Monts later, Krune rushed out as well. Ruik noticed him and was surprised.
"You succeed in your breakthrough!"
Krune heard Ruik, but he couldn't pay attention to him at the mont. He keeps feeling that sothing is wrong with those clouds in the sky, and his instincts are screaming danger without stopping. Only after a few seconds, he looked at Ruik.
"Do you know what is happening? As soon as I succeed in my breakthrough, those clouds ca, and I can even feel that they are targeting ."
Krune's words left Ruik alard!
"What? They ca for you? That shouldn't be possible! Heavenly Tribulation is sothing that should only happen when you are entering the Core Formation or higher realms. There is no way it is here for you!"
Krune didn't expect that. To think that's sothing that only Core Formation cultivators and above should see, he couldn't help but wonder if this is also because he is a wisp. However, he imdiately rejected the idea. If anything, the heavens would rather look down on wisps. Most likely, it has sothing to do with his Universe Foundation or his Myriad Energies Technique. Krune quickly got back on track, this isn't ti to ponder why it's happening but finding a way to deal with it.
"Ruik, I can't say why it ca for since I have no idea, but it's definitely targeting . Most likely, it has sothing to do with my universe foundation, but let's talk about it later. If you know what it is, then tell fast."
Although Ruik still couldn't believe it, he knows that Krune wasn't joking either, he quickly cald himself and started to explain.
"I don't know much myself either. But simply put, to cultivate is the sa as going against the will of the heavens. So, once you enter the Core Formation realm, the heavens will send down Tribulation Lightning to wipe out that anomaly. You can also consider it as a test. I have seen a tribulation from a distance before. Of course, I dared not get close to it. I heard that no one can help the target with his Tribulation, either. It seems like if they do, the power of the Tribulation will only increase, and they will also beco targets. Also, keep in mind the area around you will be affected as well, so you better don't let anyone get close to you."
Krune was alard! Tribulation lightning? He is a wisp! How the hell will he even be able to resist such a thing? If there is one thing that Krune had always done, that was always to keep his distance from his opponents. A wisp energy body is very weak. Any serious hit will not simply tear it apart. It will hit his core directly too. Now he needs to go through such a calamity? Fu*k you, Heavens! Although he wanted to complain more, Krune quickly cald his mind instead. No point in getting angry now. There is lightning coming at him, and he needs to find a way to block it.
Unfortunately for Krune, Ruik's next words made him almost fall in despair.
"Oh right, tribulation lightning always cos in batches of nine strikes, so you will need to hold on all nine hits, or you are done for."
Krune wanted to cry but had no tears (Literally). What the hell is it? One lightning strike is probably enough to turn his core to a crisp already. But there are, in fact, nine strikes coming down. Krune howled to the heavens.
"Are you kidding ?!"
No one answered, though.
"Ruik, how long do I have until it cos down?"
Ruik pondered a bit before answering.
"I'm not sure myself, but last ti when I saw the Heavenly Tribulation, it took around ten minutes from the ti I sensed it to the ti when the first lightning ca down."
Krune understood that the Tribulation Lightning needs ti to charge first. From the ti he completed his breakthrough until now, only two minutes had passed, so he has at least more eight minutes if Ruik isn't wrong.
Just as Krune was about to leave, Lakin ca out too. As for the Lizard Dragons, they are so frightened that they didn't dare coming outside. The power of Tribulation Lightning is especially effective on demon beasts.
"Master, what is happening?"
Krune just looked at him.
"I can't explain now, just go back into the cave, this isn't sothing you can help with."
Lakin was taken aback with such a blunt answer from his master. Lakin didn't understand what's happening, but he wasn't happy with Krune's answer either. He wanted to help even though he didn't know what the situation is, Lakin had always felt like he was a burden and wanted to change it.
"But master, I have already broken through the 8th stage, and I finally created my second Spiritual Energy ridian, I can definitely help!"
Krune felt like giving him a beating now. The situation is already as bad as it is, and his disciple decided to throw a tantrum at such a mont. Krune was about to shout back at him when suddenly, his mind felt like it was the first to be struck by lightning instead. He then looked back at Lakin, surprised.
"Repeat what you said."
Repeat? Perhaps his master hasn't heard him well.
"I said that I'm at the 8th stage already."
"No, not that, after that."
Lakin thought that his master acting weird but answered him anyway.
"Is it the part where I said I opened my second Spiritual Energy ridian?"
Krune was ecstatic, he finally saw a sliver of hope and laughed out loud.
"That's it! Well done, Lakin! You have just given an idea. You two, stay far away to not get in the range of the Tribulation. Ruik, explain things to him, I need to hurry."
Ruik sent a Divine Sense ssage to Lakin, and the later finally understood the situation. Just as he was about to say sothing, Krune had already used his wind movent and rushed out to find an open space.
Ruik was astonished when he saw that.
'What kind of speed is that? He just broke through the Foundation Establishnt, but he is as fast as an ordinary 5th stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator, maybe even 6th stage! Is that REALLY a wisp?'
Krune didn't have ti to pay attention to Ruik's two faces at the mont, he then quickly cald his mind and concentrated. He looked up and thought.
'You want to wipe out? Then see how I shall eat you!'
Krune has already decided, he absolutely doesn't have anything able to block a lightning strike, much less nine of them. Since he can't block it, then he won't.
'My Spiritual Energy ridians can absorb all types of energies as long as there is spiritual energy involved. I'm sure this heavenly Tribulation definitely isn't just normal lightning, either. I'm absolutely certain that it is made purely of spiritual energy. Since that's the case, today, I will have a feast!'
But there is a problem, there is no way that Krune can absorb so much energy at once. In fact, his Spiritual Energy ridians would not be able to convert anything above their max capacity. Not to ntion that those lightning strikes definitely have much more energy than his ridians can absorb and convert.
'And that's why I only have one alternative.'
Krune didn't focus on his three Spiritual Energy ridians. Instead, he put all his thoughts into creating more of them. He wasn't going to create a single one, but three Spiritual Energy ridians at the sa ti!
'There is only one mont where my Spiritual Energy ridians absorb spiritual energy like black holes, and it is at the mont that they are created. Every ti I create a new ridian, it absorbs several tis more spiritual energy than the previous one. Since that's the case, If I can create three at the sa ti, maybe the energy of the Heavenly Tribulation will just suffice these criteria.'
Although that was the plan, Krune had never created more than one ridian at once. Not to ntion that it usually would take a lot of ti to do it. But it's not that Krune couldn't do it fast, it's just that the process is really complicated. He needs to keep the balance between all nine pseudo energy ridians until they fuse together, and this is a very delicate job. Still, Krune has no ti for that now.
'It's do or die! But it's not like I don't have an advantage now.'
Krune was right. The biggest improvent with his Foundation Establishnt isn't his cultivation. He hasn't even stabilized his cultivation to start with. As for taking the human form, he can't use it yet. That's because his process of breakthrough isn't over, and his future golden core hasn't appeared in his foundation yet. Which ans that it probably will only be over when the Heavenly Tribulation is done with.
What Krune was think about was Divine Sense! Krune already tried it out, his Divine Sense now has a total of three kiloters of radius! But that's not the part that will help him at the mont. What helps is having greater control over spiritual energy. As ntioned before, when a cultivator opens his Divine Sense, his control over spiritual energy improves several folds. Not to ntion that Krune's Divine Sense is already as good as soone at the late stages of the Foundation Establishnt!
Krune didn't spare any spiritual energy while keeping his Divine Sense at max power. He only has seven minutes to finish all three of them anyway. If he can't do that, then what's the use for the remaining spiritual energy after he's dead?
Krune wasn't having a nice ti, though, create a Spiritual Energy ridian is a stringent process that puts a lot of burden on the mind. Let alone create three at the sa ti and have to finish it in just a few minutes. After two minutes, Krune's was feeling pain in his soul already. If not for the tempering of the breaking down process, he might have fainted right there and then.
Krune didn't dare to slack off, though. That's because he isn't planning to finish it within the last five minutes. The reason is simple, that's a ti based on what Ruik saw in the past. Not to ntion that was a Core Formation realm tribulation to start with. Who said that his Foundation Establishnt Tribulation will take the sa ti to co down? Krune wasn't going to take chances. If everything went well with his ridians' creation just to be shot dead monts before completing them, it would really be an unsatisfying death.
'Two more minutes, I will finish them in only two more minutes! When the ti cos to give the final push in the ridians fusion, I will stop there and wait. Although I don't know if the lightning could co earlier, I also don't know if it could co later. If that happens and I don't have any spiritual energy to feed my new ridians, they will simply break apart. I will definitely not be in the condition to recreate them again, not to ntion that I might not even have the ti to do so anyway.'
Ti passed, and Krune's soul was screaming in pain. But he ignored all of it. In his mind, there was only the three Spiritual Energy ridians in front of him. Pain? What's that? During this ti, there was no such thing as pain, no such thing as Tribulation, no distractions at all. His spiritual energy was running down fast, though. After all, not only is he keeping his Divine Sense at full power, the creation of the ridians themselves also consus spiritual energy. Fortunately, he had just broken through, so he was at his peak condition when he started.
Crackling sounds could now be heard from above, and the world in a hundred-kiloter radius was dark. It felt like the sun would never appear again. The oppressive energy from the Heavenly Tribulation made all beasts to lie down trembling. The only ones doing fine at the mont were Ruik and Lakin. One was at the Foundation Establishnt while the other ignored everything and only paid attention to Krune.
Ruik was looking attentively to the sky, suddenly he noticed sothing.
"Not good, I think its coming down faster than that ti when I watched the tribulation happening."
But after thinking for a mont, he quickly cald down. He knows very well how intelligent Krune is, and there is no way that Krune hadn't thought about such a possibility. Even if he hasn't, there is nothing they can do anyway. Heavenly Tribulation is sothing that must be conquered alone.
Krune was almost fainting when he finally finished creating the three ridians. But he couldn't relax at all, not to ntion that he finished the process, but it still needs its final push. Krune will need to keep that balance until the lightning cos down. He can't finish it earlier, or he will be done for. The problem is, to keep this balance is just a strenuous as the creative process itself. He won't be able to hold it for much longer.
Fortunately for Krune, he was right about the ti that the Tribulation would be coming down before ten minutes. Krune then looked up to the sky. Although the Tribulation hasn't co down yet, he could now feel when it was going to happen. Krune gave the final push, and then the three Spiritual Energy ridians were finished.
"Click, click, click"
Krune heard the familiar sound, and just a few monts later, the three ridians started to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as if it was air. In a second, all the spiritual energy from the surroundings disappeared without a trace. The spiritual energy absorption was so terrifying that even Krune's own spiritual energy started to flow into the ridians, and Krune couldn't stop it at all! If it continued like that, he would be sucked to death in the next seconds. Fortunately for him, his prediction was right, the first bolt ca crashing down like a divine beast of lightning, it was determined to end all life.
Too bad, though. Krune's three new Spiritual Energy ridians seed like they had slled the tastiest food of all ti. They imdiately moved above Krune, and surprisingly, they enlarged? Krune wasn't sure if it was hallucination or reality. Still, he didn't have ti to think anyway. His ridians then ate up the lightning down in a second! Krune could only wonder if that thing was really a Heavenly Tribulation Lightning at all.
'Holy crap! All that energy wasn't enough to even fill the hole in the teeth of those guys! How do you all expect to create more ridians in the future when your appetite only grows with more of you around?'
Krune thought that, but he wasn't the least bit sad. It just shows how powerful his Spiritual Energy ridians are. As for the spiritual energy necessary for the future ridians, he can think about that later.
The second lightning ca down, and just like the first one, it was eaten up entirely. Then the third, the fourth, the fifth, all the spiritual energy of the lightning disappeared inside of Krune's Spiritual Energy ridians as if they were drops of water falling in the ocean. You couldn't even see a trace of them anymore.
This process continued all the way up to the 8th tribulation lightning. Only after this last one did his Spiritual Energy ridians finally set down. They returned to their original size, and the creation process was finished again.
It was supposed to be a joyous mont, but Krune wasn't the least bit happy after seeing it.
"Fu*k you! There is still one more lightning to co down, can't you three eat a little more?"
Krune received no answer, though. Krune felt gloomy but quickly regained his composure. He looked up to the sky, most of the clouds in the distance had been cleared already. It was evident that the next bolt will be the last one. Crackling sounds could be heard from above, Krune then made up his mind and shouted to the heavens.
"I said that I'm going to eat you, didn't I? Until now, the only ones feeding were my ridians. After all this shit, my core is almost completely empty anyway, and I refuse to believe that you won't provide a good al!"
Krune then pointed all his six Spiritual Energy ridians to the sky.
As if hearing Krune's provocation, the last bolt ca down!
Just before it hit, Krune noticed sothing strange, and if he had his human form, he would definitely be giving a bitter smile.
'Is it , or this last Tribulation Lightning seems a lot stronger than the previous ones?'
Krune was right. In fact, the last tribulation lightning is very famous outside, the cultivators even gave it an adorable na too.
Life Ending Strike.
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