Chapter 167 Refining Void Tribulation, Counterattacking the Dao Integration Realm

The immortal fate stele's brilliance completely receded, and the twelve protective light shields silently vanished like bubbles.

In an instant, the atmosphere above the ruins solidified to the extreme! All eyes focused on the twelve figures who had just finished their enlightenment, greed, killing intent, and vigilance interwoven into an invisible net.

The three Dao Integration mighty experts transformed into three streaks of light the moment the light shields disappeared, rushing towards the distant Void Realm without hesitation, clearly unwilling to get entangled with others at this time, wishing to first digest their gains. Their departure slightly eased the tension in the field, but it also made the remaining killing intent more blatant.

Almost simultaneously, at least four or five fierce and unparalleled attacks ruthlessly blasted towards Nightmare, who had just opened his eyes!

Leading the charge was the gray-robed Void Refining old man, who had harbored resentment for a long time! He had been biding his time, and his first move was the most sinister "Nine Nether Soul Searching Claw," his five fingers black and sharp, aiming directly for Nightmare's glabella, intending to forcibly extract his Divine Soul!

Another attacker was the old woman who followed Money Maple! Although her Dao foundation was damaged and her face was ashen, her eyes burned with monstrous hatred, unleashing all the fury of being forced to emerge early from seclusion onto Nightmare. Her dragon-head staff transformed into a ferocious venomous Dragon, opening its mouth to devour him!

The third attack, however, came from the palace-dressed Dao Integration woman! She did not personally act, but merely flicked her finger from afar towards Nightmare's direction, sending out an even more alluring, yet more dangerous, pink peach blossom! The peach petals separated, like a lover's kiss, yet contained the Law of Joyful Union, capable of dissolving magical power and confusing the Dao Heart!

In addition, two Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivators, presuming their cultivation to be profound, seeing that Nightmare was "only" in the Late-Stage Transformation Spirit, also seized the Opportunity to attack, unleashing Magic Treasures to bombard him, hoping to fish in troubled waters!

Five powerful experts attacked almost simultaneously! This even included a hidden move from a Dao Integration mighty expert!

Such a formation was enough to instantly kill any Cultivator below Void Refining, and even a Late stage Lianxu Cultivator would be flustered, crippled if not killed!

"Master!" Su Wanqing, in the distance, cried out in alarm, her face drained of color!

All onlookers believed Nightmare was doomed! Many even revealed cruel, gleeful smiles.

However, facing this overwhelming, world-destroying siege, Nightmare slowly stood up, his face showing not the slightest fear. Instead, a cold, slightly mocking arc appeared on his lips.

"I had intended to Breakthrough elsewhere... but since you are so eager to die, then... this place shall be your burial ground!"

He no longer suppressed the power that had already surged to its peak within him! The Rule Fragment and that trace of Origin Power of Annihilation completely boiled!

Rumble—!!!

An indescribable, vast and majestic, terrifying aura, as if it could crush the ancient blue sky, suddenly erupted from Nightmare's body, soaring straight into the clouds!

The sky above the ruins, where the immortal fate stele had been, was instantly enveloped by endless dark clouds! The clouds were thick as ink, covering an area of ten thousand li, and within them were not ordinary lightning bolts, but a heart-pounding gray-black color! Innumerable terrifying lightning bolts, thick as Dragons and interwoven with the Dao rhyme of destruction and annihilation, brewed, surged, and roared within!

Void Refining Heavenly Tribulation! And it was an unprecedented, peerless Heavenly Tribulation infused with the Origin of Annihilation!

Nightmare, at this very moment, had triggered the Lightning Tribulation for his Void Refining Breakthrough!

"What?!"

"He's going to Breakthrough here and now?!"

"Madman! He's absolutely insane!"

All the attackers, including the gray-robed old man and the old woman, instantly changed their expressions, terrified to the extreme!

Attacking a Cultivator Undergoing Tribulation within the Heavenly Tribulation's range was equivalent to provoking the might of the Heavenly Dao, which would draw one's own corresponding terrifying Lightning Tribulation! And judging by the power of this Lightning Tribulation, it was unheard of, more than ten times more terrifying than the Void Refining Heavenly Tribulation they had experienced back then!

"Retreat!" The gray-robed old man was the first to react, screaming as he abruptly retracted his claw, trying to escape the Heavenly Tribulation's range!

The old woman also broke out in a cold sweat, desperately trying to retrieve her dragon-head staff!

The two Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivators were even more scared, their Souls Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, turning to flee!

But, it was too late!

Since Nightmare chose to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation at this moment, how could he let them escape so easily?

The Rule Fragment shone brightly, and the Nirvana Field suddenly expanded, not for defense, but for—confinement and traction!

The gray-robed old man, the old woman, and the two Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivators felt the space around them instantly become incredibly viscous. A terrifying Power of Annihilation Entanglement around them, not only slowing their movements but also forcibly connecting their Qi to Nightmare's!

At the same time, high in the sky, the Annihilation Lightning Tribulation, which had brewed to its peak, erupted!

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

Four terrifying Annihilation Divine Lightning bolts, thick as water jars, gray-black, and radiating the aura of the end of all things, descended like primordial Thunder Dragons, tearing through the firmament, ignoring spatial distance, and striking with extreme precision towards the gray-robed old man, the old woman, and the two Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivators, who had been forcibly held back by Nightmare!

"No!!!"

The four let out desperate and unwilling roars, desperately unleashing all their defensive Magic Treasures, burning their essence blood, and employing life-saving secret techniques!

However, in the face of this peerless Heavenly Tribulation infused with the Origin Power of Annihilation, their resistance seemed so pale and powerless!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!

Those brightly glowing defensive Magic Treasures, upon contact with the gray-black Divine Lightning, instantly dimmed, their runes shattered, and they were easily pierced and vaporized like common iron!

Protective spiritual light and life-saving secret techniques were like paper, crumbling at a touch!

"Ah—!"

Piercing screams echoed through the sky!

The two Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivators were the first to collapse, their Physical Bodies rapidly carbonizing and disintegrating in the lightning. Before even their Nascent Souls could escape, they were annihilated into primordial particles by the overbearing Annihilation Lightning force, their forms and spirits utterly destroyed!

The gray-robed old man, with his highest cultivation and numerous methods, desperately resisted, but his already injured arm was the first to give way, exploding with a bang, followed by half his body turning scorched black! He screamed, burning his Origin at all costs, and finally barely withstood the first wave of Lightning Tribulation, but he was already critically wounded and dying, his aura extremely weak!

The old woman was even more miserable. Her Dao foundation was already damaged, how could she withstand such Heavenly might? Her dragon-head staff broke inch by inch, all her protective Magic Treasures were destroyed, and the lightning struck her body, instantly frying her outside and in, her Primordial Spirit dissipating, leaving only a charred corpse falling from the sky!

Yet, as the main target of the Heavenly Tribulation, Nightmare stood proudly at the center of the Lightning Tribulation!

Not only did he not resist, but he spread his arms, actively welcoming the even thicker and more terrifying Annihilation Divine Lightning bolts!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Streaks of destructive lightning fiercely struck his body, yet failed to harm him. Instead, they were rapidly absorbed and transformed by the Nirvana Field surrounding him! The Rule Fragment was like an efficient core, frantically devouring the Power of Annihilation from these Heavenly Tribulations, using it to temper his Physical Body, condense his magical power, and nourish his dao seed!

His body glowed with a gray-black treasure light in the lightning, and his aura, instead of weakening, became sharper and more terrifying, like a finely honed divine sword!

The nascent dao seed floating between his Nascent Soul's eyebrows, under the baptism of the Lightning Tribulation and the frantic infusion from the Rule Fragment, solidified and clarified at an astonishing speed! Finally, it completely transformed into a smooth, flawless, gray-black seed covered with profound Annihilation Dao Pattern, deeply imprinted between his Nascent Soul's eyebrows, completely merging with his Divine Soul!

Void Refining Stage! Achieved!

And the Heavenly Tribulation had only just begun! More, even more terrifying Annihilation Divine Lightning was frantically gathering!

Just then, the pink peach blossom flicked out by the palace-dressed Dao Integration woman belatedly arrived, piercing through the lightning and striking towards Nightmare.

However, at this moment, Nightmare had already completed his initial Breakthrough, and his strength had surged!

He coldly glanced at the peach blossom, simply raised his hand, spread his five fingers, and gently clenched them at the peach blossom!

"Annihilate."

Words became Law! The peach blossom, imbued with the Law of Joyful Union, was as if directly erased from the concept of existence by an invisible Power of Annihilation, instantly disappearing without a trace!

Thousands of li away, the palace-dressed woman, who was about to flee, trembled violently, let out a muffled groan, and a mix of shock and disbelief flashed in her beautiful eyes! A wisp of her Divine Thought, attached to that peach blossom, had been so easily and completely annihilated by the opponent!

"Junior! You..." She was about to reprimand him, but then saw Nightmare, who was Undergoing Tribulation, his cold gaze piercing through the sea of lightning, locking onto her once again!

At the same time, the Rule Fragment triggered the Heavenly Secret, and high above, a terrifying Thunder Dragon, ten times thicker than the one that struck the gray-robed old man and others, and almost pure black in color, abruptly changed direction, tearing through the Void Realm, and striking directly down at her!

This was no longer just Nightmare's Void Refining Heavenly Tribulation; it was also the Rule Fragment invoking the Heavenly Dao's Law, unleashing a punitive lightning strike upon this Dao Integration mighty expert who had repeatedly provoked him!

The palace-dressed woman's face finally changed dramatically! From that pure black Thunder Dragon, she felt a genuine destructive power, capable of threatening her!

"Joyful Zen Realm!" She shrieked, and endless pink rosy dawn bloomed around her, evolving into a illusory world of blissful pure land where all beings were lost, attempting to resist and dissolve the Annihilation Lightning Tribulation!

Boom—!!!

The pure black Thunder Dragon fiercely struck into the pink Zen Realm!

There was no stalemate, no confrontation!

There was only the absolute crushing of illusory desires by ultimate destruction!

Rip!

The pink Zen Realm was torn, burned, and annihilated in an instant, like a painting thrown into a raging fire! The palace-dressed woman screamed, spitting blood, her veil exploding to reveal a charming yet incredibly pale face. A protective immortal dress on her body burst with dazzling light, then dimmed, clearly severely damaged!

She dared not linger any longer, glaring at Nightmare with intense resentment, transforming into a pink streak of light, tearing through space, and fleeing in disarray! She didn't even dare to stay in this place of immense Opportunity!

All this, though long in the telling, actually happened in a flash of lightning.

From Nightmare triggering the Heavenly Tribulation to counter-killing four people and forcing a Dao Integration expert to retreat, only a few breaths had passed!

Inside and outside the entire ruins, there was dead silence!

All the onlookers stared dumbfounded at the figure in the center of the lightning sea, like a demon god, watching him bathed in Annihilation Divine Lightning capable of destroying everything, yet his aura steadily climbed, finally completely stepping into the Void Refining Realm!

What kind of terrifying foundation was this? What kind of Heaven-Defying way of Undergoing Tribulation was this?

Those Cultivators who had still harbored hopes and were eager to move, now felt as if they had been doused with a basin of ice water, chilled from head to toe. They no longer dared to harbor any greed, retreating in terror, fearing to be affected by the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.

And the gray-robed old man, who had fortunately survived the first wave of Lightning Tribulation but was critically wounded and dying, looked at Nightmare, who was approaching step by step, his body entwined with destructive lightning, his eyes filled with endless fear and despair.

"No... don't kill me... I am willing to serve you as my master..." He pleaded with difficulty, trying to struggle.

Nightmare's eyes were cold, without the slightest fluctuation, he simply pointed with one finger.

A condensed Annihilation Finger Force, mixed with the Heavenly Tribulation's lightning power, instantly pierced his glabella, completely annihilating his last trace of vitality.

The gray-robed old man's body stiffened, the light in his eyes completely extinguished, and he dissipated into flying ash.

Thus, all the attackers either died or fled!

Nightmare stood proudly in the sea of lightning, his black hair wildly dancing, his robes fluttering, his body shimmering with Annihilation lightning, like a Thunder God wielding Heavenly punishment! He slowly raised his head, looking towards the tribulation clouds that seemed even more enraged because they couldn't harm him.

The Rule Fragment hummed, conveying excitement and desire.

This Annihilation Heavenly Tribulation, for him, was not punishment, but the best nourishment!

He let out a long roar and actively charged towards the center of the tribulation clouds, where the last and most terrifying power was gathered!

He wanted to completely devour this entire Heavenly Tribulation!