The Nine Dragon Chains snapped, and one by one, they descended upon Wang Chen, unleashing their destructive power. As if influenced by Ye Yun, Wang Chen struck preemptively before each lightning tribulation struck.
Countless sword shadows danced, and the Yuezhi sword body erupted with a terrifying killing intent. This intent condensed into layers of shields, enveloping Wang Chen completely, and then adhering to the surface of his skin.
Killing intent as a protective shield?!
This was the epitome of using the most ferocious methods to accomplish the most cowardly of tasks. This sword had already awakened its sword spirit, but this sword spirit was surprisingly timid.
It was one thing for the sword spirit to be timid, but it had to encounter a fierce master. This combination of man and weapon simply felt bizarre.
"In the Ten Directions Realm, I possess Ten Swords. One sword can slay the beings of one direction!"
Wang Chen's expression was frigid. Gripping Yuezhi, his eyes were fixed on the lightning tribulation in the sky. He stepped into the air, moving step by step towards the heavenly tribulation. Each step was incredibly slow, yet remarkably steady.
Roar…
The lightning dragon descended from above, as if sensing Wang Chen's provocation. Its speed was so great that even Xie Yifeng and the others could not discern its movement.
But…
Pfft…
A cold gleam from a sword suddenly pierced its neck. Due to the lightning dragon's momentum, its entire body, from the head downwards, was cleaved in two.
By the time the lightning dragon reached Wang Chen, its eyes had lost their luster.
Boom…
The lightning dragon collided with Wang Chen, its entire form instantly dissipating into pure energy that enveloped him before being absorbed. The lightning crackled across the surface of Wang Chen's skin, ceaselessly reinforcing his physical body.
This was all thanks to the Yuezhi's killing intent shield. Otherwise, Wang Chen's physical body would have likely been cooked under the baptism of this terrifying lightning, at best severely injured, at worst annihilated.
The profession of Sword Immortal inherently lay between warrior and mage, thus their physical bodies were not as robust as those of warriors. However, Wang Chen was an exception. With the accumulation of resources from various avenues of Ye Yun, his physical body's strength was not inferior to that of warriors, and perhaps even superior.
Yet, this time, he was undergoing the heavenly tribulation for the Monarch realm, a perfected heavenly tribulation. The terror of such a tribulation meant that each subsequent wave increased exponentially!
Most importantly, Wang Chen's progress had been too rapid, and it was all derived from the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao Game. His attributes had only just reached the critical point. Therefore, his physical body could not withstand the tempering of lightning at this level.
Fortunately, the sword spirit was cowardly enough to provide Wang Chen with protection. Otherwise, Wang Chen would likely have been reduced to ashes by this wave of lightning.
Wang Chen rapidly absorbed the energy of the lightning dragons, strengthening himself. He knew that only with greater power could he have a better chance of surviving the upcoming tribulations. He wanted to overcome this heavenly tribulation himself, rather than continue to grow under Ye Yun's wing.
Tribulation. Throughout history, how many prodigies had perished under heavenly tribulations? Without exceptional talent, without the ability to fight across realms, it was incredibly difficult to survive a heavenly tribulation.
Under normal circumstances, the strength of the first tribulation was only about fifty percent of the tribulation taker's own energy. Subsequently, for each tribulation, the energy increased by eighty percent to a full double, depending on the tribulation taker's talent and strength.
Calculated this way, even the most ordinary cultivator undergoing the most common Three-Mass Tribulation would be teetering on the brink of death. Thus, talent became paramount at this juncture, as it allowed one to quickly absorb the energy after a tribulation, restoring true essence while simultaneously breaking through personal limitations.
This was the significant trial for cultivators during tribulation. For Wang Chen's perfected heavenly tribulation, even if each wave only increased the destructive energy by eighty percent, nine rounds would be arduous. Unless he could, like Ye Yun, hoard a large number of attribute points as a backup, to be used to compensate when his strength fell short during the tribulation.
"Boss, you're here." Ye Yun's appearance did not attract much attention.
"Mm, Old Wang's commotion is quite significant, and Blue Star has been slightly affected." Ye Yun nodded. Under his control, his divine sense rapidly formed protective walls within a thousand-mile radius around Wang Chen, creating a dedicated tribulation site for him.
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The commotion was a bit significant?
Liu Langchen almost rolled his eyes at Ye Yun. He still remembered the scene of his first encounter with Ye Yun, where the phenomena caused by his tribulation alone had covered every corner of two major starfields. Now, Wang Chen's phenomena were merely within a range of a few million kilometers.
Furthermore, the heavenly tribulation Ye Yun underwent was to break through the Extreme realm, a tribulation of a much higher grade than the perfected Ten-Mass heavenly tribulation.
"Boss, can I be presumptuous and ask, is your strength all manifested from the Heavenly Dao game?" Liu Langchen, watching Wang Chen blast another lightning dragon, couldn't help but swallow.
"Indeed. The spiritual energy in the Human Race Starfield was almost barren. Even though it has recovered somewhat, due to the prolonged barrenness, this spiritual energy cannot immediately benefit the Human Race. However, within half a year at most, after half a year, the spiritual energy in our Human Race Starfield will reach its historical peak!"
Ye Yun had sufficient confidence that within these six months, he could lead humanity back to its former glory. As long as they could suppress the Ghost Race after the merging of their starfields in reality, some of the ghostly energy and resentment from the Ghost Race Starfield would transform into spiritual energy. If handled skillfully, this ghostly energy and resentment could serve as a stabilizing force.
Of course, all of this was premised on their ability to suppress the Ghost Race!
Upon hearing Ye Yun's words, Liu Langchen, despite his prior preparation, was still greatly shocked. Being able to achieve such strength solely through the manifestation of game attributes implied that the player's talent in the game world was not low, let alone the added attribute points.
Based on the principle of manifested strength, their attribute points were sufficient to rank within the top five on the Ten Directions Cosmos talent leaderboard! Even if he, the Wanderer, ranked third, he could not guarantee that his added attributes were significantly more than Wang Chen's, or even less than Wang Chen's.
"Uh, Boss, when can you enter the Endless Forest map?" Liu Langchen asked Ye Yun with a pleading expression. He was constantly suppressed by the Demon Butterflies in the Endless Forest, and the same was true in reality. His income had been compressed to its limit. In less than a year, the fourth and fifth ranked players could surpass him.
"Endless Forest? I'm not yet level seventy, how can I go there?" Ye Yun was taken aback. Even the New Mortal Continent required level seventy-five to enter, let alone the Endless Forest, a map two levels higher than the New Mortal Continent.
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