Chapter 296 : Farewell to You
Chapter 296 : Farewell to You
"If you say so, then I'm relieved."
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Chu Sang had somehow broken free from the chains. She swiftly grasped his hand, taking advantage of their close proximity to turn the tables.
"Get off!" Chang Yu's expression changed abruptly. He instinctively tried to fling her away but discovered a talisman hidden in her palm. The talisman dissolved into light upon contact, vanishing instantly. Afterwards, her hand seemed welded to his body, impossible to shake off.
Like a leech.
"Boom!"
A sudden thunderclap from the sky shattered the black mist. Within moments, dark thunderclouds gathered, nearly enveloping the entire firmament.
Chang Yu's expression grew increasingly grim as he belatedly realized the source of his unease. She was actually—attempting to break through at this moment?!
This trick again?!
Using the thunder tribulation to strike others might be despicable, but as long as it works, that's all that matters.
Chu Sang never minded reusing old tricks.
There was no choice. Given the peculiarity of her damned thunder tribulation, Chu Sang was helpless. If not for this troublesome tribulation forcibly holding her back, she would have broken through to the Unity stage long ago. How could she still be at the Divine Transformation stage? Ever since the Golden Core stage, each time she broke through a major realm, she needed to find a scapego—no, a good friend to help her share the heavenly thunder. Otherwise, her realm remained stubbornly stuck, unable to advance at all.
The Demon Emperor who helped her break through to Divine Transformation last time was already considered a top-tier powerhouse in the Spirit Abyss Continent. He barely managed to withstand the Divine Transformation tribulation. She had been very worried about whose help she could seek for breaking through to the Unity stage. Was there anyone in the lower realm stronger than a Great Perfection stage Demon Emperor?
Although Chu Sang constantly cursed the damn heavens, it seemed the heavens still favored her. Didn't they just send her an avatar of an Upper God?
A mere Unity stage thunder tribulation! Surely this Upper God avatar could help her with this small favor?
Chu Sang had been stuck at the peak of late Divine Transformation for some time. Given the spiritual energy accumulated in her dantian, she could have broken through directly, but due to the heavenly thunder, she had been suppressing it until now. Having found an opportunity, she naturally broke through the barrier with ease. The first bolt of tribulation thunder came swiftly and fiercely. Before Chang Yu could react, he suffered a heavy blow, coughing up blood.
Chu Sang also noticed that the golden light covering his body dimmed significantly. This golden light should be the mark of the human god's possession. It seemed the heavenly thunder was indeed effective, dealing a heavy blow to the human god's divine sense as well.
"Damn it!"
Chang Yu conjured a crescent-shaped blade in his palm, intending to cut off her hand directly. Just then, another bolt of heavenly thunder struck, interrupting his action. Their figures were instantly engulfed by the dragon-like thunderbolt.
"Boom—"
The thunderous roar nearly shattered eardrums. As the thunder gradually dispersed, a giant crater several miles wide had been blasted out. Cultivators within a hundred-mile radius were drawn by this earth-shattering commotion. Some wanted to see what was happening, but the tribulation thunder covering dozens of miles formed a natural barrier, screening off the outside world. No one could approach the area covered by the tribulation, not even high-level Divine Transformation stage cultivators.
The sky was almost completely covered by thunderclouds, as if the entire world had entered an endless night. Each time a massive thunderbolt struck, it tore open a gap in the sky, like a flash of daylight, creating a spectacular sight.
More and more cultivators gathered outside the tribulation area, numbering in the tens of thousands. All were filled with panic. The disturbance caused by the bolts of heavenly thunder was cataclysmic, seeming to threaten the very existence of the Spirit Abyss Continent.
"Who... is someone undergoing tribulation?"
"Ordinary heavenly thunder couldn't cause such a disturbance. Could this be a Tribulation Transcendence stage thunder tribulation?"
"Someone's undergoing tribulation at this time? But as far as I know, none of the Sect Leaders or family patriarchs should have Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators, right? The few Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators in the cultivation world are all great experts who have lived for thousands of years and have long since withdrawn from worldly affairs. They're basically all old ancestors of sects who have been in seclusion for many years. I heard they won't come out unless they enter closed-door cultivation, and breaking through is a distant prospect. Without encountering special opportunities, they basically only have the path of exhausting their lifespan and ascending... Has an ancestor really successfully undergone tribulation? But why haven't those sects announced anything?"
"But apart from those secluded ancestors, who else in the cultivation world could trigger a Tribulation Transcendence thunder tribulation?"
"The level of this tribulation can only be achieved by a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert! An ancestor must have successfully undergone tribulation. As long as an ancestor can transcend tribulation and ascend, the cultivation world will be saved!"
A weak voice in the crowd said, "That's not right... I clearly remember my master mentioning that the ascension passage of the Spirit Abyss Continent has long been sealed. How could anyone still undergo tribulation?"
"Then who is undergoing tribulation?"
Not only the cultivation world, but even the Demon Realm, Beast Realm, and Ghost Realm were alarmed by this sudden disturbance. While the outside world was abuzz with various speculations, Chu Sang inside the tribulation was oblivious to all this.
This tribulation completely isolated the inside and outside into two separate worlds. People outside couldn't get in, and those inside couldn't get out. They could only return to normal after completing the tribulation. But heaven knows how long this tribulation would last. Judging by the duration of her previous Divine Transformation tribulation, it would take at least several months.
Countless bolts of thunder accompanied by innumerable aftershocks rained down. Even a minor aftershock had power comparable to a main bolt from Chu Sang's Divine Transformation tribulation years ago. During this life-threatening tribulation, saying that each day felt like a year was no exaggeration.
Chang Yu's expression grew increasingly ugly. This heavenly thunder seemed to be a huge threat to him... or more accurately, to "him" and the human god possessing his body. He initially forgot about eliminating Chu Sang and anxiously tried to escape the area covered by the tribulation. Unfortunately, the aura of the heavenly thunder enveloped the entire space, as if deeply observed by invisible laws. He couldn't even use his divine power within it. Once he tried to use divine power, a chilling sensation rose from his spine.
Countless bolts of thunder struck simultaneously, blasting countless deep craters over an area of dozens of miles. There was simply no way to dodge, and he still couldn't shake off Chu Sang, who acted as a lightning rod.
After being struck by several main bolts, Chang Yu was in a terrible state, his expression sinking to an extreme,
"If you don't let go, you'll die too!"
"If I die, I die. If I can drag a god down with me, I won't have died in vain. Maybe when I become a vengeful ghost someday, I can even brag about it to other ghosts."
She remained quite optimistic. Although she was nearly beaten beyond recognition, her verbal attacks didn't let up,
"Being able to drag a god down with me, I've won!"
"......" Within the area covered by the tribulation, Chang Yu couldn't use his divine power. The area covered by the tribulation was naturally also under the supervision of the laws. Once he used divine power, he would be discovered by the laws, thereby threatening his true body in the upper realm.
Although Chu Sang wasn't entirely clear about the specific situation above, based on the information she currently had, she deduced that the tribulation thunder was a good aid.
Her guess proved correct.
Chang Yu was wary under the tribulation and didn't dare to risk using divine power, so he could only be forced to use spiritual power.
Without divine power as his greatest aid, she had nothing to fear.
It was true that Chang Yu's spiritual cultivation level was one major stage higher than hers, but this wasn't Chu Sang's first time fighting monsters above her level. She might not even die when fighting two major stages above.
Chang Yu's spiritual power posed almost no danger to her.
Time passed both quickly and slowly under the tribulation. Chu Sang had long lost count of how many bolts of heavenly thunder she had endured. After the familiar intense pain of the first bolt, her entire body seemed to have been numbed by the shock. The subsequent bolts became increasingly fierce, but she seemed to have adapted to the lethal strikes of the tribulation thunder. Her physical resistance to lightning had been forcibly improved imperceptibly.
In contrast, Chang Yu was clearly experiencing this level of heavenly thunder for the first time. The condition of the human god residing in his body was unknown, but this outer body was obviously nearing its limit.
As the final dark purple thunderbolt struck, his usually superior eyes finally revealed undisguisable panic. His voice turned extremely cold,
"If this strand of divine soul breaks! All the time-space cracks I've buried on this continent will be instantly opened!"
"Are you threatening me?"
The smile in Chu Sang's eyes deepened. Though in the midst of the situation, she had a hint of watching a show, "It seems the high and mighty Upper God doesn't know that people hate being threatened the most. The more you say that, the more I want to do it... Can I also interpret this as the tribulation thunder indeed causing direct heavy damage to your divine sense? If so, you've exposed your weakness."
With the final moment approaching and the strongest tribulation thunder, combining the power of all previous bolts, about to descend, Chang Yu had no time for these considerations. His voice became urgent and rapid, "If you kill me, it's equivalent to dragging the entire Spirit Abyss Continent down with you! You will be the culprit! A sinner cursed by thousands!"
Seeing Chu Sang's smile slightly fade, he thought he had successfully persuaded her. The cold smile at the corner of his lips curved up again,
"Do you dare kill me?"
Chu Sang indeed hadn't expected him to have such a move in reserve. It truly fit the despicable, shameless, and insidious style of the upper realm human gods, not treating these lower realm insects as humans at all. However...
"If we die, we die. Anyway, as you said, the cultivation world is doomed sooner or later. I can't let you live well either."
Those with nothing to lose fear nothing.
At worst, it would be mutual destruction. What did she have to fear?
As the final bolt of heavenly thunder struck in response, her voice also became fragmented amidst the thunder,
"Farewell to you."
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