Chapter 277: Been Drained Away

Boom—

Like ten thousand horses galloping, and like a galaxy pouring backwards, the heavenly tribulation has formed, carrying the momentum to destroy heaven and earth, it booms down toward Yuan Yao below!

That silver lightning, like a dragon baring fangs and claws, suddenly attacked, its body a full two inches wide, awe-inspiring.

Yuan Yao's expression changed slightly; she quickly gripped her Phantom Spirit Sword, leapt up, and went to meet it.

Boom!

The heavenly tribulation fell upon Yuan Yao, instantly splitting her skin and tearing her flesh, a sight too horrible to behold, her clothes and hair also scorched as if burned by fierce fire.

Intense pain struck, her whole body tingled with electricity, and Yuan Yao's body trembled uncontrollably.

She recalled what her senior brothers and sisters had told her: when undergoing the heavenly tribulation, one must seize the opportunity to absorb its essence, transform it into one's own origin power, and solidify one's cultivation foundation.

She gritted her teeth, endured the pain, while circulating her inner spiritual power to absorb the tribulation's force, and at the same time swung her sword to face that terrifying tribulation.

In an instant, another bolt of lightning descended!

Yuan Yao swung her sword to cut it, but could only barely slow its speed for a moment.

Bang!

Only to see the girl struck by lightning, she fell miserably to the ground, her flesh scorched black, her blood washed away by rain.

The rain poured down; the girl lay on the ground, her bloody, blurred fingers slightly curled, making it impossible to see her expression at this moment.

Xie Yan's gaze shifted slightly; just as he was about to approach, he saw the lightning power lingering on Yuan Yao's body, after a flicker, quickly absorbed by her body.

Immediately, the girl crawled up from the ground, her side profile showing steadiness, her eyes seeming to hold an unextinguished light.

Suddenly, she looked up at the sky and actually laughed.

She said nothing, yet one could feel her mood was joyful.

What was she happy about?

This Golden Core tribulation will not end so easily.

In the world of cultivation, how many cultivators have lost their lives because they could not withstand the heavenly tribulation?

Another heavenly tribulation descended!

This time, Yuan Yao went up to meet it together with the Golden Egg.

Boom—

The deafening thunderclap seemed to tear the void, also severely injuring Yuan Yao, causing her to fall again to the ground, where a huge pit appeared.

The girl staggered to her feet again, her injuries worse, yet she was even happier.

Xie Yan finally understood her emotions.

This was her longing to grow stronger.

Each heavenly tribulation that descends will severely wound her flesh and even her soul, but if she endures it, it means her strength has advanced another level.

Her Golden Core Realm is different from that of ordinary people.

Xie Yan looked at the undispersed dark clouds above and faintly felt there were still several more heavenly tribulations.

Xie Yan stared deeply at Yuan Yao's silhouette, suddenly feeling that when they first met, he shouldn't have called her 'little trash'.

She is not weak either.

When the fourth heavenly tribulation descended, the width and power of that lightning exceeded those of the previous three.

Golden Egg: Ahhh I'm scared scared scared!

Yuan Yao faced it head-on, but this time she felt her head about to be crushed, her veins and meridians throughout her body as if being pulled, her flesh could not withstand the tribulation's force, splitting and oozing blood.

Now she resembled a bloody person.

Yuan Yao spat out fresh blood, she gripped her sword with both hands and fiercely slashed at the tribulation.

Boom!

One swing of the sword split the lightning in two!

With a blast, half of the lightning struck Yuan Yao's body, half struck the ground, and in an instant the ground was split open into a huge pit.

And Yuan Yao, hit by the tribulation, was flung backward; just before she would hit the ground, she clenched her Phantom Spirit Sword tightly, plunged it into the earth to slow her descent, she half-knelt on the ground and began to cough violently.

Blood came out with her cough.

Faintly, there were also some bits of flesh.

Yuan Yao only felt her whole body in pain, on the verge of losing consciousness, waves of suffocation struck, making her vision darken.

At this moment her body began to go limp.

It seemed the next moment she would fall into a coma.

No……

Cannot collapse like this!

She must form her Golden Core!

This resolve steadied Yuan Yao's will; she gritted her teeth, while frantically absorbing the tribulation's power, and taking advantage of this gap, she took out healing pills from her storage space.

She gulped them down bottle after bottle.

…

Elsewhere.

Outside the Flowing Light Secret Realm.

In some mysterious place, those mysterious people cloaked in black robes and wearing masks gathered around a crystal ball to watch.

They from the start:

"These two actually set a trap to deal with the Demonic Lord Kui Shi and the Tiger Lord?"

"As expected, one of the unparalleled geniuses of the cultivation world, Xie Zixu, relying solely on the Transformation Spirit Realm, can contend with the Demonic Lord Kui Shi; although the Demonic Lord Kui Shi had been drained of power beforehand, even so, the Demonic Lord Kui Shi's strength is still not to be underestimated!"

"Don't you feel that Yuan Yao's spiritual power is so strong it's somewhat terrifying?"

But her cultivation is only at the late-stage peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, so she can only assist from a distance.

It must be said that when these two combine, they exhibit greater combat power.

As the Demon Lord Kui Shen's consciousness was controlled by Yuan Yao using her spiritual power—

This Yuan Yao... actually stripped the Demon Lord Kui Shen of his consciousness! How is that possible?!

Wait, have you noticed that the primordial power of the Luminous Light Secret Realm is being drained?!

The mysterious individuals looked closely and discovered that the primordial power of the Luminous Light Secret Realm was flowing toward Yuan Yao's position.

It's Yuan Yao who is devouring the Demon Lord Kui Shen's spiritual power!

You should know that aside from those two hundred young cultivators, the figures within the Luminous Light Secret Realm are all formed from its primordial power.

So, Yuan Yao devouring the Demon Lord Kui Shen's spiritual power is also devouring the primordial power of the Luminous Light Secret Realm!

Can we stop her?! one person shouted anxiously.

Cannot be stopped. another person said solemnly, "This is retracing the cause and effect of the Luminous Light Secret Realm."

The mysterious individuals all fell into silence.

Someone chuckled and said: 'After all these years, this is still the first time anyone has been able to devour the primordial power of the Luminous Light Secret Realm.'

With the death of the Demon Lord Kui Shen, the Luminous Light Secret Realm also underwent astonishing changes.

Due to the loss of some primordial power, an uncontrolled heavy rain actually fell.

This rain came without any warning.

But it precisely signaled that a variable had appeared in the Luminous Light Secret Realm.

Yuan Yao is about to form a Golden Core!

The mysterious individuals saw the Luminous Light Secret Realm overcast with dark clouds and quickly figured it out.

But the impending lightning tribulation was so tremendously formidable that it left the mysterious individuals stunned.

Is this really the lightning tribulation of the Golden Core realm?

I, old man, have never seen such a terrifying Golden Core realm lightning tribulation!

In the cultivation world, some cultivators can form a Golden Core without undergoing a lightning tribulation, while others must undergo a lightning tribulation to form a Golden Core. Why this phenomenon occurs relates to the different choices beings make regarding the path of cultivation.

What kind of 'monster' is this Yuan Yao?! many mysterious individuals lamented.