Everything was ready. Lu Yuan and Xuan Ning also led the people of Lingxiao Pavilion over. Some hovered in the air, some stood atop trees, and others stood on enormous boulders. Hundreds, nearly a thousand people, made for a magnificent sight. All of them watched Ling Tian in the distance, their faces alight with excitement.
Aside from disciples of the great clans, few people had the good fortune to witness someone else undergoing tribulation. Yet in just over a decade, they had witnessed three lightning tribulations—and this time, they were even said to be able to observe the legendary Nine-Nine Tribulation Within Tribulation. Naturally, they were thrilled.
Though excited, the crowd remained orderly under Lu Yuan and the others' arrangements. They didn't dare get too close to Ling Tian, afraid his Advancement Lightning Tribulation might affect them or disturb him as he faced it.
Ling Tian took a deep breath, bringing himself to the peak of his condition. He summoned his clones and merged the golden cores within them into his main body one by one. Then he stopped suppressing his cultivation. Before long, that heart-quailing presence began to spread once more.
Wisps of dark cloud gradually gathered overhead, and a terrifying aura spread through the air. As time passed, the Tribulation Cloud grew denser, and that heart-quailing aura grew stronger still, as if it could destroy heaven and earth.
"Tut, tut. Brother Ling Tian's lightning tribulation is far more terrifying than that girl Yue'er's," Xue Feng said, watching the Tribulation Cloud above Ling Tian from afar and sensing its dreadful aura. He clicked his tongue in amazement. "As expected of the legendary Nine-Nine Tribulation Within Tribulation."
"Indeed, and it's a terrifying one with many veils," Lu Yuan said. He glanced at Hu Yao and Lian Yue. A hint of