Thud!
At that moment, the final bolt of purple lightning came crashing down.
Xia Ping devoured every last bit of its energy. The magic power within him increased slightly, and lightning coursed around his body with crackling pops. A flash of purple electricity gleamed in his eyes.
He felt stronger than ever before.
The tribulation had not harmed him in the slightest. On the contrary, it had greatly increased his strength and bolstered his magic power, saving him who knew how much time he would have otherwise spent refining it.
Every inch of his body now brimmed with explosive power. His cells were highly activated, and even his lifespan seemed to have increased.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Xia Ping sensed three hostile auras hurtling toward him. Within a few breaths, they had closed in on him, watching him like predators sizing up their prey.
He turned around and immediately saw three Demon Kings from the Purple Mansion Realm standing before him.
"Huh? He took such a terrible lightning strike, and this human is still alive?!"
"That is strange. He should have been dead for sure."
"It must be that peerless treasure on him. Otherwise, there's no way he'd have survived."
"If that's the case, then the treasure must be worth more than we can imagine."
The Water Crab King, Sea Spider King, and Squid King exchanged astonished looks. They had come expecting to find a corpse and pick up a treasure with ease.
But they had never expected this human to survive such a powerful lightning strike and appear before them full of life. The sight left them utterly shocked.
But on second thought, there were three Demon Kings here. With strength in numbers, they had no reason to fear a mere human king.
Thinking this, the three Demon Kings quickly regained