456: Sky-Breaking Sword Formation

"Heavenly Tribulation?"

As Zhang Lingxiao uttered these words, everyone immediately grew tense.

Heavenly Tribulation was a niche concept in this world.

Most people had only heard of it but never witnessed it.

After all, no one would defy the Law without reason like Zhang Lingxiao.

According to Zhang Lingxiao, enduring the Heavenly Tribulation felt like being hung up and whipped by the heavens; no matter what methods were used, there was no escaping it.

Hearing that Lin Xuan was about to face a Heavenly Tribulation, everyone's eyes widened, filled with both tension and anticipation.

They all wanted to see what kind of existence the Heavenly Tribulation, which routinely punished Zhang Lingxiao, truly was.

The only one truly worried about Lin Xuan was probably his daughter.

In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Lin Xiaoer had already stood up, frowning as she glared at Qin Yang, chiding, "You really are something! Why didn't you say earlier that there was a Heavenly Tribulation coming?"

Qin Yang shrugged, motioned for the Holy Consort to sit down, and said, "It's no big deal. With I here, are you still afraid of the Heavenly Tribulation?"

With that, he looked up at the sky, "I still want to see if grandson can withstand the Heavenly Tribulation."

Qin Yang wasn't being unfilial; it was just that he had too many ways to deal with the Heavenly Tribulation.

Lin Xiaoer might have forgotten that Lin Xuan was still within the Supreme Imperial City.

As long as the defensive barrier was activated, could the Lightning Tribulation enter the Qin Family's gates?

Even if the Lightning Tribulation could penetrate the barrier,

weren't there still plenty of Imperial Guards?

Their Physique was far stronger than Lin Xuan's, even stronger than I, the Divine Emperor.

Of course, Qin Yang still hoped Lin Xuan could withstand the Heavenly Tribulation alone.

After all, this was a test of the Law for him, and a part of the Mortal Transformation ceremony.

Otherwise, a single "invincible" shield from his Holy Consort wife would make the Lightning Tribulation awkwardly retreat.

Rumble!

A clap of thunder sounded.

The sky was immediately obscured by tribulation clouds gathering from all directions.

The tribulation clouds condensed above Lin Xuan, forming a vortex that seemed to devour heaven and earth.

Lin Xuan felt a connection, slowly opened his eyes, his gaze clear.

At this moment, he felt that everything he saw and heard was incredibly distinct.

Exploring inward, he could even sense that his Sword Heart had transformed into an embryo!

Lin Xuan's heart stirred.

He immediately understood the path of his subsequent advancement.

In the Acquired stage, one could at most condense Sword Intent and forge a Sword Heart.

But upon reaching the Innate stage, he would nurture his Sword Embryo Nascent Soul.

After Fusion, he could achieve the unified state of "Sword is Man, Man is Sword."

Just then, Qin Yang's voice came.

"grandson, can you withstand the Lightning Tribulation?"

Lin Xuan looked at his grandson below and chuckled, "If I can't, how many times can you pull me back this time?"

Qin Yang glanced at the Imperial Power and said, "We can make the thunder-striker die of exhaustion."

"Hahaha!"

Lin Xuan burst into laughter, saying, "No need. I've replayed that battle with the God of War ten thousand times. I've long since thought of countermeasures for similar crises."

As Lin Xuan spoke, the Lightning Tribulation in the center of the vortex had already taken shape.

A spherical object, emitting dazzling white light, appeared like a star in a black hole.

Boom!

Heaven and earth were flashed into a negative film by the intense white light.

The first Heavenly Tribulation descended, locking onto Lin Xuan's forehead, whistling down.

Lin Xuan formed a sword-finger gesture, linearly unleashing a pure Sword Qi that slashed towards the sky.

Bang!

Space tore, and a straight "wound" appeared in the sky.

And that Lightning Tribulation, upon passing through the "wound," was directly blocked and blasted into the Void Realm within.

Immediately after, the second Lightning Tribulation struck, and Lin Xuan repeated the same trick.

He split open another spatial rift, guiding the menacing Lightning Tribulation into an unknown space.

This maneuver completely stunned the entire audience.

Lin Xiaoer: "Awesome, Dad!"

Zheng Yunfei: "That's something!"

Qin Chuan: "Father-in-Law is amazing!"

Akatosh: "I'm just going to chuckle."

Everyone stood up. Sword Emperor is invincible.

Even Qin Yang hadn't expected Lin Xuan to exploit such a bug.

If you can't solve the lock-on attack, just directly solve the trajectory, right?

Those ten thousand replays really opened up his mind.

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Lightning Tribulation struck down one after another, all neutralized by Lin Xuan in the same manner.

Until the final blow, the tribulation clouds finally erupted in a sky-shattering roar, as if enraged by Lin Xuan.

Ten thousand strands of lightning flashed within the tribulation clouds; the entire sky was covered in a spiderweb of "silver snakes."

From this Aura, it was not hard to see that the next Lightning Tribulation would definitely be thunderous!

Seeing this, even Zhang Lingxiao felt a little nervous.

He shouted at Lin Xuan, "Sword Emperor, you've gone too far with this show-off! Even when I was Undergoing Tribulation, it wasn't this fierce!"

"Show off? I have even more to show off!"

Lin Xuan laughed heartily, clearly enjoying the display.

Immediately, he formed a sword-finger gesture and low-breathed, "Infinite Sword Domain, open!"

Buzz!

A spatial vortex unfolded beneath him,

rapidly expanding into a spatial vortex with a diameter of a hundred meters.

Immediately after, Flying Swords, emitting Sword Qi, flew out from the spatial vortex.

Their number was so vast, like a plague of locusts!

The sharp Sword Qi sounds stacked together, seemingly able to tear the air, making one's scalp tingle and hairs stand on end.

And before everyone could adapt to the Sword Qi, ten thousand strands of lightning struck down, slashing at Lin Xuan from all directions.

At the same time, Lin Xuan's Flying Swords had already filled the sky.

He then loudly declared, "Zheng Yunfei, watch closely, this move was originally reserved for you."

With that, he pointed his sword-finger directly at the sky and chanted, "Sky-Shattering..."

"What? What are you shattering?"

Upon hearing the words "Sky-Shattering," Akatosh immediately stood up from his divine throne and shouted at Lin Xuan, "Big Fool Lin, what are you doing!?"

Lin Xuan ignored the old Dragon, slashing horizontally with his sword-finger while shouting, "...Sword Array!"

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Flying Swords slashed horizontally!

With dense tearing sounds, the entire sky was actually cleaved into countless spatial rifts by the Flying Swords.

And the ten thousand strands of lightning that descended, upon passing through these spatial rifts, were all guided into the Void Realm and vanished.

This was Lin Xuan's method for dealing with the Heavenly Tribulation.

You lock onto my head, I'll cut your trajectory.

You lock onto me from all directions, I'll cut off the entire space in front of me.

Simple and crude, yet unsolvable.

Clap, clap, clap.

In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qin Yang couldn't help but applaud.

When it came to showing off, he still had a lot to learn from grandson.

Damn, when this skill is unleashed, who wouldn't be bewildered?

And with Qin Yang's applause, everyone finally snapped out of their daze.

Instantly, everyone stood up, and thunderous applause erupted.

Zhang Lingxiao was on the verge of tears. He had been struck by major and minor Heavenly Tribulations a dozen or two times, enduring each one head-on.

If he had known Lin Xuan had this ability, he wouldn't have had to lose so much Lifespan!

The other imperial relatives, Sages, and important officials were even more astonished.

In the entire scene, only two people couldn't smile.

One was Gun Emperor Zheng Yunfei. He seemed to have just heard Lin Xuan say that this move was meant for him.

At this moment, his eyes were grave as he pondered a way to break it, while also considering whether to admit his mistake to Lin Xuan first.

The other was Akatosh.

With a look of utter despair, he said to Elebella and the other deities, "Three beauties, please enjoy your meal. I'll take my leave for a moment."

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