Stellar Transformation-Chapter 66 - 20: The Battle of Tribulation Crossing (Part 1)
The sky gradually darkened, as Qin De sat cross-legged in the center of the Reverse Eight Trigrams Formation in the valley. Feng Yuzi and Qin Yu, among others, were seated randomly around Qin De. As time ticked by, the fifteen people in the valley knew the Heavenly Tribulation was approaching, and everyone was on edge.
"Father," Qin Yu slightly turned his head to look at the meditating Qin De. At this moment, Qin De’s face was calm, but Qin Yu’s heart suddenly trembled. To resist the might of the Heavenly Tribulation for mortals was extremely difficult, even the weakest Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations.
"No matter what, I won’t let anyone disturb you," Qin Yu’s eyes grew more intense.
"Everyone, the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulation is a Small Heavenly Tribulation. There will be a total of four Heavenly Thunders descending. During this period, we must ensure Mr. Ying is not disturbed by anyone. Also... do not even think of helping Mr. Ying withstand the Heavenly Thunders. The Tribulation is aimed at the person undergoing it. If you assist, it will not only be of no help to Mr. Ying but you will also be subject to punishment by the Heavenly Thunder," Feng Yuzi instructed the crowd.
Feng Yuzi, who had experience crossing the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, said this and everyone present took it to heart.
"Brother Feng, don’t be too nervous. I chose Qinglian Mountain Range for my tribulation crossing, and not many people know of it. It’s unlikely that anyone will come to disturb me," Qin De opened his eyes and said with a smile, maintaining a relaxed demeanor even though the Heavenly Tribulation was imminent.
Suddenly—
A fierce wind arose, sweeping across heaven and earth, like a broom through remaining clouds. The clouds above the valley within hundreds of miles were swept away in no time, and at the same time, the color of the sky above the valley gradually changed to a dark red.
"The Heavenly Tribulation is coming!" Feng Yuzi immediately shouted, and one by one, everyone tensed up, with Qin Yu’s heart nearly leaping out of his chest.
The dark red sky loomed overhead, bringing a powerful sense of oppression. Then the dark red sky began to spin, turning like a giant vortex in the sea, ceaselessly swirling. One by one, purple Electric Snakes appeared out of nowhere in the dark red sky and were sucked into the huge vortex.
The vortex grew more and more violent, and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles became completely chaotic. Huge Electric Snakes twisted and turned within the vortex, and gradually, the vortex stopped spinning, turning into a mass of purple tribulation clouds.
The dark red sky, the purple tribulation clouds, and the Electric Snakes flickering within.
The people in the valley looked up at the sky, and Qin Yu did the same. Facing such a terrifying display of the might of heaven, Qin Yu felt as though his heart was being suppressed by a rock, making it hard to breathe. Gritting his teeth and with a fierce glint in his eyes, he glanced at his father.
"Father, you must succeed!"
Qin Yu anticipated in his heart.
"Boom!"
A tremendous thunderous roar echoed as a purple lightning bolt, resembling a winding Divine Dragon, struck down towards Qin De at the center of the valley. Everyone present knew that there would be four Heavenly Thunders in the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulation, each more fierce than the last. This was just the first one, and the sheer presence of the first one indicated the horror of the Heavenly Tribulation.
"Rise!"
Standing at the center of the Reverse Eight Trigrams, Qin De activated the Reverse Eight Trigrams Formation. Rays of light continuously flowed around the edges of the formation, eventually forming a shield with the Reverse Eight Trigrams at its periphery to firmly protect Qin De alone.
Leveraging the natural, gigantic Eight Trigrams Spiritual Energy, the amplification effect of the Reverse Eight Trigrams had taken three full days to perfect, forming the Protective Restriction shield. It was indeed powerful.
"Boom!"
The purple lightning struck the green-hued shield, causing spiritual energy within the Reverse Eight Trigrams to circulate rapidly as the shield trembled. Nevertheless, it managed to withstand the first Heavenly Thunder. Seeing this, Qin Yu felt a wave of relief.
"This natural Eight Trigrams is indeed strong, the barrier formed by the Eight Trigrams restriction was able to withstand the first Heavenly Thunder without breaking apart," Feng Yuzi’s face showed a trace of joy.
...
At this moment, not far from the valley, Wood and Wu Xing were each standing on a giant flying sword, each accompanied by two elders.
"Brother, Qin De actually survived the first Heavenly Thunder, and even found the place of the natural Eight Trigrams, he really hit the jackpot," Wu Xing said with a cold laugh.
Wood said indifferently, "No need to worry about that. The Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations consist of four Heavenly Thunders, each stronger than the last. The first one is just an appetizer, it’s difficult for that Qin De to survive all four. Moreover, even if he successfully gets through the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, he will definitely be gravely injured. At that time, it will be easy for us with our strength to kill him."
After completing the Tribulation Crossing, one is generally left with a body heavily wounded. A person who has just stepped into the early stage of the Golden Core and is heavily injured is no match for Wu Xing in the Golden Core Middle Stage or Wood in the Golden Core Late Stage.
"Two seniors, can we make our move now?" the leader of the four elders, Xiang Dong, immediately asked respectfully. These four elders were known as the ’Four Directions Death Gods’ within the Xiang Family, carrying the honorary surname ’Xiang’ and being denoted by the directions East, South, West, and North.
On hearing this, Wood nodded slightly, "Brother, now that the second Heavenly Thunder is charging up, once it begins, they will be distracted by the Tribulation Crossing event. We’ll strike with the speed of lightning, taking them down in one fell swoop!"
"Yes, brother," Wu Xing also said excitedly.
...
Rolling purple clouds of tribulation continuously tumbled, the oppressive might sending chills to the hearts of everyone in the valley, the second Heavenly Thunder was obviously much more formidable.
"Ha!"
A low shout came from Qin De as a dragon-shaped Protective Gang Qi appeared around his body, almost materializing. It was precisely the Protective Body technique from the ’Ancestor Dragon Emperor Technique’, cultivated to the peak of Innate Extreme.
Simultaneously, a dark red long sword appeared in Qin De’s hands, which was a Middle Grade Spirit Artifact, and also his reliance for crossing the tribulation.
Qin Yu’s attention was mostly on his father, as were Feng Yuzi, the Blue-clothed Elder, and the others who were focused on the scene of Qin De’s tribulation crossing, each of them holding their breath with a very oppressive atmosphere. Suddenly, the sky shook.
"Boom!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Another shaft of purple Heavenly Thunder struck down rapidly from the sky, this bolt of thunder thicker and the purple light even more dazzling than the first, descending in a flash. Qin Yu and the others immediately tensed up, but at that very moment—
"Ambush!"
Feng Yuzi’s voice suddenly rang in the ears of the other thirteen people, Qin Yu and the others were shocked. Feng Yuzi didn’t shout aloud for fear of disturbing Qin De, so he used voice transmission instead. At the same time, Feng Yuzi formed hand seals and the natural Eight Trigrams Array of the whole valley was activated, with streams of True Essence Power running through the entire formation.
"Haha, Feng Yuzi, to think such a formation could stop me and my brother, are you dreaming?" The elder with white eyebrows, Wu Xing, laughed loudly as he descended from the sky on a giant sword, followed by two old men. Beside him, with flowing long hair, Wood also on a giant sword, descended with two elders.
"Two Cultivators," Qin Yu was shocked, then gritted his teeth with fiery eyes fixed on the two Upper Immortals, "We have to fight, no matter what, we can’t let them interrupt father’s tribulation crossing."
