Seeing that Sikong Jing still had not moved and wore a dazed expression, Mu Bujun issued another harsh warning...
"Vast Universe Sikong Jing, an Eight-Tribulation Sword Clan member should be very important to you, shouldn't he?"
"What are you standing there in a daze for?"
"Come over here at once, or don't blame me for tearing off another arm."
Unfortunately, Sikong Jing still ignored him. That intense sense of threat continued to crash over him, as if this tribulation of punishment that belonged to him was surging in from the direction of the Burial Emperor Battlefield, drawing ever closer to him...
He could not help muttering to himself...
"Why didn't it come when I just passed the Four-Tribulation Tribulation, yet it came now of all times?"
He instinctively turned around and looked toward the formation arranged by the Nine Heavens Emperor, immediately understanding. "It was the Nine Heavens Emperor's arrangement that isolated this so-called tribulation of punishment. It appeared the instant I stepped out."
He grew even more curious about the Nine Heavens Emperor. Had she truly broken that so-called rule?
With that thought in mind, Sikong Jing took another step and returned to the Nine Heavens Emperor's formation to verify his guess...
Sure enough, in an instant, that intense sense of threat weakened.
"It has merely weakened. It has not vanished..."
"Most likely, the Nine Heavens Emperor's formation only isolated my aura, which was why it did not draw the tribulation of punishment before. But now that I have already triggered it, this tribulation of punishment will not stop."
"Perhaps it will appear directly within the formation..."
"Or perhaps it will wait outside the formation, descending the instant I step out."
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes. As though confirming his thoughts, the weakened sense of threat continued