Chapter 116: Crossing the Tribulation

"Because you are afraid of death."

Seeing him stammer, Zhang Xingyu revealed the wound he was covering up in one sentence.

"Senior, you are wrong. We cultivators fight with heaven, fight with earth, and fight with people; what we fight for is a glimmer of opportunity. Only by always maintaining a heart of fierce progress can we fight for a chance of survival and step by step reach the peak of cultivation."

"Senior, I am a tiny little shrimp at the Qi Refining stage, yet I dare to come to these Sea Ruins to fight for a glimmer of opportunity. And you, a fourteenth-rank Dragon Clan member, a peak Void Refining cultivator, actually dare not face the advancement Heavenly Tribulation. If this were told, wouldn't it make people laugh their heads off?"

"What are you afraid of if you aren't prepared? If everything were prepared, would the Heavenly Tribulation given by the Heavens still be called a Heavenly Tribulation? Taking a step back, even if you fall under the Heavenly Tribulation, at worst you'll be reincarnated, and twenty years later, you'll be a good man again."

Zhang Xingyu chattered on and on, just like a teacher lecturing a young child.

If others were here, they would definitely be shocked.

Who would believe it?

A Qi Refining junior lecturing a peak Void Refining powerhouse.

A thumb-sized little person lecturing a giant dragon dozens of zhang long.

The old man's face turned red, then white, then green.

After a long while, the old man's complexion returned to normal.

The old man bowed to Zhang Xingyu and said: "I have been taught."

After the bow, the old man returned to his dignified appearance.

"Kid, I am ready to go out. Are you ready?" the old man asked.

"Senior, wait, I'll make a souvenir first," Zhang Xingyu said.

Picking up a blue stone from the ground, Zhang Xingyu left two lines of calligraphy on the rock where the old man sat in meditation.

"Zhang Xingyu of Nanhua Immortal Academy was here."

Looking at these flying dragon and dancing phoenix characters, Zhang Xingyu nodded with satisfaction.

Not bad, very much in the style of a scum traveler from Earth.

Thinking for a moment, he added another line at the end.

"Tang Yunxi, I love you."

"Let's go."

Old man Ao Cheng shouted softly, dragging Zhang Xingyu as he shot into the sky.

Half an hour later, a stream of light pierced through layers of seawater, rushed out of the Sea Ruin whirlpool, and arrived above the rainbow.

"Kid, you stay on this rainbow. I, the old man, am going to cross the tribulation."

After old man Ao Cheng finished speaking, he stepped into the sky.

Beside the Sea Ruins, above the sky.

Thick black clouds gathered from all directions, covering this sea area tightly.

The sunlight disappeared, and night suddenly descended.

Zhang Xingyu activated his Heavenly Eye supernatural power and looked in the direction the old man had left.

In the void, the black clouds rotated continuously, and a thunder eye dozens of miles wide was forming.

Deep within the thunder eye, electric light flickered, and thunder rumbled.

Ao Cheng, holding a long sword, stood quietly under the thunder eye.

A moment later, a thunder ball a hundred meters in size smashed down toward the old man.

Ao Cheng waved his long sword, and a massive beam of light emitted from the sword, colliding with the thunder ball.

"Boom!"

The thunder ball exploded.

At the explosion site, silver light flickered, and a mushroom cloud shot into the sky.

Below the old man, the sea surface dropped significantly.

On the originally calm sea surface, monstrous waves were stirred up, rolling toward all directions in wave after wave.

Zhang Xingyu's eyes were stung by the silver light, and tears flowed out profusely.

He hurriedly retracted his supernatural power and looked forward.

In the night sky, electric light flickered, and thunder roared.

Zhang Xingyu could no longer see old man Ao Cheng's figure, so he sat on the rainbow bridge to rest.

At the same time, three hundred miles away, in the clouds.

Two middle-aged men were also watching toward the Sea Ruins.

"Third brother has finally come out of the Sea Ruins. I hope he can be safe and sound this time," a man in a golden robe said.

"Big brother, third brother dared to come out, so he has half a chance of crossing this Heavenly Tribulation. Over these years, he has had a hard time trapped in the Sea Ruins," another man in a silver robe said.

The golden-robed man nodded: "I hope he can successfully advance to the Mahayana stage this time. If so, my Dragon Clan will have one Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator and three Mahayana stage cultivators. Even facing the Immortal King of the Void Immortal stage, we will have the power to fight."

The silver-robed man snorted: "Hmph, just a cultivator at the Void Immortal stage, not a real immortal, yet he dares to call himself the Immortal King. Over these years, he has been bossing our Dragon Clan around. It's not like treating an ally, but more like treating us as servants."

The golden-robed man raised his hand to stop him: "Alright, don't talk nonsense. The Void Immortal stage is already an immortal, only one step away from ascending to the Immortal Realm. The Immortal King's strength is unfathomable. If our Dragon Clan can live in peace with him, that's best. Even if we can't, we must try to avoid offending him, and certainly don't let him find an excuse to strike at our Dragon Clan."

The tribulation thunder in the sky seemed endless.

It had been exploding for three consecutive days, and there was no sign of it stopping.

Waiting is always boring.

Zhang Xingyu took out a fire talisman, cut off a lobster leg, and started a seafood barbecue.

Barbecuing on a rainbow, it felt super good.

This lobster leg was too big; Zhang Xingyu ate for eight days and eight nights before finishing it.

Eight days and eight nights was his estimate based on his own biological clock.

The sky was pitch black, without a single ray of light.

During this period, this world had been in the middle of the night.

Zhang Xingyu stood up and patted his belly with satisfaction.

The feeling of being a foodie is really good.

This lobster leg contributed ten thousand points of Spiritual Aura to him, allowing his cultivation to break through directly to the eighth layer of Qi Refining.

On the horizon, the thunder light still showed no signs of stopping.

Zhang Xingyu sighed: "The Heavenly Tribulation of a big shot is truly awesome. It has been striking for so long and still hasn't finished. This also shows that old man Ao Cheng's strength is not bad; if it were someone else, they might have been blasted into ashes by the tribulation thunder long ago."

Just then, the thunder light in the sky became even more violent.

Within the thunder eye, a new thunder ball was forming.

This one was half-red and half-blue, a thousand meters in size, with human figures faintly flickering on the surface of the thunder ball.

If a great cultivator with Divine Transformation stage cultivation saw this thunder ball, they would definitely exclaim: "Departing Fire Sunflower Water Thunder."

Departing Fire Sunflower Water Thunder is a type of mixed tribulation thunder, ten times more powerful than a single-element tribulation thunder.

The thunder ball fell.

Below, Ao Cheng sensed the terror of the thunder ball and decisively revealed his true Dragon Clan form.

A blue giant dragon roared incessantly at the thunder ball, and streaks of dragon Qi shot into the sky.

The thunder ball smashed into the dragon Qi.

The Departing Fire burned.

The dragon Qi was instantly ignited.

A moment later, the dragon Qi was exhausted, and the Departing Fire extinguished.

Then, the Sunflower Water continued to fall.

The old dragon hardened his heart and released his dragon pearl.

The Sunflower Water smashed into the dragon pearl, creating deep pits.

The thunder ball was eliminated.

Ao Cheng retracted his dragon pearl and transformed back into human form.

His body swayed, his aura was weak, and his face was as pale as white paper.

"Old dragon, come on!"

"Old dragon, you're amazing!"

"Old dragon, believe in yourself, you can do it!"

Zhang Xingyu shouted at the old dragon.

Although he didn't know if he could hear him, as a cheerleader, he should fulfill his responsibility of cheering and encouraging.

Below the thunder eye, Ao Cheng turned his head and glanced toward the rainbow bridge.

Perhaps, he heard Zhang Xingyu's shouting.

In the sky, the dark clouds had turned into fire-burning clouds.

A massive two-colored tribulation thunder lunged down again.

At this very moment, Ao Cheng's dragon pearl was damaged, his dragon Qi was exhausted, and his whole body was covered in wounds.

It seemed he was at the end of his rope.

"Can't I cross it?" the old dragon asked himself.

"No, I won't admit defeat. That brat said, a man must never say he can't do it to himself. I am a dragon, but I am also a male. I absolutely cannot say I can't do it to myself. That brat said, a man must be ruthless to himself. Yes, I must be ruthless to myself."

The old dragon cut off his own left hand and threw it forcefully at the tribulation thunder.

The tribulation thunder lunged at his wrist, instantly blasting it into ashes.

The tribulation thunder disappeared.

Immediately after, a two-colored tribulation thunder lunged over again.

The old dragon cut off his own left leg and threw it forcefully at the tribulation thunder.

The tribulation thunder disappeared, and the left leg turned into dust.

The tribulation thunder came again, and the old dragon cut off his right leg.

The tribulation thunder came again, and the old dragon cut off his right hand.

When the last five-colored flickering thunder light descended, the old dragon cut off his own lower body.

The tribulation clouds disappeared, and the thunder eye dissipated.

At this moment, a nectar rained down from the sky.

The old dragon greedily swallowed the nectar, repairing his broken body.

A moment later, the last trace of clouds dissipated.

Sunlight appeared in the sky again, and the world returned to brightness.

The old dragon's tears streamed down his face.

I crossed it, I really crossed it. ===== CHAPTER 117 =====