Like surging waves rolling.
In the sky, circles of ripples spread outward, evolving into thick cloud layers. Jumping lightning continuously flashed.
Di Tian looked toward the sky. What met his eyes was a scene of dark clouds pressing down on the city as if about to crush it, revealing an unprecedented solemnity.
The ferocious beasts beside him, even those who had once survived thunder tribulations, trembled slightly upon sensing that scene resembling a prelude to world-ending destruction.
Not to mention the weaker soul beasts on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest—at this moment, they were already lying on the ground, unable to move.
Di Tian sighed. "Still got targeted after all!"
He had not expected that even breaking through in the Dragon Valley could not avoid attracting the thunder tribulation's attention.
The current Di Tian was a nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year soul beast. By borrowing the dragon soul and dragon clouds from the Dragon Valley, he had reached the absolute maximum limit possible in one go.
If soul beasts were not prevented from becoming gods, Di Tian would have long since become god-level.
With nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand years of cultivation—equivalent to nine thunder tribulations—what Di Tian was now facing was the ninth thunder tribulation.
"Do you have confidence?" The one speaking was Xiong Jun.
Xiong Jun was currently only a four-hundred-thousand-plus-year soul beast, but his combat power was comparable to the Limit Douluo level.
He could feel the oppressive aura transmitted from the sky.
Di Tian's face showed no trace of anxiety. No matter the time, he always appeared so calm.
"There is no such thing as one hundred percent certainty." Di Tian replied.
The thick black cloud layer spread outward from directly above Di Tian's head. In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire Star Dou Great Forest and began to expand toward even more distant locations.
The "rumble rumble" of thunder roared continuously, shaking one's mind.
As the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest, and facing the ninth thunder tribulation, it was impossible to undergo it inside the Star Dou Great Forest.
Otherwise, the resulting shockwaves would be something even one-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could not easily withstand.
Di Tian's strength had already advanced. If not for being unable to break through to god-level, what he would have faced after delaying would not have been a nine-hundred-thousand-year thunder tribulation, but a divine tribulation.
Di Tian let out a dragon roar.
He flew into the high sky, released his soul power, and quickly transformed into the golden-eyed black dragon king's true form, flying outward from the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Mm..." Ning Rongrong hesitated for a moment, then followed after him. Seeing this, Qian Renxue also closely followed behind.
Along the way, Di Tian avoided soul beast forests and human gathering places.
After all, with the Star Dou Great Forest allied with the human Spirit Hall, it was impossible to guide the thunder tribulation toward the human world. If that caused disgust from the two people following behind, it would not be good.
Di Tian's speed was fast. He soon arrived at a desolate desert area where human traces were rare.
The thunder in the sky, locked onto Di Tian, also slowly moved in this direction.
Di Tian's golden pupils revealed a grave expression.
To be honest, he did not have full confidence in crossing this tribulation.
He had only just recovered. The fatigue in his soul was not so easy to eliminate.
But since the thunder tribulation had come, it was impossible to make it retreat.
The Star Dou Great Forest was not far from human gathering places. That glaring thundercloud covering the sky and blotting out the sun dyed the heavens dim.
As it moved—like a walking natural disaster—it was impossible not to be discovered by human soul masters. This was not an boundless sea with scarce human presence.
Soul masters one after another reported the situation to their higher-ups. After all, even if the sky fell, it was not for these small fries to bear. Just throw it to the higher-ups to worry about.
Inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo all sensed the vast pressure spreading through the air.
They also received reports from sect disciples via soul guidance devices and adopted a cautious attitude toward the matter.
"This is a thunder tribulation." Sword Douluo spoke. "The direction seems to be the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Fengzhi, what do you think?" After Sword Douluo finished, Bone Douluo turned his gaze to their sect master.
"Rongrong went to the Star Dou Great Forest, right? It was to treat the injured Di Tian." Ning Fengzhi muttered to himself. His fingers tapped on the tabletop, making "clang clang clang" sounds.
Suddenly, Ning Fengzhi stood up from his position.
"Let's go take a look. With the three of us' combat power, as long as we don't encounter god-level existences, there shouldn't be any danger." Ning Fengzhi decided firmly.
At the Spirit Hall forces stationed in the Fasnuo Province, on the Heaven Dou Empire's defense line against the Star Luo Empire,
The great enshrinee Qian Daoliu and the second enshrinee Golden Crocodile also noticed the abnormal changes on the distant horizon.
Qian Daoliu was already a God Origin Realm powerhouse. Through his perception, he discovered that the thunder tribulation in the sky was definitely not an ordinary soul beast tribulation.
That vast oppressive force, even at his current level, still caused his heart to palpitate intensely.
Qian Daoliu instructed Golden Crocodile to watch the defense line, then transformed into a streak of white light and flew toward the black cloud layer.
At a position slightly farther from the coverage range of the thundercloud layer,
Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue arrived here first. They quietly watched Di Tian undergo the tribulation.
"Rongrong, do you think Di Tian can make it through?" Qian Renxue's tone carried considerable worry.
Ning Rongrong was silent for a long moment before shaking her head:
"The probability might not be high. After all, he only just awakened, prepared nothing, and his condition is far from optimal."
Qian Renxue fell silent first.
The Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest were already grasshoppers tied to the same rope.
Although Di Tian's combat power was stuck at the edge of god-level, he was not without use. In the end, he was the publicly acknowledged Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Moreover, the Spirit Hall owed Di Tian quite a few favors.
Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue did not hide their figures. With their current strength, there was no need to hide. The top existences on the entire continent were the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Spirit Hall.
The strongest in both forces were them—what was there to hide?
Qian Daoliu and Ning Fengzhi and the others arrived almost one after the other, appearing not far from their own granddaughter or daughter.
"It really is Di Tian undergoing tribulation!" Ning Fengzhi and the others had seen Di Tian's true form before, and with their guesses on the way here, they were not surprised.
It was just that this thunder tribulation was a bit too terrifying.
Could Di Tian really withstand it?
"Rongrong, what do you think?" Ning Fengzhi knew his daughter had helped Lan Fozi become a god. She should be very familiar with Di Tian and thunder tribulations.
"Di Tian's accumulation is sufficient to become a god." Ning Rongrong said, her voice pausing slightly. "But without removing the shackles on his body and soul, no matter how hard he tries, it is meaningless."
"As for this thunder tribulation, Di Tian's current condition does not look very good."
"Rongrong, how did Lan Fozi become a god?" Qian Renxue asked.
"It can only be called an accident. Actually, I didn't have one hundred percent confidence either." Ning Rongrong sighed.
In fact, the follow-up could be considered a failure. If not for the accumulated might of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King clan, which caused the sea soul beasts to produce a "fear" similar to the strange energy of a hundred ghosts night parade,
thereby accelerating Lan Fozi's chance of becoming a god, then forget about becoming a first-level god—even a second-level god would have been uncertain, and falling might also have been probable.
"The Demon Empress's daughter became a god?" Qian Daoliu was stunned. He was not aware of what Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong had said about the events outside Sea God City in the sea domain.
At most, he only knew that a terrifying natural disaster had appeared in that area.
"Yes, Senior Qian Daoliu." Ning Rongrong's gaze shifted slightly. "Tang San killed the Demon Empress and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Lan Fozi sought my help. Overall, I was a step too late."
"I could only let them survive in another way—that was by making Lan Fozi become a god. There were many coincidences involved, and I also roughly understand the reason why soul beasts cannot become gods."
"If Senior Qian Daoliu wants to know, after this is over, I will tell you all together." Ning Rongrong's words were directed at Qian Daoliu, but the ferocious beasts nearby also pricked up their ears.
After all, while Qian Daoliu was merely curious, this concerned their very lives and survival as ferocious beasts.
The curse preventing soul beasts from becoming gods—had it been broken by this pink-haired Rong? Although they knew Ning Rongrong had always been outrageous, this was outrageously too far.
Something soul beasts could not achieve after tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years—a human in her twenties had casually solved it and successfully created a god?
Nearby, some ferocious beasts could no longer hold back and wanted to ask questions, but with a "boom," everyone's attention was drawn away.
Purple lightning fell from the sky at a speed too fast to cover one's ears, smashing onto Di Tian's body.
Di Tian's hundred-meter-long body trembled slightly. His soul power offset this terrifying purple thunder.
Just the first thunder tribulation was already terrifying to the level comparable to a strike from a rank 97 Title Douluo.
While everyone was still shocked, the second thunder tribulation also rapidly descended.
Di Tian let out an angry roar.
The thunder tribulation falling on him was blocked by the erupting dark-attribute soul power and scattered away.
(End of chapter)