1240: 308 1240: 308 Five Sounds Sect, all disciples who have reached the Golden Core Stage are gathered here, with some seated within the Great Formations.
In order to counter the Sect Tribulation, Five Sounds Sect didn’t just call upon ten masters; they also set up numerous Great Formations, each housed with disciples at the Golden Core Stage.
Suddenly, accompanied by the roar of thunder, the sky, obscured by dark clouds, seemed to tear open suddenly as azure bolts of lightning plummeted towards the Five Sounds Sect.
Cao Zhen had witnessed many Heavenly Tribulations, with the Thunder Calamity being the greatest among them, yet he had never seen such an abundance of lightning.
Above the Void, the lightning, dense like torrential rain, fell in clusters, seemingly intent on reducing the entire Five Sounds Sect to dust, erasing it from this world.
In that moment, even Cao Zhen felt that this was the true meaning of “Tribulation”, far more formidable than any Sect Tribulation he had faced before.
And this was just the beginning of the Sect Tribulation!
Almost instantaneously as the lightning fell, shouts erupted from within every Great Formation of the Five Sounds Sect.
“Protect our Five Sounds!”
“Activate the Great Formation!”
In an instant, disciples within each Great Formation released their mana, channeling it into the Formation, while chunks of Spirit Crystals, seemingly countless, were also thrown into the Formation.
Facing the Sect Tribulation, they even scorned using Spirit Stones!
Such is the foundation of a Great Teaching, the accumulation of a great sect.
If it were the Hundred Peaks Sect, certainly, there wouldn’t be resources to set up so many Formations, nor the luxury to directly use Spirit Crystals within the Formations.
During the Reversal Mini Epoch Period, the Heavenly Dao does not permit power beyond the Golden Core Stage, hence, even the Mountain Protection Array of Five Sounds Sect can only exhibit power at the limit of the Golden Core Stage.
Thus, the Five Sounds Sect intentionally set up countless other Great Formations.
These Formations are aimed at the limit of the Golden Core Stage; each Formation, once a disciple enters, can exert the utmost power of the Golden Core Stage.
In an instant, above the Five Sounds Sect, layer upon layer of light screens rose, gathering in the Void, like transparent umbrellas, shielding the Five Sounds Sect below.
The next moment, the lightning struck these light screens.
Instantly, these umbrella-like light screens trembled violently.
Below, within each Great Formation, the Golden Cores of the disciples emerged as they sat cross-legged, channeling surges of Spiritual Energy into the Formation.
For a moment, under the bombardment of the Heavenly Tribulation, the shaking Great Formation was stabilized due to the support of the disciples’ energies.
But just as the Formation stabilized, more lightning fell.
Once the lightning began, it became like relentless torrential rain, showing no sign of stopping.
Every Great Formation of the Five Sounds Sect could reach the limit of the Golden Core Stage, but each Formation guarded a space, which didn’t just endure a single bolt of lightning but multiple simultaneous strikes!
In just a blink, cracks appeared in the Great Formations within the Void.
“Quick, we are responsible for the Flute Tone Hall’s Formation; it can’t hold much longer, disciples of Flute Tone Hall, act and block the Heavenly Tribulation!”
Not all disciples of Five Sounds Sect were gathered inside the Formations; after all, even with abundant resources, it wouldn’t be possible to set up enough Formations for all the disciples to counter the Heavenly Tribulation.
Disciples who entered the Formations were in fact the ones with weaker cultivation bases, as the Formations could only exert power at the Golden Core limit; whether masters or weaker disciples entered, the effect was the same.
Letting these weaker disciples play a smaller role outside was less effective compared to them utilizing the Formations to their utmost capability.
Meanwhile, those disciples with higher cultivation bases guarded the peripheries of each Formation, ready to act the moment any Formation showed signs of shattering like right now.
Although it had been a hundred thousand years since the last Sect Tribulation of Five Sounds Sect, and it was still the Reversal Mini Epoch Period with many masters asleep, no one in the present Five Sounds Sect had experienced the last Sect Tribulation.
Yet, internally, Five Sounds Sect had experiences to draw upon from other Great Teachings to counteract the Sect Tribulation.
Five Sounds Sect’s preparations for the Sect Tribulation were quite adequate.
As the voice fell, whirls of flute sound suddenly resonated, visible soundwaves shot towards the Void, quickly surpassing the light screens.
While the beams of light could block the lightning falling through the Void, they did not obstruct the Divine Skills released by the people of Five Sounds Sect.
However, no sooner had these sound waves shot into the Void than they were shattered by the lightning.
The Thunder Calamity above was simply too overwhelming.
Below, a commander, his expression greatly altered, yelled urgently: “It’s not enough, Junior Brother Fang Yu and Junior Brother Cheng Zai, your teams must also act.”
Besides this place, several other locations were similarly experiencing cracking in the light screens, appearing as if they could shatter at any moment.
For a while, in the Five Sounds Sect, disciples outside each Formation acted, raising Divine Skills and sending out sound waves, one after another.