Journey to the Pinnacle

Chapter 284: Tribulations

Tang Yin stood in the air. The thought of reaching the Principle Step echoed in his mind, refusing to disappear. As time passed, this thought became stronger.

Whilst Tang Yin’s intent was stirring, he brought out a World Tribulation Fruit from his storage ring. He bit into it ferociously, digging away at half of it with a single bite. A moment later, he also engulfed the second half of the fruit, leaving no traces behind.

BOOM

Suddenly, the air around Tang Yin began to crackle with energy, and the sky darkened as clouds swirled and gathered above him. Low rumbles echoed in the sky as if the end of the world had arrived. The rumbles grew louder and louder every second.

’It’s finally here.’ Tang Yin thought as his intent vanished. However, the gathering Tribulation did not disperse. Once it was triggered, the Tribulation would never recede until it destroyed its target, or it was destroyed itself.

The air continued to crackle with energy as if the world had been magnetised by the simple gathering of the 1st Tribulation. The dark clouds gathered from all over the world, hovering above Tang Yin. The rumbles echoing across Four Seasons Island continued, growing louder and more intense by the moment.

Suddenly, a brilliant flash of light illuminated the sky, and a massive lightning bolt descended from the heavens with a deafening roar. It crackled and hissed as it tore through the air towards Tang Yin.

The lightning bolt was a huge, radiant blue streak of energy that seemed to light up the entire sky. Its arcs twisted and turned, its movements almost hypnotic as it hurtled into Tang Yin with a deadly force.

As it stuck Tang Yin, a shockwave rippled outwards, shaking the earth and sending shockwaves across the sky. The sound was deafening, a thunderous explosion that echoed across the Devil Sea Region’s south zone for miles in every direction.

For a moment, the world seemed to stand still, as if in shock at the sheer force of the Tribulation Lightning’s impact. The Tribulation Lightning’s power was awe-inspiring.

However, the 1st Tribulation’s power was only equivalent to the attack of an Early-stage Principle Comprehension Realm cultivator.

The Tribulation Lightning could not even pierce Tang Yin’s flesh. It essentially just swam across Tang Yin’s body, trying to find any weak spots.

Tang Yin utilized the special method recorded in the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning’s manual to gather the Lightning Essence of the Tribulation Lightning.

He brought out a large white vial from his storage ring. He then grabbed the Tribulation Lightning coursing throughout the exterior of his body and squeezed it.

The Tribulation Lightning shattered, it simply exploded into blue particles and surged into the white vial under Tang Yin’s control.

Tang Yin then grabbed another piece of the Tribulation Lightning and repeated the same process until all of the Lightning Essence of the Tribulation Lightning had turned into blue particles that were stored inside the white vial.

Just like that, the 1st Tribulation had been dealt with.

Usually, the power of the 1st Tribulation was something that all Peak-stage Spirit Ascension Realm cultivators could deal with. However, due to the World Tribulation Fruit, the Tribulation Lightning possessed the power of a full-powered attack of an Early-stage Principle Comprehension Realm cultivator.

Nevertheless, Tang Yin was able to easily dispatch the 1st Tribulation with just the power of his body.

The dark clouds in the sky slowly started to disperse along with the crackling energy in the air.

Tang Yin was now a Peak-stage Spirit Ascension Realm cultivator who had passed the 1st Tribulation. But he was not done yet.

He swiftly thought about reaching the Principle Step once again. It did not take long for Tang Yin to trigger the 2nd Tribulation.

The dispersing dark clouds in the sky gathered once again. Their volume had also increased. The strange crackling of the energy in the atmosphere became lively once more, and its quantity more pronounced.

As this happened, Tang Yin stopped thinking about the 2nd Tribulation and brought out another World Tribulation Fruit. Without delay, he quickly consumed it.

The air became thick with tension and anticipation as if waiting for the impending onslaught of nature’s fury.

With a glaring flash of light, another massive bolt of Tribulation Lightning descended from the sky. It was a sight to behold, a colossal blue stretch of energy, snapping and fizzling whilst it speared into Tang Yin with incredible power. It was as if the scene from a moment ago had repeated itself.

The bolt of Tribulation Lightning tried to pierce Tang Yin and rip him to shreds. However, his body was too strong for a mere bolt of lightning with the strength of the peak Early-stage Principle Comprehension Realm to destroy.

Similar to what he had done before, Tang Yin grabbed the Tribulation Lightning in his grip and fiercely crushed it. He then redirected the scattering blue particles into the white vial in his other hand. As soon as Tang Yin finished doing this, the world rumbled, and another bolt of Tribulation Lightning descended!

The strength and power of this bolt of Tribulation Lightning was the exact same as the previous lightning bolt. Even though its movements were the same, it directly crashed into Tang Yin.

Tang Yin barely felt an itch. His body was too powerful for the Tribulation Lightning to damage or harm.

He simply crushed the Tribulation Lightning into blue particles and stored them inside the white vial. It was a repetitive task, but it was effective in dealing with the 2nd Tribulation.

The 2nd Tribulation had officially come to an end. Tang Yin was now a Peak-stage Spirit Ascension Realm cultivator who had passed 2 Tribulations. Obviously, Tang Yin was not done yet, he still had 7 more Tribulations to pass.

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8 hours trickled by.

By now, Tang Yin had already passed 3 more Tribulations. He was now a Peak-stage Spirit Ascension Realm cultivator who had passed 5 Tribulations.

Tang Yin also had 4 World Tribulation Fruits remaining. The power of the 5th Tribulation was not too strong. Only equivalent to the Late-stage of the Principle Comprehension Realm.

From Tang Yin’s rough estimation, the power of the 9th Tribulation would be somewhere around the Early-stage of the Principle Manipulation Realm. For normal cultivators, this was absurd, survival was not an option. But Tang Yin was not a normal cultivator, he could easily pass the 9th Tribulation.

Tang Yin swiftly brought out another World Tribulation Fruit from his storage ring. Without even batting an eyelid, he consumed it.

The scattering dark clouds in the sky rapidly converged to generate another 6 bolts of Tribulation Lightning.

Tang Yin remained stationary in the air, waiting for the 6th Tribulation to descend with indifference.

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Blue particles were rapidly flowing into the white vial inside Tang Yin’s hand. He had successfully crushed the 7th Tribulation and taken the Lightning Essence of the 7 bolts of Tribulation Lightning. freёwebnovel.com

The white vial was filled to over halfway with a concentrated amount of Lightning Essence.

Tang Yin took out a World Tribulation Fruit and devoured it. He only had 1 more remaining.

The number of dark clouds in the sky had reached a terrifying degree. Practically the entire south zone had been covered with gloomy dark clouds. Tang Yin did not care though, the Tribulations were but a trifling matter to him.

Tang Yin had his divine sense spread out, he could sense that during the past 5 hours, numerous Principle Comprehension Realm cultivators had noticed the strange phenomenon in the south zone of the Devil Sea Region.

But due to the reassurance of Zhang Chu, they returned to their own Regions.

Of course, there were a few that decided to enter a 70-kilometre radius of Four Seasons Island. However, they were put on the brink of death by Xiao Fei. With deep fear lingering in their hearts, they scurried back to their Regions with severe injuries.

Tang Yin turned his attention to the dark clouds above his head.

BOOM

4 large blue bolts of Tribulation Lightning descended at the same time. They surrounded Tang Yin and attacked him from different angles.

Within an instant, Tang Yin was struck by all 4 bolts of Tribulation Lightning. They wrapped around his body and tried to pierce through his skin.

However, due to their ’weak’ power of the absolute peak of the Principle Comprehension Realm, they were unable to penetrate Tang Yin’s body and damage him in any way.

Tang Yin’s eyes shone with a demonic glint, "Break for me!" He unleashed the full power of his body.

BANG

A huge explosion rang out from Tang Yin’s body, the 4 bolts of Tribulation Lightning were instantly shattered.

A colossal amount of blue particles filled the atmosphere. Tang Yin hurriedly collected the blue particles with the white vial in his hand.

He then looked up to see 4 more bolts of Tribulation Lightning descend with earth-shattering power...