Yan Tianhua, burning with rage, lashed out with his whip, only to find that his strike couldn't penetrate the torrent of waterfall surrounding Long Chen at all.
The heavenly tribulation has just begun, and the laws haven't changed yet. Attacks are greatly weakened by the tribulation—the farther away, the weaker it gets.
Yan Tianhua's attacks are only weakened when attacking the Tribulation Cloud, but attacking Long Chen cannot cause damage. The whip is beyond reach—perhaps the best interpretation of this strike.
Seeing that his strike was ineffective, Yan Tianhua was both shocked and furious. He was not the only one suffering from both shock and anger; the range of the heavenly tribulation Long Chen was in grew larger and larger, hundreds of times larger than each of them.
"No matter how great his tribulation is, it's useless. The Gate of Nine Heavens still hasn't appeared!" Someone said with a bittersweet tone, saying that the absence of the Gate of Heavenly Tribulation meant he was not destined by fate.
"Rumble... A
torrent of thunder poured down above Long Chen's head. Bathed in the heavenly tribulation, he felt the thunder's power being absorbed by the dragon's blood, and his vast vitality began to gradually heat up.
The dragon blood inside Long Chen's body was originally in a dormant state, but now, stimulated by the power of thunder, it began to awaken. After awakening, the dragon blood would frantically absorb the thunder force, heating itself. Only when the dragon blood was fully boiled could it truly merge with Long Chen's body.
Back then, the fusion was just swallowing the dates whole, but the tribulation crossing truly absorbed and digested them. That's why, after the tribulation, the Dragonblood warriors' temperament underwent a dramatic transformation.
However, although the tribulation was vast, its intensity was insufficient. The dragon blood in Long Chen's body heated up very slowly. In the past, Long Chen would have started attacking the tribulation cloud long ago to speed up the process.
But this time, Long Chen dared not act rashly. He had a premonition that this heavenly tribulation would bring many karmic consequences to be settled. One wrong move could mean eternal ruin, so he had to conserve his strength.
Around Long Chen, billions of thunder dragons, each about a foot long, swam joyfully in the thunder waterfall like fish, frantically absorbing the power of thunder.
Previously, when the Dragon Blood Legion was undergoing tribulation, Lei Ling'er could only devour a bit of thunder power that others didn't want. Now, she could absorb it freely. For her, Long Chen's heavenly tribulation was nothing but a feast.
However, Lei Ling'er was very clever. She didn't want to reveal herself, so she transformed herself into billions of little thunder dragons, making it easy to hide her aura and making it impossible for anyone to detect her during the heavenly tribulation.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
As time passed, the tribulation clouds above Long Chen's head became like a shattered ceiling, becoming overwhelming and collapsing continuously, with the range of the heavenly tribulation growing larger and larger.
After Yan Tianhua's attack failed, he desperately began to expand his Heavenly Tribulation Cave. After all, the Gate of Nine Heavens had not yet appeared, and anyone had the chance to become the Child of Destiny.
The others were the same. No matter what kind of prodigy they were, what kind of monsters, or what noble status they held, they were desperately trying to widen their Heavenly Tribulation Cave.
Above the Ninth Heaven, tribulation clouds covered the air, thunderous waterfalls poured down, and above the earth, a sea of thunder had formed—a scene utterly terrifying.
The Heavenly Tribulation Cave expanded wider and larger, the torrent of thunder growing larger and larger. For a time, only waterfalls cascading down the world could be seen, and the figures of tribulation crossers were nowhere to be seen. However, each waterfall represented a tribulation crosser.
There were hundreds of waterfalls, but Long Chen's was the most formidable, surpassing all the other torrents combined. At that moment, the powerful spectators outside were all dumbfounded.
They never expected that this human powerhouse would become the most prominent figure here, which made countless powerful individuals who were at odds with the human race extremely angry and jealous.
"So what? The Gate of Nine Heavens hasn't appeared, so he's not the Chosen One. Soon, our young master will personally kill him!" A powerful figure from the foreign race sneered, clearly deeply dissatisfied with Long Chen.
"The tribulation hasn't officially started yet. This is just the prelude. It's a long-distance journey. Starting to take the lead is meaningless. The key is who will have the last laugh." "
That's right. Anyway, I don't believe the weak humans are the Chosen Ones. They are only fit to be slaves, to be food for blood." A powerful demon beast clan member sneered coldly.
For a moment, the onlookers were abuzz with discussion, all directed at Long Chen. Clearly, they were filled with jealousy and resentment toward him.
Time passed bit by bit. The prelude to this heavenly tribulation was extremely long. A whole day had gone by, yet the tribulation still hadn't moved. The thunderous waterfall seemed endless.
Yan Tianhua, Yin Jiushang, Yu Zihao, Minglong Tianzhao, and others were still desperately trying to widen their Heavenly Tribulation Cave, but no matter how hard they tried, the gap between them and Long Chen not only failed to close, but only widened.
This made countless powerful figures so angry their livers ached. The only thing that comforted them was that the legendary Nine Heavens Gate had yet to appear, which meant that the world was not yet settled, and everyone had a chance.
During this time, some tried to attack Long Chen, but all attempts failed, because any attack would be weakened by the tribulation and couldn't penetrate ordinary waterfalls, let alone Long Chen's boundless waterfall.
As Long Chen's waterfall continued to expand, reaching billions of miles in size, it was gradually approaching someone else's, seemingly ready to devour the other.
At that moment, someone's expression changed. They didn't know if something terrible would happen if their Heavenly Tribulation Cave were devoured.
"Boom!"
Under the shocked gazes of countless people, Long Chen's heavenly tribulation spread and finally devoured the first heavenly tribulation cave. The cultivator undergoing the tribulation was sucked into Long Chen's thunderous torrent.
"Kill!"
When the Heavenly Tribulation Cave was devoured, the cultivator was already prepared. With a furious roar, he charged at Long Chen, his wild aura shattering endless thunder runes.
It was an ancient divine bird, its blood and energy surging to the heavens. Amid the phenomenon behind it, a pair of wings spread wide, tearing through myriad paths. A golden giant claw reached out toward Long Chen, delivering the fiercest killing strike with its first strike.
He was also a ruthless character. He had been gathering strength for a long time, just waiting for the moment of fusion to unleash his killer move. The power of a Nine-Star Destiny user poured out instantly.
"A small test of the's blade, the cloud dragon offers its claw."
Long Chen snorted coldly, and then the sound of a dragon's roar echoed across heaven and earth. A sacred and majestic aura radiated across the heavens, and a dragon claw reached out from behind Long Chen, aiming to grab the ancient divine bird.
With a loud explosion, the moment the claws clashed, the divine bird's claws shattered into a rain of blood.
"What?"
Everyone was shocked by this scene. That was a terrifying Nine-Star Destiny Being, with pure bloodline and boundless combat power. Yet unexpectedly, his strongest divine power was instantly shattered.
The divine power of the ancient divine bird was shattered, and a mouthful of blood spat out. He immediately sensed danger, his wings trembling as he tried to escape.
"Snap!"
He let his wings flap fiercely, but his body didn't budge, because a large hand was already gripping his neck tightly.