A deafening crash suddenly came from the sky, and an unlimited aura held the whale and the demon in place. The Yin and Yang tattoos on the whale lit up, while Corin, on the other side, clenched his fists tightly; part of that would go to him.
"Bastard!" The demon roared, and the whale’s amused expression only increased.
CRASH!!!
Wherever the lightning touched the ground, the earth would crumble. Under the lightning shower, the whale’s eyes gleamed like stars, and his black hair fluttered in the wind. He didn’t seem scared at all. Destructive energy ran through his body, passing through all his meridians.
The demon felt his body perfectly fine with the lightning passing through, but his soul trembled frantically; that destructive power coming from the heavens made what was most powerful in him, his soul, become fragile and almost collapse. But then he heard something that made him spit blood.
"Is that all? Let me see how you try to exterminate me!"
The whale’s response to the provocation was an even stronger storm of lightning. He simply allowed that lightning to strike his body. They greedily devoured the thunder’s strength, invading his body. It was like a hungry Magical Beast that had finally seen food.
Alm and Bruno knew that the first waves of lightning were the weakest. They had to take advantage of this chance to absorb more thunder force while it was still possible. Later, when the lightning became stronger and more frenzied, it would be impossible to absorb it, and they could only resist.
On the other side, Corin spat blood violently, but he stood firm. He experienced a small part of what the whale and the demon were facing, but that was enough to make him despair; behind him, Calirer only trembled, feeling the thunder’s energy, but nothing was reaching her; Corin was like a lightning rod directing everything to him.
Quickly, a muffled sound echoed inside the whale, making him smile amid the thunder. Then, Alm spoke excitedly. ’Excellent! The earth rune we gained merged perfectly with the earth rune we took from that bastard Numir’s body.’ (Chapter 294)
Alm and Bruno were thrilled. They discovered during the tribulation that befell them when they created the faith rune that their tattoos could manipulate celestial power to refine their inner runes. It was a method that could elevate their level by upgrading them, and they managed to merge their two earth runes, multiplying their power. Now, their earth rune was on par with the others.
The thunder slowly ceased, then the tribulation clouds began to stir intensely, and countless lightning bolts gathered, creating condensed black spears. The level now increased dramatically.
The demon and Corin felt a brief relief, but when they looked up, their souls almost left their bodies. Then, the whale’s mocking voice rang out.
"What, is the warm-up over? Now it’s going to get serious?!"
The demon just steadied his legs and ran without looking back but soon heard hurried footsteps behind him, and his face twisted. "Hey! Don’t leave me alone!"
RUMBLE!
This time, the whale released a considerable spurt of blood, feeling his whole body crack. The thunder spears easily pierced his skin, exposing bones and piercing his organs. Simultaneously, the annihilation clouds in the sky slowly began to contract into a sphere.
"We’re almost reaching the limit of what we can absorb, but now the three runes have strengthened significantly. A little more, and I feel like something positive will happen," stated Alm, watching the three runes vibrate with a pulsating power. However, the heavens were not willing to maintain this level of benevolence.
The dark clouds seemed to converge, plunging the world into an immediate silence. Sky and earth met in deadly quietness as if time had been frozen.
The demon tensed, feeling all his hair stand on end. In turn, Corin experienced an intense sensation of death enveloping him. Even from a distance, the whale sensed the imminent danger over Corin and roared angrily.
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"Come on, you bastard!"
Then, a concentrated wave of QI ascended to the skies, piercing through the lightning sphere and parting the clouds. In the next second, the heavens roared thunderously. The destructive power multiplied suddenly but focused predominantly on the whale, relieving the burden on Corin.
The demon, on the other hand, was petrified in disbelief at these suicidal actions. However, he was quickly awakened by a touch on the shoulder and friendly words. "Brother, we need to protect ourselves together. After all, we’re distant relatives!"
"SON OF A...," the demon began to shout but was abruptly cut off.
The demon’s soul trembled, cutting off his thoughts. Among the clouds in the sky, a new black sphere began to form. Spinning rapidly, it increased in size, emanating an aura so powerful that it made breathing difficult for everyone. Suddenly, a sharp sound echoed.
BOOM!
The black sphere exploded abruptly, and a light brighter than a sun illuminated the world. The whale unleashed all his strength, using the accumulated Yin from the tower to protect himself. Moreover, he quickly brought his ’demonic shield’ closer.
The sphere crumbled along with the heavens, then exploded, sending them flying backward like a cannonball. They carved a long trench with tens of meters on the ground. The whale quickly stabilized himself... the demonic shield in front of him proved quite useful! But he didn’t escape unscathed, vomiting a lot of blood. Fragments of his broken internal organs were present; he was severely damaged internally.
The demon fell alongside the whale, displaying cracks all over his robust body, pulsating with black blood emanating from them. This annihilating power could now harm his body, and he narrowly escaped serious injuries.
However, the heavens didn’t seem willing to let the provocations go unanswered.
The tribulation clouds trembled constantly, while flickering lightning illuminated the world. Suddenly, two enormous lightning pythons emerged from the clouds. These creatures seemed alive, with dozens of meters in length and a tremendous pressure emanating from their bodies.
The whale looked up with a mixture of agony and excitement, perhaps with a touch of despair. As he looked away, he saw Corin standing with his spear as support. Although he was alive, his body seemed to have been trampled by a giant beast.
Crack!
A muffled sound echoed from within the whale, and Alm, now unable to express joy, dryly said, ’The three runes broke... and their powers reorganized... This is definitely something we don’t know. I think they leveled up to something with unbelievable potential. But we have to survive to make use of it.’
’This... I feel more faith energy gathering in the rune now. We’ll have to burn everything, and now we have to use all the remaining divine QI.’ Bruno said coldly, watching the lightning pythons roar ferociously.
As they returned to the Queen’s universe, a bit of faith energy accumulated in the whale. They thought it probably came from the people inside the city. However, unbeknownst to them, inside the desert city, all the people gathered around the giant statue, kneeling. The connection with the whale seemed to convey the danger they faced, prompting them to assemble without anyone uttering a word.
A black saber appeared in the whale’s hand as he closely observed the two lightning pythons descending from the sky.
BOOM!
As soon as the two lightning serpents emerged from the dark clouds, the sky and earth began to tremble. Most frightening of all, the two lightning pythons suddenly intertwined, and an even more intense pressure descended, causing their hairs to stand on end.
As the enormous pythons writhed, a destructive aura focused on the whale. Soon, their expressions changed completely. This attack seemed packed with the power of the world itself, capable of exterminating all life. With a furious roar, his tattoos resonated together, and then suddenly, Yin and Yang merged, and their souls fused into one unbeknownst to them. Alm and Bruno were now back to being a single person.
At this moment, the whale condensed all his strength; he no longer had the luxury of holding back. This lightning tribulation was trying to annihilate him mercilessly. The whale looked to the side, his eyes locking with the demon, who was completely catatonic.
"Let’s split this together, after all, family faces dangers united." The whale grinned sinisterly, then attacked upwards, roaring.
"Eternal Bond!"
A bright light exploded from his black blade. He fiercely slashed the two intertwined lightning pythons in the air. They fell, divided in an explosion that made the entire desert shake. Across the planet, the top cultivators felt the destructive power reverberate through the laws, and their bodies froze.