Chapter 203: Fierce Heavenly Tribulation
"boom!"

"Boom!"

Following a burst of thunder, a sea of ​​lightning suddenly appeared in the sky. It was extremely terrifying and a random burst of lightning could shatter a mountain.

Billions of divine thunders fell, shattering the mountains, rivers, and the earth. Not only did they evaporate the fairy lake outside the Ksitigarbha land, but they also blasted a deep abyss in the thick earth, exposing the black rock barrier directly.

The divine thunder is endless and continuous, and it seems to be accumulating more and more, as if it is going to destroy the peerless demon that is about to be born.

Those who were digging holes in the black rock barrier all fled after feeling the sudden breath of heavenly calamity.

The more powerful the cultivator is, the more sensitive he is to the aura of heavenly tribulation.

As a result, they did not suffer any casualties from the thunder punishment brought upon themselves by Li Zhi.

After coming out of the small world inside the stone drum, Li Zhi still had to pass through three barriers before he could reach the outside world.

Although it would only take him a few breaths to appear in the outside world along the tunnel he had dug earlier, these few short breaths were enough for these cultivators, whose lowest level of cultivation was in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, to stay away from the coverage of the heavenly calamity.

Looking at the horrifying deep pit created by the divine thunder, everyone was terrified, and then they saw an even more horrifying scene.

As Li Zhi came out of the Black Rock Sealing Stone, the power of the heavenly tribulation seemed to become even stronger.

There was even a chaotic aura diffused in the deep pit, and endless divine thunder poured down from the sea of ​​thunder into the deep pit like a waterfall from the sky, turning the deep pit into an abyss of thunder and lightning.

Li Zhi, who was standing on the forbidden black rock, was also struck by the violent divine thunder, with his skin torn and bones broken, and his life breath showed signs of instability.

However, the forbidden black rock under his feet did not move at all under the bombardment of the divine thunder. It was obvious that this piece of rock that could withstand the attack of the holy soldiers was not so easy to be destroyed.

If Li Zhi had not taken a magical pill to nourish his soul in time, his soul would probably have turned to ashes under the horrific heavenly calamity.

Control the thunder pool and destroy the red-haired monster in one fell swoop.

This action seemed to anger the heavens, making Him feel that his authority was challenged.

The consequence was that the power of the heavenly tribulation that Li Zhi had to experience directly increased tenfold.

Although it was only a heavenly tribulation of a small realm, its tenfold power far exceeded the limit that Li Zhi could withstand at the moment.

Li Zhi used almost all the means that could help him overcome the calamity, including the magic elixir that could nourish the spirit, the magic spring water that could replenish vitality, the magic weapon that could reduce the power of thunder, the mysterious magic technique that could resist the power of divine thunder, etc.

This time the heavenly calamity was truly too terrifying.

But even so, Li Zhi was struck by a thunderbolt with ten times the power for more than an hour before he survived the disaster.

Finally, Li Zhi fell from the Black Rock Forbidden Stone like a charred corpse.

Sensing the powerful auras outside the pit, Li Zhi did not dare to faint. He forced himself to stay conscious and mobilized the last bit of magic power in his body, allowing him to fly to the tunnel inside the black rock barrier while falling.

After going five thousand feet deep, Li Zhi took out the large cauldron containing the immortal juice and jade liquid, then lay down in the immortal juice and jade liquid, and then he completely fell into a coma.

At the same time, outside the abyss created by the divine thunder of heaven, You Zilong and others were shocked and speechless.

Anyone who enters such a terrifying thunder tribulation will surely die.

"Could it be that a demon has emerged from the forbidden stone of Black Rock? Has it attracted the thunderbolt to destroy the demon?"

"But why did I sense the aura of a human cultivator at the bottom of the pit?"

Everyone was talking about it, speculating on what caused such a sudden and horrific divine punishment.

Although the heavenly punishment had disappeared and everything in the pit was once again exposed to the eyes of everyone, the terrifying aura of the heavenly punishment thunder still remained on the surrounding stone walls, making them dare not enter.

"Brother You, was this divine thunder of heaven punishment brought about by Taoist Priest Li and Taoist Priest Duan?" Aotian asked You Zilong beside him with a serious look.

"I'm not so sure either."

You Zilong felt a tightness in his chest at this moment. He worked hard and even asked for help, but he did not expect that his original plan would be ruined by a punishment from heaven.

He also guessed that this horrific divine thunder of punishment was caused by one of Duan De and Li Zhizhong.

It seemed to indicate that the two of them had already reached the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Land first and taken away the fortune inside, so they used the power of heavenly punishment to shock everyone.

"What a horrible heavenly calamity! Even if a powerful being came, he might not be able to survive it. What on earth brought about this heavenly punishment?" said one of the seven powerful beings invited by You Zilong.

“It’s not just a simple heavenly calamity. I felt an extremely strong curse force from the heavenly calamity just now. It seems that something ominous has been born, which has brought about this horrific heavenly calamity.” The powerful man from the Earth Master lineage said in a serious expression.

As soon as these words were spoken, the other powerful men suddenly felt worried. If they were facing cultivators who could normally survive this heavenly punishment, although they would feel some pressure, they would definitely not feel like retreating.

But if it is something ominous, that’s another story.

Everyone knows that geomancers walk in the wilderness and in the dragon veins of the earth all year round. They have long been contaminated with the ominous aura of the earth veins, and can easily attract strange things.

Now, according to the geomancer, it seems that something ominous has escaped from the Black Rock Forbidden Stone.

Let’s not talk about whether they can defeat those things, let’s first talk about whether they can resist the invasion of ominous substances.

Ominous aura, once you are contaminated by those things, it is very difficult to be cleansed. No matter how strong or weak your cultivation is, few people can escape disaster.

"Brother Daoist, now that this place has been opened, we will take our leave." A powerful man spoke directly, and others echoed him.

The great master of the earth master lineage was stunned for a moment, and finally could only say helplessly: "Thank you all for your great help this time. I will definitely host a banquet in the imperial capital to entertain you all in the future."

Afterwards, those powerful men left as if they were avoiding displacement, and took their disciples with them.

Soon, only a few cultivators related to the Earth Master lineage were left near the abyss. As for the powerful masters, only the powerful one from the Earth Master lineage was left.

But even so, those people did not dare to take a step into the abyss.

In the end, You Zilong and Aotian were so powerful that they reached the bottom of the abyss.

Soon, they saw the hole dug by Li Zhi on the Black Rock Forbidden Stone.

But they were a little hesitant and wondered whether they should go in and see what was going on inside.

The two men extended their spiritual thoughts, but only advanced a few dozen feet before encountering an obstacle, making it impossible for them to detect the true situation in the depths.

"Brother Ao, wait for me outside. I'll go in and take a look at the situation." You Zilong said finally.

"Zilong, you'd better be careful. What if the thing that brought the thunder punishment was not killed by the thunder, but hid in the tunnel? I'm afraid you will be in danger. Let me go in with you." Aotian said with some concern.

But before they could enter the tunnel, a powerful geomancer came to the tunnel and reached out to stop them.

"Zilong, you must not enter the land of Ksitigarbha." The powerful geomancer warned in a serious tone.

"Uncle-master, why can't we enter? This tunnel seems to have been dug out by Taoist Li and Taoist Duan on the forbidden Black Rock Stone. If they can go in, why can't we?" You Zilong asked his uncle-master with some confusion.

"There is a strong curse power in this place. The ancestor left this seal and did not pass down the "Book of Earth". I am afraid it is related to the curse in the legend. Perhaps the "Book of Earth" will also be like the "Source Heaven Book", causing those who practice it to encounter misfortune in their later years."

“Uncle-master, we can talk about the later years later. Now that it has come to this, we must let the Book of Earth see the light of day again.” You Zilong said with a determined face.

Just as they were getting into an argument.

A monster covered with red hair about a foot long ran out of the tunnel.

When You Zilong and the other two saw the red-haired monster, they all changed color and used their unique skills to kill the red-haired monster.

But the red-haired monster's body seemed to be indestructible and immune to swords and guns. No matter how hard they bombarded it, they could not leave a single wound on it.

"Break the Diamond!"

"Tongtian Sword Dao, kill!"

"Nine Dragons Sword, cut!"

You Zilong and Aotian, the powerful men of the Earth Master lineage, seeing that ordinary attacks were ineffective, immediately used their best moves and attacked the red-haired monster.

However, the red-haired monster's strength was far beyond their imagination, and his body was so strong that it was outrageous. He actually shattered the magic weapon they had used, which was an interweaving of "Tao" and "Principle", with just his bare hands.

"Boom, click, boom..."

After a fierce fight, the red-haired monster suddenly turned into a red shadow, broke through the heavy attack blockages, and appeared directly in front of the powerful earth master. Then he stretched out a big hand that seemed to be made of gold and iron and pinched his throat.

"puff!"

Afterwards, the head of the powerful Earth Master was crushed by the red-haired monster like a watermelon.

Even his soul was not spared and turned into a blood-red rain of light in the hands of the red-haired monster.

After seeing this scene, Aotian shouted directly at You Zilong: "Zilong, hurry up, this monster is comparable to the most powerful one, and cannot be defeated."

"No, uncle-master, I will kill you." At this moment, You Zilong's mind seemed to be blinded by hatred. He directly used his own blood and essence to engrave Taoist patterns on the rock wall of the abyss, attempting to mobilize the power of dragon veins from all directions to surround and kill the red-haired monster.

You Zilong's methods are extraordinary, but the red-haired monster's methods are even more amazing. He just opened his mouth and sucked away all the essence from all directions. Even the dragon vein power that You Zilong summoned with his essence and blood lost control and was sucked into the red-haired monster's stomach.

The red-haired monster's aura also increased greatly. Seeing this, Aotian directly used his secret method and sacrificed his life-defining magic sword. The sword bones rang together, and the man and the sword became one, turning into a holy sword of light and killing the red-haired monster.

The red-haired monster seemed to feel a hint of threat from Aotian's sword and temporarily gave up chasing You Zilong, instead turning around and slapping Aotian.

The palm print made by the red-haired monster looked ordinary, but it seemed to be able to cover the world and make it impossible to avoid it. Aotian could only bite the bullet and confront the palm print head-on.

"boom!"

The huge handprint filled with scarlet blood collided with the holy sword transformed by Aotian, and a ray of light burst out into the sky, illuminating the entire abyss.

“Crack…”

Just this collision broke Aotian's natal sword and the sword bones in his body. Even though he was seriously injured, his speed did not decrease at all. He came directly to You Zilong, intending to grab You Zilong and escape.

However, the death of his uncle and the serious injury of Aotian seemed to have stimulated You Zilong's mind. His eyes suddenly turned red, and a low beast roar came from his throat. Sharp fangs grew out of his mouth, and a dense layer of golden dragon scales grew on his skin.

"Ow!"

After the transformation was completed, You Zilong let out a long roar towards the sky, and a layer of mysterious golden light emanated from his body, which directly shook off Aotian's palm. Then he seemed to have turned into a golden little dragon, and rushed towards the red-haired monster in the distance.

"Zilong, don't!"

Aotian saw this and shouted with fear on his face.

Because he knew that You Zilong used the secret method of burning life essence to transform into a dragon, which was passed down by the Earth Master lineage, and could greatly improve a cultivator's strength.

If the potential is sufficient, it can even allow a cultivator to exert ten times the combat power.

But this process is irreversible. Once it is launched, there is no chance of survival.

Even after the battle is over, the life essence will continue to burn until all the life essence is burned out.

Afterwards, You Zilong, who had turned into a little dragon, started fighting with the red-haired monster.

It was as if two extremely powerful beings were fighting for life and death, and the sound was earth-shaking.

The seriously injured Aotian could only retreat again and again, away from the battlefield.

He no longer had the strength to fight and could only take holy medicine to heal his wounds and force himself not to lose all his ability to move.

As for the others, they disappeared without a trace long after the great Earth Master was killed.

Of course, most people didn’t run far before they were killed by the roar of the red-haired monster.

You Zilong, who turned into a golden little dragon, fought with the red-haired monster for three thousand moves without showing any sign of defeat.

"Let's die together!"

Seeing that most of his own life force had been burned out and the red-haired monster was still not killed, You Zilong directly chose to forcibly break through to the realm of great power, intending to use the power of the heavenly tribulation to destroy the enemy.

At this critical moment of life and death, he actually successfully stepped into the realm of the second level of immortal power.

The heavenly calamity came as thousands of thunderbolts directly enveloped You Zilong and the red-haired monster.

But the scene was far grander than the one when Li Zhi was overcoming the tribulation before.

"Ah..."

After the red-haired monster was struck by the Pure Yang Heavenly Thunder, it immediately let out a painful howl.

Upon seeing this, You Zilong burst into laughter, then pounced towards the red-haired monster madly and hugged its body, allowing the heavenly thunder to strike the red-haired monster more easily.

You Zilong's own breath was rapidly weakened by the thunder's strike and the red-haired monster's struggle.

After seeing this scene, Ao Tian, ​​who had temporarily recovered from his injuries, showed a deep anger in his eyes, but his mind was not blinded by anger. He whispered to himself: "Zilong, I will practice hard from now on, and I will definitely avenge you in the future."

After saying that, he used the sword escape technique to leave the forest.

Because he knew that there was not much point in staying. The red-haired monster was not capable of being defeated. Unless an extremely powerful person showed up and took action, he would not be able to kill the red-haired monster with his current strength.

Seeing the red-haired monster beginning to suffer wounds from the thunderbolt, a happy smile appeared on You Zilong's face. Then he was struck by the thunderbolt and turned into ashes, completely destroying his body and soul.

You Zilong died, the divine thunder of the heavenly calamity disappeared instantly, and the calamity clouds also seemed to show signs of retreating.

But at this moment, the red-haired monster suddenly let out a long roar towards the sky, and his aura increased greatly, as if he had forcibly broken through a realm.

"Boom!"

Endless divine thunder of heavenly calamity poured down again, and the power of the divine thunder was several times greater than what You Zilong had attracted before.

One after another, world-destroying divine thunders as thick as mountains poured down from the sea of ​​thunder, as if to turn the entire abyss into ashes.

But the red-haired monster not only had no intention of avoiding the divine thunder, but instead opened his mouth and swallowed the divine thunder into his stomach.

As the divine thunder entered the body, a terrifying thunder force erupted from the red-haired monster's body, and the red hairs on his body were blown to pieces, and pieces of flesh and blood were shattered.

Soon, his red hair was chopped off by the heavenly thunder, revealing his true appearance.

The red-haired monster turned out to be Li Zhi.

At this moment, the red light in Li Zhi's eyes had disappeared, but a strange force in his body was still constantly devouring his life energy and turning into red hairs, trying to turn it into a puppet monster.

Seeing this, Li Zhi rushed directly into the sea of ​​thunder in the sky.

Then he jumped into the pool of thunder formed by the laws of heaven and earth.

The thunder pool seemed to be home to the most original divine thunder of creation in the world, and contained a terrifyingly high temperature. The moment Li Zhi jumped into the thunder pool, half of his body was burned.

However, the strange power in the body was still not completely eliminated by the power of heavenly thunder.

Li Zhi became furious and started to swallow the thunder liquid in the thunder pool, using the original divine thunder to cleanse his body.

At the same time, the soul also flew out from the immortal platform and jumped directly into the thunder liquid, undergoing the baptism of the divine thunder.

Finally, when Li Zhi's body was broken beyond recognition, the strange power that had invaded his body was completely eliminated.

Then, his soul returned to his body.

Li Zhi quickly jumped out of the thunder pool. If he continued to stay in the thunder pool, he would probably be turned into ashes by the thunder pool.

The thunder pool of this period is not the kind of thunder pool in ancient times that would produce the legendary thunder fluid that is comparable to the elixir of life.

In the end, Li Zhi persisted under the thunder punishment for another three hours before the thunder tribulation came to an end.

His body had been shattered by the thunder, more than 90% of his flesh and blood had disappeared, only some bones remained that still emitted a faint life essence, and his head seemed to have turned into a skull.

Then, he opened his mouth and swallowed up the massive amount of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The broken body began to glow, and the flesh and blood rich in terrifying energy began to regenerate.

Finally, after the essence of heaven and earth had gathered for three days and three nights, a terrifying body that seemed to be made of divine gold appeared again in the same place.

Li Zhi's cultivation had officially reached the ninth realm of the Immortal One, and he could be said to be half a step away from being a powerful being.

He cultivated to the level of half-step great power in such a short time, but he was not happy at all.

Because there are several cracks left on his soul. If they cannot be repaired in time, these injuries to the soul may evolve into real Tao injuries.

At this moment, Duan De also walked out of the tunnel.

And in his hand he was holding the white jade tripod that Li Zhi used to hold the immortal liquid.

However, the immortal liquid in the cauldron has been temporarily sealed by Duan De because there are several red hairs emitting a strange aura in the immortal liquid.

After seeing that Li Zhi was fine, Duan De cast a spell to fill the hole.

Afterwards, he came to Li Zhi and said, "Little Li Zhi, you don't seem to be in a good condition."

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and told Duan De all his experiences. Finally, he said, "It's a big loss. It's really a big loss this time."

Duan De patted his shoulder, laughed and said, "Don't worry, this is a test for you. I am very pleased that you can make it through. You should take good care of your injuries. Soon, I will take you to the Immortal Pond to look for opportunities. I am sure you will find the immortal treasure that can repair the damage to your soul."

Finally, Duan De looked at the devastated mountains and rivers in front of him and said, "Let's keep this place buried forever."

Afterwards, he used his magical power to move mountains and seas to fill up the deep pit. Soon, a vast lake appeared in the same place again.

Even the traces left by the successive horrific catastrophes could no longer be seen.

Moreover, Duan De did not tell Li Zhi how he finally dealt with the small world of Ksitigarbha.

Soon, the two returned to Qincheng.

(End of this chapter)