Kunpeng and the Nanmu Tree Each Display Their Might

Boom!

A terrifying heavenly thunderbolt struck Kunpeng directly, making his entire body shudder. Bewilderment flashed through his eyes as he plummeted like a meteor crashing to earth. The violent impact blasted him straight into the deep sea.

Crackle, crackle! A massive vortex of lightning suddenly appeared above the sea. Deep within it, Kunpeng transformed into a fish and swam about, his entire body completely wrapped in lightning!

Splash~~~

Just then, Kunpeng suddenly leaped upward, soaring high into the sky as he transformed back into a great roc and burst out of the sea!

"Haha, Big Brother, this heavenly thunder is actually so weak!" The moment he emerged from the sea, Kunpeng let out another strange cry. "It's perfect for taking a bath, though!"

Hearing this, Mu Jizi's great tree body could not help trembling slightly. Then he said gravely, "Worthy Brother, do not trifle around. This is only the first heavenly tribulation. There are still eight more to come!"

"Of course I know!" Kunpeng nodded and transmitted his voice. "Big Brother, don't underestimate your own brother either. That tribulation lightning just now was formidable, but it still cannot harm me!"

"Mhm, just be careful yourself! But don't force yourself either. If you cannot withstand it, your elder brother is still here to hold the line!" Mu Jizi replied, though doubts crept into his heart. That heavenly tribulation just now had indeed been powerful, but it was only several times stronger than the transformation tribulation of a Golden Immortal demonic beast. Yet now, one of them was breaking through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, while the other was transforming after breaking through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm! This level of power was hardly worth mentioning!

Rumble!

Thunder rumbled across the sky. Suddenly, a black flood dragon shot out from the tribulation clouds and charged directly at Kunpeng below!

The black tribulation lightning was like the great hammer of the Thunder God, smashing viciously onto Kunpeng's wings. At that instant, Kunpeng's entire body suddenly tilted, his wings transforming into a river of stars as they gave a fierce shake!

With that shake, he actually forcibly dragged the tribulation clouds into the sea. Only two or three tenths of the tribulation lightning truly struck him. With a slight flap of his wings, he easily dispersed that remaining portion of the tribulation clouds!

"Big Brother, look! I can pass through this sort of tribulation cloud easily all by myself!" Having just passed the second tribulation, Kunpeng spread his wings and circled Mu Jizi's true body several times, showing off!

"Hehe!" Mu Jizi could only answer with a bitter smile. Now, he perhaps understood why the tribulation lightning was so weak!

At the beginning of creation, the Heavenly Dao had yet to stabilize, while beings taking form were as numerous as the hairs on an ox. Under such circumstances, the Heavenly Dao simply could not bring down tribulation clouds according to the cultivation level of the one undergoing tribulation. It could only judge based on a rough aura!

After the Heavenly Dao stabilized in later ages, transformation heavenly tribulations were divided into three grades: the Four-Nine Earth Immortal Heavenly Tribulation, the Six-Nine True Immortal Heavenly Tribulation, and the Nine-Nine Golden Immortal Heavenly Tribulation. Each grade had further distinctions. For example, if one had yet to transform but had already reached the Loose Immortal realm, then during transformation, the ordinary Four-Nine Earth Immortal Heavenly Tribulation would be raised to the power appropriate for a Loose Immortal's transformation. The power would increase, but the number of tribulations would remain unchanged, so it was called the Four-Nine Loose Immortal Tribulation. And so it went!

If Kunpeng and Mu Jizi were transforming now, the power of their heavenly tribulation should at the very least have risen to a Nine-Nine Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Tribulation. But since the Heavenly Dao was still taking shape, it could only determine from their auras that they were above the Golden Immortal realm. Thus, it could only bring down this highest Nine-Nine Golden Immortal Tribulation! Since the two were undergoing tribulation at the same time, the Nine-Nine Golden Immortal Heavenly Tribulation had been increased severalfold!

Yet even so, this sort of heavenly tribulation was still not worth noticing in the eyes of Kunpeng, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm! Let alone Mu Jizi, who already had one foot across the threshold of the Zenith Heaven Dao realm!

Rumble~~~~

Heavenly thunder churned, and the gale still raged wildly. At this moment, the sky was brewing the eighth tribulation lightning bolt. As time passed, the purple-black tribulation clouds rolled ever more frantically. Lightning snakes darted constantly through them, while violent spiritual energy ravaged dozens of miles around. The eighth heavenly thunderbolt was continuously being compressed.

Kunpeng's gaze was no longer as casual as before. Though this heavenly tribulation was merely an ordinary Nine-Nine Golden Immortal Tribulation, it carried a double layer. Two upon two was not as simple as one plus one!

Boom!

A black swimming dragon burst directly out of the tribulation clouds, carrying a terrifying momentum as it charged headlong at Kunpeng. The heavenly thunder's imposing force was truly frightening, leaving one feeling oppressed at heart.

The immense pressure bore down on Kunpeng until he could barely breathe. This made the proud Kunpeng feel somewhat ashamed. Just moments ago, he had sworn before Mu Jizi that he could pass the tribulation easily by himself, yet in the next moment, he found himself in such a state. Where could he put his old face now?

Roar!

With a roar toward the heavens, Kunpeng spread his great wings. Before the heavenly tribulation could descend, gust after gust of fierce wind fanned out from his wings. Instantly, wild winds howled, and blade-like gales met the rapidly descending heavenly tribulation head-on.

At this moment, apart from the countless wind blades like sharp swords fanned out by Kunpeng's wings, innumerable gales also took on solid form around him, turning into layers of barriers that protected him!

Kunpeng's eyes flashed like lightning as he hovered within the wind barriers, his aura reaching its peak!

By then, the heavenly thunder had already met the blades formed from the gale. Though the blades seemed hard and sharp, they paled beside the heavenly thunder. Wherever the thunder dragon passed, it swept through everything like splitting bamboo, without the slightest pause. In an instant, it scattered the wind blades, shattered the wind barriers, and struck toward Kunpeng's true body!

Caw~~~~

In that one ten-thousandth of an instant, Kunpeng neither dodged nor evaded. He suddenly let out a long cry toward the heavens, then aimed his beak at the heavenly thunder and pecked fiercely!

Boom!

In an instant, time and space seemed to stop. As the two collided, it was like sand and stones cast into a lake. The next moment, heaven and earth trembled, and rippling waves spread outward!

All this seemed slow in the telling, yet happened in the blink of an eye. From the descent of the heavenly thunder to the clash between the two, only an instant had passed!

"Hm?" In the next instant, Mu Jizi's expression changed. Then his branches flew chaotically into motion, sweeping once at the tribulation lightning that had struck Kunpeng's beak!

That heavenly thunder, which had originally radiated a violent aura, actually became docile beneath that sweep. Immediately afterward, with a "pat," it dissipated into the void!

"Worthy Brother! Are you all right?" Once the heavenly thunder dispersed, Mu Jizi immediately transmitted his voice.

"I'm fine! Thank you, Big Brother!" Kunpeng flapped his wings and shook his head, which had been left somewhat unsteady by the thunderbolt's impact. "The hardest part of my great roc body is my beak. Though that heavenly thunder was powerful, it still fell a little short of injuring me!"

"It's good that you're fine!" Seeing that Kunpeng's true body had suffered no injury apart from disheveled feathers, Mu Jizi finally let out a sigh of relief. "Worthy Brother, you have already received eight heavenly tribulations. Watch how your elder brother destroys this final one!"

No sooner had he spoken than Mu Jizi's true body suddenly moved. In an instant, his tree trunk, dozens of zhang tall, began to grow at tremendous speed!

Whoosh!

The tree trunk shot skyward, piercing straight through the tribulation clouds. Its spreading branches stirred the black clouds stretching for tens of thousands of miles in that very instant!

Buzz~~~

Heaven and earth shimmered as beams of light shot out from the black clouds. Before long, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sky suddenly cleared!

Shocking! Shocking! So shocking that there were no words for it! In an instant, Mu Jizi had actually used his true body to pierce through the tribulation clouds, forcibly shattering the final tribulation cloud! Such magical power was simply unheard of!

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