Chapter 167 Devouring the Lightning Tribulation?!

Ye Haocheng felt a slight stir in his heart.

Before, outside the warship, Chu Yunxiao had indeed sent him a voice transmission, asking him to hand over a jade pendant from the national treasury.

At the time, Ye Haocheng had not paid much attention, thinking it was just some ordinary treasure.

Now it seemed, things were not that simple.

"What is in the jade pendant?"

The sword in Ye Haocheng's hand did not move away; instead, he pushed it forward by half a fraction.

The tip of the sword pierced Chu Yunxiao's skin. Blood flowed down the bridge of his nose.

"Speak."

Only one word, yet it carried an unquestionable pressure.

"I'll speak! I'll speak!!"

Chu Yunxiao twitched all over from the pain; how could he dare to hide anything now?

"That jade pendant... is called the Coiling Dragon Blood Jade."

"It is not just a magical treasure; it is a key!"

Chu Yunxiao gasped for air, his eyes filled with panic.

"A key to open the 'Tianjue Ruins'!!"

"Tianjue Ruins?"

Ye Haocheng frowned slightly. He had never heard of this name.

Even after searching through the ancient books of the Asura Hall, there was no record of this ruin.

"It is... it is something left behind from the era before the ancient times..."

Chu Yunxiao, fearing that Ye Haocheng would not believe him, hurriedly explained.

"It is a ruin that truly belongs to the immortals!"

"Legend has it that the 'Tianjue Immortal' once used this world as a furnace to refine a supreme immortal pill."

"Later, the immortal ascended, and the cave dwelling he left behind is the Tianjue Ruins."

"As long as one can enter it and obtain that unreleased immortal pill, one can break the shackles of heaven and earth and become an immortal on the spot!!"

Speaking of this, a glimmer of greed actually appeared in Chu Yunxiao's eyes.

Even at this point, the desire for immortality was still deeply rooted in his soul.

"This secret is only recorded in the notes left by my Chu family ancestors."

"Back then, the Great Chu Dynasty's founding ancestor stole the jade pendant and fled to the Eastern Continent just to monopolize this opportunity!"

Chu Yunxiao looked up, gazing at Ye Haocheng pitifully.

"I've said everything I know..."

"This secret is worth a fortune; it should be enough to save my life, right?"

"As long as you let me go, I'm willing to help you find the entrance to the ruins, I'm willing to be your dog..."

Ye Haocheng listened quietly. The expression on his face remained unchanged.

He looked at the eyes of Chu Yunxiao, which were filled with anticipation and fear.

The corners of his mouth slowly curled into a mocking arc.

"Tianjue Ruins..."

"Opportunity for immortality..."

Ye Haocheng repeated softly.

Immediately, he sighed softly.

"It is indeed a good secret."

A flash of surprise burst into Chu Yunxiao's eyes.

"Then... then you agree to let me go?"

"As long as I don't die, I will definitely..."

Pfft—! A slight muffled sound interrupted what Chu Yunxiao was about to say.

The surprise on his face froze instantly. Replaced by deep confusion and disbelief.

He lowered his head. He saw that the crimson heaven-burning sword had completely buried itself into his brow.

Piercing through his entire skull.

The Red Lotus Karmic Fire on the sword erupted instantly, wrapping his soul within it and burning it frantically.

"Why... why..."

Chu Yunxiao used his last strength to squeeze out three words.

He did not understand. Could such a heaven-shaking secret not even buy back his own life?

Ye Haocheng slowly pulled out the long sword, bringing up a string of tragic blood.

He looked at Chu Yunxiao's corpse, which was gradually losing its vitality, his eyes as cold as ten-thousand-year ice.

"Because..."

Ye Haocheng took a white handkerchief from his embrace and gently wiped the bloodstains off the sword.

"Only the dead."

"Can best keep a secret."

Moreover. You shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have. You shouldn't have stained the blood of my Eastern Continent ancestors ten thousand years ago.

This debt of hatred. Can only be repaid with blood.

Thud! Chu Yunxiao's corpse fell powerlessly to the ground. Eyes wide open. Dying with unresolved grievances.

Thus. The four Martial God Realm powerhouses who invaded the Eastern Continent were completely wiped out.

This heaven-shaking battle, worthy of being recorded in history, finally came to an end.

Ye Haocheng waved his hand casually. A ball of chaotic fire flew out, burning Chu Yunxiao's corpse to ashes.

After doing all this. He did not immediately leave this lightning tribulation space.

Instead, he slowly raised his head, looking at the black thunderclouds that were still rolling endlessly above his head.

Although the battle just now was intense. But for this long Martial Saint Realm tribulation, it was just a small interlude.

The real test. Is just beginning now.

"The people who were in the way are all dead."

Ye Haocheng took a deep breath. Spread his arms. As if embracing this world full of destructive aura.

"Come."

"Let me see, you so-called chaotic lightning tribulation..."

"Can you actually stop me!!"

Rumble—!!! As if angered by Ye Haocheng's arrogance.

The huge black lightning ball suspended above the firmament suddenly contracted violently.

Immediately after. A terrifying pressure, ten times, a hundred times more violent than before, descended with a boom!

Countless black lightning bolts as thick as water buckets fell like a torrential rain.

Instantly drowning Ye Haocheng's tiny figure completely.

...

Outside. The crowd who had been waiting anxiously suddenly felt a violent tremor in the ground.

Immediately after. The huge black lightning ball suspended in mid-air actually began to spin crazily.

Waves of suffocating fluctuations continued to spread outward.

"Hall Master..."

Leng Yi gripped the edge of the city wall tightly, his knuckles turning white.

He did not know what had happened inside. But he could feel that the aura of Chu Yunxiao and the others had completely disappeared.

What does this mean? It means that man, who is like a myth. Really did it!

With his own strength, he killed four Martial Gods!

"Won..."

Lying on the stretcher, with only one breath left, Chen Pufan, at this moment, miraculously opened his eyes.

In those murky old eyes, a brilliance never seen before burst forth.

...

At the center of the lightning tribulation. There was no concept of space here.

Above and below, on all sides, was violent and raging black lightning plasma.

That was a power of destruction that was pure to the extreme.

"Crackle—!" A crisp sound, which seemed insignificant amidst the roaring thunder.

The black robe on Ye Haocheng's body could finally no longer withstand the continuous scouring of this chaotic lightning.

Instantly turning into dust that filled the sky.

Immediately after, even that dust was directly vaporized by the high temperature of the lightning, disappearing without a trace.

He floated in this black purgatory, his body naked.

His skin was like white jade, glowing with a faint, crystalline luster.

Every muscle was clearly defined, containing explosive power.

But beneath that beautiful appearance, he was enduring pain unimaginable to ordinary people.

That was a severe pain that being cut into a thousand pieces would not be enough to describe.

Black lightning snakes drilled into his pores. Rushing wildly along his meridians.

Tearing his flesh, shattering his bones, and then being forcibly repaired by the domineering chaotic origin within his body.

Shattering. Reforming. Shattering again. Reforming again.

This was a cycle enough to make any iron will collapse.

"Hoo..."

Ye Haocheng exhaled a breath of turbid air. The moment the breath left his mouth, it was shattered by the surrounding lightning.

He did not twist his face because of the severe pain. On the contrary, his eyes were terrifyingly bright.

"Is this the only level?"

Ye Haocheng looked down at his bleeding chest, the corners of his mouth curling into a wild and arrogant smile.

He slowly raised his right hand. In his palm, the heaven-burning sword let out an excited hum.

The Red Lotus Karmic Fire on the sword body seemed to be angered by the surrounding destructive aura, burning even more fiercely.

"Since you want to destroy me."

"Then let's see, who actually destroys whom!!"

Boom! Ye Haocheng no longer defended passively. He moved.

His naked body pulled out a golden afterimage in the sea of lightning.

The heaven-burning sword in his hand slashed fiercely at a huge black lightning pillar falling towards him.

"Give me... break!!"

A violent shout. The sword qi was like a dragon, carrying monstrous flames, and it actually forcibly split that lightning pillar in half!!

...

Outside. Time passed in torment.

For the crowd outside the Asura Hall, every breath felt as long as a year.

The sky was still pitch black. The huge black lightning ball suspended in mid-air was still constantly expanding and contracting.

Every beat was like a huge heart pulsing. Making the earth tremble in fear.

"It has already been an hour..."

Leng Yi tightly gripped the broken sword in his hand, his fingernails digging deeply into the flesh of his palm.

Blood flowed down between his fingers, but he was completely unaware.

His eyes stared fixedly at the darkness, not daring to blink even though his eyeballs were filled with bloodshot veins.

"Hall Master... you must hold on..."

Leng Yi prayed silently in his heart.

That was their only hope. And the last backbone of the Eastern Continent.

If Ye Haocheng failed, then this glimmer of dawn he had just seen would instantly turn into eternal night.

Beside him, Chen Pufan on the stretcher moved his fingers with difficulty.

"Cough cough..."

Chen Pufan coughed up a mouthful of black blood, his breath weak to the extreme.

But he still forced himself to speak, his voice as hoarse as a broken bellows.

"Leng Yi..."

Leng Yi hurriedly squatted down and put his ear to Chen Pufan's mouth.

Although he was the iron-blooded commander of the Asura Guards, facing this old man who had almost drained his last drop of blood for the Eastern Continent, his eyes were full of respect.

"Elder Chen, I'm here."

"Don't speak anymore, save some strength..."

Chen Pufan shook his head.

In those murky old eyes, a light called "faith" flickered.

"Rest assured..."

"In this world... no one can take the Hall Master's life yet..."

After saying these two sentences, Chen Pufan seemed to have exhausted all his strength and passed out again.

But his withered hand was still tightly gripping the edge of the stretcher. Knuckles turning white.

He was waiting. Even if it meant death, he had to wait for that result.

...

Inside the lightning tribulation. The battle had already reached a white-hot stage.

Or rather, this was a solo dance by Ye Haocheng.

After experiencing the initial passive beating and pain, Ye Haocheng's body seemed to start adapting to this high-intensity destruction.

His Chaos Body was inherently the most domineering physique in heaven and earth. It gets stronger when facing the strong.

"Great! Come again!!"

Ye Haocheng laughed loudly. He was covered in blood, but his fighting spirit soared to the heavens.

At this moment, he was no longer satisfied with just using his sword to hack at the lightning.

He actually spread his arms and actively collided with the most dense lightning areas!!

Crackle, crackle—countless lightning bolts bombarded his body, leaving behind charred scars.

But the next second, a chaotic light would shine at those scars, quickly scabbing and falling off, revealing even tougher newborn skin.

He was using the lightning to temper his body! Using this world's most terrifying Chaos Annihilation Lightning to temper his physical body!!

"Almost there."

Ye Haocheng felt the power in his body that was so full it was about to explode, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

After the baptism of these countless lightning bolts. His foundation, which had just broken through to the Martial Saint Realm, had been consolidated like an eternal rock.

His physical strength had reached an unbelievable level.

Now, even without using spiritual energy, just with a punch, he was enough to blow up an ordinary high-level Martial Saint!!

"Since the body tempering is over. Then next... it's time to collect interest."

Ye Haocheng suddenly stopped his movements. He hovered in the center of the lightning sea and slowly put away the heaven-burning sword.

Then. He made an extremely crazy move.

He saw him seal with his hands, and the chaos seed at his dantian began to rotate crazily.

A terrifying devouring power erupted from within his body.

"Devouring Heaven Technique!! Give me... devour!!"

Following Ye Haocheng's roar. The aura of his whole person changed instantly.

At this moment, he seemed to have turned into a bottomless black hole.

The surrounding black lightning, which was originally extremely violent and wanted to tear him to pieces, suddenly seemed to be subjected to some irresistible attraction.

It actually began to uncontrollably surge into Ye Haocheng's body!!

Not bombardment. But being devoured!!

Hum—!! The entire lightning tribulation space was trembling.

Those destructive lightning bolts containing the will of heaven, the moment they touched Ye Haocheng's body, were forcibly crushed and decomposed by that domineering chaotic power.

Finally, they turned into the purest source energy and were injected into Ye Haocheng's meridians.

That was the source of the lightning tribulation!! It was the purest and most violent energy in heaven and earth!!

Ordinary people would avoid it, and touch it and die. But Ye Haocheng was actually eating it like a meal!!

"Boom!!"

Following the first strand of source energy entering his body. The aura in Ye Haocheng's body instantly skyrocketed!!

Martial Saint Realm First Layer Peak!!

Without any obstacles. That barrier was like a layer of window paper, instantly poked through.

Boom!! Martial Saint Realm Second Layer!!

Energy was still pouring in continuously. Ye Haocheng felt his meridians were like being poured with red-hot molten iron, scorching hot and swollen with pain.

But he gritted his teeth and held on tightly to the clarity of his spirit.

"Not enough!! Still not enough!! Come again!!"

Ye Haocheng grabbed outwards with both hands fiercely. That devouring power instantly skyrocketed ten times!!

The lightning that was originally wandering in the distance was also forcibly pulled over, gathering into a huge black lightning dragon, and crashed into Ye Haocheng's embrace.

Rumble!! Ye Haocheng's body trembled violently.

Fine blood marks cracked on the surface of his skin; that was a sign that the energy was too vast and his body was somewhat unable to bear it.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Martial Saint Realm Third Layer!! Martial Saint Realm Fourth Layer!!

This speed of improvement, if people outside knew, would probably be scared to death.

You know, at the Martial Saint Realm. Every small breakthrough requires decades or even hundreds of years of hard cultivation.

Requires massive amounts of resources to pile up.

But now. Ye Haocheng only used less than half an incense stick of time, and he finished the path that others take hundreds of years to walk!!

This is the gift of the chaotic lightning tribulation. The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

He was dancing on the tip of a knife, snatching opportunities from the hands of the god of death!!

Crack!! A crisp cracking sound seemed to come from within his body.

That was the sound of some shackle being broken.

Martial Saint Realm Fifth Layer!!

Ye Haocheng's long hair danced wildly, looking like a god or a demon.

He felt as if he had turned into a huge furnace. Smelting all this sky-filling lightning into his own nourishment.

"There is only a little bit left..."

Ye Haocheng looked up, looking directly above his head.

There, there was a fist-sized black bead.

That was the core of this entire lightning tribulation. And also the last remnant of the will of heaven—the Eye of the Lightning Tribulation!!

"If I devour you... I can be stronger."

Ye Haocheng licked his somewhat chapped lips, a trace of greed appearing in his eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation. He kicked the void fiercely with his legs.

His whole person was like an arrow off the string, rushing straight towards that Eye of the Lightning Tribulation!!

"Roar—!!"

That Eye of the Lightning Tribulation seemed to have intelligence, sensing Ye Haocheng's intention, and actually let out a roar similar to a beast.

It wanted to escape!! It was scared!!

Since ancient times, no one has ever dared to have designs on the Eye of the Lightning Tribulation!!

This human is simply a madman!!