"It seems you can't reach Di Tian."
Ye Xishui's eyes narrowed. Her killing intent sharpened into a blade, locking dead onto Chen Junting's brow. "Since you can't summon him now, you're utterly useless. After all—we only need that reverse scale, don't we?"
Her words ended—her strike began.
She didn't know why Di Tian hadn't appeared. But they now knew how to summon him. Ye Xishui's intent was clear: slaughter them all, seize the scale, and ambush Di Tian.
"Defend!" Du Busi and the others surged forward, barriers flaring.
Layer upon layer of soul-engineered shields barely held. In that clash, their blood ran cold: Ye Xishui was at full strength.
Her gaze turned venomous. "All of you—attack together!"
Long Xiaoyao's death was tied to these people. None would escape.
The Evil Emperor and Whale Empress committed without hesitation.
The Evil Emperor disdained ganging up on insignificant prey—but he'd given his word. Crushing ants required no honor.
BOOOOM—!
Three Limit Douluo auras erupted as one.
Heaven and earth inverted. Sun and moon dimmed. Space shattered in cascading fractures; chaotic rifts tore the sky.
Du Busi's group watched, eyes bloodshot with fury.
A star of death glowed ominously above them.
Whirr—whirr—whirr—!
Stolen Sun Moon defensive soul tools blazed to life—forming a desperate shield.
Useless.
Against three Limit Douluos, even Grade-9 barriers shattered like parchment.
ROAR—!
Every powerhouse's soul rings ignited in unison!
"Children—flee! We'll hold the line!"
"Lexuan—after my death, you lead the Sea God Pavilion. Pass it to Bei Bei upon his ascension!"
"Your Highness—we die for the empire!"
A dark green giant upheld the heavens, fist slamming outward.
A Taotie Divine Ox stood firm, earth-yellow light shielding the Titan Gryphon like primordial soil.
Azure vines coiled. Divine eagles tore space. Spears pierced the void…
All techniques converged on the trio.
The Whale Empress countered—a tidal rhythm echoed. Clouds churned; seawater surged from nothingness, forming a colossal barrier that swallowed every attack. Invisible spiritual shockwaves felled all Titled Douluos below Level 95. Even the strongest faltered, their power halved.
"Block us?" Ye Xishui's laugh was ice. "With what?"
"Brother Junting—what now?" Ning Tian asked, her gaze steady, fearless.
Chen Junting's eyes turned glacial. Resolute.
Even without Di Tian—he held a card.
"What to do? Simple."
The reverse scale hovered above his palm. Soul power surged.
"I'll send them to ascend through tribulation—escort them to the afterlife."
"Heh. Arrogant." Ye Xishui's trio sneered.
An ant claiming to bury gods?
Yet Du Busi's group's eyes lit with hope.
Xuan Zi bellowed, ox-form towering: "Boy! Unleash it—no more hiding—"
CRACK—!
The heavens shattered.
Chen Junting's Eye of Fate blazed open. Seven Kill Sword in hand, he etched runes around Di Tian's reverse scale—the array's core. In less than a breath—complete.
A primal dread seized every soul.
Darkness fell—but not Ye Xishui's gloom. This was majestic, inescapable pressure descending from the void. The Whale Empress and Evil Emperor paled.
They knew this.
Every Fierce Beast knew this.
HEAVENLY TRIBULATION!
RUMBLE—!
Thunder rolled—a prelude to the approaching apocalypse. The Evil Emperor and Whale Empress recoiled.
Then froze.
"HUMAN! YOU'LL PAY!!!" they roared, spiritual pressure locking onto Chen Junting.
If fury could kill, he'd be dust.
Around them, lightning wove a cage of light. Serpentine bolts writhed across hundreds of miles. An invisible force anchored the two beasts—no escape.
CRASH—!
A sea of ten-thousand-metre lightning drowned the world.
Heavenly Tribulation lightning flashed densely like an ocean.
Chen Junting's array—using Di Tian's scale as catalyst—had summoned the tribulation every great beast faced every 100,000 years.
Power scaled to those trapped inside.
Endless violet lightning consumed heaven and earth. All life, all void—erased. Blinding radiance. The destructive force was palpable even miles away.
For those within?
Suffocating. Bone-chilling.
Lightning—the purest yang of heaven. To evil soul masters, it was second only to sacred light in lethality. To great beasts? Life or death.
Survive—live.
Fail—ash.
Between breaths, the Whale Empress and Evil Emperor reverted to true forms.
Clouds surged like ocean waves, lifting a colossal island-body. The sky bled azure.
A single massive eye blinked. Eighty-one tentacles lashed—warping space, unleashing spiritual tsunamis.
Yet beneath the tribulation? It was insignificant, futile.
A thunderous roar expelled mist. A tail wreathed in distorted blue light slammed into the lightning sea—billions of light-arrows erupting skyward.
The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign bellowed—eighty black rays shot forth, draining color from the world.
The tribulation raged. Countless bolts descended.
"YE XISHUI! STRIKE WITH US!"
A shriek answered.
Ye Xishui's hair blazed blood-red. The Bloody Demon Puppet fused into her—her form doubling, ruby-hued, blood essence boiling like a crimson tsunami.
A bloody sea now propped up the heavens.
Doomsday had come.
As for Chen Junting's group?
Powerless. Trapped.
The array held no friend or foe. All within were tribulation candidates.
Du Busi slapped a lightning bolt—staggered back, palm charred black.
He felt it now—the tribulation's might. The beasts' suffering.
Seeing the celestial vortex above—a judgmental eye—even Du Busi's audacity faltered. "Boy! Are we tribulation-bound too?!"
"No. We'll retreat."
Chen Junting raised the Deceiving Heaven Array Disc. Light flashed.
"Elders—retract your martial souls!"
WHOOSH—!
The array activated. Their presence vanished. Utterly.
Even the tribulation hesitated—lost. To strike? To spare? Indecision reigned.
It relented.
And turned its fury upon the trapped trio.
Thunder roared louder. Power escalated. Pressure crushed them anew.
Ye Xishui's group stared, dumbfounded.
They summoned the tribulation… then vanished?!
That brat is utterly despicable!
Such a vicious scheme—how?!
KABOOOOOM—!
Lightning drowned the sky.
Screams. Curses. Fury.
All swallowed by thunder's roar.
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