This time, the power of the Thunder Tribulation increased significantly, with seven thousand bolts of lightning piercing through the void.
“Go!” Leo shouted in a deep voice.
The Puppet General charged forward once again.
The heavenly lightning struck the Puppet General down, and the remaining Thunder Tribulation force continued to hit Leo.
Leo’s figure wavered, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Fortunately, although the injuries were more severe this time, they were still within bearable limits.
“Seventeen Thunder Tribulations, come on!” Leo shouted defiantly, his spirit undaunted.
The pressure between heaven and earth grew stronger, and the Tribulation Clouds were brewing an even more powerful attack.
In the darkness of night, thunder exploded, and eight thousand golden Thunder Dragons roared down.
Leo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and, with a thought, the Puppet General leapt up once more, positioning itself in front of Leo.
The Puppet General, struck by the Thunder Tribulation, fell even faster, creating an ever-growing crater in the valley floor from its repeated impacts.
In the crater, the Puppet General was enveloped in golden lightning, its chest deeply caved in.
In such a state, if it were a human Cultivator, they would be near death if not already dead.
After the Puppet General was struck down, the remaining power of the Thunder Tribulation hit Leo directly.
Like the Puppet General, Leo was heavily struck by the Thunder Tribulation and fell to the ground, causing another large crater amidst the earth’s tremors.
Violet, Jennifer, Christian, Alondra, and others looked on with renewed tension.
“Ugh…”
In the crater, Leo spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale.
His body was covered in ruptured wounds from which golden lightning danced.
At this moment, every cell in Leo’s body was in pain; this injury was even more severe than before.
Despite this, there was not a hint of fear in Leo’s eyes.
Cultivators defy heaven; facing tribulations is inevitable. Only by confronting them head-on can one emerge victorious!
Leo struggled to stand up, pressing his toes to the ground and flying into the air once more. With a thought, the Puppet General flew to his side as well.
At this moment, the Puppet General was wrapped in golden lightning; its armor was mostly caved in, and its once pure silver glow had become very dim.
However, it was clear that the golden lightning surrounding it was being absorbed into its body at a visible rate, causing golden light to emerge beneath its dim silver glow.
The massive Thunderclouds across the sky rolled for one last time. The Thunderclouds surged violently with countless bolts of lightning dancing within them. The overwhelming heavenly might far surpassed any previous instance.
“The eighteenth Thunder Tribulation,” Violet thought with nervous anticipation.
“The Sect Master will definitely succeed in overcoming this final Thunder Tribulation!” Holden’s gaze was serious but his tone was confident.
Boom!!
In the darkness of night, nine thousand golden bolts of lightning flashed from the massive Thunderclouds, leaving countless black trails in their wake across the void.
Under the apocalyptic assault of nine thousand golden bolts of lightning, the two figures in mid-air couldn’t resist for even a second and fell like meteors.
The entire Starstream Hollow trembled as two more large craters appeared in the valley.
Lying in those craters were Leo and the Puppet General.
After the thunder subsided, debris and soil erupted from one of the craters as a figure shot skyward.
The figure that rose was wrapped in golden lightning, its body bursting with countless wounds. His face was as pale as paper, yet his eyes remained dark and profound.
“Leo!” Violet exclaimed joyfully upon seeing Leo overcome the eighteenth Thunder Tribulation.
“Sect Master!” Alondra, Holden, Christian, Jennifer, and others couldn’t hide their joy either.
Immediately, their figures flashed as they flew toward Leo’s direction.
However, at that moment, the massive Thunderclouds in the night sky rolled again with thunderous sounds shaking all around.
Violet, Alondra, and others trembled with fear as they looked toward the massive Thunderclouds in the night sky.
The massive Thunderclouds showed no sign of weakening or dissipating; instead, they seemed to be brewing even stronger energy.
“What’s going on? Why aren’t the Tribulation Clouds dissipating?” Violet asked in astonishment.
Holden, Alondra, and others were equally puzzled. The eighteen Thunder Tribulations had clearly finished their assault; why weren’t the Thunderclouds dissipating?
“Everyone stay back,” Leo’s voice timely reached everyone’s ears.
Noticing the anomaly with the Tribulation Clouds, Leo was equally astonished: Could there be more than eighteen Thunder Tribulations!?
Is heaven trying to kill me!?
Boom…!
Under everyone’s gaze, the violently rolling Thunderclouds rapidly contracted from their original three thousand feet to five hundred feet.
Within the Thunderclouds, golden light grew increasingly dazzling with a faint hint of purple emerging within it.
Standing beneath the Thunderclouds, Leo could keenly feel that the pressure within them had multiplied several times over compared to before.
When Leo noticed the purple hue within the Thunderclouds, his expression changed dramatically: Purple Lightning!
As far as Leo knew, only Cultivators at Spirit God level nine undergoing tribulations to become immortals would encounter Purple Lightning. Yet he was merely breaking through from Spirit Saint level to Spirit God level; for Purple Lightning to appear within his Thunder Tribulation was unscientific.
The Tribulation Clouds cared little for Leo’s thoughts as countless bolts of lightning converged toward their center amidst rolling movements.
The center of the Thunderclouds opened up as a thousand-foot-long Thunder Dragon shot down from within them.
The Thunder Dragon’s body was ablaze with golden light; within its brilliance lay a hint of purple glow-especially its eyes which were entirely purple.
The colossal purple-gold Thunder Dragon descended from the Thunderclouds with endless heavenly might; wherever it passed seemed to collapse space itself.
Leo felt his scalp tingle from sensing intense danger emanating from this Thunder Dragon.
“Puppet General!” Leo shouted gravely.
The Puppet General shot out from its crater wielding a sword whose blade shone brightly as it slashed toward the purple-gold Thunder Dragon.
However, the longsword in the Puppet General’s hand shattered the moment it made contact with the Purple Gold Thunder Dragon. In the next instant, the Thunder Dragon slammed into the Puppet General, sending it flying backward.
With a deafening crash, the Puppet General’s body was driven deep into the ground by the overwhelming force of the thunderous energy.
The Thunder Dragon, barely affected by the collision, continued its terrifying descent, its full might now aimed directly at Leo.
Leo took a deep breath. He could sense that the power of this nineteenth Thunder Tribulation was several times greater than that of the eighteenth.
With no way to evade, Leo had no choice but to unleash his strongest defense.
In an instant, a radiant starlight burst forth from Leo’s entire body. His hands moved swiftly, forming a series of intricate and profound seals.
A surge of deep blue spiritual energy erupted from within him, coalescing into a massive, shimmering Water Shield above his head.
On the surface of the Water Shield, the form of a Leviathan materialized, exuding an aura as immense and unyielding as a mountain range.