42: promotion

“What if I was B-rank? Would you be willing to submit?”

Hearing this, all the fierce beasts were stunned.

Even the Little White Fox turned her head to look at Lu Yu, blinking her eyes, somewhat confused about what Lu Yu meant.

“What do you mean?” the Firebird asked.

“I said, if I immediately reach B-rank, would you all be willing to submit to me?”

“Alright, if you break through to B-rank right now, in front of me, I will follow your lead for the rest of my life!”

“If I succeed in advancing, you submit to me. If I fail, I’ll let you go. Is it a deal?”

“It’s a deal!”

After getting the Firebird’s promise, Lu Yu smiled; that’s exactly what he wanted to hear.

He had noticed before that this Firebird’s strength surpassed all other fierce beasts, and its origin must be extraordinary. So, after careful recollection, he remembered a rumor from his previous life about a Firebird whose bloodline returned to its ancestral state, directly transforming into a Phoenix!

Presumably, the Firebird in front of Lu Yu was probably that Phoenix from his previous life.

It was precisely for this reason that Lu Yu was unwilling to let go of such a potentially powerful subordinate, spending time and effort to make the Firebird submit to him.

“Do the rest of you fierce beasts feel the same way?”

Lu Yu looked at the other seven fierce beasts and said indifferently. In Lu Yu’s eyes, these fierce beasts were just extras; it was best if they were willing to submit, but if not, then they could become his evolution points.

The seven fierce beasts looked at each other, all thinking that Lu Yu was just boasting. Achieving B-rank immediately was completely impossible!

So they all nodded.

Very good!

Lu Yu spread his wings and flew to the top of the cave, saying to the Firebird, “I hope that after I advance, not a single fierce beast here will escape.”

The Firebird understood Lu Yu’s meaning and immediately said, “Alright, I will wait here. I won’t let any fierce beast leave before you finish. However, if you fail, I hope you can keep your word and let me go.”

“Good.”

Lu Yu responded, then said to the Little White Fox, “Guard me.”

“Okay, big brother!”

Although the Little White Fox couldn’t quite understand why Lu Yu was so confident about advancing to B-rank, she believed in Lu Yu.

After giving instructions, Lu Yu didn’t hesitate. He directly opened his panel and spent 10,000 evolution points to choose to evolve.

Advancing from C-rank to B-rank required a full 10,000 evolution points, and at this moment, after absorbing half of the Spirit Pool’s spiritual liquid, Lu Yu coincidentally had 10,250 evolution points.

Boom—

The moment a full 10,000 evolution points were deducted, an incredibly powerful aura erupted from Lu Yu, spreading out and directly suppressing all the fierce beasts present, making them fall to the ground, prostrate and terrified.

At this moment, the Firebird’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief as she looked at Lu Yu.

How was this possible?

According to her bloodline inheritance, before the second great change in heaven and earth, the highest realm could only be D-rank.

Only after the second great change in heaven and earth did she successfully advance to C-rank.

Presumably, Lu Yu was the same.

Although Lu Yu’s strength was somewhat excessive, being able to overpower the combined efforts of ten fierce beasts of the same rank, the Firebird had never imagined that Lu Yu’s strength could actually reach B-rank.

One must know that the second Spiritual Qi Revival had just ended, and the shackles on C-rank strength in heaven and earth had just been lifted. At this time, to break through to B-rank, the meaning behind this was very clear to the Firebird.

This meant that, at least before the second Spiritual Qi Revival, Lu Yu’s strength was already at the peak of C-rank!

He had broken through the shackles of heaven and earth!

The Firebird’s gaze towards Lu Yu was filled with fervent admiration.

As a top-tier bloodline, she couldn’t break through the shackles of heaven and earth, but Lu Yu did. Didn’t this mean that Lu Yu’s bloodline far surpassed hers?

Thoughts whirled in the Firebird’s mind, but the Little White Fox didn’t think too much. In her heart, Lu Yu’s strength was a given, there was no need to be surprised. The Little White Fox merely looked on with adoring eyes.

Rumble!

At this moment, the celestial phenomena changed dramatically. Dark clouds immediately gathered, as if it were the end of the world.

Thunderclouds rose all around, converging above Lu Yu’s head, forming a tribulation cloud that stretched for a hundred miles!

Heavenly Tribulation descended!

This was the price of breaking through the shackles of heaven and earth!

Heaven and earth have rules; currently, the shackles of heaven and earth only allow the existence of C-rank, but Lu Yu was forcefully breaking through to B-rank. This completely exceeded the limits of what heaven and earth could accommodate; this was breaking the rules!

Those who break the rules will surely be punished!

Therefore, Lu Yu’s breakthrough attracted the Heavenly Tribulation.

Only by surviving the Heavenly Tribulation could Lu Yu successfully break through to B-rank. If he couldn’t, then he would be annihilated!

“What a pity.”

Just then, the Firebird, who had been full of fervent admiration, shook her head, sighed, and turned to leave.

“Stop! Where are you going? Didn’t you promise my big brother that you absolutely wouldn’t leave before he broke through? Are you going back on your word?”

The Little White Fox, who was already very worried about Lu Yu after seeing the Heavenly Tribulation descend, immediately spoke to stop the Firebird when she saw her about to leave.

“I’m not going back on my word, but there’s no need to stay now. Your big brother defied heaven and attracted the Heavenly Tribulation; he’s certainly going to die. If we stay, we might even get caught in the aftermath...”

“Impossible!”

Before the Firebird could finish speaking, the Little White Fox interrupted, looking at the Firebird and saying, “No matter what the Heavenly Tribulation is like, my big brother will surely overcome it safely. Since you promised my big brother, you are not allowed to leave!”

The Little White Fox’s eyes were unusually firm, implying that she would resort to force if there was any disagreement.

The Firebird was somewhat speechless at the Little White Fox’s inexplicable confidence, but with the Heavenly Tribulation above, she didn’t dare to use her spiritual power, otherwise attracting the Heavenly Tribulation’s attack would be the end.

Thus, the eight fierce beasts, including the Firebird, looked at the Little White Fox and could only reluctantly stay.

This was a case of the reckless fearing the suicidal.

Rumble rumble—

The tribulation clouds finished brewing, and it looked like they were about to descend.

At this moment, Lu Yu, who was suspended in the air with his eyes closed, was also a little puzzled.

This Heavenly Tribulation was completely unexpected.

In his previous life, his strength was low. Although he had heard that some powerful fierce beasts would encounter lightning tribulations when breaking through, he had never seen one, so it was truly a blind spot in his knowledge.

He completely didn’t understand why his simple breakthrough would attract a Heavenly Tribulation.

Could it be that his bloodline had evolved to a peak level, which was why it attracted the Heavenly Tribulation?

Lu Yu was puzzled, but since things had come to this, there was no other way.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yu gathered all his spiritual power, fully preparing to deal with the Heavenly Tribulation.

To be honest, Lu Yu had no confidence whatsoever in surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

Boom!

Just then, a finger-thick bolt of heavenly lightning struck down, heading straight for Lu Yu.

The Little White Fox’s heart tightened, her eyes filled with worry. At this moment, she didn’t even have the energy to watch whether the Firebird and the others were about to leave.

And the Firebird and the others also had no intention of leaving at this moment, completely awestruck by the Heavenly Tribulation.

Lu Yu was about to unleash his spiritual power when a notification sounded in his ear:

“Heavenly Tribulation detected, shield activated!”