623. Deception Is Never Out of Place

Song Shuhang was in excruciating pain. He had gathered all his strength and internal energy into a punch, originally intending to confront Thunder Dragon head-on.

However, before his fist could even touch the Thunder Dragon, the Thunder Dragon exploded on its own.

This Heavenly Tribulation was practically self-aware, completely unlike the programmed Heavenly Tribulation experienced by other Tribulation Transcendence.

Rumble~~

The light from the exploding Thunder Dragon engulfed Song Shuhang, and the Heavenly Tribulation Power contained within the Thunder Dragon directly struck Song Shuhang's body, ignoring the defensive items on his body!

Although the defensive array on the Jade-Green Kasaya has been broken, the Jade-Green Kasaya itself is a very powerful defensive robe.

But at this moment, the Heavenly Tribulation Power the Thunder Dragon's Heavenly Tribulation penetrated through the Jade-Green Kasaya and struck Shuhang's physical body directly.

The power of the Thunder Dragon exploded, and in an instant, Song Shuhang's <Unmoving Vajra Body> defense was broken, and the <Steel Hand> effect on his arms was also destroyed.

The power of the Tribulation Lightning entered his body directly and raged within him.

The power of the Heavenly Tribulation possesses the attribute of suppressing a cultivator's 'true qi and spiritual power'. After the Tribulation Lightning entered his body, Song Shuhang's true qi was continuously disintegrated.

The power of the Tribulation Lightning traveled along his meridians and began to invade Shuhang's eight Dantian!

Song Shuhang felt his whole body go limp from the electric shock, and all his muscles became uncontrollable... This feeling of being unable to control his body was maddening.

"Damn it." Song Shuhang gritted his teeth; he wouldn't give up so easily.

He no longer held back the spiritual power between his brows, mobilizing it with all his might, guiding the 'Thirty-Three Beasts Innate True Qi' within his body to fight against the power of the Thunder Dragon Heavenly Tribulation.

The physical pain and the pain from mobilizing his mental energy were doubly stimulating Shuhang, causing him to let out a painful groan from his throat.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!" The poor Onion Lady in the Inch-Shrinking Bag was also screaming in agony.

Before Song Shuhang underwent his tribulation, he forgot to take her out and instead carried her with him.

The previous waves of Heavenly Tribulation were all blocked by Song Shuhang's 'Reverse Scale Saber Technique' without harming him. Therefore, Onion Lady was also well protected and was not injured in the slightest.

But this Thunder Dragon struck Song Shuhang directly, ignoring his defenses, and Onion Lady couldn't avoid it—although Song Shuhang was the main victim, she was placed close to Shuhang and thus affected by the power of the Tribulation Thunder Dragon. She felt as if her body was being roasted, and her body fluids were rapidly being lost.

What saddened Onion Lady even more was that the onion tip she had just managed to grow were instantly blasted into ashes by the power of the Thunder Dragon Heavenly Tribulation.

If her roots hadn't been embedded in the Enlightenment Stone, protecting her roots, this wave of Enlightenment Stone Tribulation Thunder Dragon would have taken her life!

[I'm not reconciled. I've cultivated diligently for so long, only to be captured and imprisoned for hundreds of years by that nun the moment I descended the mountain. I was finally released and regained my freedom, only to be captured by this junior cultivator who chopped off my scallion sprouts. Just when they finally grew back, they were melted away in the Golden Coffin... And in the end, I'm even going to die alongside this junior cultivator under the Heavenly Tribulation.]

[I refuse to accept this! I don't want to die!]

If you're not convinced, then let's fight!

Unfortunately, Onion Lady can't do anything.

Onion Lady wished she could roll out of the Inch-Shrinking Bag and get far away from Song Shuhang. But she couldn't; her onion tip had been blown up, making it impossible for her to Transformation.

In the distance, Yu Jiaojiao looked anxiously at Song Shuhang. This Heavenly Tribulation was too strange; when she underwent her Tribulation Transcendence, Heavenly Tribulation was definitely not like this.

[Has the Heavenly Tribulation mode changed recently? Or is Song Shuhang's Heavenly Tribulation more special?] Yu Jiaojiao wondered to herself, extremely anxious.

Her mental energy was firmly locked onto Song Shuhang. Once Song Shuhang's life force dropped below the safety threshold, she would take action and disperse the Second-Grade Heavenly Tribulation in the sky.

Although the Thunder Dragon was terrifying, Yu Jiaojiao was still 80% confident that she could disperse the Heavenly Tribulation.

If the odds are even slightly different, then out of friendship, she'll prepare a luxurious underwater burial plot for Shuhang.

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The power of the Thunder Dragon continued to rage within Song Shuhang's body.

However, guided by Shuhang's powerful spiritual energy at the Third-Grade- grade level, the 'Thirty-Three Beasts Innate True Qi' within his body had stabilized the battle and began to counteract the power of the Tribulation Thunder Dragon.

If Shuhang had an hour, he could drive away all the Thunder Dragon on his own... but he doesn't have that much time now!

In the sky, the next wave of Tribulation Lightning was already stirring.

Must we accept this unwilling defeat?

Just then, Shuhang's body emitted a faint metallic sheen.

It flashed, it flashed.

At first, there was only a faint layer of light on his chest and abdomen, but later, the light became brighter and brighter, and soon spread to Song Shuhang's whole body.

His body had already broken through the bottleneck of the Second-Grade and was slowly evolving into the 'Battle King Body' of Third-Grade Cultivator.

At this moment, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation entered his body, frantically stimulating Song Shuhang's physical form. Under the stimulation of the Heavenly Tribulation, Shuhang's body evolved at an accelerated pace, completing the final stage in one go!

The shimmering metallic luster was a symbol of his body officially evolving into Third-Grade 'Battle King Body'.

A powerful feeling welled up in Shuhang's heart.

The numbness brought on by the Thunder Dragon Heavenly Tribulation was completely dispelled in one breath.

Song Shuhang's eyes lit up.

At this time, his cultivation level had not yet reached the Third-Grade, but his spiritual power and his physical body had all reached the Third-Grade ahead of schedule.

The moment the physique improved, the internal energy received powerful support.

With a series of snaps, Song Shuhang his 'Thirty-Three Beasts Innate True Qi' into his body, using all his might to expel the power of the 'Tribulation Thunder Dragon' that had entered his body.

"Get out!" Shuhang growled.

As he roared, all the remaining power of the 'Tribulation Thunder Dragon' within his body was directed to his right hand.

Finally... the remaining Heavenly Tribulation was completely expelled.

Just then, a force of attraction emanated from the Overlord Shatter Saber in Shuhang's hand. It silently devoured and absorbed the remaining energy of the 'Tribulation Thunder Dragon'.

Before the Overlord Shatter Saber, it had already been burned by the Fourth-Grade Heavenly Tribulation Fire of the Moon Saber Sect Master, 'Ba Qianjun'. This caused some changes within the sword, allowing it to store a small amount of Heavenly Tribulation Power. After absorbing the Heavenly Tribulation power, the dark blade seemed to brighten slightly.

The Thunder Dragon exploded and dissipated...

At this moment, Song Shuhang's entire body was blackened by the lightning, and his hair and eyebrows were completely reduced to ashes under the power of the Heavenly Tribulation. But he had finally survived this Thunder Dragon Heavenly Tribulation.

The sixth wave of Heavenly Tribulation has ended!

"Four more waves!" Song Shuhang looked up at the sky.

Just then, the seventh wave of Heavenly Tribulation took shape, and four bolts of Tribulation Lightning struck down fiercely.

Song Shuhang stared intently at the Tribulation Lightning, and the instant it struck, he swung his Overlord Shatter Saber, fiercely.

He did not use the 'Reverse Scale Saber Technique' again, but instead activated the <Thirty-Three Beasts Innate Unity Qi Technique> to unleash the most Tyrant strike.

With a single slash, the roar of a giant whale resounded from Shuhang's body. However, this time, the whale's roar was mixed with the low growls of various beasts, creating a sound somewhat similar to a dragon's roar.

Bang!

The seven waves of Heavenly Tribulation, consisting of four Tribulation Lightning, were dispersed.

The subsequent eighth wave of Heavenly Tribulation also saw the three bolts of Tribulation Lightning shattered.

The ninth wave of Heavenly Tribulation, two bolts of Tribulation Lightning, was still severed with a single strike.

With each wave of Tribulation Lightning he shattered, the metallic luster on Shuhang's body grew brighter, and his 'Battle King Body' Third-Grade Cultivator became increasingly solid.

Finally, the final wave of Heavenly Tribulation Lightning is about to arrive.

The 10th wave of Tribulation Lightning consisted of only one bolt.

However, this strike combined the power of several previous waves of Heavenly Tribulation, making it the strongest attack of all.

"This is the last wave! Once I get through this wave, I'll be Third-Grade Battle King!" Song Shuhang roared, his wrist flicking as Overlord Shatter Saber, Tyrant Shatter.

Having obtained the 'Heaven-Burning Flame Saber' from Daoist Scarlet Firmament, let's use this blade to settle this Heavenly Tribulation!

Boom...

The final bolt of Heavenly Tribulation Lightning struck.

It was still a Thunder Dragon, but it was even smaller than the Thunder Dragon from the Heavenly Tribulation.

The Heavenly Tribulation seemed to have exhausted all its options.

"Trying to show weakness again?" Song Shuhang chuckled.

Ten waves of Heavenly Tribulation, theoretically each wave stronger than the last. Under such circumstances, how could the power gathered by the last four waves be weaker than that gathered by the first six waves?

It's useless. You think you can use a move on me again after using it once?

Do you think I'll fall for that again?

This Tribulation Thunder Dragon Thunder Dragon definitely be stronger than the last one. No matter how much I try to appear weak, I will fight with all my might.

Song Shuhang fully activated the Overlord Shatter Saber, continuously pouring the 'Thirty-Three Beasts Innate True Qi' from his eight Dantian into the Overlord Shatter Saber.

The flames on the blade grew larger and larger, engulfing Song Shuhang completely. Within a three-meter radius, the entire area was shrouded in the Saber Qi of the 'Flame Blade'.

This Flame Blade energy contains a Heaven-Burning Saber Intent, threatening to incinerate everything in the world!

Flame Blade that Heaven-Burning!

This was the first time Shuhang had fully unleashed the 'Heaven-Burning Flame Saber' since advancing to the Second-Grade.

The Thunder Dragon descended!

Song Shuhang gripped the sword with both hands and swung it fiercely. "Break!"

The flames enveloping his entire body transformed into a blazing sword Saber Qi with this strike, slashing towards the Thunder Dragon in the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The Thunder Dragon roared.

A fierce roar, the Flame Blade incinerates everything.

The Thunder Dragon and the Flame Blade collided.

This is destined to be a fierce battle... wait?

The tigers are fighting, but the dragons are not.

In the void, when the Thunder Dragon and the Flame Blade sun Saber Qi collided, they instantly... collapsed!

The menacing Thunder Dragon was completely shattered.

That blazing, sun-like Flame Blade energy also devoured and incinerated the remaining power of the Thunder Dragon's Heavenly Tribulation.

Amidst the Flame Blade energy, the unwilling roar of the Tribulation Thunder Dragon echoed.

This Thunder Dragon wasn't just showing weakness, it was genuinely weak?

Could it be that all the power of the Heavenly Tribulation has been concentrated in the Thunder Dragon of the sixth wave of the Heavenly Tribulation?

But regardless, the ten waves of Heavenly Tribulation have passed.

Song Shuhang Pillar stood with his sword at the ready and laughed heartily.

He successfully survived the Second-Grade Heavenly Tribulation!

He successfully navigated a situation that was initially close to a 9.9 chance of death and a 0.1 chance of survival, escaping unscathed.

After laughing heartily, Shuhang looked up at the sky again.

The last Thunder Dragon was so weak; it always struck him as odd.

Or perhaps the 'Heaven-Burning Flame Saber' taught by Senior Master Scarlet Firmament was simply too powerful?

In the distance, Yu Jiaojiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She laughed and said, "Congratulations on your Shuhang!"

He succeeded; he successfully weathered what seemed like a perilous Heavenly Tribulation without any preparation.

Next, he became a cultivator at the Third-Grade Battle King level.

In this day and age, the Third-Grade Realm is the level at which a sect's true disciples can "graduate from their apprenticeship and leave the mountain," a level recognized by the current Cultivator World as a "graduated" level.

Time flies. When she first met Shuhang, he was still at the Dragon-Leaping Gate Realm.

Back then, Venerable White even tried to let him experience his "Dragon Gate Empowerment," hoping that it would be easier for Shuhang to break through the "Dragon Gate Leap" realm.

Now, Song Shuhang has grown into a Third-Grade Cultivator; time flies.

Wait a minute, time flies my ass!

She'd only known Song Shuhang for a little over a month, what a load of rubbish!

That bastard accomplished in a month what would take an average cultivator over ten years!

Yu Jiaojiao looked up at the sky, feeling a deep sense of melancholy.

Just Jiaojiao the girl was gazing sadly at the sky, her small eyes suddenly widened in surprise.

Because the Tribulation Cloud in the sky have not yet dissipated.

Logically, after the Heavenly Tribulation is overcome, the Tribulation Cloud should dissipate in the blink of an eye. However, the Tribulation Cloud in the sky remain extremely dense.

What's going on?

Unless... this Heavenly Tribulation isn't over yet?

"Shuhang, be careful!" Yu Jiaojiao shouted without thinking, "The Heavenly Tribulation might not be over yet..."

Before Yu Jiaojiao could finish speaking, a pillar of lightning descended from the sky.

It wasn't lightning, it was a bolt of lightning.

A massive pillar of lightning formed silently and instantly.

Then, Lei Zhu enveloped Song Shuhang within it.

In fact, even without Yu Jiaojiao's reminder, Shuhang had already noticed the unusual appearance of the Tribulation Cloud in the sky—he had been keeping a close eye on the sky ever since the tenth wave of Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, the moment the 'lightning pillar' fell, Song Shuhang had already gripped his sword with both hands and unleashed another Flame Blade strike!

"Hey, take another stab!" Song Shuhang roared.

However, this time, it was the Flame Blade that was swallowed by the 'Lightning Pillar'.

It was like a small torch thrown into a pond; it quickly went out.

Subsequently, the lightning pillar swiftly enveloped Song Shuhang, and the Tribulation Lightning power within it poured down upon Song Shuhang.

All's fair in war; who says Second-Grade Tribulation Lightning only has ten waves?

The facts tell us that there is an eleventh wave of Second-Grade Tribulation Lightning, but most cultivators are lucky enough not to encounter the eleventh wave.

As for the small number of cultivators with bad luck, they were basically reduced to ashes after encountering the eleventh wave of Tribulation Lightning at the Second-Grade.

This also led to the eleventh wave of Heavenly Tribulation being almost exclusively a legend. Gradually, cultivators naturally assumed that there were only ten waves of Second-Grade Heavenly Tribulation.

Crack! Crack! Crack Heavenly Thunder explodes inside the lightning pillar.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh~~" Song Shuhang screamed in agony from the electric shock, his body trembling.

No wonder there seemed to be something wrong with the Thunder Dragon in the tenth wave; it turns out the power of the Houtian was left here!

Wasn't it agreed that there would only be ten waves of Heavenly Tribulation? Why is there an eleventh wave?

No, no, even Third-Grade [Battle King Body] can't withstand this Heavenly Tribulation Power.

My whole body went limp from the electric shock, and I couldn't even move my fingers.

The Heavenly Tribulation Power invaded his body once again.

This time, even the internal energy within his body was affected by the Tribulation Lightning, causing it to circulate sluggishly.

I'm going to die, I'm going to die, this time I really feel like I'm going to die.

At this moment, a hidden Floating Island was slowly moving in the sky above the Pacific Ocean.

Deep within the Floating Island, in the cold Bronze Hall, the masked elder sensed something and opened his eyes.