Rumble!
Dark clouds pressed down over the city, and dull thunder resounded throughout heaven and earth.
The lightning tribulation built to its peak. Lightning ravaged heaven and earth as the first tribulation bolt took shape. Even a trace of that terrifying, world-annihilating divine lightning would destroy both body and soul.
Lin Dong and the others were deeply worried.
Wang Kun and the others sneered inwardly.
Only Lin Fan remained calm from beginning to end, as though he paid the Nine-Nine Annihilation Divine Lightning no heed. When he saw the first bolt of divine lightning appear, excitement flashed in his eyes.
"Finally here?"
"I've been waiting a long time. I hope you can give me a little surprise."
Lin Fan murmured to himself. He had obtained divine abilities such as Double Pupils and Words Become Law but had yet to test their power. This was the perfect opportunity to see how they performed.
Rumble!
Nine bolts of lightning, each as thick as a barrel, appeared.
Like nine thousand-zhang lightning dragons, they roared toward him, annihilating heaven and earth.
As though sensing Lin Fan's contempt, the lightning roared, carrying a presence that could destroy all things, intent on annihilating Lin Fan within the tribulation.
Chaos Gods and Devils Qi rippled around Lin Fan. His eyes shone with an incomparably piercing light. Watching the hideous, terrifying lightning dragons charge toward him, he softly uttered a single word.
"Perish!"
Words Become Law. With one utterance, the myriad Daos submitted.
As his words fell, the lightning dragons capable of devouring all things suddenly stopped three feet before Lin Fan. For some unknown reason, they began disintegrating inch by inch.
Rumble!
In an instant, the nine lightning dragons roared as they vanished into tribulation ash, sending terrifying fluctuations rippling outward.
Only Lin Fan stood tall between heaven and earth, his white robes fluttering like an unrivaled sovereign. At his word, the myriad Daos submitted; none dared disobey.
"Good heavens!"
"That's... Words Become Law!"
"Hahaha! Fan'er actually awakened a divine ability like that!"
At the sight, the Lin Clan's elders burst into laughter. Lin Dong and Ji Ningshuang exchanged glances, utterly shocked, realizing that Lin Fan had secrets of his own.
Seeing Lin Fan withstand the first tribulation strike, Wang Kun and the other Wang Clan experts looked as though they had eaten shit. "Damn it, he actually survived the first tribulation strike! What a monster."
"No matter. This is only the first tribulation strike! Be patient, Elder!"
"The reason Nine-Nine Annihilation Divine Lightning is called annihilation is that each tribulation strike adds another nine bolts, making it several times stronger than the previous one."
"Using his trump card right at the start will only make him die faster."
Wang Jichang, another Quasi-Emperor of the Wang Clan, spoke with endless coldness in his eyes. He guessed that Words Become Law was Lin Fan's trump card and could not be used again in a short time. There would be only one outcome... death!
Hearing this, Wang Kun let out a deep breath of relief.
Rumble!
While Lin Dong, Wang Kun, and the others were speaking, the second tribulation strike took shape.
Just as the Wang Clan expert had said, the second tribulation strike formed eighteen lightning dragons, larger and more imposing than before. They filled the entire sky, sweeping toward him with divine might sufficient to destroy everything.
That presence made even Quasi-Emperor experts like Uncle Fu pale. Its terrifying pressure filled the entire realm, and countless living beings gazed fearfully at the destructive divine lightning in the sky.
At this sight, a glint of coldness flashed in the eyes of Wang Kun and the others as they looked at Lin Fan.
Yet facing the even fiercer lightning tribulation, Lin Fan remained calm and unruffled. His gaze turned icy, flashing with purple-gold divine light, and another pupil appeared in the white of his eye.
Scenes of destruction unfolded within his pupils! The universe collapsed, and heaven and earth were annihilated.
Double Pupils-Light of Destruction!
Rumble!
A world-annihilating beam capable of destroying everything shot from Lin Fan's eyes. It struck the second tribulation strike and easily annihilated it.
The third divine lightning strike descended. Twenty-seven lightning dragons ravaged their way toward him, devouring heaven and earth.
An imperial sword appeared in Lin Fan's hand. He raised it, and Sword Qi surged around him, his entire being like a divine sword drawn from its sheath.
Heaven-Opening Sword.
It could cleave the heavens!
His father had taught him this sword move, which was said to be an imperial Dao sword art.
To preserve his life, he had spent forty thousand Villain Points merely to reach minor accomplishment in it, leaving his heart aching.
Shing!
A sword's ringing cry resounded throughout heaven and earth. A streak of white light cut across the world, illuminating the entire sky like a long rainbow piercing heaven and earth. It split the terrifying lightning tribulation in two and cleaved the sky itself apart.
"Double Pupils!"
"Minor accomplishment in an imperial Dao sword art!"
"At the Pill Condensation Realm, his divine sense must already rival the Purple Mansion Realm, right?"
"Just how many secrets does Fan'er have that we don't know about?!"
Lin Fan's endless array of methods shocked Lin Dong. He was the youngest Great Emperor, yet he felt he was not as monstrous as his own son.
First came the Chaos Gods and Devils Body, and then the Double Pupils he had fused with at some unknown point.
Wang Kun and the other experts with grudges against the Lin Clan wore expressions as dark as water. If looks could kill, Lin Fan would have died countless times.
They felt a powerful sense of threat.
An imperial Dao sword art!
It had an extremely high threshold.
One had to comprehend at least laws or intent to grasp such a profound divine ability. Laws were comprehended by Sages, while intent could be comprehended at the Purple Mansion Realm.
They had never seen someone comprehend an imperial Dao divine ability at the Pill Condensation Realm.
Even Sages and Quasi-Emperors might not reach the introductory stage in one, yet Lin Fan before them had actually reached minor accomplishment in an imperial Dao sword art.
Even more horrifying were his Double Pupils and Chaos Gods and Devils Body.
Obtaining either great physique would be enough to stand invincible in the world. Yet Lin Fan had both monstrous physiques gathered in one body.
He was absolutely a monster even more monstrous than Lin Dong.
Once he matured, the Lin Clan would once again ascend to become the foremost supreme imperial clan in Archaic. What room would remain for the other imperial clans and orthodoxies?
Hidden currents surged among the Wang Clan, the Feng Clan, and several other orthodoxies.
Naturally, some in the Lin Clan sensed something amiss and noticed the attention of the various orthodoxies.
The Third Elder and the other elders looked somewhat grave. With Fan'er so monstrous, Archaic's imperial clans and orthodoxies would surely not tolerate his existence.
They might very well attack Lin Fan after the lightning tribulation ended.
Lin Dong's imperial eyes shone, expressing his fearlessness. As the patriarch of a supreme imperial clan, he had that confidence, but the Third Elder's next words made him pause.
"What if several orthodoxies join forces?"
The Third Elder asked, referring to the Wang Clan joining with other imperial clans and the various orthodoxies to strike.
Hearing this, Lin Dong fell silent for a moment before saying coldly, "They wouldn't dare! Until they understand our clan's foundations, the Wang Clan and the others certainly won't dare tear away all pretense."
He paused, then continued, "It's not as though our Lin Clan has no other trump cards. Never mind a few Great Emperors-even a true immortal would fall."
"This is too important. Whatever happens, we should first ask the ancestors to come out of seclusion! Fan'er must not be harmed! He is the hope of our Lin Clan."
The Third Elder spoke gravely, asking the Second Elder to go lift the ancestors' coffin lids.
He thought, Looks like we'll have to reveal a little of our strength!
Suddenly, a voice rang out beside his ear. He looked toward a certain spot in the void in shock, a flash of delighted surprise crossing his eyes.
Ancestor!
Somewhere in the void.
Four old men wreathed in death Qi secretly watched the scene. Even as powerful as they were, their eyelids could not help twitching wildly.
"Good heavens, this junior is rather interesting."
They focused only on Lin Fan's performance. As for the others' hostility, they paid it no mind whatsoever.
Ancestor Virtue watched Lin Fan with a burning light in his eyes. Rubbing his hands together, he said, "Let me teach this child. What do you think?"
As he spoke, he looked at the other three ancestors, only to see Extreme Emperor and the others all wearing contemptuous expressions, as though asking whether he was worthy.
At this, Ancestor Virtue's aged face darkened. "What do you mean by that?"
Drunkard Ancestor took a swig of wine and bared his large yellow teeth. "You, Virtue? Not to criticize you, but with the way you behave, everyone cries for your head whenever you leave Archaic. What if you lead Little Fan astray? Better let me do it."
As they spoke, the two little old men rolled up their sleeves, about to go at each other.
"Enough, stop arguing!"
Seeing the two arguing so fiercely that neither would yield, Extreme Emperor Ancestor waved his hand. "None of us is worthy to teach him. He must walk a path of invincibility. We cannot offer him any other help; we need only protect his path from behind the scenes."