Chapter 208: Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword Reappears, Devouring the Heavenly Tribulation
Above the Deep Sea Rift, the massive, mountain-like dark blue body floated silently.
The Demon Empress's crimson giant eyes coldly "gazed" upwards. Despite being separated by thousands of meters of deep sea water and thick rock layers, the repulsion and lock originating from the laws of heaven and earth themselves were like the coldest brand, deeply etched into her soul.
Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation!
This legendary might of heaven and earth, in the long history of the Douluo Plane, was synonymous with certain death.
However—
On the Demon Empress's hideous face, covered in purplish-black demonic patterns, not only was there no trace of fear or despair, but she slowly parted her giant mouth, revealing a row of chillingly white fangs. It was a smile filled with mockery and playfulness.
"Heavenly Tribulation? Hehe... Hahahaha!" A low, hoarse laugh reverberated directly through the deep sea, filled with undisguised pride and arrogance. "If it were before, this Empress might have been wary, even fighting to the death. But now..."
Her crimson giant eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze seemingly piercing through layers of space, directed towards the location of a supreme existence. Her voice carried a certainty born of having backing: "With that Lord present, this so-called might of heaven and earth is nothing but a joke!"
On the other side, thousands of meters away, the Sea Princess's beautiful face was shrouded in a layer of frost.
She also looked "upwards" at the soul-shaking heavenly might that could be clearly perceived even through the deep sea, but deep within her sapphire eyes, there was no trace of hope that the heavenly tribulation would strike down the Demon Empress.
Because they both knew that the Plane Master would protect every Soul Beast from the harm of heavenly tribulation. This Demon Empress, no matter how profound her sins, as long as she was a Soul Beast of the Douluo Plane, she would also be among those protected.
Hoping for the heavenly tribulation to slay the demon? That was impossible. The Sea Princess felt no anger about this, only a cold understanding and an increasingly heavy pressure. Since the heavenly tribulation couldn't be relied upon, then the heavy responsibility of slaying this Million-Year Demon Empress could only, and must, be borne by her!
The Sea Princess felt no anger about this, only a cold understanding and an increasingly heavy pressure. Since the heavenly tribulation couldn't be relied upon, then the heavy responsibility of slaying this Million-Year Demon Empress could only, and must, be borne by her!
"Boom-crack—!!!"
Just then, at the center of the extremely thick, lead-grey tribulation cloud vortex above, the destructive energy accumulated to its peak finally found an outlet!
The first Tribulation Lightning descended!
It was not ordinary lightning, but a terrifying lightning pillar over ten zhang in diameter, entirely dark gold in color, with countless intricate blood-red runes Entanglement on its surface, emitting an aura of destruction. Wherever the lightning pillar passed, space was torn into black traces, and thousands of meters of deep seawater were easily pierced and evaporated like paper before this might of heaven and earth!
Before the lightning pillar even truly struck, the majestic heavenly might and destructive will it contained had already made all living beings in this sea area, including the Sea Princess and the Demon Empress, feel a suffocating tremor from the depths of their souls!
This was the Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation. The first strike alone possessed enough power to easily obliterate a demigod!
The Demon Empress remained suspended in place, her massive body not even making any defensive or evasive movements. Her crimson giant eyes merely tilted slightly upwards, with a calm bordering on defiance, quietly "watching" the dark golden lightning pillar that tore through the deep sea and struck directly towards her head.
At that critical moment—
"Om!"
A peculiar, clear sword cry, as if capable of calming space, sounded without warning from about a foot above the Demon Empress's head in the void.
Immediately after, the space there rippled like water, soft yet stable, and a long sword slowly "emerged" from the center of the ripples.
The sword body was a deep, subdued dark purple, constantly enveloped by a layer of fine electrical light that pulsed around it. This electrical light was not violent; instead, it carried a sense of order and law, as if it were not mortal lightning, but the manifestation of the authority that wielded divine punishment!
It was precisely one of the Plane Master Lei Chen's personal divine artifacts, the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, which commanded lightning!
The moment the divine sword appeared, the deep-sea energy field, which had been violent and chaotic due to the heavenly tribulation's descent, seemed to be instantly smoothed by an invisible hand. The heavenly might that made all beings tremble was subtly suppressed and neutralized by the aura of law naturally emitted by the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword.
It floated quietly above the Demon Empress's head, its tip angled upwards, like a silent guardian, or a monarch awaiting the homage of subjects.
No sooner said than done, the first dark golden Tribulation Lightning, capable of destroying mountains, struck down with immense force!
Its target was directly the Demon Empress, or rather, the divine sword that suddenly appeared above the Demon Empress's head!
Facing this terrifying strike, the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword did not even tremble.
Just as the Tribulation Lightning was about to strike the sword body, an incredible scene unfolded.
The incredibly violent dark golden Tribulation Lightning, upon touching the three-foot radius around the sword body, instantly dissipated all its destructiveness and impact into nothingness, like all rivers flowing into the sea, or a subject meeting a monarch. It transformed into docile dark golden electrical snakes that joyfully and orderly coiled around the sword body, then were completely absorbed by the flowing lightning patterns on the sword body, like a sponge soaking up water!
The entire process was silent, without explosion, without impact, not even stirring up the slightest energy ripple. That terrifying Tribulation Lightning, which would make a Million-Year Fierce Beast stand ready, was casually "eaten" by the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword.
The electrical light swirling around the sword body seemed to brighten slightly, then returned to its original state.
As if enraged by the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword's contemptuous "feeding" behavior, the tribulation cloud vortex above spun frantically, gathering even more terrifying power.
"Boom! Boom boom boom—!!!"
The second, third, fourth... Tribulation Lightning no longer struck one by one, but poured down like a torrential rain. Several, even dozens, of Tribulation Lightning bolts of various colors and even greater power intertwined into a destructive lightning net, enveloping the Demon Empress and the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword!
However, facing this net of Tribulation Lightning that could make any living being despair, the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword remained as steady as a rock.
It didn't even need to make any blocking or counterattacking moves; it simply floated there, its sword body naturally emitting an invisible domain that commanded all lightning.
All descending Tribulation Lightning, no matter how powerful, once it entered this domain, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, or subjects meeting an emperor. All its violence and hostility instantly faded, transforming into the purest essence of lightning, which then orderly and continuously poured into the sword body, completely absorbed by the bottomless lightning patterns.
The lightning glow on the sword body became increasingly bright as more Tribulation Lightning was devoured, and the miniature sea of lightning within seemed to cheer and grow stronger.
The Demon Empress maintained her floating posture from beginning to end, not even moving a single scale.
In her crimson giant eyes, there was only endless smugness, as if she were enjoying a salute fired for her. Occasionally, she would cast her gaze towards the distant Sea Princess, her eyes filled with the playfulness of a cat toying with a mouse and the pleasure of impending revenge.
The Sea Princess's heart, however, sank with each devoured Tribulation Lightning bolt.
She knew that after the Demon Empress passed the heavenly tribulation, her foundation would become even more stable because it had not been damaged. With this ebb and flow, what she would face next would be a Million-Year Fierce Beast in perfect condition, with even greater potential due to having completely survived the heavenly tribulation!
This heavenly tribulation lasted for a full hour.
The tribulation clouds went from initial fury, to later indiscriminate bombardment, and finally to being "powerless," as if they too realized the unshakable nature of the divine sword below.
When the last, incredibly thick, chaotic-colored ultimate Tribulation Lightning, which seemed to contain a trace of the aura of creation, was also silently devoured by the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, the thick tribulation clouds covering tens of thousands of miles above, as if losing all support, began to rapidly dissipate and disintegrate.
The lead-grey faded, and the dim sky gradually returned to the color it should have above the deep sea. Although it still felt oppressive due to the Demon Empress's aura, the suffocating heavenly might had vanished without a trace.
The Million-Year Heavenly Tribulation had, at this point, vanished into thin air.
The Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, floating above the Demon Empress's head, after devouring the last chaotic Tribulation Lightning, its circulating electrical light seemed to reach a saturation point, abruptly retracting. The entire sword became more profound and ancient, as if all the essence of lightning had settled within its body.
It trembled slightly, emitting a satisfied hum, and then, ripples once again spread out in the void around the sword body.
Just as it appeared, the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword slowly merged into the void and disappeared, leaving no trace or aura, as if it had never existed.
But its impact remained, real and undeniable, in this deep sea, on the Demon Empress, and in the increasingly heavy heart of the Sea Princess.
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