Chapter 277: Overcome!

Chapter 277: Overcome!

Lightning flashed. Zhubi laid there, playing dead with all his might even as the lightning continued to strike with deadly force. The lotus beast thrashed, writhing in the force of the storm. Jin Xian screamed, a spine-tingling sound, and tensed as another bolt of black lightning struck her.

Oh, no. That sounds like it hurts. Oh no. Someone someone save this small cultivator! Hui looked down and grit his teeth. Looking at the black lightning gathering at his feet and the golden lightning building overhead, he swallowed one of Xixings pills and slapped another talisman on his body. Hui swapped to his crystal mode and prepared himself to swap to plant mode at any moment, then ate another one of Xixings pills and patted another few talismans over his body. Is that enough? Should I put more?

Lu Lintei hovered just outside the range of the tribulation, but as the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation built, she rapidly fell back. After looking around another few times, she sighed and stretched luxuriously, then lounged back on her sword to watch. She gave Hui a big thumbs up. Good luck, Zhi Ahn.

Ththanks, Hui said. Why do I feel like shes relieved she doesnt have to fight any longer? And that pose isnt she a little too relaxed for someone anxious about her Martial Brother undergoing a dual tribulation?

Catching his look, she shrugged. Theres nothing I can do, after all. Its all up to you, Zhi Ahn! I believe in you!

Why dont I feel cheered? Isnt this supposed to energize me? Hui gave Lu Lintei an aggravated look, then shook his head. Oh well. Ultimately, shes a member of an enemy sect. Thinking about it another way, its weird that shes cheering me on at all.

The lightning continued to build. Hui took a short breath and slapped another few talismans on his body. Is that enough? Shit, that lightning looks painful No, no. I can do this! A little painis nothing! Im used to so much worse!

Argh, the wait is the worst. Just strike me already!

As if it sensed his thoughts, the Underworldly and Heavenly Tribulations both struck. Icy cold shot through him from beneath, while burning heat coursed through his body from above. Where they met, his flesh squirmed. A feverish feeling assaulted him, weakening his mental state.

Endure, Hui. You've survived much worse than this! Hui settled his breathing and circulated his cultivation faster. He narrowed his eyes at the tribulations and hovered his hand over his chest, ready to activate the talismans at any second.

Another bolt crackled, preparing to dart at him.

Wait. I wonder if I could get the bolts to hit one another and cancel each other out? Or at least debuff one another! The Heavenly Tribulation and the Underworldly Tribulation should have opposing attributes, after all. Its not a ridiculous idea!

This time, he darted aside at the second the lightning struck. The lightning chased after him, but Hui activated the movement technique hed learned from Bai Xue and slowed time, darting away from the lightning at the last second. The gold bolt and black bolt struck one another.

Yes! Now, they cancel one another out

The two bolts swirled together. A mixed gold-black lightning bolt, emanating a much fiercer aura than either of the original bolts, struck toward him from the side. At the same time, a fourth bolt shot at him from above and below. The three bolts darted toward him all at once.

Huis eyes flew wide. He slapped his talisman, activating one. The three bolts smashed into the barrier and instantly crushed it, then continued on to strike Hui, their power only slightly lessened. Hui activated another barrier, and another. The lightning crushed them one after another, but only after he activated three barriers did the sensation of imminent death lessen.

Lightning crackled over Huis body. Gold and black embers flickered out, fighting one another inside Hui. He screamed, twitching wildly. His skin splintered. Cracks ran through his crystal body, and it shivered, on the verge of shattering. Hui swapped to his plant form. In his lotus body, already a plant form, the shift didnt change his physical makeup, but instead stimulated his healing abilities to their limit. His life qi surged, and he healed.

Even so, the tribulation continued to harm him. Incredible heat seared through his flesh. Steam rose off his body. Like a vegetable in a pan, he cooked even as he healed. Hui screamed, unable to bite back his voice. His flesh wilted, hair growing limp, and he trembled, but his wounds closed. On the verge of becoming a steamed vegetable, Hui swapped back to the crystal form. The heat assailed his crystal body. Cracks once more shot through the crystal, but the cracks hurt less than steaming to death as a plant. Hui shivered and released both forms, spitting up a mouthful of blood.

Bad idea, bad idea! Im never doing that again. Shit, I almost died! I almost died for real, there. And thats the tribulation! I cant fake death against the Heavenly Tribulation. I

Hui paused suddenly, thoughtful. He cast his eyes over at Zhubi and hesitated. Zhubis doing it. I guess I havent tried it