"Buzz!~"
The next instant, a powerful pressure emanated from Ye Feng's body...
Zeus's thunderous light hammer, its residual force enough to shatter space, stopped abruptly when it was only a hair's breadth away from Ye Feng. No matter how hard he pushed, even as his face contorted with effort, the thunderous light hammer could not advance an inch...
That barely visible millimeter now felt like a chasm miles wide...
"Buzz ~ Hiss ~! Hiss!~"
Within a few breaths, the sky darkened as an incredibly massive vortex-shaped cloud mass appeared directly above Ye Feng's head – the tribulation clouds...
"Yue Yan, this... this tribulation cloud is... is too big..."
Looking up at the boundless tribulation clouds above, Yue Feixue swallowed, her voice trembling slightly.
"This... is this really tribulation clouds...?"
Yue Yan's gaze was dazed, and she murmured, "Could this be... the third tribulation of the cultivator's Three Tribulations... the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder?"
"Bai Xi, Ling Xi, Leng Yue, Qiao Ying, everyone, conceal your presence and don't move rashly!"
Yue Feixue's expression was extremely serious, "The scope of these tribulation clouds is so vast that we've already been locked onto... If we move rashly... we might also attract the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder..."
"And don't ask me what the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder is... I've only heard of it, never seen it, not even in books..."
She paused, then Yue Feixue spoke again.
"Mhm! Mhm!"
Bai Xi, Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying all nodded earnestly, their faces serious.
In fact, Yue Feixue's worries were somewhat unnecessary, as a peculiar power had enveloped the entire area at this moment, immobilizing everyone, including the main gods, in place... Neither they nor the main gods could move...
Under the astonished gazes of Bai Xi and the four girls, and the main gods, the tribulation clouds above the entire area grew denser, the sky darker... The pressure they felt intensified... Eventually, Qiao Ying, who was weaker and injured, spat out blood...
On the main gods' side, Ares, who had been used as a shield by Zeus against a large portion of the tribulation fire and had nearly died from Ye Feng's tribulation fire slash, also vomited blood and knelt on the ground...
Meanwhile, the center of the vortex-shaped cloud mass above Ye Feng's location churned unceasingly... The vortex center, resembling an eye, gradually turned pitch black...
This blackness was not the blackness of night, nor the blackness of ink... It gave a very strange feeling, as if within the blackness there were specks of starlight... It was like the incredibly distant starry sky on a night...
Ye Feng looked up, gazing absentmindedly at the vortex-shaped cloud mass. He didn't mobilize powers like tribulation fire or厄水 (e'shui - calamity water) to deal with the impending heavenly tribulation...
Ye Feng quietly watched the incredibly dense tribulation clouds in the sky, observing the strange blackness in the center of the vortex-shaped cloud mass, his heart exceptionally calm...
Gradually, all surrounding sights, sounds, and smells... disappeared from Ye Feng's perception... He drew closer and closer to the strange blackness in the center of the vortex-shaped cloud mass...
Ye Feng tentatively reached out, touching that strange blackness... A mysterious yet ordinary... an ethereal and elusive yet ubiquitous aura surged into his body...
"Hmm?"
At this moment, Ye Feng snapped back to reality, only to find that Zeus's thunderous star hammer was almost upon his face, but it was blocked by some power...
"Yue Yan, wha... what's happening?"
Yue Feixue's voice was filled with surprise, "Why have the tribulation clouds dissipated... Ye Feng, he didn't... didn't undergo the tribulation?"
"I... I don't know..."
Yue Yan was equally confused, "But it really seems like it... that powerful aura that locked onto us is gone..."
"Perhaps, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Tribulation of the cultivator's Three Tribulations... is like this, but... why does Ye Feng look so lost and confused..."
Bai Xi chimed in, her voice also containing evident confusion and bewilderment.
"Take the hostages!"
At this moment, Youermosi roared and darted rapidly towards Bai Xi and the four girls.
Poseidon, who was closest, had already acted before Youermosi could speak. As Youermosi's shout left his mouth, Poseidon was already behind Ling Xi.
"Whoosh ~ Splash!~"
"Chh!"
Poseidon thrust his trident towards Bai Xi, who was stronger, and unleashed water splashes surging with red and gray light towards Yue Yan and the others. Simultaneously, a strange demonic power manifested on him, coalescing into a gaping maw that was about to swallow the unsuspecting Ling Xi...
"Buzz!"
"Bang!~"
The gaping maw formed by Poseidon's demonic power, just inches from Ling Xi, instantly disintegrated. Ye Feng had appeared behind Ling Xi. He didn't do anything, just stood there quietly. When Poseidon's demonic energy-formed maw touched him, it simply dissipated and vanished...
"Ye... Ye Feng?!"
Bai Xi stared at the divine artifact trident that had abruptly stopped in front of her, her heart filled with shock. She vaguely guessed it was Ye Feng's doing...
The same was true for Yue Yan on the other side, as the divine power water arrows shot by Poseidon also abruptly stopped in mid-air before dissipating...
"How... how could this be..."
Poseidon was utterly shocked, fear appearing on his face. The space around him distorted violently as he attempted to merge with it to escape.
"Whoosh ~ Bang!"
But in that instant, Ye Feng reached out his left hand and grasped Poseidon's throat.
"Buzz ~ Pfft!~"
A faint, peculiar black light flickered on Ye Feng's left hand, identical to the blackness in the center of the vortex-shaped tribulation clouds, resembling a distant universe.
The peculiar black light flashed, and Poseidon's body instantly disintegrated... turning into dust... scattering with the wind...
"Wh... What?"
The main gods not far away were stunned. They hadn't expected Ye Feng to become stronger after the tribulation cloud incident, but... they never imagined that Poseidon would be utterly defenseless, turning into ashes without even a scream...
"Gulp ~ Gulp ~!"
Bai Xi, Yue Yan, Yue Feixue, Ling Xi, Leng Yue, and Qiao Ying swallowed hard, utterly speechless with shock...
"That... that brat's... what he used... could it be... a god... a divine spark?"
At this moment, Hera's trembling voice rang out. She looked at a small mass of reddish-gray mist-like substance in Ye Feng's hand, her pupils constricting, her eyes filled with terror...
Including Zeus, Youermosi, Hades, Ares, Apollo, Hera, and Cynthia all wore expressions of horror, as they considered a possibility that made them tremble...