Chapter 20: Hundred Dragon Tribulation
2013-02-09 Author: Gu Zhenren
Chapter 20: Hundred Dragon Tribulation
“That method? Are you talking about the method our former master, the Ten Thousand Beasts King, taught us?” the Gecko’s eyes flickered.
“That’s the one,” the Zi Jiu nodded affirmatively.
“Alright, let’s use that method!” After a long silence, the Gecko nodded solemnly.
The auras of both sides surged, bringing immense pressure. The air swept through the surrounding space, and Chu Yun instantly felt a renewed pressure, as if space had solidified a hundredfold, making every step an arduous struggle.
This was the aura of Tribulation Demons, almost condensed into substance, capable of freezing the entire space.
“Attack!” the Gecko said.
“You attack first!” the Zi Jiu shook his head, his mind constantly contemplating tactics.
“Let’s attack together. I’ll count to three. We’ll decide the winner,” the Gecko proposed.
“Alright!” the Zi Jiu nodded solemnly.
“Are they going to make their move? The ultimate technique of the One-and-Only Universe?” Chu Yun looked up, wondering what cultivation method the Ten Thousand Beasts King had taught them.
He felt both anticipation and nervousness, and more importantly, he worried that the clash of such powerful cultivation methods would affect him. After all, the Colorless Rainbow Demon excelled at concealment and speed, not defense.
“One!” the Gecko suddenly declared, the atmosphere becoming twice as heavy.
“Two!” His voice, originally somewhat soft, was now brief and powerful.
Gulp.
The Zi Jiu couldn’t help but swallow, his tension reaching its peak. The Gecko narrowed his eyes into slits, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
The air seemed to solidify, all things fell silent, and a dead stillness permeated the area.
“Three!” the Gecko shouted decisively and, under the gaze of everyone, struck like lightning!
As they simultaneously launched their attacks, the two rivals, faces flushed, roared in unison: “Rock, Paper, Scissors!”
Thump!
Chu Yun fell face-first onto the ground.
The mountain wind ceased, and the stars seemed to stop twinkling.
Time appeared to freeze at this moment.
All eyes were fixed on the sky. The Gecko spread his five fingers wide, while the Zi Jiu extended only his index and middle fingers.
“Hahaha, I won!” After a brief silence, the Tribulation Demon Zi Jiu suddenly threw his head back and laughed triumphantly.
“I, I actually lost…” The Gecko’s face turned ashen, his eyes vacant as he murmured to himself.
“Good grief! This legendary method of duel is truly unbelievably powerful!” Chu Yun, covered in cold sweat, got up speechlessly and immediately began to flee.
The battle had ended so quickly and in such an inconceivable manner that it completely surpassed his imagination. Now that the Gecko had lost, if the Zi Jiu discovered the Demonic Crystal was missing, he would face the wrath of a Tribulation Demon!
If not now, then when?
“You can release your cultivation method now. Loser,” the Zi Jiu said condescendingly to the Gecko, whose competitive spirit had been completely crushed.
“Sigh…” The Gecko sighed deeply and, opening his mouth, swallowed the dark curtain back into his stomach.
“Where’s the Demonic Crystal?!” The Zi Jiu’s expression changed, and he furiously shouted at the Gecko, “You thieving Gecko, you dare to resort to trickery!”
The Gecko, equally shocked, exclaimed in disbelief, “Impossible! Impossible! How can the Demonic Crystal be gone?”
The two Tribulation Demons shouted loudly. Their voices echoed through the mountain range, making Chu Yun’s entire body break out in cold sweat.
“Gecko, hand over the Demonic Crystal!” The Zi Jiu glared fiercely at the Gecko, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, completely enraged.
“Don’t misunderstand, I absolutely did not take the Demonic Crystal. As you know, this method was taught to us by our former master. If we Tribulation Demons fight each other, it will surely bring ruin and disaster. Our auras will also trigger heavenly tribulations, harming ourselves and others. How could I not abide by our former master’s fair method?” the Gecko quickly waved his hands in defense.
“You speak the truth!” The Zi Jiu’s anger subsided slightly, only to erupt even more furiously, “You damnable thief! It must have been you who stole my Demonic Crystal. Come out!”
Come out…
Quickly out…
Come out…
Out…
The Zi Jiu’s voice rumbled like thunder, resonating throughout the mountain range. Ten Thousand Beasts hid, flowers and birds fell silent, and the aura was incredibly terrifying.
“Only a fool would come out!” Chu Yun’s body trembled upon hearing the explosive roar. He then cursed inwardly and ran even faster.
“Aaaaargh…” Seeing no one emerge, the Zi Jiu was driven to madness. His purple hair whipped wildly in the wind, his rage threatening to burn through the nine heavens. “You dare steal my Demonic Crystal, I will make you suffer a fate worse than death!”
Worse than death…
Than death…
Death…
Ah…
The echoes reverberated through the mountain valleys, sending cascades of rubble tumbling down. The peaks themselves trembled under the Tribulation Demon’s fury.
“This might!” Chu Yun was shocked, yet he felt an incomparable sense of exhilaration and excitement. His entire body trembled with the thrill; stealing from a Tribulation Demon was an unprecedented experience.
“Do you think you can escape like this? You’re dreaming! Watch my Eagle Eyes Scan!” The Zi Jiu’s eyes emitted two beams of purple light that swept across the surroundings.
Wherever the pale purple light pillars passed, winds howled, rocks exploded, and liquids splashed.
“Bad!” Chu Yun’s heart sank. The faster he moved, the faster the light beams tracked him. Even with the Colorless Rainbow Demon, Chu Yun couldn’t react in time and was grazed by a light beam.
Merely grazing it caused the Great Demon-level Colorless Rainbow Demon to disintegrate instantly. His invisibility cultivation method was violently broken, and Chu Yun’s true form was revealed.
“It’s you, it’s you, it was you who stole my Demonic Crystal. You cunning thief, you are too sly and treacherous!” Upon seeing Chu Yun, the Zi Jiu’s eyes seemed to spew fire, and he lunged forward.
“This is serious!” Chu Yun’s heart pounded as he watched the Zi Jiu attack. At this moment, he knew his life hung by a thread.
His thoughts raced, and he suddenly took out a map scroll, shouting, “Stop! I am an Inheritor of the Ten Thousand Beasts King!”
“Hmm? This scroll is…” The Zi Jiu paused, then snorted and lunged again. “Even if you are an Inheritor, it matters not. Before our former master died, he instructed us to ‘take special care’ of you Inheritors!”
“Damn it!” Chu Yun had no choice but to take out the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch. It was laden with fruit, nearly a hundred Dragon Eye Fruits blinking enticingly, their fragrance filling the air.
“Dragon Eye Fruits!” This not only caught the Zi Jiu’s attention but also the Rotten Poison Gecko, who was watching from the sidelines, brightened and licked his lips.
Dragon Eye Fruits could be consumed by humans, let alone demonic beasts. They could enhance a demonic beast’s physique and boost its strength.
“Human, I didn’t expect you to have Dragon Eye Fruits. Hand them over!”
“These Dragon Eye Fruits are a waste on humans. Mine, all mine.”
The two Tribulation Demons simultaneously pounced on Chu Yun.
Chu Yun sneered and suddenly produced a Tribulation Demon Crystal.
“Absorb!” He paused, dripping the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch onto the Demonic Crystal. Instantly, the flower branch swayed gracefully, the Dragon Eyes blinking continuously, and its cultivation rapidly surged!
“No—! My Demonic Crystal!” The Zi Jiu cried out in agony, watching the scene unfold.
“This human is too cunning, stop him quickly, stop him!” The Rotten Poison Gecko realized Chu Yun’s intention and was shaken. He wanted to rush forward but hesitated.
The aura of the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch was soaring. It was already a Great Demon of over nine hundred years. After absorbing just a trace of the Demonic Crystal, it broke through its limits and reached the Spirit Monster level.
Boom!
Heaven and Earth resonated, and a Tribulation Cloud formed.
“Damn! Damn it!” The Zi Jiu cursed repeatedly but could do nothing to Chu Yun. He retreated rapidly, fear evident in his eyes. As a Tribulation Demon, he was most afraid of heavenly tribulations. If he were caught in one, it would be utter misfortune.
“Aha, it’s the Hundred Dragon Tribulation! We’ll just wait from afar and watch him be destroyed by the heavenly tribulation!” The Rotten Poison Gecko, being more insidious, retreated to a certain distance and stood on the mountain peak, staring at Chu Yun fiercely.
“Hundred Dragon Tribulation!” Chu Yun looked at the Tribulation Cloud above, his face changing. He had originally planned to rely on some partial cultivation methods from the proto-Dao arts to resist the heavenly tribulation and escape. But seeing it now, this heavenly tribulation was clearly the Hundred Dragon Tribulation, not within the scope of proto-Dao arts.
Roar—!
Within the Tribulation Cloud, countless giant dragons formed. A hundred dragons roared consecutively, shaking heaven and earth. Their draconic might was immense, and their furious gazes were all focused on the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch below.
“Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch!”
“Our clan’s pain!!”
“Damn human! How many of our dragon kin have you killed!”
Among these dragons were three colossal dragon phantoms, tens of feet long, coiling deep within the Tribulation Cloud. They revealed heads as large as small mountains, their eyes capable of spewing pure rage.
“Ten Thousand Year Azure Dragon! Extreme Ice Dragon! Vast Earth Dragon!” Chu Yun looked up at the Tribulation Cloud, his face turning somewhat pale. It was rumored that dragons harbored an intense hatred for the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch. Furthermore, the Hundred Dragon Tribulation summoned dragon souls from the netherworld, using the Tribulation Cloud as their bodies; they were not bound by the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth. Thus, cheating with proto-Dao arts was impossible.
“It’s just a heavenly tribulation, bring it on! Let me tell you, I’ve not only killed hundreds of Dragon Beasts, but after I pass this tribulation, I will kill all the dragons in the world!” Chu Yun erupted in laughter, fearless in the face of danger, his aura exploding with an unyielding spirit.
He looked up, his gaze burning with fighting spirit, at the hundred giant dragons in the Tribulation Cloud, filled with defiance.
The dragons were enraged. The three largest among them were especially provoked into a frenzy, roaring incessantly, their voices shaking heaven and earth, vowing to crush this insignificant ant, Chu Yun, into oblivion.
“This human indeed possesses the spirit of our former master, brave and fearless!” the Zi Jiu watched, his impression of Chu Yun slightly changing.
But in the next moment, his impression shifted drastically, and Chu Yun became the most shameless scoundrel in history in his mind.
Chu Yun suddenly shouted, “What am I afraid of! What am I afraid of! I have two Tribulation Demons who have been helping me slay Dragon Beasts and strengthen the Lishan Dragon Eye Flower Branch. You are merely a Spirit Monster tribulation. Mo Tian Zi Jiu, Fu Du Bi Hu, let us join forces and break through this heavenly tribulation!”
Roar!
Chu Yun poured fuel on the fire, and the dragons were further enraged.
