"Look, look! That Ox Demon got back up again!"
"Holy shit, he can really take a beating. I thought he was done for."
"Even if he's still alive, he's an arrow at the end of its flight. There's no way he'll withstand the next wave of tribulation lightning!"
"We'll go claim his Storage Ring in a moment!"
"Look! The Ox Demon is transforming!"
"Damn, what a huge black water buffalo!"
"..."
The Ox Demon's body kept swelling like a balloon being inflated. His initially fairly normal frame became enormous in an instant.
As his body expanded, his skin gradually turned glossy black, as though coated in a layer of black grease.
In the blink of an eye, the Ox Demon's true form fully emerged: an enormous ox demon, pitch-black from head to hoof.
His muscles were sharply defined and brimming with power. Every muscle trembled slightly, revealing the tremendous strength contained within his body.
The Ox Demon's aura was now more than twice as powerful as before, and under the suppression of that mighty aura, his earlier injuries rapidly healed.
His eyes turned blood-red, radiating a savage aura, as though he was utterly enraged by the injuries he had just suffered.
"Moo!" Suddenly, the Ox Demon threw back his head and roared at the heavens. The deafening sound exploded through the air like thunder.
That roar seemed to vent the discontent and fury in his heart while challenging the lightning tribulation overhead.
With the Ox Demon's roar, the lightning tribulation in the sky grew even more violent.
The thunderclouds, already gathering rapidly, now churned wildly. Streaks of dark red lightning darted and writhed through them.
They resembled ferocious giant dragons, radiating an aura that made hearts quail.
Just then, without any warning, two bolts of dark red lightning shot