At that moment, another muffled roar came from the sky!
The third Lightning Tribulation was already brewing, like a roaring dragon and tiger tearing through the void, and descending once more!
This Heavenly Tribulation was even larger and more powerful. Purple lightning coiled around the pillar of electricity, and the rumbling sound shook the heavens and the earth. The final Lightning Tribulation pierced through the tribulation clouds covering Dragon Spine Mountain and meandered down!
"Bring it on!"
Gu Chen raised the Three-Flame Fan, and his internal True Qi reached its peak under the stimulation of the medicine!
A wave of fire surged towards the incoming Lightning Tribulation, but in just one exchange, the Three-Flame Fan in Gu Chen's hand was instantly charred black. Gu Chen was unconvinced, and just as he was about to gather his True Qi again, the Three-Flame Fan was struck hard by the heavenly lightning, instantly shattering into several pieces!
The Three-Flame Fan was destroyed by heavenly lightning!
Gu Chen was startled. Before he could react, the Lightning Tribulation struck his Tianmen acupoint at the back of his head and instantly entered his body!
"Laugh--"
Caught off guard by this sudden attack, Gu Chen gasped, then gritted his teeth and began circulating his qi, streams of azure energy enveloping his entire body to resist the ravages of the heavenly lightning. This was a trial for his skin, bones, tendons, and flesh. If the first bolt of heavenly lightning had directly struck Gu Chen's meridians and dantian, this Gu Chen was aimed directly at his bones!
If you looked at Gu Chen from the outside, you could see that he was trembling uncontrollably as if he were having an epileptic seizure. A chilling aura filled his entire body, and the azure light surrounding his cultivation technique was extremely weak and dim under the power of the surging lightning!
The pain emanating from his bones made him hold his breath and roar repeatedly. As the electric current rapidly devoured his bones, they seemed to break, dislocate, and rub against each other. All sorts of pain made his eyes turn bloodshot. The purple lightning of this third heavenly Heavenly Tribulation was so terrifying that it completely exceeded Gu Chen's expectations!
"It's over!"
Gu Chen had done his best, but at this moment, the gap between humans and nature was too great. If he had reached the Qi Refining Stage, or even the Foundation Establishment Stage, he probably wouldn't be afraid of this level of Heavenly Tribulation at all. But now, he was just a martial artist at the Peak Revolving Illumination Realm!
Even if I try my best, I can't do any better than I have now!
At this moment, Gu Chen felt utterly hopeless. He knew that death was imminent...
hiss hiss hiss--
But at that moment, Gu Chen suddenly felt a surge of excitement, because he suddenly sensed that the heavenly lightning had weakened! He looked up, his face immediately filled with astonishment.
Unbeknownst to him, a jade pendant of emerald green had somehow risen above his head and hovered in mid-air. It seemed to emit a huge magnetic field, attracting the thick purple lightning bolts that pounded against him one after another!
"The Pendant of the Luo River Goddess..." After a brief moment of shock, Gu Chen was horrified once again!
Yes, this is actually the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, which his master Luo Yunxi gave to Sun Jiangman, and Pendant of the Luo River Goddess eventually ended up in his hands!
Gu Chen never imagined that the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess would save his life, as if it had gained its own consciousness and blocked the Lightning Tribulation for him!
At the same time, a figure suddenly flickered within the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess!
The phantom was merely an illusion, yet it stood proudly, like a colossus, blocking all Heavenly Tribulation from entering.
Gu Chen initially thought that the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess had saved him, but he didn't expect there to be an illusion as well. When he saw the illusion clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat!
If he remembered correctly, although the figure had a different temperament and aura, it was almost identical to the middle-aged man he had met in Zhou City!
Li Mu of the Huaxia Xuanji Sect!
How is that possible? Gu Chen had fought that person before; he was just an ordinary Middle Revolving Illumination Realm martial artist, at most knowing some minor spells. But how could his shadow appear in this pendant?!
And it even helped him withstand the Heavenly Tribulation!
Just as Gu Chen's thoughts were wandering, the illusory figure finally completely withstood the Heavenly Tribulation. The power of the Lightning Tribulation grew weaker and weaker, and then—bang!
Only after the last bit of Lightning Tribulation disappeared into the illusory image and was completely absorbed did the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess begin to tremble wildly!
It then fell back down, landing on the ground with a crack and shattering into four pieces.
Rumble rumble rumble!!
In the sky, the Lightning Tribulation seemed extremely unwilling, yet helpless, and could only unleash three booming sounds to vent its anger and dissatisfaction. Then, just as it had come, the dark clouds began to recede, and sunlight began to peek out again through the gaps in the clouds.
They saw the light of day again, and were saved from the brink of death.
Gu Chen also came to his senses at this moment, panting heavily. The Lightning Tribulation was over, but his heart was filled with a strange sense of horror!
"You have entered the Land of Heaven and Earth, and a great calamity is about to befall you!"
Gu Chen was drenched in cold sweat and terrified!
Suddenly, he remembered the disheveled old Daoist priest he had met on the plane on his way to the Shangjing! The old Daoist priest had leaned against him and said something inexplicable.
And he told Gu Chen that only Li Mu could save him!
Gu Chen never imagined that the great calamity the old Daoist priest spoke of would actually be Heavenly Tribulation!
What he didn't expect was that Li Mu's shadow would shoot out from the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, helping him resist this final Heavenly Tribulation!
What on earth is going on? The Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, isn't that Luo Yunxi's possession from Heavenly Nether Star? Isn't it a sacred object of the Heartless Sect? Now it's not only shattered, but there's also a stranger's phantom inside!
It's like a pre-placed magical restriction, activated under these specific conditions!
How could Ke Luo Yunxi and that martial artist be connected?
Gu Chen wasn't sure if the figure was Li Mu, since he had only met him once. Moreover, the aura and presence of the illusory figure were almost identical to those of the powerful figures when he was at the Divine Emperor level, and it would never appear on an ordinary martial artist!
But the old Daoist's words sparked countless thoughts in him, and he found himself unconsciously drawn to this possibility!
Because he had accurately predicted the Heavenly Tribulation!
They can even predict Heavenly Tribulation?!
Even on Heavenly Nether Star, very few people could accomplish this, and even after he became a Divine Emperor, he still lacked the ability! So who on this tiny Earth could be so terrifying?
When the Lightning Tribulation dissipated and golden sunlight covered Gu Chen's skin, he was still in a daze, as if he had been in another world and could not believe it.
A few minutes later, Gu Chen finally snapped out of his daze and looked down at the broken pendant on the ground. He couldn't help but force a bitter smile.
"I never imagined that it would be my master who helped me through this difficult time."
Gu Chen's expression was complicated. He squatted down and carefully picked up the shattered Pendant of the Luo River Goddess.
"Within the Pendant of the Luo River Goddess, there is Divine Sense pressure and magical restrictions! This is a lingering spirit that can only be cast by a powerful being who has reached the Spirit Transformation Stage. Yet this figure is not my master's, but rather bears a striking resemblance to Li Mu of the Mystery Gate. What is the reason for this?"