace my virtual body, otherwise, in the future, I will never be able to reach the Sacred Realm.”
