"Eastern Emperor!"
"You only need to defend yourself. You must not be too forceful!"
"Otherwise..."
Seeing this, Nuwa's expression changed again, and she hurriedly warned Taiyi.
This Transformation Thunder Tribulation was ultimately a fragment of the Heavenly Dao's Authority.
If he pushed the Innate Treasure, the Chaos Bell, too hard, forcibly suppressing the Tribulation Lightning and shattering the Thunder Tribulation, it would be troublesome if he truly enraged the Heavenly Dao.
At that point, not to mention Taiyi, even she would likely be implicated.
So, before they understood the situation, it was better to keep a low profile.
In any case, Taiyi had an Innate Treasure protecting him. This Tribulation Lightning could not harm him.
"Roar..."
Taiyi had originally wanted to display the supreme might of his Innate Treasure before the Saints, making even them marvel.
But upon hearing Nuwa's words, his momentum came to an abrupt halt, and he let out a stifled roar.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
"..."
Yet before his roar had faded, the terrifying Thunder Dragons had already slammed viciously into the defensive barrier around him.
Thunderous booms immediately echoed through heaven and earth.
Violent lightning radiance collided, intertwined, and canceled out against the power of the Chaos Bell.
The terrifying Destructive Power annihilated everything around them, creating World-Ending Scenery.
Even the surrounding Saints had no choice but to activate their powers and raise barrier after barrier, seemingly unwilling to endure the shockwaves from the collision of those two terrifying forces.
As Taiyi resisted wave after wave of terrifying Tribulation Lightning, wisps of lightning also happened to fall upon Kong Xuan.
Though these lightning wisps seemed insignificant, they made Kong Xuan feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy.
The instant his body came into contact with them, it was as though he had suffered another heavy blow, and he began trembling violently.
The Five-Colored Light he had just condensed suddenly scattered, drawing painful howls from him.
He finally understood that he should not hate Taiyi. Instead, he ought to be grateful to him.
These final bolts of Tribulation Lightning were each more terrifying than the last. Just a single wisp of lightning was already more than he could bear.
If those Thunder Dragons had all struck his body, would he not have been reduced directly to dust?
"So that's how it is!"
"Although Taiyi blocked most of the Tribulation Lightning, Kong Xuan was also struck!"
"It seems the might of this Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation was all contained within these final bolts of Tribulation Lightning!"
"..."
Not far away, Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Nuwa all sensed Kong Xuan's condition at the same time.
The five Saints naturally understood that this Thunder Tribulation was absolutely not as simple as it appeared.
There had to be a reason Kong Xuan had managed to hold on until now.
Otherwise, how could the terrifying might of this Thunder Tribulation have been concentrated entirely in the final bolts of Tribulation Lightning?
"Damn it!"
"Kong Xuan, this isn't over!"
"This Emperor will make you wish you were dead!"
Taiyi, who was resisting the terrifying might of the Tribulation Lightning, seemed to have sensed something as well.
Terrifying killing intent immediately surfaced in his eyes, and he could not help roaring in fury.
However, the might of the Tribulation Lightning was too terrifying.
Even with the power of the Chaos Bell activated to defend himself, he did not dare forcibly suppress the Tribulation Lightning and could only slowly neutralize it.
As a result, he could not completely free himself anytime soon.
Rumble...
At that moment, the Tribulation Clouds in the sky suddenly began trembling violently.
All eighty-one bolts of the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation had fallen.
Within the Tribulation Clouds, the power of the Tribulation Lightning slowly began to recede, while Heavenly Dao Might rapidly gathered and intertwined with the clouds, producing waves of astonishing rumbling.
Sensing this, the Saints' expressions turned solemn. They lowered their heads and cupped their hands toward the Heavenly Dao Might above.
When the Heavenly Dao Might had completely concealed itself within the Tribulation Clouds, the entire mass of clouds immediately erupted with dazzling light, enveloping Kong Xuan.
Within the Tribulation Clouds, it seemed as though wisps of radiance and extremely fine droplets of water were falling.
"Merit?"
"Spirit Rain?"
"There's even traces of Fortune?"
"Could this be the Heavenly Dao Blessing?"
The Saints were all stunned, then immediately guessed that this was the Heavenly Dao Blessing following the Thunder Tribulation.
"Hahaha!"
"I succeeded!"
"I successfully passed the Transformation Thunder Tribulation!"
Kong Xuan below could not help bursting into wild laughter.
It truly had not been easy for him to undergo this Transformation Thunder Tribulation. How could he not be excited upon suddenly seeing blessings descend from heaven?
He even disregarded his injuries and flew straight into the air, meeting the falling Spirit Rain.
As the Spirit Rain soaked his body, his injuries rapidly healed.
Merit swirled around him, turning his body a faint golden color.
Fortune entered his body, seemingly stirring the aura within him and causing it to surge continuously.
Within the veil of Spirit Rain, Kong Xuan's body also slowly transformed: his feathers began rapidly falling away, his wings became arms, and his talons became legs...
At that very moment, Mo Wen's Divine Sense, concealed within the Tribulation Clouds, suddenly sensed a faint tremor in the power of the Thunder Tribulation Divine Palace around him, as though it had absorbed a wisp of tribulation power.
This could not help arousing his curiosity.
But very quickly, his attention was drawn to the slowly descending Merit, Fortune, and Transformation Spirit Rain.
"These are all good things!"
"I just wonder whether I can intercept a little?"
He was extremely curious whether, as the controller of this Transformation Thunder Tribulation, he could intercept a portion of the Heavenly Dao Blessing.
With that thought, his Divine Sense trembled slightly as he began guiding the power of the Thunder Tribulation toward the slowly falling Merit, Fortune, and Transformation Spirit Rain.
Before he knew it, a trace of Merit, a trace of Fortune, and several drops of Spirit Rain seemed to be drawn toward Mo Wen's Divine Sense.
"It worked!"
"It really can be done!"
"It seems that all my hard work, and the risk of exposing myself to bring down this Thunder Tribulation, wasn't for nothing!"
Feeling the Merit, Fortune, and Spirit Rain he had just drawn being absorbed into the power of the Thunder Tribulation Divine Palace, Mo Wen could not help feeling delighted.
These were all good things and would also be useful for his cultivation.
As for whom these things belonged to, Mo Wen did not care.
He had worked so hard to bring down a Thunder Tribulation for Kong Xuan, weakening the Tribulation Lightning and helping him resolve his crisis. It was not excessive to keep just a tiny bit of the benefits for himself, was it?
As a worker, he had to get paid somehow, didn't he?
Had he not been striking lightning all across the Primordial World for those little rewards?
Besides, he had not even received those rewards yet, and he did not know whether they would be useful. What was wrong with taking some tangible benefits first?
Thinking this, Mo Wen was quite satisfied with the excuse he had come up with.
Still, this was only a trial. Since he could intercept benefits, he would set a rule for the future.
For the sake of fair and impartial Thunder Tribulations, he would collect a small fee from every Tribulation Transcender, so they would not raise objections later!
Besides, he was not greedy.
Of the blessings bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, he would only take... one-third? That seemed a little too ruthless, didn't it?
One-fifth? Hmm... that still seemed like a bit much!
Forget it. He would take one-tenth of the Heavenly Dao Blessing each time as his hardship fee for bringing down the Thunder Tribulation.
Small profits, quick turnover—little by little, it would add up!
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