The Tribulation

"What is this?" Yana asked.

"I've referred to the phenomenon of Aura Illumination when a cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment. Based on this phenomenon, I've reverse-engineered a method to squeeze all spirit energy out of the body, and improved upon it"

"This technique comes from Aura Illumination, but it's much more complicated than Aura Illumination — — this way, no matter how much spirit energy there is, it won't affect my meridians and body" Liu Ping said.

"Then you can keep breaking through?" Andrea couldn't help but ask.

"That won't work either, every third breakthrough requires some time to adjust, to let the spirit energy form a kind of balance outside the body — — this is already the limit" Liu Ping said.

Hearing that, the two girls finally sighed in relief.

"Three times, that's already crazy enough" Yana said.

"I've never seen anything like this … but will this affect your battle?" Andrea asked.

"It won't, the spirit energy has left my body, but it's still connected to me at all times. When I need to use spirit energy, I can use it as I wish. As for the adaptation of my meridians and body, it can be done slowly, it won't affect my breakthrough"

He slowly changed the hand seal on his hand.

The full moon dispersed and turned into long strands of spirit light that spread out behind him like a tail of light that floated in the wind.

"Alright, I'm going to make use of this time to break through my realm, I'll be back soon"

Liu Ping said to the people in the restaurant.

"Be careful, we're not familiar with this world" the group leader said.

"I'll be fine" Liu Ping smiled.

He walked out of the restaurant, flew into the sky, and instantly turned into a streak of light.

After a few dozen breaths of flight deep into the desert, Liu Ping landed, activating his Aura Illumination which instantly triggered heaven and earth's reaction.

Dark clouds rolled in.

Bolts of lightning lit up in the clouds, one after another, giving off a powerful aura.

A line of burning words quickly appeared in the void of space:

[The Divine Transformation realm tribulation is coming]

[You must pass this tribulation in order to become an Divine Transformation realm cultivator]

[Five]

[Four]

[Three]

[Two]

[One]

[Begin!]

Boom — —

A bolt of lightning pierced through the thick clouds, striking down at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping casually drew his Snow Shadow Saber and lightly swung it.

A cold saber radiance flew out from the saber's edge, flying up against the wind and directly cutting the Heavenly Thunder.

The Heavenly Thunder split into lightning snakes that scattered in all directions. Under the pitch-black night sky, they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Liu Ping twirled his Blade and muttered, "I don't have the time to waste here. I have to hurry up."

He slapped his storage pouch, and dozens of pieces of armor began to spin around him, forming a suit of armor on his body.

Swordsman's armor.

— — There was armor and saber.

Liu Ping took a deep breath and leaped up into the sky.

Those wings of spiritual light floated behind him, dragging long streaks of light in the sky. It was a very beautiful sight.

He charged straight into the tribulation clouds, holding his saber with both hands as he spun in the air.

The Tribulation Thunder filled the sky, crashing down like mountains and seas. However, there were streaks of dazzling saber light shooting out and cutting the Tribulation Thunder apart.

Time passed slowly.

At a certain moment.

Liu Ping steadied himself and held his saber with both hands, not moving an inch.

"Using it like this would be a waste of this saber technique, but to save time …"

Oong!

Invisible, distorted waves of energy were emitted from the saber, spreading through the void of space at an extremely fast speed, instantly taking over the entire sky.

This was one of Liu Ping's trump cards.

[Void Slash] – First Strike!

From this moment on, whenever a ball of lightning appeared in the tribulation clouds, it would be shattered by the invisible saber light.

Countless Tribulation Lightning bolts appeared. Countless Tribulation Lightning were destroyed.

As soon as they appeared, they were destroyed without being able to move at all!

Gradually.

The lightning inside the tribulation clouds became harder to form.

Liu Ping held his saber with one hand while forming a hand seal with the other, shouting: "Wind, come"

[Wind Travel – Storm Chasing Cloud technique!]

The storm raged, constantly blowing through the clouds. Together with the invisible saber light, it blew away the clouds one by one.

In just a few breaths' worth of time, the dark tribulation clouds were all gone.

Lines of burning text appeared in the void of space:

[This Divine Transformation realm tribulation has come to an end]

[Among all the Tribulations, the Divine Transformation realm tribulation doesn't give birth to any Thaumaturgy, so your Tribulation is over]

Liu Ping's expression changed, and he immediately descended to the ground.

It's here!

The great increase in spirit energy is about to come!

He stood on the desert, sheathed his saber, and quickly formed the Secret Art— —

[Burning Youth Will Never Run Towards the Sunset. from today onwards, I swear to be the most flashy young man's Secret Technique!]

Endless spirit energy surged inside his body, roared, and rushed towards his limbs and bones. But under his careful guidance, it turned into boiling spirit energy, condensing into long whisker-like wings of light on his back.

At first glance, Liu Ping seemed to have become a nine-tailed fox.

But as the total amount of spirit energy increased, his' tails' became more than just nine, in the end, there were a total of 23 tails.

Liu Ping carefully adjusted his secret technique and stabilized all the tail fins.

"I finally succeeded, but … this is too eye-catching."

He looked at the glowing tails on his back and muttered worriedly.

… It's fine during battle, but if I do this during normal times, wouldn't I attract a lot of attention?

No.

I have to create another Secret Art to conceal these tails.

Liu Ping crossed his arms, stood still, and thought for a few moments, then suddenly clapped his hands: "I got it. Using the Presence Concealment Technique, concealment formation, and isolation formation as the foundation of the Secret Art, I can actually do this …"

He reached his hand out, tried a few times, and formed a hand seal.

Lines of burning text appeared from the void of space:

[You've created another Secret Art, please name this Art]

Liu Ping sighed: "This isn't much of an innovation, it's something that already exists in the cultivation world. Let's just call it Presence Concealment Technique, but add a few more words:"

"The newest and exclusive Presence Concealment Technique that won't be sold for less than 30 million"

In an instant.

The tails of light on his back were all retracted, no longer visible.

"Now it's done — — hey, Andrea, is my soul strong enough to summon you now?"

"It's enough." Andrea's voice came from the Card.

"Then why don't we try — —"

Saying so, Liu Ping took out the Heroic Spirit Card. Andrea was sitting next to a clear spring, soaking her feet in the water.

He abruptly went silent.

At some point, Yana had also appeared on this Heroic Spirit Card.

She was standing on top of a large tree next to the spring, holding a fruit in her hand as she looked at Liu Ping.

"Ah? Yana, why are you in the Heroic Spirit Card? "

Liu Ping was surprised.

"I'm here as a guest. Andrea agreed to let me in, so I came in" Yana casually answered.

She tossed the fruit in her hand to Andrea.

Andrea caught the fruit, took a bite, and happily exclaimed, "Big sis, it's so sweet!"

"Of course, even in Purgatory, this fruit isn't cheap." Yana smiled.

"Thank you, big sis! Come down and soak your feet as well."

"Sure"

Liu Ping glanced at Yana, then at Andrea.

The two of them are having fun.

Why should I interrupt their fun at a time like this?

Fine, I'll summon Andrea when the real battle starts later.

Liu Ping silently put the Card away.

On the Card. Andrea mischievously stuck out her tongue and whispered, "He clearly wants to know what it's like to summon me. won't he be angry if we do that?"

"He's not that kind of person" Yana replied in a low voice.

Liu Ping didn't know that.

He stood in place and quietly experienced the various bonuses brought about by the advancement, from the body to the soul, and then to the total amount of spiritual power. When he had a good idea of what was going on, he shook his body and flew up into the sky, gradually increasing his speed. Soon, he could see the Dark Mist Town.

As he was about to land, he suddenly remembered something.

"Yana, about the Title of Nightmare, I'm the first person to enter the cultivation world, as well as the only one who knows the secret of the Title of Nightmare. Will anyone notice this?"

"To be able to think up to this point, you've truly improved" Yana first praised him, then continued "That's right, the Laws of the Mystic realm are endless, able to manifest many strange and unusual Cards, no one can guarantee that they'll be able to completely avoid the detection of 'Endless Cards'"

Liu Ping rubbed his chin: "Then if a Professionist enters the cultivation world and tries to cause trouble for me …"

"That's why you need to prepare yourself. With your current soul power, you can already summon Andrea to fight alongside you. that's good enough" Yana told him.

Liu Ping said: "But it's still not enough — —"

He took out the Snow Shadow Blade, stared at Dark Mist town, and muttered, "With my current Divine Transformation realm cultivation, I can already set up almost any formation. If that's the case, why don't I just wait for them to come …"

As soon as he said that, the Snow Shadow Blade lit up with a faint light.

Liu Ping lightly swung the blade, drawing one formation after another in the air, then shouted: "Go!"

Streaks of light gathered to form runes, then quickly disappeared into the air, heading towards Dark Mist Town.

After a few dozen breaths, his figure flashed, circling around Dark Mist Town once.

Every now and then, Liu Ping would land, burying a terrifying number of spirit stones in each formation's eye.

Finally.

All the formations have been formed, and the spirit stones needed to activate them are also in place.

Andrea recalled the time when the two of them used the West Desolate formation to defeat the enemy and curiously asked:

"How many formations did you bury in total?"

"A total of 81 formations."