The tribulation clouds grew ever thicker, and the oppressive might intensified. Liang Xiaoke and the others near the Nine Li Tower didn't pause to contemplate; they immediately fled into the distance. They hadn't reached the Demon King realm and were utterly incapable of withstanding the seemingly terrifying tribulation clouds.

Heiming Shixuan was swiftly placed upon Nibo’s back by Heiming Ba, urging him to depart quickly. The might of the Heavenly Tribulation was something even his cultivation level dared not underestimate. While he might not fear it for himself, he couldn't guarantee protecting his daughter beneath the shadow of those clouds.

Although Medusa did not flee, a look of profound awe crossed her face. The Heavenly Tribulation—the raw power of the cosmos—was not something any ordinary person could disregard.

The only person present whose expression did not shift was Ye Jingyu. Watching the increasingly dense cloud layer above and the ever-thickening bolts of lightning, a faint smile actually touched his lips. Another massive infusion! For others, the Thunder Tribulation might be the hardest challenge to overcome, but for him, it was undeniably the finest tonic.

So long as his body could endure the sheer volume of energy, he could continuously absorb the might of the Heavenly Tribulation, even if it wasn't aimed directly at him.

Moreover, due to the nature of the cultivation method he practiced, he should never encounter such tribulations. He possessed the Chaos Body, the most marvelous divine physique in existence, already transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements; how could a mere Heavenly Tribulation affect him?

However, Yan Senxu, who had just ascended to the Demon King realm, certainly did not share Ye Jingyu’s carefree disposition. He had only just managed to draw the Blazing Flame of Destruction and that wisp of Li Fire into his body, guiding the accumulated flames within him over many years through a metamorphosis to achieve the Demon King physique. But then he was ambushed by Zhan Bulasi, nearly costing him his life. Now, having finally expelled that destructive power from his body, he still couldn't control the volatile flame energy raging within him. To now face this Heavenly Tribulation, there was no way he could manage a smile. If Heiming Ba hadn't been close by, in his current state, he had no confidence in surviving this tribulation.

"Swish..." Suddenly, the thick dark clouds ripped open, and a bolt of lightning, easily tens of feet thick, plummeted straight down from the sky, resembling a massive waterfall, slamming viciously toward Yan Senxu.

Seeing the lightning the size of a cascade, the expressions of Heiming Ba, Medusa, and Yan Senxu all turned incredibly grim.

This... this wasn't ordinary heavenly lightning. This was the Ice Lightning Tribulation! The heavenly thunder possessed an ice attribute. This was the absolute bane of the Yan Demon Clan!

Even Heiming Ba hesitated for a moment, debating whether he should step forward to block this bolt for Yan Senxu. After all, the power of this thunderbolt was immense, and being an Ice Lightning Tribulation, it perfectly countered Yan Senxu's attributes.

But just as Heiming Ba hesitated, Ye Jingyu’s body had already shot out. Watching Ye Jingyu dash out heedlessly, Hanba, who stood beside him, let out a sharp cry, but it was too late to pull him back.

Heiming Ba, Medusa, and Yan Senxu stared at Ye Jingyu in utter disbelief. They truly couldn't comprehend why, with his level of cultivation, he would not only stay but also rush forward to help Yan Senxu resist the tribulation. Did he not know this was suicide?

With a "Swish...", the massive, water-blue heavenly lightning bolt, the size of a waterfall, struck Ye Jingyu directly. Everyone instantly saw him enveloped by the flash, and that lightning quickly transformed into solid ice, trapping him within what looked like an icy sarcophagus.

Even though the icy lightning was still a significant distance from Heiming Ba and the others, they felt the piercing chill emanating from it. This was absolutely approaching absolute zero, perhaps even reaching it. Never mind that they belonged to the Yan Demon Clan; even the Ice Clan dwelling in the Demon Realm might struggle to withstand such cold. How could Ye Jingyu, merely a human, possibly endure it?

Hanba’s expression grew even more distressed than the three Demon Kings. If Ye Jingyu died, their own sentience would be instantly erased, returning them to the Great Formation to await its reactivation. Ye Jingyu was the sole inheritor of the Twelve Heavenly Witches’ Extinction Great Formation; he hadn't yet passed on the incantation to activate it. In all likelihood, the formation would never be opened, meaning she might never see the light of day again. How could she not be terrified?

But soon, the look of worry on the faces of Hanba, Medusa, Heiming Ba, and Yan Senxu was replaced by sheer horror, because they watched the ice lightning, infinitely close to absolute zero, rapidly melt away. No, not melt—it was being absorbed. Absorbed by Ye Jingyu.

Absorbing the ice lightning? Lightning of such extreme coldness? Not only had they never seen it, they had never even heard of such a thing! Even the great divine practitioners of the Primordial Era could only manage to collect small amounts using magical artifacts, let alone absorbing it directly like Ye Jingyu!

Ye Jingyu, at this moment, was not feeling comfortable. This Demon King realm tribulation was not on the same level as the one he helped Liang Xiaoke face previously. The temperature of this ice lightning had already reached absolute zero—it was the ultimate cold lightning. Even as a Chaos Body, he was momentarily shivering uncontrollably, as if a naked person had been stuffed into a deep freezer.

Of course, it was precisely because he was a Chaos Body that he could feel this sensation. Any other body type would have likely shattered into dust instantly, having no sensation at all.

Inside his body, the Ice Water Aperture in his kidney region spun ceaselessly, absorbing the descending ice lightning at the fastest possible rate. This was one of the coldest powers in heaven and earth. Whether he could condense the Ice Water Pill in the shortest time depended entirely on this moment.

As the power of this heavenly thunder poured into his body, the water-blue mist within the aperture grew increasingly dense. By the time he had completely absorbed this bolt of thunder, the water-blue mist already covered one percent of the aperture's space.

If he were cultivating this alone, it would have taken him at least several decades, perhaps even a century.

Sensing the rich Ice Water power, Ye Jingyu almost wanted to roar toward the heavens.

And at that moment, the second bolt of heavenly lightning in the sky had fully taken shape. Upon seeing that streak of light, Ye Jingyu, who had been on the verge of shouting to the skies, immediately clamped his mouth shut and turned to flee in another direction...

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