At the sight, Xu Changxing beneath the thunderclouds was delighted at first, but then his brows furrowed slightly.
Although the Ninefold Tribulation Lightning was a crisis, it was also a rare opportunity.
These Magic Treasure fragments could weaken the tribulation lightning, but they would also diminish the benefits it brought him.
Xu Changxing had yet to reach the point where his lamp had burned dry of oil. There seemed to be no need to use such a method to improve his chances of surviving the tribulation.
After a brief hesitation, Xu Changxing put the Magic Treasure fragments back into his Storage Ring.
Once the aura of the Magic Treasure fragments disappeared, the pressure of the tribulation lightning returned to its peak and even seemed to grow faintly stronger.
Rumble!
With an earth-shaking roar, the ninth bolt of tribulation lightning came crashing down.
The ninth bolt of heavenly thunder was far more powerful than the eighth. In an instant, it crushed the sword light Xu Changxing wielded with immortal essence, then continued plunging toward his head without losing momentum.
Xu Changxing had anticipated this.
In the instant the sword light was crushed, he formed seals with both hands and condensed a massive vortex of immortal essence above his head.
This vortex consumed nearly half the immortal essence in Xu Changxing's body and was his strongest defensive measure.
Yet even this dazzling vortex lasted only a moment before exploding.
Fortunately, the vortex of immortal power also canceled out most of the lightning.
With his flesh enveloped in immortal essence, Xu Changxing withstood the aftermath of the ninth bolt of heavenly thunder head-on.
As the final bolt of heavenly thunder vanished without a trace, strains of immortal music rang out between heaven and earth.
In mere moments, the boundless tribulation lightning transformed into