"I knew it would be you, Beiming Zheshang." The king said.
He was the uncle of Beiming Moshou, one of the strongest in the clan. He was a genius from the same generation as the Divine King. They'd fought three times and Beiming Zhishang lost to the Divine King.
"Feng Feiyun is a dead man, you can't protect him, Long Chuanfeng." Zheshang sneered.
"You're courting death if you touch my successor!"
The king's eyes flashed with a golden light. Two golden lines flew out like two bolts of lightning. Beiming Zheshang quickly retreated to the clouds and summoned the Moon Mountain Cauldron to stop the attack.
"Rumble!"
The Divine King condensed a huge saber in his hand with golden spiritual energy and slashed out.
This was the fifth slash of the Dragon King's Saber Art. A golden dragon materialized and split the sky in half. It was countless times stronger than Feng Feiyun's technique.
"Boom!"
The Moon Mountain Cauldron's energy almost dissipated. A huge wound appeared on Beiming Zhishang's shoulder, a wound caused by the Dragon King's Saber Art. Blood gushed out.
"Long Chuanfeng, you … you're really at the ninth-level, a Paramount Giant!" Zheshang was astonished.
The king said: "Even with just the power of an eighth-level Heaven's Mandate, I can still heavily injure you in three moves."
The Divine King and Beiming Zhishang clashed again, unleashing all sorts of techniques. Some of them were as powerful as spirit treasures.
Just three moves later, Zheshang vomited blood and retreated again. He didn't dare to stay any longer and immediately ran. "Long Chuanfeng, you're strong. However, it's not just my clan today, there are even stronger ones. You will have to pay a price if you want to protect Feng Feiyun."
Beiming Zhishang used a heaven-defying art to flee with extreme speed and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"You think you can get away?!" The king was truly angry today and wanted to kill to establish his dominance.
He had been silent for too long. His murderous aura from back then had been forgotten. Yet, someone dared to come and kill his successor? How disrespectful.
He couldn't intimidate without killing.
Swoosh!
The Divine King waved his hand and a saber wave flew out. It turned into the image of a dragon and soared to the horizon, aiming for Zhushang.
The sixth saber move of the Dragon Monarch's Saber Art!
Miserable cries sounded out once again, ringing out for a thousand miles. A rain of blood poured down from the sky, looking extremely beautiful. Another giant fell.
"Long Chuanfeng … You win …"
Beiming Zhishang used his injured spear to block the Divine King's Dragon King energy while he took the chance to escape.
"You're quite fast at escaping."
Godking wanted to continue attacking, but a powerful shockwave came from behind him. Someone had taken advantage of the short time he had left to attack Feng Feiyun again.
The Godking's figure moved. As he flew back, he took out the Jade Seal in his hand. The power of the Spiritual Weapon flew out, causing the entire sky to be filled with Thunder.
Another two half-step Giant Kings and one Giant King were killed. Their bodies were crushed into a bloody mist and exploded in the void.
The Divine King's aura was unstoppable. Flowers of blood blossomed on his body as hundreds of draconic energies coiled around his body, suppressing the scene. "If you want to die, then try again."
His voice was like a tidal wave that shook the clouds.
The surroundings were abnormally quiet. None of the hidden experts actually dared to make a sound.
Ju Qing's blood was burning. Half-step Ju Qing's blood dyed half of the mountain, giving people a feeling of doomsday.
The Divine King was too powerful. He had already killed three Giant Kings and two half-steps. Who could stop this murderous aura?
Feng Feiyun was undergoing his Earth Tribulation underground, but he could feel the earth-shattering battle above. It was definitely a battle between Giant Kings.
The power of the twelfth lava wave was even more terrifying than Feng Feiyun's imagination. It broke through the six diagrams on the Infinite Spirit Ring and the Heaven Battle Altar. It melted the light covering Feng Feiyun's skin. His skin and flesh were invaded by the energy of the Earth Tribulation. Fortunately, he had refined the souls of more than nine thousand strange beasts to stop the refinement.
Half of Feng Feiyun's hair was burned off. Many parts of his body were mangled. He broke through the twelfth wave and rushed out.
"Feng Feiyun passed the twelfth wave. Could it be that he has reached first-level Heaven's Mandate …" The person's voice didn't finish before he suddenly stopped.
"Feng Feiyun didn't come out from underground. Instead, he is sinking deeper into the ground. What the hell is going on?"
Many top experts used their divine intents to sense Feng Feiyun and found that his body was rapidly sinking towards the earth's core.
From several hundred meters down to one thousand, then two thousand … and it was still going down. He was about to disappear from the range of everyone's divine intents.
Divine intents were blocked by the thick earth. Even first-level Heaven's Mandate cultivators could only reach one thousand meters down.
The Divine King's expression was both happy and worried as he said: "This is the legendary thirteenth wave."
Everyone, including Zhang Badao, was stunned. This was their first time hearing about the thirteenth wave. They all thought that the twelfth wave was the limit.
The Divine King continued: "The Records of Strange Events has written that a supreme genius appeared in this land of the Jin Dynasty. His talents were unparalleled. During his Earth Tribulation, he attracted the thirteenth wave.
The thirteenth wave is located in the earth's core, so one must sink into the magma sea in order to undergo the tribulation. "
"Why haven't I heard of this before?"
Zhang Badao was dumbfounded. There were many strange things in the cultivation world. Without reaching that level of cultivation, one would never know about them.
This was why so many people were frogs at the bottom of a well.
The Divine King glared at him and said: "This supreme genius was someone from several tens of thousands of years ago. At that time, the Jin Dynasty had yet to come into existence."
"What heights did this peerless genius reach in the end?" Zhang Badao became excited.
Heroes who could attract the twelfth magma would have extraordinary achievements in the future. They would be invincible in an era, and his junior brother had actually attracted the thirteenth magma. This meant that his talent was even greater, and his future achievements would be even more terrifying.
Zhang Badao was naturally excited.
The Divine King shook his head and said: "The magma sea is not a place grand achievement God Base can go.
That peerless hero died in the thirteenth magma. He failed his tribulation and was burned to ashes by the magma. "
The smile on Zhang Badao's face disappeared after hearing this.
The stronger the Earth Tribulation, the more difficult it would be to surpass it. Failure meant death.
…
…
At the earth's core, there was a force pulling Feng Feiyun. His body couldn't help but sink down. The mud and rocks were all making way for him.
The deeper he went, the hotter it became. Eventually, he fell into the magma sea.
Feng Feiyun was already prepared. He summoned the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel and stood on top of it. The Dragon-horse River Diagram floated above his head to block the magma from entering the vessel.
The magma here was normal magma. It was not as ferocious as the Earthly Tribulation Magma, nor was it as destructive as the Earthly Tribulation Magma.
"So I'm at the magma sea."
Feng Feiyun was sweating as he channeled all of his spirit energy into the vessel.
This was the earth's core. No one knew how deep it was. It was not a place a cultivator of his cultivation could enter. Just the pressure from the earth alone was enough to crush a human's body.
Fortunately, he had the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel, so he could barely resist it.
Coming to such a place was no less than hell. As long as the earth's core moved violently, Feng Feiyun would die without a complete corpse. It would be useless even if he had the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel.
Passing the Earth Tribulation in the Earth's Core was highly dependent on luck. If one was unlucky, they wouldn't even need to be attacked by the magma. They would already be killed by the natural force of the earth.
This was not a place to stay for long!
"Why hasn't the thirteenth wave appeared yet?"
Just as this thought crossed Feng Feiyun's mind, a huge flame flowed through the magma sea.
The thirteenth wave appeared and turned into a huge human figure. It pressed a palm down on Feng Feiyun.
It was formed by the earth qi and magma.
The palm was very similar to the claw of the eleventh wave.
However, the 11th Magma Giant only had a claw, while the 13th Magma Giant was a complete Magma Giant.
Feng Feiyun stood on the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel. He had to withstand the pressure from the earth while blocking the magma giant. This was ten times more difficult than the eleventh wave. It was suffocating and unstoppable.
He couldn't give up!
He absolutely couldn't give up!
Once he gave up, he would die.
Feng Feiyun gritted his teeth as a battle intent rose in his eyes once again. "Fight for me!"
"Rumble!"
Feng Feiyun used all of his moves in order to fight to the death. The Infinite Spirit Ring, the Thunderfire Jewel, the white stone saber, and the Heaven Punishing Hammer condensed from his divine intent.
Nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-six Exotic Beast Fighting Souls were also summoned. They turned into a long river of Exotic Beast Fighting Souls, covering the sky and covering the earth as they charged forward.
Feng Feiyun's real body also controlled the Azure Bronze Spirit Vessel to break through the waves towards the magma giant.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
More than one thousand beast souls were melted into smoke. Feng Feiyun vomited blood after suffering a grievous injury. Even his forty divine intents were dispirited and almost dissipated as they flew back into his mind.
However, he still managed to destroy the thirteenth wave. His desperate gamble finally paid off.
"So close, I was almost killed by the earth qi. My luck is really bad to attract such a terrifying Earth Tribulation. Luckily, I survived …"
Feng Feiyun's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He felt a pulling force coming from the depths of the earth, causing his body to sink down again.