Rumble-
A sudden peal of muffled thunder exploded across the sky, shaking loose stones from the summit of Mingwang Peak.
Before Qing Chen could catch his breath, his heart suddenly trembled, and all the seven-colored crystalline light within his sea of qi dispersed.
He looked up to see dark clouds rolling in, churning like splashes of thick ink as they pressed down upon the summit in layer upon layer.
Eerie white lightning leaped along the edges of the clouds. Slender electric serpents wound through the darkness, letting out shrill hisses.
"Brother Qing has passed the second trial!" Xu Jiuling's startled cry pierced the thunder. "The third trial, the Heaven-and-Earth Spiritual Resonance Pass, has four tribulations: wind, fire, water, and lightning. Brother Qing has drawn a single-aspect Tribulation Lightning!"
His palms sweated on Qing Chen's behalf. If Qing Chen was strong, his own future would be bright.
Outside the mountain-protecting formation, Gao Yuliang looked tense. His lips moved rapidly, and a faint sheen of cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead. "Heaven protect him! May the Deputy Hall Vice Lord safely weather the Tribulation Lightning..."
At that moment, everyone standing guard below Mingwang Peak wore a grave expression. They all understood that Tribulation Lightning was the most powerful of the four tribulations of wind, fire, water, and lightning.
Deep within the clouds, thunder exploded like ten thousand drums sounding together, shaking their eardrums painfully.
Thick bolts of white lightning roamed freely through the clouds, gathering madly, growing brighter and thicker, like white flood serpents about to choose someone to devour.
Qing Chen dared not delay. His Golden Sinews and Silver Bones hummed like a bell, and his Indestructible Vajra Divine Ability shone with an amber halo.
As he activated the Brahma Demon-Refining Art's Second Demon Aspect-the Heartless Demon Aspect-a phantom