Xiao Wu stumbled as Er Ming pulled her along, her pink scorpion braid tracing a sharp arc through the air.
She raised her head and looked at the tribulation clouds spinning rapidly overhead, brewing the power to destroy heaven and earth. Worry filled her face.
But she also knew there was nothing she could do to help. The hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation was a trial every hundred-thousand-year soul beast had to face alone. No one else could intervene, nor would they dare to.
Just then, a scarlet figure silently appeared at the edge of the Lake of Life.
The Scarlet King.
All three of his heads rose at once. Three pairs of crimson beast eyes fixed on the tribulation clouds overhead, his muscles taut and his fangs slightly bared.
The terrifying aura radiating from him seemed to freeze the surrounding air.
Lord Di Tian had given his orders: while the Auspicious Beast underwent the tribulation, no soul beast was to interfere, and no mishap was to occur.
The tribulation clouds finally stopped spinning. After a brief, deathly silence, a silver thunderbolt as thick as a giant python struck viciously toward the dark green rock where the Nine-Colored Deer stood, like a spear hurled down by a heavenly god.
Boom!
The instant the lightning struck, dazzling nine-colored radiance erupted around the Nine-Colored Deer.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet, black, and white.
The nine colors intertwined and flowed, forming an enormous nine-colored rainbow that met the world-destroying silver thunderbolt.
Boom!
The instant the lightning collided with the nine-colored radiance, the entire Lake of Life shook violently. Waves several yards high surged from the lake, ancient trees along the shore bent beneath the shock wave, and countless branches and leaves trembled.
Yet the Nine-Colored Deer remained planted firmly atop the dark green