The instant (Kameda Tanteng) engaged the Fourteenth Young Master, he immediately realized that this man, who should have been severely wounded with his demonic cultivation mostly depleted, was now acting as if he had suffered no drain at all. Not only were his injuries completely gone, but his power seemed almost undiminished. This terrifying reality sent , who had hoped to gain a massive advantage, into a deep fit of frustration.

With the Ninth Nether Fourteenth Young Master operating at near-full capacity, his attacks truly rained down like a violent storm. struggled desperately to hold on, all the while hoping that (Senoo Ryōshō) would hurry up and finish off (Jun Mo Xie) so he could come and assist him. Who could have imagined that this usually steady companion would choose this moment to undergo his Heavenly Tribulation? Ugh... isn't that playing with one's own life?

It's one thing for you to gamble with your own life, but this instantly pulls me into the joke as well. After thousands of years of friendship, we don't play games like this...

"When did I undergo a Heavenly Tribulation..." asked in confusion, emerging from the cave belching black smoke. He felt pain in every inch of his body. Tilting his head back to look at the sky, he cursed, Damn, how would I not know if I was undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation myself? Besides, there aren't any tribulation clouds in the sky at all... What in the world is going on? That lightning just now was absolutely real tribulation lightning, not fake at all!

"I'm tellin'... you, you, you." shook his head with palpable disdain, earnestly lecturing him, "I told you long ago that calling yourself is wrong. This is clearly !" ... " invites heavenly retribution, see? You got struck by lightning! You better go back and change your name quickly. If you don't change it, you'll get struck again..."

"Nonsense!" roared in anger. "This is a coincidence! Just a coincidence!"

scoffed, "A coincidence!? Then how about this time? Is this also a coincidence?"

instantly felt something was wrong. He looked up at the sky and was horrified to see the entire expanse suddenly suffused with purple light again. A bolt of purple tribulation lightning, thick as a house, descended—and this time, the quantity had increased tenfold over the previous instance!

Over a thousand bolts of lightning were now densely packed overhead!

What was worse, the tribulation lightning showed no sign of pausing; it struck all at once!

One after another, they smashed down toward !

Such terrifying momentum instantly reminded of the tribulation he faced when advancing to the Half-Saint realm! It was even fiercer than that one! He remembered barely clinging to life back then...

With a cry of sheer terror, didn't have time to consider anything else. He urgently mobilized every ounce of power he could muster, focusing his full strength to resist the lightning tribulation!

On the other side, cried out in exasperation, "You! You! Brother , how can you still say you aren't undergoing a tribulation! What... what is this? I... I've been utterly ruined by you! With your cultivation level, suppressing the timing of this tribulation, delaying it for a moment or so, shouldn't be difficult at all... Yet you did this... What exactly is your intention?"

Listening to 's sorrowful and angry interrogation, felt on the verge of tears himself: What is my intention? You ask me? Who should I ask? I clearly haven't broken through, but the tribulation lightning is falling anyway. What can I do? Do you think I want to undergo tribulation during a decisive battle? I’m not brain-dead... They were frustrated, baffled, and annoyed—frustration summed it up in one word...

However, no matter how frustrated they were, if someone told them that all this lightning tribulation was actually orchestrated by the pretty boy standing there, they still wouldn't believe it!

This was Heavenly Tribulation lightning; could such a thing be controlled by human hands?

The unprecedentedly violent purple lightning struck down again with ferocious intensity!

The might of the previous hundred-plus sharp bolts was already terrifying enough, almost rivaling the power of a Half-Saint Heavenly Tribulation based on sheer aura alone. Yet the momentum of this current tribulation surpassed the last by another level, far beyond what could be compared!

Even himself had not anticipated that the electrical power he could generate would reach such a terrifying level! It was true that the Hongjun Pagoda had previously absorbed vast amounts of lightning power, but most of that was tribulation lightning from Venerables and Saints undergoing their trials!

At most, there was some from the Saint Emperor level. Only a very small portion was from the Saint Venerable level tribulations. As for higher-level tribulation lightning, it only came from the Saint Monarch tribulations endured by Young Master Jun and Mei Xueyan themselves, but even the might of their own Saint Monarch tribulations was nowhere near this ferocious.

Analyzing 's reaction, the power of the lightning conjured by Young Master Jun seemed to surpass even the intensity of his own Half-Saint tribulation! This surprise was perhaps too great for Young Master Jun!

The initial intention behind unleashing this new ultimate technique was simply to use the electrical energy for a smokescreen, catching completely off guard and unprepared. He had planned to throw the man into chaos, making him mistake the fake for the real, before launching a sneak attack with Chaos Fire or the Blood of Yan Huang. He never expected his newly acquired lightning power to be this abnormal. Forget confusing the fake with the real—even genuine tribulation lightning wasn't this monstrous! Looking at the situation, there was a real chance he could simply finish off that ...

Could the Hongjun Pagoda possess some miraculous function for purifying and refining lightning energy?

Of course, the Hongjun Pagoda was already an unfathomably mystical artifact, so even such a function wouldn't be particularly rare. But Young Master Jun had no time to ponder this now; he could only focus his spirit, meticulously controlling the lightning energy to strike down precisely, bolt after bolt!

Smite this monstrous, trashy alien! The biggest alien scumbag!

As 's successive waves of lightning bombardment crashed down, the Young Master discovered a rather interesting fact: treated this electrical assault as a true Heavenly Tribulation. He didn't launch any counterattacks or attempt to evade; he simply endured it head-on!

This level of cooperation made it incredibly satisfying for to strike.

Initially, when began the lightning assault, he had deliberately held back some power, anticipating a potential counter-assault from . Now, it seemed that precaution was utterly unnecessary!

This was understandable, though. All heavenly tribulations throughout history had locked onto the person undergoing the trial. Whether to dodge or not made virtually no difference, with no exception. Even those with supreme movement skills who managed to dodge a few bolts would inevitably face double the punishment later. As for counterattacking? Counterattacking the tribulation lightning? Had his brain been run over by a door and then flooded? Could one even counter a thing like that?!

Having reached the level of a Great Power and endured countless heavenly tribulations in his life, was intimately familiar with this truth. Under this fixed mindset, he grit his teeth and concentrated all his power to withstand this sudden manifestation of Heaven and Earth's might!

Glancing sideways, he saw standing quietly over there, not taking advantage of the situation to press his attack. This filled him with both admiration and contempt.

He admired that the opponent, despite his youth, was a super expert wielding profound skills. This sheer gentlemanly demeanor, being upright and not taking advantage of weakness, was certainly a paragon among Martial Xuan practitioners.

He felt contempt because he thought, Idiot! Truly an idiot! To not seize this heaven-sent opportunity to attack me. This is the best chance to eliminate this person.

It might even be the only chance. And this fellow just let it slip away so easily... If it were me, I would have already rushed forward to strike the dog while it’s down. Perhaps Xuan Xuan practitioners really are simpletons. At a moment of such dire peril, life and death hanging in the balance, to still cling to benevolence and morality—it would be against the law of nature if such an idiot wasn't attacked...

Little did he know, Young Master Jun wasn't holding back out of benevolence or morality. The truth was, his entire focus was currently occupied by controlling the ever-intensifying lightning energy to batter him; he simply couldn't spare his hands... had only just mastered the lightning power, and controlling it now was nothing like the precise locking mechanism of a natural tribulation! The aura was immense, the power formidable, but if had truly intended to evade, not a single bolt might have struck him...

Even a slight lapse in concentration would cause the lightning to miss its target immediately...

Therefore, he had to proceed with utmost caution and total concentration. It wasn't that he didn't want to attack ah... Come to think of it, in reality, was attacking him with full force right now; the Great Power, , simply didn't realize it...

This wave of over a thousand purple lightning bolts, shaking the heavens and earth, finally subsided.

The alien Great Power, , lay near death at the bottom of a massive pit, several thousand zhang wide and over a thousand zhang deep. His body convulsed, black smoke constantly rising from almost every inch of his skin, filling the air with a dense aroma of roasted meat...

floated down and hovered above , saying, "Great Power of the alien race, please rise and fight me. Let us have a fair duel; whoever wins shall be determined by destiny!"

Hearing this, rolled his eyes and nearly choked to death!

You didn't attack me when you had the chance, and I am indeed grateful for that. But I’m currently so battered by the tribulation lightning that I can’t even move. And now you’re asking me to rise for a fair duel? Can you possibly be any more shameless?

"Lord Jun..." managed to prop his neck up slightly. "I have just survived a Heavenly Tribulation. Since Lord Jun showed gentlemanly restraint earlier and did not take advantage of my weakness, I am deeply indebted. Therefore, please allow this old man a moment to catch his breath, so our Half-Saint battle will not have been in vain."

"What? Gentlemanly restraint? You say this Young Master possesses gentlemanly demeanor..." 's eyebrows twitched slightly, feeling a mixture of surprise and smugness. He muttered inwardly, What gentlemanly demeanor did I have? Not taking advantage of weakness? Where does that come from? Did I fry his brain with lightning, making him senile?

"Indeed. During my tribulation just now, Lord Jun upheld the upright character inherent to the people of the Xuan Xuan Continent, standing by idly and not attacking the helpless. This integrity and bearing is something few possess. Even though we are adversaries, I shall engrave this in my heart forever," said urgently, his face sincere, his expression full of true feeling.

"Damn it! So that’s what this is about!" laughed in a bizarre fashion. "So, you mean I should continue to maintain this customary gentlemanly restraint of the Xuan Xuan Continent people?" (To be continued)