298: Crisis

The summit of Luoxia Peak.

The Void Refining Lightning Tribulation had reached its most perilous juncture!

The first six purple-black tribulation bolts, each more terrifying than the last, had been world-destroying.

Carrying the power to tear through space and incinerate all things, they struck down in succession!

Leng Yuekui's figure appeared so small amidst the lightning, yet so resilient!

Her entire body was enveloped in a layer of clear, moon-like protective divine light.

In her hand, she brandished a crystal-clear Ice Crystal Longsword, slashing out terrifying sword energy that froze the void and sealed all things in ice.

She forcibly shattered and froze each bolt of tribulation lightning!

However, the power of the tribulation lightning was too terrifying; with every collision,

that clear Moonlight Barrier would vibrate violently, its light dimming by another degree.

Leng Yuekui's face grew increasingly pale, and a shocking trace of blood even seeped from the corner of her mouth.

The Essence Energy within her body was being rapidly consumed by this terrifying Heavenly Tribulation!

The seventh tribulation bolt took an exceptionally long time to brew.

The tribulation cloud churned, their color shifting from purple-black to a heart-palpitating dark red!

It was as if the firmament was bleeding! A destructive aura several times stronger than before firmly locked onto the figure at the Peak!

“Revered Master!”

Lin Qingxue's heart leaped into her throat, tears welling in her eyes.

Her nails dug deep into her palms, yet she remained completely unaware.

She could feel her Revered Master's aura weakening!

“The seventh one... The Heart Demon Tribulation intertwined with the Lightning Tribulation is the most dangerous...”

The hand with which the Dan Chenzi stroked his beard trembled slightly, his eyes filled with worry.

“Junior Sister... hold on!” The Peak Revered Masters of every Peak were all nervously watching Luoxia Peak.

Spirit Plant Peak, quiet room.

Luo Baiya stared at the terrifying dark red tribulation lightning in the water mirror, a cold arc curling at the corner of his mouth:

“Now is the time!” His finger, resting on the roots of the ancient tree, flicked once more with extreme subtlety!

That wisp of pale green aura lurking deep beneath Luoxia Peak, like the most vicious curse,

suddenly lunged out, silently merging into the earth beneath Leng Yuekui's feet!

Boom—!!!

The seventh tribulation bolt, dark red as blood, finally crashed down with world-ending power!

Its might was so great that it seemed it would erase the entire Luoxia Peak from the earth!

At this critical moment!

Leng Yuekui's delicate frame suddenly shook violently!

An extremely cold wood evil qi, carrying an aura of decay and ruin,

erupted without warning from an extremely hidden old wound within her body!

This Evil Qi was like a maggot on a bone, instantly infecting her Meridians and frantically interfering with her already nearly exhausted Essence Energy circulation!

Even more terrifyingly, it was like a spark thrown into boiling oil, instantly triggering the hidden injuries left by the first six tribulation bolts.

It further incited the formless and invisible, yet most dangerous, Heart Demon Tribulation!

“Pfft—!”

Leng Yuekui's complexion instantly turned from pale to an eerie grayish-green, and she spat out a mouthful of blood thick with black energy!

The clear and resilient Moonlight Barrier around her flickered violently like a candle in the wind.

It pulsed erratically, looking as if it would completely collapse at any moment!

The Ice-Sealing Sword Energy she slashed toward the tribulation lightning also suffered a sudden,

fatal internal interference, its power plummeting and becoming scattered and disorganized!

“Revered Master—!!!”

Lin Qingxue's eyes nearly split from strain as she let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Her Early Nascent Soul Stage cultivation seemed so small and powerless at this moment. She desperately wanted to rush forward,

but was pinned to the spot by the terrifying pressure of the Heavenly Tribulation.

She could only watch in despair as the destructive dark red lightning was about to consume that swaying figure!

Throughout the entire Yin Yang Sect, countless Divine Thoughts felt this sudden turn of events!

The faces of Peak Revered Masters like Dan Chenzi and Li Cen changed abruptly! Even in Sect Head White Cloud Master's deep eyes, a flash of suspicion and alarm appeared!

In the quiet room of Spirit Plant Peak, the cold smile on Luo Baiya's lips almost overflowed!

In this split second between life and death!

“Buzz—!!!”

An invisible, terrifying Domain fluctuation carrying the intent of world-incinerating destruction and the end of all things swept across without warning!

It instantly enveloped the entire summit of Luoxia Peak!

This fluctuation was not aimed at the tribulation lightning, nor at Leng Yuekui.

Instead, it locked onto the source of the strange wood evil qi that had emerged from the ground and was frantically eroding Leng Yuekui with incomparable precision!

Yao Delong's embryonic “Nirvana Soul Domain,” bolstered by pure Nascent Soul Essence Energy driven by a 9-point Spiritual Power Affinity, surged in power!

Although its range still only covered the Peak, the true intent of Nirvana and incineration within it—which targeted the Divine Soul and energy Origin—

was like an invisible blade of judgment that severed Karma!

Chiss—!

A faint sound, almost inaudible yet seemingly echoing on the level of the Soul, rang out!

That wisp of pale green wood evil qi, controlled by Luo Baiya's Clone and hidden deep underground,

which was closely linked to the Evil Qi inside Leng Yuekui's body,

was like being thrown into a furnace that incinerated all things. Its connection was instantly severed by that terrifying Nirvana Sword Intent,

and it was completely annihilated by the power of incineration! Not a single trace was left behind!

This severing happened in the blink of an eye! It was so fast that the tribulation lightning had not even fully descended!

In the instant when that dark red tribulation lightning was less than ten zhang from the top of Leng Yuekui's head!

“Revered Master! Take the pill!”

A clear voice, carrying a decisive certainty like a nail being struck into wood,

pierced through the roar of the tribulation lightning and clearly reached Leng Yuekui's ears!

A pill wrapped in soft spiritual light shot toward Leng Yuekui with unerring precision, as if teleporting!

Leng Yuekui's mind was reeling at this moment!

The sharp pain from the eruption of Evil Qi and the chaos of her out-of-control Essence Energy left her almost unable to think.

She instinctively looked toward the source of the voice—only to see a figure standing tall and proud like a sword in the void!

Dressed in black robes fluttering in the wind, he had an exceptionally handsome face with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, a high bridge of the nose, and a well-defined lip line.

The disdainful sharpness between his brows

actually caused her to see, in a daze, a few traces of her good-for-nothing Disciple Yao Delong when he was younger!

‘Is it him?’ This absurd thought flashed through Leng Yuekui's mind for an instant.

But she immediately dismissed it: ‘Impossible! Delong's affinity is only 2 points; even Foundation Establishment was difficult for him.

The person before me has clearly just entered the Nascent Soul stage, yet his aura is as formidable as the Middle Stage, and he possesses such a terrifying Domain...’

Her Divine Thought at the Perfected Spirit Transformation Stage Peak instinctively swept over him, leaving her even more shocked!

This youth's Foundation was so profound and his Sword Intent so pure and sharp; it was something she had never seen before!

In particular, that Domain fluctuation that could instantly sever the strange wood evil qi made even her feel a hint of wariness!

“Revered Master! He is Senior Brother Yao!”

Below, Lin Qingxue's tearful shout exploded like a thunderclap in Leng Yuekui's chaotic Sea of Consciousness!

Yao Delong?!

Leng Yuekui's mind was shaken to its core! The shock brought by this name

even made her temporarily forget the sharp pain in her body and the world-destroying tribulation lightning above her head!

That Disciple with only 2 points of affinity whom she had later left to his own devices?

This Nascent Soul Prodigy before her, whose Sword Intent pierced the heavens and who severed the strange Evil Qi with a wave of his hand?!

This massive contrast caused her brain to go blank for a moment!

But the destructive aura above her was already close at hand! The shadow of death had never been so clear!

There was no time to think! And no need to think! Lin Qingxue could not possibly lie to her at a time like this!

Relying almost entirely on instinct, Leng Yuekui reached out her jade-like hand and accurately caught the incoming Medicinal Pill!

It felt warm to the touch, its fragrance restrained, yet it contained a vitality so vast it was hard to imagine!

Without the slightest hesitation, she swallowed the Medicinal Pill in one gulp!

The endless life creation pill!

The pill melted the moment it entered her mouth! An indescribable,

vast warm current that seemed to originate from the very Origin of life instantly swept through her entire body!

It was as if a long-parched land had finally welcomed a sweet rain!