28: Thunder strikes the object! Monsters survive the catastrophe!

That night, Jiang Shengnan couldn't sleep!

The couple next door started their "qin and xiao duet" around 10 PM and didn't finish until 1 AM.

Jiang Shengnan, an older single woman, had listened to the "qin and xiao harmony" for half the night, and inevitably, she suffered from insomnia.

After tossing and turning for over two hours, she finally drifted off to sleep, only to be woken up again by the sound of the "qin and xiao duet."

Jiang Shengnan was on the verge of madness, suppressing the urge to stab someone with a knife, she picked up her phone and saw it was just past four in the morning.

In other words, the couple in the tent next door had slept for less than three hours before starting again.

"Damn it!"

Jiang Shengnan cursed out loud; she really wanted to rush over and give them a good beating.

They had been doing that same old thing all night; was it ever going to end?

"Crack—"

Just then, a thunderclap suddenly sounded outside, like the creation of heaven and earth, making the glass windows hum.

Jiang Shengnan was startled by the sudden thunder, "What loud thunder!"

However, it was just thunder, so Jiang Shengnan didn't pay it much mind.

She was just a little puzzled; it had been raining for a day and a night, and only now was there thunder? It was a bit too strange!

"Crack—"

Not long after, another thunderclap, even louder than the last, sounded.

The dazzling lightning even illuminated the dilapidated room.

"Crack—"

Five minutes later, another startling thunderclap exploded, its power even more terrifying.

"This thunder doesn't sound right!"

Jiang Shengnan's delicate brows furrowed into a 'chuan' character: "Each one is louder than the last; natural thunder isn't like this!"

"Could it be…"

Jiang Shengnan's heart skipped a beat, and it began to pound rapidly.

Natural thunder has no discernible pattern; it's sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, sometimes in the east, sometimes in the north.

But the three thunderclaps just now, each louder and brighter than the last, didn't sound like natural thunder at all.

"It might be heavenly lightning striking something! Something is undergoing a tribulation!"

Jiang Shengnan's figure flickered, disappearing from the room, and when she reappeared, she was already on the rooftop of the building.

Just then, another thunderclap sounded, illuminating the sky.

Jiang Shengnan followed the lightning's glow.

She saw a raging fire burning on a nearby hilltop.

Under the flickering firelight, a monster with a turtle shell on its back was prostrate on the summit of the hill.

The surrounding wild grass was ignited, and the flames fiercely scorched it, yet the monster remained unmoved, merely raising its head to stare at the sky.

Jiang Shengnan's gaze shifted upwards, only to see a thick mass of black clouds suspended in the sky.

Electric snakes coiled within the pot-bottom-like clouds, lightning flashed, and rumbling sounds echoed.

"Indeed!"

"A monster is undergoing a tribulation!"

Jiang Shengnan's breathing quickened.

Core Formation Realm!

Golden Core Realm!

Both belonged to the Dan Realm, yet they were categorized into two different realms!

This was not deliberately done by humans, but because there was a full lightning tribulation separating the Core Formation Realm and the Golden Core Realm!

The difference before and after a lightning tribulation could be described as earth-shattering!

Therefore, to break through from the Core Formation Realm to the Golden Core Realm, one must undergo a lightning tribulation.

Only by successfully passing the lightning tribulation can one transform like a carp into a dragon and step into the Golden Core Realm!

However, the lightning tribulation is very dangerous; with hundreds of millions of volts of heavenly lightning striking one's body, one could easily be reduced to ashes!

So, undergoing a tribulation is a very risky endeavor, requiring thorough preparation.

When human Titan Warriors undergo a tribulation, they even invite friends and family to guard and protect them, to prevent any unforeseen accidents midway.

As for Titan Beasts, they often choose very secluded places to undergo their tribulations.

This is to avoid attracting the covetousness of human Titan Warriors and other monsters.

"That monster… it should be a Titan Dragon Turtle, right?"

Jiang Shengnan's eyes flickered, a deep confusion flashing within them: "Why would it choose to undergo its tribulation here?"

Titan Dragon Turtle!

Evolved from a soft-shelled turtle, it possesses a dragon head, dragon claws, a dragon tail, and dragon whiskers.

It has an outer shell on its back, very similar to Baxia, one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon.

An adult Titan Dragon Turtle can reach a length of 15 meters and a height of over 4 meters.

The Titan Dragon Turtle currently undergoing its tribulation is an astonishing thirty-plus meters long and nearly ten meters tall.

A proper behemoth!

What Jiang Shengnan didn't understand was why the Titan Dragon Turtle would choose to undergo its tribulation here.

This place is near Chang'an Base City and has no particularly strong Titan Beasts.

For humans, it is indeed a good place for tribulation!

But for Titan Beasts, it is undoubtedly very dangerous!

Because such a large commotion could easily attract human Titan Warriors, thus inviting human encirclement and slaughter, leading to its demise!

It was truly unwise for this Titan Dragon Turtle to choose to undergo its tribulation here!

Of course, this was not important to Jiang Shengnan.

What was important was that this was a Titan Dragon Turtle currently undergoing a tribulation!

Lightning tribulations are very dangerous, and the probability of death from failure is very high!

This meant that this Titan Dragon Turtle had a very high chance of being struck dead by lightning, perishing under the lightning tribulation!

At that time, Jiang Shengnan could reap the benefits of the fisherman and make a fortune!

Even if the Titan Dragon Turtle miraculously survived the lightning tribulation, it would fall into a period of weakness!

During this period, the Titan Dragon Turtle would be unprecedentedly weak, weaker than at any other time in its past!

In other words, this was a heaven-sent opportunity to take advantage of the situation and someone's misfortune!

One must know.

Any ordinary Core Formation Realm monster could easily sell for eight figures!

And this Titan Dragon Turtle before her was a Titan Beast undergoing tribulation, a genuine peak Core Formation Realm high-level monster!

Its value was absolutely incomparable to ordinary high-level Titan Monsters; it might even sell for a sky-high nine-figure price!

Nine figures!

This was definitely a windfall!

Even with Jiang Shengnan's composure, her breathing uncontrollably quickened, and her heartbeat inevitably accelerated.

"Wait!"

"Wait for it to finish its tribulation!"

"If it dies, that's the end of it!"

"If it doesn't die…"

A fierce glint flashed in Jiang Shengnan's eyes.

Flames raged on the hilltop, electric snakes wriggled in the sky, and energy was brewing.

The Titan Dragon Turtle lay prostrate on the hillock, the flesh beneath its carapace scorched black by the lightning, almost carbonized.

The surrounding Congenital One Qi frantically gathered, rapidly repairing its injuries.

However, before the Titan Dragon Turtle could fully recover from its injuries, a bolt of lightning descended from the thunderclouds, instantly piercing the darkness and striking the Titan Dragon Turtle squarely.

Immediately after, a thunderous boom, like a startling clap of thunder, echoed between heaven and earth.

"Crack—"

The rolling thunder made Jiang Shengnan's ears buzz.

Countless electric lights coursed around the Titan Dragon Turtle's body, and the air was ionized, creating fine, hair-like electric arcs.

The Titan Dragon Turtle twitched violently under the lashing of the lightning, groaning in pain.

However, this was just the beginning!

For the next half an hour, lightning struck one after another, as if the heavens were enraged, bombarding the Titan Dragon Turtle.

By the end, a large crater had been blasted into the hillock, and the Titan Dragon Turtle, almost carbonized, lay prostrate at the bottom of the pit, motionless, as if it had been struck dead.

At this moment, the thunderclouds slowly dispersed, and no more heavenly lightning descended.

"Dead?"

Jiang Shengnan stared at the "charred remains" at the bottom of the pit, her beautiful eyes filled with doubt and surprise.

The carbonized Titan Dragon Turtle remained still, motionless, a state that lasted for five minutes.

"It's dead!"

Jiang Shengnan was overjoyed, and with a sudden shake of her body, she transformed into a thirty-foot-long black dragon and flew towards the hillock.

This black dragon had rabbit eyes, deer antlers, ox ears, a camel head, a clam belly, tiger paws, a snake neck, fish scales, and eagle claws, exactly like the mythical divine dragon!

This was precisely Jiang Shengnan's transformation, the Five-Clawed Black Dragon Transformation!

The black dragon flew through the air, quickly covering several hundred meters, and appeared above the hillock where the Titan Dragon Turtle had undergone its tribulation.

Jiang Shengnan did not approach rashly.

She circled twice in mid-air, confirming that the Titan Dragon Turtle was dead, before descending from the sky and transforming back into human form.

Only when she got closer did she realize that the Titan Dragon Turtle's surface scales were almost completely carbonized, and its body was severely burned.

How utterly miserable!