Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 540 This is clearly a gesture of goodwill!

This is a vast ocean of lightning.

The sky seemed to plunge into eternal night in an instant, with surging and intense lightning and wild thunder, as if the heavens were enraged.

"boom--!"

The deafening thunder nearly shattered eardrums and destroyed everything in the world.

The thunderclouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, making it hard to breathe.

Strangely, although there was thunder and lightning in the thunderclouds, not a single bolt of lightning actually fell, as if it were accumulating some kind of terrifying power.

"Run!!"

"Get away from here, the farther the better!"

Outside Yin Kui City, countless people, their faces ashen, fled towards the Xuan Yin Mountains.

The overwhelming pressure from heaven and earth made their souls tremble, leaving them with no thought of resistance.

Mu Lei, Wu Zong, Mu Qianqian, and others also mingled in the crowd, running wildly towards the outside of the city.

Even a powerful cultivator at the Creation Realm is as insignificant as an ant before this divine might.

"Little...Little Mink, are you alright?"

In the crowd, Lin Dong sat on Xiao Yan's back, with Xiao Diao perched on his shoulder, his face somewhat pale.

They had just subdued the spirit puppet in the mountain cave and were preparing to come out when an extreme sense of fear welled up in their hearts.

It was as if some catastrophic disaster was about to befall us.

If it weren't for Xiao Marten's quick reaction, and her immediate use of a secret technique to bring Lin Dong out of the cave before the heavenly pressure became too strong, they would probably be unable to move under that pressure and would only be waiting to die.

After running wildly for a hundred miles, although the sky was still filled with thick, dark clouds, the sense of destruction that sent shivers down one's spine had only just begun to dissipate.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed to the ground, and gasped for breath.

"I won't die—"

The little ferret perched on Lin Dong's shoulder, looking listless.

The already ethereal spirit was now even more transparent, clearly indicating that the secret technique it had just used had taken a considerable toll.

He glanced back at the direction of Xuan Yin Mountain, which was now completely shrouded in thunderclouds, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

"This power—is definitely not an ordinary lightning tribulation."

The little sable muttered to itself, "What exactly did that senior do to attract such a terrifying heavenly tribulation?"

Lin Dong also looked up towards Xuan Yin Mountain, his eyes filled with worry.

Although he hadn't known Senior Xiao Bai for long, the other party had always been friendly to him, and had even given him a spirit puppet just now.

He kept this kindness in his heart.

But now, facing such a terrifying heavenly tribulation, he doesn't even have the right to get close, let alone help.

"Senior—you must hold on!"

Lin Dong clenched his fists and prayed silently in his heart.

The summit of Xuanyin Mountain.

Xiao Bai remained seated cross-legged on the stone platform, but his body trembled slightly.

This wasn't out of fear, but rather because from the moment the thundercloud appeared, an invisible force had been pressing down on him.

It was as if the weight of the entire world had converged on him, rendering him completely immobile.

That force was heavy and vast, as if the entire world was crushing down upon us.

Xiao Bai struggled to lift his head, his dark eyes staring directly at the thunderclouds overhead.

Soon, he saw the center of the thundercloud slowly rotate, transforming into an incredibly large vortex.

At the center of the vortex, pitch black and deep, it seemed to lead to another world.

And deep within that vortex, terrifying lightning was brewing.

"Are you here?!"

Xiao Bai's voice was somewhat hoarse, and there were bloodshot veins in his eyes.

He could feel the oppressive force of heaven and earth growing stronger and stronger, as if it were about to crush him completely.

Even so, there was no fear in his eyes.

"Heh, the Eight Ancestral Symbols, condensed from heaven and earth, truly worthy of being your favored son!"

Xiao Bai's lips curled slightly, and he said with a strange smile, "You were just about to withdraw your source and erase the spirit of the talisman when you became so enraged—"

He was not entirely ignorant about the embryos of different planes.

This thing is similar to the Way of Heaven; it is a kind of rule-like existence with an instinctive self-awareness.

If alien beings invade, it will help suppress their strength, but ultimately the beings of this plane will have to resist.

But Xiao Bai's situation was different this time.

He didn't just invade; he directly touched the very essence of the dimensional embryo.

This action directly touched upon its core principles, making it restless and prompting it to take direct action.

"If you use other methods to deal with me, things might actually get a bit tricky."

Looking at the increasingly terrifying thunderclouds overhead, Xiao Bai's smile grew even more unrestrained: "But use the lightning tribulation—"

His smile slowly spread, finally culminating in a loud laugh: "What can you do to mere ordinary lightning?!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached into the thunderclouds, as if he were challenging the heavens and earth.

Lei Yun, however, seemed genuinely enraged.

"Boom—!!"

The lightning in the void immediately intensified even more!

A deafening thunderclap shook the world, lightning surged like a tidal wave, and the violent aura was terrifying and chilling.

Countless bolts of lightning rolled and roared in the thunderclouds, as if they were about to pour down and completely destroy Xiao Bai.

But there was not a trace of fear in Xiao Bai's eyes.

Though his body was immobilized, his mouth never stopped, as if in a defiant manner: "Today, I'm determined to extract the essence of this Devouring Ancestral Symbol!"

He looked up directly at the thunderclouds and laughed loudly, "Come on, strike me!"

The moment the words left his mouth, a deafening "BOOM!!!" erupted.

Blinding lightning instantly filled the void!

A bolt of lightning, thousands of feet thick, surged out from the vortex like a cascading Milky Way, carrying an aura of annihilation, and crashed down upon Xiao Bai!

The lightning was silvery-white, with countless electric snakes crawling on its surface, radiating immense power that made people a hundred miles away tremble with fear.

"Hahaha—perfect timing!"

Xiao Bai's eyes were brighter than ever before.

Purple lightning surged between his brows.

"Buzz!"

A purple talisman flew out from between his eyebrows and hovered above his head.

It is indeed the Dao Fruit of the Lesser Talisman!

As soon as the talisman was unleashed, a torrent of purple lightning surged forth, instantly transforming into a purple vortex thousands of feet in size, enveloping the entire Xuan Yin Mountain.

The purple vortex slowly rotated, radiating supreme thunderous pressure, confronting the lightning tribulation head-on.

"BOOM—!!!"

The silver-white lightning collided with the purple vortex!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no cataclysmic impact.

The purple vortex, like a giant millstone, gradually ground up and devoured the lightning bolt that was thousands of feet thick!

On the surface of the lightning, countless electric snakes struggled frantically, trying to break free of their restraints, but in the face of the purple vortex, they were like ants trying to shake a tree, completely futile.

"Hiss hiss hiss"

The lightning was devoured, transforming into pure lightning-attribute energy that surged into the purple talisman.

In an instant, the purple talisman shone brightly, and the black vortex beneath it shrank visibly.

Most of the lightning was swallowed up and obliterated by the purple vortex.

However, a small portion was ejected and landed on the surrounding mountains.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The scattered lightning, like divine punishment, instantly blasted the surrounding mountains, hundreds of feet high, into dust!

One after another, charred, deep pits appeared, bottomless, still containing viscous, silvery lightning paste, exuding an aura of destruction.

A hundred miles away.

Those who had just escaped saw this scene, their pupils contracted sharply, and their hearts pounded wildly.

"This, this power—"

Lin Dong gasped, his eyes filled with shock: "Even the arcs of lightning emanating from the edges possess such immense power, so what must the very center be like—and how terrifying is it?!"

He couldn't imagine it.

The little ferret's eyes widened as well, its eyelids twitching rapidly.

He could clearly feel that even the power emanating from the very edge would require him to exert all his strength even at his peak.

There is even a risk of serious injury or death!

The mere dissipation of lightning possessed such terrifying power!

If a complete bolt of lightning were to strike, the entire Xuan Yin Mountain Range would probably be razed to the ground!

"Lin Dong, let's continue retreating!"

The little sable said in a deep voice, its tone unusually grave: "A hundred miles is simply not safe enough!"

He glanced at the mountains surrounding Xuan Yin Mountain, which had been leveled, and a chill ran through him.

If it weren't for the mountain blocking their way, even if all of them were combined, they probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single wisp of the scattered lightning.

"Walk!"

Lin Dong also realized the danger and turned around without hesitation, running wildly in a more distant direction.

His departure immediately alerted the others.

In an instant, everyone seemed to realize what was happening and began their escape again.

"Pfft—"

At the summit of Xuan Yin Mountain, Xiao Bai coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face paling slightly.

But as he wiped his mouth, his eyes were filled with surprise: "I—I made it!"

He didn't care at all about the injuries inside his body.

Although Dao Guo withstood the lightning and blocked 99% of the damage, in the end, Dao Guo was still under his control.

The impact of the thunderbolt will inevitably have some effect on him.

He is only at the Lesser Completion of the Shaping Realm, and the fact that he only coughed up blood amidst the aftershocks of at least the Battle Saint level shows that his body has a strong foundation.

"If it were anyone else, even someone at the Nirvana Realm, they would probably be pulverized."

Xiao Bai thought to himself.

He looked up at the small talisman Dao Fruit floating in the vortex above his head.

"As long as we withstand the attack, completely extract the essence of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and then retract the Dao Fruit into our sea of ​​consciousness, it should no longer be able to sense it!"

A glint of light flashed in Xiao Bai's eyes.

The universe has its own rules.

The reason why the Plane Embryo brought down the Heavenly Tribulation was because Xiao Bai was extracting the origin of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

However, as long as Xiao Bai withstands the lightning when he withdraws his source, and the talisman spirit completely dissipates and its existence can no longer be sensed, the lightning tribulation will naturally recede.

By then, the essence of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol will have merged into the Dao Fruit, and even if the Plane Embryo wanted to cause trouble, it would have no way to do so.

This guy can recognize auras, not people; otherwise, he would have been rejected long ago!

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai flipped his hand and took out a jade green futon.

As soon as he stepped out of the futon, a rich life force immediately enveloped him.

The meridians and internal organs that had been injured by the lightning were rapidly recovering under the nourishment of this life-giving energy.

In just a few breaths, the injury had already healed by more than half.

"Heh, I'll just have to see how you go on—"

Xiao Bai looked up at the sky and sneered.

He kept provoking me just now because he wanted to see the upper limit of this lightning tribulation.

From that attack just now, he had already grasped the power of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The intensity of this lightning, though terrifying, could never surpass the level of a Dou Sheng.

As long as the intensity of the lightning does not exceed the level of a Dou Sheng, the Dao Fruit can definitely withstand it.

His life is not in danger; at most, he will only suffer some injuries.

But with the Bodhi cushion there, is he afraid of getting hurt?

Even if he were injured, or even if he were left with only one breath, Bodhi's vitality would be enough to save him!

"Perfect, I'll borrow your lightning to cultivate."

Xiao Bai felt relieved and looked around, sensing the intense power of lightning. He was overjoyed.

Such a strong lightning environment was a good opportunity for him.

The dimensional embryo is being delivered to my door "for free," how could I refuse it?

Xiao Bai slowly closed his eyes and began to circulate the "Taiji Yin-Yang Thunder Scripture".

As his breathing slowed, golden and black lightning intertwined beneath his feet, forming a tai chi pattern that slowly rotated.

As soon as the Tai Chi pattern appeared, it began to breathe wildly, and the omnipresent lightning-attribute energy in the void quickly gathered there.

"Boom—!!"

In the sky, the thunderclouds, having missed their target, sensed their source rapidly draining away, seemingly enraged.

Another bolt of lightning, thousands of feet thick, crashed down!

This time, the thunderbolts were thicker and more powerful!

But the result was still the same.

The purple vortex was like a bottomless pit, swallowing and obliterating 99% of the lightning.

The scattered lightning once again flattened the surrounding mountains.

Xiao Bai's body trembled slightly, a trace of blood slid from the corner of his mouth, and then a green light surged into his body from the futon in front of him.

He didn't even bother to open his eyes; whatever!

And so, an extraordinary tug-of-war unfolded on Xuan Yin Mountain.

One bolt of heavenly lightning after another fell, seemingly without end.

Xiao Bai, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on a futon, resisting the lightning while simultaneously using its energy to cultivate.

Time slips away quietly.

One day, two days, three days —

Time passed quietly, and the appearance of the Xuan Yin Mountains changed dramatically.

The once continuous mountain range is now reduced to a single, solitary peak – the very peak where Xiao Bai is located.

Surrounding the main peak is an endless, scorched plain.

The plains were riddled with countless deep pits of varying sizes, each filled with a layer of viscous, silvery-white lightning paste that exuded a terrifying aura of destruction.

The bone-chilling cold that used to permeate the Xuan Yin Mountains has long since vanished under the lightning tribulation.

Instead, there was an extremely concentrated amount of lightning-attribute energy.

If a martial artist who cultivates lightning-attribute techniques were to see all this, they would be overjoyed.

But at this moment, no one dared to approach.

Hundreds of miles away, Lin Dong and his group gathered here.

Even though they were so far apart, they could still feel the terrifying, overwhelming pressure of thunder.

"It's been a month already—hasn't it been resolved yet, senior?"

Lin Dong stared at the center of the lightning tribulation, his eyes filled with shock.

Such a terrifying heavenly tribulation has been bombarding us for a month without any sign of stopping, which proves that the one the tribulation wants to destroy still exists.

"If I hadn't sensed that domineering devouring power, I would have suspected that he had refined the Thunder Ancestral Symbol!"

Little Mink looked at the isolated mountain peak and shook his head.

And just as he was feeling sentimental.

Xiao Bai, perched atop the solitary peak, seemed to sense something and abruptly opened his eyes.

He could feel that the essence of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol above his head was almost completely extracted.

The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to sense this as well, and became even more violent.

"Boom—!!"

Another bolt of lightning struck.

But this time, Xiao Bai smiled.

Because at the moment the lightning struck, he felt that the essence of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol had been completely extracted!

The dark vortex beneath the small talisman fruit finally disappeared completely.

At that very moment, the thunderclouds in the sky suddenly stopped!

The lightning bolt, which was about to strike, seemed to suddenly lose its target, hovering in mid-air, and refusing to fall.

The thunder lingered for a long time before slowly dissipating, as if unwilling to give up.

Xiao Bai immediately felt a lightness in his body; the oppressive force of heaven and earth that had been suppressing him for a month had finally disappeared.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and his whole body crackled and popped.

"Wow, double happiness!"

As Xiao Bai felt his cultivation level surge, his smile deepened.

It has to be said that the Dimensional Embryo gave him a huge surprise this time.

It not only increased his cultivation level.

Moreover, without the blessing of the lightning tribulation, it would have taken at least several months to extract the ancestral symbol's essence; it couldn't have been done so quickly.

As he watched the thunderclouds gradually dissipate in the sky, he suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.

This isn't someone looking for trouble.

This is clearly a gesture of kindness!

"Looks like we need to find the next ancestral talisman as soon as possible —"