Chapter 344: The Heavenly Tribulation Specifically Targeting Lin Bai

Cultivators outside the Shengji Sect thought Lin Bai could safely transcend the tribulation with his ten-thousand-person group, and everyone was preparing to watch Lin Bai ascend, but the sudden rise of a gale gave them hope once more.

"So, the Heavenly Tribulation contains not only Heavenly Fire but also a Wind Tribulation?" said a Great Vehicle Realm cultivator from Tianmo Mountain.

"How could a ten-thousand-person tribulation be so easy to pass? I fear the final nine days are the true test," said a Great Vehicle Realm cultivator from the Blood Sect.

"For so many people to transcend the tribulation at once and for Lin Bai to pass through it unscathed, the Heavens would lose too much face," sighed a Great Vehicle Realm cultivator from the Shengji Sect. "However, Lin Bai has allowed us to witness the ultimate form of the Heavenly Tribulation. Who could have known before that there were fire and wind within the tribulation?"

"Unprecedented and unrepeatable. I must say, Lin Bai is too strong..."

"Phoenix Seeking Phoenix is truly overbearing. Even the Green Wood was torn apart by the gale, yet those low-level cultivators inside Phoenix Seeking Phoenix are still unscathed. The Fazhe Zhidao is terrifying to this extent."

"Should we strike at the Heavenly Descended in the support group and send those people into the Heavenly Tribulation?"

"Those are my Blood Sect's people. Once Lin Bai dies, they will still be fierce generals of the Blood Sect. Old Ghost, do you intend to make an enemy of my Blood Sect?"

Lin Erbai, lacking physical protection, was the first to be blown to death by the gale.

The second batch to be blown to death were the four players including 【Wild Without Fighting】, as their strength was the worst, and Lin Bai had never fed them Spirit Fruit.

The moment the gale blew over, they were wiped out in an instant.

The live broadcast signal was interrupted.

It could not be said that it was entirely interrupted; members of the Lin Bai Support Group were also broadcasting, but they were too far from the center of the Heavenly Tribulation, separated by a hundred miles. In the broadcast footage, one could only see withered branches and fallen leaves being swept up by the gale, along with flying sand and rocks; the situation at the center of the Heavenly Tribulation could not be seen at all.

As of this point.

All players had lost exact news of Lin Bai.

These days.

Lin Bai had been feeding Spirit Fruit to the surrounding Disciples, and everyone had just consumed the pills refined by Gu Yi, so the condensation level of their Spirit Souls had reached a higher level.

Therefore.

When the gale blew, everyone's Spirit Soul held on.

Xu Longyun, Jiang Qingqin, the Hu He family, Ye Lan, and others had the weakest cultivation, but without needing to worry about their Spirit Souls, Tuohai and the others blocked all the wind blades mixed into the gale that were sufficient to shred everything.

Tuohai and the others knew the importance of these few to Lin Bai and dared not fail to save them.

Once Lin Bai's beloved died.

The next step.

It might be them that Lin Bai abandoned.

Everyone knew that Lin Bai still kept an ultimate means for himself: the Puppet Phoenix Seeking Phoenix.

Theoretically, Lin Bai could transcend the tribulation without loss, but because he had to protect Xu Longyun and the others, Lin Bai chose to resist the Heavenly Tribulation head-on...

Therefore.

The well-cared-for Xu Longyun and the others suffered the least disaster during the Wind Tribulation.

The most severely injured was Qingyun; the Green Wood's true form was too large, and she had no idea that there was such a thing as a Wind Tribulation within the Heavenly Tribulation.

She was completely unprepared when the gale rose.

In an instant, more than half of the branches on the Green Wood were shredded by the gale. Qingyun spat out several mouthfuls of blood at that moment. If she had not promptly raised a phantom image to block the gale, she could have been blown to death alive by the gale in no time...

Lin Bai had been in a state of severe injury, and after being blown by the wind, he was on the verge of death once again. He slashed the gathered Tribulation Cloud apart with a blade, but he could not cut the all-pervading gale.

His Spirit Soul was the most powerful; blocking the blades in the wind, the damage caused by the gale to his Spirit Soul was almost negligible, not even as fast as his Spirit Soul's self-repair.

Perhaps it was because the Spirit Fruit Tree was planted in Lin Bai's mind that there was no upper limit to the improvement of Lin Bai's Spirit Soul.

Therefore, he could easily split off a Spirit Division equivalent to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm without any damage.

But Xu Longyun and the others could not; their Spirit Souls, like Qingyun's, had an upper limit.

Once the limit was reached, no matter how many Spirit Fruits were eaten, they would have little effect.

And this limit was related to their physical strength and cultivation.

Xu Longyun's current cultivation was the Spirit Transformation Realm. With the supplementation of these days, the strength of her Spirit Soul had already exceeded the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, allowing her to temporarily resist the gale, but after a long time, as the Spirit Soul was slowly eroded, one day it would be worn away completely.

Even if she held on until the end, with a damaged Spirit Soul, she would be either dead or an idiot...

The Xiaobai Fox and others with lower cultivation had even weaker Spirit Soul strength.

Lin Bai plucked a large handful of Spirit Fruits from the tree and precisely delivered them into everyone's hands to replenish their Spirit Soul consumption, while also casting a few Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spells on the Green Wood to repair her injuries...

Thus.

Under the Heavenly Tribulation, a strange scene appeared.

The ten thousand people on the outermost perimeter were singing and dancing, unscathed amidst the wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

The group in the middle gathered all their power to raise a protective shield, forming a circle, stuffing Spirit Fruits into their mouths while fighting against the countless blades in the gale.

And the few people circled in the very center did nothing but stuff Spirit Fruits into their mouths...

Lin Bai, at the very center, spat blood from time to time, slashed his blade at the sky to disperse the Tribulation Cloud, and concurrently cast the Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spell;

Qingyun, while protecting her true form, waved the Banana Fan to disperse the Heavenly Fire gathered by the Tribulation Cloud, and occasionally had to give Lin Bai a palm strike to ensure he remained in a state of severe injury at all times...

Everyone was busy and having a great time.

The Tribulation Cloud also realized that time was running out, and the speed of its condensation was getting faster and faster.

From the three or four minutes interval after being slashed apart, to two minutes after a day, and then to one minute after another day, it would gather together again...

"Master, it's no good. If this continues, the slashed Tribulation Cloud will condense instantly. If the lightning falls and our defense is not in place, you will die." Qingyun looked at the increasingly fast gathering speed of the Tribulation Cloud in the sky and said anxiously, "The Heavenly Tribulation is determined to put us to death. Once the Tribulation Cloud gathers again, the power of the falling lightning will definitely be much greater than before..."

"Master, if you really can't hold on, abandon us and use Phoenix Seeking Phoenix on yourself! As long as you are alive, we can all survive. Even if you use Butterfly Transformation on us, it won't be long before we can reunite," Xu Longyun said with a heartache, watching Lin Bai, who spat blood at every turn and maintained a near-death state.

"Master, don't worry about us, I am willing to become a butterfly." In the gale, the Xiaobai Fox was no longer so optimistic. She looked at Lin Bai, her gaze turning firm. "Master likes me like this; when the butterfly manifests its form in the future, I will still change into this appearance..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! We are only one step away. With me here, everyone will be able to transcend the Lightning Tribulation," Lin Bai glanced at them and comforted them.

Joking?

He had persisted in the lightning tribulation for nearly three months and had vomited who knows how many liters of blood; how could he possibly give up when it was almost over?

Was he not going to complete the War God System's mission anymore?

Did he not want the War God Body anymore?

Did he not want the Haoweirenshi System System System's mission anymore?

……

As a mission fanatic, the direction of Lin Bai's thinking was always different from others……

However.

With more than thirty people consuming Spirit Fruit without pause, the fruit on the tree was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Lin Bai really felt a bit of heartache.

After all, one-third of the fruit on the tree had already been fed to Qingyun back then.

Later, in order to replenish everyone's Spirit Soul, they had eaten many more.

These days he had not gone out to stir up trouble, the income value of emotions from the outside world continued to decrease, the fruit had not been replenished at all, and if consumption continued at this rate, by the time the lightning tribulation was passed, there wouldn't be much fruit left.

If he could help Xu Longyun and the others pass the lightning tribulation, that would be fine, but if they didn't pass, that would truly be a loss that reached his grandmother's house.

There were still five days left of the lightning tribulation; he had to think of other ways!

Lin Bai searched through all his Skills and reward items.

Suddenly.

His gaze landed on the Super Sect Leader System.

The next moment.

A magnificent Main Hall appeared out of thin air and landed on the Green Wood.

The Main Hall was over thirty meters high, with white jade stone slabs and pillars on the exterior, carved with dragons and phoenixes, golden bricks and green tiles; a golden plaque hung at the entrance, inscribed with the two characters "Main Hall"; the interior was paved with blue bricks, the area inside was at least several thousand square meters, and at the very top was a golden throne, looking majestic and solemn……

The Main Hall, a mission reward from the Super Sect Leader System.

Inside the Main Hall, Lin Bai, as the Sect Leader of the Justice Sect, had all his attributes doubled.

For a long time, Lin Bai had intended to keep the Main Hall to ambush people during battles.

Now, his strength was already top-tier, so the Main Hall's use for combat was no longer significant.

But when transcending the tribulation, bursting with ten times the potential in a near-death state, and then doubling all attributes through the Main Hall, it was equivalent to bursting with twenty times the potential.

Surviving the few days of lightning tribulation shouldn't be a problem, right!

……

The suddenly appearing Main Hall gave everyone a start.

Qingyun asked subconsciously: "What is this?"

"The Justice Sect Main Hall." Lin Bai smiled and said casually, "It must be that the sect's patriarchs saw that our tribulation transcendence was difficult and sent it specifically to help us transcend the tribulation. Come, everyone move into the Main Hall, and I will protect everyone as we transcend the tribulation……"

As he spoke.

He took the lead and Flash-ed into the Main Hall.

Qingyun followed closely behind.

Entering the Main Hall, Lin Bai immediately felt his hearing and vision sharpen; his strength, speed, and physical toughness were greatly enhanced, and even his recovery speed doubled in an instant.

He broke out of the near-death state in the blink of an eye……

At this time, Tuohai and the other Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts also escorted Xu Longyun and the others into the hall one after another.

But the hall was still filled with howling winds; the drafty Main Hall could not block the pervasive gale at all, and it also obstructed everyone's line of sight.

Qingyun looked at Lin Bai in confusion: "Master, the Main Hall doesn't have much effect on the Heavenly Tribulation!"

While speaking.

The Tribulation Cloud gathered together again.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning fell down and struck directly on the roof of the Main Hall.

Crash!

The glazed roof of the Main Hall was shattered by the lightning on the spot.

Everyone had black lines on their heads.

Although they didn't speak, the meaning expressed in their eyes was very clear: what kind of broken hall is this? It's not even as good as being outside!

Heavenly Fire also fell from the Tribulation Cloud, covering the sky and earth, rolling toward the Green Wood.

Qingyun's complexion changed suddenly: "Master."

Lin Bai also hadn't expected that the Main Hall couldn't even withstand one lightning tribulation, but fortunately, although the roof of the Main Hall was shattered, the attribute-doubling function remained, so he hurriedly said: "Qingyun, come, hit me."

Qingyun reflexively struck out with a palm.

But the expected heavy injury did not arrive; she couldn't help but be stunned, and another bolt of lightning fell, shaving off more than half of the Green Wood's treetop.

She spat out a mouthful of blood and swayed, on the verge of collapsing.

"Use twice the force you just used." Lin Bai said anxiously.

Hearing this, Qingyun disregarded her own injuries and struck another palm at Lin Bai without hesitation, and then she fell into a coma.

The moment Lin Bai was heavily injured, lightning fell one after another.

Lin Bai swung his blade toward the sky.

A blade shadow even larger than the previous one appeared, splitting the falling lightning, scattering nearly half of the Tribulation Cloud, and even the gale blowing toward the crowd was blocked outside the Blade Qi……

Large swaths of the sky were revealed, sunlight spilled down, and in this instant, it was as if the fierce lightning tribulation from just a moment ago did not exist……

But the raging Heavenly Fire, which had shaved off most of the tree body and was still burning on the Green Wood, proved that everything just now was not an illusion.

Looking at the sunlight spreading over their bodies, everyone was stunned once again.

"Master, has your strength improved again?" Ye Song asked faintly.

"My strength hasn't increased, but within the Main Hall, the power of all my abilities has doubled." Lin Bai smiled slightly, used Flash to teleport over, picked up the Banana Fan that Qingyun had dropped on the ground, extinguished the Heavenly Fire burning on the Green Wood, and then casually cast a few Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spells to help the Green Wood recover from its injuries.

But the injuries Qingmu sustained this time were too severe; even with the Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spell, it took a long time for Qingyun to recover. However, her strength had also been greatly weakened. She opened her eyes, looked at the dappled sunlight, and was stunned for a moment: "Master, has the Heavenly Tribulation been transcended?"

"Not yet, but it should be just about over." Lin Bai smiled, continuously using the Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spell to heal her, and said with full confidence, "Hold on a little longer, Master will take you all to become immortals together."

Over the next few days.

Lin Bai's tribulation-transcending group returned to their original routine: sustaining heavy injuries, hacking at the Heavenly Tribulation with Blade Qi, then resting...

Everyone watching Lin Bai transcend the tribulation from the outside had already become numb.

Lin Bai's endless stream of backup plans had already made them abandon the thought that the Heavenly Tribulation would strike Lin Bai to death.

Now.

Everyone was waiting to watch Lin Bai ascend, intending to witness him leave this world and go wreak havoc in the Immortal World...

Eighty-one days of Tribulation Transcendence.

The Heavenly Fire turned white, and the Divine Wind was as black as ink.

Even for Lin Bai with his doubled attributes, the thick Tribulation Cloud could only be scattered for a brief moment before it would gather again...

But under the Banana Fan, even the white Heavenly Fire would be extinguished the moment it surged out.

The gale that destroyed human Spirit Souls blew weakly, as if it had exhausted its strength in the confrontation with Lin Bai...

As for the lightning, no matter how fast it gathered, the Tribulation Cloud could not condense, so it could not strike down.

Under the effect of Lin Bai's continuous Spring Breeze Turns to Rain spells, even the Green Wood had fully regrown, looking even more lush than before the tribulation.

Looking at the Tribulation Cloud in the sky that could never take shape, Qingyun was infinitely moved: "Master, I never thought that one day I would be able to transcend the lightning tribulation, and a ten-thousand-person lightning tribulation at that, and it was so easy, not a single person died..."

"Easy?" Lin Bai looked weakly at Qingyun, at the battered Main Hall, and at the sparse fruits on the Spirit Fruit Tree in his mind, and shook his head helplessly, "I have exhausted all my means; if the Heavenly Tribulation had been even slightly stronger, we wouldn't have made it through..."

Before his voice had even faded.

As if responding to Lin Bai.

The Heavenly Tribulation that had been scattered by Lin Bai gathered together.

Qingyun habitually wounded Lin Bai, and Lin Bai swung his blade toward the sky, but this time, golden lightning struck down even before the Blade Qi Lin Bai slashed out, heading straight for Lin Bai.

There was only one bolt of this lightning, golden with a streak of black mixed in.

The golden lightning was scattered by the Blade Qi.

But the black lightning passed through the Blade Qi and struck Lin Bai in an instant.

The speed was so fast that no one could react.

Lin Bai, who had just been chatting and laughing with everyone, had the expression on his face suddenly freeze the moment the black lightning hit his body, and he lost all signs of life!

At the same time.

The gale vanished, the Heavenly Fire was extinguished, and the Tribulation Cloud seemed to have completed its mission and dissipated rapidly.

A pure white pillar of light descended from the sky and landed on the Green Wood; this was the guiding light of ascension...

However.

Not a single person walked into the guiding light.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Lin Bai, who had lost his breath.

Qingyun's face was bloodless, and she said with a trembling voice: "Tribulation of Demon Annihilation."

"What Tribulation of Demon Annihilation?" Xu Longyun asked blankly, looking at the lifeless Lin Bai as if she had lost her Soul.

"The Tribulation of Demon Annihilation is a special lightning tribulation aimed at heinous people; it ignores defense and kills in one strike." Qingyun looked at Lin Bai, who had lost his vital signs, and explained helplessly, "This is the final defense set by the heavens to prevent powerful evil people from transcending the lightning tribulation and entering the Immortal World. It has always only existed in legends; I never thought the Tribulation of Demon Annihilation actually existed..."

(End of this chapter)