#296 - I call you an idiot! (4000 words, two in one)
“The tenth lightning tribulation?!”
In the imperial palace, the Martial Emperor, who was observing the distance, was extremely surprised to see the tenth lightning tribulation in the sky.
When the nine lightning tribulations fell from the sky before, the Martial Emperor felt that Xu Ming might be in some difficulty and couldn't help but worry about him.
However, the Martial Emperor also felt that Xu Ming would be able to survive.
Xu Ming's talent was excellent, definitely no worse than those famous geniuses from ancient times.
But what the Martial Emperor didn't expect was that after the ninth heavenly thunder, there would actually be a tenth heavenly thunder?
Since ancient times, among those geniuses who had undergone tribulations, had any experienced ten lightning tribulations?
Anyway, from what has been recorded throughout history, there haven't been any.
“Your Majesty, this…”
Eunuch Wei looked at the thunder rumbling in the sky and felt that the top scholar was already in grave danger.
The tenth heavenly thunder?
Who could have imagined that?!
“It depends on his fortune.” The Martial Emperor stared ahead without the slightest deviation.
Whether or not he can survive this ordeal depends on himself.
If Xu Ming can survive this ordeal,
Then it would truly be a blessing from the heavens for the Martial Kingdom!
I must make Xu Ming and Yanhan leave behind an offspring!
“Damn it!”
Standing on the plain, Xu Ming had already cursed out loud in his heart.
Although Xu Ming couldn't see anything now, he had already heard the rumbling thunder in the sky.
Moreover, the thunder in the sky had locked onto his aura.
Xu Ming knew that another lightning tribulation was waiting for him.
Was the Heavenly Dao making some kind of mistake?!
I'm just undergoing the Dragon Gate Realm lightning tribulation!
Is a mere Dragon Gate Realm lightning tribulation really necessary?
“Boom!”
With another thunderous sound.
Nine women appeared above the thunderclouds. These nine women were all transformed from lightning tribulations. Some of the women were holding pipa, and some had yaoqin placed on their thighs. They held nine different musical instruments in their arms and sat on the clouds.
These nine women transformed from lightning were all extremely beautiful, comparable to the top ten on the Red Beauty List.
However, Xu Ming couldn't see anything. He only felt that the aura of the lightning tribulation in the sky was becoming more and more intense.
Xu Ming felt like he was being watched by pairs of eyes, their gazes seeming to say, "What ability do you have to dare seize the creation of heaven and earth?"
“Huff.”
Xu Ming took a deep breath and gripped the long sword in his hand.
Xu Ming knew that the lightning tribulation was about to come, but what means or trump cards did he still have now?
Originally, all of Xu Ming's preparations were aimed at nine lightning tribulations.
All the magical treasures that Yanhan gave him were also aimed at nine lightning tribulations.
Moreover, not too many magical treasures could be given.
During the tribulation, if too many magical treasures are used, it may anger the Great Dao, making it think, "How shameless are you, only wanting to rely on external forces to overcome the tribulation?", and then it will send down even more violent lightning.
This would be counterproductive and backfire.
Otherwise, Wu Yanhan actually wanted to give Xu Ming a magic sword.
But if Xu Ming was given a magic sword, other things might have to be removed.
Everything Wu Yanhan gave Xu Ming was the result of careful consideration.
“Clang!”
A zither sound came from above the clouds.
Immediately afterwards came the pipa sound, the flute sound…
The sound of music echoed for a hundred miles, and the people in the imperial capital all raised their heads, curious as to where this song came from.
These instruments played a piece of music that no one in the world had ever heard.
And this song was played only for Xu Ming.
“It's coming.” Xu Ming's mind focused.
Under this music of the Great Dao, a large cauldron was constantly condensing in the sky, and the cauldron transformed from lightning covered Xu Ming.
In the world, there is a saying that the cauldron is the head of all weapons.
This tenth lightning tribulation transformed into a lightning cauldron, probably giving Xu Ming the highest standard of treatment.
Xu Ming was already exhausted, but he still had to resist, even though Xu Ming knew that he was almost certainly going to die.
However, Xu Ming's hand holding the long sword was trembling, and Xu Ming couldn't help but wonder if he, who was already at the end of his rope, could really withstand this tenth lightning tribulation.
Now, no matter how hard I try, isn't it all in vain?
But just at this moment, a gust of breeze blew past, and Xu Ming smelled a faint fragrance.
This fragrance was very familiar.
“Get out of the way.” Xu Ming said to Wu Yanhan, who was standing in front of him.
Wu Yanhan, dressed in a long dress, stood in front of Xu Ming, staring directly at the falling cauldron: “If I get out of the way, you will die!”
Xu Ming shook his head speechlessly: “You can't stop something like a lightning tribulation. If you don't come, only one person will die. If you come, then two people will die!”
“I don't need you to worry!” Wu Yanhan said coldly, “I will smash this broken thing open for you!”
Wu Yanhan's martial artist's true energy shook and dispersed, forming a golden dragon protecting the two of them.
“Why bother? You might become the first female emperor in the world. You are the Martial God Body and can step into the supreme martial artist realm. You still have a great future.” Xu Ming's tone became a little anxious, “I am already…”
“I told you, I don't need you to worry!” Wu Yanhan interrupted Xu Ming's words. The fist force around her became more and more intense, and the cauldron in the sky was getting closer and closer, “I won't let you die!”
“Boom!!!!”
The sound of thunder echoed throughout the entire sky, and the hurricane blew for a hundred miles.
The formations of the Martial Kingdom's imperial capital even started on their own. The golden mountain and river dragon vein raised its head and roared at the lightning tribulation in the sky, as if warning it not to approach.
“Wu Yanhan, get out of the way! You can't stop it!” Xu Ming scolded!
Even in his prime, he might not be able to stop this tenth heavenly thunder.
Admittedly, Yanhan is a martial arts genius, but so what?
If others interfere with such a thing as a heavenly tribulation, the lightning tribulation will be even more violent!
Even a cultivator in the Upper Five Realms would not dare to easily get involved in the lightning tribulation of a cultivator in the Middle Five Realms!
“Shut up!” Wu Yanhan also scolded.
“Why are you so stubborn?!”
“I don't need you to teach me what to do! What's the use of the future you speak of!” Wu Yanhan clenched her fists, her heart as still as water, staring at this lightning tribulation in the sky, “What is a future without you!”
“Rumble!”
“What did you say?”
The thunder was too loud, Xu Ming really didn't hear clearly.
“I'm calling you an idiot!”
Wu Yanhan said loudly, and at the same time, she delivered a punch.
“Roar!”
The true energy dragon rushed towards the lightning cauldron.
This punch carried all of Wu Yanhan!
The dragon collided with the cauldron, Wu Yanhan's chest felt sweet, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
However, Wu Yanhan only slightly slowed down the speed of the cauldron's fall.
Feeling the increasingly approaching pressure of the lightning.
Xu Ming's mood became more and more calm.
Perhaps when one gradually faces death, one will be so calm.
However, Xu Ming didn't want the girl in front of him to die with him.
“What to do… What else can I do…”
Xu Ming clenched the long sword in his hand tightly.
In Xu Ming's mind, scene after scene flashed through Xu Ming's mind.
“Boy, watch this sword carefully.”
In the Three Stone Peaks, Xu Cang wielded that sword in Xu Ming's sea of consciousness.
“Sword moves, sword energy, and sword intent are not superior or inferior. If you delve into one of them, you can reach the peak.”
In the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, Wang Xuan taught Xu Ming the Grass Character Sword Secret.
“Why did Senior come back again?”
After the Zixia Grand Ceremony, Xu Ming lay in bed. Xu Cang, who had just said goodbye to Xu Ming not long ago, turned back again.
“It's nothing, I just forgot to give you something. It can be considered a gift from this old man to you.” As he spoke, Xu Cang threw a ball of paper at Xu Ming.
“What is this?” Xu Ming asked in confusion.
“When you are at your wit's end, you can unfold it and take a look. Maybe it will help you.” Xu Cang waved his hand, “I'm leaving.”
Xu Ming took out the ball of paper that Xu Cang had given him from his storage bag.
And just as Xu Ming unfolded the ball of paper, even though Xu Ming couldn't see anything, the three words written with sword energy on the paper could be clearly perceived by Xu Ming.
“Move!”
Feeling these three words.
Xu Ming couldn't help but smile.
Indeed.
These three words have no culture at all, but they are very much in line with Xu Cang's character.
Yes, move!
The opening essence of the Heaven Opening Fist is to throw the last punch even when you know you are going to die.
The ending of the Grass Character Sword Secret is that even if you have no sword in your hand, even if you are holding a blade of grass, you must wield that last sword.
Only after you throw that punch and wield that sword will you know what the final result will be!
Xu Ming raised his head and closed his eyes to look at everything in the sky.
The paper in Xu Ming's hand shattered into powder, and the sword energy of those three words merged into Xu Ming's long sword.
Xu Ming's spiritual power was exhausted at this time, and not a single drop of martial artist's true energy was left.
However, Xu Ming still had sword moves in his mind.
Xu Ming's long sword still contained Xu Cang's sword energy.
In Xu Ming's mind, the sword that Xu Cang used appeared again and again.
“Move!”
Xu Cang's voice seemed to echo in Xu Ming's ears.
Just as Wu Yanhan was desperately holding up the lightning cauldron, Wu Yanhan felt a hand gently holding one of her hands.
Wu Yanhan, who was originally focused, was distracted all of a sudden.
“What?”
Wu Yanhan scolded with a slightly red face.
Why is this guy holding my hand at such a critical moment?!
“I'll do it.”
Still with his eyes closed, Xu Ming reached out and accurately flicked Wu Yanhan's brow.
"You..." Wu Yanhan's face flushed red, and she even forgot that this was a matter of life and death.
This was the first time she had been teased so intimately.
Xu Ming said with a smile, "This is my thunder tribulation, so I definitely need to overcome it myself. What kind of ability is it to hide behind a girl? If this were to spread, wouldn't I be laughed to death by the world?"
"Why show off? You're already..."
Wu Yanhan stopped halfway through her words, her mouth agape in surprise.
Only now did Wu Yanhan notice that around Xu Ming, there were swords floating in the air.
These swords were all formed from sword energy, of various shapes and sizes, suspended around him like an inverted beaded curtain.
Xu Ming raised the ordinary sword in his hand, and the swords formed from sword energy around him seemed to be summoned, constantly converging towards the ordinary sword in Xu Ming's hand.
The long sword, forged from ordinary iron, trembled incessantly, as if it would shatter into iron powder in the next moment.
"Didn't I tell you before that I learned a sword technique at Three Stone Peak? When I fought with Xia He, I didn't fully use it. Now, I'll demonstrate the sword I learned at Three Stone Peak."
Xu Ming said with a smile.
"This sword is called—Heaven's Opening."
As the words fell, Xu Ming slashed down with his sword!
The descending cauldron was instantly split in half.
After the sword energy cut through the cauldron, it didn't stop, but continued to slash towards the nine celestial maidens transformed from thunder tribulation in the sky.
The music played by the nine celestial maidens became more and more urgent, and streams of musical notes turned into thunder tribulation, trying to stop Xu Ming's sword.
But everything turned into illusory shadows in front of this sword energy.
"Boom!"
Under Xu Ming's sword energy, the nine celestial maidens transformed from thunder tribulation instantly dissipated, and a gap was torn open in the sky above by Xu Ming.
Through the gap in the sky, Wu Yanhan saw magnificent palaces and auspicious beasts and birds.
But in the end, it was just a fleeting glimpse.
Wu Yanhan even suspected that she was hallucinating.
How could there be another world behind the sky?
Could it be a mirage?
Soon, the gap in the sky was filled, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and a thunder pool appeared in the air.
Wu Yanhan frowned.
This thunder pool seemed to be tilting continuously?
"Your Highness, you must avoid it. The top scorer is about to receive the gift of thunder tribulation. If others enter it, they will be considered to be stealing the fortune of the heavens and will be turned to ashes."
At this time, Grandpa Huang appeared on the top of the mountain and said to Wu Yanhan.
"Wait for me, I'll come and pick you up." Wu Yanhan said to Xu Ming.
"Okay." Xu Ming really wanted Wu Yanhan to receive the gift of heaven together.
But after hearing what the Huang Enshrinement said, Xu Ming immediately dismissed the idea.
"Then take your hand off first." Wu Yanhan glared at Xu Ming.
This guy is still taking advantage of me!
"Oh, oh, oh, sorry, I didn't notice." Xu Ming released Wu Yanhan's hand.
Wu Yanhan turned around in shame and anger, hiding far away.
The thunder pool poured down, and the blue thunder liquid fell on Xu Ming's body like a waterfall.
The pit around Xu Ming had already been smashed out.
And this pit was quickly filled with thunder liquid.
Xu Ming felt that his muscles, bones, and flesh were being reshaped, the charred skin was gradually peeling off, and new skin was growing.
The impurities in Xu Ming's body were constantly being discharged and then absorbed by the thunder liquid.
After two incense sticks, Xu Ming suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with thunder.
Western Regions Demonic Sect.
Mo Zhu'er, who had been interrogated by the Black Lotus Sect, was not only the Holy Maiden of the Black Lotus Sect, but had now been promoted to Elder of the Black Lotus Sect.
She raised her head and looked towards the Central Plains.
As she looked, the corners of Mo Zhu'er's mouth curled up.
Western Regions Thunderclap Temple.
An abbot slowly opened his eyes, raised his head, pressed his hands together in front of a Mysterious Thunder Buddha statue in the temple, and deeply chanted: "Amitabha."
