This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 1608 - 57: 69 Heavenly Tribulation (Part 2)

Cang Xiu silently watched Zang Xiaojian, who was grinning, without speaking, until the latter began to feel guilty and muttered, "Then I might as well stay here..."

"If you want to go, then go. Right now the war hasn't started, you can go and adapt to the environment first, so you won't be flustered when the time comes." Cang Xiu turned away, no longer looking at Zang Xiaojian.

Zang Xiaojian was first stunned, then couldn't help but pump his fist and said, "Great!"

Seeing Zang Xiaojian's face of excitement, Lu Qingshan likewise showed a hint of smile on his face, "Then come back to Yumen Pass with me."

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Before returning to Yumen Pass, Lu Qingshan still had one thing to do.

After traveling a certain distance away with Zang Xiaojian from Flying Peak, Lu Qingshan scanned his surroundings.

Below was a boundless and vast snow field, sparsely populated and without human traces.

"You wait here for a minute," he suddenly said.

"What's the matter?" Zang Xiaojian asked.

"I'm going to cross a tribulation, you stay here, don't move, wait for me to return."

Lu Qingshan finished speaking and transformed into escaping light, heading to a distant snow peak.

At the same time, his internal aura surged and was powerful and turbulent.

In the next moment, a rumble of thunder echoed in the sky.

A streak of lightning tore through the Sky Dome, reflected in Zang Xiaojian's eyes.

Dark clouds came rolling, nurturing lightning.

This sign was precisely the sign of an approaching heavenly tribulation.

"Sixth Tribulations Realm advancement task completed."

"Your experience points consumption is 3.08 billion. You will face the tribulation; this tribulation is: Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, please prepare for tribulation crossing!"

In Lu Qingshan's eyes, two lines of faintly glowing characters flashed on a deep blue panel.

Due to the migration of the Three Clans, the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation had been postponed for a while. If not now, then when?

Above the Heaven's Vault, tribulation thunder was triggered, and spiritual power seemed to be influenced, becoming extremely violent.

Tribulation clouds rolled in patches, vaguely showing signs of forming a storm, and lightning coursed through them.

Under the storm, Lu Qingshan silently hovered.

Though confident, at this moment his expression was extremely solemn, not daring to take this lightly.

Heavenly tribulations grow stronger with each tier, power constantly surging, the higher the tribulation count, the more terrifying.

Its existence is to limit the number of high tribulation realm cultivators, so even though cultivators' cultivation is improving, it is actually no match for the increase in heavenly tribulation's power.

The difficulty for Fifth Tribulation Realm cultivators passing the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is ten times greater than Second Calamity Realm cultivators passing the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.

Within Lu Qingshan's body, element force boiled, a purple-gold light spread out.

The Sword Domain had already unfolded.

Besides crossing this Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Qingshan aimed to gauge the future power level of the Ninety-Nine Heavenly Tribulations through its intensity, thereby readying himself.

Boom!

Tribulation cloud swept across the sky, suddenly a streak of lightning shot fiercely towards Lu Qingshan below.

It was like a precursor.

In the next moment, numerous fierce thunders roared downward like electrical serpents and dragon bolts cutting through the sky, carrying violent waves and power, slammed heavily toward Lu Qingshan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Low rumbling explosions continuously sounded on the periphery of Lu Qingshan's Sword Domain.

The Sword Domain exhibited commendable defensive capabilities, scattering the sword qi that forced those tribulation thunders to dissipate outside the Sword Domain.

Lu Qingshan wasn't overly proud of dispelling the first wave of tribulation thunder.

The truly troublesome ones should be the last few waves of tribulation thunder; the initial ones mainly serve to exhaust his strength.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Fiery red, emerald green, dark blue, ghostly black, deep purple.

Six Life-bound Swords, with five sword whistlings, and five sword lights, spiraled around Lu Qingshan as if facing a great enemy, ready at any moment to counter the tribulation thunder.

His waiting didn't last too long.

More powerful and more concentrated tribulation thunder than the previous wave erupted fiercely from the tribulation cloud.

Lu Qingshan gathered his mind, directly wielding six Life-bound Swords to confront the tribulation thunder.

It seemed to sense Lu Qingshan's movement, the surging tribulation thunder responded with no politeness, terrifying pressure swiftly spread out, intertwining, immediately forming yet a thicker lightning bolt descending.

"Just keep using the same few moves over and over."

Seeing this scene, Lu Qingshan was not surprised at all, continually urging his Life-bound Sword forward.

For heavenly tribulation, the only solution is to rely on the immense cultivation to forcibly neutralize them.

Dodge, certainly cannot be dodged.

Of course, for body cultivation, they can also rely on the might of the physical body to withstand the heavenly tribulation.

However, this was not something Lu Qingshan needed to consider.

Sword cultivators are not crude fighters.

The gathered mighty tribulation lightning made contact with Lu Qingshan's life-bound sword.

No matter how it tried to release its pressure and explosive power, it could never overwhelm Lu Qingshan's life-bound sword. Instead, it gradually faded in this confrontation until it completely dissipated.

But just as this wave of lightning tribulation disappeared, Lu Qingshan discovered something remarkable.

"Did you also notice it?" An intention from Lieque resonated simultaneously in his heart.

"In the battle against the lightning tribulation, Lieque can absorb the power of the heavenly tribulation to charge the heavenly punishment..." Lu Qingshan said in a trance.

Yes, it was during the collision just now that, as the sword master of Lieque, he was surprised to find that Lieque could actually absorb some of the power of the heavenly tribulation and use it for itself.

And this power of the heavenly tribulation is precisely the source of the power for the heavenly punishment.

Though currently, the heavenly punishment stored within Lieque was still only one, the energy storage progress for the second heavenly punishment had already completed halfway.

This was only the second wave of lightning tribulation!

The Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation clearly wasn't that simple.

Thinking this way, Lu Qingshan's heart couldn't help but become lively.

Without a doubt, the heavenly punishment was currently his most powerful ace.

With no consumption and power comparable to a peak Honorable Realm cultivator's strike, the combination made the [Heavenly Punishment] divine skill surprisingly useful.

It's just that the "cooldown period" of a year to form one heavenly punishment seemed a bit unsatisfactory—in fact, for most cultivators, this wasn't a drawback at all.

It's just unfortunate that Lu Qingshan's cultivation progression was too fast.

But the limitation was there, even if he wasn't satisfied, he had no choice but to accept it until now he reaped an unexpected joy.

It turns out that the heavenly punishment still had a "fast charge" method.

Lu Qingshan couldn't help but look up at the densely packed and surging tribulation clouds in the sky.

The heavenly tribulation, which was originally a terrifying disaster, now seemed somewhat friendly to him.

Where is this tribulation lightning? It's clearly a "self-service power bank."

"With this, I certainly won't mind having more..." Lu Qingshan muttered to himself while watching the tribulation clouds brewing the third wave of lightning tribulation.

In the sky, silver snakes flickered once again.

The dark clouds rolled, and bolts of thunder a yard thick tore through the sky, relentlessly striking towards Lu Qingshan once more.

Whoosh!

Just as the lightning tribulation approached, Lieque charged out "single-handedly," its power equally astonishing, taking a "bite" at the violent electric serpent.

Chii! Chii! Chii!

With each collision, a deep purple luster flashed across the body of the Lieque sword, glowing brilliantly and appearing quite splendid.

Boom! Boom!

The tribulation clouds churned even more violently, with heavenly tribulations pouring down like a torrential rain.

Standing within the sword domain, Lu Qingshan looked up at the sky where thunderous serpents danced. His element force surged continually, controlling the Lieque sword to block almost all of these lightning tribulations while absorbing the power within.

The relentless onslaught of tribulation lightning from above, after nearly fifteen minutes of bombardment, finally began to wane and disperse.

Once the last bolt of lightning tribulation was also shattered by Lieque, the tribulation clouds that covered a vast expanse of sky finally slowly dissipated.

"Close to fifty percent..." Lu Qingshan murmured softly.

To cross the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, he had expended nearly half of his element force in just fifteen minutes.

One could only imagine how difficult the Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and even the legendary Ninety-Nine Heavenly Tribulations would be.

And the number of heavenly punishments stored in Lieque had increased from one to four.

The gains were more than just these.

Phew!

Lu Qingshan exhaled a deep breath of turbid air.

An unprecedentedly strong feeling spread from his limbs and bones, as element force surged through his meridians like a tide, both vigorous and powerful.

Crossing tribulations was something every cultivator revered and longed for, because with each heavenly tribulation passed, there was a transformation, a metamorphosis, not only in terms of strength enhancement but changes in various other aspects as well.

Sixth Tribulations Realm!

A satisfied smile crept onto Lu Qingshan's face.

After nearly half a year of diligent cultivation, his cultivation had risen from the Fourth Tribulation Realm to the Sixth Tribulation Realm, undergoing a tremendous transformation.

"You have crossed the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!"

"Your cultivation has been enhanced: From the Fifth Tribulation Realm to the Sixth Tribulation Realm!"

"Your element force has been enhanced, the element force limit increased by 400,000!"

"Your primordial spirit has been enhanced, the divine sense limit increased by 1,000!"

"Issuing the Seventh Tribulation Realm advancement task....."

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