"Hiss! Boom!"
"Boom boom!"
Vast golden flames danced, struck, and coiled around Ye Feng, seeping into his body, circulating rapidly within, and tempering his physique...
As the number of tribulation fires increased, although Ye Feng blocked most of them, a considerable amount still fell upon the white-haired elder, causing his face to contort and him to scream incessantly. Yet, he gritted his teeth and persevered, not fleeing...
...
It was not until the sun's rays rose from the horizon the next day, washing over Ye Feng, that the tribulation fires gradually dissipated, and the massive vortex-shaped tribulation clouds in the sky slowly dispersed...
"Thank... thank you!"
On the ground, the white-haired elder, whose entire body was scorched to a near-black layer, spirit depleted, and breathing unsteady, thanked Ye Feng.
"Oh, no need to thank me~"
Ye Feng waved his hand at the white-haired elder, "I should be thanking you! It's not easy to find someone undergoing tribulation!"
"Wh... what?"
Ye Feng's words left the white-haired elder utterly bewildered.
"Whoosh~ Hiss! Whoosh! Boom!"
Suddenly, a piercing sound of air being broken arose, as a figure rapidly streaked across the sky, heading towards Ye Feng and the others.
Within a few breaths, the person appeared before Ye Feng and the others. It was a burly middle-aged man, nearly three meters tall.
The middle-aged man was covered in strange tattoos, and a large necklace of human skulls hung around his neck. His eyes, as large as bronze bells, were filled with ferocity and murderous intent.
"Yo ho!"
"Just in time!"
The fierce man with the skull necklace scanned his surroundings, licked his lips with a scarlet tongue, a look of excitement and triumph on his face, for he saw the white-haired elder lying there, on the verge of death.
"Old Man Lei, I've been following you for so long, and finally, I have an opportunity. Hand over the Earth Ranking Stone!"
The fierce man with the skull necklace roared at the white-haired elder on the ground. With a flash of light in his hand, a large iron claw appeared.
"Earth Ranking Stone? What's that?"
Ye Feng, not wanting to reveal his knowledge of the Earth Ranking Stone, asked with feigned confusion.
"Get lost, you motherf***er!"
The fierce man with the skull necklace cursed, his figure flashing as he lunged violently at Ye Feng.
"Bang!"
"Pfft!"
The fierce man with the skull necklace, charging with great momentum and a smug look, was sent flying back, spitting blood, by a single palm strike from Ye Feng.
"No... impossible..."
"Just... just with the strength of your physical body alone..."
The fierce man with the skull necklace was horrified, for he was a solid Diamond Rank 3 cultivator.
Ye Feng was also quite surprised, as the palm wind from his strike had torn the fierce man's clothes, revealing a snake eating its tail tattoo on his chest.
"Are you from the Dark Holy Cult?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and inquired.
"Li... little brat, you know about the Dark Holy Cult?"
The fierce man with the skull necklace was initially panicked, as he found he couldn't perceive Ye Feng's strength level at all.
Upon hearing about the Dark Holy Cult, he was momentarily stunned, then his expression turned sinister and ferocious again. "Brat, since you know I'm from the Dark Holy Cult, be smart and get lost. Don't delay my important business... ah..."
"Ah!"
"You t..."
A flicker of hesitation flashed in Lei Jing's eyes.
"If you don't want to say, then fine!~"
Ye Feng had already guessed that the other party was a survivor possessing the Earth Ranking Stone. He had only asked casually, implying he knew nothing about the Earth Ranking Stone or survivors.
He walked over, helped the elder up, found a cave, and gave him several bottles of medicine for burns, leaving some food and water before departing with Xiao Xiao and the other two girls...
Inside the cave, Lei Jing looked on in astonishment...
...
"Ye Feng, when you cultivate tribulation fire, can you only do it within tribulation fire?"
After the four had walked a considerable distance from the cave, Yue Yan asked Ye Feng.
"Yes!"
Ye Feng nodded. "Yue Yan, I really need this. Do you know anyone who needs to undergo tribulation? I can help them!"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Yue Yan's brow furrowed deeply. After a good while of contemplation, she said, "I might have to undergo tribulation myself!"
"What?"
Ye Feng was greatly surprised. "Didn't you already go through tribulation fire before?"
"I'm not entirely sure... the number of heavenly tribulations seems to be unfixed... You yourself have also experienced two tribulation fires..."
Yue Yan frowned slightly and replied.
"That seems to be the case!~"
Ye Feng nodded, feeling that Yue Yan's words made a lot of sense.
"After the battle between the City of Arcane Arts and Ares, I felt like some power in the sky was targeting me... I've been hesitant to use the power within me lately..."
She paused, then continued.
"This..."
Ye Feng's brow also furrowed, his expression serious. "Yue Yan, is the heavenly tribulation you sense tribulation fire? If it's something else, I might not be able to help..."
"I can't be sure, but this feeling... it's the same as last time!"
"To undergo tribulation, I have prepared some things..."
Yue Yan pondered for a moment and spoke quickly.
"Then... let's go to that area with many volcanic rocks..."
After thinking, Ye Feng suggested.
"Alright~"
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