"Boom!"
The formation trembled, divine light erupted, and the demons who had been frantically biting the barrier were instantly reduced to ashes.
At the same time, divine light surged, ripples spread, instantly covering millions of miles around.
In this area, all the evil demons were reduced to dust. Seeing this, Bai Zhantang couldn't help but curse Long Chen for being wasteful. This strike had consumed a total of three thousand Immortal King Crystals, and his heart was bleeding.
Long Chen was amazed by the power of the formation. Such a massive attack area, if combined into a single line, truly had the power to instantly annihilate a Realm King expert.
As for the three thousand Immortal King Crystals he had consumed, for the wealthy Long Chen, it was just a drop in the bucket—he didn't feel anything at all.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, the teleportation array lit up, and countless young disciples surged out. These disciples were the Luo family, totaling nine thousand people, led by Luo Changwu.
The Seventh Academy and the Luo family have separate teleportation arrays. Previously, Long Chen had sent a message to the Luo family, inviting the Luo family disciples to gather.
Long Chen activated the protective array to the extreme, eliminating the evil demons that interfered with its operation. The teleportation arrays of the academy and the Luo family could instantly be connected, and all nine thousand disciples were transported over.
Long Chen spent a fortune building this teleportation array partly to facilitate the Luo family's care, and partly because the Luo family's Knife-Sharpening Ladder is a priceless treasure for cultivators, and academy disciples also need to practice it.
"Buzz!"
Over two thousand disciples from the Seventh Branch, plus nine thousand disciples from the Luo family, were all teleported out of the academy. After putting some distance between them and the academy, these more than ten thousand were all filled with excitement. It was the first time so many people had crossed the tribulation together, and they were all extremely excited.
Meanwhile, the elder generation experts like Master Dongming were somewhat worried. If anything went wrong, all these ten thousand elite disciples would be lost here.
"Really?"
Bai Shishi also stood among the crowd, looking at Long Chen beside her. At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten her earlier shyness and spoke somewhat uneasily.
Her heavenly tribulation was not something ordinary people could withstand, and with Long Chen, a Divine Lord, being with them, it felt somewhat uncertain. If things went wrong, something major might happen.
"I've realized you're the one with the least confidence in me." Seeing Bai Shishi's worried expression, Long Chen gave a wry smile.
Bai Shishi looked around. It really seemed just as Long Chen had said—none of these people were worried. Everyone wore expressions of anticipation, and that blind confidence was something she couldn't understand.
"Let's begin!"
Long Chen shouted loudly.
"Rumble rumble...
With Long Chen's sharp shout, everyone's auras burst forth as they rushed to the Divine Lord Realm. Bai Shishi, Bai Xiaole, Qin Feng, Qi Yu, Xu Zixiong, Mu Qingyun, Luo Bing, Luo Ning, and other powerful figures were all present.
Over ten thousand people simultaneously broke through their realms, the heavens trembled, endless tribulation clouds swept in, and the terrifying pressure swept in all directions, making hearts tremble.
Master Yunyang and the others stared at the massive tribulation cloud, their hearts pounding:
"These young people are just too crazy now."
Long Chen looked at the tribulation clouds in the sky and frowned. Bai Shishi asked, "What is it?" Did something go wrong? "
This heavenly tribulation is weaker than I imagined. It shouldn't be right!" Long Chen said somewhat curiously.
"How is that possible? The destructive aura of this tribulation made even his soul tremble. One wrong move and he could die here—how could he still be weak? Bai Shishi asked in confusion.
Long Chen shook his head, suddenly his heart skipped a beat: Could it be related to the Heavenly Dao runes? He stood there, sensing no hostility from the heavenly tribulation.
In the past, whenever a heavenly tribulation appeared, it would be like seeing the killer of his father, fighting Long Chen to the death. But this time, it seemed the tribulation didn't see him; it was aimed at everyone present.
"Alright, it can't see me now, giving everyone a buffer time. Now, we just need to quietly watch." Long Chen thought to himself.
At that moment, a thunderstorm descended and fell upon everyone. This was the first wave of tribulation, extremely gentle, and anyone could handle it with ease.
Everyone was bathed in thunder and rain. Everyone knew that the deadliest heavenly tribulation was at the end, so they absorbed as much tribulation as possible to cleanse their physical bodies, rapidly strengthening them to prepare for the coming tribulations.
"Whoosh"
At that moment, thunder dragons hundreds of miles long roamed around the tribulation, absorbing the thunder that hadn't fallen on everyone.
That was Lei Ling'er. She transformed into tens of thousands of thunder dragons, absorbing these thunderbolts. The thunder runes she had devoured earlier in the Tiandu Star Domain were too powerful; to fully refine them would require enormous energy consumption.
If she relied on herself, it would take at least ten days. Now, with the help of everyone's heavenly tribulation to help it digest those thunder runes, it was truly killing two birds with one stone.
As purple thunder dragons circled around, the disciples were stunned; they had never seen such a thunder creature before.
Even the experts within the academy, including those from the War God Hall, were shocked.
"Long Chen himself is the master of the power of thunder; otherwise, he wouldn't have let everyone take such risks." Bai Xiaole's mother smiled gently.
Last time, she had witnessed Long Chen's entire tribulation crossing with her own eyes. Now, she realized that the aura on the thunder dragon had become even more terrifying.
When the heavenly tribulation descended, the demons who had been frantically attacking the academy were so frightened that they fled in panic. They feared this extremely strong and yang thunderous power the most.
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the rain grew larger, droplets grew from thumb-sized to egg-sized drops, their power became wild, then from egg-sized to skull-sized drops, and they exploded, possessing a certain degree of lethality.
Next came the Thunder Sword, which grew sharper over time, and after an hour, people started getting injured.
Master Yunyang and the others were starting to feel uneasy. It had been less than half the time and they were already getting injured. So how would they survive the upcoming tribulation?
After another incense stick's time, thunder beasts appeared in the void. As soon as the thunder beasts appeared, the scene became chaotic because there were too many thunder beasts surging in from all directions. Clearly, these disciples had no experience dealing with these thunder beasts.
Because thunder beasts usually only appear when breaking through to the Divine Lord Realm. Most people had only heard of them before, but never seen them.
Moreover, it is said that when a person undergoes a tribulation, there are usually only nine thunder beasts, and they only appear at the very end. Killing the thunder beasts means the tribulation is over.
Only the first-generation experts would have ninety-nine thunder beasts. Those present were all first-generation experts, but the thunder beasts in the heavenly tribulation were not just nine hundred ninety thousand—there were millions right before their eyes. Moreover, the tribulation clouds kept surging forth, seemingly endless. The situation suddenly became critical, and many people turned to look at Long Chen.
"If you fall before such a weak thunder beast, I won't save you, nor will it be worth saving you. You will die in humiliation." Long Chen's icy voice rang out, sending a chill through everyone's hearts.