Summoning the Lightning Calamity, Buddha's Fury Flame Lotus!

Tiger-Taming, who was attacking, sensed that something was terribly wrong. He immediately pulled back, then marshaled his magical power and concentrated it over the surface of his body.

[Arhat Golden Body Golden Bell Shield]

Golden Buddha light made Tiger-Taming Arhat look almost like a little golden man, with a faint golden glow radiating from his entire body.

It looked as though a golden bell had enveloped him completely.

The instant the sword fingers touched the bell, a hairline crack appeared on the illusory bell formed from Buddha light.

As the sword fingers smashed downward, more and more cracks spread across the Golden Bell Shield.

Tiger-Taming's eyes widened as he stared at the scene in disbelief.

A Spirit Treasure. He was relying on the might of a Spirit Treasure again.

Shameless man! Why didn't he have a Spirit Treasure of his own?

His face twisted, and at that moment, the Golden Bell Shield shattered completely. With its remaining force, Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers slammed straight down on Tiger-Taming Arhat's head like a hammer.

It smashed him straight into the ground.

Dust billowed into the air. Jiang Zhe instantly retreated, the Flame Saber floating before him. He raised it directly. The Flame Saber had a very unusual shape, like a crescent moon, though it could also be seen as a bow.

At that moment, Jiang Zhe held the Flame Saber before him. Flames formed a bowstring, while Green Lotus Core Flame coiled around Fallen Heart Flame.

Together, they formed a unique arrow, which he nocked on the Flame Saber. Although his opponent was only a clone, he was still a clone of Tiger-Taming Arhat, foremost among the Buddhist Order's Eighteen Arhats.

How could Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers possibly kill him in one strike?

So, looking at the rising dust, Jiang Zhe hesitated no longer and fired the arrow formed from Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Heart Flame in his hand.

It vanished into the dust and exploded with a thunderous roar the instant it hit the ground.

A bizarre tornado of flames appeared below, burning nearly all the surrounding mountain forest into a blackened ruin.

The magical power forged by the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts gathered in his eyes. Although it didn't have effects as extraordinary as the Heavenly Eye or Fiery Golden Eyes,

seeing through the dust and making out the situation within the flames posed no problem at all.

Just as Jiang Zhe had guessed, although Second Finger Shatters Mountains and Rivers had broken the Golden Bell Shield, it hadn't done much damage when it struck Tiger-Taming Arhat.

Tiger-Taming Arhat merely had blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. He looked somewhat battered, but in truth, he hadn't been affected much.

At that moment, relying on his exceptionally powerful Arhat Golden Body, he stood in the firestorm formed from Heavenly Flames and slowly raised his head.

For a fleeting moment, Jiang Zhe seemed to see a ferocious tiger wearing a hungry expression within the flames.

The next second, Tiger-Taming assumed a bizarre stance, both hands shaped into claws.

Letting the flames burn against his Arhat Golden Body, Tiger-Taming seemed unable to feel pain. He burst through the firestorm in an instant, turning into a streak of golden light in midair and appearing before Jiang Zhe.

"Tiger-Subduing Claw!"

He swung one claw down from above, a razor-sharp cold gleam flashing from it.

The instant the claw struck Jiang Zhe's body in midair, dazzling sparks burst from his armor.

If Jiang Zhe hadn't been wearing the armor, which had absorbed at least seventy percent of the force, Tiger-Taming's strike just now would have been enough to tear his body in two.

The gap between their realms was simply too great.

He looked at Tiger-Taming, who had descended from the sky and now hovered before him, looking down at him.

"Offer me the Spirit Treasure on your person, and hand over the opportunity you obtained in the Water Filth Cave. I can give you a chance to become a boy attendant under me."

Tiger-Taming spoke without expression.

"Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a clone." Jiang Zhe rose from the crater where he had landed.

A searing pain came from his chest, but Jiang Zhe's face remained expressionless.

Glancing at the mere 5,000 merit points he had, Jiang Zhe gave up on adding points. Back at the Earth Immortal realm, spending 1,000 merit points had only increased his progress by 0.1.

Let alone after breaking through to Heavenly Immortal, when it might cost even more merit.

There was simply no way to change the strength of his cultivation realm.

But! Fortunately, the first of the three calamities was the lightning calamity.

Boom! A tremendous crash rang out in the sky. The clear sky stretching for miles was completely covered by dark clouds at that moment.

Tiger-Taming, who had been coldly watching Jiang Zhe, immediately looked up, his expression changing drastically.

Even though his true self was already a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, he was still somewhat afraid the instant he saw the lightning calamity appear!

Let alone here, where he was only a clone with the strength of a True Immortal.

"Remember! You're the challenger!" Jiang Zhe's body was lifted by the Qi of the thunderclouds, rising into the air.

He had clearly transformed into the Flame Dragon of Fire, yet at this moment, lightning circled his body.

With a thunderous boom, a pillar of lightning a full ten meters thick erupted from the dark clouds and struck Tiger-Taming and Jiang Zhe.

The golden light on Tiger-Taming's body instantly dimmed, while Jiang Zhe, bathed in the lightning, felt nothing more than a tingle.

The lightning calamity wasn't as powerful as he had imagined. More precisely, he himself was simply too monstrous.

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts he cultivated as his primary technique strengthened the physical body. When facing a lightning tribulation, he could even actively absorb it to strengthen his body.

Not to mention that the Flame Dragon Armor he wore had also blocked most of the lightning tribulation's power.

Although the lightning calamity targeted Jiang Zhe himself, the Flame Dragon Armor was equivalent to his life-bound Spirit Treasure, and thus to Jiang Zhe himself.

So the Flame Dragon Armor could naturally offset the power of the lightning tribulation.

Besides that, the most important thing was that Jiang Zhe's body had been transformed by Primordial Chaos Creation Divine Lightning.

Primordial Chaos Creation Divine Lightning was one of the ten great divine lightnings of the Great Desolation!