Astral energy alone wasn't enough to withstand the third tribulation.
The third tribulation was composed of twenty-five streams of chaotic airflow. At this time, tools would not be of much use. In the end, one had to rely on one's own strength.
Normally speaking, only late-stage lower gods could attempt to overcome the third tribulation. After all, Lin Zhen's astral energy had not been converted into divine energy, so it was very important for him to have a strong body.
This mutated Galactic Leech had a super regenerative ability. Ordinary small injuries could be healed in the blink of an eye. It would definitely have a miraculous effect on Lin Zhen's Indestructible Tyrant Body.
After drinking this bottle of gene stock solution worth four million, Lin Zhen once again entered cultivation.
This time, he had been cultivating for twenty-seven years. It would definitely take him a lot of time to complete the third tribulation.
In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed …
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The search for Lin Zhen outside gradually stopped.
Even if Wang Chong set a higher bounty, people would not be too interested. After all, the target was someone who could not be found at all.
In the past thirty years, people had searched almost every corner of the Earth's Core Purgatory.
This was especially true for the first few floors. In people's view, Lin Zhen was in the Divine Stone stage. The places he could go should be in the first few floors. However, there were many activities in the first few floors every day. After so many years, Lin Zhen should have been discovered long ago.
If it was said that Lin Zhen was in the last few floors, no one would believe it.
Moreover, the last few floors were too difficult to find. With every step, one could be attacked by all kinds of ferocious beasts. People would rather believe that Lin Zhen was dead or had left the Earth's Core Purgatory.
Wang Chong was the only one who had not given up hope.
The opportunity to become the Sovereign's disciple was too rare. He had to try no matter what.
Moreover, the Raging Fire Ancestor gave him a suggestion.
Those who came to the Earth's Core Purgatory would not stay in one place for too long. Lin Zhen would definitely have to change his cultivation location.
The only place to block Lin Zhen was the safe zone between the intersections.
Therefore, the Raging Fire Ancestor suggested that Wang Chong set up a sensor system in the safe zone.
The sensor system could make judgments based on temperature, weight, air flow, and even breathing rhythm.
Although Lin Zhen could turn invisible, his weight and body temperature were still there. As long as he stepped on the ground, the weight sensor would alert him.
Even if Lin Zhen was flying, the flow of air would change. The sensor system could even simulate the person's location based on the flow of air.
Wang Chong had donated this sensor system to the Safety Zone for free, but he had also obtained an opportunity to monitor the situation. The purpose of this was to keep an eye on Lin Zhen, who knew how to turn invisible.
As for the safety zone at the intersection, Wang Chong had stationed thirty gods, led by three mid-level gods.
As long as Lin Zhen appeared here, the three midgods would lead their men to intercept and kill him. Meanwhile, Wang Chong and his two highgods would arrive within three minutes!
If not for the fact that Wang Chong was extremely fearful of death, he would have sent his highgods to intercept them.
However, thirty gods and three Intermediate Gods were more than enough to chop Lin Zhen into eight pieces. Wang Chong was confident of this.
Moreover, he had a feeling that Lin Zhen was about to appear.
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In the sky, the tribulation clouds had formed once again.
After ten years of arduous cultivation, Lin Zhen finally welcomed the heavenly tribulation of the third-level life gene transformation.
Compared to the 14 streams of chaotic airflow during the second heavenly tribulation, there were 25 streams of chaotic airflow this time!
Its power had nearly doubled, making it very difficult for him to survive this tribulation.
After all, this sort of Heavenly Tribulation was aimed at late-stage Demigods who had broken through on their own. That was an existence comparable to middle-stage Demigods.
However, Lin Zhen, who had already cultivated the third stage of Life Genes, did not care.
The third level of the Leech Gene allowed Lin Zhen to possess an extremely strong regenerative ability.
Lin Zhen was able to survive the first twenty heavenly tribulations without any mishap. It wasn't until the twenty-first heavenly tribulation that Lin Zhen felt the pressure.
This time, the heavenly tribulation was mainly of the metal attribute. The air was filled with metallic aura, and every single heavenly tribulation was like an incomparably sharp sword. The twenty-first heavenly tribulation directly cut off one of Lin Zhen's arms!
If it was before, the following heavenly tribulation might have taken Lin Zhen's life. However, this time, Lin Zhen's arm grew back almost instantly.
Raising his arms, with a loud 'kacha' sound, the twenty-second heavenly tribulation descended!
Even his arms, which had been tempered by the Mantis Gene and Violent Ape Gene, couldn't withstand it.
However, they instantly grew back!
Lin Zhen gathered his stellar energy and endured the twenty-third heavenly tribulation.
This time, it wasn't just his arms that were broken. Even his shoulders were damaged by the heavenly tribulation.
The powerful regenerative ability of the Leech Gene came into play once more. By the time the twenty-fourth heavenly tribulation descended, he had recovered more than half of his strength.
This time, Lin Zhen's Soft God Weapon, Lightning Wings, and other items appeared together to block the heavenly tribulation once more!
The heavenly tribulation, which was thicker than a petrol barrel, descended fiercely, destroying the Soft God Weapon and Lightning Wings at the same time!
However, Lin Zhen didn't feel the pinch. He didn't have any tools, so these two items could be used as tools.
With the destruction of these two tools, Lin Zhen lost his arms again. However, this gave him a chance to catch his breath.
The Leech recovered its body once more, and the last heavenly tribulation was about to descend.
The superior-grade sword rose into the air and offset some of the heavenly tribulation's power. Then, Lin Zhen gathered all his stellar energy and activated his spiritual defense at the same time.
Armor Transformation!
Enchanted Metal!
Lotus Blooming!
He blocked the last attack!
After an earth-shattering explosion, the smoke dispersed!
Lin Zhen's body was riddled with holes, and he coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"Luckily … I was just a little bit away … If the heavenly tribulation's power was just a little bit stronger, I'm afraid I'd be dead by now."
Lin Zhen raised his head. The Leech's power was quickly recovering his body, and he smiled.
Although the process was dangerous, he finally made it through.
After completing the cultivation of the third level of Life Genes, his strength had increased by a large margin again.
Twenty percent of his Life Genes' power, as well as an extremely powerful recovery ability, greatly increased his combat power.
As his cells became more active, Lin Zhen finally felt that he could no longer suppress his desire to break through.
"Oh no, I've finally reached the limit of the God Stone stage. I'm about to break through and become a god."
Lin Zhen's power had reached its peak, and he could only suppress it for a short period of time. At most, he would break through in one or two days.
After so many years of hard work, this day had finally come.
However, this wasn't the right place to break through. If he became a god, it would cause a huge commotion, and he might attract the attacks of the beasts on the ninth level. Lin Zhen wasn't confident that he could deal with the beasts on the ninth level that were comparable to peak Higher Gods.
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