"Buzzz-"
After several bolts of tribulation lightning, the clouds high above suddenly fell silent.
The ink-black clouds gradually faded to grayish white. Within them, the power of heavenly lightning circulated, yet never discharged.
The lightning tribulation seemed about to end.
"Is it stopping?" Lin Ke raised an eyebrow.
Though this heavenly lightning was powerful, it seemed considerably weaker than the lightning he had faced when breaking through to Golden Core.
Now, weakened by the formation, much of the heavenly lightning had been blocked, and Lin Fusang had already undergone its tempering.
His goal had been achieved.
If the heavenly lightning dispersed now, that would undoubtedly be best.
But Lin Xuanyuan beside him did not think so. After staring at the dark clouds high above for a long time, his expression suddenly changed.
"Master, this is bad!"
Barely had he spoken when the clouds high above suddenly churned, their power surging wildly.
The dark clouds parted. A mass of light as resplendent as the blazing sun suddenly tore through them and appeared in midair.
Its radiance was so intense that it was almost as though the blazing sun had descended.
But that clearly was no sun.
It was a ball of lightning formed from streaks of pure lightning, its power incomparably formidable.
Lightning flashed across its surface. Nearly a hundred yards across, it plunged down with a thunderous roar the instant it appeared.
"Crackle-"
Under the lightning's influence, the mulberry trees throughout Green Mulberry Garden swayed wildly. The leaves covering them were scorched by that power, drifting down like flying ash.
"Defend!"
Lin Ke's expression changed. He immediately formed hand seals and activated the formation to defend.
But now, the power of that lightning was clearly beyond what the formation's defenses could withstand.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss-"
The lightning ball descended as