Within the enormous, pitch-black cocoon, a tremendous aura of cultivation surged wildly, climbing higher and higher.
A few breaths later, the barrier that had held the Ghostface Butterfly at the peak of the thirteenth rank shattered with a crash.
An aura of Void Refinement soared from the black cocoon!
Crack, crack-
Faint cracking sounds rang out one after another. Countless fine fissures spread across the black shell, which was covered in dark patterns, and jet-black scales drifted down.
The next instant, an eerie, nimble streak of black light shot skyward, bursting through the cocoon. Unfurling four wings, the Ghostface Butterfly soared proudly high above.
The newly emerged Ghostface Butterfly's wings were even longer and more magnificent. Deep patterns adorned them, shimmering with faint light, and every beat stirred wisps of spatial ripples. Its powerful aura of the Void Refinement Realm, First Layer spread unchecked, far surpassing that of ordinary Beasts at the same level.
The instant it broke free of its cocoon, heaven and earth abruptly changed!
The clear sky darkened in an instant. Fierce winds howled across the wilderness, and heavy tribulation clouds gathered from every direction, piling up over the entire valley.
Black clouds churned, with thunder flickering within.
Rumble-!
The first wave of the Lightning Tribulation descended.
A vast blue tribulation spread like an ocean, lightning arcs rampaging across the sky. Bearing the tyrannical might to annihilate all things, it poured down furiously, engulfing the Ghostface Butterfly!
"Heavenly tribulation of the Spirit Realm, I've been waiting for you..." The Ghostface Butterfly laughed heartily. With a beat of its wings, it became a streak of pure black light and charged skyward to meet the boundless sea of lightning.
Boom, boom, boom-
The blue lightning struck its wings, sending electric light exploding across the sky, yet it could not