Outside the room, the sky had already darkened. Innumerable ominous clouds were gathering, shrouding the entire Convalescence City. Thick bolts of lightning reminiscent of roaring dragons tore the space apart.
"This is … the Tribulation of the Great Path?"
Fei Ting narrowed his eyes in astonishment.
None of the experts present dared to believe what they were seeing.
The Tribulation of the Great Path was a punishment for going against the will of the world. For example, the transformation of a python into a Serpentine Serpent, the transcendence of a weapon, or the breakthrough of a cultivator to the Pseudo Immortal realm … Regardless of which one it was, it was more than enough to shock the world. Why would it suddenly appear here?
"I-it's Senior Granduncle …" Na Yuqiong's teeth were chattering.
She had placed Senior Granduncle in that direction when she first arrived. Besides, she couldn't think of anyone else who could cause such a huge commotion other than him.
"Are you talking about Little Senior Uncle?"
Xuan Ye and the others glanced at one another with twitching lips.
Their Little Senior Uncle was indeed unparalleled in terms of cultivation and strength. However, he was also a troublemaker. He had gone to the Lingyuan River, and in less than ten minutes, the river had disappeared. Following which, thousands of spirit veins had been chasing after him.
Yet, just by being alone for a moment, he had already attracted a Tribulation of the Great Path …
It was hard to imagine what kind of calamity he would attract at this rate.
"Should we head over to take a look?" one of the elders asked worriedly.
"It's too late …" Fei Ting shook his head.
But before he could finish his words, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly tore through the sky like a pair of scissors. A blue arc of lightning struck down ferociously.
Hu!
Under everyone's gazes, a skeletal dragon brimming with spiritual energy flew up from the ground and collided with the arc of lightning.
Kacha! Kacha!
The lightning struck the skeletal dragon, causing its jade-colored bones to gradually turn a faint golden color. It emanated an aura that deterred all beasts from approaching it.
"Is this … using the lightning to transform into a Pureblooded Dragon?" Fei Ting's hair stood on end.
This skeletal dragon was left behind by the Green-scaled Giant Python. He had seen it at the riverside previously. It had just successfully transformed into a Serpentine Serpent, and while it was powerful, it was only at Heritage 7-dan at most.
Under normal circumstances, even if it were to attract a lightning tribulation, it would be unable to withstand it. Yet, it was actually absorbing the energy of lightning in an attempt to transform into a Pureblooded Dragon …
"Pureblooded Dragons are equivalent to the True Immortals of human cultivators. Even when the Green-scaled Python was alive, it was impossible for it to succeed. Now that it's dead, all that's left of it is its bones, how could it possibly succeed?"
Vice Hall Master Qiu Yuansheng's teeth chattered.
If he were to die, he would have lost the support of his spirit, psyche, and psyche. It would already be a blessing for him not to be corroded by time, and yet, he was still going to make a breakthrough to the Pureblooded Dragon realm?
It was like seeing the corpse of an ordinary person suddenly crawling out of the grave and trying to break through to the Pseudo Immortal Realm. It was full of fantasy.
"Transforming into a dragon requires sufficient spiritual energy. The Great Yan State, or even the entire Dry Origin Continent, doesn't have enough spiritual veins to sustain it …" The Hall Master of the Spirit Gathering Hall, Liang Zaixing, interjected.
"Junior Uncle treated his half-supreme-tier spirit vein as the soul of a dragon and infused it into his body …" Fei Ting explained.
"A spirit vein as a soul?" Liang Zaixing's eyes widened.
As a spirit gatherer, he knew the spiritual veins like the back of his hand. They did have a certain degree of spirituality, but they were still far from becoming souls. He treated them as dragon souls and injected them into the skeleton … How did he do that?
"If I'm not mistaken, Junior Uncle must have used the skeleton as a weapon to temper it …" The knowledgeable Fei Ting immediately recognized Zhang Xuan's actions.
The crowd widened their eyes in shock.
Most of them had seen dragon bones being tempered into weapons before, and the Netherworld River's Bone Dragon Spear was one of them. However, they had never heard of someone infusing an entire spirit vein into a weapon to raise its strength.
This kind of weapon forging technique had already surpassed their imagination.
Boom boom boom!
Paying no heed to their shock, Zhang Xuan swiftly channeled the power of lightning into the Bone Dragon, tempering every single bone in its body with a faint golden hue. Following which, the roar of a dragon echoed, and the silhouette of a massive Dragon Gate appeared in the sky.
It was so tall and majestic that it felt as if it spanned across the entire world, but at the same time, it also felt like a mirage that existed between reality and illusion.
"It's indeed transforming into a dragon. As long as it crosses the Dragon Gate, it'll be a success …" Fei Ting said.
He had been a little uncertain previously, but at this very moment, he was a hundred percent certain.
It had failed when it was still alive, and it had ended up as a pile of bones after its death. Yet, it had actually managed to draw out the Dragon Gate and become a true dragon … Just what kind of power did Junior Uncle use on these bones?
How could such a transformation occur?
"The Dragon Gate doesn't really exist. It's just a projection of the great path. Even if it's drawn out, it won't be that easy to cross it … Furthermore, I fear that it'll bring down an even greater lightning tribulation! This world might not allow the existence of a true dragon! "
Xuan Ye said grimly.
Of the fifty numbers of the Dayan Numerals, forty-nine were used.
While the great path was not friendly to cultivators, and it was filled with tribulations, it did not seal off all paths. There was still a sliver of hope, and the Dragon Gate was the only way for a false dragon to transform into a true dragon.
However, this was only a seemingly passable path. The difficulty of it was no less than that of a Pseudo Immortal attempting a breakthrough to the True Immortal realm.
Crossing the Dragon Gate was only the simplest step. After that, it would bring down the True Dragon Tribulation, which was an existence that could destroy everything in its path.
Even the space in the Spirit Abyss might not be able to withstand it.
"Let's hope that Junior Uncle … has a solution!" Fei Ting said with a bitter smile.
The Bone Dragon sure knew how to cause trouble …
The reason why he had asked Na Yuqiong to follow him was because he was afraid that something might go wrong. Who could have known that in just a few minutes, the Bone Dragon would cause such a huge commotion?
Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, the skeletal dragon roared and charged toward the Dragon Gate.
The illusory Dragon Gate seemed to grow taller and taller, and it seemed like it would be impossible for a mortal to cross it. Just as the golden skeletal dragon felt that it would be impossible for it to catch up, a surge of Saint Intent suddenly emanated from the skeletal dragon.
The growing Dragon Gate seemed to be held in place by a majestic force, and its massive body was squeezed out of the illusory Dragon Gate.
Huala!
The skeletal dragon crossed the Dragon Gate, and in the blink of an eye, its entire body was covered in a golden glow. It was as if it had transformed into a true dragon, soaring through the sky.
Boom!
While it was undergoing its transformation, the Spirit Abyss seemed to be unable to withstand its power. It began to tremble violently, as if it had just experienced a massive earthquake. Some of the weaker buildings in the Cultivation City collapsed one after another, and the mountain range in the distance rumbled.
Pitch-black cracks appeared in the distance, carrying with them fiery light. It was as if the sky was being torn apart.
"What is that?"
Everyone turned their gazes over and saw a pitch-black vortex slowly appearing in the distance. It was as if a huge Dahei Cavern was hanging in the sky.
"T-this is …" Fei Ting's face paled, and his limbs turned cold. "It's the illusory Demon Origin Ridge's passageway!"
"Passageway?"
"Yes. The skeletal dragon crossed the Dragon Gate and transformed into a true dragon. Its strength is so great that it tore apart the passageway of the Demon Origin Ridge. If the passageway was just a small tributary of a river before, it has become a true torrent now …"
Fei Ting explained.
Upon hearing those words, everyone present felt their bodies turning cold.
The main stream of the Spirit Abyss flowed through the intersection between the Great Qian Continent and the Great Yuan Continent. Therefore, the two continents were the strongest, and its tributaries flowed through the other seven continents.
Among them, the Great Yan Continent was the weakest. If the main stream was a river, the Spirit Abyss would be a small stream.
For this reason, even though many demons had entered the Spirit Abyss over the past ten thousand years, it was still manageable.
Now that the passageway had been torn apart and turned into a true river, it was comparable to the Great Ping Continent and the Great He Continent. What kind of experts would appear?
Previously, Jie Mo Luo's clone had to rely on sacrifices to enter the Spirit Abyss. However, it was likely that he would be able to enter the Spirit Abyss directly.
There was no way they could deal with a second-level Eternal expert at the moment.
They had just said that Little Martial Uncle would attract more experts when he made a move, and it turned out that they had really come.
How were they supposed to deal with this?
"Haha, the heavens are on my side! This is the passageway to the Great Yan Continent. Everyone, follow me in. I'd like to see what happened to increase the size of the passageway by so much all of a sudden … "
Before they could recover from their shock, an excited roar sounded from the illusory passageway. Following that, everyone felt an extremely powerful force slowly moving in their direction.
Fei Ting and the others were completely speechless.
They had guessed that an expert would appear, but they did not expect it to be so soon …
It was obvious that the expert on the other side would appear soon.
They looked at the skeletal dragon that had transformed into a true dragon and saw that it was facing an even more powerful lightning tribulation.
The lightning tribulation was more than twice as large as before. Even before the sound of thunder could be heard, it seemed like it would tear the world apart.
"How are we supposed to withstand this?"
With pale faces, Fei Ting and the others felt as if the blood in their bodies had turned stiff, as if it had stopped flowing.
Before this lightning tribulation, they were as weak as ants, not worth a mention at all!
Even if the skeletal dragon had successfully transcended the Dragon Gate and become a Pureblooded Dragon, how could it possibly withstand such powerful might?
After all … it was just a weapon!
Boom!
As the lightning tribulation struck, the skeletal dragon seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure. With a furious roar, its massive body abruptly shrunk.
Huala!
It turned into a sword that floated in the air. It harnessed incomparably brilliant Sword Intent as it slashed down on the lightning tribulation.
"…"
Fei Ting and the others were stunned.
They had thought that the skeletal dragon would be forged into a spear or something similar in order to fit its structure. Yet … it had turned into a sword!
This was beyond their imagination, and it was truly inconceivable.
"Incredible! As expected of Little Martial Uncle … This is the work of a true grandmaster blacksmith! "Pavilion Master Luo Qingfeng could not help but exclaim in admiration.
"What do you mean?" The crowd turned to look at Luo Qingfeng in confusion.
"The skeleton of a dragon is long and slender. Under normal circumstances, refiners would definitely refine it into weapons such as spears and lances. Only then would they be able to make the best use of it and exert more power!" Luo Qingfeng said.
The crowd nodded in agreement.
This was the most suitable forging method. Furthermore, it would be easier for the Skeletal Dragon to revert to its original form, allowing it to exert greater fighting prowess.
"Not only did Little Martial Uncle choose not to do so, but he chose to do the exact opposite. The difficulty of forging the skeletal dragon into a sword has increased severalfold in an instant, but as long as he succeeds, it will be easier for him to gather the energy of a half-transcendental spirit vein. More importantly … even if we didn't think of it, the heavenly tribulation wouldn't have thought of it!"
Luo Qingfeng's eyes lit up in agitation, and his body trembled in agitation. "Once the Pureblooded Dragon transforms into a sword, all of its Dragon Qi will vanish and turn into sword qi. Even if the lightning tribulation wants to punish it, it won't be able to do so …"
Upon coming to a realization, the crowd narrowed their eyes in astonishment.
The reason why the lightning tribulation was so powerful was because the skeletal dragon had turned into a Pureblooded Dragon. But now, the Pureblooded Dragon had turned into a sword …
What was the purpose of the lightning tribulation? Who should it punish?
It was just like how one had spent a fortune to catch a rapist, only to find out that the rapist was actually a woman … What should one do?
Anyone would be dumbfounded by this situation.
"Taking drastic measures to replace the root of the problem … As expected of Little Martial Uncle, he's indeed incredible!"
Fei Ting also widened his eyes in realization.
He had been worrying about various things previously, but from the looks of it now, it seemed like his worries were unnecessary. Everything seemed to be under the control of the young man before him.
Hong long long?
As expected, when the lightning tribulation in the sky saw that the Pureblooded Dragon had turned into a sword, it was a little dumbfounded. Before it could finish its words, the sword had already released a burst of sword qi toward it.
The sword qi traversed a distance of several dozen li, and it harnessed a unique profoundness. With just a single strike, the lightning tribulation in the sky dissipated.
The lightning tribulation was a success!
Fei Ting and the others heaved a sigh of relief. Only then did they realize that they were drenched in cold sweat.
They had been afraid that the skeletal dragon wouldn't be able to withstand the lightning tribulation, and the lightning tribulation would blow up the entire Convalescence City!
From the looks of it, Little Martial Uncle had long considered all sorts of possibilities and made preparations in advance.
"Haha, I'm Demon General Jiemo Luo. You killed my clone, so I'm here with my true body. I'll slaughter all of you and leave no one alive …"
It was at this moment that a sinister laugh echoed in the air.
Everyone raised their heads and saw a huge head slowly emerging from the crack in the tunnel. Before it appeared, a violent demonic aura filled the air, as if it was going to tear the space apart.
"It's … Jiemo Luo!"
Their hearts sank to the bottom.
The fact that Jiemo Luo's true body was able to make it here meant that the tunnel could allow Eternal realm cultivators to appear … Furthermore, their strongest hall master was only at the seventh level of Heritage …
How could they resist it?
Boom!
Amidst their shock, the tunnel was torn wider and wider, and the appearance of the head became clearer and clearer. With a deafening rumble, a figure emerged from the tunnel.
"How dare you kill my clone? You'll all die!"
Jiemo Luo, who had appeared in the sky, seemed to know what was going on. He narrowed his eyes and roared.
"All hail the general!"
"Kill all humans!"
"Kill all of them, especially that Junior Martial Uncle …"
"Avenge Commander Ming Jiang …"
The giant demons in Demon Origin Ridge roared at the same time, each of them filled with excitement.
They had wanted to sacrifice a large number of people in exchange for the arrival of Demon General Jiemo Luo. However, before they could carry out their plan, something had happened to the human race, and the tunnel had been widened …
The evils they brought on themselves were the hardest to bear!
"Alright, I'll kill Hall Master Fei Ting now to avenge Ming Jiang …"
Jiemo Luo chuckled again and stepped out of the void.
Boom!
It seemed like he had only taken a step, but it felt like he had crossed thousands of miles. Everyone in Cultivation City felt an intense pressure.
"Is this … the strength of an Eternal Realm expert?"
Fei Ting's body trembled slightly, and he was at a loss for words.
Legend had it that an Eternal Realm expert who had comprehended the power of space could cross thousands of miles with a single step. Now, it seemed like it was true.
In the face of such an expert, it was impossible for them to escape even if they wanted to!
"It's time for you to die!"
Jiemo Luo bellowed in midair. Before he could finish his words, he had already gathered all of his strength. Just as he was about to unleash his might, a sword ray that stretched tens of thousands of miles came whistling toward him.
Jiemo Luo's eyes narrowed. He wanted to dodge, but he realized that he was unable to do so. It was as if he had been locked down by a powerful force.
Puhe!
In an instant, he was sliced into two, and his corpse fell from the sky.
Following that, a calm voice rang out amidst the disbelief in their eyes.
"You fool, you're holding me back from acting cool …"
Following which, a sword whizzed down from the sky and landed in front of a young man in the city. It lay on the ground, trembling non-stop, as if it was a pet dog.
"I was killed by a sword that no one is controlling?"
Jiemo Luo felt like crying as his consciousness slowly faded away.
It had not been easy for him to rush in through the passageway. He thought that he would be able to slaughter everyone and make a name for himself, but who would have thought that he would die in less than three breaths …
How tragic!
He was not the only one. The excited demons also froze on the spot, unable to comprehend what was going on. Many questions popped up in their minds. Who am I? Where am I? What happened?
They were still thinking that they would retaliate with the appearance of Demon General Jiemo Luo, but who would have thought that he would die as soon as he appeared?
He had died even faster and more tragically than his clone …
Just looking at it made one feel like crying …
That wasn't an Eternal realm cultivator or a Demon General, but a sacrificial lamb!
Fei Ting and the others also recovered from their shock. They glanced at one another, stunned.
Could it be that … Young Senior Uncle had predicted that Jiemo Luo would appear, and that was why he made the sword move?
Otherwise, why would he practice his swordsmanship at this moment?
Perplexed, Fei Ting turned to look at the young man.
The latter glared at the longsword angrily, his eyes burning with rage.
"I told you to hurry up, but you just had to waste time there … Do you know that I nearly ran out of time to control my spiritual energy? If you miss it, I'll kill you right now! "
Following that, the crowd saw that Young Senior Uncle's cultivation, which had already reached Heritage 9-dan pinnacle, surged once more. Boundless spiritual energy gushed into his body from the sword.
Heritage 1-dan!
Heritage 2-dan!
Boom!
His cultivation came to a halt at Heritage 2-dan pinnacle.
"…"
Fei Ting and the others glanced at one another, and they felt like crying.
When Jiemo Luo's clone appeared, you controlled his cultivation to Heritage 9-dan pinnacle. When the main body appeared, you controlled his cultivation to Eternal 2-dan pinnacle …
Young Senior Uncle, aren't we … being a little too deliberate?
Is it really alright for us to put on such an act?
(Everyone, Happy New Year! My teeth healed quickly, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I brought my child to the ski resort, and I'll push it back to the future. I've already promised her many days ago, hehe!)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
