novelslam #937 - Prelude to the Tribulation
#937 - Prelude to the Tribulation
The familiar, piercing pain erupted from within once more.
The intensity of this pain was so great that even Qin Yi, with his now unwavering resolve, couldn't help but turn pale.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans continuously dripped from his forehead...
Qin Yi felt as if he was being pierced by ten thousand arrows, or enduring the agony of a thousand cuts...
All parts of his body were experiencing different forms of excruciating pain, while his muscles constantly contracted and expanded...
This all-encompassing agony persisted for three days and three nights.
Throughout those three days and nights, Qin Yi fought against the torment.
After three days and three nights, the intense pain in all areas except his muscles vanished instantly, while his muscles continued to contract and expand.
However, instead of feeling relieved by the sudden disappearance of pain in other areas, Qin Yi frowned.
Because the pain in his muscles intensified severalfold.
At this moment, Qin Yi knew without a doubt that this time, the strengthening was focused on his muscles.
Time flowed by leisurely, and a month passed...
The living beings within the Great Ming Imperial City watched Qin Yi in the sky with his eyes tightly closed, his brow slightly furrowed, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans constantly dripping from his forehead.
"It's been a month already. It seems like Emperor Qin always experiences a bout of pain before the tribulation clouds appear during each tribulation."
"That's just the basic procedure, don't be surprised! We old-timers are already used to it."
"That's right, you can tell he's new here. We've long since become accustomed to this prelude to Emperor Qin's tribulation."
"Hehe, Emperor Qin is a peerless prodigy, how could we possibly fathom him? Let's just wait patiently."
"I'm already starting to look forward to what Emperor Qin's tribulation clouds will look like."
"I estimate that Emperor Qin's tribulation clouds will be super huge!"
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Inside the Star Blue Academy.
Su He looked at Qin Yi in the sky and asked Lan Wenhao and Ying Zhi beside him, "Is Qin-xiong always like this during his tribulations?"
Lan Wenhao replied, "Yes, he's always like this during his tribulations."
Su He thought to himself, "To make a powerhouse with such unwavering resolve like Qin Yi suffer so much, this prelude to the lightning tribulation is truly tormenting."
Above the Great Ming Imperial City.
Qin Yi's muscles suddenly withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then turned into nothingness...
The immense pain assaulted Qin Yi's mind...
Qin Yi endured the onslaught of pain and used his divine sense to observe the situation within his body.
About a quarter of an hour later, a trace of purple appeared in the area where his muscles had vanished.
As soon as this trace of purple appeared, the pain that Qin Yi had endured for more than a month receded rapidly like a tide!
At the same time, the muscles within his body began to regrow.
However, they were different from before. This time, all the muscles that grew back were purple.
Qin Yi looked at the purple muscles within his body and thought to himself, "With these purple muscles, my body's resistance to attacks will increase once again."
After all the muscles in his body had finished growing, Qin Yi opened his eyes and looked at the sky above his head.
The clear, cloudless sky instantly erupted with thunder!
"Rumble~!" "Rumble~!"
"Rumble~!"...
Accompanied by the thunder, black tribulation clouds appeared in everyone's sight.
The tribulation clouds expanded and enveloped the area at an incredible speed...
In just a few breaths, they were already boundless.
After a few more breaths, the tribulation clouds completely covered four-fifths of the eastern part of the Heavenly Wasteland Realm!
Qin Yi quietly waited for the arrival of the lightning tribulation below the tribulation clouds.
Thunder continued to rumble within the tribulation clouds, but the first wave of lightning tribulation did not fall...
Star Blue Academy.
With Su He's cultivation, he could naturally see at a glance just how large Qin Yi's tribulation clouds were.
Su He said, "The tribulation clouds that Qin-xiong attracted are a bit too exaggerated!"
Lan Wenhao laughed and said, "Haha, this is normal!"
"Exaggerated tribulation clouds have always been one of Qin-xiong's tribulation characteristics."
Ying Zhi said, "According to past practice, Qin-xiong is breaking through to the Wood Immortal Realm this time."
"Then it's highly likely that he will trigger the lightning tribulation phenomenon of the Fire Immortal Realm."
Su He said blankly, "Trigger the lightning tribulation phenomenon of the Fire Immortal Realm?"
Ying Zhi said, "Yes."
Su He said, "Heavens, what a freak!"
Ying Zhi said, "The Wood Immortal Realm lightning tribulation is one hundred and fifty-one to one hundred and seventy bolts."
"The Fire Immortal Realm lightning tribulation has twenty more bolts than the Wood Immortal Realm, which is one hundred and seventy-one to one hundred and ninety!"
"That means Qin-xiong will be undergoing one hundred and ninety-one lightning bolts this time."
Su He: "???"
What kind of arithmetic is this? Even using your toes to calculate, adding twenty bolts is one hundred and ninety, where did one hundred and ninety-one come from?
Completely confused, Su He asked, "Ying Zhi-xiong, may I ask, how did you arrive at one hundred and ninety-one?"
Ying Zhi slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot, Su He-xiong doesn't know much about Qin-xiong's tribulations."
"The reason for one hundred and ninety-one is that every time Qin-xiong's tribulation reaches the limit value, one more bolt will inexplicably appear."
"This extra bolt of lightning tribulation cannot be found in any classic, so it's one hundred and ninety-one bolts of lightning tribulation."
Hearing Ying Zhi's explanation, Su He's question about the one hundred and ninety-one bolts of lightning tribulation was resolved.
But what followed were more questions.
He really wanted to ask what the extra bolt of lightning tribulation was.
But when he thought about what Ying Zhi said, that it couldn't be found in any classic, Su He understood that asking would be futile.
Ying Zhi and Lan Wenhao beside him obviously didn't know the reason.
Su He searched the memories in his mind, rummaging through all his past memories, but he couldn't find any record of the extra bolt of lightning tribulation that Ying Zhi mentioned.
With a mind full of doubts, Su He looked at the sky, preparing to see what the legendary extra bolt of lightning tribulation looked like.
The current Su He had subconsciously ignored what the concept of reaching the limit value of tribulation was.
For ordinary cultivators undergoing tribulation, it's extremely difficult to even reach an average value, let alone the limit value!
And cultivators who reach the limit value during tribulation are very few!
Reaching the numerical limit during tribulation means that the risk factor is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators!
Cultivators who can trigger this amount of lightning tribulation must have something extraordinary about them.
Either their cultivation talent is high, or their combat power is strong, or other factors...
It can be said that ordinary cultivators are filled with fear of tribulation.
Being able to undergo tribulation, even the weakest lightning tribulation, as long as they can survive it, is the greatest goal of ordinary cultivators.
Above the Great Ming Imperial City.
The first wave of lightning tribulation didn't arrive until a day later...
"Rumble~!" "Rumble~!"
"Rumble~!"...
Thunder roared in the tribulation clouds, and ten bolts of lightning tribulation flew out of the lightning tribulation.
The strength of these ten bolts of lightning tribulation was between the Perfected Celestial Immortal Realm and the early Wood Immortal Realm.
With Qin Yi's current defense, he was not afraid of these ten bolts of lightning tribulation at all!
He allowed these ten bolts of lightning tribulation to fall on his body!
"Boom~!" "Boom~!"
"Boom~!"...
After the ten bolts of lightning tribulation struck Qin Yi, they turned into streams of lightning power and were directly absorbed into his body!
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