The sky darkened, black clouds churned, and a massive red vortex spanning thousands of miles revolved at the center of the dark clouds, twisting all the space within a mile around the Azure Emperor below.
Qin Yu, the Dragon Emperor, the Demon Emperor Peng, and several other Emperor-level experts simply could not pass through that distorted space. They could only vaguely make out the lone figure within it—the Azure Emperor.
Only Cao Bing, relying on his exceptionally strong command of the Laws, could clearly see the Azure Emperor beneath the Divine Tribulation formation.
Beneath the formation, the Azure Emperor showed none of the panic one should have while undergoing a tribulation. It was as if what awaited him was not some terrifying Divine Tribulation, but merely a gentle breeze and a few drops of rain. He hovered high in the air, looking utterly relaxed.
"Looks like the Azure Emperor is stronger than I imagined. From the look of him, he doesn't seem to take this Divine Tribulation seriously at all."
A circular ancient formation made of deep-blue lightning resembled a millstone at first glance. The deep-blue millstone had now emerged completely from the enormous red vortex, slowly rotating as it did so.
"Nine bolts of deep-blue lightning." Cao Bing could clearly see that there were nine deep-blue lightning bolts continuously moving along the ancient formation's paths.
"Rumble..."
The enormous millstone formed from the deep-blue lightning slowly turned as it gradually descended from the sky. It came down very slowly, yet it gave everyone an oppressive feeling as though the world were ending.
"It's moving so slowly?" Qin Yu murmured beside Cao Bing.
"Slow?" Cao Bing turned to glance at Qin Yu, then let out a mocking chuckle.
Most tribulation lightning struck down with extreme speed. Yet this enormous millstone formed