"Start!"
A giant black egg slowly hovered above the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, and the patterns on its surface all lit up.
The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy was stirred, instantly turning extremely violent.
Violent spiritual energy resembling a tornado poured frantically into the giant black egg.
Under the gazes of Luo Li and Zhao Chen, crack after crack appeared on the eggshell.
Amidst an extremely loud chirp, an incomparably huge black shadow soared into the sky.
That was a massive black bird that rivaled the heavens and blotted out the sun.
Upon its slender feathers, bizarre black flames capable of devouring spiritual energy burned fiercely.
And a sudden clap of thunder rang out.
Boundless pitch-black thunder clouds converged from all directions, as if covering the entire Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Terrifying thunderbolts, as thick as galloping giant dragons, and towering heavenly might were poised for action.
"The Black God Lightning Tribulation truly is not simple."
Zhao Chen nodded, for even super heavenly beasts had a very difficult time surviving this.
As expected of the special Black God Lightning Tribulation among tribulations!
The stronger it was, the better.
He had also mentally prepared himself to complete his transformation under the baptism of the Black God Lightning Tribulation.
"Boom!"
A waterfall of thunder poured down, enveloping that massive Nine Netherbird within it.
Black flames burned fiercely, fiercely confronting it.
Countless feathers transformed into huge fiery plumes, actually charging up to attack the Black God Lightning Clouds in the sky.
Even Zhao Chen was left somewhat stunned at the sight.
He seemed to know why Little Nine Netherbird had failed her previous two tribulations.
Everyone else endured passively, and as long as the Black God Lightning Tribulation ended, that would be it.
Yet this Little Nine Netherbird insisted on actively attacking the Black God Lightning Clouds.
Wasn't this provoking the might of the heavens?
The dim and distant will of the Great Thousand World was extremely sensitive to such behavior.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the volume of the Black God Lightning Clouds instantly expanded by a circle.
Branch-like thunderbolts, one after another, struck the massive beastly body of the Nine Netherbird in an instant.
"Ah!"
The suddenly surged might of the thunder tribulation made Little Nine Netherbird noticeably unaccustomed to it.
The thunderbolts grew increasingly massive, actually transforming into one ferocious and malevolent thunder dragon after another that lunged down, viciously tearing at flesh and blood.
Numerous black-flamed feathers splattered in all directions, and blood rained down.
"Almost there."
Upon seeing the strongest thunder accumulated by the Black God Lightning Clouds about to erupt, Zhao Chen whispered:
"Grass-Character Sword Art, cut!"
As the leaves of the Nine-leaf Sword Grass swayed, numerous sword qi condensed and merged together to form a giant sword piercing the sky, immediately slashing toward those massive Black God Lightning Clouds.
No matter how terrifying the moves displayed with Heaven-reaching Realm strength, their might was still limited.
Wanting to slice apart and extinguish the Black God Lightning Clouds, which could blast apart and kill strong individuals of the Supreme Realm, was clearly impossible.
Yet what Zhao Chen required was not to chop away the Black God Lightning Tribulation with a single sword.
Instead, he wanted to participate in the Black God Lightning Tribulation, to be locked onto by the terrifying thunderbolts within the Black God Lightning Clouds.
It would be best to vent all the firepower directly at him.
As Zhao Chen wished, the Black God Lightning Clouds contracted for a moment, and then visibly became even more massive.
Numerous thunder clouds converged, turning it into a very terrifying behemoth.
The entire heaven and earth were shrouded, and the murderous intent of heavenly might locked onto Zhao Chen.
In comparison, Little Nine Netherbird was overlooked quite a bit.
"Little Grass, be careful."
Little Nine Netherbird immediately shrunk her size and arrived at the mountain peak where the Nine-leaf Sword Grass was located.
Although she knew Zhao Chen's plan, letting herself watch him get struck by lightning was truly somewhat inappropriate.
"Your Primordial Undying Bird Bloodline has indeed been stimulated quite a bit under the baptism of the Black God Lightning Tribulation."
Zhao Chen looked at the black flames burning around Little Nine Netherbird, which were intermingled with wisps of purple flames.
That was the special Undying Fire of the Primordial Undying Bird.
It was even more powerful than the Nine Nether Flame.
Not bad.
Compared to this, the divine might of the thunder tribulation he was about to face was not worth mentioning.
"We've reached this point, and you still have the mind to pay attention to me?"
Little Nine Netherbird was somewhat speechless.
That Black God Lightning Tribulation was truly terrifying.
Even with thorough preparations this time, she had still been battered and covered in injuries.
Even if she successfully survived the tribulation, she would probably be very weak.
Where did the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, which was merely in the Heaven-reaching Realm, get the confidence to face such a terrifying Black God Lightning Tribulation alone?
"You don't understand."
Zhao Chen smiled slightly, instantly drawing upon the countless earth-dragons of the Hundred Thousand Mountains to form a formidable grand formation with one another.
Visibly, an incomparably huge light barrier condensed and emerged.
A rather special point was that right at the very top of the light barrier, a pillar of spiritual energy light appeared.
That pillar of spiritual energy light stretched directly toward the firmament, and also extended inside the light barrier, connecting with the mountain peak where the Nine-leaf Sword Grass was located.
"You-you are playing with fire!"
Little Nine Netherbird's brows twitched fiercely, scaring her into taking several steps back on the spot.
She had thought the light barrier was for resisting the Black God Lightning Tribulation.
Who could have imagined it was actually meant to cooperate with this pillar of spiritual energy light to draw the lightning!
How insane!
This was equivalent to directly swallowing the Black God Lightning Clouds!
Without the slightest exaggeration, the terrifying thunder-attribute spiritual energy contained within it would blow the Nine-leaf Sword Grass apart from the inside!
At the very least, Little Nine Netherbird would not dare to play with fire and burn herself to death like this.
"No, this is cultivation."
Zhao Chen's expression was steadfast. Since he was the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, it was impossible for him to rely on ordinary cultivation methods.
The Black God Lightning Tribulation was both a danger and a fortuitous encounter.
As long as he could withstand the Black God Lightning Tribulation, there would be a great chance to master the Black God Lightning.
Moreover, aided by this pure thunder-attribute spiritual energy, he would charge into the late Heaven-reaching Realm.
Or even reach the Sovereign Three Difficulties, directly passing the Body Tribulation!
After all, nothing was better for tempering the physical body than a thunder tribulation!
Luo Li, who was sheltered by the separate light barrier, did not speak, only holding the Luo God Sword and standing by in full battle array.
"Crack!"
A flash of lightning struck down, directly bombarding that pillar of spiritual energy light.
Through the conversion of the grand formation, it transformed into a formidable and violent thunder force, enveloping the Nine-leaf Sword Grass within.
"Awesome!"
Zhao Chen's expression was bold and unrestrained as he looked at the violent thunder within the Black God Lightning Clouds, feeling it was quite delicious.
So fierce on the surface, it was actually just food in reality.
He finally grasped the inherent formidable nature of the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, truly worthy of being the Ten Fierce whose upper limit was pulled to the level of Immortal King giants!
Still, he had to take human form as soon as possible.
Only humans could truly feel awesome.
"You're crazy, you're crazy."
Little Nine Netherbird was left dumbfounded.
That was the Black God Lightning which could easily blast apart and kill humans of the Quasi-Sovereign Stage, yet it was easily swallowed by the Nine-leaf Sword Grass.
This was too incredible!
"Little Nine Nether, carry me up!"
Having once again endured the bombardment of the Black God Lightning Tribulation, Zhao Chen's cultivation directly surged into the mid Heaven-reaching Realm.
How many days had it even been?
Having tasted the sweetness, Zhao Chen could no longer hold back.
Thinking that Little Nine Netherbird also needed to experience the baptism of the final Black God Lightning Tribulation, he might as well just rush straight into the Black God Lightning Clouds; wouldn't that be even better?
Everyone, let's fly up to the heavens together!
The Little Nine Netherbird felt that this blade of grass was truly insane.
Had the opponent been struck stupid by lightning?
A mere Heaven-reaching Realm cultivator being able to endure the Black God Lightning Tribulation was only because he had the grand array set up by the special terrain of the Hundred Thousand Mountains protecting him.
Once he left the protection of the array and charged straight into the Black God Lightning Clouds to face the even more terrifying Black God Lightning head-on, wasn't that simply courting death?
If it wanted to die, let it die, but it shouldn't drag her down with it!
Hesitating for a moment, she could only speak with exasperation, "If you can't handle it, don't force it, you know?"
Zhao Chen raised his brow sharply. What did she mean by can't handle it?
In his dictionary, such a thing simply did not exist!