Previously, Zhou Qiongtian truly had no way to deal with the Demon God's Divine Soul within the Demon God Core. To destroy the Demon God's Divine Soul, he would have had to destroy the Demon God Core.
But the Demon God Core was far too precious. One only had to look at Lin Tian's use of it. Back then, Lin Tian had merely been at the Cycle Early Stage, yet he had gained the strength of the Feather Ascension Early Stage. It was truly terrifying!
Now that the Demon God's Divine Soul within the Demon God Core had been destroyed, the Demon God Core had completely become an ownerless object. Yet the energy inside remained, and it could even autonomously absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth to replenish itself.
This Demon God Core was absolutely a top-tier treasure!
Very soon, Zhou Qiongtian became familiar with the Demon God Core's power and branded it with a Divine Soul mark.
Zhou Qiongtian took a deep breath and actually took the initiative to remove the Venerable Tier Grand Formation's protection. The Saint and Saint King experts outside the formation were utterly dumbfounded, staring at one another in bewilderment.
"Hahaha, Zhou Qiongtian! Now that the formation's protection is gone and we've sealed off the surrounding space, let's see how you escape!"
Zhou Qiongtian sneered. "Escape? Who said I was escaping? Escape where? Why should I escape?"
"Huh? A mere Feather Ascension Great Perfection dares to boast so shamelessly. This old man—" Before this Saint King expert could finish, his eyes suddenly widened. "Fuck! A Saint Tribulation!"
The Saint and Saint King experts hurriedly retreated, unwilling to be dragged into the Saint Tribulation Zhou Qiongtian had triggered.
Zhou Qiongtian chuckled and stopped looking at the Saint and Saint King experts. Still, he retained a measure of vigilance in his heart, lest they suddenly attack. However, they were no fools and naturally would not do such a thing.
If they were swept into the Saint Tribulation and judged as enemies by it, that would be no laughing matter.
Zhou Qiongtian raised his head to the sky. At that moment, heaven and earth shifted, thunderclouds filled the skies, and rolling thunder boomed across the horizon.
The next instant, a bolt of heavenly lightning crashed down.
"Come at me!" Zhou Qiongtian laughed loudly and actually charged straight into the heavenly lightning without any defense.
"Foolish. This Zhou Qiongtian is far too arrogant. He actually wants to use his physical body to withstand heavenly lightning head-on. How could heavenly lightning be so easily endured?"
These Saint and Saint King experts treated heavenly tribulations with extreme caution. It was precisely because they had passed heavenly tribulations and transcended mortality into sainthood that they judged him so.
Since ancient times, countless cultivators had wished to withstand heavenly tribulations with their physical bodies and use them for Body Tempering. Without exception, these cultivators had all been peerless geniuses, invincible among those of the same realm.
It was precisely because of this that they had the confidence to withstand heavenly tribulations head-on. Yet ninety-nine percent of such cultivators were blasted to death by the tribulations, their bodies and souls destroyed.
Therefore, when they saw Zhou Qiongtian overestimating himself and attempting to withstand the heavenly tribulation with his physical body to use the lightning for Body Tempering, they looked upon him with utter disdain and sneered endlessly.
Of course, that was because they did not dare. They were afraid. They envied Zhou Qiongtian and wanted him to pay a painful price for his overconfidence.
Yet in the next moment, their eyes nearly fell out. The heavenly lightning struck Zhou Qiongtian's body, only to be absorbed completely by him. Crackling sounds rang out from his body.
"Awesome!"
Having cultivated the Savage Tyrant Art, Zhou Qiongtian's physical body had already surpassed the Feather Ascension Realm and reached the level of a half-Saint!
Not only that, he was also a Quasi-Grandmaster of the Lightning Dao, and he possessed the Law of Lightning within his body. Only with all these factors combined could he absorb heavenly lightning and use it to temper his body.
After absorbing that bolt of heavenly lightning, the Law of Lightning within Zhou Qiongtian's body strengthened by a trace.
Bolts of heavenly lightning descended one after another. Zhou Qiongtian received each of them, using the lightning to temper his body. The pain was unbearable; his flesh, bones, tendons, and internal organs all throbbed with piercing agony. It was simply agonizingly exhilarating.
Of course, the effect was excellent, better than any Body Tempering medicinal liquid.
Zhou Qiongtian's physical strength continuously increased until it finally reached its limit. He could no longer absorb the heavenly lightning. The harm now outweighed the benefit. Cracks had already appeared throughout his body, as though he could no longer endure the heavenly lightning and was about to collapse.
A trace of regret appeared on Zhou Qiongtian's face.
Thunder rumbled as another, even more powerful bolt of heavenly lightning descended. Zhou Qiongtian pointed a finger, and a pitch-black finger crushed the heavenly lightning.
A high-grade Heaven-grade technique—the Great Nirvana Finger!
Though it was only a Heaven-grade technique, in Zhou Qiongtian's hands, it displayed extraordinary might, comparable to a Saint's strike!
Zhou Qiongtian passed the Saint Tribulation without any danger. The aura of the Saint Realm radiated from his body. His spiritual power was elevated into Saint Power, his mortal body transcended the mundane and transformed into a Saint body—he had transcended mortality into sainthood!
"Hmph! Zhou Qiongtian, so what if you've broken through to the Saint Realm? You are merely at the Saint Early Stage. Every one of us here has a higher cultivation than you."
"Zhou Qiongtian, I advise you to surrender without resistance, lest you suffer needless physical pain! No matter what, you are the Zhou Clan's Young Master. We will not kill you. But if you refuse to cooperate, we will definitely make you regret your decision," a Saint King expert said coldly.
"Hahaha." Zhou Qiongtian suddenly burst into laughter, his black hair dancing wildly in the wind. "So what? Come and fight!"
"Stubborn to the bitter end!" Numerous Saint and Saint King experts charged at Zhou Qiongtian. Zhou Qiongtian's gaze sharpened as he activated the Demon God Core's power.
Zhou Qiongtian's skin flushed red and gleamed with luster. Smoke continuously rose from his body, as though it possessed an incredibly high temperature.
At the same time, his eyes turned a savage blood-red, like an ancient demon that had awakened.
At that moment, the power of the Demon God Core filled every meridian and muscle in Zhou Qiongtian's body. His body temperature had already risen to over ten thousand degrees.
His blood was continuously drying up, while his internal organs and meridians were constantly failing. Yet because of this, he could obtain unimaginable, terrifying power for a short period of time!
Zhou Qiongtian instantly gained the combat strength of an Early-stage Saint King.
His body trembled, and terrifying power abruptly erupted.
Bang! A deafening explosion rang out.
Zhou Qiongtian shot forward in an instant, turning into an arrow loosed from the bow as he flew toward a mid-stage Saint cultivator at the very front.
"So fast!" That Saint's pupils contracted sharply. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qiongtian had arrived before him. The Mystic Heaven Sword in Zhou Qiongtian's hand slashed down, instantly severing the Saint's head.
"The first!"
The Saints and Saint Kings were alarmed. Although that Saint had been the weakest among them, being instantly killed by Zhou Qiongtian still gave them an enormous shock.
And what was going on with Zhou Qiongtian now? Early-stage Saint King? Fuck, did the cheat have to be this obvious?
Using Lightning Step, Zhou Qiongtian moved with astonishing speed, like a thunderbolt. He instantly appeared before another Saint. His sword rose and fell, and a head flew into the air.
"The second!"
Saint cultivators were like ants before the current Zhou Qiongtian. He could easily kill one with a single sword strike.
These Saints also recognized Zhou Qiongtian's terror. Horrified expressions appeared on their faces as they continuously retreated, wishing their parents had given them two extra legs at birth.
But Zhou Qiongtian would not let them off so easily. He sneered and transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging toward those Saints. "You want to run? Did you ask me first?"
"Come and die!"
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