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Chapter 1096: Chapter 1017: Integration
Da Qing and the others looked at the scene with grave expressions, feeling very anxious inside, as the situation where two tribulation thunders descended at once was exceedingly rare.
Li Zhirui remained calmly seated on his meditation cushion, utterly indifferent to the two tribulation thunders.
Boom rumble——
The tribulation thunder struck the water barrier, and both sides were locked in a tug-of-war, but the tribulation thunder ran out of steam, and before it dissipated, it seemed to let out an angry roar, finally fading away.
The tribulation clouds above the nine heavens didn’t pause for a moment and immediately sent down the seventh tribulation thunder!
A silver tribulation thunder, ten zhang in size, multiplied in power, descended like a roaring giant dragon, striking straight toward Li Zhirui.
The tribulation thunder exploded with a boom, shattering the nine layers of water screen upon contact, turning into vapor that evaporated and dissipated.
Yet there wasn’t the slightest movement from Li Zhirui; in front of him appeared a towering tree, as grand as a majestic mountain, blocking this tribulation thunder.
The weakened tribulation thunder couldn’t leave even a minor trace on the huge tree!
As if the heavenly tribulation truly did possess a consciousness, the eighth tribulation thunder hesitated and didn’t descend, time slowly ticking away as the tribulation cloud frantically absorbed the spiritual energy within a hundred li radius; the tribulation cloud, originally shrunk by a large extent, swelled in size by several times in an instant!
"This..."
"How profound are Jiu’s reserves? To face such a terrifying thunder tribulation!" Even with Da Qing’s temperament, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath of cold air, speaking incredulously.
As everyone knows, heavenly tribulation is a test for living beings; a being’s aptitude, reserves, strength, and all other aspects, will influence the power of the thunder tribulation.
The greater the power of the thunder tribulation, the higher the difficulty of traversing it, but likewise, as long as one safely overcomes it, one will enjoy benefits far beyond ordinary people.
Boom!
The eighth tribulation thunder, which had been delayed, finally shot out of the layers of tribulation clouds after absorbing a massive amount of spiritual energy.
Li Zhirui was still as calm as ever, with no fluctuations in his mental state.
The giant tree in front of him withstood this tribulation thunder, but turned pitch black as if it had carbonized.
Li Zhirui, who had been sitting on the meditation cushion the entire time, suddenly stood up, watching the rolling tribulation clouds in the high sky with a grave expression, not daring to be the slightest bit careless about this last tribulation thunder.
Just then, thunder boomed from the heavens, earth-shattering in its momentum, seemingly gathering strength for a tribulation thunder that stretched over fifty zhang, filled with the power to destroy and demolish, aiming to put Li Zhirui to death.
When the ninth tribulation thunder descended, the originally pitch-black Mount Wanxian instantly lit up bright as day, reflecting the shock and worry on the faces of all the clansmen.
Even some of the clansmen with lower cultivation and weaker disposition fainted amidst the tribulation thunder filled with the aura of destruction that could bring about the end of the world.
Crack—
Instead of the previous explosive booms, there was the sound of something being torn.
The next instant, the tribulation thunder which was still high in the sky, suddenly appeared before Li Zhirui, like a heaven-engulfing giant serpent encompassing his entire being.
The hearts of Da Qing and the other clansmen seemed to stop, their eyes glazed over as they watched the scene unfold before them.
"No! Father absolutely cannot fail the tribulation!" Li Chengshuo said with a determined tone, which contained a hint of panic and fear.
Inside the tribulation thunder, Li Zhirui, who also hadn’t expected the tribulation thunder to traverse space and appear directly before him, was fortunate to have whimsically used a defense divine ability! Otherwise, the tribulation thunder would have struck him directly!
Desperately channeling his mana, he continuously manifested one divine power after another, combating the tribulation thunder, buying himself some time.
Facing the last tribulation thunder, whose intensity surpassed the previous eight combined, Li Zhirui held nothing back, pouring out the mana within his body, continually mobilizing the power of the Cave Heaven.
Clang!
Roar!
Two roars emanated from within the tribulation thunder.
Next to Li Zhirui, a vividly lifelike Azure Dragon and an animated Xuanwu appeared.
The Azure Dragon charged into the tribulation thunder; its originally three-foot body grew rapidly with the wind, instantly turning into a giant dragon hundreds of zhang long, ramming and weakening the tribulation thunder within.
The Xuanwu guarded by Li Zhirui’s side, a deep blue water shield protecting it, while the Xuanwu sprawled atop it, not allowing the tribulation thunder to harm Li Zhirui in the slightest.
"Has Jiu’s strength already surpassed the Void Refinement Realm?" Mu muttered to himself.
As a descendant of the Kylin, Mu’s inherited memories were clearer than others about the power limits of each realm, and the power Li Zhirui was displaying now had already surpassed that of the Kylin predecessors in his inheritance.
Mu was both right and wrong.
Because Li Zhirui’s current realm was already the Integration Realm, it’s just that he hadn’t transcended the thunder tribulation, leaving his realm in an unstable, fluctuating state.
His strength had long since reached the limits of the Void Refinement, he just hadn’t been able to breakthrough due to realm restrictions, but now that Li Zhirui had broken through to Integration, his strength naturally caught up.
So for Li Zhirui, the threat of this tribulation wasn’t great!
Proudly!
The Azure Dragon roared towards the sky, its form breaking through once again, stretching five to six hundred zhang in length, making the last tribulation thunder seem very insignificant.
It opened its mouth and spat out a streak of blue lightning, which instantly struck the tribulation thunder, actually splitting the tribulation thunder in half!
This spectacle left all the watching clansmen stunned.
Although the tribulation thunder can indeed be resolved by combat, isn’t this a bit too exaggerated with just one move?
The situation changed dramatically in an instant!
