The muffled sound did not come from the distant sea, but directly above the deep sea area where he was, on top of the thick and unknown sea water and rock formations, an indescribable, vast and terrifying will to destroy, like a hunter who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly tore apart all barriers and descended suddenly!
There was no warning, only a jet-black lightning that was extremely pure and condensed, as if it was going to completely erase all disharmony and chaos between heaven and earth. It ignored the barrier of tens of thousands of meters of seawater and the thick seabed rock formations. It just appeared out of thin air above the head of Kraken, and fell straight down!
This Lightning Tribulation is completely different from any known and described Soul Beast Heavenly Tribulation. It is not a blazing white, golden, or purple thunder, but a pure pitch black that seems to be able to absorb all light!
It is not thick, and can even be said to be "slender", but its degree of condensation and the will to destroy contained in it make Kraken, who just "looks" at it, feel his soul trembling, as if he will be completely wiped out from the plane of existence in the next moment!
More importantly, the way in which this Lightning Tribulation arrives is completely contrary to common sense! It is not split from the clouds, Penetration sea water, but appears directly at the space node above the target's head, as if the rules of heaven and earth have "located" him and "generated" destruction directly where he is! This is definitely not the power and method that a normal Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation should have!
"What the hell is this?! Di Tian Didn't he block it?! Why did he come again?! So cruel?!" Kraken's thoughts flashed wildly in the lightning flash, and he was horrified.
He "thought" Di Tian had taken action to cover Heavenly Tribulation, after all, there was nothing unusual about the previous breakthrough. He even "thought" Heavenly Tribulation might be completely blocked, or at least it would come in a way that he could understand and cope with.
He had no idea that Di Tian had only temporarily isolated, confused, and delayed Heavenly Tribulation's lock on the core area of Lake of Life. When he was thrown back into the deep sea and escaped the protection of the area controlled by Di Tian, the "delayed" rules of heaven and earth that had accumulated anger immediately locked him again!
And the disturbed Lightning Tribulation seems to have caused some unknown mutation to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation, which was supposed to be gradual and stronger than the last! It is no longer a scattered baptism of thunder, but more like it has been forcibly compressed, blended, and twisted into a rope. It has turned into this one, but it has condensed far more than the ordinary first black Lightning Tribulation!
Unfortunately, Kraken knew nothing about this information. He only knew that he had only been "handsome" for three seconds before he was about to be struck by this black thunder that was completely unexpected and terrifying!
"I don't want to be struck by lightning! Especially not by the kind of lightning that looks like it can blow away my ashes!" The instinct of survival, or the extreme regret and panic after "pretending to be struck by lightning" made his soul scream.
But Lei Lei is ruthless, and he will not stop at all because of his "begging for mercy" or "misunderstanding". That dark lightning is already coming!
There's no way to avoid it! Block... what to block? His newly formed body?
Boom--!!!
There was no sound spreading in the deep sea, but Kraken's spiritual consciousness seemed to have been plunged into a red-hot iron, making a silent and shrill wail! The pitch-black lightning accurately hit the gray-black gelatinous body!
"It's over!" This was Kraken's first thought.
However, the expected severe pain that shattered the soul and turned into ashes did not come immediately. In other words, the severe pain was there, and it was heartbreaking pain, as if every "cell" was being torn, burned, and annihilated!
But the terrifying and destructive power contained in that jet-black thunder was enough to instantly obliterate ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The moment it came into contact with Kraken's body, it encountered unexpected resistance.
It's not that Kraken is actively defending - he has no time and no ability. The resistance comes from inside his body, which has just stabilized from the majestic and pure life energy injected by "Soul-Nurturing Ancient Tree" and Bi Ji for several months!
"Hold on! You must hold on! I just came back to life and got a new name, I can't just be hacked away!" The strong desire to survive also guided the stimulated life energy, giving priority to repairing the most critical core areas.
"Crack... chi..."
This process is indescribably painful. Every moment is like Ten-Thousand-Year. Kraken's spiritual consciousness jumping repeatedly in severe pain and on the verge of collapse.
I don't know how long it took, maybe it was just a few breaths, or maybe it was as long as a century. The destructive energy contained in that condensed black thunder was finally wiped out by Kraken's "tenacious life reserve"!
The last trace of black electric light jumped on the surface of the gelatinous body and dissipated unwillingly in the cold sea water.
Kraken's gray-black gelatinous body, which has shrunk by nearly one-third, is covered with burnt black and emerald green repair marks on its surface, and looks even more tattered, is like a torn rag, floating softly in the deep sea, twitching slightly.
He "felt" as if he had been thrown into purgatory and rolled eighteen times, and then taken out and scraped again with a blunt knife. Weakness, extreme weakness, and the joy of almost exhaustion after surviving the disaster filled his consciousness.
"Survived... Survived?" He was a little unbelievable. He had personally experienced the terror of that black thunder, which could definitely instantly kill most Soul Beast who had just joined Hundred-Thousand-Year. His ability to survive was all due to the "investment" of "Soul-Nurturing Ancient Tree" and Bi Ji in those months!
The vast reserve of life energy formed a solid "blood bar" in his body, which withstood the most violent first wave of damage. "This Lightning Tribulation... is so fucking scary!" Kraken was still frightened, "This is the first one? It almost sent me away! Aren't the subsequent ones even more fierce? Each one is stronger than the last one?"
He took it for granted that Heavenly Tribulation was a series of thunders that were stronger than the last. The first one was so weird and terrifying, how could it be so bad after that? He never wanted to experience the life-and-death feeling just now for a second time! Especially, the life energy reserve in his body had consumed a large part when resisting this black thunder! If there was another stronger one, how could he carry it?
"No! I can't be hacked again!" This thought was extremely strong. He "looked" at his tattered body, which had finally stabilized, and "feeled" the still chaotic but uninterrupted circulation of energy in his body, as well as the few remaining life energy reserves, and a sense of urgency arose spontaneously.
"You have to run! You have to hide! Find a place where you can avoid Heavenly Tribulation!" He didn't care to carefully examine his own changes, nor did he care to taste the subtle sense of ritual brought by the new name "Kraken". He almost got struck by lightning for pretending to be cool. This lesson was too profound.
He squirmed hard and gathered his damaged gelatinous body, trying to dive deeper and darker into the trenches or cracks in the ground that might be able to isolate the senses of heaven.
At the same time, his spiritual consciousness that had just become clear was like a frightened rabbit, trying desperately to contain all its auras, especially the Soul Power fluctuations that had just broken through Hundred-Thousand-Year and were not yet stable, as well as the strange aura of life and death intertwined in his body.
He didn't know if Heavenly Tribulation was over, but he didn't dare to bet. If there was a second or third way... He had no doubt that he would be chopped into pieces.
"Di Tian That old black dragon must have only blocked it for a moment. When he found that he couldn't block it or was too lazy to block it all the time, he threw me out and carried me on his own! What a cheat!" Kraken was squirming hard to escape while complaining crazily in his heart.
He completely misunderstood that the "shielding" of Di Tian was just "delay", and he did not know that the abnormality of this black thunder was probably the result of the mutation caused by "delay" and "interference".
He only has one thought now: stay away from this damn place, find a place to get up, recover from his injuries, digest this "tribulation" and never get struck by lightning again!
As for exploring the deep sea, looking for old troops, developing forces, and fighting against Sea God Island... those "grand blueprints" seem so far away and unrealistic in the face of the reality of being almost struck by lightning.
Survive, recover, get stronger, avoid the damn Heavenly Tribulation--that's the top priority.
The gray-black, tattered gelatinous mass, like a frightened slime in the darkness of the endless deep sea, squirmed away hastily and silently towards the deeper and darker abyss crevices.
And in the sky above the deep sea, the accumulated throb full of destructive will seemed to... gradually subside and dissipate after the strange black thunder struck down.
It seems that the rules of heaven and earth "believe" that this thunder, which has gathered "special care", has completed the "first correction" and "test" of the abnormal existence of "Kraken". As for whether and when there will be follow-up, that is another matter.
At least for now, it's safe for now.
But Kraken, who was running away in panic, knew nothing about this. He only knew that he never wanted to experience the terrifying feeling of being locked by thunder and having nowhere to escape.