Without having fully adapted to his own flight speed, when it suddenly surged, Jiang Chen found it very difficult to brake immediately.
However, Bibi Dong's flying technique was extremely proficient. With a slight tilt of her body, she easily dodged Jiang Chen's impact.
Jiang Chen shot straight upward and only managed to stop more than ten meters above Bibi Dong.
"Teacher, I'm sorry," he said with an embarrassed smile.
Bibi Dong gave him a sideways glance and said, "Follow me. Otherwise, your soul power will run out soon."
Jiang Chen was startled and quickly checked his own soul power. In flight mode, his soul power was depleting at an alarming rate.
Not daring to delay any longer, he hurriedly chased after Bibi Dong in the direction she had flown.
Bibi Dong did not fly at full speed; otherwise, Jiang Chen would not have been able to keep up. At his current cultivation level, he still couldn't fully unleash the power of the Thunder Light Wings.
In less than ten minutes, Jiang Chen's soul power was completely exhausted. Helpless, he could only let Bibi Dong carry him while flying.
"Little Chen, from now on, you must not use your soul bone skill casually in front of others. Soul bones are extremely precious. Once exposed, they will cause a storm of blood and chaos. Before you possess sufficient strength, you must use it with extreme caution."
Jiang Chen was being held by the back of his clothes by Bibi Dong. He looked up and replied, "Understood."
Not long after, the two of them landed on a continuous stretch of mountain range.
At the mountain peak, Bibi Dong set Jiang Chen down. She retracted the wings on her back and took out an outer robe to put on.
Then she took out a medicinal pill and said, "Take this and recover your soul power as quickly as possible."
Jiang Chen accepted it and immediately swallowed it, then began circulating his cultivation technique to recover.
This was where having a cultivation method showed its advantage, refining the medicinal power extremely fast. The energy within the pill was continuously absorbed and converted into his own soul power.
Half an hour later, Jiang Chen's soul power was once again full.
"Teacher, do you have more of these pills? Give me a few more," Jiang Chen asked.
Bibi Dong took out several small porcelain bottles and handed them to Jiang Chen. "These contain healing medicine and soul power recovery medicine. They were developed by the pharmacists of our Spirit Hall."
Jiang Chen happily accepted them.
"Teacher, I'm ready," he said, standing up with brilliant light flashing in his eyes.
"Mm. How do you plan to start?" Bibi Dong was very curious.
"Teacher, please move back a bit, go to the peak of that mountain over there." Jiang Chen pointed toward a distant mountain.
"Alright. Be careful," Bibi Dong said. She took off her outer robe, her wings reappeared, and she flew to the other mountain peak, watching Jiang Chen with concern.
Jiang Chen raised his head. A powerful fighting spirit soared into the sky. In an instant, wind and clouds surged across the entire area.
Thick, heavy black clouds appeared out of nowhere, exuding an aura that made one's heart palpitate. The whole space seemed to freeze under this majestic heavenly might.
Watching the dark, oppressive cloud layer, Bibi Dong's eyelids twitched violently. An inexplicable but intense sense of crisis rose in her heart.
She had a premonition: if she were to approach that place, she might very well perish under the so-called heavenly tribulation.
Then, in her shocked gaze, bucket-thick lightning began to descend, striking continuously toward that upright figure.
Jiang Chen stood perfectly straight. Having already experienced two heavenly tribulations, he no longer felt the same fear as the first time.
His first tribulation had nine strikes, the second had eighteen. He guessed that this third tribulation should consist of twenty-seven strikes.
Although lightning held a suppressive effect on him, after surviving two tribulations, he had developed a certain resistance to lightning. The pressure from the earlier strikes was not particularly heavy.
He easily withstood the first eighteen bolts. Then the nineteenth arrived, its power suddenly doubled.
Seeing Jiang Chen standing proudly, defying the heavens, a strange light exploded in Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes.
That unyielding will and conviction shocked her deeply. From this moment on, her evaluation of Jiang Chen had already surpassed any genius on the continent, even Qian Renxue.
The nineteenth bolt struck down. Within the bucket-thick lightning, faint traces of red had already appeared. Bibi Dong's expression changed dramatically. She could feel the terrifying power contained within that bolt.
A Soul Elder, no matter what skills they used, would almost certainly be on the verge of death, if not outright killed, by this strike.
Sure enough, Jiang Chen's proud and upright body collapsed under that bolt of lightning.
"Little Chen!" Bibi Dong cried out in worry, her wings trembling as she prepared to rush toward him.
"Teacher, don't!" Jiang Chen's loud shout rang out.
Bibi Dong stopped abruptly in mid-air. She watched as the fallen Jiang Chen stood up again.
Though his clothes were already torn and damaged, his posture remained tall and unyielding.
Feeling that intense sense of danger, Bibi Dong had no choice but to retreat.
"Teacher, if I die, please help collect my body. But whatever you do, don't come over," Jiang Chen shouted.
Looking at him in this state, Bibi Dong felt heartache. This was her disciple — yet she could only watch helplessly from here, unable to help him at all.
Bolt after bolt of lightning struck down. Jiang Chen could no longer stand, but to keep Bibi Dong from worrying, every time after a strike, he would still call out to reassure her.
Bibi Dong's eyes had already become misty with tears. So young, and yet he had to endure such terrifying tribulation.
The final nine bolts grew more and more terrifying with each one. When the very last bolt fell, Bibi Dong's mind had gone completely blank.
That final strike carried horrifying power. She was certain that even a Soul Sage of over forty levels would be reduced to ashes under such lightning.
As soon as that terrifying pressure disappeared, Bibi Dong did not hesitate for even a moment. Her figure flashed and instantly crossed hundreds of meters, appearing beside Jiang Chen.
At this moment, Jiang Chen looked utterly miserable, his entire body pitch black, clothes in tatters, flesh torn and mangled.
In some places, white bone was exposed. Through one of the cracks, Bibi Dong could even see his heart still faintly beating.
When she noticed that a certain part of him was completely missing, Bibi Dong felt even greater heartache.
"Little Chen…" Her voice trembled as she called his name.
"Teacher… I'm… still okay," Jiang Chen replied weakly.
As the surging lightning energy inside his body was absorbed by the Corpse Core, Jiang Chen's body began to repair itself automatically. However, with injuries this severe, it was impossible to recover quickly.
Without hesitation, Jiang Chen used the remaining half drop of Heavenly Tribulation Liquid that he hadn't used after the previous tribulation.
This Heavenly Tribulation Liquid was the reward given after each tribulation. Last time his injuries weren't serious, so he had only used half a drop and fully recovered.
With a thought, the effect of the Heavenly Tribulation Liquid instantly took effect on his body.
In an instant, his charred black hair began to grow wildly. Flesh regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye. The most severely damaged areas healed in just a few breaths.
Then the scorched skin cracked and fell away, revealing crystalline, jade-like new skin underneath.
Bibi Dong stared at the changes happening to Jiang Chen's body in complete astonishment. Such grievous injuries had actually healed in mere moments. How was this possible?
Even the missing parts had regrown. This was truly limb regeneration, utterly miraculous.
Bibi Dong looked deeply at Jiang Chen. After confirming he was truly fine, her heart finally settled. She turned around.
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