Chapter 637
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Chapter 637 Thunder Tribulation Appears!
In the Spirit Void.
The aura around Fang Yu continued to surge dramatically.
Red Lotus, who had retreated fifty meters away, looked at Fang Yu with nothing but shock in her eyes.
Currently, Fang Yu was completely enveloped in golden radiance, making his appearance indiscernible.
At the same time, the overwhelming aura emanating from his body made Red Lotus feel as if she wasn’t facing a human, but an ancient spirit beast!
Red Lotus turned her head to look in another direction.
The body of the Ancestral Vermilion Bird had already dissipated.
Having survived for over ten thousand years through a phoenix decree, it had finally completed its mission today.
Departure was a form of liberation for the Vermilion Bird.
Unfortunately, the Vermilion Bird’s departure was too sudden. Red Lotus had wanted to express her gratitude to it but never got the chance.
The Phoenix Origin was slowly entering Red Lotus’s body, beginning to transform her from the bloodline level.
Red Lotus could feel her blood boiling within her body.
But for her, this process wasn’t painful at all; instead, she experienced the pleasure of feeling herself grow stronger.
Of course, Red Lotus had no idea what level her body would ultimately evolve to after completely absorbing the Phoenix Origin.
…
Fang Yu was drenched in sweat, and the intense pain in his dantian had reached the limit of what he could endure.
Even during his previous one hundred and first body refinement, he hadn’t experienced pain to this degree.
But he had to endure it. Because now was the most critical moment.
If he were to be defeated by the pain and pass out… what awaited him wouldn’t just be a failed breakthrough.
The spiritual energy in his dantian had been gathered together, compressed like a spring, pushing against the bottleneck of the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth layer of Qi Condensation.
If he suddenly lost control of the spiritual energy at this point, the compressed energy would violently explode… No matter how resilient Fang Yu’s dantian was, it couldn’t withstand such an impact.
“Just a little more, just a little more!”
Fang Yu gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
Blood continuously flowed from his mouth.
The breakthrough method he was using now, if known by his master thousands of years ago, would have earned him a severe punishment.
This method of directly using the spiritual energy in the dantian for breakthrough was a self-destructive approach with extreme risks.
Without sufficient physical strength, one could easily go berserk, leading to the rupture of the dantian and meridians.
Fang Yu himself knew this method was incorrect.
After all, cultivation was supposed to be a natural process.
With sufficient spiritual energy, talent, and when the opportunity came, breakthrough would happen naturally.
But this time, Fang Yu had no choice.
The Phoenix Origin entering his body put unprecedented pressure on his dantian.
If he couldn’t break through to the ten thousandth layer, his dantian might rupture from being unable to contain the Phoenix Origin.
Therefore, he chose to believe that this was his best opportunity for breakthrough.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Consecutive explosion-like sounds emanated from within Fang Yu’s body.
Such explosive sounds occurring within a person’s body were terrifying.
At this moment, Fang Yu had also lifted his left foot, about to step across the chasm leading to the ten thousandth layer.
“Please no lightning, please no lightning…” While focusing on his breakthrough, Fang Yu was extremely worried about what might happen above him, due to his previous experience.
However, his worries seemed unfounded.
Because the sky within the Spirit Void showed no changes, and no lightning appeared.
…
Zhen Yun and Chen Mu had already reached the mountaintop.
Standing at the edge of the summit, looking ahead, they immediately saw the figure enveloped in golden light on the high platform, and about fifty meters away, a being that resembled a blazing phoenix hovering in the air!
The powerful auras repeatedly appearing on the mountaintop seemed to be emanating from these two beings!
“Is that… the divine beast Phoenix!?” Zhen Yun stared at Red Lotus in the distance, his expression extremely shocked as he murmured.
“This…” Chen Mu was also speechless.
Could it be that the series of disturbances from the mountaintop earlier were the aftereffects of this phoenix-like being fighting with the figure on the high platform?
But if they were opponents, why had they stopped now?
Zhen Yun and Chen Mu were both shocked and filled with confusion.
But they could be certain that neither the phoenix-like creature nor the golden-lit figure on the high platform was something they could provoke!
The auras emanating from these two beings were enough to make their souls tremble, completely suppressing any thought of confrontation!
“Chen Mu… quickly check the Spirit Core Stone…” Zhen Yun said with a grim expression, turning to look at Chen Mu.
Chen Mu also thought of that possibility, his heart sinking as he took out the Soul Tracking Map from his storage pouch.
After reciting the incantation, the Soul Tracking Map slowly floated up, emitting a unique sensing ability in all directions.
Soon, it descended.
Chen Mu held the Soul Tracking Map with slightly trembling hands.
Indeed, a very obvious light spot appeared on the Soul Tracking Map.
The last Spirit Core Stone was indeed ahead, on the person standing on that high platform!
Seeing this result, Chen Mu and Zhen Yun’s hearts sank to the bottom.
How were they going to obtain that Spirit Core Stone?
The being on the high platform… they couldn’t possibly match him!
“Senior Brother, what should we do now?” Chen Mu asked, his face drained of blood.
Zhen Yun’s face turned ashen, and he remained silent.
The current situation was unexpected.
Spirit Core Stones weren’t highly valued in the cultivation world of past years, nor in today’s martial arts world.
Nowadays, they were even treated as collectibles.
Therefore, with the Soul Tracking Map, collecting the first three Spirit Core Stones had been very smooth and easy.
But they never imagined that the last Spirit Core Stone would be in the hands of such a powerful being!
A powerhouse of this level, carrying a Spirit Core Stone, must know its value.
This made it extremely difficult for them to obtain this Spirit Core Stone.
In fact, they had almost no chance!
“How could this happen… Why would such a powerful being suddenly appear? And why is the Spirit Core Stone precisely with this powerful being!?”
Zhen Yun screamed inwardly, filled with unwillingness.
This was the last Spirit Core Stone, the last one!
This was the only way for their Purple Flame Palace to seek revival after a thousand years of dormancy!
They must obtain the Spirit Core Stone!
“Senior Brother, what should we do now?” Chen Mu asked tremblingly, seeing Zhen Yun’s changing expressions.
“Don’t move for now, conceal our auras and forms, and observe the situation. Even if we can’t get the Spirit Core Stone now, we at least need to know who that person on the high platform is! Then we can figure out how to get the Spirit Core Stone later,” Zhen Yun said gravely.
“Alright, alright.” At this point, Chen Mu could only nod.
Both of them used concealment techniques to hide their auras and forms as much as possible.
…
Above the entrance to the ruins on the ground, dark clouds gathered thicker, lightning flashed continuously, causing rumbling sounds.
A large group of martial artists wanting to enter the Spirit Void were blocked outside by these dark clouds and lightning.
They dared not move forward, fearing they might be struck by sudden lightning and turned to charcoal.
But at the same time, they became more interested in the world below the entrance.
What had appeared inside the entrance to cause such dramatic changes in heaven and earth!?
“Doesn’t this look like the tribulation lightning described in ancient books, which powerful beings must endure when ascending to immortality?”
“Tribulation lightning? How is that possible? According to records, the last immortal who ascended through tribulation was two thousand years ago!”
“I just said it looks like it, not that it definitely is…”
Everyone discussed animatedly.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, in the sky above, the dark clouds flashed with a huge purple lightning bolt, striking directly at the entrance on the ground!
A loud explosion frightened the surrounding martial artists, causing them to retreat hastily!
Inside the Spirit Void.
Even though the pain from his dantian had not lessened.
Fang Yu’s mood was extremely excited at this moment!
Because he could already feel changes in his body!
The feeling was subtle, but definitely there!
At the same time, looking inward, he could see that the light spot in his dantian had expanded almost to the size of a head.
The small golden dragon’s circling speed was also gradually slowing down.
All of this confirmed that Fang Yu was about to enter a new realm!
The ten thousandth layer of Qi Condensation!
It was right before him!
“Boom!”
But just as Fang Yu was feeling excited, a purple lightning bolt suddenly appeared in the clear sky above, striking directly at Fang Yu on the high platform!
