The second level of punishment was thunder and lightning. Thunder and lightning were accompanied by fire. This time, the fire was different from the last one. It was much stronger.
But for Lu Li, the fire posed no threat. Apart from some blackening on his skin, he was unharmed.
The third level of punishment was a combination of thunder and fire. It was much more powerful than the first and second levels. This time, Lu Li had to use the Dragon Transformation. It was not because he could not stand it, but because he did not want to be injured.
The fourth level of punishment was chaos. This kind of punishment had always been horrifying. But Lu Li had some experience in dealing with it. This time, he passed it with ease.
After four levels of punishment, Lu Li was unharmed. That being said, he did not relax at all. There were three more and they would be more powerful.
"Whoosh, whoosh ~"
All of a sudden, a gust of wind sprang up. There was water vapor in the air. Dragons of wind and water came into being. So did dragons of fire and thunder. The four dragons whooshed down toward Lu Li.
Wind, fire, water and thunder!
For the first time, Lu Li used the Origin Energy Armor. He had faced this kind of punishment when he was at the sixth level.
Four different kinds of energy came down. If one was not strong enough, one would be blasted into pieces by the four kinds of energy.
The four kinds of energy were incompatible with each other. Now that they were mixed together, they could explode easily. Once the energy exploded inside one's body, not even a Sovereign Realm warrior could survive.
Therefore, Lu Li must use the Origin Energy Armor to block the four kinds of energy outside his body.
"Boom!"
The four dragons roared and struck Lu Li's Origin Energy Armor at the same time. Lu Li's Origin Energy Armor immediately exploded, but the most powerful energy was neutralized. Lu Li was currently in the Dragon Transformation state, so he easily withstood the remaining energy shockwaves.
Lu Li had passed the fifth level of punishment successfully. He breathed in relief. He was confused. There were two more levels of punishment, but the punishment of mind and soul had not come yet. Would the punishment of mind and soul come at the end?
Or would it not?
"Swish, swish ~"
High up in the sky, many dragons of thunder were rolling around in the clouds. The sky was getting brighter. More and more dragons of thunder were brewing, but they did not come down.
Those dragons of thunder were not simple ones. They were of various colors and the energy they emitted was frightening.
"What …"
"What kind of punishment is this? I have never seen or heard of it."
"There are so many lightning dragons. There are at least a thousand of them now, right?
It's still brewing. Could it be that it's going to be struck by ten thousand lightning bolts? "
"Ten thousand lightning bolts?
How could the seventh heavenly tribulation be so terrifying?
No wonder there are so few Emperor-ranked experts. Can ordinary people survive this? "
"Everyone, stop arguing. Don't disturb Senior's tribulation.
It was a pity that the Divine Inscriptions on the other side blocked off his Divine Sense. He wondered how the senior undergoing the tribulation inside was doing.
Don't let anything happen to you. "
The spectators in the surroundings were frightened. Many of them retreated thousands of miles away, afraid that they would be implicated. If they were implicated, any strand of the lightning would turn them into fine powder.
The martial artists nearby were not very strong. Most of them were at the Fourth Tribulation. With their strength, they would be burned to death by the Thunder Fire, let alone being struck by the Thunder Lightning.
"Boom, boom, boom ~"
More and more thunderbolts were brewing. There were nine different colors. Lu Li was getting more and more worried.
Under such circumstances, his heart would become more and more oppressed. It wasn't that hard to bear with it all at once, but he felt that every minute and second was so unbearable.
Five thousand, eight thousand, ten thousand!
As expected, there were ten thousand thunderbolts. Then, the thunderbolts didn't come down at once. Instead, they began to merge in pairs. When they were all merged, they would merge in pairs again …
This time, the people nearby were freaked out. Any random thunderbolt could tear them apart.
Now, the ten thousand thunderbolts were merging together. Would the people below be blasted into pieces?
Not even a Sovereign Realm warrior could survive this.
"What …"
Lu Li's expressions were clouded. This heavenly tribulation seemed to be more than normal.
Could it be because he possessed Origin Energy?
The heavenly tribulation hadn't come down yet, and the merging hadn't been completed yet. He already felt suffocated. Was he sure that he wouldn't be turned into flames when the lightning struck down?
At this moment, he even had the instinct to run away. He sensed fatal danger. His confidence was shaken. He felt that he could not withstand the thunderbolts.
He could not run away!
Soon, he made up his mind. He could not run away. Otherwise, he would never be able to reach the Sovereign Realm in this lifetime.
The heavenly tribulation was a test for him. If he could not take this step, he would not be recognized by the heavens and could not become a powerful warrior.
If he was scared, cowardly, how could he survive the soul trial later?
"Come on!"
Lu Li threw caution to the wind. He threw caution to the wind and gazed into the sky with fervent eyes.
He was ready to meet his death. If he could not survive this thunderbolt, then he would die here today.
The thunderbolts continued to merge. Soon, they merged into one.
The thunderbolt was not large, only as thick as a human. It was glowing in nine colors. But the qi and energy it emitted made Lu Li feel like it was released by a super Sovereign Realm warrior.
The moment the thunderbolt struck, his body and soul began to tremble.
He had a clear feeling — he could not stand it. He was about to be turned into ashes.
"Buzzing ~"
He took out the ancient painting and held it above his head. The ancient painting was a piece of treasure, no weaker than a Holy Weapon.
If it was destroyed, it would be a great loss. But Lu Li could not worry about that now. What was the point of keeping the ancient painting when he was dead?
"Boom!"
The nine-colored thunderbolt struck down. The runes and shields built by Blood Fairy were shattered and vanished like bubbles. Those in the distance could see what was happening to Lu Li now.
"It is Yong Yi …"
Someone yelled in surprise, but someone next to him covered his mouth at once. The thunderbolts were so horrifying. If Lu Li was distracted and he was killed, then all of them would die with no regrets.
"Boom!"
The thunderbolt landed on the ancient painting, which was knocked away. The thunderbolt continued and landed on Lu Li's Origin Energy Armor.
His Origin Energy Armor was torn apart almost instantly. The thunderbolt was so powerful that it could destroy everything.
"Boom!"
In the end, the thunderbolt landed on Lu Li's body. Following that, under the pressure of heaven, the mountain Lu Li was on was shattered. The entire mountain was turned into dust and vanished from everyone's sight.
Not only did the mountain Lu Li was on disappear, but a bottomless pit with a radius of more than one thousand feet appeared where he was. Dust was everywhere, covering the sky and the earth. Everyone's vision was obscured by the dust.
Facing such horrifying thunderbolts, no one dared to release psychic power for fear that they would disturb Lu Li.
Lu Li was smashed into the deep pit. The scales on his body were cracked, and his body was charred.
It was not just his skin, but his entire body, including his internal organs, that was charred.
Apart from his pellet and soul, every part of his body was charred and destroyed.