Chapter 1120: Dual Tribulations
The kalpic wind lingered without fading. The thick wall of wind almost completely obscured the radiance of the array.
Just as Qin Sang was wavering in uncertainty, Bai hurried over from the other side, his eyes grave as he pointed at the sky. "Something is wrong with the heavenly tribulations."
Li Yufu also flew over in alarm. "Senior Uncle, why is Great Grandmaster still unable to pass the kalpic wind tribulation?"
Following Bai’s gesture, they looked toward the center of the dark clouds.
Dense lightning churned within. Countless arcs flickered in and out, each as thick as an arm. Lightning turned the dark clouds into true thunderclouds, and they were transforming into tribulation clouds!
Tribulation lightning belonged to the heavenly tribulations. It was fundamentally different from ordinary lightning, which was why cultivators feared it so deeply.
Lightning intertwined and the thunderclouds swelled. Gradually, azure lightning arcs appeared within the clouds. At first they were as thin as threads, barely noticeable. But soon even the thick bolts transformed, all turning azure.
"Azure tribulation lightning!" Qin Sang squinted.
When an immortal cultivator faced the Spiritual Infant Tribulation, the lightning of the heavenly tribulation was azure!
Even from a distance, the sight of the azure lightning made his heart tremble. He sensed a terrifying aura of destruction, along with a trace of the Heavenly Dao’s might. A chill rose in his chest.
He had cultivated the Lightning Control Technique and had been struck by lightning countless times, but never had he felt such fear.
There was no doubt that if anyone dared to practice the Lightning Control Technique now and draw tribulation lightning into their body, they would be reduced to ashes. The technique could never control tribulation lightning.
But what Bai had pointed out was not the azure lightning.
"Hmm? Why is there golden light?" Qin Sang asked.
Qin Sang finally noticed that deep within the tribulation clouds, a speck of golden light the size of a bean had appeared at some unknown moment. It was tiny, yet strikingly conspicuous within the green clouds.
The kalpic wind surrounding Wandering Man began to dissipate. The tribulation clouds fully took shape.
After surviving the kalpic wind tribulation, a cultivator was granted only a brief moment to breathe before the lightning tribulation descended.
What was shocking was that the tribulation clouds were not purely azure! The golden speck grew larger and larger until half the tribulation clouds were dyed gold!
"Two-colored tribulation clouds!" Qin Sang’s expression changed abruptly and he cried out in shock.
He quickly turned to Bai, only to see Bai staring fixedly at the clouds, brows furrowed in silence. Before this, Qin Sang had never heard of two-colored tribulation clouds.
An immortal cultivator’s Spiritual Infant Tribulation should only involve azure heavenly lightning. Wandering Man was also an immortal cultivator. Why had two-colored tribulation clouds appeared during his tribulation?
Rumble! A thunderous explosion shook heaven and earth. The tribulation clouds churned violently.
The two colors were clearly divided. Azure and gold arcs leapt wildly within the clouds. The surrounding dark clouds withstood the terrifying heavenly might, yet they were shredded to pieces.
The sky brightened slightly. Qin Sang’s face, however, grew darker, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.
Rumble... A horrifying sight unfolded. Within the two-colored clouds, tribulation lightning was brewing simultaneously.
Everyone’s faces turned pale.
Crack! The heavens trembled.
Two sword-like bolts of tribulation lightning flashed down from the clouds, striking the curtain of light formed by the array at the same time.
Blinding azure and golden light flooded Qin Sang’s vision. He could not see the bolts themselves.
At the instant they struck the grand array, the two bolts almost fused. Their power surged to an appalling degree, far surpassing ordinary tribulation lightning!
The light curtain dimmed abruptly. The countless phantoms swirling within it exploded in an instant.
The array artifacts shattered one after another. Several treasure mirrors cracked, and spiritual banners snapped.
The tribulation lightning pierced through the curtain, its force worn down by the array.
But that was only the beginning. As the first bolt fell, deafening thunder filled the entire space. Bolt after bolt of two-colored lightning shot down from the clouds.
Most of the lightning struck directly at Wandering Man. The spirit island, already small, was caught in the aftermath. Mountains were reduced to powder, and even the lone peak was shaved down by a layer.
Wave after wave descended. The array struggled to resist. Stray threads of lightning penetrated inward but were blocked by a silver-white orb.
It was Wandering Man’s treasure, the Flawless Orb.
But the respite was brief. After a short pause, the tribulation lightning descended again, even more powerful.
"Come at me!" Wandering Man’s silver hair whipped wildly as he roared toward the sky like a madman.
He hastily swallowed medicinal pills and summoned several astras.
The lightning grew increasingly terrifying. Under the massive bolts, the array’s radiance dimmed. Array artifacts were destroyed in succession. It was already at the end of its strength.
The array had been prepared for the entire lightning tribulation. Yet it was destroyed so quickly!
Boom! The array and the lightning perished together.
From afar, Qin Sang pushed his Sky Eyes supernatural ability to its limit. All he could see was azure and golden lightning. He could not discern Wandering Man’s condition at all. Even the Sky-Eyed Butterfly began to feel discomfort from staring at the tribulation lightning.
When the array’s light finally extinguished, Qin Sang no longer harbored any illusions.
His face turned ashen as he looked up at the clouds.
The tribulation clouds spun endlessly, as if containing boundless lightning power.
Boom! Boom! Bolts struck one after another.
Despair welled up in Qin Sang. If he had been in Wandering Man’s place, he would never have survived such lightning.
Yet astonishingly, Wandering Man did not die. He endured wave after wave, still holding on!
A sliver of hope rose within Qin Sang. He clenched his fists tightly, hating that he could offer no help.
At last, the tribulation clouds showed signs of shrinking.
Li Yufu rejoiced, but his joy immediately turned to terror.
Just as the lightning tribulation seemed about to end, the two-colored clouds mutated again. They began to merge. Azure and gold arcs intertwined and finally fused into one.
Qin Sang’s heart sank to the bottom!
Boom! The final heavenly tribulation descended.
The two types of lightning merged into a colossal azure-gold bolt like a towering divine sword. It broke free from the clouds and slashed downward at the lone peak with ultimate fury and heavenly might!
Even from such a distance, they felt its overwhelming power and trembled.
It was impossible to imagine what kind of destructive force Wandering Man faced at its center.
"Great Grandmaster!" Li Yufu cried out in grief.
Qin Sang pressed his lips together. There was not a trace of color left in them.
He had never anticipated this.
Wandering Man had prepared so thoroughly. Nothing should have gone wrong. Yet the might of this heavenly tribulation far exceeded that faced by other immortal cultivators. It was nothing like a normal Spiritual Infant Tribulation.
Wandering Man had endured such a terrifying heavenly tribulation for so long. If it had been an ordinary tribulation, he would have already passed it.
But why? Earlier, Wandering Man entrusted Li Yufu to me. That was not mere caution. Did he foresee something even then? Qin Sang thought.
Qin Sang suddenly remembered something Wandering Man had once said in Ziwei Palace. "I have two great tribulations in his life. Aside from those, nothing else is worth worrying about. Forming the Spiritual Infant is a walk in the park!"
The first tribulation had been the calamity of an incomplete soul and rebirth through fire.
And the second was this Spiritual Infant Tribulation?!
