348: Chapter 348 The Lightning Tribulation Rages

"How can this be?!"

"How did this Lightning Tribulation become so bizarre!?"

Seeing this, Dantai Qingyue hurriedly swung her sword.

Chii—

The sword light whistled as it shot out. That bolt of lightning, as thick as a water bucket, was actually sliced into pieces as thin as strands of hair under the sword light.

However, before Dantai Qingyue could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw those thousands of hair-thin Lightning Snakes suddenly surge with light again. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into thousands of Lightning Snakes, each as thick as a water bucket, and shot toward Dantai Qingyue.

"Beautiful Master!!!"

Seeing this, Qiao Beibei, who was confined in mid-air, urged in a panic, "Don't worry about me, you don't need to worry about me anymore, just run!"

Dantai Qingyue's brow furrowed even tighter.

The speed of these Lightning Snakes wasn't particularly fast.

If she fled beyond the range of the Thunderclouds, she would be able to escape them.

But once she left, the Lightning Tribulation would stop striking her and would instead target Qiao Beibei.

With this level of lightning power, even an Eighth-tier Lightning Ability User would be blown to pieces in an instant.

She couldn't leave!

She couldn't afford to leave!

Otherwise, Qiao Beibei would have no way to survive!

With a sword in one hand and her other hand clenched into a fist, Dantai Qingyue's brow remained tightly furrowed. Instead of retreating, she advanced, meeting the thousands of incoming Lightning Snakes head-on.

Fists and sword strikes erupted in succession.

Rumble—

As Dantai Qingyue collided with the Lightning Snakes, dazzling lightning radiated out for thousands of feet.

Amidst the brilliant and crackling power of the lightning, Dantai Qingyue, dressed in her plain skirt, was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

Her sandalwood-scented mouth opened slightly, and a large amount of bright red blood sprayed out.

As Dantai Qingyue hit the ground, her pale red longsword also landed, piercing straight into the earth beside her.

"Beautiful Master!"

Qiao Beibei cried out, her beautiful eyes filled with tears.

Dantai Qingyue clutched her chest, her moist lips pressed together as she gritted her teeth and said, "I'm fine!"

This level of Lightning Tribulation had wounded her, making it difficult to resist further.

Looking at the shimmering, brilliant lightning within the Thunderclouds, Dantai Qingyue clenched her small fists in frustration.

She hated it!

She hated her own powerlessness.

If she were in the Dragon Kingdom, and if her Protective Aura hadn't been suppressed...

Even if this Lightning Tribulation were twice as powerful, it would be impossible for it to harm Qiao Beibei in front of her!

Unfortunately, right now she was only a Tenth-Order Strength-Type Esper.

Her means were too weak and too few; she simply couldn't completely block the Lightning Tribulation!

During this past month spent with Qiao Beibei, although she had never accepted Qiao Beibei's formal apprenticeship rituals...

In her heart, she had already come to regard Qiao Beibei as her disciple.

Now, seeing with her own eyes that Qiao Beibei's soul was about to dissipate under the Lightning Tribulation...

How could she remain calm!?

Roar—

Within the Thunderclouds, the sound of a dragon's roar was faintly deafening.

A Lightning Flood Dragon with antennae and a majestic head swam through the Thunderclouds with increasing speed.

It turned, roaring as it dove down toward Qiao Beibei below.

"Qin Ge!"

Dantai Qingyue subconsciously turned her head to look toward Qin Ge's position.

Just as Qiao Beibei closed her beautiful eyes, helplessly waiting for the Lightning Tribulation to descend, Qin Ge, who had been observing from the side, shot out like a streak of light.

He wrapped his arm around Qiao Beibei's slender waist and forcibly brought her down to the ground.

Then he looked up, staring at the Lightning Flood Dragon that was as thick as a water vat, and formed a fist seal.

He punched upward with a violent force.

Thump—

Accompanied by a violent explosion, Qin Ge's arm and the Lightning Flood Dragon's body exploded together into a mist of blood.

Immediately after, a terrifying shockwave radiated in all directions, visible to the naked eye.

Blue bricks and soil were stripped from the ground inch by inch.

A small, dried-up pool nearby was instantly blown into powder.

All the windows of the two nearest buildings shattered in an instant, turning into a sky full of glass shards that flew everywhere.

The ground floor of the building on the same level as Qin Ge and Qiao Beibei collapsed on the spot as the shockwave whistled past, turning into countless flying stones.

The two buildings, their load-bearing beams completely pulverized, teetered and then collapsed toward the center.

Boom, boom, boom—

The buildings collided, and countless giant boulders fell from the sky.

They threatened to bury Qin Ge and Qiao Beibei, who were in the middle area, right then and there!

"Don't worry about the rocks, I'll clear them!"

Dantai Qingyue forced her battered body to stand up, spat out another mouthful of bright red blood, pulled her pale red longsword from the ground, and began to swing it continuously.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

Sword lights shot out one after another.

The falling giant rocks were sliced into powder while still in mid-air.

After a hundred breaths, the two buildings had completely collapsed.

The upper floors that would have buried Qin Ge and Qiao Beibei had been entirely pulverized by Dantai Qingyue.

In the ruins, Qiao Beibei clutched the corner of Qin Ge's clothes. Looking at his bloody, severed arm, her delicate body trembled violently, and hot tears rolled from her eyes as she murmured in a trembling voice, "Qin Ge, your arm, your arm!!!"

Qin Ge was deaf to her words. He tilted his head back, staring at the terrifying figure becoming increasingly brilliant within the Thunderclouds high above, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Is this insane?!

Qiao Beibei is only an Eighth-tier Lightning Ability User, right?

Converted to the Dragon Kingdom's Protective Aura combat power, even though Lightning-Type Ability Users excel in combat, her constitution would probably be around a few thousand points, not exceeding ten thousand.

Yet under this Lightning Tribulation, he had already unleashed a constitution combat power of over thirty thousand points.

Even so, he had still lost an arm.

Furthermore, an even more terrifying strike was brewing in those Thunderclouds!

What kind of constitution-tempering Lightning Tribulation was this?

It was clearly intended to blast Qiao Beibei until not even a speck of dust remained!

Holding her sword, Dantai Qingyue gazed at the terrifying lightning shadow in the clouds. She gritted her teeth and said indignantly, "This is a Four-Nine Lightning Tribulation! It shouldn't appear at this time at all."

"Even if Qiao Beibei's strength were to explode several times over, she would still find it hard to contend with!"

"The appearance of this Lightning Tribulation indicates that Qiao Beibei will certainly achieve world-shaking feats in the future!"

"If the two of us join forces, there might still be a slim chance of survival!"

Risking her battered body, Dantai Qingyue walked resolutely toward Qin Ge and stood by his side.

"Why are you joining in on the 'fun'?"

"Protecting Qiao Beibei alone is already enough of a headache, and you're coming to add to the mess?"

Qin Ge looked at the slender Dantai Qingyue beside him, her plain skirt stained with blood and looking exceptionally wretched, and he rolled his eyes in annoyance.

If they were in the Dragon Kingdom and Dantai Qingyue wanted to help, he would have agreed with all five limbs—it would be like having a powerful thigh to cling to.

But this was the Doomsday World. Dantai Qingyue was being heavily suppressed and was seriously injured.

Continuing to face the Lightning Tribulation was equivalent to seeking death.

He let go of Qiao Beibei and struck out with a palm from a distance, sending Dantai Qingyue flying away safely.

"Roar!!!"

Just then, high in the sky, a lightning dragon nearly ten feet thick roared as it lunged out from the Thunderclouds, revealing its hideous and terrifying form before turning and diving straight down.