Shed His Mortal Flesh

"Crackle!"

The instant the ball lightning fell, thunderlight exploded across the sky and formed a vast spherical cage around Shen Luo. Lightning whips lashed out from its walls, striking him in a frenzy.

Arc after arc crackled. The golden light around Shen Luo was soon battered to pieces, and crimson welts appeared beneath his clothes.

Inside him, however, the black barrier before his Mud-Pill Palace remained as immovable as Mount Tai under the water dragon's fierce assault. The lightning affected the water dragon instead, leaving it circling without advancing.

"Crack!"

Another peal of thunder rang out. Lightning struck Shen Luo's back, numbing his entire body until he nearly lost all feeling.

He had no choice but to divert most of his Magic Power and devote himself to circulating the Huangting Scripture.

As his Magic Power surged through him, four giant elephants appeared around Shen Luo. Rather than huddling together, they stood on four sides of him, each roaring furiously in a different direction.

At a thought from Shen Luo, golden light blazed across the four elephants as though they had caught fire. They raised their hooves and charged outward, straight into the inner wall of the ball lightning.

Already badly depleted, the ball lightning finally shattered under the tremendous impact with a bang. Arcs and sparks scattered everywhere, though many still burrowed into Shen Luo's body, drawing muffled groan after muffled groan from him.

He had barely endured this third Thunder Tribulation, yet he had no time even to inspect his wounds. He immediately drove the water dragon within him against the barrier to his Mud-Pill Palace once more.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The water dragon grew fiercer with every charge, each impact carrying greater force as it battered the black barrier again and again.

Yet the barrier stood like a