“Heavenly Tribulation!”
The old man’s face changed, wishing he could tear Ye Qiu apart.
He never imagined that Ye Qiu, not even a cultivator, could trigger a Heavenly Tribulation.
Without hesitation, the old man retreated swiftly.
But how could Ye Qiu let him escape?
“Old thing, didn’t you want to kill me? Don’t run!”
Using a Lightning Talisman, Ye Qiu’s body flashed like a streak of light, intercepting the old man with a smile.
“Get lost!”
The old man unleashed a fierce palm strike.
Desperate to escape the tribulation’s range, he attacked with full force.
But Ye Qiu didn’t meet him head-on. Like a phantom, he dodged the palm’s gust.
Seeing Ye Qiu evade, the old man tried to flee again, only to be blocked by sword qi.
Swish, swish, swish,
Six razor-sharp sword qi.
“Crack!”
The old man slapped out, shattering the sword qi. At that moment, a fist glowing with golden light appeared before him.
“Get lost!”
The old man roared, pressing his palm toward Ye Qiu’s fist.
He had to escape before the tribulation fully descended, or it would be dire.
Just as Ye Qiu’s fist and the old man’s palm were about to collide, Ye Qiu dodged again, then unleashed the Slaughter Technique.
“Swish!”
A deafening sword cry echoed through the forest.
Over a thousand sword intents, radiating peerless sharpness, slashed at the old man one after another.
With a wave of his right hand, the old man shattered dozens of sword intents.
To him, these sword intents were feeble.
Ye Qiu, seeing this, remained calm, unsurprised.
He knew the Slaughter Technique was powerful, but his low cultivation limited its destructive force, posing no threat to a peak Venerable Realm master.
Ye Qiu hadn’t expected the technique to kill the old man. His goal was to use the sword intents to prevent his escape.
The Heavenly Tribulation was his true weapon.
“Swish, swish, swish,”
The sword intents, whistling sharply, kept attacking the old man.
In moments, the thousand-plus sword intents were reduced to a mere dozen by the old man’s strikes.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, a deafening roar descended, like a beast shaking the heavens and earth, making mountains tremble.
The old man looked up to see bolts of lightning, like dragons emerging, diving down in a terrifying spectacle.
“I must leave now.”
With this thought, he slapped away the remaining sword intents, preparing to dash into the forest depths.
But before he could move, he felt his body bound.
“Is this the might of the Heavenly Tribulation?”
Startled, he looked up again as the lightning drew closer.
At that moment, a golden fist appeared before him without warning.
“Bang!”
Struck by the fist, the old man, as if hit by a sledgehammer, spat blood and was sent flying.
Even as a peak Venerable Realm master, he couldn’t withstand Ye Qiu’s punch.
“Whoosh!”
Ye Qiu pressed forward.
Seeing Ye Qiu pursue, the old man, seething with killing intent, launched a palm strike.
At the same time, countless dragon qi surged toward Ye Qiu, enveloping him.
Using the Lightning Talisman, Ye Qiu dodged swiftly, then, like a phantom, grabbed the old man from behind.
“Get off!”
The old man struggled fiercely, but Ye Qiu’s arms were like iron clamps, impossible to break.
“Boom!”
Dozens of dragon qi erupted from the old man, striking Ye Qiu’s back like lightning.
Ye Qiu spat blood but held on tightly.
“This little bastard wants to use the tribulation to trap me. Hmph, I won’t let you succeed.”
With this thought, the old man directed all thirty-six dragon qi above Ye Qiu’s head, aiming to crush his skull.
But before he could strike, the tribulation arrived.
“Boom!”
A massive bolt of lightning struck, and the thirty-six dragon qi, as if terrified, retreated into the old man’s body.
Instantly, the old man’s scalp tingled.
Worse, the lightning continued, aiming for Ye Qiu’s head.
In the critical moment, Ye Qiu deftly shifted half a step back, exposing the old man’s head to the tribulation.
“Boom!”
The lightning struck the old man’s head directly.
His hair stood on end, his body charred, resembling a piece of charcoal, utterly wretched.
Yet, he wasn’t gravely injured.
As a peak Venerable Realm master, one tribulation bolt wouldn’t kill him, or cultivators would be too weak.
“Old thing, didn’t you want to kill me? I’m telling you, even if I die, I’ll drag you down with me.”
Holding the old man, Ye Qiu didn’t dodge the descending tribulation but charged toward the lightning.
The old man was beyond frustrated.
A peak Venerable Realm master, yet he couldn’t break free from Ye Qiu’s monstrous strength.
Worse, Ye Qiu was dragging him into the tribulation.
Though Ye Qiu triggered the tribulation, almost every bolt landed on the old man.
Soon, the old man was bleeding from his head, covered in wounds.
If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before the tribulation killed him.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The tribulation fully erupted, like a galactic dam bursting, pouring down densely.
The sky above the uninhabited island became a sea of lightning.
Twenty nautical miles away,
Wei Donghai stood on a warship, gazing toward the island, his face grim.
“General, something’s happened. Lightning suddenly appeared over the island,” his aide reported.
Even without the report, Wei Donghai knew what was happening.
From afar, the island’s sky was shrouded in dark clouds, with lightning dancing and thunder roaring, chilling to the bone.
“General, what now?” the aide asked.
“I’ll consult the War God.” Wei Donghai connected to the War God, asking, “War God, what now?”
The War God replied with four words: “Watch and wait.”
Bayi Building,
Elder Tang and the old generals watched the island’s situation via video.
Ye Qiu, holding the old man, darted through the vast lightning, the thunderous roars nearly shattering their eardrums through the speakers.
Everyone felt a chill.
“Is this a cultivator’s Heavenly Tribulation? Terrifying!”
“Ye Qiu’s trying to use the tribulation to kill that devil. Will he succeed?”
“I’m worried that even if Ye Qiu kills him, he’ll perish in the tribulation.”
Old Master Ye, tense, stared at the video without blinking.
He was deeply worried: could Ye Qiu defeat this formidable enemy?
