Just as Ling Tian had expected, a strange change came over the final tribulation bolt Hu Yao had to face.
The tribulation clouds above Hu Yao spun rapidly. Spiritual energy from every direction converged frantically, while nine thick bolts of lightning writhed and roared within the clouds, electric serpents racing like dragons. Their power was astounding. Yet they showed no sign of striking down. Instead, they began to merge, just like the final tribulation bolt Ling Tian had faced. The lightning bolts joined together in pairs, and it seemed they would soon fuse into a single bolt.
"Uh, Big Brother, you don't have to put it like that." Hearing Lu Yuan tease him, Ling Tian smiled sheepishly. Then he looked at Lian Yue and said with a bitter smile, "Actually, even if I hadn't said anything, Yue'er's tribulation would still have changed. I've seen it happen four times already—no, five, counting Lian Xin's. Every time someone from their clan undergoes tribulation, something unusual happens. And the power of it... tsk, tsk..."
"Uh..." Everyone who heard him was dumbfounded. They looked from Ling Tian to Lian Yue, then finally toward Hu Yao. Some wore grave expressions. "What should we do? Those nine bolts are much more powerful than the first eight, and now they're going to merge into one. Won't that make it even stronger? Doesn't that mean Fairy Hu Yao..."
"She should be fine, right?" Xuan Ying said timidly. She looked at Ling Tian, her eyes brimming with admiration. "Brother Tian's restrictions and formations haven't even been used yet. Sister Hu Yao will definitely get through the tribulation."
"Uh, I'm afraid those restrictions alone won't be enough." Ling Tian shook his head with a bitter smile. "Restrictions can only weaken the tribulation's power so much—at most, by three or four