Stellar Transformation-Chapter 67 - 21: The Battle of Tribulation Crossing (Part 2)

Chapter 67: Chapter 21: The Battle of Tribulation Crossing (Part 2)

Meanwhile—

"Boom!"

The second bolt of Heavenly Thunder, carrying terrifying majesty, struck the Eight Trigrams Shield. The shield vibrated violently like the surface of water as the power of the heavenly thunder and the shield’s energy continuously cancelled each other out, while lines of talismans emerged from within the shield, appearing on its surface.

"This is bad." At that moment, Qin Yu’s spiritual sense spread out, and he absentmindedly paid attention to his father. He clearly felt the shield’s energy rapidly weakening.

The Eight Trigrams Shield suddenly collapsed, and the talismans that had floated on its surface also dissipated, marking the destruction of the reverse Eight Trigrams barrier. Fortunately, the energy from the second bolt of heavenly thunder was also exhausted.

"Qin De, you are indeed lucky to have found this natural site of the Eight Trigrams, which absorbed two bolts of heavenly thunder. Alas, the Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations consist of four bolts, and each one is stronger than the last. The difference between the first two and the last two is significant!" Wu Xing said with fierce intensity, although his eyebrows were white with age.

"Junior brother, don’t waste time, let’s begin!" Wood commanded.

"Alright, senior brother. You four kill those Innate experts. I can handle Feng Yuzi alone," Wu Xing said with a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes, while the other four elders nodded at each other before leaping off their flying swords, heading straight for the natural Eight Trigrams Formation.

The four elders, all dressed in gray, were remarkably strong.

"Be careful, this formation contains illusions. Close your eyes and fight," Xiang Dong warned as soon as he entered the formation and immediately shouted.

"Yes, Big Brother!" The other three elders complied. At their level of cultivation, fighting blindfolded against someone wasn’t much of a challenge. Although they lacked spiritual sense, they had a vague perception and could also locate by sound.

All four of them closed their eyes, standing motionless within the formation.

"Four Innate Great Perfection experts, this is a bit troublesome," Feng Yuzi contemplated lightning-fast, then ordered, "Ge Min, you take the Five Elements Generals to handle Wu Xing. I’ll deal with Wood. As for the other four, let others handle those elders!"

At this moment, the tribulation clouds churned once more, and quiet rumbles echoed in the sky as it gathered thunder energy. The bolts of heavenly thunder became stronger over time, and accumulating such thunder energy took increasingly longer. Qin De was fully focused on preparing to face the Heavenly Tribulation, paying no mind to the fierce battle.

"Haha..." Wood laughed loudly, then stared at Feng Yuzi and scoffed, "Hmph, Feng Yuzi, a mere mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, dares to challenge me." He was, of course, furious upon hearing Feng Yuzi’s earlier words, since he was at the late stage of Golden Core, significantly stronger than a mid-stage cultivator.

"Feng Yuzi, you actually send a few Innate experts to deal with me? Haha..." Wu Xing, angered to the point of laughter, couldn’t believe Feng Yuzi would send Innate experts he deemed incapable of breaching his defenses, which he found insulting.

Feng Yuzi gave a cold smile but remained silent; owning a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact was his secret ace. Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts were several times more powerful than Low Grade ones. A child armed with a gun could kill an adult with a knife—such is the advantage of weaponry.

"Kill!" Wood and Wu Xing suddenly shouted out loud.

Swift as lightning, Wood charged at Feng Yuzi controlling his sword, while Wu Xing also flew into the grand array on his flying sword. While the formation had illusions, to Wood and Wu Xing who directly used their spiritual sense to observe, such shallow tricks of the formation had no effect.

This natural Eight Trigrams Formation, merely a product of geographic formations creating simple illusions, was transparent under spiritual sense observation. A true top-tier Illusion Array would affect even spiritual sense. Unfortunately, Feng Yuzi lacked such strength.

"Ah!"

Amid a bursting sound, a dreadful scream echoed as blood splattered, and a person fell to the ground with a heavy thud, instantly dead. Everyone, including Wood and his group, paused briefly to take note.

The Four-directions Killing God, Xiang East, who had initially been killed by someone unexpectedly.

"Younger Brother!"

"Younger Brother!"

...

Xiang Dong and the other two were immediately furious. The four had been together for over a century, their bond deeper than that of biological brothers, even possessing a special kind of mutual sensitivity. They sensed immediately when the third brother died. Now that their younger brother was killed so suddenly and they couldn’t see who it was due to the illusions, they were extremely aggrieved.

"Mr. Liu Xing, impressive!" The voice of the Elder in Blue clothes entered Qin Yu’s ears.

Qin Yu sneered.

Locating by sound? What if there’s no sound to locate?

Qin Yu had just executed a movement technique, not stirring a single gust of wind. Although the Four-directions Killing Gods from the Xiang Family were Innate Great Perfection experts with some sense of perception, once Qin Yu concealed his own aura, they could not perceive him.

Concealing one’s aura required not stirring the inner strength within the body. In this way, others could not sense it.

But during a great battle, everyone uses either Innate True Qi or True Essence Power. How could it be possible to conceal one’s aura? But Qin Yu could do so because he hadn’t used the purple Innate True Qi just before, relying solely on his physical strength.

The three Xiang brothers were extremely shocked by the event. Currently, the illusions prevented them from seeing others, whereas Qin De’s side wasn’t affected by the formation. The recent death of Xiang West had alarmed them.

"Disturb my father’s tribulation crossing, die!" Qin Yu’s voice transmission directly sounded in Xiang Nan’s ears.

Xiang Nan was immediately shocked, "Father King?" Before Xiang Nan could comprehend the situation, a sudden punch struck him on his left chest, like a huge hammer smashing down, instantly shattering his heart and causing him to fall to the ground dead, his eyes wide open.

"Second brother!" Xiang Dong cried out in grief.

"Second brother!" Xiang Bei also called out urgently, "Who is it, come out, fight me fair and square." Xiang Bei was already furious as, in just a moment, two brothers had died.

"That kid is really troublesome, he doesn’t cause even a slight breeze when moving, nor does he release any aura." Wu Xing locked onto Qin Yu with his spiritual sense and immediately shouted, "Boy, accept your death quickly."

Qin Yu glanced at Wu Xing, a slight shock in his heart.

"Should I use the Flame Sword and Flame Burning Gloves?" Qin Yu pondered in his heart.

The attack power of cultivators was too strong, at critical moments one must rely on the Flame Sword and Flame Burning Gloves, both middle-grade spiritual artifacts. Without the middle-grade spiritual artifacts, he would stand no chance against a cultivator, but using them would likely expose his identity.

"Five Elements Generals, form up!" Ge Min’s voice also resounded at the same time.

The five Late-stage Innate Experts of Wu Xing, standing before Qin Yu, would need to be killed by Wu Xing if he wanted to reach Qin Yu. Wu Xing sneered, "If a few ants wish to die, they can’t blame me for being ruthless." Saying this, Wu Xing pointed at his flying sword, which immediately shot toward one of them.

At the same time, Wood of the Golden Core Late Stage and Feng Yuzi of the Golden Core Middle Stage also finally faced off in a powerful clash—

"Boom!"

A terrifying sound, a fiery red flying sword and a golden flying sword collided harshly, the strongest confrontation between the two. Wood was smiling, very pleased with a direct confrontation as his strength far surpassed that of Feng Yuzi.

With the violent collision, Wood’s face suddenly paled, a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, while he incredulously looked at Feng Yuzi, "Your... your flying sword..."

Feng Yuzi’s face was pale too, but there was a flash of divine light in his eyes, and he sneered, "Wood, today, I will let you see just how big the gap between a lower-grade spiritual artifact and a middle-grade spiritual artifact really is!" Feng Yuzi was bursting with confidence at that moment.

The attack of a cultivator lies in the spiritual artifacts; their cultivation of flying swords translates directly into the attack power of a single flying sword.

"Bang!"

One of the Five Elements Generals from Wu Xing’s lineage drew out a dark red short knife, blocking the flying sword while swiftly dodging the impact force, which greatly surprised Wu Xing. The Five Elements Generals each took out a short knife and immediately surrounded and advanced toward Wu Xing.

Seeing five middle-grade spiritual artifacts coming toward him at once, Wu Xing was shocked: "Middle-grade spiritual artifacts, my god, so many middle-grade spiritual artifacts!" He didn’t dare to use his protective true essence power to defend, as the attack power of middle-grade spiritual artifacts was not something simple protective true essence power could withstand, and with only one flying sword, he could at most kill one person, but there were five opponents.

"Swoosh!"

Wu Xing stepped onto his flying sword and flew into the sky. He could only take advantage of the fact that the Five Elements Generals couldn’t fly.

Wu Xing and Wood’s eyes glinted fiercely, middle-grade spiritual artifacts, even in the Immortal Island overseas, with their power, they couldn’t get such treasures. The appearance of so many middle-grade spiritual artifacts excited them.

"Junior Brother!"

"Senior Brother!"

Wu Xing and Wood almost simultaneously communicated telepathically, understanding each other’s thoughts.

They decided to take the risk!

Even if severely injured, they must obtain the middle-grade spiritual artifacts!

From the start, Wu Xing and Wood were merely toying, but now they were determined to get those artifacts at any cost. Once two cultivators desperately fought fiercely, their attack power was not as it was before.

"Boom!" Wood pointed his hand, his flying sword transformed into a giant blade, instantly shattering a formation foundation, and numerous vast sword energies emitted from inside the flying sword destroyed a mountain wall, instantly breaking the entire natural Eight Trigrams Formation, and the illusion also vanished without a trace.

"The illusion is broken, avenge your brothers, the culprit is that black-clothed youngster." Wood shouted loudly.

Xiang Dong and Xiang Bei immediately opened their eyes, their gaze landing on Qin Yu.

"Boom!"

A purple dragon from the nine heavens charged down, carrying an oppressive might, and directly slashed towards Qin De in the center of the valley. This was the third wave of heavenly thunder, and by now Qin De had no protective shield left, he could only rely on himself.

"Father!" Qin Yu’s attention was partly on Qin De.

"Die!" Xiang Dong and Xiang Bei’s eyes were completely red, their inner strength fully surged forth, unleashing their strongest attack power as they charged towards Qin Yu.