Facing the Tribulation! The Eye of Heavenly Punishment
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, nine years had passed.
By now, Di Chen had long since left infancy behind and become a young boy. Dressed in black, he had sword-like brows and star-bright eyes, flowing hair as black as ink, sharply defined features, and lips pressed into a line, giving him an air of unsheathed sharpness.
At that moment, incredibly dense Spiritual Qi filled Di Chen's surroundings, forming a spiritual mist that enveloped his entire body. Bathed in the mist, he resembled an immortal god descended to the mortal world...
Over those nine years, with his monstrous talent and the ancestors' guidance, Di Chen had already broken through to the Saint realm.
Furthermore, Di Chen had comprehended the Indestructible Sword Art, a supreme sword art born from the undying physique, consisting of seven forms.
The first form, Sword Moves Mountains and Rivers;
The second form, Sword Breaks Heaven and Earth;
The third form, Sword Shatters Sun and Moon;
The fourth form, Sword Slays All Living Beings;
The fifth form, Sword Shatters the Heavens;
The sixth form, Sword Breaks the Firmament;
The seventh form, Sword Breaks the Void.
In cultivating the Indestructible Sword Art, Di Chen had only learned up to the second form, but even the first form alone could easily crush those at the Saint realm. As for the later forms, he had yet to comprehend them!
"Whew~ It's time to leave seclusion! Nine years... I wonder how Father and Mother are doing! Ah! Time for a stretch
!" Di Chen rose from his meditation cushion and casually stretched his limbs, fierce Sword Qi radiating from his entire body...
Rumble!
A thunderclap rang out across the entire firmament. Di Chen looked up at the sky!!
"Crack~ Crack!"
The previously clear sky suddenly filled with roiling dark clouds, covering the skies over the entire forbidden zone as serpentine lightning rampaged! Booming sounds rose continuously from within the clouds, as though the end of the world were about to descend!!
"A lightning tribulation?" Di Chen murmured, frowning slightly.
Boom~~~~~
Di Chen had barely finished speaking when a bolt of silver lightning tore through the thick clouds! It struck straight toward him...
Di Chen snorted coldly, a chilling gleam surging in his eyes! Clenching his right fist, he threw a vicious straight punch...
Bang!!!
Di Chen's powerful punch smashed the lightning to pieces!
"Haha, that felt good!" Di Chen exclaimed excitedly.
A ten-year-old Saint-surely there couldn't be another in the entire Immortal Domain! In the ancestral grounds, the Tenth Ancestor watched Di Chen excitedly.
Rumble... Dark clouds gathered in the sky once more, dense lightning pouring down like raindrops!
Boom!
A bolt of purple-gold lightning as thick as the mouth of a bowl struck down, carrying the might to destroy everything!
Di Chen leaped into the air to meet the lightning, unleashing hundreds of straight punches in succession, striking directly at the firmament!
Rumble!!
Silver lightning churned in the sky like silver pythons roaring, its terrifying power making Di Chen's skin tingle.
"As expected of a heavenly tribulation. Its power really is terrifying!" Di Chen murmured to himself.
As though provoked by Di Chen, the lightning in the firmament transformed into
a silver lightning dragon, which roared and lunged at Di Chen!!
The silver lightning dragon was lifelike, its whole body radiating overwhelming lightning might that made heaven and earth tremble!!
"Good! Let me see just how terrifying this lightning tribulation really is!!" Di Chen threw back his head and let out a long cry!
Boom, boom, boom!
Di Chen gripped his hand, dazzling sword light blazing as his sword force soared into the sky and terrifying streams of Sword Qi shot out!
In an instant, endless Sword Qi filled heaven and earth! Di Chen moved like the wind, leaving countless afterimages in the sky as he unleashed a finishing move.
Boom!
"Sword Moves Mountains and Rivers!" Di Chen shouted fiercely, then thrust his sword! Sword Qi swept across three thousand zhang, its dazzling light seemingly about to punch a hole through the entire sky.
"Awooo~ Awooo~" The silver lightning dragon roared furiously and pounced at Di Chen!
Boom~!!
The sword light collided with the dragon's body, terrifying shock waves shaking every direction. A ring of ripples spread violently outward! The entire void shook fiercely, as though it were about to collapse!
Crack, crack, crack... crack, crack, crack!! Beneath Di Chen's sword, the silver lightning dragon burst apart inch by inch, turning into specks of starlight that vanished between heaven and earth.
"Pfft!!" As the silver lightning dragon shattered, Di Chen grunted, spat blood, and flew backward!
Although Di Chen was strong, his cultivation was ultimately a notch too low. Facing the heavenly tribulation, he could not emerge completely unscathed!
"Look! Who's that boy?" The extraordinary signs of Di Chen's tribulation had actually alarmed everyone within the forbidden zone!! They all hurried over to watch!
Since Di Chen had never met any outsiders after his birth, they did not recognize him!
"Is he some elder's newly accepted disciple?" Never mind the disciples-even those at the elder level had never seen Di Chen.
"Hey, no, have you forgotten the extraordinary signs ten years ago? The day the Forbidden Lord's child was born, there was an enormous commotion,
triggering countless changes in heaven and earth!!" someone said in sudden realization.
"What!! He! He! Could he be that baby from ten years ago?!" someone exclaimed in shock.
"Heh! I actually got hurt!" Di Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on the thunderclouds
overhead!
"You actually injured this young master! I'll destroy you with one strike!" Di Chen's face was icy, a trace of murderous intent emerging!
"Aaaah!!!" He brought all his early Saint stage cultivation into circulation, releasing a Saint's pressure that blanketed heaven and earth.
Hum, hum~!
Brilliant rays of light blazed ten thousand zhang from Di Chen's body, and a tremendous presence erupted from him!!
Some disciples with lower cultivation were pressed flat against the ground by his presence.
"My heavens! A ten-year-old Saint? That's far too heaven-defying!" The elders and disciples within the forbidden zone all stared wide-eyed at Di Chen, as though looking at a monster!
Di Chen looked up at the densely packed purple-gold lightning and took a step forward. The longsword in his hand let out ringing sword cries that made the surrounding space begin to warp. "Lightning tribulation? Today, I'll shatter this lightning tribulation of yours!"
"Second form, Sword Breaks Heaven and Earth!" Di Chen shouted fiercely! A Sword-Ray swept across the wilderness, Sword Qi surging in all directions! It seemed about to tear the sky apart!
As the Sword-Ray passed, it sliced the entire sky in two, directly shredding the purple-gold lightning!
Rumble!! Heavenly punishment was enraged. Someone actually dared to scorn it!!
The dark clouds in the sky churned once more, and a pair of eyes faintly emerged. Those eyes radiated a terrifying majesty that left countless people trembling with fear; some even fainted on the spot.
Di Chen's eyelids twitched wildly. Those eyes felt like a primordial beast to him, terrifying to the extreme!!
Di Chen felt as though he stood in a primordial land, surrounded on all sides by colossal creatures!
The pair of eyes in the firmament gradually grew clearer and slowly opened!!
The Eye of Heavenly Punishment!
When the Eye of Heavenly Punishment manifested, the entire Canglan Immortal Domain shook!!
As its pupils swept across, even the void seemed about to explode! Within the void, myriad Great Daos emerged!
With just a blink, all of heaven and earth froze, and a brown mist drifted here, as though about to destroy everything!
Di Chen was stunned as well. The Eye of Heavenly Punishment was too terrifying; a single glance was enough to make his heart pound!!
"Hiss~"
Di Chen sucked in a cold breath. This was only a glance!! He probably had no way of withstanding the real thing!
Di Chen felt as insignificant as an ant. This feeling was too ridiculous!
At the same time, powerful figures across the Immortal Domain opened their eyes in unison, staring fixedly at the distant firmament, their eyes filled with horror!!
"The... the Eye of Heavenly Punishment! Just what kind of terrifying being has been born in the Dark Forbidden Zone?!!"