The Ice Empress swallowed, a rare hint of nerves showing on her small face.
Snow Empress's expression was grave as well.
"Tian Yu's talent is terrifying."
"He's a rare existence on this continent. The laws of heaven and earth won't simply let him be."
"The power of this Thunder Punishment is probably no weaker than the Heavenly Tribulation faced by those Ferocious Beasts who've lived for hundreds of thousands of years."
Rumble!
A deafening boom erupted within the clouds.
A bolt of purple lightning as thick as a barrel tore through the sky and shot straight toward the Ice and Snow Temple.
The Heavenly Tribulation had arrived.
Inside the hall, Xue Tianyu's eyes flew open.
Two terrifying beams of light shot from them.
"Good! Bring it on!"
He roared and surged forward instead of retreating.
He shot straight up from the Ice Pool, charging to meet the terrifying bolt of lightning.
Frost Sword Qi gathered in his hand, forming a long, icy-blue sword.
"Break!"
Xue Tianyu swung his sword. A blade of icy-blue light, dozens of yards long, shot into the sky.
It cleaved straight into the descending purple lightning.
Violent energy exploded in midair, erupting in a dazzling flash.
Xue Tianyu had easily dispelled the first bolt of lightning.
But he didn't relax in the slightest.
The tribulation clouds overhead were churning more violently.
More lightning was brewing within them.
"Now that's more like it!"
Xue Tianyu hovered in midair and threw back his head, laughing.
"You think that little bit of power can stop me?"
"Damn heaven, you're looking down on me, Xue Tianyu!"
As if it had understood his taunt, the tribulation clouds let out a string of deafening booms.
Three bolts of lightning, even thicker than the last, came crashing down at once, cutting off every