In the sky, dark clouds massed thickly, blanketing dozens of miles, with streaks of lightning flickering and gathering among them.
A deafening boom resounded, and boundless thunder poured down like a towering waterfall, producing an ear-splitting roar.
Even Mo Fan jumped at the sight.
“What is going on?”
“When Bai Yaoyao and the others underwent their tribulation, the commotion was never this huge!”
Feeling the destructive aura radiating from the endless thunder above, Mo Fan could not help but feel his heart palpitate.
Although he possessed the Wind and Thunder Spirit Body, this was still the first time he had faced such terrifying heavenly lightning directly. Naturally, a trace of awe rose in his heart.
Yet when he lowered his head and looked at the crowd of demonic cultivators chasing him from below, a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes.
“So be it if we die!”
“Let us see who can outlast the other!”
Mo Fan took a deep breath. Without the slightest hesitation, demonic power surged within him as he began to refine the sea of demonic liquid.
Boom, boom, boom!
For a moment, it was as though thunder also exploded inside his body.
Immediately afterwards, a golden glow emerged from his lower abdomen, and the thunder tribulation in the sky instantly grew even more frenzied!
“Damn it!”
“It is a thunder tribulation!”
Below Mo Fan, the faces of the Corpse Daoist, Sun Ying, and Moon Chan all turned ugly. However, seeing Mo Fan so close, they did not flee like the other cultivators. Instead, they gritted their teeth and continued to charge towards him.
They understood clearly that the thunder tribulation had already begun. Those locked onto were not only Mo Fan, but also themselves.
After all, the range of the tribulation was simply too vast; there was no escaping it quickly.
Since they would be struck by lightning sooner or later, they might as well hold out a little longer and forcibly slay Mo Fan!
As long as they killed the primary tribulation crosser, this terrifying thunder tribulation would naturally collapse on its own.
At that moment, earth-shaking changes occurred inside Mo Fan’s body.
Guided by the aura of the thunder tribulation and through his own refinement, a vortex gradually formed within the sea of demonic liquid.
A golden core pellet slowly rose from the centre of that vortex!
The demon core had finally condensed!
Looking inward, Mo Fan instantly noticed the demon core at once. He grew immensely excited, yet he did not dare to spit it out completely just yet. Instead, he first concealed it within his body, planning to temper it with heavenly thunder!
Regarding the Demon King Tribulation, he had long ago received much valuable experience from Bai Yaoyao and Heiyi.
He knew full well that a newly formed demon core was most vulnerable to being shattered by heavenly thunder. Therefore, he needed to use his physical body as a buffer first, dissipating part of the tribulation’s power. Only then could the demon core absorb thunder energy during the tempering process.
However, his gaze sweeping outwards, he quickly spotted the demonic cultivators fleeing in all directions. A ferocious grin immediately spread across his face.
“Trying to run at this point?”
“All of you can properly receive the baptism of this thunder tribulation!”
Mo Fan roared in his heart. In the next instant, his entire body was completely engulfed by the thunder waterfall pouring down!
Not only him; every cultivator within the area covered by the thunderclouds was caught. None escaped the bombardment of the tribulation.
As the primary tribulation crosser, Mo Fan bore the vast majority of the thunder strikes, while the others were merely implicated.
The thunder waterfall slammed down fiercely, then split into several tributaries that shot towards the other cultivators!
In practically the blink of an eye, every cultivator had been struck by the tribulation!
The moment the thunder entered his body, Mo Fan immediately felt a tingling numbness spread through him, followed by intense stabbing pain that surged across his whole frame, as though every cell were being torn apart.
At the same time, the lightning mark between his brows emerged automatically. At this moment it seemed to transform into a lightning seed, frantically absorbing thunder energy and growing ever more brilliant.
Simultaneously, wisps of thunder force seeped into Mo Fan’s body and actively bored into the demon core.
Facing the first wave of the thunder tribulation, Mo Fan did not use any external objects to resist. He relied entirely on his physical body to endure it!
The three personal disciples of the demonic path below him fared far worse. Their physiques were naturally no match for Mo Fan’s. They were instantly blasted until their skin split and flesh tore. In the end they were forced to bring out their respective treasures to defend themselves.
Further away, the cultivators of the Corpse Yin Sect and the Sun Moon Holy Church also used every means at their disposal to withstand the tribulation.
However, because they were farther away, the power of the tribulation they faced was considerably weaker.
The entire process lasted for a good while before the thunder waterfall descending from the heavens gradually dispersed.
“The first wave of the thunder tribulation has ended!”
Seeing this, all the cultivators’ eyes flashed. Murderous intent immediately surged within them!
“Everyone attack together! While there is a gap before the second wave descends, let us finish this fellow first!”
The Corpse Daoist growled. He was the first to pounce towards Mo Fan. A glow blossomed between his brows, a vortex appeared, and two black coffins flew out from within!
“Kill him!”
The Corpse Daoist formed seals with one hand, striking a talisman onto each of the two black coffins.
“Roar!!”
In the next instant, two terrifying corpse roars rang out from the black coffins. Then the coffins exploded, and two zombies flew out, charging straight at Mo Fan!
Two more flying zombies!
Mo Fan’s pupils contracted, but very soon a thick battle intent also appeared in his eyes!
“Kill!”
Before the two flying zombies could reach him, Mo Fan took the initiative. Dragon wings unfurled behind him, and his figure turned into a bolt of lightning in mid-air, instantly arriving in front of one of the flying zombies.
Boom!
Striking second yet arriving first, he smashed a fist into the zombie’s head.
In that instant, countless thunderbolts surged forth. The body that was said to be indestructible like diamond was instantly destroyed. With a “bang”, the flying zombie’s head exploded like a watermelon!
“Roar!”
At that moment, the other flying zombie closed in and punched Mo Fan squarely in the chest.
Yet Mo Fan merely trembled. To his surprise, he discovered that he had not actually suffered much damage.
“After the tempering from that thunder tribulation just now, my physical body seems to have grown stronger again!”
A sharp glint flashed in Mo Fan’s eyes. His right hand instantly enlarged, seizing the entire body of the flying zombie before him in his grasp.
“Boom!”
In the next moment, Mo Fan crushed that flying zombie to pulp with his bare hand!
“What?!”
The Corpse Daoist was horrified. He had not expected the two flying zombies he awakened to be dispatched by Mo Fan in a single exchange. Mo Fan’s terrifying physical body left him even more shaken.
What kind of physical body was this?
Even treasures would probably be unable to breach this frame!
Nevertheless, he was not overly intimidated. In a flash he summoned three more black coffins, casually striking talismans onto them and awakening the three dormant zombies inside.
Three more flying zombies?
Mo Fan’s brows furrowed briefly, but they soon relaxed again.
This time it was not three flying zombies, but three red-furred zombies covered in long crimson hair.
“Even flying zombies cannot touch me. You think these three red-furred zombies can stop this king?”
Mo Fan sneered coldly. He sent out a single palm strike and directly slapped all three red-furred zombies into bloody mist mid-air!
“No matter. Those three red-furred zombies were only meant to wear you down!”
The Corpse Daoist laughed sinisterly. He formed another seal with one hand, and the bloody mist from the exploded red-furred zombies rushed towards Mo Fan’s face, quickly enveloping his body.
Buzz.
A talisman mark emerged within the bloody mist, then branded itself onto Mo Fan’s chest.
“Fiend, you have been struck by my corpse poison curse. Even a late Core Formation cultivator would melt into a puddle of blood!”
“This time let us see you di…”
Before the Corpse Daoist could finish speaking, Mo Fan expressionlessly slapped a palm straight towards him!
