The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 514 - 297 Nangong Crossing Tribulation_2
Changtian spoke softly, "With the great tribulation looming, there must be no room for error. He forced himself to envision the Supreme Forgetfulness, striving for a heart undistracted." Nangong Zhen, after all, was an expert at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage and naturally knew well what was important and what was not.
Nangong Zhen sat quietly in the valley, seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was the focal point of everyone’s attention. The spectators also watched silently, not making the slightest noise. This bizarre spectacle seemed as if it would persist forever.
As stars shifted positions, a night passed. The next morning, as the first ray of sunlight appeared from the east, Heavenly Tribulation finally arrived.
The first strike of tribulation thunder came down without any warning.
A sneak attack! To Ning Xiaoxian, it seemed like even God knew how to launch a surprise attack; the storm clouds hadn’t even formed properly. However, this thunder didn’t seem very powerful; a flash of green light flashed in Nangong Zhen’s hand, colliding solidly with the descending thunder, and they canceled each other out.
The tribulation clouds finally formed only above Wild Valley, or more precisely, directly above Nangong Zhen. Everywhere else, the sky remained clear, a spectacle indeed. In the midst of the tribulation clouds, lightning flickered, turning the dark clouds almost white with their brilliance.
Ning Xiaoxian could now make out what the green light in Nangong Zhen’s hand was — a Jade Ruyi. Just by looking at its luster and texture, it was obviously of superb quality; its green glow signified an extraordinary grade.
After the first strike of thunder, the tribulation clouds seemed to ferment for a while before continuously unleashing Divine Thunders. There are nine layers of Heavenly Thunder, each with nine strikes. However, unless one’s sins reach the sky and can’t be recorded in full, God would not send down the nine-layered Heavenly Thunder to strike you. At least in the past twenty thousand years, no one has reportedly received this supreme level of treatment. Ordinary cultivators usually only experience thunders of up to the fourth layer. Nangong Zhen had previously estimated that his own Heavenly Tribulation would be about the fourth layer.
After enduring the eleventh strike of tribulation thunder, Nangong Zhen’s Jade Ruyi was exhausted of Mana, covered with cracks, no longer shining green.
When the twelfth strike of tribulation thunder came down, Nangong Zhen let out a sigh, tossed the Ruyi high into the air. A streak of white light flashed through the sky, and this strike of tribulation thunder shattered the Jade Ruyi completely, the remaining force relentlessly chasing after Nangong Zhen. He only needed that brief moment of delay to tuck a tiny seed into the ground.
No sooner had the seed been sown than it germinated and sprouted within two breaths, pushing through the soil and stretching upwards to become a majestic tree with lush foliage by Nangong Zhen’s feet. Standing under the colossal tree, Nangong Zhen, with his wide-sleeved robe, looked quite like an Immortal. However, his expression was solemn and serious, far from the carefree demeanor of immortals.
Changtian let out a soft "huh" and said, "He’s not a wood attribute Spirit Root; it’s amazing that he can still wield such a Magic Artifact. It seems Guangcheng Palace does have profound wealth and resources." Magic Artifacts are not solely made of Metal. Strictly speaking, this spirit tree, including the Ding Ning Bees in Ning Xiaoxian’s hand and such life forms, are also considered Magic Artifacts.
Ning Xiaoxian thought to herself that Nangong Zhen’s method was a stark violation of the common knowledge she had learned in Huaxia, "Don’t stand under a big tree during a thunderstorm," but this tree looked very reliable indeed, as all the falling tribulation thunders struck the canopy.
The power of the tribulation thunder was incomparable to the previous ten strikes. Each one battered the treetop until the branches were scorched through and through. After twelve strikes of tribulation thunder, Ning Xiaoxian could even smell the intense scorched odor. But Nangong Zhen wouldn’t have used it to take the strikes blindly; the tree’s Power of Growth was terrifyingly strong. After each strike, the charred and blackened branches immediately turned green again, sprouting new shoots and leaves, rejuvenated by the time the next strike descended.
By then, Nangong Zhen had already safely passed twenty-four strikes of tribulation thunder. If his Heavenly Tribulation was indeed of the fourth layer, then he had surpassed more than half of it. However, his lips were tightly sealed, without even a hint of a smile. Because the most dangerous Heavenly Tribulation was yet to come.
Indeed, the subsequent thunder became much fiercer and faster. Although the giant tree was full of life, it couldn’t withstand such ferocious onslaughts, and before the damage from one strike could be repaired, the next one was already arriving, inflicting injury upon injury. After five such strikes, the lush leaves of the mighty tree had all fallen off, leaving only bare branches that were battered black, on the verge of annihilation.
Nangong Zhen no longer hesitated, reaching into his bosom to take out a Jade Bowl. Something seemed to be stirring restlessly within it. All observers had keen eyesight and immediately saw that it held a miniature landscape with lively goldfish and tender green algae, a miniature pond in essence. However, the Nangong Sect Leader didn’t produce this artifact for leisure and relaxation, but rather resolutely threw it into the sky.
The Jade Bowl vanished abruptly, yet the small world within unfolded slowly like a scroll, transforming into an imposing illusory expanse even larger than the giant tree itself. When the tribulation thunder struck, its force was dispersed among the ripples of water, the goldfish, and even the green algae and stones of the pond.
"What is that?"
"An Array, a deeply profound Array. The items within the Array have taken on life, immeasurably stronger than the Array laid by Wen Liangyu back then." Changtian watched intently as well. After tens of thousands of years without witnessing a Crossing Tribulation, the Human Clan truly turned out to be a race full of creativity, able to come up with so many methods to overcome the tribulation. His eyes were keener than the rest, and he had already realized that, thus far, Nangong Zhen had been relying entirely on external aids without tapping into his True Ability to overcome the tribulation, evidently holding something back.
His conclusion was, "Nangong Zhen’s tribulation today might not be so simple." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
True enough, after several more thunderbolts struck, the thirty-fourth thunder arrived. By now, all onlookers could tell something was off with this Crossing Tribulation, for every cultivator’s penultimate tribulation thunder is known as the "God Slaying Thunder," which is a very distinctive purplish-red color. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
