Chapter 425: The Power of the Thunder‑Lightning Purple‑Scale Heavenly Tribulation

The crowd's nakedly mocking words continually stimulated Huang Ao's inner feelings; he considered himself superior, yet today he was toyed with by the despised lowly ants he looked down upon.

Huang Ao's eyes were bloodshot, his face quickly turned ferocious, he turned his head to glare at the Huanyu cultivators, and his mental state gradually began to go mad.

He came from the Ancient Wilderness Clan's Great Wilderness Ancient Stele lineage, utterly unable to endure insults from the Huanyu cultivators; his surging, unmatched aura waved the black Great Wilderness Halberd in his hand as he attacked Bibo Xianzi.

Splash—

Willow branches surged in all directions; with a single sweep, eighteen strands of light‑shadow unfurled, each as thin as a cicada's wing and shaped like a sharp sword, blocking before Bibo Xianzi; Huang Ao's charging speed suddenly stalled, and the dancing Great Wilderness Halberd obliterated every strand of light‑shadow.

Bean‑sized sweat droplets beaded on his forehead; just moments ago he actually felt the threat of death, a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.

"Offending the Ancient Wilderness Clan, do your clan's elders have the courage to face the Ancient Wilderness Clan?"

Huang Ao's complexion quickly returned to calm, he strove to quell the turmoil in his heart.

He gazed into Bibo Xianzi's eyes, where the boundless symbols surged and swiftly intertwined, seeking to see through her completely; yet at this very moment, Longling stepped in front of the Rippling Immortal Maiden.

"I am her elder; killing you is agreed."

"What then?"

Longling's mouth curled with a faint cold smile, his body devoid of any spiritual power fluctuation, yet it made Huang Ao frown.

Beside her, hearing this, Bibo Xianzi was so angry her teeth clicked click‑click; were it not for the restraint etched inside her body, she would truly want to strike out and fight Longling.

"Strange, truly too strange.?"

Huang Ao spoke, his pupils revealing that around Longling's body swirled a dim, netherfire; the overwhelming killing aura blanketed the heavens and earth, settled in a chaos; even though he, from the Ancient Wilderness Clan, possessed extraordinary courage, he also felt a chill run down his back.

"You seem not to belong to this era, yet you appear in this era!"

"Your body contains the power of time."

"Even the terrifying foundations that the great powers of Huanyu have hidden since time immemorial do not possess this aura on your body."

Huang Ao exclaimed in shock, the aura on Longling's body was too profound, surpassing his comprehension, making it impossible to analyze its origin.

"What?"

As Huang Ao's words fell, all the cultivators present were utterly shocked.

This hardly sounds like something a strong one from the Ancient Wilderness Clan would say, yet they personally witnessed that arrogant, shock‑filled expression on his face.

At this moment, all Huanyu cultivators unconsciously turned their gaze to Longling, curious about his origin; even the Ancient Wilderness Clan could not see through the secrets shrouding his whole being.

"Boom!"

Huang Ao took advantage of the crowd diverting their attention, his hand's black Great Wilderness Halberd fiercely thrust forth a halberd‑shadow, which was a thousand zhang huge; as soon as it appeared, it shot toward Bibo Xianzi to seize her.

Violent symbols flashed in all directions, the terrifying power shocked the world, and its speed was unimaginably fast.

"You dare!"

The crowd instantly came to their senses, all frightened, their faces changing in alarm.

Upon the heaven‑supporting massive halberd‑shadow, wind and thunder power rolled; moreover, relying on great momentum, its speed reached the extreme, unimaginably fast, even the void was split in two, and everyone's hair stood on end.

"Bang!"

A mysterious expanse of water surfaced behind Bibo Xianzi, towering weak‑water waves surged forward, then wrapped around front and back to form thick weak‑water ice, creating a giant iceberg that blocked ahead as a defense.

Yet that iceberg was utterly useless, instantly shattered by the thousand‑zhang halberd‑shadow, which then swiftly shot toward Bibo Xianzi.

"Damn bastard!"

All the cultivators present were furious, glaring and shouting, beginning to channel their cultivation level to help block the thousand‑zhang halberd‑shadow.

The void cracked with pop‑pop sounds, a chilling void wind raged in frantic turmoil.

The halberd‑shadow shocked the world, piercing heaven and earth, yet it locked onto Bibo Xianzi, vowing not to rest until its goal was met; although the crowd's attacks slowed its speed a bit, the halberd‑shadow soon shattered all their assaults, leaving them unable to resist.

"Rumble!"

The black halberd‑shadow descended, its rune‑blazing light captivating, its violent force crushing, seeking to annihilate everyone together.

Qin Cang, cursing angrily from behind, left his spot and clashed directly with Huang Ao.

Golden willow branches unfurled, whipping like a sharp lash to the extreme; each sweep lashed at Huang Ao's eyes, throat, head, lower body, groin, and so on.

The golden willow shadows crackled like electricity, keeping Huang Ao busy responding.

"You can't save her.

"After they die, it's your turn next."

"Haha"

Huang Ao laughed wantonly, very satisfied with his own earlier attack on Bibo Xianzi.

He was not hampered by ice‑sealing power, able once again to mobilize the will of heaven and earth; this powerful feeling renewed his resolve to slay Qin Cang.

"Rumble!"

At this moment, a tremendous earth‑shaking roar burst from the entire sky, like the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder exploding between heaven and earth; even Huang Ao couldn't help but turn his gaze toward the sound.

Longling stood before Bibo Xianzi's brow; the thousand‑zhang halberd‑shadow, in the flash of lightning and stone, instantly struck Longling's forehead, his jade‑like cranial bone seemingly aroused, instantly erupting a massive thunder‑light pillar.

The thunder‑light pillar shone with divine radiance, blazing to the extreme, instantly lighting heaven and earth; it shattered the thousand‑zhang halberd‑shadow, then surged forward like a flood‑sweeping‑through‑the‑earth maneuver, piercing the Ox and Dipper.

At this moment, throughout the mountain range, cultivators no matter how far could see a huge light‑piercing shaft shoot through the Dipper Mansion; the heaven‑shaking, earth‑penetrating power rapidly swept outward, turning mountain ridges, towering ancient trees, birds and beasts alike into dust.

Even Heiyao and others on the Dadi Ewei Xi were affected by the endless thunder‑force, also emitting protective light shields to resist; yet even so, scarlet blood involuntarily seeped from the corners of their mouths.

This was only because Longling deliberately restrained the thunder‑force issuing from his forehead bone; otherwise, among Heiyao's group there would be cultivators unable to block it, who would explode on the spot.

"Oh no!"

Huang Ao paled with fright, trying to dodge the slanted thunder‑light pillar shooting toward the clouds, yet it was already too late.

Half of his body was grazed; under the astonished gazes of the crowd, that half of his body struck by the thunder instantly vanished into smoke.

This upheaval caused Huang Ao's combat power to plummet; with only half his body remaining, how could he withstand Qin Cang's attack—his condition directly proclaimed the arrival of death.

Huang Ao immediately resolved, suddenly crushing a jade slip in his bosom.

His eyes flickered; his half‑body lunged at Qin Cang at extreme speed, violent power ravaging his physique, obviously knowing he could not defeat Qin Cang, he intended to self‑destruct, dragging Qin Cang down with him.

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Qin Cang saw this and a cold laugh came from the corner of his mouth.

Golden willow branches like golden snake vines, covered with dense flashing runes, swept sharp shadows toward the remaining half of Huang Ao's body, and that scorched-black half-body was directly pierced by the golden willow branches.

The golden willow branches trembled, surging power rushed into Huang Ao's eight extraordinary meridians and three hundred sixty major marrow apertures, then suddenly erupted with terrifying devouring power.

Everyone saw Huang Ao rapidly wither and age visibly, shrivel, then become desiccated, until finally turning into yellow sand that scattered in the wind.

At this moment, all cultivators present wore faces of utter disbelief; even Bibo Xianzi nearby rubbed her eyes, unable to accept it.

The Ancient Clan's full-force strike, a thousand-zhang halberd shadow, was actually blocked by Longling using his forehead bone; not only did the thunderous power it emitted destroy the thousand-zhang spear shadow, it also directly sliced off half of Huang Ao's body, forcing Huang Ao to drag Qin Cang into mutual destruction.

"Isn't it?"

"That's definitely not a forehead bone; it's clearly a supreme treasure capable of blocking a peerless expert's strike in the same realm and even reflecting back to kill the enemy."

"I've truly been opened up; I never expected Daoist Longling to have such a miraculous technique."

"It scared someone silly!"

Guinyin Shi's eyes filled with killing light as he tried to see through Longling's forehead bone, but found nothing unusual; it seemed the earlier supreme thunder power was Longling's innate source divine ability, which triggers automatically in danger.

"Everyone, leave quickly; otherwise, cultivators from the Universe Cultivation World drawn by the battle's fluctuations will arrive, making things even more troublesome."

Longling saw everyone staring at him and waved his hand, saying.

Actually, when his true self underwent the tribulation, his body's forehead scales once obtained a trace of heavenly tribulation power, and the forehead treasure scales refined that power into violet lightning scales.

As his avatar, after long cultivation she naturally refined the same divine ability using supreme white bone; the two work in different ways but achieve the same effect—not only do they specifically counter evil spirits, they can also summon wind and rain, and when facing enemies they can unleash heavenly thunder.

The Universe Cultivation World cultivators present didn't understand the reason, but Longling's avatar was fully confident in this trump card; when facing enemies, it strikes unexpectedly, causing a moment of daze—not only can same-realm cultivators not withstand it, even those with a higher realm's physical bodies cannot endure the destructive power of heavenly thunder.

Especially in today's Universe Cultivation World, cultivators focus only on drawing spirits into the body, refining the spirit to gain a pure understanding of heavenly laws, and have largely forgotten to temper the physical body.

In such a great cultivation environment, heavenly thunder often proves destructive to many cultivators who face it.

Everyone again mounted the Dadi Ewei Xi and headed forward; the endless mountain range occasionally emitted mysterious undulations, and the deeper they went into the mountains, the stronger that mysterious sensation became.

The invisible formidable pressure also made the Dadi Ewei Xi become restless, slowing its forward speed.

Boom—

A scarlet giant beast's tongue shot out from the deep forest, its surface covered with barbs, sharp as a curved blade, pulling several birds from the sky into the forest; the nearby forest instantly echoed with gurgling sounds.

Everyone saw that in a dense forest, soil and stone were shattered, withered wood collapsed in swaths, and then in the scarred ruins, a toad-like creature sprang out of the forest,

However, this toad-like creature was leaf-green all over, its pointed head bore a pair of sharp horns on each side, and its uneven back resembled protruding volcanic craters, giving a scalp-tingling ferocious feeling.

"Ancient fierce beast, Heavenly Horn Toad Slayer!"

On the Dadi Ewei Xi, the fellow cultivators traveling with them shouted in shock, their faces filled with panic.

"You all don't know.

"This beast is extremely toxic, living in the plague tide, feeding on myriad beasts and refining myriad insects into essence."

"Legend says that in ancient times, a mature Heavenly Horn Toad Slayer could open its mouth to swallow a true dragon."

"Especially those toxic plains on its back—if they were sprayed, even a true immortal encountering them would lose their protective immortal light."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed a deep dread; fortunately, that Heavenly Horn Toad Slayer did not attack the crowd but leapt away into the distance.

Longling's eyes flashed with bright light; in the distance, a giant centipede steaming with black mist was flying toward them, obviously the Heavenly Horn Toad Slayer and the centipede are mortal enemies, so he headed toward the centipede's approach to kill it.

No one knew how long they continued driving through the mountains before they gradually came to their senses, secretly rejoicing that they had avoided another calamity.

In the ruins of the Ancient Great Teaching, calamities followed one after another; having come this far, they saw corpses strewn across the wilderness, rivers of blood, countless cultivators perished, even the sect's disciples could not escape death; following Longling and Heiyao nearby, merely staying alive now is already a great fortune.

"Is it really just to wander aimlessly without guidance, easily falling into dangerous places and bringing disaster upon life?"

Chilian saw the endless, winding mountain ranges stretching into the unknown, his expression grim as he spoke.

In the endless mountains, this is only a temporary peace; what will happen soon, no one can foresee. Moreover, the forest is strewn with the bones of ferocious beasts and humans, showing that this place is far from benign.

"Follow the traces of the latest battle, and you can avoid much unnecessary trouble."

This winding mountain range stretches endlessly, unknown where it leads; it is certainly not as simple as it appears on the surface.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many White Bone to be buried in the ground."

Longling's expression was grave, and he also spoke.

Even in the ancient and primordial eras, Haotian Stone is a rare supreme treasure; a place capable of holding Haotian Stone could never be peaceful—it will surely be a land brimming with killing intent.

All the cultivators on the Dadi Ewei Xi, hearing this, had grim faces; having ventured this deep, there is no turning back, and even if they cannot obtain the Haotian Stone, they at least want to catch a glimpse, so they can die without regret.

"Save me… save me…"

Just then, a hoarse sound suddenly echoed from the surroundings for no apparent reason.

This sound is extremely grating; merely hearing a single word evokes a sense of loss, and an inexplicable sorrow wells up in the heart.

"Is that the place?"

Heiyao pointed forward; within a stele forest in the woods, amidst towering yellow vines that entwined, a withered, gaunt figure appeared and disappeared intermittently.

"Do not go there."

Just then, Longling directly blocked Qin Cang's movement, his eyes icy to the extreme.

"Why not save him? Heaven possesses the virtue of cherishing life."

Qin Cang retorted.

"Have you noticed nothing unusual?"

Longling countered with a question, and upon hearing it, everyone focused their gaze on the stele forest.

In the middle of the stele forest stood four massive ancient steles, black as ink; although covered in dense vines, they still gave an extremely mysterious feeling.

That weathered old man was bound by four huge bronze chains, his body sealed within the central stele; however, the vines were so densely packed that at first no one noticed.

"This…

could it be not something… good?"

Guinyin Shi spoke with a dry mouth; that withered, gaunt figure was still dead, and the surroundings were littered with desiccated bones.