Lightning Tribulation Breaks the Array, Heavenly Sand Spirit Canon (Please Vote with Monthly Tickets, Please Vote!)

Above the desert, sand and dust rolled in a vast, sweeping spectacle.

The Golden-Scaled Beast stood upon empty air and threw back its head in a long howl.

It released the Earth-Scale Hall beneath its feet, watching the thunderclouds churn and heavenly lightning surge.

As though it regarded the heavenly lightning as an opponent, it challenged it wildly.

As the third bolt descended, it leaped out of the golden bell array and went straight at the lightning tribulation.

It had watched the Jade-Scale Flood Dragon and Crimson Flame Fox undergo their tribulations. How could it accept being outdone by them? Although it could neither swallow the thunderclouds whole nor burn them away,

it could still withstand the lightning head-on without relying on an array!

As the Golden-Scaled Beast leaped up, countless Falling Cloud Star Rocks and earth spikes appeared in the sky alongside the Earth-Scale Hall.

These spells had long since become instantaneous for the Golden-Scaled Beast. A single thought could summon a vast expanse of them.

The star rocks even reversed direction, hurtling from low in the sky toward the tribulation lightning. Clearly, the Golden-Scaled Beast's control over repulsive force had reached the point where it could reverse gravity.

For a time, stone fragments flew everywhere, and lightning surged.

But the third bolt of tribulation lightning clearly had the upper hand, shattering countless earth spikes and star rocks.

Finally, the Earth-Scale Hall fractured like a spiderweb and broke apart. The Golden-Scaled Beast charged straight at the lightning once more and slammed down a claw.

Boom!

The thunderous crash exploded once again.

The dazzling lightning finally dispersed, most of it pouring into the Golden-Scaled Beast's body as it fell back into the array.

Lightning covered its entire body. Its scales had once again shattered completely, leaving not a single layer