Wei Du gazed at the black clouds in the sky.
"Hurry… Xiao Tian is fine! If we don't go now, we'll be the ones in trouble!"
Above them, a vortex was forming, brewing with rolling thunder and lightning.
"But…" Luo Luo was anxious.
"The tribulation clouds haven't dispersed, so Chu Tian must be fine. If he were to die, the tribulation clouds would scatter immediately!"
Xiao Long Nu pulled Luo Luo, and they shot towards the direction of the Shattering Star Mecha.
Just moments ago, the Imagination Mecha had suddenly activated on its own.
It flew off into the distance.
Hearing Xiao Long Nu's words, they understood.
Seeing Shattering Star flying away, it was likely commanded by Chu Tian.
At this very moment, the sky had turned completely dark, like the arrival of the apocalypse.
The vortex in the center was like the maw of a monstrous beast.
Brewing…
…
Between heaven and earth, in a state of chaos.
One tall, one short, one old, one young.
The two figures stared blankly.
"What's going on? How did this brat trigger the lightning tribulation as soon as it opened?" Dao Tian's usual jovial demeanor vanished.
"I… I don't know!" The shorter youth was, naturally, the Order Keeper of the Desolate Domain.
His eyes flickered with a strange light.
"You don't know? You don't know?" Dao Tian repeated the same question twice.
As he spoke, he pointed in a direction.
"Annihilation Tribulation… That's the Annihilation Tribulation… And you say you don't know?"
Dao Tian's face contorted. In the direction he pointed,
was precisely Chu Tian's location.
Seeing Dao Tian's reaction, the youth-like Order Keeper guiltily glanced behind him.
There lay a thunder pool…
A sealed thunder pool.
This thunder pool was a link in the operation of the Heavenly Dao.
It was something that only awakened during the Mythological Era.
It was filled with destruction, yet it also nurtured life.
Furthermore, it was the object of greatest fear and deepest longing for all cultivators in the Mythological Era.
Only through the baptism of the lightning tribulation could one receive the Heavenly Dao's recognition at that stage,
and then strive for higher realms. Moreover, the benefits gained from passing each tribulation were unimaginable.
Of course, failure was also tragic…
At best, one's cultivation would be crippled, and their physical body destroyed.
At worst… they would be annihilated, with no chance of reincarnation.
However, the Annihilation Tribulation that Dao Tian spoke of, which Chu Tian was about to face,
was an anomaly among tribulations, a heavenly tribulation from which there was no escape.
Normal heavenly tribulations were like being slapped first, then given a sweet date.
The Annihilation Tribulation was one of pure destruction; it was like being shot, not dying, and then being shot twice more.
It was determined to obliterate its target, to reduce them to ashes, and would not rest until its mission was complete.
Earlier, Chu Tian's being locked and immobilized was a characteristic of the Annihilation Tribulation's appearance.
Dao Tian gazed at the scene, filled with unbearable regret.
How could he have been persuaded by this idiotic Order Keeper to give him an item previously used by Chu Tian as a medium to activate the thunder pool?
Could the thunder pool be so enraged because that item was too defiled?
It was known that the thunder pool's sealing after the Mythological Era was a form of protection for ordinary humans.
This was because heavenly tribulations were not solely targeted at cultivators.
They also targeted those who disrespected the Heavenly Dao.
Coincidentally, the Annihilation Tribulation that Chu Tian had triggered was precisely this type, a tribulation that should not have targeted cultivators.
This kind of tribulation targeted those who were talkative, b-b-babbling…
In modern terms, it targeted ignorant keyboard warriors.
These people defied heaven, earth, and the world, believing themselves to be the supreme rulers.
In today's society, such people were far too numerous.
If not for the operation of the Heavenly Dao and the sealing of the thunder pool after the Mythological Era,
it was likely that clear skies would be punctuated by thunderbolts every day.
Those who committed evil, those keyboard warriors who cyberbullied others,
would all be turned into ashes by the Annihilation Lightning… never to be reborn.
…
Within the Sumeru Grand Array, Chu Tian was still unable to move.
After the grand array was sealed, the entire sky and surrounding areas were enveloped in mist.
However, they could still be seen and felt.
The mist was a dull hue.
As if it were sunset.
Chu Tian knew that it was not sunset at all.
The current time was noon.
He squinted, gazing at the two figures fleeing in the distance.
And the countless birds and beasts on Ascended Island, their terrified roars.
A place that was once peaceful was now like the imminent descent of hell.
Just moments ago, Chu Tian had suddenly triggered a heavenly tribulation.
Locked by the Annihilation Tribulation, he was unable to move.
Wei Du and the others had left the Sumeru Grand Array. Zheng Enlai's coffin-lid-like clone must have sensed the changes in Chu Tian.
It suddenly attacked Chu Tian, attempting to kill him with a single blow and prevent the heavenly tribulation from descending.
However, just as Chu Tian's heart lurched.
Thinking that this was the end.
Not to mention being unable to move, even if he could,
he probably wouldn't be able to withstand that palm strike.
At the critical moment, Chu Tian's body suddenly moved several meters.
He narrowly dodged the palm strike.
It was then that Chu Tian remembered that Hao had not left.
The instantaneous movement just now was precisely Hao, transformed into armor, flapping its wings and helping him avert the crisis.
Boom, boom, boom…
The coffin-lid clone was stunned by this sight.
Then, even though separated by the Sumeru Grand Array of Ascended Island, they could clearly hear the rumbling thunder within the thunderclouds.
As the thunderclouds continued to condense, the entire world suddenly went dark. Endless lightning churned within the boundless thunderclouds, and the terrifying pressure almost shattered space.
At this moment, a mysterious aura appeared on Chu Tian, like flames, visible to the naked eye.
That aura was rising.
Even with the isolation of the Sumeru Grand Array, it was completely unaffected.
It penetrated the array and drifted towards the tribulation clouds.
It plunged directly into the vortex in the center of the thunderclouds.
The coffin-lid face, his body flickered, preparing to launch a second killing blow at Chu Tian.
But upon seeing this, his expression changed drastically.
At this moment, they were several meters apart, and that mysterious aura from Chu Tian was almost touching him.
Moreover, that thing seemed to have a life of its own.
It was coiling towards him and his true body.
Terrified, he flickered his body and retreated into the distance.
That mysterious aura was the very thing that had triggered the heavenly tribulation.
Once contaminated, he too would be targeted by the heavenly tribulation immediately.
He was a clone, and in reality, had no true physical body.
Heavenly tribulations were what he feared most.
Even a trace of contamination would surely kill him.
Hesitating for a moment, he grabbed the stunned Zheng Enlai and fled into the distance.
With a few blinks, the two figures disappeared into the mist.
Clearly, this fellow, taking Zheng Enlai's true body with him, had fled Ascended Island.
Now they had only one choice: to escape the coverage of the tribulation clouds…
Wei Du and the others were now deep within the sea.
Having escaped the coverage of the tribulation clouds.
They turned back to watch, dumbfounded.