Stellar Transformation-Chapter 189: Episode 9 - 10 The 6th Heavenly Thunder
Chapter Four!
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Shihe Island.
Qin Yu carefully took out six blocks of Green Wood from his Space Ring, each emitting a lustrous green light, evidently not Mortal Items. He then inserted the Green Wood into six different positions around him and began to deploy the Sealing Technique to set up a grand formation.
Hou Fei muttered from the side, "Big Brother, the Six Elements Wood Formation."
Qin Yu, however, paid him no attention.
"The Six Elements Wood Formation, that’s a defensive formation of top-grade," Hou Fei said discontentedly. "I asked Sister Li’er for six blocks of Guard Wood and she said there weren’t enough... so they were all for you."
Qin Yu ignored Hou Fei, but a trace of a smile was on his face.
The Six Elements Wood Formation was precisely the gift from Li’er before he left. Qin Yu had also prepared some other formations for defense, but compared to this Six Elements Wood Formation, they were far inferior. In fact, setting up the Six Elements Wood Formation wasn’t difficult. The real challenge was gathering the ’Guard Wood’.
A block of Guard Wood, comparable to a Top-Grade Crystal Stone, and to think there were six blocks!
"The defensive capabilities of the grand formation will not be activated for now. It can be started after surviving the sixth Heavenly Thunder," Qin Yu decided. The initial attacks from the Heavenly Thunder should be very simple for him to deal with.
It would not be worth using the grand formation just yet.
With three days left before the Tribulation Crossing, Qin Yu sat cross-legged within the formation to wait in calm anticipation. Bored, Hou Fei could only wander around Shihe Island until he too lay down beside it, resting with his legs crossed.
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"Ga ga~~~" The stone door opened.
A chilling aura spread out as Di Nai emerged from the secret chamber, now with an added air of coldness and killing intent. Merely the aura he exuded made others feel a deep sense of dread.
"Valley Master."
Yan Xin and Yan Mou respectfully greeted him. They had been waiting these past days for Di Nai’s emergence, knowing that Qin Yu’s tribulation was imminent within a day or two.
"Yan Xin, Yan Mou, summon the Six Great Guardians to me," Di Nai ordered coldly.
"Yes."
In just a moment, the six guardians of the valley were present before Di Nai, each displaying utmost respect.
"Today, I prepare to leave the valley to kill Qin Yu..." Di Nai hadn’t finished his sentence before the Six Great Guardians gasped in shock, but he continued with a cold face, "As for you six, focus solely on following the orders of the two vice valley masters, with the goal of killing the members of the Qin Family."
The Six Great Guardians promptly voiced their compliance.
However, Di Nai sneered, "Given that my life and death are uncertain on this journey, your compliance does not assure me. Swear an oath here and now. The consequences for those who do not swear are needless to say."
Fearful, the Six Great Guardians immediately swore their oaths.
Bound by their vows, the guardians dared not betray them.
"Good... Remember, should anyone betray us, the rest may kill him," Di Nai said with a neurotic laugh and then, in a flash, disappeared from their view.
The Six Great Guardians and the two vice valley masters looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
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Far below the waters near Shihe Island, Di Nai waited quietly.
"Qin Yu, I’ve used a great amount of materials to refine so many attack talismans and spiritual plaques. I want to see how you possibly survive the tribulation," Di Nai’s gaze was chilling. Driven by hatred, Di Nai, who was at the Mid Cave Void Stage, had broken through the barrier and reached the Late-stage Cave Void.
This was also a key component of Di Nai’s plan for revenge.
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"The Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations, I hope Big Brother Qin Yu’s crossing will not encounter any significant mishaps."
Li’er furrowed her brows as she paced back and forth in her room, unable to stay calm.
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Shihe Island.
The sky had been clear and sunny, the blue vast and infinite. However, suddenly, it was as if a layer descended below, turning dark red over thousands of miles above Shihe Island, centering on the island itself.
Qin Yu, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and looked up.
"The Sixty-Nine Heavenly Tribulation is about to begin," Qin Yu stood up, his full attention fixed on the incoming tribulation.
Sudden fierce winds rose, instantly causing the waves around Shihe Island to surge violently, some reaching heights of several tens to nearly a hundred meters, battering every part of Shihe Island. The rumbling sound was like thunder rolling through the sky, completely scrambling any other sounds in the heavens and earth.
The dark red sky was filled with countless electric snakes dancing wildly.
Suddenly—
"Whoosh!" As if the sound of someone inhaling, it echoed in the sky, when suddenly the fierce winds disappeared and the tumultuous waves calmed down rapidly. In just a moment, the surroundings of Shihe Island were eerily quiet, without a single ripple coursing through.
All the lightning had also vanished because, in the span of one breath, all the thunder had been completely absorbed into those tribulation clouds.
The tribulation clouds were a dark purple-black color!
"Big Brother, when I went through my tribulation, the color of these clouds wasn’t this dark, and they didn’t absorb the heavenly thunder and lightning from the sky so quickly. It seems... a bit unusual, be careful," Hou Fei called out from a distance.
Qin Yu nodded and glanced at the six ’Guard Wood’ blocks at his feet. The defensive array wasn’t activated yet.
Good steel should be used on the blade’s edge; naturally, the best defense array should be saved for the final, sixth assault of the Heavenly Thunder.
"Feifei, keep an eye out with your spiritual sense, and the moment you spot Di Nai, kill him immediately. Your task is to kill Di Nai; don’t get distracted," Qin Yu communicated spiritually before he himself began to prepare to face the Heavenly Thunder.
Six waves of Heavenly Thunder, each wave more powerful than the last.
This smallest first wave of Heavenly Thunder, Qin Yu naturally chose to withstand it with his body. If his body couldn’t even resist the first wave of Heavenly Thunder, he wouldn’t need to bother with the remaining five waves.
"Boom!"
The sound resounded, and the purple-colored, huge Heavenly Thunder as thick as a water barrel smashed onto Qin Yu’s body. In an instant, Qin Yu was bathed in the thunder, like a god of lightning, without any damage.
"Thrilling, truly thrilling, what a fantastic feeling," Qin Yu squinted his eyes with pleasure. Ordinary lightning held no destructive power for Qin Yu’s body. This first wave of Heavenly Thunder’s impact left him tingling all over—a sensation even more comfortable than a massage.
"Six waves of Heavenly Thunder, the first wave should indeed be the weakest, but this is too weak," Qin Yu muttered.
But despite his muttering, Qin Yu couldn’t afford to let his guard down. After all, the speed at which the thunder and lightning coalesced to form the tribulation clouds was too quick, and the clouds had darkened to a disturbing purple, signaling an extreme level of energy.
"Boom!"
The second wave of Heavenly Thunder struck again, and Qin Yu still chose to take it head-on with his body.
Electric snakes, like tiny fine needles, stimulated every part of his body, causing Qin Yu to involuntarily tighten every pore as the current penetrated every muscle. His muscles were thoroughly tempered by the Heavenly Thunder.
...
Unexpected, something he had never considered.
The power of the first five waves of Heavenly Thunder turned out to be... just that.
Before undergoing the tribulation, Sister Li’er had given him a reminder. Once, Qin Yu had witnessed Hou Fei go through the Sixty-Nine Heavenly Tribulations and had also seen Little Black endure it. The final strike of Heavenly Thunder in Little Black’s tribulation was terrifying, but it did not claim Little Black’s life.
Comparatively, the first five waves of Heavenly Thunder seemed to be even weaker against both Little Black and Hou Fei.
"What’s going on? This is absurd. Only the fifth wave of Heavenly Thunder completed the ’Heavenly Thunder Refining Body’ effect my Master mentioned. According to the plan, the power of the third wave of Heavenly Thunder should have achieved that effect," Qin Yu frowned, thinking to himself.
He had used Purple Gold as the base to refine numerous talismans and set up a huge array, but so far, with the five waves of Heavenly Thunder, Qin Yu had directly withstood them with his body.
"Not good."
Qin Yu’s face suddenly underwent a drastic change.
He suddenly thought of a possibility. A Heavenly Tribulation generally depletes all the energy within the tribulation clouds.
Both he and Hou Fei sensed that the energy in those dark purple tribulation clouds was much greater than the energy in the clouds from Little Black and Hou Fei’s tribulations. Such a vast amount of energy, yet the first five waves of thunder were not powerful, which means not much energy was consumed.
Little consumed earlier means an enormous amount remains!
The sixth wave of Heavenly Thunder formed from all the remaining energy would be absolutely terrifying.
"Damn you, heavens, what’s your game? With these six waves of Heavenly Thunder, each one should grow stronger, but the difference shouldn’t be too drastic, right? You’ve been saving energy, making the first five waves so weak, all the energy conserved for the sixth wave... That sixth wave of Heavenly Thunder..."
Qin Yu had an ominous feeling.
No wonder Sister Li’er reminded him time and again, and Qin Yu could no longer afford to curse.
Suddenly, Qin Yu flicked his fingers, and a drop of fresh blood flew out from his chest. He then activated the ’Six Elements Wood Formation’ while integrating his own essence blood. It made the array much easier to control, and its power somewhat increased.
"The Twelve Thunder Breaking Talismans... I hope they will be somewhat effective. If not, I’ll have to resort to my last move," he thought.
Qin Yu had prepared quite a few backup moves as well.
"Hiss~~~"
It was as if the tribulation clouds were being tempered, flames suddenly erupted from within them, and the clouds continuously shrank. At the same time, electric snakes began to flicker incessantly inside them, but despite the scorching flames, the clouds kept shrinking.
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"Even the heavens are helping me. Look at the momentum of this heavenly tribulation, the power of the sixth wave of heavenly thunder will undoubtedly be astonishingly great. Qin Yu, it’s questionable whether you can withstand the sixth wave, and with my strike added in, you are doomed,"
Di Nai watched from beneath the water’s surface, observing the distant sky. Everything in the heavens was within his sight.
"It’s about time."
All of a sudden, Di Nai’s figure rushed toward Shihe Island at high speed.
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"Swoosh!"
The tribulation clouds suddenly contracted, turning into a kind of blue thunder that was dark purple when mixed—to put it simply. The pale blue lightning was very thin, only about two fingers thick, not even as thick as a wrist.
Just this single strand of fine pale blue lightning streaked from the sky, heading straight for Qin Yu’s head!
The Flame Sword had already been flying outside the array, and at this moment, the Flame Sword shone brightly, charging directly towards the pale blue lightning.
The Flame Sword had barely touched the fine pale blue thunder when, like glass shattered by a hammer, "Bang!" the Flame Sword completely broke apart, with hardly any loss to the slender blue thunder.
"Pfft!"
Qin Yu immediately spurted a mouthful of blood, his face turning a flush of red.
"Damn it, heavens, you’re playing me!"
Qin Yu cursed in his heart, however, his entire focus was inside his body. Just a simple touch from the Flame Sword and it was finished, even though his own strength wasn’t high, but... this was only the sixty-nine heavenly tribulations, the immense power was simply too terrifying.
"Bang!"
The slender pale blue lightning struck the protective shield formed by the ’Six Elements Wood Formation’. Light flashed intermittently. The pale blue lightning and the six green Guard Wood pieces reflected each other’s light, but the energy of the protective shield fluctuated rapidly.
It held for a moment, and as the shield shattered, the color of the pale blue lightning had taken on a hint of purple. However, that single breath’s duration was enough for Qin Yu to use that move. The Twelve Heavenly Thunder Talismans were already thrown out.
"Damn it, it’s do or die!" Qin Yu could no longer care about anything else, even if it resulted in a significant loss of his power. He couldn’t care less.
With a shout from the bottom of his heart, Qin Yu was enveloped in a golden light in an instant. In that moment, Qin Yu turned into a golden figure, and the entire Shihe Island trembled beneath his feet.
"Rumble~~~"
The ground beneath his feet cracked, and from beneath the sea, a scorching flame gushed out from the depths. It was the Star Core Flame from deep within the earth.
"Star Domain—Star Core Activation!" Qin Yu roared inwardly!
As if igniting, the Star Core Flame from the depths wrapped around Qin Yu, who then formed his hands into palms and struck upwards, just as the lightning had just penetrated the ’Six Elements Wood Formation’. It collided with Qin Yu’s full-force strike.
Wherever Qin Yu’s palms went, a thick golden beam shot out from his palms, wrapped in the Star Core Flame from deep within the ground.
"Bang!"
The two forces collided.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
The entire Shihe Island erupted into explosions.
"Qin Yu, meet your end!"
A gritted shout echoed across the island as Di Nai timed his assault perfectly, attacking as the sixth heavenly thunder struck. Countless talisman jade tokens were launched from his waving hands.
Explosions, one after another.
Hou Fei was taken aback by the sheer number of talismans, the power of so many jade tokens. How many treasures must have been consumed for this? But what Hou Fei did not know was that for this occasion, Di Nai had nearly depleted half of the wealth of Nine Evil Hall.
"Cackle, die."
Hou Fei moved instantly in front of Di Nai, the Black Stick descending from the sky, smashing directly towards Di Nai’s head.
Di Nai’s face was ferocious.
He had long guessed it was a trap, but he had no choice but to come, for it was his only hope.
"Ah~~~"
In an instant, Di Nai transformed into a massive Purple Evil Flood Dragon. The gigantic Purple Evil Flood Dragon was not only exceedingly long but also incredibly thick. Hou Fei’s Black Stick smashed down directly onto the waist of the Purple Evil Flood Dragon.
With a powerful and heavy strike, the waist of the Purple Evil Flood Dragon twisted, trying to deflect the attack power, but its dragon scales still shattered, and blood flowed out.
"Take another hit."
Hou Fei swung his stick down again.
With a sudden roar of the dragon, a beam of golden light shot directly from Di Nai’s mouth toward Qin Yu.
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It came to an abrupt halt.
The sixth wave of Heavenly Thunder collided with Qin Yu’s strongest strike and unexpectedly stopped for a moment, as if the whole world had paused. Time had stopped.
But then—
"Boom!"
The golden light pillar shattered, and the Star Core Flame from beneath the earth scattered everywhere. The now purple-black thunder struck atop Qin Yu’s raised palms. At this moment, Qin Yu was wearing the Flame Burning Gloves, which flickered with dazzling light. The power of the stars had reached its limit.
At the same time, a Flying Sword shot toward him.
"Bang!" Struggling to resist the Heavenly Thunder with both hands and due to the supply of power from the Flame Burning Gloves and the Star Power, Qin Yu managed to make the thunder stagnate once again.
"Spurt!"
Qin Yu couldn’t dodge in time and the Flying Sword pierced through his chest. At that moment, the Star Power within Qin Yu’s body shook. The Flame Burning Gloves, no longer penetrated by Star Power, were directly blasted into pieces.
And Qin Yu’s hands and arms were charred to a crisp.
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"Die!"
Seeing this scene, Hou Fei, in extreme anger, entered a Frenzy State and transformed into a giant. Holding a massive Black Stick and relying on brute strength, he smashed it down on the Purple Evil Flood Dragon. However, at that moment, another beam of golden light shot out from the mouth of the Purple Evil Flood Dragon.
"Bang!"
Hou Fei’s rage caused the massive Black Stick to smash the Purple Evil Flood Dragon into minced meat, blood flowing everywhere. The physical body of the Purple Evil Flood Dragon was dead beyond doubt.
However... the golden light that had just shot out from the dragon’s mouth was a tiny Nascent Soul, wielding a Short Sword.
This Nascent Soul was Di Nai’s Nascent Soul, and the Short Sword was a Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact.
For the sake of his revenge, even though Di Nai originally had a Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, he still refined another Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact using his own Top-Grade Crystal Stones. No matter what, he was determined to kill Qin Yu at any cost.
"Swoosh!"
The Nascent Soul controlling the sword was much faster than a person using Sword Control.
But Hou Fei had just smashed the Purple Evil Flood Dragon’s body with the Black Stick and by the time he noticed the Nascent Soul, it was already too late.
"Qin Yu, die." Di Nai’s eyes burned with intensity, and his entire Nascent Soul began to blaze... His speed reached the ultimate limit, and even with Hou Fei trying desperately, he could not catch up to Di Nai’s speed at that moment.
Transforming into a dazzling meteor, Di Nai collided with Qin Yu. The purple-black thunder had already shattered Qin Yu’s hands, his arms were scorched black, and his body was covered in blood.
The self-destruction of Di Nai’s Nascent Soul, the final stab from the Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, coupled with the assault of the purple-black lightning, led to a terrifying explosion!
"Boom!"
The explosive sound echoed thunderously. The small Shihe Island was completely blown apart, waves swept across the island, rocks scattered, and where the explosion occurred, there was no trace left.
"Big Brother!"
Hou Fei shouted hoarsely as he then frantically began to search with his Spiritual Sense!
(End of Chapter Four. Four Chapters today, Chapter Four reaching five thousand words. You all should be satisfied now~~~~ Well, Fang Qie is taking a break. Oh, I’ll build two Crystal Towers for everyone as a highlight.)
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