One Leaf Covers the Sky

Half an incense stick of time passed.

The Ferocious Beasts gathered around Liu Feng, watching the tribulation in the distance.

Every time a bolt of heavenly lightning came down, their hearts leaped!

It was terrifying!

If Liu Feng weren't so important, they would have bolted long ago.

"When will Liu Feng be done?"

Demon Spirit was so scared he couldn't maintain his human form and turned into a ghost fire.

Di Tian frowned at him and was about to speak.

Liu Feng's aura shifted, and another trace of a law's resonance appeared around him.

The Law of Heaven and Earth!

Feeling the might of heaven and earth at such close range had allowed him to grasp a new law, following the Law of Nature!

And the Law of Heaven and Earth had also granted him a "divine skill."

"Di Tian, I want to go over there..."

Liu Feng pointed toward the tribulation and spoke softly.

"!!!"

The Ferocious Beasts nearly goggled at his words.

Was he tired of living?!

Di Tian frowned slightly. "Why?"

Liu Feng raised one hand, and a pale green image of a leaf appeared above them.

It covered him and the Ferocious Beasts nearby.

In an instant, the Ferocious Beasts could no longer sense the tribulation in the distance.

Naturally, their fear that their lives were in danger quickly faded, too.

"!!!"

The Ferocious Beasts fell silent again.

Their eyes nearly bulged out of their heads. Their faces twitched as they fought the urge to grin, afraid they'd only be disappointed.

Even Di Tian couldn't stay calm. He opened his mouth several times before finally asking, "You... can block out the aura?"

Liu Feng smiled faintly. "That's not all! The skill I comprehended is called One Leaf Covers the Sky! It's a way to deceive heaven, as though we're cut off from the world."

"Although we're still here, to the tribulation, we've disappeared."

"Of course, I can also conceal only part of our aura, reducing the tribulation's difficulty."

Liu Feng had only explained some of One Leaf Covers the Sky's effects.

Those were the benefits it offered the Ferocious Beasts. In battle, it naturally had other uses.

"..."

Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts fell silent.

They looked at one another. Their smiles grew harder and harder to contain, but no one said a word.

A joyful mood was taking shape.

"Ha ha ha...!!!"

Xiong Jun was the first to burst out laughing.

The other Ferocious Beasts joined in, laughing until tears streamed down their faces!

Liu Feng's divine skill was simply a gift from the gods to them!

The thing Ferocious Beasts feared most was the tribulation. With Liu Feng's One Leaf Covers the Sky, they could greatly reduce its power!

Zi JI rushed to Liu Feng, scooped him up, and planted several hearty kisses on him.

"Little Liu Feng, you're just amazing!"

"Absolutely amazing! Your big sister loves you to death!"

Zi JI expressed her affection with fervor.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion took a moment to react, then pushed Zi JI away with her paw and bared her teeth at her with a low growl.

A rare smile appeared on Di Tian's face, too. One Leaf Covers the Sky meant far too much to the Ferocious Beasts!

His plan to nurture Liu Feng had indeed been worthwhile!

Once Liu Feng became a god, perhaps he really would bring hope to the Soul Beasts!

"Liu Feng, well done."

Di Tian praised him.

Liu Feng smiled. "Then shall we set off now? It'll be a good chance to test the skill, too."

Di Tian hesitated and looked toward the tribulation in the distance.

Zi JI held down Three-Eyed Golden Lion as she pounced at her, then chuckled and said:

"Liu Feng, why bother with Snow Empress? Her tribulation is too terrifying. What if you get struck when you go over there?"

"If she dies, she dies. We can use the tribulation of some other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for the test."

Zi JI said carelessly.

Liu Feng shook his head. He had already figured it out: Sea God Tang San was meddling behind the scenes.

In that case, he definitely couldn't let Sea God Tang San have his way.

Not just Snow Empress, but Ice Empress, who was supposed to sacrifice herself in the plan—he would interfere with that, too.

Since Sea God Tang San couldn't directly interfere with the lower world, Liu Feng wouldn't just sit back and do nothing!

He had a good reason, too: he and Snow Empress were on good terms!

Sea God Tang San didn't know Liu Feng's situation. Aside from seething with frustration, he wouldn't dare do anything in the lower world.

Di Tian said gravely, "All of you stay back. I'll take Liu Feng over there."

The other Ferocious Beasts said no more. They watched Liu Feng with concern but didn't leave.

Liu Feng activated One Leaf Covers the Sky, forming the image of an enormous leaf above their heads.

Only then did he follow Di Tian through the spatial rift.

Beneath the tribulation clouds, Snow Empress had already endured the fourth round. Blood drenched her body; her pristine clothes were stained red and black, leaving her in a wretched state.

Her aura had grown faint, too. She stared at the tribulation clouds, which seemed to have swelled another size.

She was certain she wouldn't withstand the fifth round!

"I don't understand..."

Snow Empress sighed. The Emperor Auspicious Beast's and Liu Feng's good fortune should have offset the tribulation, yet its power had nearly doubled instead!

A faint electric current crackled in the air, lifting her hair slightly.

The next round of tribulation was about to descend!

"Rip...!"

A little over a hundred meters away, a spatial rift suddenly tore open.

Di Tian and Liu Feng appeared in her sight.

"!!!"

Snow Empress' eyes widened.

Had they come into the tribulation's range without worrying it might drag them into it?

Especially Di Tian, a Ferocious Beast of his level might draw down his own tribulation as a result.

"Do you want to die?" Snow Empress asked bluntly.

"Get out of here! The tribulation's coming!"

Snow Empress urged them frantically.

In the next moment, Liu Feng sent a green leaf toward her, holding it above her head.

As she stood stunned, the entire world lit up with tribulation lightning once more!

"Rumble...!"

Countless lightning serpents linked heaven and earth, turning this patch of space into a forest of thorns.

She watched Di Tian and the others with concern, afraid they would be caught up in her tribulation.

But...

Though the lightning was dense, not a single bolt touched Di Tian's side!

"What's going on?"

Snow Empress was stunned again.

Had the tribulation set its sights on her alone?!

In an instant, a massive bolt of heavenly lightning slammed into her.

She crashed heavily to the ground and closed her eyes, waiting for death.

But the darkness she had expected never came.

It just... hurt!

The lightning strike hurt, but it wasn't enough to kill her!

Snow Empress opened her eyes. As she unleashed her ultimate technique, Emperor's Cold Heaven, to resist the tribulation, she looked toward Di Tian in confusion.

And saw Liu Feng smiling at her...

Smiling?

She suddenly realized that the latest round of the tribulation seemed far weaker than she had expected!

It was even weaker than the first round!

"!!!"

Snow Empress smiled, too.

The tribulation's power had plummeted. It seemed she wouldn't have to die after all!

"Rumble...!"

The tribulation seemed to roar in fury at being underestimated.

Then it sent down a bolt of lightning far more terrifying than the last!

More than a dozen thick pillars of lightning crashed down at once.

Yet Snow Empress still blocked them with ease!

In the Divine Realm, Sea God Tang San's eyes widened when he saw this.

"Why?! I gave the tribulation divine power to spur its strength, and it rejected me?!"

Sea God Tang San could hardly believe it. Although he didn't govern the tribulation, he could still interfere with it.

He could easily raise the power of Snow Empress' tribulation to its theoretical limit.

But now, the tribulation's power had dropped to that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"What's going on?" Sea God Tang San tried to investigate.

A cold voice sounded behind him.

"Sea God, are you interfering in the lower world?"

"!!!"

Sea God Tang San flinched and hurriedly turned around.

God of Destruction was staring coldly at him, a sinister grin tugging at his lips.

"..."

Sea God Tang San swallowed and said sheepishly, "Listen to me, God of Destruction..."