"It seems I need to wait in the void first, otherwise the entire star domain will not be able to withstand it before the Heavenly Tribulation even forms," Ye Yun muttered, looking at the increasingly terrifying nebula outside. With a step, his entire body entered the void.
Boom...
Without the two-tenths obstruction of heavenly secrets provided by the Nine Dragons Yang Void Palace, the energy in the entire star domain erupted the moment Ye Yun appeared. Fortunately, the commotion was large enough, and with countless cultivators undergoing tribulation, almost no one in the star domain was in seclusion at this time. Otherwise, the surging energy would have been enough to cause them to go mad and die on the spot.
"Too terrifying. Those thousands of thunder dragons just now almost scared me to death, and now this terrifying fellow appears. Do these important figures not stop until our Dao hearts are shattered?"
"Dao hearts? Damn it, I finally cultivated a strong heart and was about to transcend and become immortal. Now, forget transcending and becoming immortal or having a strong heart, I'm about to be scared to death and puke out my guts."
"Your Majesty is indeed Your Majesty. The might of this Heavenly Tribulation seems even more majestic and domineering under the influence of this 37.5-degree liquid."
On Blue Star, and even among some human powerhouses in neighboring star domains, all eyes were cast towards the Human Race star domain, wanting to see what was so special about Ye Yun's Heavenly Tribulation. However, just a glance was enough to make their scalps tingle and their legs tremble.
Because the energy contained within was too terrifying. They even suspected that if this energy were to erupt, not only the Human Race star domain, but even the connected God Race star domain would be directly destroyed into a void state by this storm.
Ye Yun broke through the star domain barrier and entered the endless void. Under the pull of a mysterious force, the nebula instantly locked onto Ye Yun's position in the void and followed him into the void.
The Great Emperor Tribulation had eighty-one thunder tribulations. Like the ascension tribulation, these eighty-one thunder tribulations became more targeted towards weaknesses and more terrifying in energy as they progressed.
In the void, as the nebula entered, the entire space suddenly shifted from calm to violent. From the looks of it, a void storm would form before long. To avoid repeating the mistake of the previous professional advancement, Ye Yun had to spend a lot of time reinforcing the void tens of thousands of miles around his tribulation site several times, even using his own spatial Dao.
"Extreme of Heaven and Earth, Lord of All Realms! If your body does not perish, my soul shall!"
A booming shout erupted from the nebula. A giant over three meters tall, carrying a massive battle axe, strode out of the nebula. With each step, his aura grew stronger. By the time he fully emerged from the nebula, his aura had reached the Quasi-Emperor realm!
"Is this an overestimation of me? The first Great Emperor Tribulation is already at the Quasi-Emperor level, and it's an intelligent form. How strong will the later ones be!" Ye Yun felt uneasy.
Heavenly tribulations had always been one more powerful than the last, and even increasing exponentially later on. For their Quasi-Emperor ascension tribulation, the first wave was only around the early stage of the Extreme realm in destructive power. In fact, historical records indicated that the highest first wave of Emperor tribulation was only at the peak of the Extreme realm.
The first wave was filled with endless battle intent. The giant axe on his shoulder was filled with terrifying destructive power, and Ye Yun even felt several laws within it.
The giant stared at Ye Yun, not attacking immediately. Instead, he took a deep breath, his aura surging once more, before gripping the giant axe on his shoulder with both hands.
"Heaven's Punishment, Xing Tian Slash!"
Without any further words, the giant's body instantly traversed tens of thousands of miles. The giant axe in his hand transformed into an axe shadow over a hundred meters long, cleaving down at Ye Yun from thin air.
"Damn it, this guy is going for a self-destructive blow!" Ye Yun watched as the giant's body shrank and faded as he swung the axe.
Hum...
The void trembled. With a thought from Ye Yun, a black hole with a diameter of tens of thousands of miles appeared before him. The giant axe descended and landed on the black hole before Ye Yun.
Instantly, the massive axe shadow seemed to be held back by some force, unable to advance or retreat. It then swallowed the giant's attack, transforming it into pure energy that continuously flowed into Ye Yun's Dantian.
Heavenly tribulations were inherently an attack of heavenly energy. The difference lay in the purity and scale of the energy, as well as other elements contained within, such as laws and attributes.
"Silver spear on horse, surveying the world, dragon's roar, the common people do not return! Heaven's Punishment, self-sacrifice to fix the world!"
Before the axe shadow could disappear, a clear voice echoed from the nebula. No figure was seen, only a spear spanning a hundred miles piercing out from the nebula, giving the tribulator no time to rest.
"Good heavens, this is ten percent stronger than the giant axe just now! If a Quasi-Emperor of Shen Zhu's level were here, they would likely be severely injured."
The spear was like a dragon, moving incredibly fast, yet it seemed to ignore the black hole before Ye Yun and plunged directly into it, being completely swallowed.
Then, one attack followed another in rapid succession. Almost every attack was one to two percent stronger than the previous one. For Ye Yun at this moment, a single 'Great Annihilation Art' could easily handle them.
However, as the seventieth thunder tribulation began, the black hole before Ye Yun started to become somewhat unstable.
The seventieth thunder tribulation, with every two ten-cycle completions, had its intensity increased by another ten percent. The tribulation now was nearly ten thousand times stronger than the first one!
The energy absorbed by the 'Great Annihilation Art' was approaching saturation, and Ye Yun's Dantian even felt a sense of fullness.
He could only endure it head-on.
Ye Yun pressed down with one hand, and the black vortex dissipated. At this moment, a stern young sword immortal, clad in a daoist robe and with a flying sword beneath his feet, approached him.
Around him, tens of thousands of flying swords formed a storm that swept towards Ye Yun.
"Sword Immortal? I'm your ancestor when it comes to swords!" Ye Yun looked at the endless immortal swords, flicked the King's Sword in his hand, and instantly, sword shadows emerged, transforming into a hundred thousand sword shadows. Each sword phantom burned with purple flames, carrying Ye Yun's True Fire Dao.
Boom...
The collision of countless sword shadows produced a massive impact. Ye Yun's sword shadows, empowered by the True Fire Dao, cut through the enemy like a hot knife through butter, instantly crushing the Sword Immortal's sword storm and then charging towards the young Sword Immortal.
"Boundless Sword, Heaven's Punishment, Unrestrained Slash!" A terrifying sword intent erupted from the stern youth's eyes. He actually launched a second attack as Ye Yun's attack drew near!
Ye Yun even saw a flash of blue light on the youth's robe, which seemed to be a defensive shield.
The seventieth thunder tribulation was more than twice as powerful as the sixty-ninth. It could be said that a tribulation of this magnitude would have been insurmountable even for the more than four hundred Quasi-Emperors combined.
Most importantly, Ye Yun noticed that from this point onwards, the newly appearing thunder tribulations increased in number and seemed to possess some self-awareness, no longer solely focused on destruction but also knowing how to defend!