Above the once lush and lovely Azure Mountain, the wind and clouds changed color. Black clouds massed overhead, charged with immense lightning energy.
Xie Jinghan's heart jolted. He shifted his stance, ready to rush out.
"Brother Jinghan, take me with you! I want to go too!"
Zhao Xin'er spoke quickly, her expression resolute.
Xie Jinghan hesitated for a moment.
It wasn't far. He could make the trip in a few leaps, so there shouldn't be any danger.
He nodded and warned her, "I can take you, but you must stay right beside me the whole time! No reckless moves."
"I know. I'm always good."
"Leaping Art: Treading the Void!"
Xie Jinghan tapped his toes lightly and rose into the air. With Zhao Xin'er in tow, he skimmed forward.
"We're flying! Haha!" Zhao Xin'er cried happily.
Xie Jinghan could only stare at her, speechless.
By the time Xie Jinghan reached Azure Mountain, quite a few people had already arrived.
Black Boy, Zhao Wen, Zhao Wu, and the village chief were all there.
But the guards had stopped them all at the perimeter.
They had no time to speak to Xie Jinghan. Instead, they stared up at the terrifying tribulation clouds, stunned.
Dark clouds blanketed the sky.
Within ten li of Azure Mountain, every bird and beast fled in terror, scrambling for shelter.
These tribulation clouds were far larger than anything Xie Jinghan had summoned with Thunder Draw. He could call down only a single patch of cloud at most; these stretched for several li.
The tribulation lightning within was beyond comparison with his—at least a hundred, perhaps a thousand times stronger.
This was the Foundation Establishment lightning tribulation a cultivator had to endure.
Nine bolts of heavenly lightning in all!
CRACK—!!
A massive bolt of silver-white lightning crashed from the tribulation