276: Dragon-shaped phantom

Feng Ming, however, remained calm and comforted her, “Don’t worry, I have plenty of Medicinal Pills with me. Even if our spiritual energy is depleted, they’re enough to sustain us until we get out of Wangyue Spring!”

“But…” Hua Dieer still wanted to say something, but Feng Ming suddenly grabbed her wrist, abruptly cutting her off.

Hua Dieer was startled and subconsciously asked, “What’s wrong?”

Feng Ming’s brows were tightly furrowed, his gaze vigilantly sweeping around. He said in a deep voice, “Just for a moment, I felt a faint power fluctuation! But it quickly disappeared. Someone must be secretly spying on us! Be careful, there might be trouble around here!”

Upon hearing this, Hua Dieer quickly looked around as well, but all she saw was the dark abyss beneath their feet and the huge bright moon above their heads. There was nothing else.

She was about to say, “Did you feel it wrong?” when she saw Feng Ming suddenly raise his finger, pointing at the distant sky, and exclaimed with a solemn tone, “What’s that?”

Hua Dieer quickly followed his gaze, and at what she saw, she gasped in surprise.

In the distant sky, a vast expanse of dark clouds had appeared at some unknown time, rapidly converging towards them.

Amidst the rolling clouds, a faint Dragon-shaped phantom churned and moved, exuding a heart-palpitating Aura.

Hua Dieer’s heart tightened, and she quickly turned her head to look in other directions. What she saw made her face turn pale with fright, and she exclaimed, “There’s more over there! Not just one place!”

Feng Ming also looked over. Indeed, similar dark clouds had appeared in all directions around them, and within each cloud, a Dragon-shaped phantom was churning. The oppressive Aura grew stronger and stronger, making it almost impossible for the two of them to breathe.

Hua Dieer’s expression grew increasingly solemn. She stretched out her finger, trembling as she began to count the Dragon phantoms in the dark clouds: “One! Two! Three!...”

“What are you counting?” Feng Ming couldn’t help but ask when he saw her.

Hua Dieer quickly made a silencing gesture towards him, signaling him not to speak, and continued counting until she reached “Nine,” when she abruptly stopped.

She looked at Feng Ming with a pale face, her voice filled with unconcealed shock and fear: “This is the Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation! It’s a heaven grade Formation! I once saw its blueprint at an Auction House!”

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and said anxiously, “The three people who came in before us must be around us!”

“This Formation was definitely set up by them! This Formation is extremely destructive; we can’t possibly withstand it. What should we do?”

Upon hearing this, Feng Ming showed no fear at all. Instead, his eyes lit up, and a excited smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Isn’t this great? If they’re willing to make a move, it proves we haven’t taken the wrong path! They must have realized we’re getting closer to the Opportunity, which is why they’re so eager to ambush us!”

“Are you crazy?” Hua Dieer was both anxious and angry, and couldn’t help but growl, “What good is it to prove we haven’t taken the wrong path?”

“The power of this Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation is comparable to the Three-Nine Heavenly Lightning Tribulation. Let alone us, even a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert would die on the spot if they came. We can’t withstand it at all!”

Feng Ming, however, seemed not to hear her words. He grew more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light: “Is it really that powerful? That’s truly wonderful.”

Seeing Feng Ming not only unafraid but also excited, Hua Dieer was completely bewildered.

She couldn’t help but reach out and touch Feng Ming’s forehead, muttering to herself, “You don’t have a fever, do you? At a time like this, why are you getting more excited the more you hear?”

“How can I not be excited?” Feng Ming slapped Hua Dieer’s hand away, his voice full of excitement, “I’ve been looking for this lightning for a long time!”

He looked at the approaching dark clouds, his eyes full of anticipation: “Although the lightning from this Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation is far inferior in quality to true divine thunder, something is better than nothing. Don’t worry about this; I’ll handle the Formation!”

Feng Ming’s eyes gleamed with a fervent light, as if he wished the Lightning Tribulation would strike immediately.

Hua Dieer was utterly helpless. She had explained it so clearly, but Feng Ming seemed to have completely misunderstood.

She really couldn’t understand why everyone feared the Lightning Tribulation, yet Feng Ming was looking forward to its arrival. After all, under the Lightning Tribulation, if they couldn’t withstand it, what awaited them was the end of their lives and Dao.

She looked at Feng Ming’s excited expression and couldn’t help but grumble inwardly: Has this guy’s head been kicked by a donkey?

Feng Ming naturally didn’t know Hua Dieer’s internal grumbling, nor did he have the extra thought to explain. After all, the matter of him possessing a Heaven-Defying secret art like the Lightning Fusion Art couldn’t be casually told to others.

He also hadn’t expected that the first Opportunity he would gain in this Wangyue Spring would be this Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation.

During their conversation, the thunderclouds in the sky had converged more and more densely, and the terrifying Aura grew increasingly strong.

At this moment, outside the Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation, in a canyon beneath the abyss, several hidden figures finally revealed themselves.

A Black-Robed Subordinate bowed to a young man beside him, whose neck was adorned with a necklace of beast teeth. He reported with a hint of triumph in his voice: “Boss, the Formation has been activated! That kid definitely won’t escape!”

He paused, then added with a touch of regret: “However, the power of this Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation is truly immense. That female cultivator might also be hard-pressed to escape death. It’s a pity for such a beautiful face!”

The young man in beast hide scoffed upon hearing this, his tone contemptuous: “Just a mere female cultivator, it’s no big deal if she dies! Once I get the Opportunity in Wangyue Spring, what kind of female cultivator can’t I find?”

He waved his hand impatiently, urging, “Hurry up and act! After we deal with them, we still need to continue on our way to snatch that final Opportunity!”

“Yes!” The Black-Robed Subordinate quickly nodded in agreement, not daring to delay in the slightest.

He looked up at the sky and saw that the thunderclouds in the Formation had completely gathered. Nine phantom Thunder Dragons churned and roared in the clouds, their Aura terrifying.

He immediately waved his palm and silently recited a spell. In an instant, three Thunder Dragons in the thunderclouds suddenly extended their massive heads, their ferocious Dragon eyes locking onto Feng Ming and Hua Dieer in the Formation. A destructive Aura instantly permeated the air.

“Feng Ming, be careful!” Hua Dieer’s face changed drastically when she saw this, and she cried out in warning, “They’ve made their move! This is the Three Dragon Lightning Tribulation, the first attack of the Nine Dragon Lightning Tribulation Formation. It looks like they want to test your strength first!”

Feng Ming immediately became interested upon hearing this, and asked curiously, “How can you tell? Could it be that this Formation has other Lightning Tribulation attacks?”