110: Chapter 110 Thunderous Refinement (Part 2)

Lin Xuan split off a wisp of his Divine Sense to perceive the distance.

That Golden Core Cultivator from the Xuanyin Sect, who had brought his subordinates back again, wanting to continue creating chaos and harassing Qi Tianyuan, was locked onto by the Formation.

The ghastly green Demonic light shrouding his body had dimmed like a candle in the wind, and the bone banner in his hand was tattered, with three large holes burned into its surface.

The golden chains and thunder condensed by the Mountain Protection Formation were like maggots on rotting bone, biting onto him relentlessly.

What was even more terrifying was that three bolts of "Three Yang Demon-Slaying Thunder"—a terrifying thunder interwoven with red, gold, and cyan colors that specifically countered Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques—derived from the Origin power of the Formation, had already locked onto him!

"No—!!"

The Demonic Cultivator let out a shrill roar and violently threw the tattered bone banner behind him!

The bone banner grew in the wind, transforming into a ghastly white giant banner three zhang high. Countless twisted ghostly faces appeared on its surface, emitting shrill shrieks as they attempted to block the Three Yang Demon-Slaying Thunder.

"Boom!!!"

The first bolt of Three Yang Demon-Slaying Thunder descended!

The red thunder fire instantly ignited the giant banner, the golden thunder light pierced through its surface, and the cyan thunder wind blew the burning fragments into the sky!

The bone banner, a Demonic Path object that was at least at the level of a Magic Treasure, was destroyed in a single strike just like that!

The Demonic Cultivator spat out a large mouthful of black blood, his aura instantly wilting by more than half. He dared not stay any longer, not even daring to utter a harsh word, and directly burned his essence blood, transforming into a streak of blood light as he fled desperately into the distance.

His speed was astonishingly fast; with a few flickers, he disappeared into the horizon.

But those Foundation Establishment subordinates he brought were not so lucky.

Under the joint encirclement of the Sect's three Protector Golden Core Cultivators and the Mountain Protection Formation, the seven or eight Foundation Establishment Demonic Cultivators were either killed, injured, or fled.

In the end, only two or three slippery fish managed to escape, diving into the vast mountains on the outskirts of the Tianzhu Mountain Range without looking back; they wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble for a short time.

Inside the Sect, morale reached its peak.

Cheers rang out from every peak, converging into a torrent that echoed among the mountains.

Even those usually serious and rigid deacons and Elders now had rare smiles on their faces.

A traitor had been rooted out, external harassment had been crushed, and Qi Tianyuan's Undergoing Tribulation was proceeding smoothly...

Everything seemed to be developing in a positive direction.

But Lin Xuan gradually withdrew his smile.

He sat cross-legged again and closed his eyes.

It was not that he wasn't excited or shocked.

It was just that the gains from watching the Tribulation just now were too great, and he needed to digest them immediately.

The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Art slowly circulated within his body, and the purple thunder seed in his Dantian trembled slightly, with fine patterns appearing on its surface that were completely different from before—this was a change that occurred spontaneously when he perceived the thunder application method within Qi Tianyuan's Sword Intent just now.

Lin Xuan tried to imitate, understand, and absorb it.

Although with his current cultivation, he couldn't even display one ten-thousandth of Qi Tianyuan's methods, that understanding of the essence of thunder, that way of thinking about transforming destruction into vitality, that ability to handle great weight as if it were light...

It was like a child who had just learned to walk getting a glimpse of the movement technique displayed by a peerless expert.

Although he couldn't learn it, at least he knew that "it could be done this way," knew the direction, and saw a broader world.

His Divine Sense spread quietly, attempting to capture and analyze the wisps of the purest Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi thunder intent dispersing from the edge of the tribulation clouds in the distant sky.

It was very weak, very thin, and filled with destructiveness.

But the level was extremely high.

That was the Origin aura of the Heavenly Tribulation thunder, the "True Intent" that ordinary thunder technique Cultivators might not be able to come into contact with even after a hundred years of Cultivation.

Lin Xuan cautiously guided a wisp of thunder intent into his body, carefully wrapping and refining it with the Spiritual Qi of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Art.

"Crackle..."

Tiny electric sparks exploded in his Meridians, bringing a pricking pain like needle stabs.

But after the pricking pain came an indescribable coolness and clarity.

The moment that wisp of thunder intent was refined, Lin Xuan clearly felt that his understanding of the next level of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Art had vaguely deepened by a sliver.

Although it was only a sliver, it was a qualitative change.

He opened his eyes, purple electricity flashed in his pupils and disappeared, then immediately retracted.

With a slight movement of his mind, he entered the Spirit-Taming Tower Space.

As soon as he entered, Lin Xuan was stunned.

The Thunder Spiritual Energy in the space was frighteningly active at this moment!

It was no longer the gentle, nourishing flow of usual times, but like boiling water, crazily rolling, colliding, and seething!

Under the gray sky, countless tiny electric sparks were generated, annihilated, and regenerated out of thin air, illuminating the entire space with a flickering light.

And in the center of the spirit field, that thunder-attracting vine was swaying crazily without any wind!

Every leaf on the vine was desperately stretching, and every thunder pattern was glowing, crazily devouring the restless Thunder Spiritual Energy in the space like a whale swallowing water.

Visible to the naked eye, the vine body was slowly but firmly growing and thickening, and new tender buds emerged from the main vine, growing to half a foot long in the blink of an eye.

The thunder essence fruit tree was not idle either.

On the surface of the ovary, which was the size of a quail egg, those natural thunder patterns were now as bright as soldering irons, inhaling the pure Thunder Spiritual Energy around them continuously as they flickered on and off.

The ovary expanded by another circle at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Lin Xuan stood by the spirit field, feeling the violent yet vibrant Thunder Spiritual Energy in the space, and understood in his heart.

The external Heavenly Tribulation had stirred up the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi thunder within a hundred miles.

Although the Spirit-Taming Tower Space was a world of its own, it still had some mysterious connection with the outside world after all.

When the Heavenly Tribulation thunder Qi became dense to a certain extent, the Thunder Spiritual Energy environment of the space spontaneously resonated and surged.

For ordinary spiritual plants, this environment was a disaster.

But for thunder-attribute spiritual plants like the thunder-attracting vine and the thunder essence fruit tree, this was a once-in-a-thousand-years Opportunity for a great tonic!

"Misfortune and fortune are interdependent; it is indeed so..."

Lin Xuan muttered to himself and exited the space.

Returning to the Quiet Room, he looked out the window again.

In the center of the tribulation clouds, the fourth bolt of Heavenly Tribulation thunder was brewing.

This time, the thunder light carried a water-blue color, agile and long-lasting, yet contained a terrifying penetrating power.

Qi Tianyuan finally stopped relying solely on his Physical Body and sword technique to resist hard.

He raised his hand, and a small, ancient bronze shield flew out from his sleeve, growing in the wind to a size of three zhang, blocking above his head.

Patterns of mountains and rivers were carved on the surface of the shield, and it was currently emitting a heavy yellow light.

At the same time, a complex phantom of a Formation appeared under his feet. As the Formation patterns flowed, it continuously absorbed the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to replenish his own consumption.

The real test was about to begin.

The first three bolts of Heavenly Tribulation thunder were appetizers; starting from the fourth, the power of each bolt would increase exponentially and carry different attribute characteristics, requiring the one Undergoing Tribulation to use various means to cope.

Lin Xuan withdrew his focus.

He knew that with his current cultivation and Divine Sense strength, he had already gained huge benefits from watching the Tribulation up to this point.

Continuing to deeply comprehend the higher-level Heavenly Thunder True Intent would likely damage his Divine Soul Foundation.

Greed leads to indigestion.

He left a portion of his Divine Sense to sense the changes in the outside world and turned to focus all his efforts on consolidating the insights he had just gained.

The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Art circulated, and the Thunder Spiritual Energy flowed ceaselessly in his Meridians.

In his Dantian, after absorbing that wisp of Heavenly Tribulation thunder intent, the purple thunder seed's light became more restrained and solid, and a hint of indescribable "spirituality" vaguely appeared at its core.

That was not sentience.

But... a characteristic closer to the Origin of thunder.

Lin Xuan was immersed in this wonderful realization, forgetting time and the outside world.

Until—

"Rumble!!!!"

The fourth bolt of Heavenly Tribulation thunder crashed down!

The water-blue thunder pillar was like a celestial river pouring backward, carrying a continuous, pervasive penetrating power, and smashed fiercely onto that giant bronze shield!

The yellow light on the shield's surface flashed wildly, the patterns of mountains and rivers seemed to come alive, flickering uncertainly in the thunder light.

Qi Tianyuan stood in the Formation, forming seals with both hands, fully driving the Magic Treasure and the Formation.

The real Golden Core Tribulation had only just begun.

And Lin Xuan's path of cultivation had also quietly widened by a fraction because of watching the Tribulation today.