Chapter 360: Chapter 359: Where I, Jiang Zuo, Am, You Must Detour
The Celestial Thunder struck the Elemental Level directly. In an instant, every person and every Element would have to endure the baptism of the Celestial Tribulation.
The Celestial Tribulation descended, and with lightning blanketing the area, no one could escape.
"AHHHH!" the youth shrieked miserably.
They were relatively weak here and had no way to resist the Celestial Tribulation.
After all, Celestial Tribulations were never supposed to happen here.
Jiang Zuo showed no reaction to the youth’s miserable screams. He just watched coldly.
The lightning of the Celestial Tribulation coursed through his body as well. His form grew unstable, on the very verge of shattering.
But he didn’t care. He was determined to kill this man, and this was his best chance. Even if he couldn’t finish him off, he would make him suffer.
He would teach this person a lesson: stay away from anywhere he, Jiang Zuo, was.
’A madman... a complete and utter madman,’ the youth thought. He never could have imagined someone would be this insane.
The slightest misstep would lead to mutual destruction.
When he saw Jiang Zuo’s calm gaze, he even started to panic. ’What kind of person have I run into?’
’This man is a devil incarnate.’
The youth’s figure began to fade. He had no chance of escape.
He started to vanish, and Jiang Zuo’s body was vanishing as well.
Mutual destruction was inevitable. Under the Celestial Tribulation, no matter how powerful they were here, they could not escape their doom.
The moment the youth dissipated completely, Jiang Zuo’s body was also utterly shattered by the lightning.
But even with them gone, the Celestial Tribulation showed no sign of stopping.
All the Elements would have to bear the might of the Celestial Tribulation.
In that instant, the entirety of East Water Island—anywhere Elemental Power existed—was filled with the Celestial Tribulation and shrouded in lightning.
Endless bolts of lightning instantly assaulted East Water Island.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Elements ignited and began to explode.
In a flash, half of East Water Island was shattered.
The Elemental Power, now laced with the might of the Celestial Tribulation, began to rampage endlessly across East Water Island. No one would be spared.
This apocalyptic power threw everyone into a panic.
"Hold it back! Hold it back! Everyone, grit your teeth and hang on!" In the great mountain, countless people struggled to support the Array.
The Array was already starting to crack.
If it shattered, they would all die.
Chu Qing’s father was also struggling to hold on. "He’s insane! Insane! That man is truly insane! Did he not even consider the consequences?
Is he trying to destroy everything?"
He was starting to fear that man. If this really was his handiwork, then he could only be described as a madman, completely without scruples.
Still, this power terrified him. If not for his special constitution, he likely wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.
This power, imbued with the lightning of the Celestial Tribulation, was far beyond what an ordinary person could withstand.
And it wasn’t just the people on East Water Island enduring this power, but also the endless hordes of Water Monsters.
Hiding at the bottom of the sea was useless. Amidst the elemental explosions and the rampaging lightning, everything would be destroyed.
Countless Sea Monsters were being annihilated. Even the Tier Seven Sea Monster was destroyed in the Celestial Tribulation.
The Sea Monster lacked intelligence; otherwise, it would not have perished.
The Nether Celestial Wheel it held also fell into the water.
Shui Luo watched all of this, her knees going weak. "Wh-what’s happening?"
Hiller had already collapsed to the ground. ’If I hadn’t been near the Celestial Tribulation,’ she wondered, ’would I be dead by now?’
The apocalyptic scene made them too afraid to stay there any longer.
Su Qi stared blankly at it all. ’Did the Celestial Tribulation just strike its way in there?’
’Did it strike all the Elements?’
’Then... what about my husband?’
Su Qi panicked. She had never felt this panicked in her life.
She had to find her husband.
With that, Su Qi gave up on Crossing the Tribulation and was about to go search for Jiang Zuo.
But at that moment, the entrance disappeared.
Then, the Celestial Tribulation struck at Su Qi once more.
Su Qi was already distraught, and now the Celestial Tribulation was coming at her again.
She flew into a rage and roared at the Celestial Tribulation, "Get lost!"
In that instant, a power far beyond her usual limits erupted from Su Qi. It crashed directly into the Celestial Tribulation, which immediately dissipated.
The final trial of the Celestial Tribulation was gone. The tribulation clouds began to disperse, and Su Qi successfully advanced to Tier Three.
But Su Qi couldn’t have cared less about any of that. She had to make sure Jiang Zuo was safe.
The Celestial Tribulation had vanished. The elemental rampage had come quickly and faded just as fast. Now, less than half of East Water Island remained; most of it had been sunk into the sea.
In the Elemental Level, the Fire Elemental Army was weakened and utterly baffled.
Just moments ago, they had all thought they were going to die.
’They actually called in the Thunder Alliance Army,’ it thought. ’Looks like I’ll have to ask for reinforcements as well. At least I won’t get thrashed this badly again.’
’Time for a strategic retreat.’
In an unseen dimension over the sea, the youth awoke weakly, only to spit out a mouthful of blood.
His eyes were filled with utter dread. "A madman... an absolute madman."
With that, he quickly fled. He was severely injured and wouldn’t be able to venture out again anytime soon.
Otherwise, his injuries might prove fatal.
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Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo had also woken up. His advancement should have been a success.
But that wasn’t important.
The moment he awoke, the world started to spin.
It felt as though he would pass out at any second.
He couldn’t force himself to stay conscious, no matter how hard he tried.
This was arguably the most severe injury he had ever sustained.
Even when he was grievously injured at the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion last time, his consciousness had not faded.
This time, however, his consciousness—which he had always believed to be incomparably strong—was on the verge of fading into silence.
In his current state, he couldn’t even manage the Summoning for Chaos.
He couldn’t even get up and leave.
No matter how he struggled, Jiang Zuo really couldn’t stay conscious this time.
The surrounding Array had vanished. He didn’t know if it was safe to pass out now, so he kept holding on.
’I have to hold on and recover just a little,’ he thought. ’At least enough to summon Chaos to protect me.’
He lay on the ground with his eyes closed, trying to recover his strength bit by bit.
He didn’t have the strength to sit up or even open his eyes. All he could do was try to stay conscious.
But before he could summon Chaos, Jiang Zuo felt a pair of arms wrap around him.
He sensed a familiar aura, and in the next moment, he lost consciousness completely.
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When Jiang Zuo came to, he found himself on the open sea. To his surprise, he also discovered that his injuries had completely healed.
Although he knew his spiritual energy would recover quickly, this was unnaturally fast.
He didn’t know how long he’d been asleep, but he was sure he would have woken up the moment he had recovered even slightly.
He would never have let himself stay asleep for so long.
Waking up only now meant he couldn’t have been asleep for even half a day.
When Jiang Zuo turned his head, he saw Su Qi sitting beside him, her eyes bright red.
Jiang Zuo asked subconsciously, "Were you crying?"
"No," Su Qi said, though her voice was choked with sobs. "If you die, you die. Why would I cry?"
Jiang Zuo sat up and pulled Su Qi into a hug. "I’m sorry," he said.
Hugging him back, Su Qi choked out, "I don’t want your apology."
Jiang Zuo thought for a moment, then ventured, "Then... I love you?"
Su Qi just shook her head. "I just want you to be okay."
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