A Sect from a Spirit Vein

Chapter 554: Chapter 463: Weak Water Celestial Tribulation (Part 2)

But now, although benefiting from the Creation Fire Pill, Guh Niqiang has returned to her peak state. Yet, the treasures she used for crossing the Celestial Tribulation, one of the Golden Crow Burning Armors was destroyed, and the other was damaged. Other precious items for endurance and emergency healing were also almost exhausted in the recent battle, and even the protective Flowing Cloud Immortal Robe was destroyed.

It could be said that the preparations she made for the Celestial Tribulation had almost all turned to naught.

A yellow-brown layer of clouds completely covered Guh Niqiang’s sky, one layer after another, distinctly layered, with five layers in total, like five turbid streams flowing in the sky, emanating obscure, profound, extremely silent, and extremely cold fluctuations.

Each layer of tribulation cloud represents an attack. Viewing these five-layer tribulation clouds, it becomes clear that Guh Niqiang is about to face a five-layer Celestial Tribulation.

The Celestial Tribulation has a minimum of three layers and a maximum of nine layers. Debates and research on the number of layers of the Celestial Tribulation have never ceased. Now, over the past twenty thousand years, according to the most mainstream saying in the Cultivation Realm, the factor that most influences the number of layers of the Celestial Tribulation is the cultivator’s luck.

The stronger the luck, the more favored by heaven and earth, and naturally, the Celestial Tribulation would be gentler, generally ranging from ”three layers” to ”five layers.”

Those with declining luck are inherently detested by heaven and earth, wishing this person to perish in the Celestial Tribulation, hence the focus is on ”seven layers” or even ”nine layers.”

And the Celestial Spiritual Root is the favored child of heaven, with the weakest ”three layers” of Celestial Tribulation descending upon them. Therefore, the saying goes that a Celestial Spiritual Root must enter the Golden Core.

From this perspective, the five-layer Celestial Tribulation that Guh Niqiang faces also indicates her extraordinary luck, placing her in the category of a prodigy.

However, with most of her preparations depleted, it is still too dangerous.

Suddenly, beneath the fivefold Weak Water tribulation cloud, a small cyan flame burst forth, actively rushing into the tribulation cloud!

Everyone gasped.

Only a few in the crowd understood that, when the tribulation cloud has formed and the Celestial Tribulation has not yet fallen, attacking the tribulation cloud from outside is ineffective. But if one dares to enter the cloud and attack from within, the tribulation cloud can be weakened.

This is a secret passed down within major sects, unknown to many loose cultivators.

The murky tribulation cloud suddenly surged, with waves faintly resounding, and a cry of the Golden Crow echoed across the heavens, overpowering even the sound of the waves.

Guh Niqiang lightly shouted, and the Cyan Flame Armor she wore turned back into the Golden Crow Illusion, transforming into a three-legged Divine Bird, turning over and shaking, reaching a size of over twenty zhang, almost forming a physical entity. Each feather flickered with a firelight that was slightly white amidst the cyan.

With a flap of its wings, the fire waves roared, causing the Weak Water tribulation cloud in a radius of tens of zhang to evaporate and disperse, turning into large patches of smoke and clouds.

Guh Niqiang, commanding the Golden Crow Illusion, soared within the tribulation cloud, clashing back and forth, and then suddenly spread her wings!

Hundreds of flame feathers shot out explosively, igniting cluster after cluster of fire within the tribulation cloud, and a wildfire star raged, spreading and burning up to the clouds!

The first layer of tribulation cloud was burned full of holes by the terrifying high temperature of the cyan flames.

The next moment, the tribulation cloud contracted inward suddenly, the vast cloud vapor finally condensing into a rushing torrent.

The first layer of Celestial Tribulation, descending!

Just because of Guh Niqiang’s weakening, this stream of Weak Water was only a few zhang wide and tens of zhang long, rushing towards her.

Guh Niqiang neither dodged nor avoided, with the Golden Crow Illusion’s wings shaking inwardly, condensing around her, the firelight around her intensifying, also transforming into a size of a few zhang. With a flash of firelight, she charged towards the Weak Water Turbulent Flow.

A burst of flame, a turbulent flow, collided instantly!

Lu Qian widened his eyes, and just heard a sizzling explosion, with the turbulent flow engulfing the firelight, but at the next instant, the firelight pierced through the turbulent flow, emitting a dazzling cyan light, reversing to devour and burn away the turbulent flow!

Amidst the steaming and diffusing cloud vapor, the Golden Crow Illusion revealed itself, having shrunk by a large circle.

Yet, Guh Niqiang’s gold-red pupils were full of battle intent, and with a shake of her body, the flames reignited, restoring the Golden Crow Illusion to its original state!

The first layer of Celestial Tribulation was easily broken through!

Lu Qian shouted a good job.

Weak Water, a branch of the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, is cold, obscure, murky, and decayed, possessing extreme corrosive power beyond the icy cold of the Water Element.

Lu Qian’s Five Elements Grand Array has a tripartite transformation of Weak Water Turbulent Flow, capable of simulating the power of Weak Water, used to corrode and penetrate defensive opponents or to form shields to protect oneself, both highly effective.

Now, above the sky, was the genuine Weak Water, much stronger than that generated by array transformation.

But this layer was where Guh Niqiang gained the upper hand, weakening the tribulation cloud. The next layer won’t be so simple.

Indeed, the second layer of tribulation cloud transformed into a rushing river in the blink of an eye, majestically, with a width of over a dozen zhang and a length of a hundred zhang. Like a river overturning, huge waves pressed down on Guh Niqiang’s head.

Guh Niqiang stood amid the azure sky, the Golden Crow Illusion stirring up a vast firelight, suddenly contracting inward, transforming into a Cyan Flame Armor closely fitting her body, the only remaining arm armor on her left hand radiating layer upon layer of brilliance, with runes lighting up one by one from shoulder to fingertip.

Guh Niqiang took a deep breath. At this moment, the Cyan Flame Armor on her body dimmed, while the entire arm armor glowed brightly, making it impossible to look directly at it.

Footing the cyan flame, twisting her waist and sinking her shoulders, she brought her left and right palms together, pushing heavily forward.

”Burning!”

Like a volcanic eruption, the molten flame shot straight into the sky, a roaring river of cyan lava surged forward, colliding with the wave-swept Weak Water Celestial Tribulation!