323: Mahayana Level 1

"Shut your mouth!"

Feng Ming interrupted him directly, saying irritably, "Are you a drama queen? Why are you so good at adding scenes for yourself?"

"This damn Lightning Tribulation is mine. Yours ended a long time ago. Why haven't you gotten lost yet? Are you staying here to wait for death?"

Zhang Bai was stunned for a moment, then it suddenly dawned on him. "Holy shit, you're saying this is your Lightning Tribulation? You should've said so earlier. Farewell!"

Having said that, he turned to leave, but then he thought about how countless people were watching. Leaving just like that would be too disloyal, so he forced himself to stop.

Feng Ming sneered at the sight. "Look at what time it is, and you're still pretending to be loyal? If you really mean it, swear a Blood Oath that you'll never marry Lu Qianqian in this life, then I'll believe you!"

Zhang Bai was speechless. "No, you're really something. At a life-and-death moment like this, you're still afraid I'll cuckold you?"

Feng Ming laughed. "Don't you know the saying about guarding against fire, theft, and best friends? On the surface, you call me brother, but who knows if you'll put a green hat on me the moment I'm gone? I can die, but I absolutely won't wear that hat! Now get lost!"

With a wave of his hand, a wave of Qi surged out, directly blasting Zhang Bai down to the ground.

Zhang Bai wanted to say something more, but there was no time. In mid-air, the sixth divine thunder had already formed. Six thick bolts of divine thunder, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, struck straight down at Feng Ming!

Feng Ming wasted no more words. He instantly mobilized the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder within his body, causing it to gush out from his Acupoints and transform into a purple thunder Dragon, rising to meet the sixth divine thunder!

As soon as the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder left his body, Feng Ming's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and then he saw a scene that shocked him:

The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and the White Lightning, which had coexisted peacefully inside his body, became incompatible the moment they left it. They repelled and collided with each other, and Feng Ming was completely unable to suppress these two violent forces.

The White Lightning was inside the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and couldn't be easily stripped away, but the two seemed to have no patience. Within less than three breaths after Feng Ming released the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, they collided violently and then exploded!

Almost at the same instant as the explosion, the sixth divine thunder arrived, and Feng Ming was immediately sucked into the vortex of explosive energy!

In an instant, the sky changed color, the earth trembled, and a terrifying wave of lightning energy swept out in all directions from the center of the explosion.

Feng Ming, in mid-air, was like a small boat in a stormy sea, instantly swallowed by the violent energy and disappearing from everyone's sight!

Even more shocking was that as the energy exploded, a gap was blasted into the sky. Beyond the gap, a dazzling sun hung in the heavens, radiating brilliant light!

Those who had been watching the scene cried out in alarm.

"Holy shit, what's going on? Has the Formation of the Trial Grounds been blasted through?"

"Damn, this is too fierce. Feng Ming is simply the most badass person I've ever seen. But can he still be alive after this?"

As soon as the person finished speaking, someone quickly replied, "I checked, he's still alive! His Divine Soul mark is still there!"

"Look over there! There's golden light surrounding it, what's happening?"

"Wait, look at the rankings. The positions on the power ranking have changed."

Everyone turned to look at the power ranking, only to see that the top two spots had been refreshed:

First Place: Zhang Bai, Mahayana Stage First Layer!

Second Place: Feng Ming, Mahayana Stage First Layer!

...Watching this, everyone was speechless. Feng Ming truly lived up to being the number one badass; he actually managed to withstand such a Lightning Tribulation.

The key was that he didn't just withstand his own Lightning Tribulation, he also bore it for Zhang Bai.

In other words, he underwent the Lightning Tribulation of two people by himself, and more importantly, he succeeded.

High in the sky.

When Feng Ming woke up again, Hua Dieer's anxious voice kept echoing in his mind.

"Are you dead? If not, make a sound!"

"Hey! I'm asking you! Hurry up and speak!"

At this moment, his whole body was in unbearable pain, and exhaustion washed over him like a tide. He didn't even have the strength to open his eyes, so he could only barely take out a communication stone from his storage ring and reply, "Don't worry, I won't die. Do you want tickets?"

Upon receiving Feng Ming's reply, Hua Dieer finally breathed a sigh of relief, then asked in confusion, "What tickets?"

"heaven ranking tickets! Don't you want to enter the top ten? I still have a lot here."

Feng Ming said.

Hua Dieer shook her head without hesitation. "Not interested. Instead of that, you should fulfill your promise!"

"Promise? What promise?"

Feng Ming asked back, feigning confusion.

Hua Dieer suddenly became anxious. "You... you bastard, you're playing dumb with me, aren't you!"

"What? Am I?"

"You! Bastard, I'm ignoring you!"

Seeing this, Feng Ming laughed quickly. "Alright, alright, I remember. When there's a chance, I'll definitely come to your door in person to propose marriage!"

"Humph, I'm leaving. I don't want to talk to you!"

After Hua Dieer finished speaking, she really didn't reply again.

Feng Ming then slowly opened his eyes, and the sight before him shocked him: countless Cultivators were flying toward the sky, which was now filled with dense Teleportation Formations. A huge gap in the middle of the Formation was clearly visible, caused by the previous explosion.

"Second Brother!"

"Husband!"

...A series of familiar voices came from around him. Feng Ming turned to look and saw that Feng Mian, Jiang Shuwan, and others had already arrived. Even Lu Qianqian, who hadn't shown her face from beginning to end, appeared in the crowd.

"Brother-in-law! Are you okay?"

Lu Qianqian stepped forward quickly, her eyes full of worry.

"You brat, you only came now for the sake of the heaven ranking tickets!"

Feng Ming said irritably.

Lu Qianqian scratched her head helplessly. "It's all that Zhang Bai's fault. If he hadn't interfered, my heaven ranking tickets would definitely have been enough. Now, I couldn't make it into the top ten."

Feng Ming laughed. "The Trial isn't over yet. With your brother-in-law here, are you still afraid you won't make the top ten?"

Lu Qianqian was stunned, then shook her head. "That would be using your heaven ranking tickets, not my own true strength. I don't want them!"

Zhao Peng, standing nearby, chimed in, "Hey! You're quite stubborn, girl. Don't you know that connections are also a type of strength?"

Feng Ming agreed, "Did you hear that? Connections are also strength! Take them!"

With that, he took out three hundred heaven ranking tickets and threw them directly to Lu Qianqian.

Among those present, only she was the most obsessed with the top ten of the Heaven Ranking. Zhao Peng, Qin Hu, and Guan Rong were all his followers, while Feng Mian and Jiang Shuwan were his close kin; they would naturally find good prospects by following him in the future.

But Lu Qianqian came from the Lu Family and had longed to enter officialdom since childhood. Feng Ming naturally didn't want her to give up her lifelong plans because of him.

Seeing Feng Ming's firm attitude, Lu Qianqian stopped being pretentious and immediately took the heaven ranking tickets.

"Then, thank you."

Almost the instant she accepted the tickets, the Heaven Ranking was refreshed in real-time. Her rank shot directly into the top ten, displacing the original tenth place.

As for that unlucky fellow, Feng Ming didn't bother to care. Life was just like that; if their positions were reversed, the one eliminated might have been himself.

Ultimately, one could only blame their own lack of strength. This world was just that cruel.