It seemed Shen Yi had heard their speculation. He suddenly turned back and flashed them a grin, nearly scaring them into fleeing in panic.
"Too terrifying! That smile almost took my life."
"Don't panic. This is only the first tribulation lightning of the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation. There's still a second one."
"Exactly! If Shen Yi can survive the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, I'll cripple my own cultivation immediately!"
Shen Yi's mind was now lucid and clear. He had long heard the distant discussions and thought indifferently, In the end, they'll only be slapping their own faces.
Although the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation was immensely powerful, it still could not force Shen Yi to go all out. Amid earth-shattering thunderous roars, the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation faded away in dejection.
Within Shen Yi's body, a third golden inner core condensed. The Golden Core, the size of a goose egg, contained terrifying energy.
Rumble—
Just as Shen Yi's third Golden Core finished condensing, a deafening boom came from the void. The world turned dark and lightless, while lightning tore through the darkness and illuminated heaven and earth.
"The Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation! It's actually the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation!"
Ignoring everyone's cries of alarm, Shen Yi's eyes finally revealed a trace of gravity. From the rolling lightning, he sensed terrifying power aimed not only at his flesh, but also at his soul.
Even Meng Ke'er and Bai Xiao, who had been locked in battle, stopped at the same time and fled in different directions. The Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation was comparable to an all-out strike from an old Nascent Soul monster. No one wished to be caught in it.
The cultivation methods for the final three layers of the Indestructible Scripture—Undying Soul, Unshattered Organs, and Unexhausted Blood—had already been imprinted in his mind. With divine fire tempering him,