Su Yun's Tribulation

Chapter 21: Su Yun's Tribulation

This tiny bolt of lightning descended, seemingly striking Su Yun's head. However, the lightning seemed to pass through his body, directly hitting the Great Furnace of Heaven and Earth within him, striking the Blood Essence egg formed by his Origin Energy.

The Blood Essence egg, formed by his Origin Energy, was instantly filled to the brim with violent Blood Essence, almost exploding on the spot!

Although this bolt of lightning was merely a minuscule portion split from the lightning striking the Flood Dragon, the Heaven and Earth Blood Essence contained within it surpassed the limits Su Yun could tolerate at this stage!

After all, the Great Black Snake was an ancient demon that had cultivated for a long time, while Su Yun, despite having the foundation of Master's Qi Cultivation Chapter taught by Mister Wild Fox, had only been formally cultivating for a little over a month.

His foundation was far inferior to the Great Black Snake's. If he rashly absorbed the Heaven and Earth Blood Essence, he would absolutely explode and die from being overfilled.

"Great Furnace Transformation, Creation as Work!"

Just as the Heaven and Earth Blood Essence within the lightning was about to explode the Blood Essence egg, Su Yun activated the upper chapter of the Great Furnace Transformation cultivation technique. The Great Furnace of Heaven and Earth within his body suddenly absorbed the excess Heaven and Earth Blood Essence into the furnace!

The great egg pulsed, swallowing the Heaven and Earth Blood Essence.

The patterns on the surface of the great egg lit up, reflecting the coiled, entwined, yet strong and ferocious body within the egg.

His Blood Essence was undergoing a transformation from Crocodile Dragon to Flood Dragon!

The excess Blood Essence was refined by the Great Furnace of Heaven and Earth using the "Creation as Work" principle of Great Furnace Transformation, converting it into his own Blood Essence.

The Great Furnace of Heaven and Earth refines the Yin and Yang energies within the body into Origin Energy. This refining process is called "Creation as Work," also known as "Transformation." Therefore, when cultivating Great Furnace Transformation, one often feels hungry and needs to eat six to seven meals a day.

The Yin and Yang energies within the body transform into Origin Energy, which needs to be replenished through diet.

When Qiu Shuijing taught them Great Furnace Transformation, he did not tell them whether it could refine the power of Heaven and Earth. However, to Su Yun's surprise, Great Furnace Transformation could indeed refine Heaven and Earth Blood Essence!

He was greatly encouraged and intensified the refinement of Heaven and Earth Blood Essence to facilitate his transformation.

But from the perspective of Flower Fox, Li Xiaofan, and the other Fox Demons, when the lightning struck Su Yun's forehead, the wound on Su Yun's body exploded in the next moment, with Origin Energy and blood spurting out with a sizzling sound!

Several Fox Demons rushed forward to plug the wound, but they couldn't stop it at all!

Moreover, the Blood Essence was scalding hot, as if it were about to boil.

This was because he was using Great Furnace Transformation to refine Heaven and Earth Blood Essence, causing his body's blood production and Origin Energy to increase too rapidly, making his body unable to cope.

He needed to cultivate slowly, improving his physical functions, strengthening his heart, lungs, meridians, and fascia, so that he could accommodate more Blood Essence. Otherwise, even if he could refine Heaven and Earth Blood Essence, it would only lead to the loss of Blood Essence.

This was like a frail person consuming ginseng; if they ate too much, exceeding their body's capacity, they would get a nosebleed, which was the body's self-protection mechanism.

The Fox Demons did not know this, and Qingqiu Yue was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Fortunately, Su Yun's wound soon stopped bleeding, giving them some relief.

Suddenly, another bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds in the sky. A small bolt of lightning also split off and landed on Su Yun.

Su Yun's wound, which had stopped bleeding, began to sizzle again. The four foxes hurriedly tried to plug it, and after a moment, the wound stopped bleeding.

As Flower Fox breathed a sigh of relief, another bolt of lightning struck, and Su Yun began to bleed again.

The four foxes looked at each other, and Qingqiu Yue stopped crying.

Su Yun had lost so much blood and Origin Energy, yet he still had a long breath and vigorous Blood Essence, which was truly strange.

"Let him be."

Flower Fox said, "We need to observe the transformation of the Flood Dragon during the Whole Village Eats event!"

The three little foxes nodded in agreement and stopped paying attention to Su Yun, who was bleeding intermittently.

When the fourth bolt of lightning struck, Qingqiu Yue, the little vixen, even quietly shifted her hindquarters a little further away from Su Yun, showing great disdain, afraid that Su Yun's blood would splash onto her beautiful fur.

Flower Fox, Hu Buping, and Li Xiaofan were also used to it. Flower Fox said to Li Xiaofan, "Stay away from him. Be careful not to get accidentally injured when the heavens strike him."

Li Xiaofan agreed wholeheartedly and quickly moved further away from Su Yun.

Amidst the lightning, the Flood Dragon in the Snake Ravine had already undergone more than half of its transformation. The front half of the Black Flood Dragon was forged from black iron, perched on the reef, constantly stretching its body and changing its posture to withstand the lightning strikes in different ways.

The lower half of the Black Flood Dragon was still its snake body, continuously shedding its snake skin in the lightning.

The lightning in the sky grew denser, causing the water in the Snake Ravine to turn scarlet, with scattered flesh and blood everywhere, some scorched, some still bright red.

The Black Flood Dragon was even struck to the point where its white bones were exposed, appearing severely injured!

This was the tribulation that a Snake Demon had to endure to transform into a Flood Dragon, incredibly perilous!

But the danger was not only from the lightning tribulation but also from the surroundings.

Just as the density of the lightning slightly decreased, a fire suddenly appeared from the mountain forest on one side. It was a hundred or so weasels standing upright, holding torches and rushing to the edge of the Snake Ravine.

Among them were more than a dozen weasels as tall as a person, carrying a wooden platform. The platform was about ten feet high and divided into five layers. Each layer was hollow, and an old weasel sat cross-legged in each layer, with their front paws resting on their knees, eyes closed in concentration.

These old weasels had already cultivated their own Spiritual Abilities and were great demons of Huang Village.

Their Spiritual Abilities also manifested, mostly small items like bells, rattles, hairpins, and small banners.

Whoosh--

Torches were thrown out one by one, sticking into the banks of the Snake Ravine with a swish, illuminating the ravine as bright as day.

"Whole Village Eats, my Huang Village swears eternal enmity with you!"

The old village chief of Huang Village, that old weasel, stood on the fifth layer of the platform, tapped his staff, and said sternly, "Today, it's either you die or I die! Summon Spiritual Abilities—"

The other four old weasels each activated their Spiritual Abilities. Bells flew out of the wooden platform and landed above the Black Flood Dragon's head, spewing poisonous smoke and fog that engulfed the Black Flood Dragon.

An old weasel shook a rattle, its sound stirring souls and bewildering minds. For a moment, many demons in the forest with insufficient willpower were instantly mesmerized. They stumbled about in the woods as if drunk, laughing heartily and singing and dancing.

Another old weasel let out a roar and began to cast a spell. A hairpin flew out, transforming into a flying sword that pierced the poisonous mist to slay the Black Flood Dragon.

The five great demons each used their methods, while the other weasels rushed into Snake Ravine. They turned from afar, lifting their tails, and with a series of poofing sounds, streams of yellow smoke flew from behind their hindquarters, rushing towards the Black Flood Dragon in the poisonous mist.

The Black Flood Dragon was already contending with the lightning tribulation, the poisonous mist, and other Spiritual Abilities. When hit by this yellow smoke, it felt dizzy and disoriented. Suddenly, it couldn't help but open its long dragon maw and vomit onto the reef.

--It wasn't poisoned; the fart was just that stinky.

The weasels rejoiced and shouted, "I'm the one who summoned The Whole Village Eats! It's incredibly weak now, let's finish this guy together!"

Flower Fox said triumphantly, "I'm the one who named it The Whole Village Eats!"

The forest leaves rustled, and a flock of large birds flew out—it was the Human-faced Beasts from Linyi Village. Each with a wingspan of eight to nine feet, they circled above Snake Ravine.

The Human-faced Beasts clutched their bows with their claws and shot arrows, whistling through the air towards the Black Flood Dragon undergoing its tribulation in Snake Ravine.

Suddenly, the sound of hooves shook the forest, and trees were knocked over. A group of Black Barbarian Bulls, standing upright, charged into Snake Ravine.

These Black Barbarian Bull demons had sturdy bodies and thick hides. Each dragged a large chopping knife, charging menacingly towards the Black Flood Dragon.

These chopping knives were about seven feet long, a foot wide, and an inch thick—farm tools used in the countryside to chop dried grass for feeding cattle.

After the disaster in Tianmen Town, all the people had died, and thus the chopping knives became the weapons of the bull demons.

More demons, including Sheep Demons and Cat Demons, rushed out from the mountains and forests, entering Snake Ravine to attack the Black Flood Dragon undergoing its transformation.

The Black Flood Dragon was furious.

It possessed the inherent temperament of a snake or viper, prone to unpredictable moods. Su Yun was invited to observe its transformation because he had helped it shed its skin. Normally, it was ferocious, and anyone who dared enter its territory would be poisoned or eaten!

When it was hungry, it would also come out to forage, so it had poisoned quite a few demons near Tianmen Town.

The Black Flood Dragon turned and fought the swarming demons. However, its tail skin had not yet shed, making its movements inconvenient, and its new scales had just formed and were not yet firm. Soon, it was beaten black and blue by the multitude of demons.

Coupled with the constant lightning strikes from the sky, the lightning that fell upon it left its flesh and blood mangled, a truly miserable sight.

Flower Fox and the other Fox Demons watched, dazzled. Although they benefited greatly from observing The Whole Village Eats transform into a Flood Dragon, which was also very helpful for their Crocodile Dragon's Roar, they felt immense satisfaction seeing The Whole Village Eats beaten so miserably and cheered loudly.

While cheering, Flower Fox glanced at Su Yun and couldn't help but be slightly startled. Su Yun was no longer bleeding.

"Could Xiao Yun have bled out and... kicked the bucket?"

Flower Fox's heart trembled. Just as it was about to test Su Yun's temperature, Su Yun's Blood Essence suddenly became incredibly potent. His Blood Essence manifested, forming an alligator-dragon tattoo!

The alligator-dragon tattoo writhed on his body, then suddenly lifted its head and roared, detaching itself and appearing behind Su Yun!

Flower Fox was startled, but then saw that the alligator-dragon tattoo manifested by Su Yun's Blood Essence had undergone a mutation, transforming into a flood dragon, just like The Whole Village Eats!

And its transformation speed was many times faster than The Whole Village Eats'!

At the same time, a scream came from the opposite side of the cliff: "It's him! Uncle Xuan, it's that person from the Ghost Market!"

Flower Fox looked in the direction of the sound and saw the scholar among the four people on the opposite side pointing at Su Yun and shouting loudly, "He's the one who killed Senior Student Tong Fan!"

At this moment, the Snake Ravine was brightly illuminated by fire, making it as bright as day and allowing people on both sides of the cliff to see each other's faces clearly.

Zhai Zhu: Recommending a novel, "The Overlord's Black Technology System," written by Chen Xing LL. It's very good!