51: Golden Core Thunder Tribulation
Without hesitation, Chu Sang directly allocated the remaining 5 points to aptitude.
Her spirit root purity directly increased to 10, even surpassing Mo Qingchen’s 9-point spirit root purity by one degree, elevating her cultivation speed to the pinnacle!
Without talisman paper, she improvised by drawing energy on the spot, using her finger as a brush and spiritual energy as ink, her fingertip tracing out dozens of talisman characters in one stroke.
Could this be—
Drawing talismans in mid-air?
“……What trick are you trying to pull?” Even Yan Wangxing, with his vast experience, was somewhat shocked by this scene, his hand pausing for a moment.
It wasn’t that he had never seen someone directly draw talismans with spiritual energy, but those were all at least Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Yet this person was merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator, how dare they be so bold as to directly draw talismans in mid-air?
Hmph, he sneered mockingly, was it the fearlessness of a newborn calf not fearing the tiger, or just the final struggle before death?
In the few breaths of his hesitation, a complete and complex talisman appeared in her hand. “Rise!” Chu Sang waved her hand, sending the talisman forward. The collision of vast spiritual energy and demonic energy created a turbulent impact, actually blocking one of his sword energies.
Not only was it a mid-air talisman, but it was drawn in a single stroke.
Had cultivators in the cultivation world become so terrifying?
Yan Wangxing’s pupils contracted slightly. He came back to his senses, narrowing his eyes dangerously, and said in a deep voice, “……So what if you blocked one strike, I’d like to see how many more you can block?”
Just as he was about to unleash another sword energy, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly changed. In an instant, dense dark clouds gathered overhead, lightning rolling and thunder booming.
A thunder tribulation?
He stared in shock at Chu Sang not far away, seeing the vast thunder tribulation rapidly converging around her. Was this a joke?
This person wanted to break through at this moment?
If Yan Wangxing wasn’t mistaken, this was a Golden Core stage thunder tribulation, right? Was a Golden Core thunder tribulation supposed to be this terrifying?
The thunder tribulation gathered quickly and in great quantity, its momentum grand and imposing. Black clouds rolled with purple-gold lightning, like swimming dragons and dancing snakes tumbling in the cloud layers. The pressure was heavy and terrifying, especially with the lightning bolts thicker than half a person…… If this struck down, a person would be charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
Even Yan Wangxing was shocked. Golden Core thunder tribulations didn’t look like this. This momentum was almost comparable to his own Divine Transformation thunder tribulation!
Could this person be a nemesis of the heavenly dao?
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the heavenly dao wanted to take this chance to strike her dead.
“Get out of the way!”
Yan Wangxing’s expression suddenly changed, and he immediately withdrew from the center of the thunder tribulation area.
“Boom—”
The cloud layer grew darker, thicker, and lower. The first bolt of lightning struck down as expected, its range affecting an area of a hundred li, shaking the earth and mountains, destroying everything in its path.
Especially those demon cultivators closest to Chu Sang who hadn’t managed to escape in time were all blasted away.
Even several Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators nearly spat out a mouthful of blood, stunned by the strike. Was this really a Golden Core thunder tribulation? Who were they trying to fool??
Chu Sang hadn’t expected her thunder tribulation to be so powerful either, a bit too powerful in fact, nearly sending her off on the spot.
“Cough cough!” The ground beneath her feet sank into a crater dozens of meters deep. Chu Sang lay on her sword, hovering in mid-air. She slowly exhaled a large smoke ring, her hair disheveled, her robes tattered and in ruins, looking as bedraggled as if she had crawled out of a pile of corpses.
This was just the first, easy bolt of the thunder tribulation.
A Golden Core thunder tribulation had three bolts in total.
The power of the following two bolts would be increasingly stronger.
This breakthrough was too sudden, and she hadn’t prepared any lightning-resisting spiritual tools in advance.
This wouldn’t do. She needed to find someone to take the fall, to share some of the thunder tribulation.
Otherwise, Chu Sang had no doubt the heavenly dao wanted to strike down this cannon fodder female supporting character who should have long since met her end.
Yan Wangxing’s gaze fell on her face and he paused for a moment, both shocked and furious. Before he could speak, he saw Chu Sang flying straight at him like a life-taking female ghost!
He quickly realized what she was trying to do. “Get lost, stay away from me!”
“Didn’t you want to catch me? Fine, I’ll deliver myself to you!”
Chu Sang used the gentlest and most harmless tone while performing the most despicable action.
She just kept chasing after Yan Wangxing.
As she moved, the thunder tribulation followed, fiercely striking towards Yan Wangxing.
Yan Wangxing had never seen such a brazen move. His expression changed drastically as he turned tail and ran, no longer able to maintain the dignity of a Demon Lord or his usual arrogance.
Chu Sang drew another high-grade Speed Talisman and applied it to herself. At the same time, her jade ring twisted, shooting out dozens of snow-white silk threads that entangled towards him, clinging to him like maggots to bones, impossible to shake off.
Because the two were so close, Yan Wangxing was automatically judged by the thunder tribulation as an [Interferer]. The heavenly dao rules had extremely severe punishments for cultivators who interfered with others’ tribulations.
The black clouds, having chased the two for half a day, were exhausted and full of resentment. The cloud layer visibly thickened another level.
“Boom!”
A dazzling bolt of lightning that split the sky struck directly at Chu Sang. Chu Sang quickly applied a Substitute Talisman to both of them. The moment the lightning struck, their figures almost instantly switched positions.
The lightning fell directly on Yan Wangxing.
Yan Wangxing’s face was filled with panic. Although his reaction speed was extremely fast and he threw out a lightning-resisting spiritual tool, it was instantly shattered by this terrifying thunder tribulation. Most of the surging lightning power penetrated his flesh and bones.
“Crack!” Yan Wangxing seemed to hear a sound.
That wasn’t the sound of his heart breaking, it was the sound of his realm dropping again.
“Ah!” Yan Wangxing let out a roar, nearly driven mad with anger.
The realm he had worked so hard to stabilize!
Yan Wangxing was truly enraged. He even considered attacking within the thunder tribulation domain to directly kill this damnable person. But this would only be a challenge to the heavenly dao rules, making things worse for him.
Just as he reached out his hand, someone grabbed him. He stared in shock, not yet understanding what was happening, when he heard Chu Sang murmur, “One bolt, two bolts…… the third bolt!”
A Golden Core thunder tribulation had three bolts in total. This was the last one, and also the strongest, its power greater than the first two combined.
It was now or never!
A dark purple heavenly lightning stirred the vast energies of heaven and earth. As her words fell, the third bolt of heavenly lightning struck.
Blinding lightning instantly engulfed both their figures.
Chu Sang felt that she lost all sensation in that instant. Her body was in such extreme pain that she lost the sense of pain itself, feeling only a floating lightness.
The floating feeling made her think she was about to ascend on the spot.
If she had been alone, taking the full force of this strike, she would have undoubtedly died on the spot.
Fortunately, a large portion of the thunder tribulation was transmitted directly to Yan Wangxing through her arm, effectively using him as a human-form lightning-resisting spiritual tool.
This could be described as—Thanks for Yan Wangxing’s friendly assistance!
“I’ll kill you!”
The thunder tribulation was finally over, but it was Yan Wangxing who had nearly lost half his life.
He was in an extremely sorry state, trembling and barely able to stand. He waved his hand in great anger, “Catch her for me, this lord will surely flay her alive!”
Half the demon realm had been affected by this earth-shaking disturbance, and with news of a traitor appearing, nearby demon cultivators all swarmed over.
Chu Sang took a deep breath, looking at the fiercely approaching demon soldiers and generals. She wasn’t panicked, she could still hold on for a while.
After advancing to the Golden Core stage, she internally observed a small golden core about half the size of a fist in her dantian. She could clearly feel that the spiritual energy in her dantian had become nearly several times more abundant, and the power of her fist wind and sword energy had increased more than tenfold.
The demon soldiers and generals she had been avoiding earlier, she could now handle with ease.
Under the free sparring of this group of demon soldiers and generals, her speed and proficiency in drawing talismans in mid-air also increased rapidly.
When a Golden Core stage demon cultivator tried to sneak attack from behind, she pulled out her handgun and fired a shot behind her ear without even looking. Almost simultaneously, a cry of pain and the sound of a body falling were heard.
At the same time, her right hand had completed another attack talisman, striking a saber-wielding cultivator in front of her.
This series of actions was smooth and fluid, hitting with pinpoint accuracy, even able to strike two targets at once. Although her opponents were Golden Core cultivators of similar strength to her, she fought them as if they were novices, causing people to exclaim that she was a monster.
The surrounding atmosphere changed again as an even more powerful pressure descended. Chu Sang’s movements paused slightly. It seemed that the other Demon Lords had arrived after receiving the news.
She wisely stopped fighting and prepared to make a swift exit.
A beautiful woman in red robes, holding a demon whip in one hand, flew to block her path. She looked Chu Sang up and down, covering her red lips and giggling, “So you’re the one who injured Wangxing. A mere Golden Core cultivator dares to intrude into the demon realm, you’re quite bold~”
“Those rough men don’t know how to be gentle. Why don’t you come with sister? Sister will make sure you die very happily~”
“Sister, look over there, there’s a handsome guy,” Chu Sang pointed behind her with a surprised exclamation.
“Huh?”
The woman instinctively turned her head to look. Chu Sang quickly slapped a talisman on her face, catching her completely off guard with an explosion.
“Ah, you bitch, I’ll kill you!”
Chu Sang’s ability to draw aggro was truly unparalleled.
The fierce, life-taking demon whip was blocked by another massive figure that suddenly appeared. The great snake’s tail easily coiled around Chu Sang, tossing her onto its back and flying away from the area.
Chu Sang was surprised, not expecting the great snake to arrive so timely. Indeed, kindness begets kindness. Her half month of feeding cat food hadn’t been in vain!
The great snake was already a Nascent Soul stage beast with extremely fast speed, and Chu Sang had also applied a high-grade Speed Talisman to it.
Chu Sang finally had time to breathe a sigh of relief. She cast a Cleaning Technique on herself, then sat cross-legged on the great snake’s back, continuing to scatter talismans recklessly while thinking that the beautiful woman in red should be Xie Ji, one of the Eight Demon Lords, and the two men who arrived later should also be two of the Eight Demon Lords.
Their strengths were basically all at the half-step Divine Transformation stage. She had been able to severely trick Yan Wangxing due to the fortuitous circumstances of the heavenly thunder, but against three half-step Divine Transformation cultivators…… Chu Sang was still very much aware that discretion is the better part of valor. As she was thinking about how to shake off these three troublesome individuals, she suddenly had an idea and reached for the storage bag at her waist.
Yan Wangxing, who had just caught up, immediately became alert when he saw this, wary of what cunning trick this crafty woman was planning next. His whole body tensed as he stared intently at her next move.
But what he saw was her pulling out a comically shaped megaphone.
……Huh? A megaphone?
This was also a spiritual tool.
Su Chen’an liked to refine some useless but interesting small spiritual tools in his spare time.
Chu Sang had collected quite a few odd little magical treasures from him.
She raised the megaphone and said to the relentless pursuers and three Demon Lords behind her, “Yan Wangxing is severely injured, his strength has dropped to mid Nascent Soul stage. This opportunity won’t come again, once it’s gone, you’ll miss your chance!”
Fifth Senior Brother’s spiritual tools were indeed effective, it could be heard within a ten-li radius.
Yan Wangxing, “???”
This time he was too angry to curse. He was both furious and amused. After all, he had just helped this woman endure the thunder tribulation, and she repaid his kindness with betrayal. She really had some nerve.
Yan Wangxing being injured and his strength dropping was indeed…… good news.
The three Demon Lords looked at each other, all seeing understanding in each other’s eyes. The great competition for the new Demon Sovereign was imminent, and among the Eight Demon Lords, Yan Wangxing was undoubtedly the strongest competitor. He was also the biggest threat to the other seven Demon Lords. If they could take this opportunity to eliminate him…… A mere Golden Core cultivator was nothing, it didn’t matter if she escaped. They didn’t need the three great Demon Lords to deal with her. Comparatively, this good news came at the perfect time for them.
As expected, the three Demon Lords didn’t continue their pursuit. Chu Sang didn’t know what was happening on Yan Wangxing’s side, she could only mentally light a candle for his good luck.
Before leaving, she decided to send one last big gift.
Chu Sang made a hand seal.
Behind her, the demon palace erupted in flames and explosions, one layer after another, interlocking, blasting from the inside out, from east to west. In an instant, the majestic and magnificent demon palace built on the high mountain was reduced to ruins.
She had scattered many Explosive Talismans throughout the demon palace before leaving.
“Little Junior Sister, where are you now, why haven’t you returned yet?……Hm? Did you encounter something again? Why is it so noisy over there.” Mu Chihuai, worried that she hadn’t returned after such a long time, called her. He heard the sounds of explosions, chaos, and screams in the background, thinking she had encountered danger.
Chu Sang was calm and composed, “I’m fine.”
It’s just that others might have some issues.
She said, “I just robbed a Demon Lord’s treasure vault and destroyed a demon stronghold along the way.”
“??”
Mu Chihuai suspected he was hearing things, “……You went to the demon realm?”
“Didn’t I ask you to go to Mount Guihe to gather Thousand-Li Ginseng? How did you end up in the demon realm?”
“Sixth Senior Brother, I have to hang up now. I’ll explain in detail when I get back. I’m currently fleeing for my life.” She abruptly ended the jade disc communication.
Fleeing for her life??
Mu Chihuai was dazed. He had simply asked her to gather some herbs, how did it turn into…… fleeing for her life?
He felt that he had underestimated his little junior sister’s ability to cause trouble. Going out once, she even blew up the demon palace. What kind of heaven-defying existence was this?
Chu Sang was about to put away the communication jade disc when she caught a glimpse of her reflection on it. She touched her face, realizing the human skin mask had fallen off, probably destroyed by the heavenly lightning. Which meant that Yan Wangxing should have recognized her?
This was bad.
This one trip out had turned the demon realm upside down. Not only had she tricked him again, but she had also blown up his demon palace along the way.
……With old and new grudges combined, Yan Wangxing would probably want to kill her immediately.
Chu Sang clasped her hands together, amicably praying that he would be taken care of by those Demon Lords.