Chapter 196: It Hurts Too Much! 2
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zap!
Lu Yuan felt the electric arcs on his body, and a trace of astonishment flashed across his eyes.
It was not that the power of this heavenly tribulation was too great, but rather it seemed too weak.
He estimated that this heavenly tribulation was almost equivalent to a full-strength attack from a Level 1 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
Such an attack was no different from scratching an itch for Lu Yuan.
When the heavenly tribulation descended, its aura was so shocking that all kinds of special phenomena were activated.
However, it only had the power of Level 1 of the Foundation Establishment Stage. No matter how Lu Yuan looked at it, things didn’t seem right.
After he was momentarily stunned, he got serious.
After all, the heavenly tribulations could not be reasoned with common sense.
Perhaps the power of the heavenly tribulations would increase exponentially.
Lu Yuan was right.
Another heavenly thunder descended from the sky after the first.
This time, it was the first heavenly thunder that symbolized the wood attribute.
As for its power, it was the same as the previous one. It was only comparable to the full power attack of a Level 1 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
After that, the heavenly thunders from the other tribulation clouds also descended one after another.
After all nine tribulation clouds had a go, the metal-attribute tribulation cloud began its second heavenly tribulation.
As for the second heavenly tribulation, its power was only comparable to Level 2 of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Facing such miniscule power, Lu Yuan did not even need to defend himself.
Even if he stood there and let the thunder strike him, it wouldn’t hurt him.
After all, his current physical body had reached the peak of the Innate Stage.
It was comparable to a low-grade magic item.
After these heavenly thunder, Lu Yuan felt his body undergo a considerable change.
Although the power of the heavenly thunder was not great, Lu Yuan could clearly feel a special power beginning to brew in his body.
Lu Yuan noticed that this power was similar to that when he received the heavens’ blessing last time.
If his guess was correct, he should be receiving the baptism of the heavens at this moment.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan’s eyes immediately lit up.
If every heavenly tribulation here symbolized a baptism of the heavens, then after he passed all the heavenly tribulations, wouldn’t it be equivalent to having received 81 blessings from the heavens?
How was this a test? This was simply a gift from the heavens!
It was strange. The heavenly tribulation that he had heard from other cultivators was not so gentle.
When others mentioned the heavenly tribulation, all of them trembled in fear.
Why was it that when it was his turn, the heavenly tribulation was like a formality?
This wasn’t just Lu Yuan’s misconception, but what he truly felt after experiencing it.
In fact, after the first round of the heavenly tribulations ended, Lu Yuan felt as if nothing had happened.
After thinking for a moment, he figured out the reason.
When ordinary people crossed the Core Formation Stage tribulation, the number of spiritual roots they possessed rarely exceeded three.
Even if the spiritual roots were formed through the way of the heavens, the total amount of spiritual roots would not be much.
Not to mention, most cultivators were spell cultivators.
They had the cultivation at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but it did not mean that their physical bodies were also at the same level.
Some cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage might only have physical strength at Level 1 of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan understood why so many cultivators were afraid of the heavenly tribulation.
This was because once their magic items or arrays were broken by the heavenly tribulation, they were forced to resist it with their bodies.
Even if its power was only at Level 1 of the Foundation Establishment Stage, it might affect their bodies.
They were unlike Lu Yuan, whose physical body was terrifyingly powerful.
Even without magic items or arrays, his body could withstand the heavenly tribulations.
Indeed, it was not enough for a man to have skills alone.
Without a strong body, one would always be unable to do many things.
As Lu Yuan slowly pondered on this, his heavenly tribulations slowly increased in power.
The second round descended, then the third and the fourth…
Lu Yuan finally felt pressured after the eighth round.
Although this round of heavenly tribulations was only equivalent to the full-power attack of a Level 8 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, they were different from ordinary attacks.
If one had to describe it, it would be that the attack of the heavenly tribulations carried a certain degree of true damage.
If he used his physical body to resist them, Lu Yuan felt that even if he could withstand it, his body would still suffer a lot of damage.
There was still the ninth round.
Thus, during the eighth round of the heavenly tribulation, Lu Yuan finally used some methods to defend himself.
A large amount of black tortoise power appeared around his body.
This power acted like a filter.
It blocked all the divine ability attacks in the heavenly tribulations.
Only a portion of the heavenly tribulations that contained the power of the heavens would fall upon him.
He felt about one-tenth of the original power.
Rumble.
After withstanding the eighth round of the heavenly tribulations, Lu Yuan finally felt a little tired.
There were many burn marks on his body.
Even his clothes were riddled with holes.
However, most of these holes were caused by Lu Yuan himself and had nothing to do with the heavenly tribulation.
Self-destruction was also one of the strategies that Lu Yuan had thought of in advance.
After all, if he acted too relaxed, he might incur the dissatisfaction of the heavens.
Therefore, he had made up his mind from the beginning: regardless of the situation during the tribulation, it was best to pretend that he had a narrow escape.
Only then would the heavens not doubt him.
In order to successfully cross the tribulation, Lu Yuan had really considered all aspects.
Finally, after the eighth round ended, the ninth round of heavenly tribulations began.
This round of heavenly tribulations was equivalent to the full power of a Level 9 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
At this point, Lu Yuan could not be too lax.
This was because the true damage left behind by the heavenly thunder had already reached the point where it could slightly injure him.
As the first heavenly thunder from the ninth round fell, the spiritual energy barrier around Lu Yuan quickly lost its effect.
Ouch!
He could feel the sharp pain in his body.
Lu Yuan immediately drew in a breath of cold air.
It was only a Foundation Establishment Stage attack, but Lu Yuan felt the damage caused by this heavenly thunder was much stronger than that of the attacks from Bi Fang and the bone dragon.
Fortunately, Lu Yuan had many defensive methods against the heavenly tribulation.
Among them was his thunder attribute cultivation technique, Extreme Purple Heavenly Lightning Technique.
The greatest use of this cultivation technique was absorbing the power of the heavenly thunder and condensing it in one’s body.
Therefore, every time the heavenly thunder struck his body, a portion of its power would be transferred to his body.
The power stored in his body grew stronger as more attacks fell upon him.
Under Lu Yuan’s seemingly arduous resistance, the ninth round of heavenly tribulations ended very quickly.
Lu Yuan seemed to have exhausted all his skills.
Not only was his expression a little dispirited, even his aura had become very weak.
It looked as though he had survived a life and death battle.
However, just as Lu Yuan thought everything was about to end, the tribulation clouds above his head began to fuse.
“No way, was there such a move?” he thought.
Looking at the tribulation clouds that were continuously fusing, Lu Yuan felt a sense of danger for the first time.
This was because this heavenly tribulation was completely different from the previous ones.
It was a huge tribulation cloud produced by the fusion of the nine attribute tribulation clouds.
The power contained in it had already exceeded the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Since things had come to this, Lu Yuan stopped playing a fool.
The heavens were not holding back against him, so what was he still pretending for!
Lu Yuan first took out the Mountain River Medallion and Mountain River Array Diagram to maximize the activation of the array he had originally set up.
Then, he took out his Soul Reaper Rope.
The Soul Reaper Rope, which could harm divine souls, could naturally protect the divine soul as well.
Lu Yuan used the Soul Reaper Rope to bind himself, protecting his soul as much as he could.
He also activated the mystic black tortoise power, Bi Fang green flame, Formless Squall, and other divine abilities.
The defensive effects of these divine abilities might not be very good, but they could weaken the power of the heavenly tribulation!
Just as Lu Yuan finished his preparations, the heavenly tribulation that had fused nine attributes together finally descended.
The huge heavenly tribulation carried nine kinds of flowing lights and ruthlessly plummeted down on Lu Yuan.
Boom!
This nine-attribute fused heavenly thunder was like a violent beast, directly breaking through Lu Yuan’s Formless Squall and the Bifang green flame.
After breaking through the power of the black tortoise, it landed on Lu Yuan’s body.
The Soul Reaper Rope that Lu Yuan wrapped around his body was immediately activated, and it shook continuously.
Lu Yuan, who was struck, only had one feeling at this moment.
It hurt too much!