As the heavenly tribulation was continuously gathering in the sky, the fighting spirit on the True Martial Emperor's Dharma Image began to rise steadily.
After merging with Zhang Sanfeng, this image of Zhenwu Emperor seemed to become the true incarnation of Zhenwu Emperor on earth.
After Zhang Sanfeng merged with the Dharma Image of Zhenwu Emperor, he gestured towards the guest room where he had previously stayed, and a precious sword immediately flew out from the room.
The sword that flew out of that guest room merged with the True Martial Emperor's Demon-Subduing Sword hanging at his waist, and was slowly pulled out by Zhang Sanfeng.
The sword that flew out from the guest room where Zhang Sanfeng was staying was Zhang Sanfeng's personal sword—the Zhenwu Sword.
The Zhenwu Sword is ancient in form and incomparably sharp. Zhang Sanfeng used it to sweep away evil spirits and become a legend in the martial arts world during his middle age, but he rarely used it in his later years.
When Zhang Sanfeng ascended to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, he brought the True Martial Sword with him, which he had previously kept in the guest room where he stayed.
After drawing the Zhenwu Sword, Zhang Sanfeng began to ascend rapidly into the sky, flying towards the tribulation clouds above.
Zhang Sanfeng chose to fly into the sky to undergo his tribulation mainly because he wanted to get away from Blood Battle City and prevent the innocent humans in Blood Battle City from being harmed.
Having distanced himself from Bloodbath City, and feeling that he would no longer be implicated in the events below, Zhang Sanfeng stopped and stared intently at the heavenly tribulation above.
After seeing Zhang Sanfeng ascend into the sky, the powerful figures in the bloody battle exchanged glances and then gritted their teeth, choosing to take to the air as well. However, they stopped at a great distance from Zhang Sanfeng.
The heavenly tribulation did not keep Zhang Sanfeng waiting for long; shortly after he lingered in the sky, the first lightning tribulation descended.
The bolt of lightning, as thick as a small mountain, emitted a blinding flash, and the powerful figures in Bloodbath City were terrified at the sight.
Just as the powerful figures in Bloodbath City were all on edge, sweating for Zhang Sanfeng.
With a wave of his left hand, Zhang Sanfeng sent the black flag above his left hand, which was now flying into the sky.
After the Zhenwu Black Eagle Banner rose into the sky, it began to grow incredibly large, covering the sky and obscuring the heavens and earth.
A bolt of lightning, as thick as a small mountain, struck the black-carved flag, causing only a slight ripple before falling silent.
After the first bolt of lightning, eight more bolts of lightning, each thicker and more powerful than the last, began to strike the black-carved flag incessantly.
Unfortunately, these incredibly powerful lightning bolts did not cause much damage to the Soap Eagle Flag.
Under these circumstances, the thunder seemed to become enraged, and more and more thunderclouds began to gather.
The second tribulation of lightning no longer struck alone, but instead brought down nine bolts of heavenly lightning simultaneously.
The power of a single one of these nine heavenly lightning bolts is already comparable to the combined power of all nine heavenly lightning bolts in the first level of tribulation.
"boom!"
These nine incredibly powerful bolts of lightning intertwined and struck the Zhenwu Black Carved Banner heavily.
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Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Forgetful Celestial
Facing the second tribulation, which was attacked by nine bolts of heavenly lightning simultaneously, the Zhenwu Zao Diaoqi did not find it as easy as it had against the first tribulation.
After being struck by lightning, the Zhenwu Soap Carving Banner began to shake violently, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.
After the aftershocks of the second wave of reception subsided, the Zhenwu Soap Banner began to calm down slowly, and no obvious damage appeared on it.
It seems that this second tribulation of lightning still cannot harm the Zhenwu Soap Banner.
Seeing Zhang Sanfeng's somewhat relaxed appearance as he faced his tribulation, all the powerful figures in Blood Battle City were filled with admiration for his unparalleled cultivation.
After the second tribulation, the heavenly tribulation did not give Zhang Sanfeng even the slightest time to catch his breath before the third tribulation struck.
The third tribulation, like the second, consisted of nine intertwined bolts of heavenly lightning striking down on the Zhenwu Black Carved Banner.
In this third tribulation of lightning, the power of each bolt of heavenly lightning is comparable to the combined power of the nine bolts of heavenly lightning in the second tribulation.
Faced with the surging nine bolts of heavenly lightning, Zhang Sanfeng finally became serious.
He pointed upwards with his left hand, and suddenly a yin-yang symbol appeared on the surface of the Zhenwu Black Banner that covered the sky.
This Tai Chi diagram, which embodies Zhang Sanfeng's philosophy of Tai Chi, exudes a powerful Taoist charm and slowly rotates on the surface of the Zhenwu Black Carved Flag.
As the nine bolts of lightning struck down, the Tai Chi diagram absorbed the force of the impact and began to rotate at an accelerated pace.
After slowly absorbing the power of the lightning tribulation, the Taiji diagram began to transfer the power of the nine heavenly lightning bolts to the sky filled with thunderclouds.
Facing the nine bolts of heavenly lightning rebounding from the Taiji diagram below, the fourth tribulation lightning descending from the thunderclouds had already been weakened by ten percent before it even reached the True Martial Black Carving Banner.
After being blocked by the lightning tribulation reflected from the Taiji diagram, the fourth lightning tribulation, whose power had been reduced, finally attacked the Taiji diagram on the Zhenwu Black Carved Banner.
Like the third lightning tribulation, the fourth lightning tribulation that struck the Taiji diagram was slowly absorbed by the Taiji diagram.
After absorbing the fourth layer of lightning tribulation, Zhang Sanfeng followed the same method, directing the power of the fourth layer of lightning tribulation towards the incoming fifth layer of heavenly lightning.
Relying on the power of the Taiji Diagram and the Zhenwu Black Carved Banner, Zhang Sanfeng successfully survived seven tribulations and sixty-three strikes of heavenly lightning.
Above the sky, the vast and boundless tribulation clouds did not immediately unleash the eighth tribulation after blasting out the seventh lightning tribulation. Instead, they were constantly gathering power in preparation for the next round of bombardment.
After gathering its power for some time, the tribulation clouds in the sky finally unleashed the next layer of lightning tribulation.
Faced with this tribulation of lightning, Zhang Sanfeng's expression became extremely solemn. He retrieved the True Martial Black Eagle Flag and the Taiji Diagram from the sky, allowing them to form a protective barrier around him.
This tribulation is somewhat different from the previous seven tribulations.
The first to the seventh tribulation of lightning attacked Zhang Sanfeng one after another.
However, this tribulation was a combination of the eighth and ninth tribulations, with the two tribulations intertwined and bombarding Zhang Sanfeng.
And this is the final tribulation of lightning.