Chapter 722

Chapter 722: The End

The lightning dragon saw Xu Fan easily suppress and seal one of their own.

The following battle became more cautious, but even so, not long after, Xu Fan sealed two more lightning dragons.

Xu Fan stood in front of the thousand-hand illusion, appearing calm and relaxed as he smiled at the lightning dragons, saying, "What other tricks do you have? Feel free to use them."

At that moment, three more Thunder Pearls appeared in the formation disk behind the head of the thousand-hand illusion.

Around the Thunder Pearls, faint shadows of lightning dragons circled.

Now there were only six lightning dragons left in the arena.

Their gazes towards Xu Fan grew more cautious.

"Each lightning dragon is equivalent to the fighting strength of a respected elder at the initial Great Ascension stage; I must say, you truly think highly of me."

"If I hadn’t advanced to the Overcoming Tribulations stage, dealing with you would have been quite tough," Xu Fan remarked with a smile.

Just then, the remaining six lightning dragons suddenly arranged their bodies into a strange formation.

Instantly, the thunderball from the maple leaf lightning dragon began to tremble, its power diminishing bit by bit.

Meanwhile, the power of the six lightning dragons in the formation slowly increased.

Xu Fan just wanted to intervene when he was blocked by a mysterious force.

"Is this some kind of battle scene CG?" Xu Fan said with a dark expression.

He felt targeted, or perhaps his strength was so overwhelming that he had to be countered.

As three Thunder Pearls on the formation disk shattered, Xu Fan suddenly realized that the fighting strength of each lightning dragon had risen to eighty percent of what he had displayed with Spirit Cut.

An unusual power surged within Xu Fan, rapidly enhancing his physical form.

"Though it’s a bit tricky, it’s not a big problem," Xu Fan said easily.

He then controlled the thousand-hand illusion to continue fighting.

In this way, only three lightning dragons remained, and they had risen to the level of Master Qianling.

"Does that last one need to increase its power to the level of the invincible respected elder?" Xu Fan said, looking at the lightning dragon that had grown to thousands of feet in height.

At this point, Xu Fan’s physical strength surged, and his power also increased somewhat.

Xu Fan looked at the time; he had been battling these lightning dragons for almost a day and a night.

"Let’s call it a day."

Xu Fan said as a Great Ascension stage Swordsman Puppet appeared beside him, wielding a celestial tool-level Spiritual Sword.

A sword light leaped between the three lightning dragons.

The heads of the three lightning dragons separated, but it didn’t seem to have any real effect.

The severed dragon heads returned to their original positions in the air.

"Is sealing and digesting their energy the only effective method?" Xu Fan thought for a moment and summoned a sword formation puppet.

The Great Five Elements sealing sword formation was directly invoked, with five artifact-level Spiritual Swords positioned horizontally above the sealing sword formation.

The three lightning dragons, equivalent to the fighting strength of Master Qianling, had no chance to resist as they were sealed and suppressed by the sword formation.

The sword formation within the sealing array whipped up a storm of blades, slowly eroding the strength of the lightning dragons.

Amid the fierce storm, the bodies of the three lightning dragons gradually weakened.

Just as Xu Fan thought it was all over, the Great Five Elements sealing sword formation suddenly expanded.

The two lightning dragons trapped within the formation exploded.

All their power concentrated into a single lightning dragon.

“Heaven truly favors me, to grant me such a challenge,” Xu Fan remarked, gazing at the colossal lightning dragon.

The lightning dragon within the Great Five Elements sealing sword formation roared with power, attempting to break free and engage Xu Fan in a life-or-death struggle.

But despite its efforts, the dragon couldn’t escape the formation.

In the end, it was worn down and forced to self-destruct.

A small gap appeared in the thick calamity clouds above Xu Fan’s head.

A beam of sunlight broke through, and from that point, the clouds began to dissipate until the sky was clear.

“It’s finally over,” Xu Fan said, feeling the renewed strength in his body.

He counted the nine bolts of thunder calamity that had struck him, matching the nine lightning dragons.

“If I hadn’t mastered artifact crafting, I wouldn’t have survived this tribulation.”

An aura unique to the Overcoming Tribulations stage radiated from Xu Fan.

“Two more tribulations remain; I wonder when they’ll come.”

After overcoming the Tribulation of the Physical Body, Xu Fan sensed a new power growing within him.

Like a seed, it would sprout when the time was right.

Xu Fan glanced around and saw that the area within a ten-thousand-mile radius had been reduced to ruins, a testament to the battle that had just taken place.

A teleportation formation appeared beneath his feet, glowing with spiritual light, and Xu Fan was swiftly transported back to Hidden Spirit Island.

“Master, when you were overcoming the tribulation, the calamity clouds stretched for a hundred thousand miles. It was truly terrifying,” Xu Gang said.

Seeing the concern in everyone’s eyes, Xu Fan felt a warmth in his heart.

“It was just a hundred thousand miles of calamity clouds. I handled it with ease,” Xu Fan replied with a smile.

“Master, when will your second tribulation come?” Xu Yuexian asked, her voice filled with worry.

“I’m not sure,” Xu Fan admitted, shaking his head.

Most cultivators at the Overcoming Tribulations stage have a vague sense of when the second tribulation, the Tribulation of Spiritual Energy, will occur, but Xu Fan felt no such premonition.

“Master is extraordinary. I’ve never seen anyone at the Overcoming Tribulations stage with calamity clouds covering such a vast area,” Wang Xiangchi said with a grin.

“Indeed, ordinary cultivators can’t compare to Master,” Xu Gang added.

“Alright, everyone, go back now. I need to enter seclusion to stabilize myself after this tribulation,” Xu Fan said, waving them off.

His disciples bowed and left, and Xu Fan retreated to the cultivation room for seclusion.

Three months later, Xu Fan emerged from the seclusion room.

“Has anything happened in the sect recently?” Xu Fan asked.

“The three major sects from the Small Sword Fairy City region visited: Qingjian Sect, Lijian Sect, and Fanjian Sect.

They traded many magical treasures using the spirit ore unique to Small Sword Fairy City.

The sect leaders wanted to buy a Dao tool, but they couldn’t offer anything of sufficient value, so they pooled their resources to purchase one.”

“What’s the cultivation level of these sect leaders?” Xu Fan asked, curious why acquiring a Dao tool was so difficult.

“All three are at the Core Formation stage, but Small Sword Fairy City is resource-poor, so they don’t have much to offer.”

“That’s why they only have one Dao tool now,” Putao explained.

“What a pity,” Xu Fan said, recalling the Que Tian Gate, which also seemed to lack Dao tools.

“We don’t know how long we’ll stay at Hidden Spirit Island for the tasks we’ve announced. It’s wise to offer some benefits to the locals to avoid trouble,” Xu Fan mused.

“Understood, Master.”

After giving his orders, Xu Fan headed to the underground space.

The underground space contained a small world, with various formations nurturing two bodies that resembled Xu Fan.

As Xu Fan entered, he smiled and said, “If you’re awake, let me know. Otherwise, I’d think this formation was useless.”