BOOM!!!
Tribulation clouds churned, dark and surging.
Like a vast ocean of misty depths, boundless and murky, countless electric serpents raced and surged, rising in waves and charging forward.
Suddenly, a thunderclap of terrifying force exploded through the void. Its powerful shockwave sent ripples spreading outward through the tribulation clouds.
Countless clouds of dust surged thousands of miles in an instant, filling this whole region. The tribulation lightning ceased, and the clouds dispersed.
The inky darkness quickly faded, soon revealing a figure at the center of the Dao Tribulation.
He was tall and powerfully built, dressed in plain clothes and black boots, his long hair loose over his shoulders. He carried himself with carefree ease, and had a bold, unrestrained air. Countless spectral forms lurked in his pupils, where eerie light flashed like lightning.
He was none other than Immortal Emperor "Yi Xi"!
"Yi Xi" still held one hand in a spell-forming gesture. His body was perfectly intact, lifelike to behold, yet all signs of life had vanished.
In his arms, he still held a mad dog with mottled yellow-and-black fur. Its eyes were bloodshot, saliva glistening at the corners of its mouth. The dog, which had barked and bitten without pause, had fallen silent.
The next moment, "Yi Xi's" body and the mad dog in his arms seemed to turn to sand, crumbling away with a soft rustle and scattering into the void as ash.
An "Immortal Emperor" of Wushi Villa, at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing stage, had fallen on the spot!
"Su Ji," "Ling Yi," the short, stout barefoot man, the scholar in plain robes, the gaunt old man... All wore calm expressions, not the slightest bit concerned.
"Su Ji" said blandly, "Immortal Emperor 'Yi Xi' didn't have enough time to prepare for this descent into