Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses-Chapter 646 - 597: Facing the Heavenly Tribulation, Pointing Toward Tianyuan

Chapter 646: Chapter 597: Facing the Heavenly Tribulation, Pointing Toward Tianyuan

With the experience from the first time, Lou Yi was no longer afraid this time.

He once again condensed the Liuli Gang Robe, activated his talents of Petrification, Tenacity, and Thunder Avoidance, and soared into the sky, crashing directly into the descending second heavenly thunder.

’Boom!’ 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Lou Yi was bathed in the rolling thunder light, his features indistinguishable, only a blurred blue-violet humanoid flame could be seen violently flickering.

At the same time, the hawk in his mind, in conjunction with his Martial Arts True Intent, engaged in a fierce battle with the phantom of thunder.

The second heavenly thunder still could not overcome Lou Yi.

However, the dark clouds above seemed infuriated, consecutively sending down the third, fourth, and fifth heavenly thunder, splitting Lou Yi from the sky to the ground.

"I’m rubbing mud..."

Lou Yi couldn’t help but curse, feeling the pain from these unreasonable heavenly thunders.

Even these three bolts of thunder were somewhat stronger than the first one.

If not for Lou Yi’s ample trump cards, he might have ended up in a disastrous loss.

Even so, he was struck until his skin was cracked and bleeding, with all exposed wounds scorched, the smell of burnt flesh wafting, and his hair entirely gone, becoming a bald Lou.

Fortunately, the Thunder Avoidance and Tenacity talents absorbed most of the damage, combined with the regeneration talent and the healing function of the Attribute Panel, allowing him to tough it out.

’Crack!’

Four more bolts of heavenly thunder fell from above, making Lou Yi jump in place, feeling a sour excitement.

In total, there were nine bolts of heavenly thunder.

The power of each was no less than a full strike from a Spirit Platform Thunder Cultivator at the Fourth Layer, with the last few estimated to reach the peak level of the fourth layer.

After the nine bolts of heavenly thunder, the dark clouds above began to disintegrate, and the oppressive, despairing feeling gradually receded.

’Finally got through this Heavenly Tribulation.’ Lou Yi sighed in relief.

His original clothes were completely destroyed, hair vanished, and the surface of his body occasionally sparked with blue-violet arcs of electricity.

"Hmm? Seems like there’s some change."

Lou Yi closed his eyes to carefully perceive, discovering that his body’s strength had increased, and his Gang Qi had become more concentrated.

The progress in his Martial Saint Realm had also surprisingly advanced by fifty points in proficiency:

Mid-stage Martial Saint (9/600) → Mid-stage Martial Saint (59/600).

Given the current rate of ten days per proficiency point, this saved five hundred days of cultivation time.

The hawk in his mind had shrunk from the initial size of forty feet to just fifteen feet.

Yet the density and texture of the hawk’s body far exceeded before, and the strength of his divine soul had significantly increased.

’No wonder undergoing a thunder tribulation is required for advancing from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, it’s actually a form of cultivation, a high risk but high reward, passing it means a major leap in strength.’ Lou Yi thought.

Within his body, there remained a lot of Thunder Power, formidable beyond comparison, but it was rapidly dissipating, returning to the heavens and earth.

Lou Yi felt it was a pity; if he could absorb this Thunder Power, his strength would surely grow even further.

After the heavenly thunder disappeared, his clone returned to his side, tentatively releasing the aura of belief power.

Though he still sensed a faint malice overhead, no heavenly tribulation would occur in the short term.

Lou Yi used his Divination Talent.

He calculated that the next heavenly tribulation, assuming no significant increase in his belief power, would take at least a few months to occur.

This was a bit of a lifeline from the heavens, giving people some hope as they say, there’s always a way out.

With no need to fear being struck by heavenly thunder for a while, Lou Yi felt significantly more at ease.

Although he could endure it, he wasn’t a masochist and didn’t want to be constantly struck by lightning.

However, with the continued growth of his clone’s belief power, the heavenly tribulation would eventually approach, each more formidable than the last.

Even with the Disguise Talent temporarily concealing him, it could only hide for a while.

According to the information given by Elder Shenguang,

In the past, some used special means to hide.

But as belief power grew, the connection with the heavenly way would increase, and it would eventually be forcibly exposed.

Moreover, the delayed heavenly tribulations would merge and punish at once, with terrifying power so great, none could safely endure it.

This was why fake pill cultivators in the main world were extinct, only able to seek small worlds to spread faith.

Lou Yi understood that to maintain his belief power clone, he must enhance his body’s strength as quickly as possible.

Either by improving his Thunder Avoidance, Tenacity, and Petrification Talents to withstand the heavenly tribulation, or by enhancing his Disguise Talent to buy time, or by advancing his Gang Qi cultivation level...

Lou Yi began divining the information needed for the key items related to these talents, such as earth for the Disguise Talent, Thunder Stone for the Thunder Avoidance Talent, Spirit-devouring Vine for the Tenacity Talent...

With his Divination Talent raised to a proficient level, previous information about these key items that may have been hazy was now much clearer.

The locations of these critical items pointed to the Central Continent and Tianyuan.

The Central Continent, likely in the treasure vaults of major sects, almost impossible to obtain.

Tianyuan, it’s about time to make a trip there.

But Lou Yi knew that entering Tianyuan required not only above peak Foundation Establishment strength but also a sect’s endorsement, something ordinary wandering practitioners couldn’t achieve.

With Red Hero and the Corpse-Driving Sect’s connections, it shouldn’t be difficult, but he would need to find the right opportunity.

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Returning to the sect, Wendao Peak, Yanbo’s cave residence.

Bi Yaoyao and You Qingyi had come to visit.

Both women wore dark blue daoist robes, tall and slender, yet with distinctly different temperaments.

Bi Yaoyao, with a single ponytail, almond eyes and peach cheeks, brows like new moons, and two shallow dimples by the corners of her mouth, appeared quite charming and innocent.