155: If Heaven hadn't created me, Zhou!

Zhou Yan circled his Magic Treasure a few times.

This Magic Treasure was highly complete, but relying solely on the information fed back by Divine Sense, its usage was still unclear. It seemed that only after refining it could its specific functions be known.

Zhou Yan stroked his chin.

"With so many things integrated, it should have quite a few functions, right?"

He once again released his Divine Sense, establishing a connection with the Magic Treasure. This was followed by the infusion of his essence blood and the etching of his mark.

Perhaps because this Magic Treasure was already highly bound to him, and largely composed of his own being, the originally tedious steps were completed extremely quickly this time.

The moment it was completely finished, a buzzing sound echoed in Zhou Yan's mind, and he immediately felt his vision blur and his ears ring incessantly.

A wave of dizziness and nausea swept over him, as uncomfortable as if he had spun in circles dozens of times.

But just then, he seemed to see himself clutching his head, his expression pained.

"I wasn't observing myself with Divine Sense, so how could I see this perspective?"

This perspective was just a fleeting glimpse, quickly returning to the first-person view amidst the dizziness.

Next, Zhou Yan's vision constantly switched, sometimes dizzy, sometimes watching himself as if in a third-person view.

After a while, he was sprawled on the ground, retching and drenched in sweat.

After the retching subsided slightly, Zhou Yan continuously rubbed his face, trying to clear his head.

He looked at the 'Eternal Radiance Heavenly yuanwu xielü · Primordial Skeleton yuanwu xielü | Divine Skeleton Harmonizer G.U.T.-VII Type'.

"Ugh... I knew I shouldn't have given it such a long name."

"Let's just call it yuanwu xielü for short."

"Hoo—"

Zhou Yan let out a long breath, finally dispelling the discomfort from his mind.

However, the gains far outweighed the cost! Of course, if he could, he never wanted to experience that feeling again.

Zhou Yan raised his arm, and the yuanwu xielü also raised its arm. He lowered his arm, but the yuanwu xielü made a heart gesture towards him.

"It seems that whether it's synchronization or direct control, it feels as natural as having an extra arm."

"Rumble!"

A peal of thunder interrupted Zhou Yan's thoughts of continuing to test his Lifebound Treasure.

The yuanwu xielü walked to the door, opened it, and stood aside.

Zhou Yan looked out at the sky.

"It's truly magnificent."

At this moment, large patches of dark clouds had gathered in the sky. But the sky did not darken because of the dark clouds; instead, it became brighter.

This was only because a large amount of golden lightning flowed within the clouds.

It was as if heaven and earth were covered by a roof, and on the roof was a giant lamp.

"I remember them saying before that I was also struck by lightning on the flying boat."

"I wonder how that time differs from this time."

Zhou Yan walked out with his hands clasped behind his back, his posture calm and confident.

"If Heaven does not give birth to me, Zhou—"

"Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, a bolt of lightning struck him squarely.

His whole body numb, Zhou Yan's face flushed with anger as he pointed at the sky and cursed.

"It's not like this in novels! Do you understand the rules!"

"Normally, shouldn't you strike me after I finish my cool talk, then I get heavily injured and show my heroic posture, and then you intensify your efforts to stop me?"

"Finally, I deliver a bunch of cool lines, standing firm in the strongest Lightning Tribulation, fully displaying my kingly aura!"

"It's not like this at all, I'm not playing with you anymore!"

"Ah!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another bolt of lightning struck down.

"Damn it! Is this thing really being controlled by someone?"

"Why did you strike just now before I finished speaking, and now that I've said a lot, you specifically wait until I'm done—"

"Ah!"

No, he really couldn't take it anymore.

Zhou Yan had no moves left; this Lightning Tribulation was problematic.

There was no logic to the lightning strikes, and since this wasn't part of the plot or an encounter with an enemy, he couldn't enter game mode.

Without the System's blessing, these few strikes were truly unbearable.

Zhou Yan regretted it; that previous discomfort was nothing compared to this. This was truly agonizing now.

That feeling of being utterly out of sorts was like the discomfort after over-exercising, where everything aches but isn't acutely painful, yet it's incredibly hard to endure, even keeping you awake at night.

Seeing the lightning still gathering in the sky, Zhou Yan dared not show off anymore. He began to seriously consider how to deal with it.

"Rumble!"

A slender chain of lightning shot directly towards Zhou Yan.

He deftly dodged, then perfectly... got struck.

Why was it so fast! It didn't give anyone time to react!

Zhou Yan secretly groaned, only able to try and improve his dodging efficiency, continuously dodging in place, attempting to compensate for his reaction speed with quickness.

But after rolling, jumping, and retreating for a long time, the lightning brewing in the air still didn't strike.

When he stopped moving and tried to look up to see what was happening, a heavy bolt of lightning, like a giant python, crashed down.

"Rumble!"

This strike charred most of Zhou Yan's flesh.

It was only thanks to the rapid recovery from the healing potion that his flesh regrew.

"Damn it, why does the Lightning Tribulation have slow and fast attacks?" Zhou Yan brushed off the charred fragments from his body, cursing.

Fortunately, he had already grown accustomed to this level of pain when he self-mutilated his limbs before, so this rapidly inflicted damage wasn't too painful.

Moreover, Zhou Yan could feel that as the Lightning Tribulation progressed, his Mental Energy was continuously increasing.

Originally, because his Mental Energy was strong enough, Zhou Yan already had a strong resistance to pain itself.

And now, this feeling of his spirit gradually sublimating made the impact of physical pain less and less significant.

But this couldn't go on either; the Lightning Tribulation was too bizarre. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes injuring the Physical Body, sometimes injuring the spirit.

Even an iron man couldn't withstand such torment.

Just as the next bolt of lightning was about to strike Zhou Yan, the yuanwu xielü had flashed in front of him and punched the lightning.

"Ora!"

Of course, that sound was dubbed by Zhou Yan himself.

Seeing the yuanwu xielü unharmed, Zhou Yan felt much relieved. It seemed the 'indestructible' level needed to be raised even higher.

The next few bolts of lightning were also blocked without exception.

"By the way, this is endless, and the Lightning Tribulation didn't say how many bolts there would be in total."

Seeing the sky still covered in dark clouds with no signs of weakening, Zhou Yan had an ominous premonition.

The next moment, what descended was no longer mere lightning, but a towering pillar of light. The instant the pillar of light fell, Zhou Yan had already retreated backward, but it did not stop, still moving towards him.

During its movement, neither the soil nor the plants were harmed, but the immense power contained within it still made Zhou Yan deeply alarmed.

"Alright, alright, alright, so you're just targeting me, huh!"

Zhou Yan could only continuously dodge; this thing had too large a range to be blocked head-on with a Magic Treasure.

"Wait... why does this thing have a health bar?"

Perhaps he was too flustered, but Zhou Yan only realized after running for a while that this not-so-fast pillar of light seemed to display a health bar.

He didn't dare to go forward himself, so he controlled the Magic Treasure to punch it.

It really lost health!

This made things easier.

Zhou Yan summoned the Magic Treasure back to his side, a smirk playing on his lips.

Immediately after, a golden bow appeared in his hand, and the yuanwu xielü floated behind him, one fingertip lightly touching the air, the other hand slightly cupped.

Before the pillar of light approached, Zhou Yan applied 18 times Time Acceleration to himself and the yuanwu xielü.

Subsequently, countless Silver Bullets shot out rapidly, while the yuanwu xielü behind him quickly wrote in the air, swiftly drawing one Talisman after another. Its other hand continuously waved, each wave unleashing five Sword Qi.

Immediately after, golden and red flames, like ribbons, swirled around the yuanwu xielü, then converged upwards, forming a giant ring of fire.

The moment the ring formed, countless flames transformed into two giant hands, reaching out to grasp the pillar of light.