Lightning Tribulation
The disciples of the immortal sects within the Purple Cloud Mountain area were all numb.
Those scattered objects falling from the sky are fragments of their predecessors.
The loss of so many Nascent Soul stage experts is no less than a major earthquake in the entire Xuanzhou.
What's more, the one who killed so many Nascent Soul cultivators was Lu Bai, who was of the same generation as them.
The impact of reality was so great that almost everyone was so shocked that they lost the ability to speak.
The more quick-witted disciples of the immortal sects, seeing that Lu Bai paid no attention to them, forcibly suppressed their horror and quickly ran away.
Considering their own safety and the sect behind them, they all had to return to the sect as soon as possible to inform the sect elders of what had happened.
Lu Bai truly didn't care about these things.
He adjusted his breathing and casually freed Elder Wang from the Mana restraints.
He had dealt with all those who dared to mess with him in one fell swoop, and he didn't feel particularly proud of it.
He knew his capabilities from the beginning; this is simply a matter of realizing them.
"Lu..." Elder Wang stared blankly at Lu Bai, unsure of how to address him.
In any case, he absolutely dares not treat Lu Bai as his own disciple anymore.
This was far too exaggerated. In his understanding, even a cultivator at the Integration stage probably couldn't handle things so effortlessly.
"What does Elder Wang want to say?"
Lu Bai was currently focused on using his divine sense to search for the deathmatch participants, and only asked a casual question without giving Elder Wang a proper look.
To be honest, given Lu Bai's behavior just now, Elder Wang would have thought it perfectly reasonable for him to not even look at him directly, or even treat him like a subordinate.
He was even somewhat flattered to hear Lu Bai address him as Elder Wang.
Elder Wang quickly replied, "No, no, I meant to say, you did a great job! You truly deserve to be the most outstanding disciple in the history of our Qingwang Sect."
"Elder Wang has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the sect."
Lu Bai returned his Smiling Face: "Elder Wang, why don't you lead the team back to the sect first?"
His implication was clear: he planned to wander around first and take care of some of the deathmatchers along the way.
For Lu Bai now, finding a deathmatch partner is a piece of cake.
After all, his cultivation level had already reached the Mahayana stage.
Even though the speedrun gameplay meant that Lu Bai wasn't very familiar with his own power, the high stats were still a huge advantage.
The divine sense that increases along with one's cultivation level is powerful and vast enough.
With a single thought, he could thoroughly investigate Ziyun City.
Based on this, no matter where those deathmatch fighters are hiding, as long as he is willing to spend the time, he can find them one by one.
With such overwhelming strength at stake, even if the tone was meant to be consultative, Elder Wang wouldn't dare to offer any real opinions.
He was about to agree instinctively, but before he could even speak...
Suddenly, I noticed a dramatic change in the sky.
Overhead, layers of dark clouds gathered, thick and oppressive, as if a torrential downpour was about to fall.
A bolt of lightning pierced through the dark clouds, announcing its presence.
Boom!
A deafening clap of thunder followed, and in an instant, the world beneath the clouds seemed to become much quieter.
All the birds and beasts in the mountains hibernated. Whether or not they had developed intelligence, their instinct to avoid disaster, inherited from their bloodline, made them realize that this was definitely not a normal change in the weather, and they felt an extreme sense of panic.
Whew~~
Thunderclouds have arrived, and strong winds are beginning to rise.
The howling wind between heaven and earth gradually intensified, like a tsunami after a powerful earthquake, with overwhelming force.
The ancient trees in Purple Cloud Mountain, with their gnarled roots that are hundreds or even thousands of years old, swayed in the strong wind, with swathes of leaves and vegetation being swept into the air. Looking down from above, it was a magnificent sight of a vast sea of trees.
Rumble!!!
Within the dense, dark clouds, more tree-like lightning patterns appeared, resembling countless golden snakes soaring through the sea of clouds.
The inability to fully illuminate the dark sky only makes one's already depressed mood even heavier.
Elder Wang felt his hair stand on end, and the longer he remained suspended in mid-air, the heavier the gloom in his heart became.
The sea of lightning in the clouds exudes unpredictable danger.
Subconsciously, he felt that if he didn't get to the ground soon... he would die.
"This, this is..."
The path of cultivating immortality is to defy the heavens.
Elder Wang recalled the records he had seen in the sect's treasured ancient books, and he suddenly looked at Lu Bai: "Lü... what is your cultivation level now?"
Lu Bai tilted his head slightly, gazing at the thick thunderclouds that stretched for hundreds of miles across the sky, and murmured softly without turning his head, "That's considered the Mahayana stage."
Elder Wang swallowed hard; he no longer wanted to ask how Lu Bai's cultivation level had soared so quickly.
His voice was strained, as if it were being squeezed out of his throat.
"It seems the rumors are true. Before a cultivator ascends to immortality, they need to undergo a test from the Heavenly Dao, and this test is the Lightning Tribulation."
In a sense, the Lightning Tribulation is a major selection mechanism of the Heavenly Dao, belonging to the standard dynamic difficulty.
The higher your cultivation level and the stronger your talent, the greater the power of the Lightning Tribulation you will face.
Even if Lu Bai had never eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run.
By the standards of Mahayana stage cultivator, he didn't consider himself a strong one at all.
The reason I was so dominant just now was simply because my opponent was too weak.
After all, he hadn't had much time to cultivate, so how could he have had the opportunity to solidify his foundation?
However, Lu Bai's aptitude was ridiculously strong. It's no exaggeration to say that since records began in this cultivation world, Lu Bai could easily be ranked among the top in terms of aptitude.
The power of the upcoming Lightning Tribulation is simply unimaginable.
"I... I have to hide." Elder Wang's calves trembled uncontrollably. The death threat, as if a hundred thousand mountains were hanging over his head, made him dare not stay in this place any longer.
Before he finished speaking, he quickly landed on the ground and frantically ran away from the area covered by the thunderclouds.
Lu Bai was too lazy to care what Elder Wang was doing at the moment; he had already restored the [Steel Body] ability.
However, I had absolutely no confidence.
Most importantly, even if he survived the Lightning Tribulation, it wouldn't do him any good.
Ascending to the Immortal Realm is utterly meaningless to a fighter like him; in fact, it would only hinder his ability to gain points.
Boom!
The long-accumulated tribulation Lightning Tribulation finally unleashed its first strike.
The dazzling and immense thunderbolts were divine punishment from the rules of the world, arriving in an instant.
The terrifying lightning blasted Lu Bai into a human-shaped lump of charcoal, his body convulsing, unable even to raise a hand.
Fortunately, he still had the support of his [Steel Body] physical body, otherwise this first Lightning Tribulation would have directly blasted Lu Bai into dust.