Chapter 120: The Tribulation (Part 1)

Chapter 37: Tribulation Transcendence

Sword King Dugu soared into the sky with his violet blade, charging directly toward the twelve figures in black. As he drew his sword, the surrounding air resonated with the humming of countless blades paying homage.

"Oh no, he has spotted me!" the Feng Shui master cried out in alarm.

"Stop him! Quickly!" True Monarch Black Feather was equally anxious.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!*

Two of the black-clad figures lunged forward, each drawing their swords to strike at Sword King Dugu.

"Clowns, you dare block my path?" Sword King Dugu scoffed arrogantly.

He swung his longsword, and a thousand sword shadows suddenly converged into one, slashing toward the first assailant.

*Whoosh!*

The sound of the blade piercing the void was piercingly sharp.

*Boom!*

The black-clad man's sword was shattered instantly, and he was sent flying backward.

"Defeated in a single strike?" In the distance, Azure Dragon's expression tightened.

Sword King Dugu pivoted, his blade suddenly manifesting into a hundred-foot-long sword aura, which he brought down upon the second figure.

*Clang!*

The blade moved like a streak of light, severing the arm that held the man's sword in an instant.

"Aaaah!" the figure screamed in agony.

With two opponents defeated in the blink of an eye, the arrogance in Sword King Dugu’s eyes grew even more intense.

"Poison Master, ten years ago I swore that I would take your head, and you will not escape!" Sword King Dugu shouted.

"Sword King Dugu, why must you push me so relentlessly? If I give you everything I’ve gained from this formation, will you let it go?" the Poison Master pleaded.

"My Dugu clan cultivates only the iron sword. While treasures are tempting, hatred is as vast as the heavens! Now that I have finally found you, how could I ever let you go?" Sword King Dugu said coldly.

He flourished his blade and charged at the Poison Master once more.

"Damn you!" the Poison Master spat in hatred. "Stop him! Someone, stop him!"

Four more figures in black rushed forward.

"Below the Divine Realm, who can stand in my way?" Sword King Dugu attacked again.

"Poison Master, don't ruin our great undertaking!" True Monarch Black Feather urged anxiously.

Normally, True Monarch Black Feather might have had the time to contend with Sword King Dugu, but at such a critical juncture, there was no time to spare.

The Poison Master’s face darkened. "True Monarch Black Feather, I will lure him away. You continue with the plan as I instructed!"

With that, the Poison Master suddenly shot into the sky.

*Whoosh!*

"Where do you think you're going!" Sword King Dugu roared, casting aside the four figures and giving chase, followed closely by the men in black.

In a moment, the twelve figures were reduced to seven. The golden dragon, previously formed by the energy of the dragon vein, regained its natural state once it was no longer under the control of the Feng Shui master.

True Monarch Black Feather felt a sense of helplessness, but he led the remaining six men toward the sky above the World-Suppressing Stone.

While one group of experts rushed upward, another group surged downward toward the Myriad Wonder Demon Lotus.

"What a treasure! A true treasure!" one cultivator in the lead cried out excitedly, dashing into the black mist to reach for the distant lotus.

But the moment he entered, he let out a harrowing scream.

"Aaaah!"

The sound was so shrill that it brought many others to a sudden halt.

The leading cultivator was enveloped by the black mist, and in the blink of an eye, his flesh began to dissolve as if being melted away. Within moments, he was reduced to a skeleton. The dissolved flesh was sucked into the Myriad Wonder Demon Lotus, consumed instantly.

Reduced to bones in a heartbeat? The treasure-seekers all recoiled in terror.

Only two experts with profound cultivation levels remained confident enough to rush in.

"Aaaah!" "Aaaah!"

Just like the first, they were reduced to skeletons in an instant, their flesh eerily devoured by the lotus.

"This is no treasure! It is a catastrophe!" someone exclaimed in horror.