Chapter 1341: Charging into the Thunder

"But... my strength is still too low. If my physical body and soul could improve, my combat power would be comparable to the seventh level of the Saint Domain, and I should be able to survive this tribulation..."

These matters, though complicated to describe, flashed through his mind in an instant.

At this moment, the thunder had just scorched Bi Hongyin black and was continuing to gather power.

After spitting out several mouthfuls of blood and taking two pills, the woman's complexion finally recovered somewhat. She turned to look at Zhang Xuan, her eyes blazing with anger.

If it weren't for guarding the array disk, she wouldn't have offended such a powerful thunder tribulation, and in the end... the array disk was destroyed by this guy...

"No matter who sent you, if I don't teach you a lesson, my surname isn't Bi..."

Gnashing her teeth, the woman roared.

Before she could finish, she saw the young man opposite her frown and say, "Shut up!"

Zhang Xuan's voice was not loud, but it was laced with demonic sound and the divine gift of the teacher. Even with the rumbling thunder masking it, it still clearly reached everyone's ears, causing a buzzing ring.

"This little Nascent Soul realm guy telling Bi Hongyin to shut up?"

The short man swayed and nearly fell over.

Luo Xuanqing's eyes widened as if he were about to go mad.

He feared nothing in the Saint Son Hall, and even some enforcement elders had no way to deal with him, but when he encountered this Bi Hongyin, he still found her troublesome and dared not say anything harsh...

But this guy, not only had he just shattered her beloved array disk, but now he told her to shut up...

Wasn't his courage a bit too bold?

"What did you say?" Bi Hongyin was also about to go mad, her eyes bloodshot.

If her face hadn't been scorched black, it would certainly have been terrifying.

"If you don't want to die, stop talking nonsense!"

Too lazy to waste words with her, Zhang Xuan leaped up and slowly rose into the air.

Boom!

As soon as he approached the dark clouds, the thunder sensed his power and slowly converged toward him.

"He is... going to withstand the thunder tribulation for me?"

Bi Hongyin was stunned, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably: "I can't even withstand it... doing this will get you killed!"

She, a Saint Domain seventh level expert, couldn't withstand the thunder in the sky and could only passively take the beating. How could this mere Nascent Soul realm kid endure it?

Was he doing this to compensate with his life for destroying her array disk?

Clenching her fists, her anger vanished, and Bi Hongyin felt a slight touch of emotion.

Knowing he would die yet charging forward without hesitation, this young man didn't seem so infuriating after all...

"Is this... his thunder tribulation?"

Unlike her emotional reaction, Luo Xuanqing, the short man, and the fatty immediately understood when they saw the dark clouds rapidly gathering around Zhang Xuan.

No wonder this cloud appeared out of nowhere—it was this guy's doing...

"Didn't you say he only broke through yesterday and couldn't improve today? But I feel... he's already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm?"

Swallowing his saliva, the fatty's throat went dry.

"It seems so..."

Luo Xuanqing's mouth twitched.

According to the news he heard, this guy had broken through from the peak of the Primordial Spirit realm to the early Nascent Soul realm in ten breaths yesterday, and in the afternoon he went to take the Eight-Star Array Master exam... He had no time to consolidate his cultivation, so how had he broken through again?

And by three small levels at once?

Boom! Boom!

Amid everyone's shock, the dark clouds had fully gathered, and the thunder's power grew increasingly fierce, as if it would pour down at any moment, tearing the figure in the sky to shreds.

"No, even if his cultivation has reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, he can't withstand it..."

Luo Xuanqing was full of worry.

Even with his progress, he was still too weak compared to the ocean of thunder before them. Even they couldn't handle it, let alone him.

It was foreseeable that once the thunder fell, he would be directly blasted to pieces, and no one could save him.

"I invited him here. If he dies because of this, it will be terrible..."

With a worried expression, Luo Xuanqing, usually unmatched in strategy, now felt helpless.

He had specifically invited this man, and if he died because of this, he would feel guilty.

Just as he was at a loss, the young man's calm voice rang out from the air.

"I'll face the thunder tribulation. Whoever has body-tempering techniques or soul-cultivation techniques, hurry up and show them to me. The more, the better..."

"Techniques?"

Everyone was stunned.

At this moment, they were all thinking about how to resolve the immediate crisis. What use were techniques?

The thunder was about to fall. Even if they gave him techniques, he wouldn't have time to learn or read them!

"Hurry up!"

Seeing their hesitation, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but scold.

"Yes!"

Though they didn't know why he wanted techniques, since he was so insistent, Luo Xuanqing and the others quickly nodded.

Normally, if a Nascent Soul realm kid dared to speak to them like that, they would have slapped him to death long ago. But with the thunder hanging over their heads like a sword about to fall, no one bothered about tone or attitude.

"I have many body-tempering techniques..."

The fatty waved his hand, and a huge pile of books appeared on the ground, densely packed, numbering in the thousands.

Relying on his physical body, he could knock Luo Xuanqing back and shatter the imprisoned space. His body was terrifyingly strong, so he had many such techniques.

"I have many soul-related ones!"

A pile of books also appeared beside Bi Hongyin.

"I have both, but not too many..."

The short man and Luo Xuanqing each took out their books.

The four of them, being so young and possessing such strength, naturally came from powerful backgrounds. These secret manuals, rare for others, were abundant for them, and they could easily produce a large number.

"Thank you..."

Seeing so many secret manuals, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

He quickly scanned them.

Whoosh!

In an instant, all were collected into the library.

"Not only body-tempering and soul-cultivation techniques, but there are even techniques for the Domain realm (sixth level of Saint Domain) and the Void realm (seventh level). However... there are too few to form a Heavenly Path secret manual!"

As the books entered his mind and circulated through his sea of consciousness, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel regret.

Although they had Domain realm and Void realm techniques, the quantity was far from enough to form a Heavenly Path level. Even if collected, they wouldn't help much in the current situation.

"Let's look at the body-tempering techniques..."

Focusing on the body-tempering techniques,

"Correct!"

With a tremor, a book appeared.

He tapped it with his finger, and knowledge flowed into his mind.

"It formed indeed..."

He was filled with excitement.

This fatty, as a top expert in body tempering, had collected many techniques, diverse in number, and they smoothly formed a new Heavenly Path Golden Body secret manual!

According to its description, with diligent cultivation, one could temper the physical body to the level of a high-grade saint artifact!

"Let's look at the soul ones..."

Knowing there was no time for excitement, he quickly turned to the soul techniques.

Bi Hongyin's demonic sound and formations were both adept at soul attacks, so she had collected many such techniques. Luo Xuanqing and the short man, though not skilled in these areas, as descendants of major powers, also had many similar techniques.

Combining the collections of the three, they gathered over a thousand books.

Taking out the Witch Soul cultivation technique he had obtained from the ruthless man and placing them together, he silently called out, and another book appeared before him.

"Only a Nascent Soul realm Heavenly Path Witch Soul technique..."

He shook his head.

In terms of soul, after the Witch Soul Masters were wiped out, the remaining professions were relatively weak. Even after merging the techniques the ruthless man remembered, only a Nascent Soul realm level was formed. For the Domain realm, many were merged, but there were still many flaws, making it temporarily difficult to cultivate.

"Forget it. If I can increase my strength even a little, I'll have one more means of survival..."

Knowing it was too late to send for more, Zhang Xuan realized dwelling on it was useless. He looked at the others again: "Does anyone have top-grade spirit stones, jade vein essence, or other treasures rich in spiritual energy?"

Having the techniques but no spiritual energy was useless.

"I have... Jade Pearl Spirit Liquid! This is as famous as the Ice Palace's Cold Ice Spirit Liquid..."

"I have a piece of jade vein essence, but it's not big..."

"I have an eighth-grade Spirit Yuan Pill..."

...

Seeing him ask for these things, everyone pointed forward, and pills, spirit stones, and spirit liquid flew straight up.

"Thank you..."

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

Normally, gathering these items would require great effort, but now they were thrown up directly, saving him much searching time.

Grabbing the jade vein essence in his palm, swallowing the spirit liquid and pills, Zhang Xuan glanced at the thunderclouds again. Seeing that the lightning had fully gathered and was about to strike, he hesitated no more. Straightening his body, he charged straight into them.

"What is he doing?"

"Charging in like that will kill him..."

Everyone shuddered, startled.

Charging in with his physical body like that meant resisting the thunder with his flesh. If things went wrong, his primordial spirit could be extinguished, and his body and bones could be destroyed!

Boom!

As soon as Zhang Xuan charged in, it was as if he had thoroughly enraged the thunder. Countless bolts of lightning crazily converged toward where he had disappeared. In the blink of an eye, the sky was filled with lightning, and even divine sense could not probe it.

"What do we do?"

"There's no other way. We can only wait. This is his thunder tribulation. If it disappears, it means he has successfully crossed it. If it grows larger... not only will he die, but we won't be able to escape either!"

Luo Xuanqing said with a grim expression.

They had all faced lightning before. If it wasn't eliminated, it would only grow larger and strike everyone dead.

That was why, when he asked for something, they gave it without hesitation.

"Peak of the Nascent Soul realm... wanting to cross such a powerful thunder tribulation... I think it's unlikely!"

After an unknown amount of time, the fatty spoke.

His defense was considered the best. Even with such strong defense, he had no confidence in surviving such thunder, let alone the other!

"Yes, let's prepare. If the thunder tribulation continues to attack, we'll have to use our bloodline power and find a way to eliminate it..."

The short man said.

"We can only do that..."

Everyone nodded simultaneously.

The thunder tribulation was powerful, but they also had trump cards. If they used them, eliminating it was not impossible. However, doing so would greatly damage their bodies and delay subsequent matters...

They would never do it unless absolutely necessary.