Chapter 938: Chapter 6 Crossing Tribulation

The might of heaven is unpredictable, and the tribulation is difficult to surpass.

If a cultivator from the Cultivation World is to cross the tribulation, firstly, they must choose an auspicious day, secondly, adjust their mental state, and the third and most important point:

Elixir Medicines, Formations, Flying Swords, Magic Treasures, borrow as much as you can.

The heavenly tribulation puts enormous survival pressure on cultivators; ordinary Flying Sword Magic Treasures can be easily damaged and exhausted, while the powerful ones often consume a great deal of True Yuan, hence almost every cultivator needs to prepare a large number of lower-grade Flying Sword Magic Treasures as cannon fodder to exhaust the number of tribulation thunders.

Without doing so, even with nine lives one would end up completely drained.

Even though Lu Country has many areas where it does not compare to the Cultivation World, its greatest advantage is unparalleled by the Cultivation World: once a technology is thoroughly mastered, it can be rapidly replicated on an industrial scale.

These helicopters carrying the Ten Thousand Bamboo Swords and the Xuan Guang Rulers are the strongest testament to the advantages of Lu Country.

Of course, both Yan Yu and Lu Country are dealing with Core Formation heavenly tribulations for the first time, so there are bound to be many inadequacies or unforeseen issues, for now they can only take it one step at a time.

Those who lead the way are doomed to overcome obstacles, even if it means being covered in cuts and bruises, the sacrifice is deemed worthy!

Yan Yu stands atop the summit of Sky Pillar Peak, slowly adjusting his breathing.

Meanwhile, as he moves away from the entrance of the Mysterious Realm, the aura of Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm is released, and the originally clear blue sky also gradually begins to darken.

Dark clouds gather heavily, oppressive as iron, grim as hell!

Soon, weather satellites from around the world all converge their cameras on the skies above Jingbei Province.

Different professional systems require Transcendents to pass entirely different tests when advancing, with the only common denominator being the extreme difficulty–calling it a life-and-death crisis is no exaggeration. For example, Clerics known to foreigners must undergo baptism by Angels during meditation, and if unable to pass, they will be drowned on the spot, even if they are in an extremely dry environment, their mouths, noses, and even lungs will fill with Holy Water. Similarly, England Wizards have to navigate an extremely complex dimensional maze filled with all sorts of cunning and sinister Devils.

Of course, by comparison, it is evident that the vast majority of Transcendents only need to overcome trials limited to themselves. The fact that Lu Country cultivators can even massively affect the surrounding environment is unique to them alone, without another globally.

The entire region of Wudang Mountain has been completely sealed off, with stringent prohibitions against any pedestrians or flying objects approaching. However, the scope of the tribulation clouds is far greater than expected, with even the people of nearly half of Jingbei Province able to see the dark clouds in the distance.

Inside the base, the girls of the Zhenhai Team silently sit around the television, watching the live video footage shot from a distant drone. Unable to enter the range of the tribulation, the distant Yan Yu looks like an ant-like speck, forlornly standing on the peak that has been cleared and arranged.

And above his head, are the terrifying tribulation clouds spanning thousands of miles, like the impending apocalypse.

Such a stark contrast, akin to religious paintings, leaves even those who are most familiar and confident in Yan Yu utterly speechless, unable to articulate any inspiring words.

Su Yunjin’s face is pale, Lin Ning clenches her fists tightly, Chen Lingyun narrows her eyes, and Zhao Yuanzhen looks serious; suddenly she turns to look at Xie Ruoxi beside her.

As everyone knows, Xie Ruoxi is not only the most talented in the team but also has the worst disposition. Close to achieving the Perfection of Foundation Establishment Realm, she once feigned illness and took leave out of fear of being the first to cross the tribulation… Could it be that Ruoxi is under so much psychological pressure that she’s becoming mentally unstable?

To the girls’ surprise, at this moment, Xie Ruoxi is just composedly crossing her hands over her abdomen, silently staring at Yan Yu on the screen, her mind wandering with wild thoughts.

No, it’s nothing. I must already have the captain’s child in my belly.

If the captain were to unfortunately perish, then I must give birth to the child. When the child grows up, I will take him to the captain’s grave and tell him, “Your father was a great man who stood tall against the heavens”…

As she thinks, she can’t help but have her eyes brim with tears, fully immersing herself in the identity of a hero’s widow, moved by her own hardships and resilience.

Seeing Xie Ruoxi smile through her tears, the girls are also panicked. We can’t help the captain who is crossing the tribulation, but if Ruoxi falls into madness due to too much pressure, we absolutely cannot sit idly by!

“Ruoxi, it will be okay.” Su Yunjin quickly comforts her, “The captain definitely won’t have any trouble! When has he ever done anything without being sure, right?”

“Exactly!” Lin Ning hurriedly chimes in, “And isn’t it said in the literature? The power of the heavenly tribulation varies from person to person. The better the talent and the higher the grade of Core Formation, the more difficult the tribulation will be! With the captain’s level of talent, it will definitely be the weakest and easiest heavenly tribulation!”

This is somewhat of a hellish joke, causing Chen Lingyun to have a hard time maintaining her expression, while Xie Ruoxi fell silent for a moment, before turning pale with shock.

Oh no! I forgot about this!

With the captain’s trash-tier talent, the heavenly tribulation is still so terrifyingly powerful; when it comes to my turn, wouldn’t it be…

“You’ve got it wrong!” Su Yunjin instantly realized Lin Ning’s well-intentioned blunder and hurriedly corrected her, saying, “The captain succeeded in breaking through to the Golden Core Rank using the Dual Cultivation Secret Technique, so his heavenly tribulation should be about the same as ours. Your tribulation definitely won’t be more dangerous than what the captain is facing now. Right, Sister Zhao?”

“Mhm.” Zhao Yuanzhen nodded and said, “Furthermore, crossing tribulation also depends on one’s merit, doesn’t it? Yan Yu has deceived the feelings of so many people, and next, he’s going to deceive purity; I feel his heavenly tribulation should be even more terrifying than ours.”

Everyone was suddenly scared out of their wits, hurriedly praying to the heavens in secret, repeatedly emphasizing that they were absolutely willing participants and had not been forced or deceived by the captain in any form.

Despite the girls’ worrying hearts, the Yan Yu facing the tribulation on-site remained composed and unflustered, calmly gazing at the heavy tribulation clouds above his head.

This time, there was no need for the Huangting Kunwu Sword; he manipulated the Liangyi Micro Dust Sword with his right hand, ready to activate the Sword Array at any moment; his left hand summoned a set of Ten Thousand Bamboo Swords, having over a hundred Flying Swords circling and dancing around his body. He then shook out Puppet Azhen, instructing her through his Divine Sense that if she saw Tribulation Thunder, she should activate the Xuan Guang Ruler to release Light Flowers and hit it directly.

Puppet Azhen, connected by Divine Sense with him, naturally knew this was no trivial matter and not to be taken lightly; she solemnly forwarded the uplifting sentiment, “I will work hard.”

It was not long before the tribulation clouds overhead finally could no longer bear the weight and pressed down heavily.

The first to fall were countless green Thunder Lights. They fell like goose feathers in a heavy snow, descending waveringly down.

The unmanned drones measuring from the outside immediately noticed that, although these Thunder Lights seemed to fall slowly, their actual plummeting speed was over a hundred meters per second, estimated to reach the site within one minute!

Yan Yu, receiving the warning via radio, did not speak but simply activated the Formation.

Even thicker white mists, under the effect of the Formation, soon enveloped the entire peak.

In the monitoring room of the Privy Council, the Elders sat upright and watched the surveillance footage, all expressionless.

Their assistants hurried forward to convey reports gathered from inquiries made by Mei Yingxue to the leaders.

There are a variety of heavenly tribulations; Lightning Tribulation, Wind Tribulation, Fire Tribulation, and so on, but most are certainly Lightning Tribulations. The Lightning Tribulation itself comes in various forms, and without broad knowledge and experience, it is difficult to recognize them all. Fortunately, the Tribulation Thunder that Yan Yu was facing is not very rare; it’s called the “Western Gold Major Thunder Tribulation,” consisting of three waves: “Copper Light Thunder Tribulation,” “Silver Light Thunder Tribulation,” and “Gold Light Thunder Tribulation.”

From the first to the last, the number of Tribulation Thunders decreases, but their power increases. If we describe the difficulty using the median, it would be around 80%, meaning the degree of danger has exceeded 80% of heavenly tribulations.

Thinking this, the big shots also tensed up and continued to watch the live screen in silence,

What Yan Yu was facing at this moment was the Copper Light Thunder Tribulation. At altitudes above six thousand meters, the Tribulation Thunder was mostly like a blooming lotus flower, but as the height decreased to below five thousand or even four thousand meters, the lotus rapidly inverted and transformed into countless clusters of sword-like shapes, starting to speed up and lunge towards Yan Yu’s surroundings!

Glancing over, a rough estimate suggested that within ten seconds, at least three thousand Copper Light Tribulation Thunders entering the attack range!

For an ordinary Cultivator facing this, dealing with more than three thousand attacks at once–where every single attack has the power to shatter you to bits–just the thought of a zero margin for error would be enough to make many lose their composure.

However, Yan Yu has always had a big heart. Without rushing, he swallowed a Qi-boosting Elixir, then activated the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation.

Countless Sword Qi lines immediately appeared in the sky; each of them could penetrate dozens or even hundreds of Tribulation Thunders, followed by intense explosion sounds merging into one. Yan Yu’s hands flickered with afterimages as he formed Sword techniques, and the Liangyi Microdust Sword Qi flashed just as rapidly, to the point where the falling speed of the Tribulation Thunder couldn’t keep up with the rate of destruction.

After more than ten seconds, the first wave of Copper Light Tribulation Thunder had already lessened by a third. This meant that the number of Tribulation Thunders Yan Yu had shattered with the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation had directly reached four figures!

Suddenly, Yan Yu drew back his Sword technique, and the Sword Formation instantly vanished.

Just maintaining the Liangyi Micro Dust Sword Formation for barely over ten seconds had caused the True Yuan within him to drop to an extremely dangerous level. Now, he simply crossed his legs and sat on the spot, beginning to fully refine the potency of the medicine within him.

Puppet Azhen rapidly stepped forward, fully activating the Xuan Guang Ruler in her hand, releasing countless Light Flowers to target the Tribulation Thunder.

She herself did not have the ability to provide True Yuan, and the activation of the Xuan Guang Ruler relied on the depletion of the Magic Treasure’s origin, which meant it had to be discarded after being used a few times.

But behind Yan Yu, through the industrialized production of Lu Country, there were several hundred sets of Xuan Guang Rulers! Puppet Azhen didn’t hesitate, right-hand continuously activating the Xuan Guang Rulers until discard, left hand swiftly summoning a new Xuan Guang Ruler to her side, continuing the activation.

Meanwhile, Yan Yu did not intervene and focused whole-heartedly on recovering his True Yuan. Thanks to his own advantage of low True Yuan, it didn’t take long before his True Yuan was restored to over 70%.

By this time, the remaining Copper Light Tribulation Thunder, hindered by the Tai Qing Smoke Mist Array and blocked by countless Xuan Guang Rulers, had only managed to push their altitude to about 1800 meters or so.