The third bolt of lightning struck, but Liu Erlong's armor was still unharmed.
The fourth, fifth, all the way through the ninth bolt of lightning—only after the ninth did the armor on her body suffer slight damage, not even one-thousandth. Once the nine bolts had passed, the dark clouds vanished and turned into a patch of multicolored clouds. She had successfully overcome the heavenly tribulation.
Seeing this, Huang Tian and the others realized they had worried for nothing. For a Second-level God, the heavenly tribulation was something that could be easily overcome. Even nine consecutive lightning strikes had only caused slight damage to her armor. That was under uninterrupted attacks from all nine bolts; the power of any individual heavenly tribulation had not even surpassed an attack from a late-stage Third-Rank Deity. In his view, even someone who had only become a Third-Rank Deity a few months ago could survive the heavenly tribulation.
A multicolored divine light shot out from the clouds and enveloped Liu Erlong's entire body. Under the pillar of light, she felt the activity of her brain cells increase greatly. Her memory, comprehension, calculation, and analytical abilities increased threefold. Her ability to comprehend laws strengthened threefold, her physical strength increased threefold, and the power of her fire-attribute divine power also increased threefold.
This was the benefit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao after overcoming the tribulation.
The multicolored clouds soon vanished. Liu Erlong opened her tightly shut eyes, removed the armor she was wearing, and stored it in her Spatial Ring.
Huang Tian teleported over and said with a smile, "Er Long, congratulations on successfully overcoming the tribulation. Tell the three of them what it felt like."
Qian Renxue flew down and landed on the ground, then ran over and hugged Liu Erlong's arm. Smiling, she said, "That's