The two sides faced each other. The battle could break out at any moment.
After a long while, the Dragon Turtle's body suddenly trembled slightly, and its aura shook.
It seemed as if the Spirit Beast had been stimulated by something and suddenly took a step back.
Normally, this would have been the perfect chance to attack.
But at that moment, everyone present, no matter how strong they were, felt a suffocating sense of danger.
It did not come from the Spirit Beasts.
It came from heaven and earth.
It came from the world itself.
"What the hell, that's a hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation! You damn Spirit Beast, you're actually using your Heavenly Tribulation as a way to drag everyone down with you?"
Chen Ming's body suddenly shrank back. Then he looked at the Dragon Turtle with disbelief in his eyes.
A hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast's lightning tribulation only lasted for a short time. Chen Ming had never thought he would run into a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast in the middle of its tribulation period. Even more, he had not expected this Spirit Beast to threaten them by using the lightning tribulation as a weapon to die together.
The giant turtle said nothing.
Instead, it showed a frightened expression.
Clearly, it had never intended to use its own Heavenly Tribulation as a weapon to perish together with others.
The old monkey, however, looked at the scene and revealed a satisfied smile.
It seemed unusually happy about what was happening.
"I'll tell you all a big secret."
The old monkey grabbed the fur of the giant ape beneath him and smiled. Then he opened his mouth wide, as if he was about to announce something.
"You damned monkey, shut up right now!" The Dragon Turtle immediately lost its calm and shouted a threat at the old monkey.
But the old monkey ignored him completely and continued speaking.
"Let me tell you. This old turtle doesn't have much confidence in surviving his hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. So during this period, he's been thinking of running away. He wants to turn into a human, use the chance that hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts have to transform, and live another life to see if he can become a god."
"You humans had better pay attention. If you can't find this old turtle one day, then he probably transformed and slipped into the human world. Search carefully, and maybe you'll get yourself a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone."
"Stinking monkey, you're tearing down my stage! You damn bastard, is this how you treat me?"
The Dragon Turtle was so angry that he broke down and cursed loudly.
The reason he had acted so carefully, and the reason he did not want to fight humans, was because he had always held onto the idea of transforming if things truly went bad, using it to avoid the lightning tribulation.
Because of that, he did not want to make things too ugly with humans. He also did not want humans to notice him.
The problem was, he had gone soft-hearted and came out to save the old monkey, only to have his own secret exposed.
"You want to expose me? Fine, then I'll expose you too, old monkey."
"Come, come, everyone. I'll tell you all a secret too. A few thousand years ago, this old monkey fought other Spirit Beasts and damaged his origin. He lost the chance to become a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
"Not only can he never survive a hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, he won't even live long enough to reach a hundred thousand years. Right now, he can only live for another hundred years or so at most. He doesn't even have the chance to transform."
"You should all remember that."
The Dragon Turtle thought this counted as revenge, so he shouted out the Sacred Magical Devil Ape's secret.
But the Sacred Magical Devil Ape only bared his teeth and spoke like he did not care at all.
"Old turtle, do you really think human experts like these can't tell how many years I have left? Do you think, with the way I look now, no one can see that I'm already close to death?"
"Go ahead and shout. It doesn't matter. Everyone can see it anyway, so what are you even trying to say?"
"I'm not a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Even if someone kills me, I won't drop a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone."
"In fact, there's a good chance I won't even leave behind a Spirit Bone at all."
"Also, my spiritual power is strong. If I don't agree, then even a Spirit Master who can absorb a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring won't be able to absorb mine."
"My strength is still here. If things really get bad, I can self-destruct. Sure, you can kill me, but the price of killing me will be much higher than the reward."
"But you're different. You'll either get struck to death by lightning, or you'll hide in the human world. When that time comes, it'll be much easier for humans to catch you than to deal with a real hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
The Sacred Magical Devil Ape had clearly already guessed the Dragon Turtle's thoughts, so he answered without a care.
He was simply forcing the Dragon Turtle to make a choice.
After all, just like the Dragon Turtle had said, he only had a little over a hundred years left to live.
Forget becoming a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast and facing the Heavenly Tribulation. He did not even have enough lifespan left to reach one hundred thousand years.
Whether it was facing the Heavenly Tribulation or turning into a human, he no longer had the chance.
At this point, he was like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, completely ready to smash the pot and give up.
"You damn bastard. Fine, fine. You can die, but what about your son?"
"I'm a beast, not an idiot. Don't think I don't know why you're forcing these humans. Isn't it all for that stupid big son of yours?"
"A few thousand years ago, why did you fight to the death with a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape? Wasn't it because your son had a trace of Dark Titan bloodline in him?"
"The Titan Giant Ape wanted your son's bloodline, but you refused. After you killed that Titan Giant Ape, you fed it to your damn son. That made the trace of Titan bloodline in his body awaken further, giving him the potential to become a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
"You led the Spirit Beasts to resist. Was it really to fight humans? I don't even want to curse at you."
"You clearly just want to take as much land as possible from the humans, or send those high-age Spirit Beasts away while you still can."
"Like this, if you win, then even after you die, those Spirit Beasts will give your son face because of you. They won't come and devour him. Your son will have a better chance to grow."
"And even if you lose, those high-age Spirit Beasts will have been pushed by you into fighting human Spirit Masters, and most of them will be killed. As for the remaining Spirit Beasts, you have ways to make them accept your son, or at least make them too afraid to touch him."
"So whether you win or lose, you can still pave the road for your son."
The Dragon Turtle cursed furiously. Its eyes had already turned red, and the water-elemental power around its body kept surging.
But the most shocking thing was that, along with the surge of its power, the lightning tribulation meant for hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts also began to appear in the sky.
When a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast reaches that level, it does not immediately face the lightning tribulation. Instead, it gets a hundred-year grace period. During those hundred years, it can choose to reincarnate as a human, enter human society, and grow as a human Spirit Master.
But if the Spirit Beast takes the initiative, the time of the lightning tribulation can also be brought forward directly.
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