Douluo Continent: You become gods, I become immortals

Chapter 8: Absorbing the Origin of the Heavenly Tribulation!

Zhang Qingxuan looked up at the dark, swirling, expanding cloud of tribulation in the sky, and his face turned deathly pale.

The storm clouds were filled with lightning and rumbling thunder, and the terrifying pressure made his legs weak and his breathing difficult.

"You two...you don't want me to go in there, do you?" His voice trembled, and he was almost crying.

[To defy the might of heaven and earth! Is this something a mere Qi cultivator like myself can accomplish?]

[I hope I won't get chopped into a crisp!]

Deep within his dantian, the Yin-Yang diagram and the Azure Leaf Sword trembled violently, conveying a sense of eager excitement—Master, charge! Don't be afraid, we're here!

Zhang Qingxuan looked down at his not-so-strong body, then gazed at the terrifying lightning in the sky, and almost cried out, "Maybe... we should go somewhere else? If I go in like this, I'm afraid I'll be struck to dust!"

The two martial spirits immediately and violently objected, causing his dantian to go numb.

Under Zhang Qingxuan's "reasonable arguments," the two martial spirits finally reluctantly agreed: to wait for the lightning tribulation to strike for a while before rushing in.

Just then, the sky suddenly brightened!

Boom!

A bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a water vat, tore through the sky, carrying the power of heaven and earth, and struck the trunk of the hundred-foot-tall green willow of life!

Crack! Sizzle—

The emerald green leaves on the willow branches instantly turned to ashes, and the thick branches were charred black and burst into flames, with the smell of burnt metal mixed with the scorching aura of thunder spreading everywhere.

Zhang Qingxuan's eyelids twitched as he watched from afar, but then his eyes lit up again after a moment's thought.

"If we could snag a bargain...would this be considered the legendary lightning-struck wood?"

"And it's a lightning-struck wood that's been there for 100,000 years! Thank goodness, if we could take this with us, wouldn't that be..."

Before the words were even finished, a sudden change occurred!

Buzz!

Suddenly, the charred willow tree burst forth with a dazzling blue light!

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of smaller green willow trees around them lit up at the same time, and strands of emerald green life energy gathered from all directions and poured into the giant willow tree in the center.

"Holy crap! You can do that?!"

"This is somewhat similar to the Blue Silver Emperor; it can even allow its subjects to transfer life energy?"

Seeing this, Zhang Qingxuan was stunned.

Nourished by the life force of the tribe, the flames on the main trunk of the Life Willow quickly extinguished, the charred bark peeled off, and new tender green bark grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

On the broken willow branches, tender green buds sprouted anew.

Boom! The second bolt of lightning struck down again!

Buzz! The Green Willow Clan erupted with light once more, managing to withstand the lightning strike at the cost of their own lives.

Repeat this three times.

When the fourth bolt of lightning dissipated, the surrounding green willows had lost their luster, their leaves had turned yellow, and they could no longer provide any energy.

The central willow tree was in even worse shape—its trunk was charred black, its bark cracked, and silvery-white electric snakes flashed through the cracks from time to time.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang diagram and the Green Leaf Sword within his dantian could no longer restrain themselves and suddenly unleashed a terrifying suction force, enveloping Zhang Qingxuan's body and transforming it into a streak of light that shot straight into the sky like a tribulation cloud!

"Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, just a little longer!"

"Don't be impulsive! Impulsiveness is the devil!"

"Stay calm!"

"Grandmaster, save me—!"

Zhang Qingxuan's screams were drowned out by the thunder. By the time he realized what was happening, he had already plunged into the inner part of the tribulation clouds.

Before me stretched a sea of ​​thunder and lightning!

Streaks of lightning, like dragons, weaved through the clouds, emitting deafening roars.

Sensing the intruder, the tribulation clouds instantly changed direction and swarmed towards Zhang Qingxuan!

"Ah—!"

The first bolt of lightning struck him, causing his entire body to tremble violently. His outer garment instantly turned to ashes, and his hair stood on end.

Fine scorch marks appeared on his skin, and the intense pain almost made him faint.

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Qingxuan bit the tip of his tongue to force himself to stay awake and frantically circulated the Five Thunder Orthodox Method mental formula.

The internal lightning magic circulated, gradually absorbing, refining, and assimilating the lightning power that had invaded the body.

The Yin-Yang Diagram and the Green Leaf Sword were extremely excited!

They actually flew out of Zhang Qingxuan's dantian on their own and hovered on both sides of him.

The Yin-Yang symbol slowly rotated, forming a black and white vortex; the Green Leaf Sword hummed and trembled, its blade radiating a green light.

Like ravenous beasts, the two began to devour the surrounding lightning with frenzy!

This caused Zhang Qingxuan a lot of trouble.

In order to attract more lightning, these two actually released their auras to provoke the tribulation clouds!

In an instant, the previously scattered lightning bolts seemed to have found a target, and all of them struck towards Zhang Qingxuan's location!

"Ugh! You two are really screwed over!"

Zhang Qingxuan's body crackled with electricity, his skin was torn and bleeding, and he was in so much pain that tears came to his eyes.

While desperately circulating the Five Thunder Orthodox Method to refine the thunder, he cursed those two useless martial souls a thousand times in his heart.

Then, something happened that almost made his eyes pop out—

The Yin-Yang Diagram and the Azure Leaf Sword seemed no longer satisfied with ordinary lightning, and instead set their sights on the deepest part of the tribulation clouds, the purple source that was constantly giving birth to new lightning!

The two martial souls transformed into black and white and green streaks of light, like sharks smelling blood, rushing straight towards the source of the lightning tribulation!

Rumble—!

The tribulation clouds seemed to be completely enraged, and the entire cloud layer churned violently. Several divine lightning bolts, as thick as water buckets and mixed with purple lightning arcs, carried the power to destroy the world and struck down on Zhang Qingxuan!

"These two did this, why are you attacking me?!"

"This is outrageous!"

"My life is over—!"

Zhang Qingxuan closed his eyes in despair.

Boom! ...

A terrifying explosion occurred inside the storm clouds, and dazzling lightning illuminated the entire sky.

After an incense stick has burned.

The calamity clouds... dispersed.

It didn't fade away slowly, but rather it seemed to be forcibly drained away by something, quickly fading and disappearing.

"Bang!" Zhang Qingxuan fell from the sky.

He crashed heavily beside the charred trunk of the green willow, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Sunlight streamed down again, illuminating the charred willow grove below and the figure lying naked on the ground, his body charred black, his hair standing on end.

The Yin-Yang diagram and the Green Leaf Sword floated beside Zhang Qingxuan, each emitting a slight, satisfied tremor, similar to a "burp".

—They actually absorbed all the essence of the lightning tribulation.

Zhang Qingxuan, his body charred black, lay there motionless, like a human-shaped piece of charcoal.

A moment later, Zhang Qingxuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"Phew, I actually survived!"

After marveling at his own survival, Zhang Qingxuan looked at the culprit beside him!

"Hey, you two, are you trying to kill me?!"

"If I hadn't been incredibly lucky, I would have been killed by this sword just now!"

The two martial spirits trembled, as if they knew they were wrong, and pitifully rubbed against Zhang Qingxuan.

Looking at these two, Zhang Qingxuan was speechless. He simply took back the two troublemakers and got dressed.

He has other things to do!

-- Find a bargain!