Free Web NovelChapter 233: Chapter233-The Tribulation Clouds Want to Run? No Way!
After hearing that their guild leader was actually about to undergo an Ascension Trial, countless players began using teleportation arrays, rushing madly toward Overlord City.
More and more players gathered around Overlord City. Dense crowds packed every street and every rooftop.
They looked up at the figure standing in midair, their eyes filled with fanaticism and reverence.
"Guild leader, you can do it!"
"It’s just a heavenly tribulation! Guild leader can scatter it in one second!"
"No, I think guild leader won’t even need to make a move. The Tribulation Clouds will run away the moment they see him!"
The players shouted one after another, and not a single face showed any worry.
In their hearts, John was synonymous with invincibility.
He would never fail.
The Ascension Trial countdown passed in the blink of an eye.
Rumble!!!!
A series of deafening thunderclaps suddenly exploded in the sky!
The sound was as if someone had beaten a colossal war drum above the nine heavens, shaking countless players below until they covered their ears, their faces turning pale.
A heavenly phenomenon descended without warning!
The sky above John’s head began to twist violently. Layer upon layer of dark clouds surged in from all directions, colliding, merging, and piling atop one another.
In just a few breaths, a terrifying thundercloud covering a radius of five thousand miles had formed!
The thundercloud was pitch-black like ink. Thunder serpents danced wildly within it, and crimson-gold lightning surged and weaved through the clouds like giant dragons. Every flicker illuminated the entire land.
A terrifying pressure poured down from the thundercloud, pressing down on everyone like something tangible.
"W-what kind of aura is this?!"
A Level 250 player’s legs went weak, and he nearly dropped to his knees.
"Too terrifying... I feel like my heart is about to be crushed!"
"So this is an ascension tribulation? Just the pressure alone is enough to make me unable to move!"
Countless players turned deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
That apocalyptic pressure made them feel instinctive fear from the depths of their souls!
It was the natural worship of lesser beings before heavenly might.
But John, who stood in the sky, remained calm as ever.
He stood with his hands behind his back. His platinum-white military uniform fluttered loudly in the fierce winds stirred up by the thundercloud, yet there was not the slightest ripple on his face.
He raised his head and looked at the thundercloud blotting out the sky above him. There was even a trace of... interest in his eyes?
"So many thunderclouds..."
The corners of John’s mouth rose slightly as he calculated silently.
"If I can use all this lightning energy to temper the Lawfiend Avatar, it should be able to rise another level."
"The Lawfiend Avatar already possesses the trait of absorbing magic-type energy. A pure energy body like Lightning Tribulation... is simply a gift from heaven."
With that thought, he no longer hesitated.
Boom!
A gigantic phantom, a thousand zhang tall, appeared behind him!
Lawfiend Avatar, descended!
The phantom looked exactly like John. Its entire body radiated a golden luster, its eyes were like lightning, and its might was even more majestic than before.
The moment it appeared, the Lawfiend Avatar spread open both arms, and the energy vortex in its chest began slowly rotating!
That was the core hub for absorbing magic-type energy.
John raised his head toward the Tribulation Clouds and said calmly, "Come."
However!
In the next second, an abnormal change suddenly occurred.
The terrifying thundercloud covering a radius of five thousand miles seemed to sense something extremely dangerous the instant the Lawfiend Avatar appeared. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
The thunder serpents surging within the clouds suddenly froze.
That apocalyptic pressure instantly withdrew by more than half.
Then!
The thundercloud began to retreat.
At first, it only moved backward slowly, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a black torrent and fled madly into the distance!
"???"
The players below were all dumbfounded.
Their eyes widened. Their mouths fell open. Their minds went completely blank.
"Am I seeing things? The Tribulation Clouds... ran away?!"
"Wasn’t this supposed to be an Ascension Trial? Why did the Tribulation Clouds run by themselves?!"
"What kind of operation is this? Heavenly tribulations can flee for their lives too?"
"Just how terrifying is guild leader? Even the heavenly tribulation doesn’t dare strike him?!"
The players looked at one another, feeling as though their worldview had suffered an unprecedented shock.
In their understanding, the Ascension Trial was a terrifying test where one had a slim chance of survival. The ascender had to struggle bitterly beneath the Tribulation Clouds, and the slightest mistake would result in the destruction of both body and soul.
But the scene before them...
The Tribulation Clouds had run away?
The ascender had not even moved a finger, and the Tribulation Clouds had run off by themselves???
This plot was wrong!
Meanwhile, John, who was in the sky, was stunned for a moment when he saw the thundercloud fleeing madly. Then, the corners of his mouth lifted, and a playful glint flashed through his eyes.
"You want to run?"
He chuckled softly, his tone as if he were teasing a frightened rabbit.
"Since you’re already here, you might as well stay."
Before his voice had even faded, his figure flashed!
The Lawfiend Avatar suddenly contracted, carrying his main body as it turned into a streak of golden light and chased after the fleeing thundercloud at an unbelievable speed!
In just an instant, the golden streak crossed several hundred miles and forcibly blocked the thundercloud’s path!
John stood with his hands behind his back in the void, blocking the thundercloud from the front.
Behind him was a clear sky stretching for thousands of miles.
Before him was a pitch-black thundercloud that blotted out the heavens.
The scene was bizarre to the extreme.
The thundercloud churned violently, and the thunder serpents inside surged madly, yet it did not dare move forward for a long time.
It was as if the one it faced was not an ascender, but its natural predator.
The corners of John’s mouth curved upward, his eyes full of mockery.
"With this much lightning energy, how could I possibly let you escape?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure moved again!
The Lawfiend Avatar charged directly into the thundercloud!
Boom!!!
Stimulated by this, the thundercloud could no longer escape.
The thunder serpents within it went completely berserk. Endless thunder surged in from all directions like frenzied dragons, pouring into the Lawfiend Avatar’s body!
Crackle!!!!
Crimson-gold lightning covered the Lawfiend Avatar’s entire body, emitting an ear-grating electric hiss.
John’s HP began to fluctuate violently!
[-12.8 billion!]
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[-13.5 billion!]
[+11.8 billion!]
[-13 billion!]
[+12.5 billion!]
His HP went wild like a roller coaster, dropping and recovering, recovering and dropping again.
But John’s Priest Divine Body was operating at full force. The HP it restored every second was not inferior to the damage caused by the lightning at all.
His HP danced wildly, yet remained steady as Mount Tai!
And under the continuous influx of thunder, the form of the Lawfiend Avatar began to change.
Its originally somewhat illusory body gradually became solid. Its golden luster grew richer, and every inch of its "skin" seemed like refined steel that had been tempered a thousand times.
Its might became more and more majestic.
John exhaled comfortably, narrowing his eyes slightly as an expression of enjoyment appeared on his face.
"Comfortable..."
To the gods, the heavenly tribulation was like a nightmare.
But to him, it was like soaking in a lightning hot spring.
He even felt that... the speed was a little slow.
"Too slow."
John frowned slightly, and with a thought, the energy vortex in the Lawfiend Avatar’s chest suddenly expanded.
The absorption speed instantly increased tenfold!
The surrounding thunderclouds surged madly into the Lawfiend Avatar’s body as if being devoured by a black hole!
Rumble!!!
The thundercloud let out furious roars, pouring down even more thunder.
But no matter how it resisted, it could not stop the Lawfiend Avatar’s frenzied absorption.
The range of the thundercloud shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A radius of five thousand miles...
Four thousand miles...
Three thousand miles...
One thousand miles...
Meanwhile, the Lawfiend Avatar’s size kept expanding. Its solidity soared, and the golden radiance around it became more and more dazzling.
