The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 203 The Tribulation Returns
The thought had barely formed when a series of chilling "crackling" sounds suddenly emanated from the area surrounded by petrified tentacles.

Several cracks appeared on the grayish-white stone surface without warning.

The cracks spread rapidly and multiplied, and with a loud crash, the petrified barrier could no longer hold on and collapsed.

Amidst the billowing smoke, a figure staggered out, coughing and gagging violently as he walked: "Cough cough cough... ugh... this smell is awful."

It was Su Ninglong. At this moment, her head and face were covered in dusty stone powder, and she looked utterly disheveled.

He raised his hand and wiped his face. "The mask is torn. The quality of this protective gear is really poor."

"It's good that you're alright." Tong Zi didn't care about the dead wolf anymore. She immediately pushed the fox she was supporting towards Doug, and rushed to Su Ninglong's side, looking her up and down anxiously. "I'll take you out first, and then you can have Ollie and Qirui come in to take charge of transferring the people inside."

"I can't go on." Su Ninglong shook her head decisively, her breathing somewhat unsteady; she was about to advance.

Fortunately, the important data from this laboratory was urgently transferred away.

If the divination board hadn't been taken over by the mutated plant, those people wouldn't have left such an important thing here.

"Teacher Tong, I'm going to be struck by lightning again." Su Ninglong said, barely suppressing her desire to advance, "Have Aoli and Qirui come in and move the people, the sooner the better."

Tong Zi's heart tightened. Looking at her pale face and the cold sweat on her forehead, she asked worriedly, "Then... should I have Ollie come and move you out first?"

“No.” Su Ninglong’s voice was almost squeezed out through clenched teeth. She removed the eyeball-shaped recorder she wore on her chest, her tone resolute and unquestionable: “I can only hold on for ten minutes. After ten minutes, the tribulation lightning will definitely descend! None of you should come near me. Evacuate everyone immediately and retreat to at least three kilometers away from here.”

Tong Zi vividly remembered Su Ninglong's advancement, and his expression turned serious. He knew that this "lightning strike" was no ordinary event, and the consequences were unpredictable.

Without further hesitation, she immediately gave Doug the order: "Doug! Pack up everything you can take from here right now, and be quick."

Doug also knew some of the inside story; he was present when Lei Qingya advanced.

Those lightning bolts defied the laws of physics, blasting everything around them to charred metal; lightning protection devices were completely useless.

"it is good!"

Tong Zi was still a little worried about Su Ninglong: "Should we find Master Su for you?"

Su Ninglong: "She will find out."

"Alright, we're off then, let's go, hurry up!" After saying this, both Tong Zi and Doug felt Su Ninglong's aura change and rise rapidly.

The fire lizard held the hungry wolf's cold body tightly. "Where's the hungry wolf? What should we do with him? Take him out... maybe... maybe he can be saved."

"Time waits for no one." Doug decisively pushed the fox he was supporting toward the fire lizard. "You support him first, I'll deal with the hungry wolf."

The fire lizard hurriedly caught the weakened fox, but his eyes were fixed on Doug, eager to know what he would do.

Doug looked serious and raised his hand to wave.

A black hole, seemingly capable of swallowing light, silently unfolded beneath the hungry wolf, instantly engulfing him.

Immediately afterwards, the black hole did not disappear. Instead, it acted like a highly efficient cleaning port, rapidly sucking up everything movable around it. Scattered experimental remains, research data that was not completely destroyed, and even the ash fragments left after the petrified tentacles disintegrated were all mercilessly swept into it as long as they were within range.

Doug was clearly using his abilities to do a final cleanup, moving the items along with the remains of the Hungry Wolf towards the entrance.

Black holes are a deadly no-go zone for the living, but the hungry wolf, swallowed up, remained motionless.

The fire lizard slowly lowered its head, firmly supporting the fox. "Captain, we have to escape. Move, get moving..."

Tong Zi sighed, walked over and patted the fire lizard on the shoulder, saying coldly and realistically, "Half of his body was swallowed by that monster... After we get out, we'll find the best doctor to do a diagnosis. I'll go out and make some arrangements now, you wait for me a moment."

Tong Zi shook his head: "Half of his body was swallowed by the monster. We'll need to find someone to diagnose him when we get back."

The fire lizard fell silent, a chill rising from the depths of its heart.

This contaminated area is terrifying; every step is accompanied by death and despair. For ordinary people, it's a catastrophic nightmare.

He looked around at the devastated battlefield, recalling the entire harrowing experience. The Star Police team was badly injured and dead, suffering heavy losses.

As for the experienced hunters, he looked at Doug and Tong Zi. Although they had also experienced fierce battles, they were still able to act, think, and control the situation.

Their own Star Police force alone would likely have suffered devastating losses long before even entering the underground passage.

Only about a minute had passed, but the time seemed to stretch on endlessly.

Tong Zi returned just in time with Aoli and Qirui, and told them, "Immediately transfer the wounded to the temporary medical room."

Qirui crouched down, allowing the injured fox to rest comfortably on its broad back. The fire lizard climbed onto Ollie and quickly disappeared, leaving the laboratory filled with death and dust.

"How's Yunfei doing?" Doug asked Tong Zi while helping to clean up the mess.

Tong Zi's gaze swept over the completely petrified wreckage before him, his brows furrowing slightly: "Oli and Qi Rui will go to pick them up later. Now we can only hope that the two Star Police officers who were with him haven't gotten separated, otherwise... in this stinking, godforsaken place, even Ollie would have a hard time accurately locating the scattered individuals."

These bizarre things are clearly products of a laboratory, a hodgepodge of no origin.

It appears to have been deliberately enhanced in certain specific aspects, while its overall pollution characteristics have been significantly reduced.

Otherwise, given the fire lizard's tolerance, it would be difficult for it to last until the end of the battle.

"What a bizarre and dangerous creation."

"What are we going to do with the remaining Mystic Spirits?" Doug hadn't forgotten the Mystic Spirits locked in the secret room that hadn't been dealt with yet.

Tong Zi remained calm and asked loudly, "Ning Long, did you hear that? What about the other spirits?"

"Die." Su Ninglong sat cross-legged on the ground, her body trembling slightly. She was doing her best to suppress the surging spiritual power within her body, and was clearly approaching her limit.

Tong Zi instantly understood her meaning: Su Ninglong would be responsible for the final cleanup.

Doug looked around with some doubt: "Can her power completely cover such a vast area? This place is quite large."

"Just trust her." Tong Zi said firmly, then added, "If there are any who slipped through the net, we'll handle the rest."

The surrounding area had been completely cleared away by Doug's black hole. Tong Zi didn't delay any longer, decisively grabbed Doug's arm, and activated her teleportation ability.

The two instantly appeared in the pre-designated safe retreat zone, where they were met with the gloomy expressions of the others. The pile of things that Doug had previously transferred using the black hole was now stacked up like a mountain, emitting a thick, sticky, and pungent stench that wouldn't dissipate even in this open, spacious area, where the strong winds couldn't blow away a single trace, making it nauseating.

Principal Yan was directing personnel dressed in heavy protective suits to begin the initial sorting of the foul-smelling "trophies."

Just then, his communicator rang urgently; it was Lena calling him.

“Principal, I think you’d better come and see for yourself.” Lena’s voice was urgent. “Yunfei’s condition is not good. I’ve already had Ollie move him to your office urgently.”

Principal Yan's face darkened.

He instantly understood the implication in Lena's words: his trusted lieutenant was in trouble, and Lena couldn't handle it; he needed him.

He couldn't just ignore it.

"Tong Zi, Doug. I'll leave the rest of the organization and management here to you for now. I have urgent business to attend to immediately."

Tong Zi understood immediately and agreed, "No problem, leave this to me. I've already notified Lao Zhao and Xuan Min, they'll be here soon."

After Principal Yan left in a hurry, Tong Zi's gaze fell back on the pile of "garbage" that exuded a sinister aura. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "A bunch of hairless rats hiding their heads and tails! They do nothing but conduct experiments that are utterly immoral and inhumane."

Star police officers came to help handle the situation.

She took a firm stance and immediately issued an order: no outsiders or unidentified personnel were allowed to touch these items. Only Shen Zhaoming and his absolutely trusted core students from the inner academy were qualified to enter this area for sorting and further processing.

Sooner or later, we'll dig all these rats out and kill them.

Star Police: Thanks, actually they didn't really want to clean it up either.

While carefully organizing the data storage devices damaged in the battle, wearing special gloves, Shen Zhaoming asked Tong Zi with undisguised concern, "Where's Ning Long? How's she doing? Hasn't she come out yet?"

Tong Zi first handed the eyeball back to him, "Export the image, we want to see it. As for Ning Long... you'll find out later."

Lei Qingya nudged Shen Zhaoming gently with his elbow, signaling him to look up at the sky.

Shen Zhaoming followed his gaze and saw that layers of dark clouds had gathered on the horizon, so thick that it was suffocating.

They swirled and rolled, forming a huge and oppressive vortex, as if brewing an extreme storm that would destroy the world. The invisible pressure made people tremble with fear.

Meanwhile, deep underground, in a space that had fallen into a deathly silence.

Su Ninglong sat cross-legged on the spot. Only now did she suddenly remember that the crucial divination board was still with her and had not been given to Teacher Tong Zi to take out.

Upon once again getting up close to this ancient stone slab, Su Ninglong keenly noticed that it was different from before.

The alluring temptation of the past has vanished without a trace, replaced by a faint yet distinct wave of timidity, as if it were afraid of something.

Time was of the essence, and she had no time to investigate further. She simply placed the divination board under herself, hoping it would survive the lightning tribulation; otherwise, it would be doomed.

He forcibly calmed his mind and focused all his will on the upcoming promotion.

The dark clouds seemed to carry immense force, pressing down heavily, making even the air underground thick and stagnant.

Only the surging spiritual energy within her body was wildly colliding in her meridians.

Due to the previous excessive compression, the spiritual energy was showing signs of getting out of control, and each impact brought a tearing pain.

Fine beads of cold sweat seeped from her forehead, sliding down her pale cheeks. Her jaw was clenched, and a trace of blood even seeped from the corner of her lips.

Within the dantian, the spiritual energy core, which had been repeatedly tempered and compressed to the point of near-materialization, was now like a spring compressed to its limit, no longer able to be restrained.

In order to buy time and find a suitable place for advancement, she forcibly suppressed the breakthrough in her cultivation realm that should have come naturally, and forcibly postponed the Core Formation stage.

Each act of suppression is like adding another boulder to a crumbling dam.

Now, the dam has reached its limit, and the terrifying energy accumulated inside, enough to move mountains and fill seas, has finally reached the critical point of bursting out.

A chilling tremor originating from the laws of heaven and earth pierced through layers of thick rock, ignoring any obstruction, and precisely locked onto her fragile soul.

This relentless locking signaled the arrival of judgment.

The underground is not a place for ordinary cultivators to undergo tribulation.

This act of venturing deep into the rock strata is easily judged as a despicable attempt to escape divine punishment, thus incurring even more severe penalties.

There's no turning back now.

Su Ninglong had no choice but to grit her teeth and prepare to tough it out.

"Boom."

A terrifying, muffled roar, powerful enough to stop a heartbeat, didn't just come from the distant sky; it seemed to explode directly from the depths of the earth!
The first bolt of tribulation lightning, carrying destructive golden electric light, fiercely pierced the earth's surface!
The ground was instantly torn apart and lifted up by an invisible giant hand, as if divine punishment had transformed into a ground-penetrating bomb with boundless power.

The hard rock layers were as fragile as brittle biscuits in the face of the lightning, crumbling, shattering, and turning into dust.

The architectural structures extend deep underground, whether it be the supporting giant pillars, the thick walls, or the deeply buried secret chambers.

The instant the tribulation lightning touched them, they didn't even have time to utter a wail before being completely annihilated and vaporized by pure energy.

Wherever the tribulation lightning passed, it formed a destructive channel that continuously extended and expanded downwards.

Soil, boulders, and shattered building debris were engulfed by violent energy, and the ever-expanding, terrifying breach violently spewed and hurled upwards.

The ground shook violently, and cracks spread wildly like a spider web from the breach, lifting large swaths of land into the air and obscuring the sky with dust.

Inside the stone chamber, Su Ninglong's face was ashen.

The violent energy, like icy seawater, surged through the layers of rock walls, instantly engulfing her.

She could clearly feel that overwhelming and unstoppable divine power piercing downwards with unstoppable force, getting closer and closer to her, and pointing straight at her!
The compressed spiritual energy surged violently within his body, echoing the destructive tribulation lightning outside, creating a deadly predicament that trapped him both internally and externally.

This deep underground "sanctuary" has now become her largest tomb, and will also become the burial place of all the buildings above.

She suddenly looked up at the rocky summit where rocks were constantly crumbling, her eyes filled with a resolute determination to burn her bridges.