Lightning Tribulation (2)

Chu Shihan stood frozen where he was, his gaze glued to the motionless azure figure atop Spirit Sword Peak. Unease grew through his heart like crazed vines, winding densely around it and squeezing so tightly he could barely breathe.

Of course he trusted his master, and he knew Shen Yuxi possessed an unyielding temperament. Yet as he watched that azure silhouette remain utterly still beneath the Tribulation Clouds, the sliver of rational trust he had left had long been scattered to the four winds by his surging worry—

What exactly was his junior brother going through? Had his spiritual power run dry, or had his soul been injured, leaving him unconscious? Countless speculations churned through his mind, making him restless and unable to set his heart at ease.

At that moment of unbearable anxiety, a terrifying change suddenly erupted at the heart of the Tribulation Clouds!

The mass of purple lightning that had gathered for so long and remained utterly silent suddenly exploded without warning! The heavy cloud cover was forcibly torn open by an enormous rift, and even sunlight from the heavens poured through it, weaving with the lightning into a blinding band of light.

Immediately after, a purple heavenly thunderbolt several times thicker than the previous ones crashed down from that rift!

Wherever the heavenly thunder passed, the air hissed as it burned. Its destructive pressure instantly blanketed all of Spirit Sword Peak. The people on the Sword Trial Platform felt their blood and qi churn from the shock and all staggered back a step. Quite a few disciples went pale and instinctively clutched their chests.

Had several elders not reacted swiftly enough to protect them in time, the lingering might of this single heavenly thunderbolt alone would have been enough to severely injure many disciples.

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