There were fully eighty-one main Blue Silver Emperor vines, each a kilometer long, along with an indistinguishable number of smaller vines spreading in every direction, eating away at the entire continent.
After the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Dragon descended, it began tearing and biting like a rabid dog.
The Blue Silver Emperor resisted desperately, but it still bit off eight of her main vines in the end. Countless roots were completely charred, leaving her vitality severely damaged.
Yet in the sky, the fifth Heavenly Tribulation quietly arrived. This time, three Heavenly Tribulation Lightning Dragons formed, each with an even more imposing aura than the last.
This was only the fifth bolt of tribulation lightning, but its terrifying pressure was already enough to suffocate people.
At this moment, even Yun Ming, the Nuclear-powered Donkey, began thinking of retreating:
"What the fuck? This is a Heavenly Tribulation? Di Tian brought on this kind of Heavenly Tribulation?"
"This absolutely cannot be a nine-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. Di Tian must have hidden his cultivation. His actual cultivation is nine hundred and ninety thousand years, so what he triggered is the million-year Godhood Heavenly Tribulation. That's why it's so absurdly powerful."
Yun Ming could find no other explanation.
Yun Ming believed that five bolts definitely were not the limit. There would definitely be a sixth, a seventh, an eighth!
"I can't hold on anymore."
He was not rooted here like this Blue Silver Emperor, unable to leave. He could leave whenever he wanted, and he was going to make a run for it.
Shrek's glory certainly mattered, but he, the living dean of Shrek Academy and Sea God Pavilion Master, mattered more.
Who would willingly die alongside an unknown Soul Beast?
He squeezed out his last remaining soul power and prepared to flee.
But just as he was about to break through the lightning net's restraints and escape Shrek's territory, an invisible hand suddenly grabbed him and dragged him back.
"Who's ambushing me?" Yun Ming paled in alarm.
Just then, a terrifying pressure abruptly emerged from the void.
When Yun Ming saw the newcomer, shock immediately appeared on his face. The aura emanating from the person before him was profoundly mysterious, utterly impossible to see through.
"Sir, I am Yun Ming, dean of Shrek Academy and Sea God Pavilion Master. I don't know when I might have offended you.
"The fifth Heavenly Tribulation is about to descend. If you don't want to die, let's escape this area together. The lightning won't go out of its way to strike us."
"You want to escape? If you escape, what happens to my love?"
"Your love?" Yun Ming was thunderstruck, as though scorched outside and tender within. "You mean this Blue Silver Grass is your lover?"
There were people who fucked grass these days?
Wasn't that taking peculiar tastes a little too far?
"That's right. You cannot leave.
"As the dean of Shrek Academy, rather than living and dying with Shrek's Sea God Pavilion, you actually thought of running away. You've truly thrown all your years of life to the dogs."
Fuck, why don't you try taking a bolt yourself?
Easy to talk standing there without an aching back.
If you really love that grass so much, go take the lightning for her!
Why drag me into this?
Let me go!
"Ah Yin, don't be afraid. I'm here."
"Ah Hao, you're finally here! What exactly is going on? Why are you sending lightning to strike me?"
"I didn't send this lightning. How could I ever bear to strike you with lightning? I love you so much."
"Then hurry up and take it back! There are still four bolts left. I can't withstand them."
"I know you can't, but there's nothing I can do either.
"Although I've become the Plane Master, I'm still not free to act as I please. A Soul Beast's tribulation doesn't go through me at all.
"The Soul Beast submits a report, the dead Dragon God approves it, and then energy is drawn from me. I only found out after the tribulation lightning had finished brewing, and I can't interfere at all."
"As the Plane Master, the greatest taboo is bending the law for personal interests. This Heavenly Tribulation is a test and a punishment, but also a reward.
"If I could interfere at will, there would be no Heavenly Tribulation on this continent that couldn't be overcome. I could help any person or Soul Beast who couldn't survive their tribulation get through it. That is precisely what the rules forbid."
"If I forcibly intervene, not only will this Heavenly Tribulation not stop, it will become even more terrifying. I can't even block a single strike for you."
"Then what do we do?" The Blue Silver Emperor was in despair now. This lightning meant to blast her until not even a scrap remained.
Moreover, after she had withstood so many consecutive Heavenly Tribulation strikes, the tribulation had already locked onto her. Even if she forcibly severed her roots to escape, it would keep her firmly in its sights.
You've already taken so many bolts, and you're still saying it isn't your tribulation?
Just strike her hard and be done with it.
"Each of the remaining Heavenly Tribulation strikes is stronger than the last. I'm doomed." The Blue Silver Emperor cried!
"Senior, you've both said you can't withstand it, so can you let me go now?
"You must have ties to Shrek. Surely you wouldn't watch me, Shrek's dean and Sea God Pavilion Master, die here?
"If even you can't block it, how could I?"
As he spoke, Yun Ming took advantage of Tang Hao's distraction and tried to leave.
"You're not leaving!" Tang Hao locked onto Yun Ming again. "Today, you will live and die here with Shrek. Want to leave? Either wait to be struck dead by the lightning, or be killed by me right now."
Tang Hao could not interfere with the Heavenly Tribulation, but could he not interfere with Yun Ming? He was merely an ant.
Feeling Tang Hao's killing intent, Yun Ming was filled with despair and grief-stricken indignation, stifled to the extreme.
Just then, something whistled through the air. The next moment, a blue figure appeared in what he thought was a very dashing manner:
"Yeyue, Yeyue, where are you?"
At this very moment, all of Shrek City was shrouded in lightning. Not a single person dared rush over.
Anyone who dared rush over definitely had something wrong with their head.
Chen Xinjie arrived at tremendous speed. The power of love was great.
When Yun Ming saw Chen Xinjie, he had not expected this fellow to actually dare come in!
When something happened, he really did dare charge in.
Rumor on the continent called Chen Xinjie a warrior who charged into battle for love. Yun Ming had once thought it was just a rumor, but now, this was fucking truer than pure gold!
Yun Ming now felt as though he had found a brother in misery. Once Chen Xinjie came in, there was absolutely no chance of him leaving. This fellow would never let him go.
After arriving, Chen Xinjie could not sense Long Yeyue's aura, so he angrily demanded of Yun Ming:
"Yun Ming, where is Yeyue? Where exactly is Yeyue?"
"Elder Long is inside the Sea God Pavilion right now. The Heavenly Tribulation has locked onto her. She's certain to die.
"Our only slim chance of survival is to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation."
The moment Yun Ming spoke, Tang Hao immediately chimed in:
"That's right. You two had better straighten your backs and withstand the Heavenly Tribulation."
Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie: We're fighting this Heavenly Tribulation? Seriously?
As soon as Tang Hao said this, before Chen Xinjie could say anything, the fifth bolt of tribulation lightning struck.
Three lightning dragons carrying terrifying destructive power slammed viciously into the Blue Silver Emperor. Her flesh split open instantly, and her vines shattered.
But this was only the beginning. The lightning dragons began tearing and biting frantically, not only destroying the Blue Silver Emperor's body, but also tearing at her soul.
"Ah Hao, it hurts so much! I really can't withstand it!
"It hurts so badly! Am I going to die?
"Aah... aah... aaah...
"You're the Plane Master. Hurry and think of something! This lightning was created through your energy. Is there really nothing you can do?
"I don't want to die. Xiao San is still waiting for me. You made this lightning. Are you trying to murder your wife?"
The Blue Silver Emperor screamed wildly in pain:
"No, Ah Yin, my love!"
Tang Hao could only watch helplessly as his beloved suffered this torment.
His eyes were bloodshot, he panted like an ox, and tears poured down like rain.
"No, Yeyue, my dearest love! Nothing can happen to you! Aaah!"
Chen Xinjie surpassed even Tang Hao.
Yun Ming: ...
Maybe I should just die!
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