Chapter 1188: Chain Heavenly Lightning (Part 1)

With a loud "boom," an arc of electricity, like a pillar-supporting giant sword, shot out from the depths of the dark clouds and struck the top of the demon wind.

Silver light flashed, and the gray-white demon wind trembled violently, being sliced directly in half from the middle.

Both vanished into the void simultaneously.

Below, in the low air, the figure of the demon beast with a bull's head and dragon's body appeared.

At this moment, its lower body was coiled into a ball, and its form was somewhat different from before; a pair of purple flesh wings and two thick, powerful green arms had grown on the sides of its body.

Han Li stared for a long time, but could not identify which of the legendary Heavenly Spirit Beasts this beast resembled.

At this time, the Tianlan Sacred Beast stared at the thick arcs of electricity flickering in the high sky. The pair of flesh wings that had newly appeared on its back fluttered lightly, and with every flap, clusters of gray-white demon aura suddenly appeared nearby, wrapping the beast completely in the blink of an eye.

The thunder in the sky finally became dense to an extreme degree. Amidst the deafening thunderclaps, arcs of electricity a foot wide fell one after another from the lightning net in the sky, covering a range of over ten miles in lightning, and even Han Li, who was watching from the side, could not escape.

Han Li sighed softly, formed a hand seal with both hands, and a low rumbling of thunder also came from his body. A golden lightning net appeared eerily, then surged outward, transforming into a giant golden net that protected Han Li beneath it.

The arcs of electricity in the air struck the golden net, exploding with gold and silver lightning, but then vanished in a flash. The golden lightning net trembled slightly but remained unharmed.

But Han Li did not care about what was happening before him, instead narrowing his eyes as he watched the gray-white demon aura not far away.

Although he was caught in the lightning strikes from the sky, the majority of the arcs were aimed at the Tianlan Sacred Beast in the middle of the formation. In the small area centered on this beast, the density of the falling silver arcs was a full several times higher than on Han Li's side.

Han Li used his Bright Clear Spirit Eye divine ability, but all he could see was the gray-white demon aura being submerged by clusters of silver light. The thunder was as dense as rain, impossible to avoid.

Han Li's expression was emotionless, but he was somewhat surprised in his heart.

Speaking of the Transformation Tribulation, he had once seen it in the Star Fall Sea. But that turtle demon, which had already lost its life at his hands, did not have such a great momentum when undergoing the tribulation. And at that time, the turtle demon was already in the final stage of the tribulation, while this Tianlan Sacred Beast was already this astonishing at the very beginning. By the final stage, wouldn't it be unimaginably powerful?

Could it be that the tribulation undergone by every demon beast is completely different?

Speaking of which, there are really not many classics in the human world that mention the secrets of the demon race's tribulation. Even those that do mention it in passing. This is not strange; the Transformation Tribulation is something demon beasts experience, and it has little to do with human cultivators, so naturally, it is rarely recorded in human classics.

Even if there were cultivators curious about this, ordinary people would have few opportunities to witness a high-level demon beast undergoing the tribulation. After undergoing the tribulation, every demon beast is at its weakest, so how could they let human cultivators watch from nearby?

However, Han Li was somewhat strange in his heart, but he didn't take it too much to heart. After all, these lightning strikes were nothing to his current divine abilities.

These foot-wide arcs fell for the time it takes to eat a meal, then the thunder in the sky lowered, and finally stopped temporarily.

Han Li stared intently once more, only to find that the gray-white demon aura in the formation had long since been scattered, leaving only a very thin layer. Inside, the Tianlan beast was taking advantage of this breathing space, forming hand seals with both hands, its pair of flesh wings flapping wildly, and at the same time, its large mouth opened, spraying out gray demon aura.

In this way, a cluster of demon aura, twice as thick as before, took shape in the blink of an eye, wrapping the beast once more.

And this Tianlan Sacred Beast's gaze was cold and clear, not panicked in the slightest, as if it had long anticipated the ferocity of this tribulation.

Seeing this, Han Li smiled faintly.

It seemed this beast should be able to withstand the previous lightning strikes on its own, as it had said, so there was no need for him to intervene too early.

However, the benefits the other party mentioned would be very useful to him in the future, so he could not let them go easily.

Thinking this, Han Li patted his storage bag with one hand, and immediately several magic tools of different colors shot out, then landed on the ground before Han Li in a row.

They were a deep yellow gourd, a clean white round bowl, and a green jade bottle—three container-type magic tools.

At this time, the thunder in the sky rose again, and the second wave of lightning fell from the sky.

This time, the lightning was significantly denser than the first wave, and the falling silver arcs were much larger, with an even more astonishing momentum.

Han Li took out these magic tools, no longer watching how the Tianlan beast was undergoing the tribulation, but instead sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes, preparing to conserve his energy...

Just like this, within a short hour, the Tianlan beast experienced six waves of lightning strikes, one more terrifying and astonishing than the last. By the third wave, the falling arcs were already half a foot long, like silver snakes pouncing from the sky, destroying many of the restrictions Han Li had set up around him.

It was only Han Li's golden net, transformed from the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning, that remained unharmed, firmly protecting Han Li within.

As for the Tianlan Sacred Beast at the center of the lightning strikes, from the fourth wave of lightning, it finally could no longer maintain its original composure. It began to cast spells to make its body grow larger again, its body reaching a size of over ten feet. And the demon aura sprayed from its mouth was no longer gray-white, but had transformed into a silver-white color similar to the lightning.

And this type of demon aura was extremely strange; the moment it came into contact with the heavenly lightning arcs, it emitted a "clang-clang" sound, as if metal were colliding, directly bouncing off the majority of the lightning arcs and only enduring a small portion of the lightning strikes.

Such an eerie situation caused Han Li, who had been closing his eyes, to open them in surprise and stare deeply a few times.

Only then did he discover that this silver-white demon aura flashed with a dazzling luster, yet gave people a feeling of extreme coldness.

"Eh, this thing seems to have some relationship with the Cold Marrow I gifted it? Could this beast have refined the Cold Marrow in such a short time?" Han Li pondered secretly.

The Tianlan beast, having sprayed this strange demon aura, felt much more relaxed and withstood several more waves of lightning strikes.

But as soon as the seventh wave of lightning began, the beast's expression turned solemn, and it became extremely nervous.

The pitch-black sky also suddenly boiled, the dark clouds churning and roaring. The giant lightning net, composed of layers of arcs suspended beneath the dark clouds, began to fall as a whole. In an instant, the entire sky was a sheet of silver light, and the thunder drowned out everything else completely.

For a time, it seemed that between heaven and earth, aside from lightning, there was nothing else.

"Fellow Daoist Han, this human world's tribulation seems to be more powerful than I expected. I can only withstand two more waves of lightning. For the last three waves, I'm afraid I will truly need your help to pass." Han Li's ears received the Tianlan beast's faint voice transmission.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist; I will naturally intervene when the time comes." Han Li smiled lightly and replied calmly.

"Then I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Han; this old man will certainly not forget your generous reward." Upon hearing Han Li's words, the Tianlan beast finally felt truly at ease.

After all, with such a great cultivator helping to guard, even if the tribulation were a few times more powerful, it should be fine.

Silver lightning nets covered the demon beast one after another. Countless arcs jumped from the nets, desperately striking the silver demon aura. Even though the majority were bounced off by the demon aura, the number of remaining arcs was still astonishingly large.

The silver demon aura shrank rapidly in the lightning arcs, visible to the naked eye. As soon as the seventh wave of lightning passed, the silver demon cloud had already diminished by nearly half.

And this type of demon aura seemed to be replenished at will. The moment the seventh wave of lightning ended, the Tianlan beast merely sprayed out gray-white demon aura again, wrapping another layer outside the silver demon aura.

At this moment, the eighth wave of lightning began immediately.

A lightning net, almost twice as large as the previous one, fell straight down with great momentum.

The rumbling sound was earth-shattering, the surface of the demon aura instantly turning silver-white, and the nearby ground was shaken by the thunder.

Han Li, sitting outside the formation, saw this astonishing momentum, his brows furrowing inadvertently, but then his expression returned to normal.

However, at this moment, he stood up slowly and began to stare at the sky incessantly, as if searching for something.

Suddenly, Han Li's expression changed. He lowered his head abruptly and glanced at a certain spot on the ground in the distance, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

"Eh, this is somewhat interesting. I didn't expect such an existence to be in the Tiannan region." Han Li muttered to himself, then flicked his ten fingers toward the ground. With a few "pu-pu" sounds, ten slender red threads shot out, then vanished into the ground in a flash.

Han Li stared at that patch of ground, a cold smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, the ground there trembled violently, and then a hair-raising, strange cry came from underground, followed by a large patch of soil shooting into the sky.

Amidst the yellow dust, a behemoth of several dozen feet in size flew out from underground. The upper half of its giant body was actually wrapped seven or eight times by slender threads emitting crimson flames, burning its skin until it was charred, causing the giant creature to cry out in pain incessantly.

It was precisely the ten quite marvelous Fire Spirit Threads that Han Li had recently refined.

Taking this opportunity, Han Li also saw the giant creature's appearance clearly.

The giant creature was extremely long, its entire body a deep yellow color, like a giant, bloated earthworm, but its upper body was covered in countless flesh whiskers of varying sizes, dancing incessantly. On its head, there was an even more eye-catching, golden giant horn, shining brightly.

What was astonishing was that when the lightning net in the sky fell near the giant beast, its golden horn flashed wildly, and all the lightning seemed to be attracted by something, changing direction and shooting toward this horn, then vanishing into it in a flash.

"So it's a Single-Horned Earthworm, but why is its size so large? If I remember correctly, the horn of this type of demon beast should be white!" Han Li stared at the unusually furious giant earthworm, a strange look appearing in his eyes.

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