Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Yuling Gate.

As a fierce wind arose and thunderclouds gathered, a terrifying and immense heavenly might descended upon the Yuling Sect's mountain gate, encompassing an area within a hundred miles!

The Heavenly Tribulation is incredibly powerful. The entire area within a hundred miles of the person undergoing the tribulation is considered the tribulation zone. Any living being within this zone will be attacked by the Heavenly Tribulation, and the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the attack.

Therefore, it is impossible to seek help from outsiders when it comes to overcoming tribulations; one can only resist it alone.

Furthermore, once the Heavenly Dao's pressure appeared, the tribulation seekers inside were locked in place. They were not allowed to leave the tribulation area without authorization, otherwise the Heavenly Tribulation would not only fall ahead of time, but its power would also double!

Under these circumstances, whether for their own safety or to avoid interfering with the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros]'s tribulation, the cultivators of the Spirit Control Sect could no longer remain in seclusion to protect themselves.

Suddenly, the Yuling Gate, which had been tightly closed, opened its array, and all the Yuling Gate cultivators left the gate under the leadership of the elders, including many of the demonic beasts tamed by the Yuling Gate.

After leaving the Yuling Sect's mountain gate, these people and demonic beasts retreated to a distance of two or three hundred miles, where they formed a defensive formation to protect themselves.

At the same time, the allied forces led by the Shenmu Sect also appeared one after another. Soon, a large army of cultivators, several times larger than the disciples of the Yuling Sect, appeared dozens of miles away and vaguely surrounded them.

However, at this time, they only surrounded the disciples of the Yuling Sect and did not directly take action.

After all, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] has not yet undergone its tribulation, and no one knows whether it will succeed.

If we fail, then this battle may never even begin.

After all, sect wars often result in heavy losses on both sides, and are only possible as a last resort!

If it weren't for the possibility of a fifth-tier demon king emerging from the Spirit Control Sect, disrupting the balance, the Divine Wood Sect certainly wouldn't have been so aggressive in this desperate gamble.

With all the disciples of the Yuling Sect withdrawing from the mountain gate, only the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] remained inside.

As the thunderclouds in the sky grew larger and larger, expanding to an area of ​​tens of miles, the giant beast finally couldn't hold back any longer and revealed itself.

With a long, drawn-out roar, a colossal creature suddenly appeared atop a mountain within the gates of the Yuling Sect.

What they saw was a giant, grayish-white rhinoceros, thirty or forty feet long and ten feet tall.

After the beast appeared, it immediately released its entire aura without reservation.

That enormous aura had already exceeded the limit of a fourth-order demon beast and was infinitely close to that of a fifth-order demon king!

As it released its aura, the thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be stimulated, and streaks of silver-white lightning began to dart and crisscross, instantly increasing the pressure of the Heavenly Dao.

The greyish-white giant rhinoceros raised its head and looked at the lightning clouds of the heavenly tribulation, which were like silver snakes dancing wildly, with a look of fear flashing in its eyes.

The might of Heaven is unpredictable; any sentient being facing the oppressive force emanating from this Heavenly Tribulation cannot help but feel fear from the bottom of their heart.

This is something imprinted in the blood and soul of all living beings in this world, and no living being can be exempt from it.

However, those who have reached this point, whether human cultivators or demon beasts, all know that only by defying the heavens can they survive!

To go with the flow is to be ordinary; to go against the flow is to become an immortal!

If you want to achieve immortality and transcend worldly desires, you must take this path that defies the heavens!

So the grayish-white giant rhinoceros quickly suppressed its fear with a roar and began to prepare for the tribulation.

A surge of spiritual light appeared on its body, and the rocks beneath its feet immediately melted into mud, flowing towards it and forming a thick, ancient, bluish-gray rock armor on its body in the blink of an eye.

Then it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of earthy yellow light, which transformed into a hemispherical shield that protected itself within it.

Boom!

Just as the gray-white giant rhinoceros began to use its supernatural powers to set up defenses, a deafening thunderous roar suddenly rang out.

This is the Heavenly Thunder Sound, containing the power of a Heavenly Tribulation, and even Nascent Soul stage cultivators cannot escape its influence.

At the moment the thunder roared, even the cultivators like Zhou Chun, who were hundreds of miles away from the place of tribulation, were shaken and momentarily lost their senses.

The gray-white giant rhinoceros, which was directly bearing the power of the Heavenly Dao Thunder Sound, stared blankly, its eyes filled with confusion.

It wasn't until a thick, silver beam of lightning struck the earthen-yellow shield, shattering it and landing on it, that it snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream.

The first bolt of lightning alone shattered its two protective barriers, and even its body suffered minor cuts and lacerations from the impact of the lightning.

Such power caused Zhou Chun, who was far away, to twitch slightly.

Although he knew before that the Heavenly Tribulation encountered by a fourth-order demon beast when breaking through to the fifth order was incredibly powerful, far surpassing the Heavenly Tribulation faced by cultivators when forming their core and nascent soul, he never imagined it would be so terrifying!

Given the current magical power of the gray-white giant rhinoceros, even a Nascent Soul cultivator activating a top-grade magic weapon would likely find it difficult to break through the two protective barriers it had just set up in a single blow.

Unexpectedly, it was directly shattered by the first bolt of heavenly tribulation lightning!

The complete Heavenly Tribulation is divided into three rounds, with a total of twenty-seven Heavenly Tribulation lightning strikes!

This made Zhou Chun wonder if the gray-white giant rhinoceros could really survive the Heavenly Tribulation.

Just as he was pondering with mixed feelings whether the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] could successfully overcome its tribulation, the heavenly lightning began to fall one after another.

The gray-white giant rhinoceros also demonstrated a tenacious and indomitable will to resist the bombardment of lightning.

It kept using the same two defensive techniques from the beginning, and even as the power of the heavenly lightning gradually increased, each time it was bombarded until its skin was torn open and blood splattered, it never used any more methods.

After the first round of nine heavenly lightning bolts had all struck, there was no intact skin left on the gray-white giant rhinoceros's body. Its entire body was covered with pitted wounds, and dark red scabs covered its entire body like a layer of blood armor.

The so-called Heavenly Way is impartial; even the Heavenly Tribulation, a calamity that eliminates those who defy Heaven, will preserve a sliver of hope for survival for those who undergo the tribulation.

Therefore, after each of the three rounds of tribulation lightning, which consist of nine strikes, there will be a pause before the next round begins.

This pause is the best time for the tribulation seeker to heal and catch their breath. Whether they can seize this opportunity to survive the upcoming tribulation depends entirely on their preparations!

If the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros were just a wild beast without any backing or help, it could at most swallow a few spiritual herbs it had found beforehand to heal its wounds, but the effect wouldn't be much better.

However, it is not a wild monster, but is supported by the entire Yuling Sect.

To ensure that the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] could successfully survive the Heavenly Tribulation, the Spirit Control Sect had clearly made extensive preparations.

Once the heavenly tribulation ceased, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] immediately spat out a black bottle that it had already swallowed and hidden in its belly, and swallowed all the various healing and recovery pills inside.

These pills were all top-quality items that even Golden Core cultivators would fight over. After being swallowed, the medicinal power was quickly digested by the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros to restore its own mana and injuries.

In just a few dozen breaths, the wounds on its body began to grow granulation tissue and quickly healed.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the flesh wounds on the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] had healed by about 80-90%.

At this point, the second round of heavenly tribulation officially descended.

Compared to the first round of heavenly tribulation, this second round of heavenly tribulation was much more powerful. The first bolt of tribulation lightning alone easily shattered the protection set up by the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros], leaving a huge, hideous scar on its body, causing it to let out a miserable howl of pain.

Then, when the second lightning bolt struck, it finally dared not be careless anymore and quickly unleashed its third defensive divine power.

Its body shone with a grayish-white spiritual light, and its body instantly transformed into a giant stone sculpture, its aura faintly merging with the mountain peak beneath it.

The silver lightning struck the stone sculpture, causing it to crack, but it failed to shatter it completely.

As the grayish-white spiritual light surged, the cracks on the giant beast stone sculpture quickly returned to normal.

Relying on this divine power, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] actually survived eight tribulation lightning strikes and managed to endure the second round of tribulation lightning!

Zhou Chun was also quite surprised by this scene.

He was naturally familiar with the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros]'s move of transforming into a stone elephant. This was almost identical to the [Petrified Body] that his own spirit pet, the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone, awakened after breaking through to the third tier. It was very likely the same kind of divine ability.

Unexpectedly, this supernatural power was so strong that it could withstand so many Heavenly Tribulation lightning strikes!

It seems he underestimated the power of this supernatural ability!

However, since even the [Petrified Body] is so powerful, the racial innate ability [Transformation into a Mountain] that the Golden Armor Mountain-Bearing Turtle Stone now possesses should only be even stronger. Perhaps in the future, it will be able to directly overcome three rounds of lightning tribulations with this move!

Of course, this might be overthinking things, because the stronger the demon beast itself, the more powerful the Heavenly Tribulation will be, and vice versa.

Otherwise, those demon beast races that are not good at defense or attack would have no chance of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

If a monster like the Mountain-Bearing Turtle were to break through to the fifth rank, the power of its Heavenly Tribulation would definitely be much stronger than the tribulation that this Rock-Armored Giant Rhinoceros is currently facing.

Even so, the possibility of the Mountain-Bearing Turtle surviving the Heavenly Tribulation is definitely much greater than that of the Rock-Armored Giant Rhinoceros under normal circumstances.

Looking at the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] again, after the second round of tribulation lightning ended, it also dispelled its petrification ability and returned to its normal flesh and blood body.

Then suddenly, its body was covered in bloodstains, and countless spiderweb-like wounds appeared, from which gushing blood spurted out, instantly turning it into a blood bull!

At the same time, the mountain below it collapsed by hundreds of feet, and countless stone dust and debris flew in the gale, as if a sandstorm had been raised!

This scene caused Zhou Chun's expression to change drastically once again, realizing that he had underestimated the power of the tribulation lightning.

It turns out that the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] did not completely withstand the damage from those tribulation lightning bolts; it only delayed the onset of its injuries by becoming petrified.

Furthermore, it transferred the power of the tribulation lightning to the mountains and earth beneath it, allowing the mountains and earth to absorb some of the damage from the tribulation lightning.

Now that the second round of tribulation lightning has passed, a new opportunity to catch its breath has arrived, and it will naturally no longer stubbornly endure its injuries without healing!

It repeated its previous actions, opened its mouth and spat out a bottle, taking out all the healing and recovery items inside and swallowing it in one gulp.

Zhou Chun even spotted several demon cores among them, shimmering with an earthy yellow spiritual light; they were likely high-grade, third-tier earth-attribute demon cores.

For the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros], which is already considered a near-fifth-tier demon beast, these demon cores have no effect on improving its cultivation level; they are only used to restore its mana.

From this perspective, demon cores are indeed the best way for demonic beasts to restore their magical power.

Zhou Chun also kept this in mind. If his spirit pet were to undergo tribulation in the future and there were no other better spirit pills to choose from, he could prepare a few demon cores of the same attribute as supplements.

Although doing so may seem like a waste of resources, it is nothing compared to the benefits gained from surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

However, even with these elixirs and demon cores to nourish it, it was impossible for the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] to fully recover from its injuries and restore its mana in a short period of time.

Just when it finally managed to stop the bleeding from those wounds, the third round of tribulation lightning descended!

As the final round of tribulation lightning, this third round of tribulation lightning is naturally much more powerful than the previous two rounds.

When the first lightning bolt struck, the sky was filled with flashes of silver lightning. Then, a silver lightning bolt, as if it were a dragon or a snake, descended from the sky and struck the gray-white giant rhinoceros that had just barely managed to erect two defensive barriers.

Moo—

A miserable roar rang out from the silver lightning. The huge body of the gray-white giant rhinoceros was directly blasted to the ground by the tribulation lightning. A huge wound that was deep enough to expose the bone appeared on its back in an instant, and even the white bull bones were burned black!

The injuries caused by this single bolt of lightning were more severe than all the previous injuries suffered by the gray-white giant rhinoceros combined.

It couldn't even imagine how terrifying the remaining eight tribulation lightning bolts would be!

Therefore, just as the second bolt of lightning was about to strike, it finally began to fight desperately.

On its head, a grayish-white spiritual light condensed on its single horn, releasing a grayish-white beam of light filled with destructive aura that slammed into the thunderclouds above, colliding perfectly with the second bolt of tribulation lightning that was falling.

Under the bombardment of this gray-white beam of light, the second lightning bolt shrank by nearly half in size. After landing on the defense erected by the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros], it perished along with the defensive divine power.

However, the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros could not unleash such attacks continuously in a short period of time. Therefore, when the third tribulation lightning struck, it could only open its mouth and spit out its own demon core, relying on the power contained in the demon core to forcibly disperse the tribulation lightning.

However, the demon core also developed cracks, causing significant damage to its vital energy.

With the opportunity gained by its demon core, when the fourth tribulation lightning struck, it regained its breath and released another gray-white beam of light to meet the tribulation lightning, thus surviving the tribulation lightning by both dispelling and resisting it.

As the fifth bolt of tribulation lightning struck, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a beam of earth-yellow spiritual light, directly meeting the tribulation lightning head-on.

That wasn't its demon core, but an earth-yellow seal-like magic weapon, and judging from its aura, it was a mid-grade magic weapon!

However, this mid-grade magic treasure was easily blasted into fragments under the bombardment of tribulation lightning.

The lightning bolt, whose power had been reduced by less than 20%, shattered the protective barrier erected by the Rock Armored Rhinoceros, leaving a second, deep, bone-revealing wound on its body.

Even though the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros is known for its tenacious vitality, these two wounds on its body weakened its aura considerably.

It should be noted that the injuries caused by tribulation lightning are different from other injuries. The power of the tribulation lightning remains in the body and can greatly suppress the monster's own recovery ability.

Otherwise, with the powerful self-healing ability of the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros], plus the aid of the healing pills it ingested, its injuries wouldn't have healed so slowly.

But the heavenly tribulation clearly shows no mercy to any living being.

The sixth bolt of tribulation lightning struck again after a dozen or so breaths.

This time, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] once again spewed out a ball of dark brown spiritual light, which transformed into a towering dark brown mountain hundreds of feet high, blocking the tribulation lightning.

It's another top-grade earth-attribute magic weapon!

Even a top-grade magic weapon shattered into several pieces and fell to the ground under the bombardment of the tribulation lightning.

The lightning bolt, though weakened by nearly half, still managed to shatter the defenses erected by the Rock Armored Rhinoceros, leaving it with another significant wound.

Clearly, the power of the tribulation lightning increased as time went on.

After the seventh lightning bolt struck, the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] finally caught its breath and released the third gray-white beam of light.

The gray-white beam of light had a similar effect to that top-grade magic weapon, allowing it to barely withstand the seventh tribulation lightning.

Only two dishes left!

At this moment, looking at the giant beast that was already covered in wounds, everyone from the Yuling Sect, as well as Zhou Chun and the others, had their hearts in their throats.

If they can survive these last two tribulation lightning strikes, they will witness the birth of a fifth-tier demon king today!

This is an even rarer scene than a Golden Core cultivator transforming their core into a Nascent Soul!

Amidst the intense anticipation of everyone, the eighth tribulation lightning arrived as scheduled.

At this point, the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros had almost run out of mana due to the continuous use of various extremely energy-consuming supernatural powers.

Faced with the eighth bolt of tribulation lightning descending from the sky, it could only let out a low roar, raise its head and charge upwards, colliding with the lightning bolt with its single horn.

As a result, its horn, which was so hard that even a high-grade magic weapon could hardly damage it, was directly shattered by the tribulation lightning, and half of its skull was also blasted and vaporized by the tribulation lightning!

Such a severe blow brought even a near-fifth-tier demon king like it to the brink of death.

Is it going to fail?

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly; she didn't know whether to be disappointed or happy.

Many disciples of the Yuling Sect lowered their heads, their eyes filled with despair, unable to bear witnessing the tragic scene that was about to unfold.

Meanwhile, the disciples of the Shenmu Sect had already begun to cheer.

Only a few Golden Core stage elders from the Yuling Sect had not yet given up hope. Instead, they all stared at the giant beast with tense expressions, and a hint of expectation appeared in their eyes.

Neither the Heavenly Tribulation nor the dying giant beast paid any attention to the various reactions of these human cultivators.

The Heavenly Tribulation will not cease its attack as long as the target of the tribulation is not completely dead.

Therefore, the final tribulation lightning arrived as scheduled very quickly.

As the last tribulation lightning in the entire Heavenly Tribulation, the power of this tribulation lightning naturally reached its limit, almost comparable to the full-force attack of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!

Such an attack would injure even a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages, let alone the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros, which has not yet survived its tribulation.

But at that moment, the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros suddenly exhausted all its magical power and opened its mouth to spit out a golden spiritual light to meet the tribulation lightning.

Within that golden light was a golden cone several feet long!

"The supreme magic weapon, the Golden Light Yuan-Piercing Cone—isn't this the magic weapon of the former Supreme Elder of the Huangfu family? How did it end up in this beast's hands! Could it be…?"

A startled exclamation suddenly rang out from the Azure Sky near the Spirit Control Gate, but very few people heard it.

This was because all the cultivators' attention was drawn to the golden light and silver lightning.

The golden cone collided with the falling silver lightning, but instead of shattering like the previous two magical treasures, it dissipated a large amount of the silver lightning's power before being blasted to the ground with a mournful cry and disappearing into the earth.

The lightning, now much weaker, continued to bombard the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros, blasting its massive body into fragments!

Is he still dead?

Upon seeing this scene, Zhou Chun felt a surge of disappointment, seemingly unwilling to see the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] perish.

But this feeling of disappointment had only lingered in his heart for a few moments when his eyes widened and he was instantly stunned by what he saw!

The shattered body of the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros turned into wisps of green smoke, and then the real Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros emerged from underground.

At this moment, although the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros was still on its last legs, it was still alive.

As the aura of the [Rock Armor Giant Rhinoceros] reappeared, the thunderclouds in the sky no longer reacted, as if they had completed their mission and quickly dissipated.

Just then, a silver full moon suddenly appeared in the sky, a rare phenomenon of a full moon in broad daylight!

The silver moon shone brightly, and soon a silvery liquid, like lead and mercury, fell from the sky and drifted down towards the Rock Armored Giant Rhinoceros on the ground.

"It's the 'Imperial Dew,' a divinely bestowed phenomenon of 'Imperial Dew' has appeared!"

An excited roar suddenly erupted from somewhere, instantly igniting the greed of countless people with ulterior motives.

"We can't let that beast absorb the 'Emperor's Elixir' to recover! Everyone, let's join forces and steal all the 'Emperor's Elixir'!"

Within the Shenmu Sect camp, the Grand Elder, who possessed the cultivation of the late Golden Core stage, shouted loudly and immediately formed a hand seal, using the Wood Escape Technique to escape towards the mountain gate of the Yuling Sect.

Looking at the Yuling Sect's camp, several Yuling Sect elders also flew towards the mountain gate at the first moment, wanting to protect the mountain guardian beasts that were still in a weakened state.

High above in the azure sky, an old man in a yellow robe gazed longingly at the silver liquid, his eyes gleaming with desire.

But just as he was about to seize the "Emperor's Elixir," his expression suddenly changed, and he looked in a certain direction with a look of fear, where there were only endless white clouds.

But the old man in the yellow robe was like a mouse seeing a cat. After bowing to that side, he quickly transformed into a yellow glow and left the place!