Free Web NovelChapter 546: Chapter 500: Nascent Soul (Part 4)
In Fulong Mountain, at the Qingyou Daoist Temple.
Two Refining Void Star Monarchs from Fulong Sect and Biyou Palace sat facing each other in a room, one holding black pieces, the other white.
Snap!
Star Lord Wuchang placed a black piece, surveying the board with satisfaction.
"Not bad,"
said Star Lord Bichen in admiration, remaining composed.
Star Lord Wuchang smiled, "The chess set Dongqiao sent is indeed remarkable."
Snap!
Star Lord Bichen placed a white piece, suddenly reversing the situation, and Star Lord Wuchang’s expression changed slightly.
The night wind swept in, causing the candle flames to flicker.
Star Lord Bichen looked towards the West Sea, eyes deep, "Today these sea waves are rather unusual."
Star Lord Wuchang raised his hand to lay down a Barrier, isolating outside disturbances, "Since we are here to play chess, let’s focus on the game; the outside won’t collapse."
Star Lord Bichen smiled and said no more.
*
To the extreme of the West Sea, the sky grew dark, thunder roared with the force of Ten Thousand Jins.
Qii Siheng stood firmly in the wind, clothes fluttering, cradling an Ancient Zither, with stormy waves beneath him.
His face was expressionless as he gazed a hundred miles ahead.
The Great Array shone brightly, dragons clashed chaotically, three Divinity Transformation cultivators besieging the Winged Dragon, waves of residual power surged sweeping mountains and seas, with imposing momentum.
Qii Siheng curled a faint smile at the corner of his lips, retracting his gaze, he saw the overwhelming thunderstorm, the terrifying Thunder Elemental Power also putting him under great pressure.
When the sixth wave of thunder fell, the deadly aura of heaven and earth eased, giving the person crossing the Heavenly Tribulation a moment of respite.
Qii Siheng raised his hand to strum the strings, sound waves rapidly spreading out, probing the area covered by the thunderstorm.
A moment later, Qii Siheng discovered a place where the sound waves vanished upon entry only to emerge elsewhere, making it impossible for him to touch the center of that area.
"Space Great Array? That’s fine."
The Space Great Array could ward off intruders and sneak attacks but could not stop the Heavenly Tribulation, nor his Zither Melody.
Qii Siheng sat cross-legged in mid-air, placing the zither on his knees, emanating an aura more vast and mighty than that of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, wafting mystical black mist dispersed by the wind.
Zither Sound arose, thunder quaked.
*
On a solitary island, Jiang Yuebai lay on the ground, clothes in tatters, white hair charred and disheveled, surrounded by crackling electric arcs.
She wiped away blood from the corner of her mouth, got up, and sat back down, the phantom image of Dragon Scales collapsed, revealing wounds deep enough to see the bones.
Despite her severely damaged body, her Dantian remained stable. Her method had worked; the Inner Five Elements Great Array had held up against the thunderstorm without breaking, though it now bore several cracks that could be slowly nurtured and repaired once the Tribulation Crossing was successful.
However, her body was reaching its limit. If this continued, her bones would be smashed into bits.
Jiang Yuebai glanced at the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron beside her, gritting her teeth in continued endurance. It wasn’t the time yet; she hadn’t seen the signs of the Heavenly Tribulation ending. The earlier waves had been so fierce, the final Tribulation Thunder would surely be deadly!
"To think I’m playing it this big just after forming my Nascent Soul, what if I reach Divinity Transformation, wouldn’t that be..."
Amidst the continuous thunderous roars, Jiang Yuebai faintly heard some intermittent Zither Melody, but upon concentrating, it seemed like nothing.
Jiang Yuebai shook her head. Her Heavenly Spirit Cover was nearly pierced by the Tribulation Thunder, her brain buzzing noisily.
She took out Healing Pills from her body and swallowed them one by one, seizing the time to recover, tearing off the ragged Fire Dragon Scale Armor, and putting on a new set.
The so-called Mermaid Silk that claimed to be Immune to All Techniques could not withstand such relentless Heavenly Tribulation, riddled with holes, seemingly able to endure one more time, no need to replace yet.
Rumble!
Before Jiang Yuebai could check the situation outside the Great Array, the seventh wave of thunderstorm seemed to sense her inner complaints, angrily rushing in.
The dazzling lightning once again took away her vision, leaving only a blinding white, like Five Peaks crashing down, Jiang Yuebai was knocked directly to the ground, spitting large amounts of blood, pressed by the Tribulation Thunder with no ability to resist, could only grit her teeth and withstand it.
The lightning, like billions of sharp blades, mercilessly cut into Jiang Yuebai’s body, slicing and dicing through her flesh and bones, converging into an unstoppable stream of lightning surging toward her Dantian.
Boom!
A five-colored light burst from the outside of her Dantian, shattering the thunderstorm, Jiang Yuebai spat out a mouthful of old blood, under the aftershock, all her bones fractured, leaving only the spine infused with Dragon Qi barely supporting her, creaking audibly.
Most of the residual Tribulation Thunder was absorbed by the Lotus Platform, while the remaining part mysteriously entered Jiang Yuebai’s spine and disappeared, but unfortunately, her entire body was in too much pain and numbness to notice these anomalies.
Inside the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.
Black clouds rolled and thunder roared fiercely.
The gale uprooted trees from the forest, tornadoes connected the heavens and the earth, ravaging and destroying everywhere.
All the Little Demon Spirit Beasts fled into mountain caves, anxiously watching the lightning streak across the sky, nearly ripping the firmament apart.
