At this moment, Qu Jianlei truly felt a bit of regret in his heart.

Had he known he could attract Tribulation Thunder, he absolutely wouldn't have practiced cultivation with Yuanyuan, not even mentioning the Qi Gathering Array.

Because he didn't know how much the powerful beings in the Superpower System understood about the Cultivation System.

To say they knew nothing at all was absolutely impossible.

No need to mention mysterious entities like the Celestial Hook Enigma Mansion, just the fact that all the Supremes are studying the Divine Text Document is enough to explain the issue.

Now he was about to face Tribulation Thunder, yet he couldn't silence all the witnesses, which was truly exasperating.

However, in the next moment, he composed himself, for the most important task at hand is Crossing the Tribulation; many trivial matters could wait till later.

If he failed in Crossing the Tribulation, he wouldn't even be alive, so why worry about all those things?

Yuanyuan, upon hearing Qu Jianlei's warning, was a bit puzzled: If I remember correctly, doesn't the island have lightning protection devices?

However, although she had a bit of a temper, most of the time she was still willing to listen to advice.

Ran Bingluan had already proven to her through various events that this was a person who spoke and acted very rationally.

So she swiftly retreated, but still called out, "Do you want to enter my Defense Array?"

Qu Jianlei didn't want to speak, but had to answer, "Exit the Qi Gathering Array!"

"Alright," Yuanyuan's compliance was indeed good, but after exiting the Qi Gathering Array, she still asked another question.

"Are you so sure because of the Cultivation Technique you're practicing?"

Don't force me to kill to silence others! Qu Jianlei replied helplessly, "I haven't completed the Advancement yet... we'll talk later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed in the sky, directly striking the room he was in.

Its speed was incomparably fast, far beyond what an A-level "Thunder Strike Skill" could match.

Yuanyuan was not sufficiently prepared, and for a moment, her vision was filled with blinding white light, rendering her unable to see anything.

Her large eyes squinted instinctively, and before she could do anything else, a series of thundering roars blasted by her ears.

Truly deafening, her ears were filled with humming and echoes, unable to hear any other sounds.

She didn't know how long it took, but she finally came to her senses, feeling dizzy and seeing spots, unable even to stand.

Wait, am I sitting now? Then it's fine.

How could it be fine? In the next moment, she felt short of breath, her stomach churning, nearly vomiting.

She pounded her chest hard, trying to reduce the dizzy and nauseating feeling as much as possible.

As she kept pounding, she felt a coolness on her hand, and wiping it, she found out... why am I crying?

Only then did she realize that she wasn't actually crying, it was just her eyes hurting too much, causing tears to flow involuntarily.

This lightning was too excessive, even more unreasonable than the Supremes, couldn't even look at it directly?

As she was wiping her tears, she noticed another flash in front of her, "Are you kidding... another one?"

Fortunately, she had her eyes closed, so the damage was much less.

And her reactions weren't slow, while complaining, she swiftly covered her ears.

Just after covering her ears, another peal of thunder exploded beside her ear, seemingly louder than the last.

"Oh my, I can't stay here!" Yuanyuan jumped up and stumbled off into the distance.

Only then did she realize that she had been sitting on the ground, purely from being shocked by that thunder strike!

She sprinted away, running about five hundred meters before she felt slightly better.

"This should be far enough," then she stopped, not daring to look back, still covering her ears with her hands.

Who in the world knows if there will be a third thunder strike; it's necessary to be cautious.

In the next moment, a thought rose in her mind.

As a bystander, she was injured to this extent, so Ran Bingluan at the center of the thunder... can he withstand it?

Wait... the island not only has lightning protection devices, but also a Defense Array, three layers in total!

The lightning weather on the Celestial Hook Planet generally isn't too strong, but this was once a military research base, with excellent lightning protection.

When the research institute relocated, they took away all the devices that could be carried, but obviously, the lightning protection system wasn't necessary to take.

Yuanyuan simply couldn't imagine how this lightning could strike through the lightning protection devices and also penetrate three layers of the Defense Array?

Moreover, why did this lightning feel so particularly targeted?

For a moment, she felt something strange in her heart... can it really happen that one's Advancement to Supreme gets struck by lightning?

It seems like those cultivation records of the Primordial Warriors didn't mention such a thing, right?

Yuanyuan wasn't someone who liked to think much; her rapid cultivation progress was mainly thanks to her talent.

The less she used her brain, the slower it worked, and since she couldn't figure it out, she simply didn't bother trying.

"The damage just now was too severe, even my head hurts, I'll think about it later... oh no, another one?"

The third bolt of lightning struck down again, but this time it was a bit farther away from her, so there was basically no harm.

However, immediately after, her whole body went numb, and she jumped up, "Oh shoot, I forgot about step voltage!"

Fortunately, her legs were relatively short, so the distance between her feet wasn't large, resulting in only a slight numbness.

She hurriedly put her feet together, then that thought popped into her mind again.

I'm so far away, yet I got a little numbed by the electricity. He's right in the center of the lightning; wonder how he's enduring it?

Before long, another bolt of lightning struck down. This time, she was almost unscathed.

Then came the fifth, sixth...

When the seventh bolt struck, she was already feeling a bit numb, "I wonder how many more until it's over?"

She had a guess, maybe… nine?

"Nine is the ultimate number," as mentioned in some Divine Text Document, but she wasn't sure if it was true.

If not nine, then maybe eighty-one in a cycle of nine... but if that's the case, he'd probably be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Add some seasoning he carried; hmm, wouldn't it be more flavorful this way… gosh, what am I thinking?

She was randomly fantasizing when she suddenly realized: has there been a long time without lightning?

However, she didn't dare to turn around and look. The lightning had harmed her quite a bit earlier, making her a bit afraid of the sound.

Anyway, this guy's prediction ability is really strong, thankfully he warned me in advance, or it would've been terrible.

After a few more minutes, raindrops as big as beans started to fall.

Yuanyuan looked up at the sky, muttering softly, "It's raining… has the entire Defense Array broken?"

If the Defense Array wasn't damaged, only when the defense is extremely weak would rain fall.

Yuanyuan used Inner Breath to create a shield but still didn't turn around.

Ten to eight minutes later, as the rain grew heavier, she couldn't help but mutter, "Could this guy… have been struck to death?"

Such potent lightning, it's really possible...

Just then, a voice whispered, very softly yet extremely clear, as if right beside her ear.

Her hands over her ears seemed nonexistent, "It's okay, for now, don't enter the Qi Gathering Array's range."

"It's okay?" Yuanyuan turned around quickly, extremely fast.

Just that her eyes were still tightly closed, "Are you alright?"

"I need to rest for a day," Ran Bingluan's voice sounded a bit weary, "Don't talk to me anymore."

Half an hour later, the rain stopped and clouds parted, the sky was as blue as if washed.

Yuanyuan really wanted to see what had happened in the cultivation grounds.

But in the end, she suppressed the curiosity, "Maybe I should prepare some lunch?"

Her temperament was just carefree; once she decided not to think about something, she really didn't bother.

Yet the next moment, her wristwatch vibrated; it was a female B-level Guardian calling.

"Lady Yuanyuan, were there any unexpected circumstances with the recent lightning?"

"It's okay, you don't need to ask anymore," Yuanyuan was very attentive to confidentiality, especially concerning Ran Bingluan's cultivation.

Honestly, it was her own cultivation experience she didn't mind being questioned about.

However, the other party was indeed worried, "We detected strong lightning multiple times; are there damaged devices needing repair?"

"Not needed for now," Yuanyuan replied firmly, "If there's a need, I'll contact you."

The other side promised to be on call, then hung up the communication.

Yuanyuan started to prepare to cook; she had seen Ran Bingluan do it many times — with related seasonings, she could do it decently herself.

Regrettably, an hour later, she looked at her crafted dish in frustration.

"It doesn't look great, but the process wasn't wrong; the taste should be close, right… oh dear, what is this?"

"Forget it, he'll emerge tomorrow, and I got hurt protecting him, having the Supreme cook a meal is normal, right?"

The next early morning, she arrived at the Qi Gathering Array's vicinity.

The Qi Gathering Array had long stopped; yesterday's thunderstorm was so severe it even broke the robot responsible for feeding.

Yuanyuan looked at the two's cultivation room and couldn't help but open her mouth wide, "Oh my, the building's been struck damaged!"

The place they chose for cultivation was a three-story small building, with the cultivation room located in the two lobbies on the first floor.

The lobby, extending from the building, now had a direct skylight over where Ran Bingluan was!

The whole room was also pitch black, evidently due to yesterday's lightning strikes.

"Hey, hey, I'm here, how are you, are you okay? Oh, should I call you Supreme now?"

A figure flashed, Qu Jianlei appeared in sight; apart from a pale face, his overall state was rather good.

He was wearing a set of sportswear, the brand new kind, adding a touch more spirit.

"What's with calling Supreme," there was a hard-to-hide smile on Qu Jianlei's face, "It was just a lucky success."

"You call this luck?" Yuanyuan blinked in disbelief, nodding her head in fear.

"Yesterday's lightning was terrifying enough, the Qi Gathering Array broke too; really can't believe you made it through."

"Oh, let's not talk about it," upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei shook his head, full of lingering fear.

"Luckily, I had another encounter, otherwise might not have endured it."