Chapter 533: The Sword's Preparation Before Battle
Gu Lan not only arrived himself but also brought the Tribulation Cloud along. The Fire Clan elder and his group were originally at the edge of the Heavenly Tribulation. Despite their severe damage to their spiritual senses from severing their own energy, they were still within its range. After all, killing Gu Lan meant obtaining the Destiny of Lanyan Royal School and eliminating a potential Main God Realm threat.
However, now the Tribulation Cloud was directly overhead. Their previously severed energy was once again locked by the Heavenly Tribulation.
"Damn it!"
"This guy wants to drag us down with him!"
The Fire Clan elder and his group watched as the Tribulation Cloud above grew thicker and denser, like an enormous black fortress pressing down on them with overwhelming force, leaving them with no means to escape. Their faces were filled with despair.
Under such terrifying Heavenly Tribulation, even Divine Realm experts were like ants. Their energy had been completely locked by the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving them no chance to escape. At this point, severing their energy again was no simple matter; it would likely require self-destruction of their divine soul and cultivation—a process known as "self-annihilation."
Many Divine Realm Supreme cultivators, when realizing they could not survive the Heavenly Tribulation, chose self-annihilation to be reborn and reenter the cycle of reincarnation. However, after enduring countless hardships to reach Divine Realm, how could they be willing to give up so easily?
"Let's fight him!"
"The only chance we have is to kill the person undergoing the tribulation before the Tribulation Thunder falls. Only then might the Heavenly Tribulation disappear, and we might have a slim chance of survival!"
As the situation grew more desperate, the Thunder Clan elder remained calm. In the face of life and death, he thought of the only solution.
The others' eyes lit up upon hearing this; they agreed this was the most feasible plan. Although Gu Lan was much stronger, they were also Divine Realm experts, with five being Divine Realm Supreme late-stage cultivators. Together, they still had a fighting chance.
"Kill him!"
The late-stage Divine Realm experts, battle-hardened veterans, immediately took action. They charged forward, attacking the manifestations around Gu Lan with their origin power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thunder rumbled in the sky. With their attack, the Heavenly Tribulation's gathering speed increased once more, and the first Tribulation Thunder began to brew.
"Hurry!"
"Faster!"
The Fire Clan elder and his group showed anxious expressions, but with no way to retreat, they had no choice but to press forward. The closer they got, the more they could feel the terror of the Heavenly Tribulation. The thought of Gu Lan bearing the entire Heavenly Tribulation pressure alone made them fearful.
What kind of monster could provoke such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?
"Just in time!"
Seeing the group of sinister individuals increase the Heavenly Tribulation's power, Gu Lan was quite satisfied. Facing the powerful divine abilities directed at him, he was unconcerned. With his previous strength, he could easily handle these attacks, and now that he had nearly stepped into the Main God Realm, he was even less afraid of attacks from cultivators of lower realms.
He sneered coldly, summoning the Nine-Winged Dragon to further fuel the Heavenly Tribulation.
Nine-Winged Dragon: "..."
This Heavenly Tribulation was even more terrifying than the one it faced in ancient times! But since it had recognized Gu Lan as its master, it was bound to fight alongside him. As a famous fierce beast of ancient times and a member of the true dragon lineage, it was not willing to die under the Heavenly Tribulation.
"Roar!"
The Nine-Winged Dragon spread its nine pairs of wings and assumed a combat stance, unleashing its full aura. In the sky, the Heavenly Tribulation was further stimulated and continued to expand.
The Nine-Winged Dragon's cold golden eyes also turned toward the Fire Clan elder and his group. It wasn't the Heavenly Tribulation it was concerned with, but the group of sinister individuals.
Having been tamed by Gu Lan and supported by countless heavenly materials, the Nine-Winged Dragon had restored its Divine Realm strength. Although not at its peak, it was fearless against a few Divine Realm opponents.
"Damn, I forgot he also tamed the Nine-Winged Dragon!"
"How could the Nine-Winged Dragon recover so much strength after being sealed for tens of thousands of years in such a short time?"
Seeing this, the Fire Clan elder and his group were once again filled with despair. They were already committed to their course of action, with no retreat.
Desperation was their only chance to survive; without it, they could only wait for death.
At that moment, a new phenomenon appeared in the sky.
Crack!
A strange sound emerged, and everyone saw a crack appear beneath the Tribulation Cloud. The crack revealed a grayish space, seemingly the primordial chaos space created at the beginning of the world, with streams of Purple Qi of Hongmeng flowing toward one direction.
That direction was where Gu Lan was.
He had activated another constitution.
Chaos Divine Body!
The Heavenly Tribulation, sensing this, became even stronger.
Surrounded by Purple Qi of Hongmeng, Gu Lan summoned the Hongmeng Sword and the remaining sharpening stones.
The sword was being sharpened before battle!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Every strike of the Hongmeng Sword against the sharpening stones produced metal sparks and absorbed and refined the surrounding Purple Qi of Hongmeng, beginning to grow and transform.
"A divine weapon with growth attributes!"
"This person's talent is monstrous enough, but how can he have such a fortuitous encounter? Heaven is truly unfair!"
Seeing Gu Lan take out the Hongmeng Sword, the Fire Clan elder and his group were green with envy. They immediately unleashed their most ferocious divine abilities, resulting in a storm of lightning and fire that colored the heavens.
"Is this the battle between experts above the Imperial Realm?"
At the Daoist altar on Tianqiong Mountain, countless people looked up at the sky. They couldn't see the details, but they could sense the terrifying aftermath of the battle.
If they were in the midst of it, even at the edges, they would likely be reduced to dust in an instant.
This was a battle far beyond their reach.
"Divine Realm experts... so terrifying!"
The nine-tailed celestial fox looked at the thunderous sounds coming from the sky and shivered. Reflecting on how it had once provoked Gu Lan, it couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief that it was still alive.
At the same time, from another perspective, being someone who had been thoroughly beaten by Gu Lan, it was a noteworthy boast for the future.
Despite Dragon Sovereign stepping into the Imperial Realm first, having been beaten by Gu Lan was something Dragon Sovereign could never match!
As the nine-tailed celestial fox was lost in thought, a blinding white light suddenly burst from the Tribulation Cloud.
The white light illuminated the world, restoring light to the realm.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Everyone instinctively held their breath, knowing that the first Tribulation Thunder was about to descend.
In the next moment, the Tribulation Thunder struck!
The terrifying thunderous sound echoed through the heavens and earth for a moment, and then everything fell silent.
Great sound is silent!
The great Dao is formless!