The Heaven-Discerning Beast hid within the void, intending to slip away quietly after Chen Changming left, but an unexpected complication had arisen.
As the heavenly tribulation grew stronger and stronger, the surrounding void began to destabilize.
The terrifying power released from the tribulation clouds made even the void tremble faintly.
Such spatial tremors were hardly worth mentioning to cultivators outside, but to the Heaven-Discerning Beast concealed within the cracks of the void, they were a fatal threat.
"Can I withstand the void's reaction to six waves of heavenly tribulation...?"
The Heaven-Discerning Beast had no confidence.
It was severely injured, its wounds from the contract backlash had yet to heal, and it was trapped within this increasingly unstable void.
If the heavenly tribulation continued to intensify and the void continued to tremble, its hiding place would sooner or later be exposed.
"Heavens, bless me. Please let this ugly, strange Beast endure only six waves of heavenly tribulation..."
The Heaven-Discerning Beast placed its two claws against its chest and, looking utterly composed, began praying without pause.
Its eyes were tightly shut, its entire body trembling, with only one thought in its heart—
As long as this Beast endured six waves of heavenly tribulation, the tribulation clouds would disperse, and its life would be spared.
The Heaven-Discerning Beast dared not hope for anything more. It only begged for this damned heavenly tribulation to end sooner.
After the time it took to burn an incense stick.
The first wave of lightning tribulation receded, replaced by blood-red Heart Demon Tribulation lightning descending like a vast ocean, engulfing Little Four's body.
The bloody radiance was strange and piercing. Ordinary cultivators blanketed by it would fall into the illusions of their heart demons, unable to pull themselves free.
Yet Little Four merely stared wide-eyed, ferocity blazing from