Blood Soul Island! Dragon Piercing Cone!

Ang!

Screech!

The White True Dragon and Little Fire cried out beneath the Heavenly Tribulation, their voices ringing through the sky and spreading for several li around, clear and distinct.

Compared to the White True Dragon, Little Fire was clearly having a much harder time against the Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation. Golden-red feathers fell along with blood, making it look somewhat miserable.

Even so, Little Fire was still filled with fighting spirit, doing all it could to resist the Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation. The bloodline within it would not allow it to harbor the thought of retreat, even if it faced a Heavenly Tribulation. It had to fight with all its strength.

Its battle intent burned like fire. Red flames rose from Little Fire's body, blasted apart bit by bit under the bombardment of the Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation, then igniting anew, impossible to extinguish. This was the Divine Phoenix Bloodline within Little Fire awakening.

Sensing the changes in itself, Little Fire knew that its chance to transform had come. This Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation was the opportunity. By borrowing the power of this Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation, it could awaken the Divine Phoenix Bloodline within its body in one stroke and transform from a Fire Falcon into a Fire Phoenix.

Ang!

The White True Dragon's body was covered in wounds. Compared to the previous thunder tribulations, this Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation was clearly several times more powerful. Even it, which was essentially undergoing the tribulation anew, had no choice but to treat it seriously, tempering its body all over again bit by bit before it could pass through this thunder tribulation.

The new Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation originally had only eighteen bolts, but the three purple thunder tribulations left from before had been stacked into it, making a total of twenty-one bolts of Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation. It was enough to make them drink a pot full.

Boom!

Another bolt of Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation fell. This was already the eighth.

While Taishu Jing and Taishu Yun tempered their bodies, they also gained some understanding from this thunder tribulation.

Purple lightning could be seen forming out of thin air around Taishu Yun. An illusory purple rune floated before him, wrapped in purple arcs of electricity, filled with the aura of thunder and lightning, extremely similar to the thunder tribulation in the sky.

The Lightning Dao—this was the Dao Taishu Yun had newly comprehended from this thunder, condensing it into a Dao Law Rune.

As the thunder tribulation continued to strike down, the illusory purple rune before Taishu Yun slowly began to solidify. Then it split into two, two into four, four into eight... growing by multiples like this until it reached sixty-four, where it temporarily stopped.

Even so, Taishu Yun still did not open his eyes. He remained immersed in comprehending the thunder.

Beside him, two runes, one black and one white, appeared before Taishu Jing. One gave off vitality, while the other was filled with death. These were the Life and Death Runes, representing his Dao of Life and Death.

The two runes began to split into identical runes, and very quickly grew to a vast number. There were one hundred and twenty-eight white runes and one hundred and twenty-eight black runes, densely packed like black and white points of light, enveloping Taishu Jing's body.

From this thunder, Taishu Jing comprehended vitality and death, allowing his Dao of Life and Death to advance another step.

Thunder tribulation was synonymous with destruction, bringing death, yet behind thunder tribulation, vitality was likewise hidden. The fortune after a thunder tribulation was that single thread of life.

Countless insights surged into the hearts of the two brothers, and those Dao Law Runes still showed signs of continuing to condense.

Time slowly passed.

Boom!

The eighteenth bolt of purple-gold lightning fell.

Ang!

After being tempered by so many thunder tribulations, the White True Dragon's body had already reached an extremely sturdy degree. Its dragon scales had also transformed several times, becoming even harder. Now, when those Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulations landed on its body, they could only break a few of its dragon scales and make it shed a little dragon blood.

This time, this White True Dragon would soon pass through the Dragon Transformation Tribulation, which had become several times more powerful, and receive the recognition of heaven and earth.

Screech!

A phoenix cry rang out. Under the baptism of the Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation, Little Fire had already changed in appearance. It had a five-colored phoenix crown, and its body had grown even larger, from its original one zhang to two zhang. Its golden-red feathers had all transformed into five-colored plumage, and the three peacock plumes on its tail had become five. Its phoenix claws were thicker and sharper.

Using this thunder tribulation, Little Fire awakened the Divine Phoenix Bloodline within its body, smoothly transforming itself into a true Divine Phoenix. Like the White True Dragon, it had become a noble existence among ferocious beasts.

Boom!

The final thunder tribulation fell.

The purple-gold thunder roared, shaking the long sky like the divine hammer of a thunder god smashing down, making even the mountain forest tremble.

Outside the range of the Heavenly Tribulation.

A large number of cultivators gathered over, including the two groups from before.

"Heavens, that's a True Dragon, and a Divine Phoenix!"

"They're actually undergoing tribulation at the same time!"

"Dragon blood and phoenix blood are sacred medicines..."

Countless Dao cultivators watched from the sidelines. Looking at the White True Dragon and the five-colored Divine Phoenix in the sky, their attention was completely drawn in. Not one of them noticed that within the area covered by the Heavenly Tribulation, outside the valley, two small figures were sitting cross-legged, their bodies wrapped in large numbers of Dao Law Runes, astonishingly wondrous and divine.

"Grand Elder, those are a True Dragon and a Divine Phoenix, noble existences among ferocious beasts!"

Looking at the two beastly figures in the sky, greed flashed through the eyes of countless cultivators, and the four people dressed in blood-colored robes were no exception.

"They are indeed treasures. However, although that True Dragon and Divine Phoenix are still young, they are at least half a step into the fourth rank, or even fourth rank. We may have the desire, but not the ability."

The Grand Elder narrowed his eyes, his gaze also filled with greed, and spoke indifferently.

"Grand Elder, didn't the Island Master give you a Dragon Piercing Cone? With the Dragon Piercing Cone, even a fourth-rank True Dragon shouldn't be your match, right?"

A male disciple flattered him, his small eyes flashing with shrewd light.

Hearing this male disciple's words, the other three disciples also looked toward the Grand Elder.

"Hahaha, you are correct. This old man does indeed have a Dragon Piercing Cone, enough to deal with that True Dragon. However, there is still a Divine Phoenix at its side, so things certainly won't go smoothly."

The Grand Elder muttered.

"Grand Elder, isn't that simple? There are still so many Dao cultivators here. Could it be they only came to take a look?"

That female disciple spoke with a beaming smile, though there was something rather chilling about it.

"You mean, have them hold back that Divine Phoenix?" The First Elder understood what she meant.

"Exactly."

The five of them made up their minds to have the surrounding cultivators help, giving them the chance to strike.

"Fellow Daoists, I imagine you have all seen it. Those are a True Dragon and a Divine Phoenix, and both are still in their youth. We may not have to simply stand by and watch with wide-open eyes. Why not join forces?"

That female disciple cleared her throat and spoke to the cultivators behind her.

"Who are you? What gives you the right to say that?"

"Exactly. Do you have some means to deal with them?"

"..."

Many cultivators spoke up one after another, voicing their doubts about her.

"This humble girl indeed has no means to deal with them, but the First Elder of our Blood Soul Island naturally does." There was a trace of pride in the female disciple's words as she took two steps back, making way for a sinister-looking old man.

"This old man is Fang Tong, First Elder of Blood Soul Island. Greetings, fellow Daoists," he said indifferently to the surrounding cultivators.

The many cultivators were shocked.

Blood Soul Island was a well-known force within this Great Marsh of Cloud Dream. The island had numerous disciples, with many at the Blood Bone Realm and Spirit Vein Realm, as well as several elders at the Soul Palace Realm. The First Elder of Blood Soul Island before them was one of those elders, while the island master of Blood Soul Island was even an existence of the Fourth Realm, the Dao Foundation Realm.

"So it's the First Elder of Blood Soul Island. Perhaps he really does have some method."

"Mm, it's worth a try."

"Fine, we'll listen to you this once."

"What should we do?"

"..."

The many cultivators were somewhat tempted and agreed to join forces.

"Good. This old man has a Dragon Piercing Cone, specialized in piercing Dragon Souls. Even if that True Dragon is a Fourth-Order Fierce Beast, it is enough to heavily wound it. As for the remaining Divine Phoenix, we will need all you fellow Daoists to work together to obstruct it."

Fang Tong raised his hand, and a long black cone appeared in it. Black ghostly qi coiled around it, as if one could still hear the shrill roars of a dragon.

When the many cultivators saw this Dragon Piercing Cone, their hearts went cold. That was because refining this Dragon Piercing Cone required a Dragon-kin Fierce Beast to be refined to death alive. Only then could ghostly qi filled with venomous resentment be obtained, and after that ghostly qi was refined into the long cone, it became the Dragon Piercing Cone.

The ghostly qi on the Dragon Piercing Cone was extremely effective at restraining Dragon Souls. It could easily inflict heavy damage on the beast soul of a Dragon-kin Fierce Beast. True Dragons were no exception—in fact, it was even more dangerous for them.

"Elder Xu, what is this Dragon Piercing Cone?"

Among the many cultivators, a young girl in one group asked.

"This Dragon Piercing Cone is an extremely vicious object, specialized in piercing Dragon Souls. That old fellow Fang Tong seems to have steeled his heart."

Elder Xu frowned as he spoke.

"Elder Xu, aren't we going to stop him?"

The young girl looked at the two beastly figures in the sky, somewhat unable to bear seeing them hunted down.

"Sigh, there's nothing we can do either. Just look at these people's eyes and you'll know."

Elder Xu shook his head.

The young girl looked at these cultivators and found that their eyes were filled with greed, blazing with such heat that it was as if they could no longer see anything else.

"It seems this White True Dragon is doomed today. To die here before it has even grown up—what a real pity."

The other two youths looked at that White Dragon Shadow in the sky and sighed with some regret.