When they returned to their house in Distancia, the group walked toward the backyard. Being a first-realm tribulation, they didn't need a special place. Just spacious enough for Aurelia to fight it.
Angel looked at Aurelia and saw her looking up at the sky. "What are you thinking, darling?"
Aurelia smiled faintly. "Trying to see if Mommy does something silly... Ah. Look."
Angel looked upward and saw several hundreds of energy blasts creating words in the sky.
"Baby, you can do it!
-Much love,
Mommy~."
Aurelia laughed aloud. "I knew it~."
Angel smiled, and she patted Aurelia's back. "Go. If you dare lose with that much support from Yasenia, I'll spank you!"
Aurelia looked at Angel and hugged her. "I'll be back soon. Thanks, Mama."
Then, she walked toward the center of the field. After reaching there, she took a deep breath and started cultivating the Spiritual Technique that she had learned. Her energy moved along her body due to the lack of development of her meridians. Because of her body cultivation practice, she was not a complete newbie, which allowed her to start the process successfully.
When the energy entered her body, Aurelia's cultivation technique started purifying it, leaving behind the Sun and Glass attributes. Both of these attributes seeped into her, moving toward the places around her body that needed meridians to appear.
The first realm of the Spiritual Path, the Meridian and Dantian Creation realm, was the time for the cultivator to create the meridian net that would accompany them for most of their life unless they encountered miraculous treasures with extraordinary effects.
As soon as she started, a cloud gathered above Aurelia's head. It was light grey, with powerful electricity moving around it. Aurelia looked upward and extended her arms, summoning her longsword and shield.
While people might think that Aurelia didn't look up to Angel, her mother, they couldn't be more mistaken.
Her weapon of choice was a sword and shield, exactly like Angel. Her hobby was creating formations, like Angel. Even her food preferences were similar to Angel's.
The person Aurelia looked up to the most was Yasenia because of her strength, leadership capabilities, and scheming intelligence. When reading about Yasenia's feats during her stay in Distancia, she couldn't help but feel shivers at her dragon mother's deep planning and careful execution.
RUMBLE!
The loud thunder snapped her out of her reflections, and she focused, looking at the cloud with a solemn gaze. "Come."
As soon as she spoke, a thin Heavenly Lightning Bolt descended from the sky rather quickly. Aurelia moved her right leg back and lowered her stance, placing her shield right above her.
BANG!
Aurelia's eyes widened when the heavy strike landed, pushing her down to her knees. The electricity roamed her body, making her muscles spasm involuntarily. 'It hurts so much!'
However, she didn't relax. She knew that while one lightning strike was the usual, her mother got three of them in her first tribulation. 'Stand up, like Mommy would!'
As her daughter, she had a high chance of receiving more than one bolt, so she couldn't stay down. Rotating the energy in her body, Aurelia tried to regain control of her spasming muscles.
RUMBLE!
The warning of the second bolt reached her, and Aurelia bit her tongue to send a pain stimulus and wake her confused brain up.
Right as the Heavenly Lightning Bolt descended, Aurelia recovered and lifted her shield once more. Looking skyward with a defiant gaze, the dragon woman received the second lightning strike. 'Come at me!'
BOOM!
The strike fell like a massive hammer, making her arm feel like it was shattering from the impact. Then, her entire body was slammed against the ground with a loud sound, sending her mind into a daze while stars sparkled in her vision.
Skye almost spat blood. "GAH! This was preplanned!" She looked at Evelyn with a betrayed face. "I have been set up by my own mother! THE MISERY!"
Evelyn laughed aloud, her arms akimbo. "THIS IS WHAT YOU DESERVE, DAUGHTER! WHAHAHA!"
Skye pointed at Evelyn. "Traitor! I will never trust you again!"
"Sure, sure, AS IF I CARE! HAHAHA! Now go!"
"Wahhh!"
Evelyn kicked her bouncy butt, making her fly in a beautiful arc to the place where Aurelia was standing before.
Skye flipped mid-air, landing perfectly on her feet. She clicked her tongue and extended her arm, summoning her preferred weapon. It wasn't a spear or a large broadsword; instead, it was an imposing guandao.
The gorgeous weapon looked like a spear but had a massive blade at the tip. It was an enormous war weapon that was exceptionally demanding to master, and Skye had started learning it not too long ago.
Even then, Skye's ability to fight and learn to use the guandao was higher than that of any other weapon she touched. Grinning toward the sky, she challenged the Heavens. "Come at me, Heaven!"
The tall woman looked like a war general as the wind blew her long and beautiful dark blue hair.
Tengliu chuckled. "She looks good."
Evelyn raised her eyebrow and looked at Tengliu. "Oh? Is the crib assaulter ready to strike?"
Tengliu almost spat blood. "What kind of nickname is that!?"
Evelyn laughed and looked back at Skye's figure. Her smiling face turned serious, and she spoke aloud. "Love, don't get overconfident."
Skye nodded seriously when she heard Evelyn's serious tone. "Yes, Mama."
While she often joked around with her mother, she took everything she taught her very seriously. For Skye, Evelyn was her mother, mentor, and friend. Their bond was very close.
The Tribulation Cloud gathered when Skye managed to purify the Star and Lightning attributes she inherited from her mothers and transformed them into usable energy.
RUMBLE!
Hearing the loud thunder, Skye's vertical pupils thinned, focusing on the Heavenly Lightning Bolt roaming the clouds. The second it descended, Skye took a step forward and spun, gathering momentum.
After a full spin, she shouted. "BREAK!"
BOOM!
The dragon woman's incredible strength blasted the lightning into particles. However, the counterforce slammed the guandao downwards together with Skye, forcing her to kneel.
RUMBLE!
Hearing the second bolt descending, Skye shouted to motivate herself and struck at it. "BREAAK!"
BOOM!
Skye's entire body was blasted backward with tremendous force when the guandao struck the lightning bolt.
The dragon woman felt her bones cracking. Even under enough pain to make her vision blurry, Skye roared and stood up. "RAH!"
Looking skyward with a defiant expression, Skye waited for the third strike. However, it never came. Instead, she saw Evelyn appear before her and smile with open arms. "Great job, love. Now, rest."
Skye's body relaxed, and she grinned. "Thanks~." Then, she fell forward into her mother's arms.