Chapter 291: Thunder Tribulation Gu

“Heavenly Thunder—Invoke!!!”

Under the peerless and overbearing might of the Demon Emperor, Lin Jing’s first target, “Elder Thunder Gu,” was bathed in black lightning.

Inside him, the tail stinger of a black scorpion flickered with lightning, piercing deeply into Elder Thunder Gu’s heart.

Lightning Gu Poison spread throughout his body. His Fusion with the Thunder Gu pushed his Physical Body beyond its limits, and the violent lightning barely allowed him to regain the ability to move under the Demon Emperor’s pressure.

At this moment, Elder Thunder Gu made a quick decision: he would summon Heavenly Thunder to strike the Seal barrier surrounding the city, then find a gap to escape!

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To his despair, however, the Demon Emperor would not even grant him this sliver of hope. A thing like a Heavenly Tribulation was no longer something for the Demon Emperor to fear.

Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Void Profound, Asking Dao, Ascension… the Realm after Asking Dao is the Ascension Realm. Rather than a Realm, the Ascension Realm is more of a transitional stage; there is no fundamental difference from a Dao Inquiry Stage Cultivator. The only difference is gaining the ability to sense the Immortal Realm.

However, due to changes in the world’s laws, this kind of Ascension Realm that allows one to travel to the Immortal Realm no longer exists.

Even if one survives an Ascension Heavenly Tribulation, they remain in the Dao Inquiry Stage and cannot gain the chance to sense the Immortal Realm. Thus, the Ascension Stage Realm has gradually disappeared from the Tianyuan Continent.

Nevertheless, even without the chance to ascend, many Dao Inquiry powerhouses still choose to challenge the Ascension Heavenly Tribulation to validate their own Dao!

The Demon Emperor happened to be one of those Dao Inquiry Stage experts who had already attempted the Ascension Tribulation in this era where Ascension is impossible. She is a ceiling-level existence on the Tianyuan Continent; there are no more than ten such Dao Inquiry Stage Cultivators in the entire world.

If not for the limitations of the era, she would have long ago been able to ascend to the Immortal Realm.

Precisely because she had experience with the transitional Ascension Heavenly Tribulation, the Demon Emperor dared to directly challenge the Transformation Heavenly Tribulation.

Right now, although this Thunder Tribulation Gu was incredibly overbearing, it was, after all, only a Void Profound Gu. To think it could summon enough lightning to interfere with an Emperor among demons who had survived both Ascension and Transformation Tribulations was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Boom!

In the sky, within the black tribulation clouds, the silhouette of a giant black scorpion faintly appeared. But before the Lightning Tribulation could take shape, a tiger’s roar echoed from the deep sky. The entire space of Tongtian City seemed to shatter, and the newly gathered thunderclouds instantly dissipated.

“Is this the Lord of the Demon Court? I wonder who is stronger between her and the Gu God.” Seeing that even activating all the power of the Thunder Gu didn’t allow him to escape, Elder Thunder Gu felt a sense of desolation in his heart.

Pfft.

Before Elder Thunder Gu could react further, the tiger’s roar that shattered the tribulation lightning also shattered his internal organs and his Primordial Spirit, jarring the Thunder Tribulation Gu loose from its Fusion with his heart.

“Old fool, handle it yourself—”

Seeing no hope of escape, the Thunder Tribulation Gu intended to commit suicide to seek a chance for reincarnation. However, what awaited it was the mocking laughter of Elder Thunder Gu, who was kneeling on the ground in a wretched state.

“You can’t get away. With so many enemies here, the Demon Court Holy Son came specifically for me. I know his purpose very well.”

The nearly blind Elder Thunder Gu looked at Lin Jing, who was descending from the sky with the power of ice and fire permeating his body, and seemed to see the figure of the former Ice-Fire Saintess of the Gu God Sect.

The Ice-Fire Saintess of the Gu God Sect also cultivated both fire and frost powers, using fire to balance the power of the Ice Soul Gu.

“Your Majesty, please help me extract the Gu. This Thunder Tribulation Gu might be of great use in researching the Transformation Pill.”

After Lin Jing landed, the Thunder Tribulation Gu, which was about to commit suicide, discovered in horror that its body was no longer under its control. A domineering demonic force was peeling it away from Elder Thunder Gu.

“Longevity Physique…”

The extraction of the Gu insect from his body caused Elder Thunder Gu to scream in agony. At the same time, the Thunder Tribulation Gu also screamed. Its cultivation had originally reached the Void Profound Stage, but now, under the Demon Emperor’s power, the lightning power on its body was being erased at a terrifying speed, and its Realm plummeted rapidly.

Void Profound—Soul Transformation—Nascent Soul—Core Formation—Foundation Establishment—Qi Refining. Soon, the power of the Thunder Tribulation Gu was wiped away, and a completely mindless scorpion composed of black lightning floated before Lin Jing.

“This is the Thunder Gu Origin. I have reshaped its Origin power. You now have two choices. One is to find a place rich in lightning to nurture it anew; it will become a newborn Gu insect for you to command, just like your Ice Soul Gu.”

“The second choice is to let it become nourishment for the Ice Soul Gu, allowing the Ice Soul Gu to devour it and absorb its power. However, for the Ice Soul Gu, this is also a form of restriction—”

“The reason the Gu God Sect Cultivators did not allow the Ten Unique Gu to devour each other again is that after the Unique Gu devour one another, the mixed power prevents them from being reborn in their corresponding elemental lands after death!”

“I choose the second option.” Lin Jing made a grabbing motion, sealing the Thunder Gu within a wooden box condensed out of thin air.

He had long been aware of the Demon Emperor’s warning; once one of the Ten Unique Gu possessed the power of another Unique Gu, it would lose its ability for Rebirth.

However, the Ice Soul Gu did not care. After all, even though it would still be the Ice Soul Gu after Rebirth, it would lose all its memories and no longer be itself.

Reincarnation was a choice made out of necessity in desperate straits to preserve one’s Bloodline.

If possible, no living being would not wish to reach the Peak in a single lifetime.

To devour the other nine Unique Gu and take the place of the Gu God—this was a future other Unique Gu saw no hope for, but now the Ice Soul Gu saw it. How could it give up?

“Two Unique Gu gathered in one body?” Now, having lost the Thunder Gu, Elder Thunder Gu also lost his last hope. He sighed softly and spoke weakly, “This old man is willing to let Your Highness the Saint plant a Gu insect and become your servant, please—”

Before he could finish, a Ghost Fire ignited Elder Thunder Gu, whose power had been completely sealed by the Demon Emperor. Under the illumination of the Ghost Fire that blazed and devoured both Physical Body and Soul, Lin Jing slowly ascended into the air once more.

“I am the Demon Court Holy Son; what use do I have for you?”

Sensing that the grade of the Ghost Fire was rising terrifyingly as it devoured the power of Elder Thunder Gu’s remnant Soul, Lin Jing locked onto his next target: the Nine Infant Demon Lord of the Yin Corpse Sect.

This Devil Head possessed nine Nascent Souls, and his Soul power was incredibly terrifying. He would surely allow the Ghost Fire to complete its final evolution.

A moment later, Lin Jing’s figure descended not far from where the Nine Infant Demon Lord was prone on the ground. At this time, his nine Nascent Souls had already abandoned his body and formed an Infant Array, struggling with difficulty. Seeing Lin Jing arrive, the Nine Infant Demon Lord’s pupils constricted.

“Had I known this, I should have directly in the Ancient Kingdom—”

“Sending me to Qingzhou was the biggest mistake of your Yin Corpse Sect.” As Lin Jing arrived, the Demon Emperor acted again, suppressing Nine Infant. If the Yin Corpse Sect had been willing to withstand the pressure of the Ancient Kingdom and continue hunting Lin Jing within the Ancient Kingdom, they might not have met such an end.

Now, having sent Lin Jing to Qingzhou, the Nine Infant Demon Lord regretted it.

Looking at the blazing Ghost Fire, he realized he had forced out an even more terrifying Devil Head.

“Tell me, why does the Yin Corpse Sect want to find me so badly?”