The Third Waterway, White Tiger Pass.
This was the final barrier of the Third Waterway. The towering pass was built with white jade from the Ancient Immortal World. It was like an ancient white tiger that had been sleeping for millions of years, sleeping soundly on the surface of the water.
Above and below the pass, countless experts of the foreign races were gathering their armies. It seemed like they were about to set off.
On the city wall, nine strange beasts with the cultivation of Immortal Emperor Realm and more than a hundred Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings were plotting something. Words like 'Battle King', 'crossing tribulation' and 'sneak attack' were mentioned from time to time.
"… Is the information reliable? Is that troublesome Battle King Luo Hou really going to cross the crucial Nine-Five Great Tribulation above the Eastern Boundary River? Could it be that this group of cunning Eastern Sky ants is setting up a trap? Could it be that they want to lure our main force out of the White Tiger Pass and then take the opportunity to sneak attack this pass … For dozens of years, they have used many schemes to seize this pass, "a great sovereign of the foreign races said hesitantly.
"It's absolutely true! Ten years ago, that Battle King Luo Hou was struck by my Divine Heavenly Tribulation Egg. Not only did the big and small heavenly tribulations appear one after another, but even the Nine-Five Great Tribulation that he had painstakingly suppressed was also drawn out by me. This time, he really can't suppress the Nine-Five Great Tribulation anymore. Hehe, daring to cross such a great tribulation above the Boundary River is simply courting death! This is a heaven-sent opportunity, we can't miss it! "another great sovereign of the foreign races sneered.
"We just took advantage of the time when the Blood God went out to look for food and schemed against that old man Lai Jun. If we can kill that Luo Hou bastard this time, it will be a great contribution. The Great Divine Priest will certainly reward us!"
"There's no need to discuss further!"
"This is a great opportunity. It's time to kill all the Eastern Sky ants in one fell swoop!"
"Let's go!"
Following the command of the Half-Step Quasi-Saint Immortal Sovereign of the foreign races, the foreign races' army surged out of the White Tiger Pass like tidewater and rushed towards the Azure Sky Pass.
The Third Waterway, Azure Sky Pass.
This was the second last impregnable pass on the Third Waterway. The reason why it was named Azure Sky Pass was because the formation of this pass could absorb the water qi of Heaven and Earth, causing the sky above the pass to be filled with azure clouds all year round. The rainy season was the most common weather in Azure Sky Pass.
However, in recent days, the cumulonimbus clouds in the sky above the Azure Sky Fortress had suddenly disappeared, replaced by thousands of thick tribulation clouds. From time to time, the silhouettes of golden dragons would appear, dancing in the clouds.
At this moment, the entire Azure Sky Pass was solemn. Even the person in charge of the Azure Sky Pass, Emperor Eightscapes, looked worried.
Among the twelve waterways of the East Boundary River, only the third, sixth, and ninth waterways had yet to be conquered. Among these three waterways, the sixth waterway was the most heavily guarded, followed by the ninth waterway, and the third waterway was slightly better.
But it was only slightly better.
After the series of unforeseen events in the Eastern Boundary River, the situation here was no longer optimistic.
The third path was originally guarded by two Eighth Tribulation Immortal Emperors, Ba Jing and Tie Li. However, because a traitor like Dong Ling Immortal Weng had appeared in the third path, Great Emperor Tie Li was ambushed by several foreign race Immortal Emperors and died without a complete corpse.
Since then, the third path was only left with one Eighth Tribulation Immortal Emperor, Emperor Eightscapes. Fortunately, he still had Emperor Lai Jun, Battle King Luo Hou and the Three Sons of Jian Yue under his command. At that time, the situation of the third path was not beyond redemption.
However, half a month ago, when Emperor Lai Jun went out for a routine patrol, he suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were still unknown!
After that, Battle King Luo Hou was also in trouble. He was actually schemed against by the foreign race and triggered the Nine-Five Great Tribulation …
When the bad news came one after another, Emperor Eightscapes could not help but feel anxious even with his calm state of mind.
In a stone chamber in Azure Sky Pass, Battle King Luo Hou was as thin as a stick. His qi was declining and his face was filled with pain. He was trying his best to suppress the arrival of the Nine-Five Great Tribulation.
The Nine-Five Great Tribulation was the tribulation of becoming an emperor. In the past, Battle King Luo Hou was injured by Sen Luo and fell into a deep slumber for tens of millions of years.
After he woke up, Battle King Luo Hou's cultivation base skyrocketed and he already had the qualifications to become an emperor.
However, because the failure rate of becoming an emperor was extremely high, Luo Hou had never been fully prepared. Thus, he did not really trigger the Nine-Five Great Tribulation. He just temporarily suppressed it and hoped that he could break through after he was fully prepared.
The tribulation of becoming an emperor was extremely dangerous. If he succeeded, he would advance to the next level. If he failed, he would die. There was no third possibility. Because this was a tribulation that concerned his life, anyone who wanted to break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm would be extremely cautious. Luo Hou was no exception.
According to his estimation, he needed to prepare for at least hundreds of thousands of years before he had the confidence to successfully transcend the tribulation.
However, the foreign race's Immortal Emperor was too despicable. They took advantage of his weakness and used something called the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Egg to directly trigger the Nine-Five Great Tribulation that he had been suppressing!
To Luo Hou who was not fully prepared, this was definitely a bolt from the blue!
At this moment, the hundreds and thousands of tribulation clouds in the sky above Azure Sky Pass were the evidence that his Nine-Five Great Tribulation was about to descend!
Thinking about how the foreign race used such a vicious scheme to harm Luo Hou, the Eight Heavenly Emperors and the other Immortal Emperors of the third path were furious. However, they did not plan to express their anger in front of Luo Hou. They were afraid that it would affect Luo Hou's confidence in transcending the tribulation. Therefore, the Immortal Emperors could only suppress the anger in their hearts. They forced a smile and comforted Luo Hou.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, you only need to focus on transcending the tribulation. You don't need to worry about anything else. We will take care of everything outside. We will definitely create a perfect environment for you to transcend the tribulation. We will not let anyone disturb you."
Luo Hou was very grateful to the Eight Heavenly Emperors and the others for comforting him. However, he still smiled bitterly and sighed.
"Fellow Daoist Eight Heavenly Emperors, Fellow Daoist Swordsmen, you don't need to hide it from me. How can my Nine-Five Great Tribulation be undisturbed? Those foreign race spent so much effort to trigger my Nine-Five Great Tribulation. They are determined to kill me. How can they let me transcend the tribulation peacefully? If I am not wrong, the moment my Nine-Five Great Tribulation descends will be the moment the foreign race invades Azure Sky Pass. They will definitely come and disturb me … "
The Eight Heavenly Emperors firmly said, "With this old man here, how can we allow those evil creatures to disturb fellow Daoist's tribulation! This old man will definitely stop this matter no matter what! "Eight Scenic Emperor said solemnly.
The Eight Heavenly Emperors resolutely said, "In the previous bloody battle, we three brothers owe you our lives. This time, even if we have to stake our lives, we will definitely drive away those foreign races and protect you!"
Luo Hou sighed. He still wanted to say something, but the Eight Heavenly Emperors and the others turned into rays of light and flew out of the stone room.
As time passed, the heavenly tribulation red clouds above Azure Sky Pass became more and more numerous. Black astral winds whistled, and wherever they passed, the void trembled.
A scorching aura spread out from the red clouds. That was the heat emitted by the sudden combustion of the golden dragon image in the red clouds.
It was unknown how many of those burning dragon phantoms were, but they all emitted a supreme emperor's might. That wasn't a pressure that ordinary cultivators could withstand. Countless Eastern Sky cultivators inside Azure Sky Pass were suffocated by that supreme emperor's might.
This was a rarely encountered great emperor tribulation. To be able to observe this tribulation should be the fortune of every cultivator who wasn't an Immortal Emperor.
However, none of the Eastern Sky cultivators felt happy because of this matter. Everyone was as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Everyone knew that the foreign races would most likely launch a large-scale attack at some point in time.
"Lord Battle King, will he really die in the Nine-Five Tribulation?"
"With our strength, will we be able to protect Lord Battle King?"
"If something happens to the Battle King, our Third Waterway's strongest force will be one less …"
Countless Eastern Sky cultivators revealed worried expressions and discussed spiritedly.
The Eight Heavenly Emperors, the Sword Mountain's three sons, and the other Immortal Emperors also revealed worried expressions. They stood on top of the city wall and looked at the tribulation clouds that covered the sky.
Boom!
A burning phantom dragon suddenly turned into a golden thunderbolt as thick as an adult's arm and fell from the sky!
In the instant that the golden thunderbolt fell, hundreds and thousands of golden thunderbolts were born and fiercely struck down towards Azure Sky Pass.
"The Nine-Five Tribulation requires a total of forty-five days of tribulation thunderbolts. The tribulation thunderbolts are stronger than the previous day. If all of them are passed, they can cut the Dao Mountain, gather the emperor qi, and truly become an Emperor … The structure of the formation of each big pass of the Boundary River is very special. This is a formation specially used to defend against the foreign races. The defense against other things is extremely low, but against the heavenly tribulation, there is no defense at all …"
The Eight Heavenly Emperors and the others sighed again and again.
If the formation of Azure Sky Pass didn't have such a special characteristic, perhaps they could rely on the formation to help Luo Hou resist the heavenly tribulation.
Sure enough, after hundreds and thousands of golden thunderbolts fell on the formation light, they actually directly penetrated through the layers of formation light of Azure Sky Pass and locked onto the stone room where Luo Hou was located.
Luo Hou didn't dare to be negligent. He waved his big hand, and the battle intent between the heaven and earth suddenly turned into countless big battle fire characters, colliding with the golden thunderbolts.
Boom boom boom!
The golden thunderbolts and the big battle fire characters collided fiercely. However, because it was only the first day of tribulation thunderbolts, its power was still weak. Therefore, none of the tribulation thunderbolts could break through Luo Hou's defense.
Once the aura of the Eight Heavenly Sovereigns got too close to Luo Hou who was in the center of the tribulation, the power of the heavenly tribulation would increase by several times … As a last resort, they could only stand very far away and couldn't help Luo Hou transcend the tribulation …
The tribulation thunderbolts struck continuously, not giving Luo Hou any chance to breathe.
On the second day, the power of the golden thunderbolts suddenly increased sharply. It was almost twice the power of the tribulation thunderbolts on the first day.
On the third day, the power of the tribulation thunderbolts increased by three times.
On the fourth day, it increased by four times.
On the fifth day …
On the eleventh day …
On the nineteenth day …
On the twenty-second day …
Battle King Luo Hou was indeed a peerless genius. An ordinary Immortal King might feel that the tribulation thunderbolts were difficult to resist on the fifth day, but Luo Hou persisted until the twenty-second day before he felt that it was a little difficult.
This was also because of the heavenly tribulation divine egg causing mischief in his body. If it weren't for the injury caused by the divine egg, Luo Hou might have to wait for a few more days before he felt that crossing the tribulation was strenuous.
The Warfire Characters he used to protect his body were smashed by the tribulation thunderbolts one after another. As a last resort, the Battle King took out a Congenital Magic Treasure and used it together with the Warfire Characters to resist the tribulation thunderbolts.
This wasn't his own Congenital Magic Treasure. It was the Eight Heavenly Sovereigns' Life Origin Magic Treasure, but it was lent to him … The selfish Eastern Sky cultivators couldn't lend their Life Origin Magic Treasures to outsiders to cross the tribulation. Perhaps it was because of the affection they had for each other on the battlefield, but the Eight Heavenly Sovereigns couldn't bear to see Luo Hou perish. Clenching his teeth, he lent his Life Origin Magic Treasure to Luo Hou.
This action might destroy his Life Origin Magic Treasure.
However, he couldn't care too much about it.
On the twenty-third day …
On the twenty-sixth day …
On the twenty-eighth day …
The tribulation thunderbolts were getting stronger by the day. Even if he used a Congenital Magic Treasure to block the tribulation, Battle King Luo Hou still felt that it was strenuous. Without any other choice, he used the second Congenital Magic Treasure.
It was a sword, the natal sword of the Sword King of Shu Mountain, one of the Three Sons of Sword Yue — the Divine Sword of Shu Nan!
The Three Sons of Sword Mountain were all sword cultivators. As long as the sword existed, they lived. If the sword died, they would die. It was impossible for them to lend their natal treasured swords to outsiders. However … they still lent their natal treasured swords to their comrades.
With the protection of two connate Dharma treasures, Luo Hou managed to hold on.
The 29th day.
The thirty-second day.
The thirty-fifth day.
The strained Luo Hou used his third innate magical treasure — Sword Monarch Yellow Mountain's Yellow Cloud Divine Sword!
Controlling three connate treasures at the same time was Luo Hou's limit. Therefore, he did not borrow the Huashan Godly Sword from Huashan Sword Sovereign. This was his limit in controlling treasures.
He had barely survived the Heavenly Tribulation.
On the thirty-ninth day, Luo Hou was careless and missed a bolt of golden tribulation lightning. The golden lightning struck the stone room and caused a huge explosion.
Within the smoke and dust, Luo Hou's entire body was covered in blood. He walked out from the rubble, forcefully swallowing the sweet blood in his throat as he continued to control his magic treasures to resist the heavenly tribulation.
Just one bolt of the Heavenly Tribulation had actually injured his physical body which was stronger than many Immortal Emperors. This Tribulation Lightning was so terrifying …
He was beginning to tire.
His magic power was beginning to run out.
More and more tribulation lightning began to pass through his defenses and strike his body.
He roared loudly and transformed into his Sorcerer God True Body. Using his true body and his magic treasures, he forcibly resisted the tribulation lightning that filled the sky!
The 40th day.
The 41st day.
The 42nd day.
Injuries began to appear on Luo Hou's Sorcerer God True Body. His flesh and blood were split open by the golden tribulation lightning, and his vitality was rapidly flowing away under the attack of the Heavenly Tribulation.
No one dared to interfere with Luo Hou's Heavenly Tribulation to help him. Doing so would only make Luo Hou's Heavenly Tribulation even more terrifying and even more impossible to cross.
The crowd of Eastern Sky cultivators could only silently watch Luo Hou cross the Heavenly Tribulation, silently praying that Luo Hou could successfully cross the Heavenly Tribulation.
The 43rd day.
The 44th day.
Luo Hou's Nine-Five Great Tribulation was already nearing its end.
The power of the Heavenly Tribulation suddenly became extremely berserk. It was actually a hundred times more than the original!
Under the attack of the Heavenly Tribulation, Luo Hou's injuries were on the verge of death, and his breathing was weak. He had prepared too little for this Nine-Five Tribulation. It was very likely that he would not be able to last until the 45th day …
This was the result of crossing the Nine-Five Tribulation without any preparation!
Luo Hou's chances of successfully crossing the Heavenly Tribulation were already very slim. But those strange races still didn't intend to let him off!
These past few years, the strange races' experts had suffered many losses at the hands of Battle King Luo Hou. Today was the perfect opportunity for them to properly "repay" Luo Hou!
"You seem to be crossing the Heavenly Tribulation with great difficulty. Do you want us to give you a hand?"
Amidst the sound of thunder that filled the sky, there was suddenly a mocking voice that tore apart the heaven and earth and transmitted into the ears of every Eastern Sky cultivator.
The complexions of all the Eastern Sky cultivators changed. Under their nervous gazes, the silhouettes of countless giant beasts appeared in the distance of Azure Sky Pass and unceasingly approached.
"Thunder Amplification Technique …" In the distance, it was unknown which strange race expert had launched a divine ability.
The power of the tribulation lightning in the sky above Azure Sky Pass suddenly increased by a lot!
"Dammit! Those strange races want to strengthen the power of the Heavenly Tribulation and strangle Fellow Daoist Luo Hou on the 44th day! We must stop them! "
The complexions of the Eight Scenery Emperors and the others changed dramatically. They wanted to stop the operation of the Thunder Amplification Technique, but because they were participating in the Heavenly Tribulation, it made the Heavenly Tribulation even more powerful than before!
Dammit, dammit, dammit! Even if they wanted to help Luo Hou, they couldn't interfere!
Those strange race Immortal Emperors were getting closer and closer to Azure Sky Pass. Suddenly, it was unknown which strange race expert launched a divine ability towards the tribulation clouds in the sky.
"Calamity Nurturing Technique …"
The power of the tribulation lightning had increased by a lot!
"Sea Sky Thunder Nurturing Technique!"
The power of the tribulation was still increasing!
"Great Freedom Devil God Thunder!"
The power of the tribulation had been artificially increased to an undefeatable level!
Muffled groans came from Luo Hou's mouth, and his eyes were filled with unimaginable anger.
Even if no one interfered, he didn't have the confidence to endure all the tribulation lightning for the 45th day. At this moment, with the strange races causing trouble, he would definitely die on the 44th day!
Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling!
If these strange races had killed him on the battlefield, he would have been wholeheartedly convinced. However, they unexpectedly used this kind of despicable method to plot against him. He was unwilling!
"Fellow Daoist Luo, be careful! It's the [Dao Extinguishing Thunder Infant]! Those bastards actually took out this thing! "
All of a sudden, the expressions of the Eight Scenery Emperors and the others changed drastically because a golden lightning infant was suddenly born in the deepest part of the tribulation clouds!
It was an incomparably gigantic infant with dragon horns, a dragon tail and dragon scales. Its eyes did not have the sclera and its smile was frightening.
It was a lightning infant that was born from the purest power of the Nine-Five Tribulation Lightning!
It was a strange phenomenon of tribulation lightning that would only appear when a cultivator who was not accepted by Heaven and Earth became an emperor!
Battle King Luo Hou was not Ning Fan. He was not rejected by Heaven and Earth. His Nine-Five Tribulation would not have such a ferocious phenomenon.
However, those strange races inherited their inheritance from the Zi Wei Immortal Domain. They had all kinds of mysterious methods that could greatly increase the power of their enemies' heavenly tribulations.
The power of Battle King Luo Hou's Nine-Five Tribulation had been artificially increased. When it was increased to a certain extent, it even produced the legendary Dao Destruction Lightning Infant.
Not only the Eight Scenery Emperors and the others were shocked, but even the Immortal Emperors of the strange races who did this were also a little surprised.
It was also their first time seeing the Dao Destruction Lightning Infant!
They did not expect that after using dozens of secret techniques that could harm the heavenly tribulations, they would actually produce such a terrifying thing.
This is great!
It was no longer comparable to them who continued to interfere with Luo Hou's tribulation!
According to the legends, a Dao Destruction Lightning Infant had the power to instantly destroy ten Immortal Emperors!
Next, this Dao Destruction Lightning Infant would only need a single attack to completely kill Luo Hou. If the aftermath of the attack spreads, it might even engulf the entire Azure Sky Fortress, causing countless casualties among the Eastern Heaven's cultivators.
"Hahaha! It's actually a Dao Destruction Lightning Infant. This is something that even I, a Half-Step Quasi-Sage Realm cultivator, do not dare to face head-on! That Luo Hou bastard will definitely die! "
"It seems like we are going to make a contribution again!"
"The third group will lose another Eastern Heaven Immortal Emperor!"
"Great Divine Priest will definitely reward us!"
* Rumble *
The Dao Destruction Lightning Infant sat under the tribulation cloud. Its chubby little hand grabbed downwards and a golden sea of lightning instantly drowned the entire Azure Sky Fortress.
Under the leadership of the Eight Scenery Emperors and the others, countless Eastern Heaven cultivators tried their best to resist the descent of the sea of lightning. Unfortunately, they were powerless to stop it …
At this moment, Ning Fan who was hiding at the side and secretly guarding Luo Hou tore open the void and revealed himself. He held up a small sapling in the air and ordered.
"Wondrous Tree of Seven Treasures! With the power that I bestow upon you, wipe out all the lightning in this place! "
* Swish Swish Swish *
The Eight Scenery Emperors, the Three Sons of Sword Mountain, Luo Hou and countless Eastern Heaven cultivators could not resist the Dao Destruction Lightning Ocean even after joining hands. However, after the Tree of Seven Treasures brushed against it hundreds and thousands of times, it exploded with a loud bang!
The broken lightning power scattered in all directions and vanished in the air.
Ning Fan who was dressed in white robes appeared in everyone's line of sight. He stood in midair and looked down at the experts of the foreign races as if they were ants.
There was no disdain in his eyes. However, when the experts of the foreign races looked into his eyes, they all felt a sense of inferiority that came from nowhere.
That kind of despicableness was not just because of the difference in their cultivation levels.
It was also because of the difference in species!
It was not the difference between a god and a human!
Instead, it was the Father God who was more noble than ordinary gods who was looking down on all living beings!
His gaze shifted to Luo Hou. However, he smiled peacefully just like in the past. "Brother Luo, don't worry. With me here, no one can disturb your heavenly tribulation!"
Not good! It's the White-Robed Yama!
The moment they saw Ning Fan's appearance, countless experts of the foreign races were so shocked that their faces turned pale. Their imposing aura collapsed!
This devil actually came! Moreover, he actually blocked the Dao Destruction attack that even a Half-Step Quasi-Saint Realm expert would find hard to resist!
How is this possible?! Even a Half-Step Quasi-Saint Realm expert could not do this! Are they dreaming?!
Wait!
When did the White-Robed Yama advance to the Immortal King Realm?!!!
It has only been a few years. Why did this young man's cultivation base undergo such a tremendous change?!
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