Bamboo Mound

Soon, the situation changed again.

On the spiritual energy shield, fine cracks, like a spider web, gradually spread out!

Of course, due to the distance, Ning Chang couldn't notice these details. By the time he could recognize them, the spiritual energy shield had already shattered and disintegrated into spiritual energy fragments.

He then suddenly focused his attention, thinking to himself that the broken shield meant the tribulation was over and the intensity was about to increase, and only now was it starting to have any reference value!

Sure enough, the moment the spiritual energy shield shattered, the next bolt of tribulation lightning followed, several times thicker than the one that shattered the shield!

The disciple, seemingly because his spiritual energy shield had been broken and he had not yet generated new energy, or perhaps because he was not ready, was suddenly blasted off the sky by the tribulation lightning and crashed onto the scorched plateau below!

Even so, the tribulation lightning did not pause at all, but instead increased its frequency, and almost simultaneously, several more bolts of tribulation lightning struck down!

Just as the disciple seemed to be on the verge of death, he suddenly raised his head and let out a deafening roar. It was as if a dormant volcano inside him had erupted instantly, spewing out an unprecedentedly powerful force!

It actually withstood this deadly attack and, illuminated by the lightning, soared into the sky once more, condensing a new spiritual energy shield!

This scene seemed to be the result of the tribulation clouds gathering power. When the disciple returned to the sky, there was a pause of one or two breaths, but it quickly returned to the normal frequency.

"One breath, huh? It seems that when I undergo my tribulation, if I practice until I can rebuild my defense within a single breath, I can greatly increase my chances of success."

Ning Chang kept track of the patterns of the lightning tribulation and silently made plans.

The lightning bolts that continued to strike shattered the disciple's newly formed shield in a single strike, and then the same tactic was used to strike the disciple down again.

This time it didn't work. A dark red light shield appeared above the disciple's head, blocking the sudden lightning strike without him being hurt!

Seeing that the person undergoing tribulation had not landed and the tribulation clouds had not gathered power again, a moment later, when the next bolt of tribulation lightning struck, the disciple suddenly made a move again.

Suddenly, a light appeared on one side of his body. Ning Chang couldn't quite make it out, but guessed it was a fist or some kind of weapon.

The disciple soared upwards amidst a beam of light, colliding with the tribulation lightning. Instantly, several streaks of lightning erupted at the point of impact, enveloping his figure!

When the sparks dissipated, the disciple's figure remained in place, and the spiritual energy shield had already taken shape!

Following the sequence of shield, light barrier, and counterattack, the disciple endured the lightning tribulation for a long time.

The lightning tribulation, like a tireless, raging drummer, continued to thunder for quite a while.

However, the tribulation lightning was constantly increasing in intensity, and the disciple gradually began to feel powerless. Each time he used his spiritual energy shield and counterattack, the distance he could cover decreased significantly, and the dark red light shield also began to fluctuate and tremble.

Until a certain moment, when the tribulation lightning, which had been strengthened to a higher level, struck down, the disciple seemed to sense something was wrong. As the dark red light shield condensed, he also put up a spiritual energy shield that was still incomplete.

He couldn't continuously condense a spiritual energy shield within a single breath!

Even so, the tribulation lightning shattered the dark red light shield as if it were splitting a spiritual energy shield, and once again smashed him to the ground!

"Isn't it over yet?" Ning Chang had been frowning since the beginning.

More than an hour has passed since this ordeal began.

Just as that disciple was finally blasted down, the tribulation lightning in the sky stopped falling, and the lightning in the tribulation clouds receded, surely gathering strength for the next attack!

Just as he expected, after a few breaths of preparation, a total of six tribulation lightning bolts struck the disciple who had been thrown back into the air from different angles at the same time!

Among them, apart from the one in the center which was a bit too white, the five tribulation lightning bolts around it were each dyed with the colors of the five elements!

Even from Ning Chang's distance, each bolt of tribulation lightning was as thick as a finger! Their actual diameter must be even more exaggerated than that of an ancient tree hundreds or thousands of years old!

"The Five Elements Heavenly Thunder really can be unpredictable. This is going to be difficult. Why am I not an ordinary person? Maybe it would be easier for me to overcome the tribulation then..."

His worries deepened. Although he had only read a dozen or so fantasy novels, and some time had passed since then, he still remembered several of the various tribulation lightning variants described in them, each one depicted as extremely dangerous.

Furthermore, there is a concept of talent difficulty; the higher the talent level, the higher the probability of mutations occurring, and the greater the number of such mutations.

And then there are those lightning bolts that take human form, getting struck by lightning and then having to fight back against their lightning forms despite their injuries...

"Hmm~ I hope it's just fiction, let's just leave it at that."

Just as he was lost in thought, he saw that just as the disciple was about to collide with the six tribulation lightning bolts, a grayish-white wave suddenly emanated from his body and rapidly spread outwards!

The moment the fluctuations touched the tribulation lightning, they turned into shimmering points of light and dissipated. At the same time, the six powerful tribulation lightning bolts also shattered, having no effect on the disciple whatsoever!

"Hmm? It can be done like this? What kind of method is this? I'll ask Ning Tongyu again when I have time... Let's wait a while before going. It must be some kind of magic weapon or tool, otherwise it wouldn't be used now. It's also unlikely to be unparalleled in the world, otherwise it wouldn't be used here."

After that, no more lightning struck from the tribulation clouds, as if the tribulation had ended. However, for some unknown reason, it did not dissipate, and the lightning within it no longer flickered. It was as if it were just a dark cloud that had not yet dispersed, waiting for time and the wind to blow it away.

While Ning Chang was pondering, the disciple, who was suspended in mid-air, saw that the tribulation lightning had stopped falling and quickly began to sit cross-legged to adjust his posture.

After a long while, when he finally snapped out of his reverie and looked at the still lingering calamity clouds, a bad premonition rushed into his heart.

"No way...it really is lightning materializing? I can't fight it! Scatter, scatter..."

He silently chanted in his heart, but then he saw the tribulation clouds suddenly stir!

It seemed to be stirred by a mysterious force, and suddenly underwent a chilling change.

The already gloomy tribulation clouds became even darker, as if a large amount of ink had been added and heated to boiling point, and began to roll rapidly at a frantic speed!

Streaks of lightning, like silver snakes dancing wildly, reappeared, flashing and leaping within the clouds, as if some peerless ferocious demon was about to break through the seal and emerge from within, baring its fangs and claws. The entire world outside the range of the tribulation clouds seemed to be shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, tinged with a gloomy hue!

As a blinding bolt of lightning flashed across the sky like a sword cleaving the heavens, accompanied by a deafening roar, a colossal, sky-covering figure burst forth from the dark clouds, carrying an aura so powerful it was suffocating, and along with the scattered clumps of tribulation clouds, it hurtled toward the disciple like a meteorite!