81: Disciple, did you devour the lightning tribulation?

The cracks on the dark black tortoise shell spread rapidly, seemingly on the verge of shattering.

Ye You's expression darkened. She snorted coldly, and more demonic power surged into it, attempting to stabilize this crucial defensive Magic Treasure.

"Only the first lightning bolt! Hold on a little longer!"

The black-purple lightning rolling in the tribulation clouds intensified, as if provoked by her challenge.

The second Lightning Tribulation, a full circle thicker than the first, descended with a crash, giving no one time to breathe.

"Bang!"

The dark black tortoise shell could no longer hold on, exploding into countless fragments with a loud bang, scattering in all directions.

The black-purple Divine Lightning, its momentum undiminished, heavily struck the second layer, a white barrier composed of nine jade beads.

The white barrier lasted only half a breath before it too shattered, the nine jade beads losing all their luster and turning into powder that drifted down from the sky.

Ye You grunted, a trickle of fresh blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

"Interesting, truly interesting!"

She looked towards the rolling cloud mass, scornfully saying,

"A Breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Stage actually draws such a Lightning Tribulation. You are indeed afraid of Revered Master!"

As she spoke, she activated the last golden small bell.

The melodious bell sound caused the spreading golden sound waves to instantly solidify, forcefully blocking the remaining power of the Lightning Tribulation.

However, even this dispersed residual power caused the Void Refining Great Demons acting as Protectors below to once again spit out fresh blood.

"Bear King! We can't hold on!"

A Tiger Demon King roared, half of his body already charred black by the electric light.

"Even if you can't, you must!"

The Bear Demon King's eyes were bloodshot. He roared, summoning his Lifebound Treasure, which transformed into an earthy yellow light screen and joined the defense.

Seeing this, the other Great Demons also gritted their teeth and brought out their unique skills.

They knew very well that once the Demon Lord was defeated, all of them, along with the entire Myriad Demon Forest, would turn to ashes under this Heavenly Tribulation.

"Rumble!"

The tribulation clouds in the sky spun even more frantically. The third Lightning Tribulation was gathering, its power far exceeding the sum of the previous two.

This time, the target was no longer dispersed; all the destructive aura precisely locked onto Su Lin, who was in the midst of his Breakthrough.

"Still coming?" Ye You licked away the blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Revered Master, it seems you are truly hated by it."

Far from fearing, she continuously poured out her spiritual power, reinforcing the final shield.

"The calamity a hundred years ago was much harder than this, wasn't it?"

"Back then, this disciple was unable to bear it for you, but this time!"

"Your pain, your calamity, let me taste it for you, alright?"

Within Su Lin's Sea of Consciousness, Chaos surged.

A dark figure stood across from him, its aura identical to that of the enemy from a hundred years ago.

"I didn't expect you could still return?"

Su Lin's Divine Soul body hovered in the air, his expression indifferent, gazing at this wisp of remnant soul, his words filled with absolute contempt.

"I could kill you once a hundred years ago, and a hundred years later, a mere phantom dares to make noise in front of me?"

"Slay me? You thought a self-detonation back then could kill me?"

"Oh? Then what are you afraid of now?"

This sentence completely ignited the dark figure.

It roared madly: "Absolutely! You absolutely cannot Breakthrough!!!"

Before its words finished, the remnant soul condensed all its power, transforming into a pure blade of destruction, slashing towards Su Lin's Divine Soul.

The moment that blade of destruction fell in the Sea of Consciousness, the outside world was also completely torn apart by black-purple light.

Facing this final blow, Ye You's face showed a pathological excitement.

She retrieved her golden bell Magic Treasure, and actually took the initiative to meet the heavenly punishment.

If this final barrier shattered, she intended to use her own body to withstand the Lightning Tribulation.

The power of Abyssal Devouring surged around her, forming a dark vortex, and behind her, a colossal phantom of a Vicious Beast that could swallow the heavens and devour the earth emerged.

She spread her arms, completely shielding Su Lin behind her, and roared up at the world-ending lightning.

"Revered Master! Only I can bully you; nothing else is allowed to touch you!!!"

Just a moment before the Divine Lightning touched Ye You's body, the colossal phantom of the Vicious Beast behind her, which could swallow the heavens and devour the earth, suddenly opened its abyss-like maw.

The black-purple Divine Lightning poured directly into the phantom's mouth, without causing the slightest ripple.

A strange silence fell over the world.

That immense energy, powerful enough to destroy mountains, was swallowed in one gulp by the phantom.

The phantom even chewed in a human-like manner, and then, a stream of energy condensed Qi flowed from the corner of its mouth, dissipating into the air.

After all this was done, the terrifying Vicious Beast phantom slowly faded, eventually completely merging into Ye You's body.

The tribulation clouds in the sky, having lost their target, churned and swirled madly, but could no longer condense the next Lightning Tribulation.

It circled unwillingly for a long time, eventually dispersing slowly with anger.

Sunlight once again shone down, and the Myriad Demon Forest returned to brightness.

At the same time, within Su Lin's Sea of Consciousness.

The blade of destruction, condensed by the remnant soul, also slashed before Su Lin's Divine Soul.

Su Lin's Divine Soul body merely looked up, stretched out a hand, and made a grasping motion in the air towards the blade of destruction.

"Is that all? It's far worse than a hundred years ago."

"Crack."

A crisp cracking sound echoed in the Sea of Consciousness. That attack, capable of severely injuring the Divine Soul of an ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivator, was thus easily crushed into fragments by him.

"No... impossible..."

The dark figure let out a desperate shriek, then was casually waved away by Su Lin.

"Don't be too smug... as long as you continue on this path of cultivation, I will always obstruct you..."

After speaking its last words, its figure was completely erased.

Both internal and external calamities were overcome simultaneously!

The spiritual power within Su Lin's body was no longer hindered, breaking through the final barrier.

His cultivation aura, at the Peak of Nascent Soul, surged dramatically, crossing that heavenly chasm and steadily stepping into the Early Stage of Soul Transformation!

An aura several times more powerful than before emanated from him.

Su Lin slowly opened his eyes, feeling the abundant power within his body, his expression calm.

Ye You turned and came before him. She looked him up and down, and after confirming he was unharmed, she once again wrapped him to her chest with her tail.

"Let me take a good look??"

"Hmm, not bad, you seem more energetic, and your spiritual power is also more abundant."

"This time, this disciple consumed her Origin for you, so you must compensate her well!!"

"You just ate the heavenly lightning?" Su Lin was slightly shocked.

Ye You leaned closer to Su Lin, "Yes! That lightning was so powerful, so this disciple could only use the Abyssal Devouring Origin."

Su Lin was speechless for a moment. Ye You continued, "This disciple did well, didn't she? When will Revered Master reward me?"

"After I stabilize my Realm," Su Lin replied.

"Later, this disciple must first check again to see if Revered Master, now in the Soul Transformation Stage, can withstand this disciple."

Below, the Void Refining Great Demons, having survived the tribulation, stood dumbfounded.

They looked at the unharmed Ye You, then at Su Lin, whose aura was clearly in the Soul Transformation Stage, their minds blank.

That was a Heavenly Tribulation whose slightest aftershock they couldn't even block when working together!

The Demon Lord actually swallowed it directly with her body?

The Bear Demon King trembled all over. He recalled the scattered records in ancient texts about the 'Abyssal Devouring' Bloodline.

Devouring Law, ignoring the Heavenly Dao.

It turned out the legend was true.