Rip!
A thick bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, as though it had torn the entire firmament open. The air filled with a scorched smell, as if something had been destroyed by the strike.
The many prodigies atop Thunder Mountain turned solemn one after another. They rose to their feet and looked up into the clouds.
"Amitabha!" The monk near Chen Fan chanted a Buddhist invocation, pressing his palms together. The golden skin covering his body abruptly became dazzling, golden radiance spilling in every direction. Immediately afterward, a golden bell-shaped barrier condensed around him.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, a Demon Race prodigy revealed his true form. His four feet sank into the mountain rock, his tough hide as hard as steel!
Everyone began preparing for battle. Resisting the lightning was a minor matter; seizing a place beneath the Enlightenment God Tree was the utmost priority!
"Are you still not making a move?" Mu Yunshui asked when she saw Chen Fan still sitting cross-legged on the ground.
Chen Fan shook his head slightly. "It's not time yet!"
He cultivated the Heavenly Eye Treasure Art and could see the lightning aura filling the heavens gathering in his direction. Clearly, this was the area where the lightning Enlightenment God Tree would appear!
Boom—!
At that moment, an arm-thick bolt of lightning crashed down beside a nearby prodigy's feet, instantly shattering the rocks and blasting out a massive pit!
"It's weaker than heavenly tribulation lightning. You should be able to withstand it!" Mu Yunshui said.
"Not necessarily. It may not be that simple!" Chen Fan shook his head. Though this lightning did not appear particularly powerful, the fact that it could condense into an Enlightenment God Tree showed that it was by no means ordinary lightning!
Sure enough, the prodigy who had