A bolt of earth-yellow lightning struck down and hit Lu Qing.
In an instant, an immense pressure crushed Lu Qing, as if to turn him into mincemeat.
The entire mountain sank under such terrifying gravity.
The rocks shattered and turned into dust.
"puff!"
The immense pressure caught Lu Qing off guard, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.
The bones and muscles were crushed and cracked, breaking inch by inch.
The blood he vomited even contained fragments of internal organs!
"Is this fifth earth-based tribulation lightning strike caused by gravity?"
Feeling the terrifying gravity that was everywhere on his body, as heavy as a mountain, constantly crushing every inch of his muscles and bones, Lu Qing understood.
Indeed, this is the fifth tribulation lightning bolt triggered by Lu Qing.
Ahead, he had also survived the tribulations of water and fire.
It can be said that each one was extremely terrifying.
Especially the water-based tribulation lightning, which evolved from the law of water and turned out to be poisonous, almost causing Lu Qing to capsize in a ditch and be directly melted away.
Fortunately, Lu Qing proved to be more resilient, not only surviving the death calamity but also successfully integrating the power of the laws contained within the tribulation lightning into his body.
This has greatly enhanced his physical strength once again.
In particular, the spiritual energy was constantly fluctuating and twisting, seemingly about to undergo a true transformation.
"If I can absorb and integrate this power of the Earth Law, it should be about right."
Despite being subjected to immense gravity and having his physical body nearly shattered, Lu Qing was not flustered at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat delighted.
The saying goes, "No destruction, no construction." The way of physical cultivation is to constantly destroy oneself through tempering in order to break through limits and achieve breakthroughs.
Having endured the trials of the previous four tribulations, his physical body had been greatly strengthened and was now incredibly resilient.
But it's still a little short of a true transformation.
This tribulation lightning of the earth has come at just the right time.
Lu Qing immediately activated his inner cultivation technique, beginning to devour the tribulation lightning within his body, as well as the earth elemental power contained within it.
Having learned from the experience of the previous four tribulation lightning strikes, Lu Qing's process of absorbing the power of the laws was much smoother this time.
Before long, he absorbed all the power of the laws, and the tribulation lightning disappeared.
Lu Qing successfully weathered the tribulation lightning of the earth.
"Why is it still a little short?"
However, although he survived the tribulation lightning, Lu Qing was not happy.
At this moment, the power of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—is intertwined and brewing within his spiritual power, merging with the five elements attributes he has cultivated.
This made his spiritual power incredibly pure and extremely powerful.
Within the dantian (lower abdomen), a seemingly real yet perfectly round "dan" shape is formed.
However, no matter how the spiritual energy in the "elixir" shape distorted and fluctuated, it could not cause a qualitative change and transform into magical power.
If one cannot transform into magical power, one cannot condense a true golden core of magical power and enter the Golden Core Realm.
"We've already weathered the Five Elements Tribulation Lightning, what's still missing?"
Lu Qing looked up at the sky and saw that the vortex of tribulation clouds showed no signs of dissipating; instead, it continued to gather and accumulate lightning.
This time, the lightning that gathered was of all five colors, representing all five elements.
"So that's how it is. This sixth tribulation lightning is a tribulation lightning that gathers all five elements and has all five elements."
Under the influence of the Qi, Lu Qing had a sudden realization.
At the same time, he also understood that this sixth tribulation lightning was the final tribulation lightning of his Golden Core tribulation.
As long as he can get through this ordeal, he will have survived the Golden Core tribulation and condensed his Golden Core!
"Then, let's go!"
As Lu Qing looked at the dense and bright lightning that had gathered to its peak, his overall condition also improved to its peak.
As if sensing Lu Qing's will, a deafening explosion occurred, and lightning from the vortex of tribulation clouds struck down at that moment.
boom!
This time, the tribulation lightning was intertwined with five colors and was much thicker than the previous tribulation lightning.
Like a pillar of heaven, it crashed down from the sky and landed on Lu Qing.
Instantly, the earth shook and the powerful force caused the majestic mountain where Lu Qing was located to tremble.
The entire mountaintop exploded instantly, with countless rocks flying and tumbling down, creating a truly horrifying scene.
"Young master!"
Inside the Fire Cauldron, "Yan" saw this scene and exclaimed in surprise once again.
The power of this sixth tribulation lightning was truly terrifying, so much so that even it felt terrified while inside the spiritual artifact space.
This reminded it of the time when it witnessed a Golden Core cultivator undergoing tribulation at the Li Huo Sect.
But that was the tribulation of the primordial spirit! When did the tribulation of the golden core become so terrifying?
Is there any way for those undergoing tribulation to survive?
"As expected, only this final tribulation lightning is missing!"
Amidst Yan's worries, Lu Qing, who had taken the five-colored tribulation lightning head-on, looked utterly miserable.
His muscles were burned away, flowing down like melted candle wax.
Under the erosion of the power of the Five Elements Laws, the strange phenomena of the laws he had previously experienced descended once again.
A sharp aura that cuts through everything, bizarre plants that suck marrow and bone, black poison that corrodes everything, red flames that incinerate everything, and terrifying gravity that crushes everything in all directions.
Five strange phenomena appeared simultaneously, inflicting devastating torment on Lu Qing's physical body.
More importantly, an invisible wave surged into his brow acupoint, directly striking the soul talisman, causing his mind to be filled with illusions, making it almost impossible for him to distinguish between reality and illusion.
However, even such a terrible blow did not frighten Lu Qing.
On the contrary, a sudden surge of great joy welled up within him.
Because, amidst this torment that nearly destroyed everything, he finally seized that sliver of opportunity to condense the golden core.
"Break!"
The mysterious and unpredictable soul talisman that had been nurtured within the Earth Spirit Pearl in the center of the forehead suddenly shone brightly.
In the blink of an eye, the intrusive, invisible fluctuations were shattered, allowing Lu Qing's mind to regain its clarity.
The Five Elements Gourd in the Dantian Qi Sea vibrated continuously, emitting an incredibly powerful suction force.
The tribulation lightning inside and outside Lu Qing's body, along with the power of law that had transformed into strange phenomena, were continuously swallowed up.
After being refined inside the gourd, it was spat out and merged into Lu Qing's spiritual power.
With this help, the illusory and intertwined "dan"-shaped spiritual energy ball in Lu Qing's dantian, which had been unable to solidify and merge with all of Lu Qing's essence, energy and spirit, was as if it had taken a powerful tonic.
With a sudden tremor, a transformation finally occurred, and a power far stronger than spiritual energy was born from the center.
At the same time, the ball of spiritual energy shaped like a pill was no longer illusory and began to take real shape.
With the release of magical power, the golden elixir is formed!
The moment the golden core of magical power was formed, Lu Qing's physical body, soul, essence, and everything else immediately began to undergo unimaginable transformation.
He finally survived the tribulation and entered the Golden Core realm!
