Thunder rolled with crushing force, brewing a lethal crisis.
Beneath that terrifying aura, everyone hurriedly flew back, not daring to brave its edge.
After Li Ling and Elder Qi moved clear, they soon felt the pressure on them abruptly ease.
This Heavenly Tribulation was not aimed at them. As long as they did not court death by rushing into its lightning, they would be fine.
But neither was it aimed at Shi Jizi. Instead, it hovered over Han Kang's head, silently gathering power.
Within moments, its momentum reached its peak. The lightning churning within the vortex resembled magma in a volcanic crater, ready to erupt at any instant.
Han Kang's face went deathly pale. "I've incurred a tribulation?"
This Heavenly Tribulation had descended because of his karmic burden.
"You betrayed your master and ancestors and slaughtered the innocent. Who else deserves a tribulation if not you? You heartless wretch! You deserve to be struck down by heaven's thunder!" Shi Jizi cursed bitterly.
"Fellow Daoist Han put righteousness before family for the sake of justice. To think even he would be caught in a Heavenly Tribulation.
"Karmic retribution truly shows no regard for human feelings!"
Li Ling sighed inwardly. Now, not only were righteous fellow Daoists unreliable, even heaven itself could not be trusted.
Still, they had anticipated this possibility. Han Kang had acted first precisely to shoulder this karmic burden.
After his initial panic and bewilderment, Han Kang quickly steadied himself and resolutely rushed toward the enormous giant form.
The giant panicked. "What are you doing?"
Han Kang said, "We'll die together!"
The tribulation clouds loomed overhead, a faint promise of annihilation emerging within them. The lightning was about to descend.
"Get off me!"
The giant form struggled violently, even trying to stretch out its long arms and knock Han