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Chapter 102 Zhu Chen is missing!
"This Heavenly Tribulation Lightning is not something anyone can refine. If you two don't have a way to control the tribulation lightning, it's best not to touch it. Be careful not to get burned..."

Wang Lin gave Xiao Yan and Lin Dong a few words of advice, then immediately summoned the Scroll of Life and Death, flew to the lightning bolt, and began to use the power of life and death reincarnation to refine the lightning bolt.

The Heavenly Dao Messenger and the Heavenly Dao Tribulation are symbiotic. Now that the Heavenly Dao Messenger has dissipated, the tribulation won't last much longer, so he must hurry up and refine it.

Xiao Yan didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he tried a few more times, but the result was the same.

With his current strength, he simply cannot refine this Heavenly Tribulation Lightning.

Even with the help of the old medicine master, it wouldn't work.

On the contrary, Lin Dong saw that it seemed feasible for Wang Lin to use his Life and Death Scroll as a medium to melt the tribulation lightning, so he had an idea and took out his own Ancestral Stone.

Then, using the power of the Ancestral Stone, the tribulation lightning was invoked to temper the Ancestral Stone.

His ancestral stone was originally a supreme treasure capable of extinguishing 'demonic energy', while tribulation lightning naturally restrained yin and evil demonic obstacles.

These two forces, through mutual tempering, actually developed a connection.

The energy within the Ancestral Stone not only became more abundant during this tribulation lightning, but the [Ancestral Spirit Purification Array], [Purification Divine Seal], and [Demon-Breaking Talisman] hidden within it also received a trace of the tribulation lightning's power.

The only unfortunate thing was that the Mink Lord, who was hiding inside the Ancestral Stone, was struck by lightning several times and almost died.

"Damn it, this actually works?"

Xiao Yan's eyes widened when he saw that Wang Lin and Lin Dong were able to refine the tribulation lightning with the help of external objects.

He also planned to try it out using external tools.

Since we've already come all this way, we can't go back empty-handed, can we?

However, he currently has nothing to offer.

Only the pair of Purple Cloud Wings and the Xuanzhong Ruler that Yao Lao had given them were barely passable.

He first took out the Purple Cloud Wings to try it out, and the Purple Cloud Wings were directly struck by lightning and turned into chicken wings, with all the feathers singed by the electricity...

"Holy crap, my flying combat skills..."

Xiao Yan wanted to cry but had no tears.

His current cultivation level is only that of a Great Dou Master. Before Yao Lao possessed him, the Purple Cloud Wings were his only skill that allowed him to fly.

Now that he's lost his flying skills, how could he not be heartbroken?
"Damn, let's give it one more shot."

Xiao Yan was unwilling to let his Purple Cloud Wings be 'sacrificed' in vain, so he immediately switched to gambling mode and took out the Xuan Heavy Ruler as well.

However, before he could even try, Yao Lao, who flew out of his storage ring, slapped him on the head.

"You spendthrift brat, don't you know how much wealth you have? The aura of that Heavenly Tribulation Lightning is terrifying, how many blows can this Xuan Heavy Ruler withstand?"

"Furthermore, the Xuanzhong Ruler is a tangible object, while tribulation lightning is an intangible object. These two things are inherently incompatible. Even if you succeed in using the power of tribulation lightning to temper the Xuanzhong Ruler, what good will it do? At most, it will just give you a weapon with the power of tribulation lightning. It's completely meaningless."

The old doctor's words were like a wake-up call, instantly calming Xiao Yan down from his gambling addiction.

However, Xiao Yan was still somewhat unwilling.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the old doctor, asking, "Teacher, Brother Wang said that this unclaimed Heavenly Tribulation Lightning is also a rare opportunity. Are we just going to stand here and watch this opportunity slip away without doing anything?"

The old doctor frowned and said, "Misfortune and fortune are intertwined. Every opportunity comes with danger. Your cultivation is not high enough right now, and you don't have any treasures of heaven and earth. If you want to refine this invisible lightning tribulation, you can only try it with something else that is also invisible."

Xiao Yan's eyes lit up: "An invisible thing? Do I have such a thing on me?"

"How not?"

The old apothecary gave him a look of disappointment and disdain: "Isn't the strange fire on your body an intangible thing?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment: "No, the protective shield I just created with the strange fire can't withstand the impact of that tribulation lightning at all."

The old doctor said solemnly, "That's because your method is wrong. Thunder has no form, fire has no shape. The fusion of thunder and fire is in accordance with the Dao of Heaven. Try using the source of the strange fire again..."

Following Yao Lao's instructions, Xiao Yan took out the different fire sources on his body one by one, and then used the fire sources to absorb the lightning tribulation.

Gradually, wisps of red lightning power began to appear on his fire source.

The fusion of lightning and fire unleashed an even more terrifying aura.

However, not all sources of fire can be fused with tribulation lightning.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's beast fire was no match. It was instantly destroyed the moment it came into contact with the tribulation lightning.

But Xiao Yan was not surprised by this.

Different flames are born and nurtured by nature, and belong to the same origin as the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning.

Beast fire is merely a type of fire forged from magical beasts.

Let alone the beast fire of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, even the beast fire scraped off from those tenth-order magical beasts could not possibly merge with the lightning tribulation!
Because these are two different things.

Soon, Xiao Yan also began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the lightning refining state.

Meanwhile, Yao Lao became Xiao Yan's security guard, responsible for keeping watch around the area. If anyone approached, he would immediately inform the three of them.

Time flies.

About an hour later.

The crimson lightning that had been hovering in the sky finally dissipated.

Wang Lin and Xiao Yan both successfully gained some benefits from this tribulation lightning.

However, after the lightning dissipated...

The three of them were shocked to discover that Zhu Chen, who had been the first to rush into the tribulation lightning in an attempt to temper his physical body, had vanished.

"Holy crap, did Brother Zhu get burned away by the lightning tribulation?"

Xiao Yan hurriedly opened the chat group and took a look.

He discovered that Zhu Chen's live stream had disappeared, which intensified his already uneasy feeling.

"It's over, it's over, Brother Zhu's live stream is gone. It seems like he's really in deep trouble this time."

Xiao Yan murmured with a worried expression, thinking that Zhu Chen must have been blasted away by the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning.

Wang Lin frowned: "The live stream disappeared when he rushed into the lightning tribulation. He must have turned it off himself. Don't talk nonsense here."

Lin Dong nodded in agreement: "That's right, Brother Xiao, don't talk nonsense. Maybe Brother Zhu returned to his own world after tempering his physical body?"

"Of course I hope Brother Zhu is alright, but things can change unexpectedly..."

"Don't say anything more, let me tag him in the group chat first..."

Lin Dong opened the chat group and tagged Zhu Chen several times.

Then we began to wait quietly.

Time passed by minute by minute.

But Zhu Chen didn't respond at all.

The chat group fell silent, as if it had suddenly fallen into a deathly stillness...

……

at the same time.

Within the snowy region of China.

On a majestic snow-capped peak.

A one-armed woman in a long red dress stood atop the mountain, her gaze fixed on the direction of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom, her eyes flickering as if she were lost in thought.

"--boom!"

Just then, a pitch-black void rift was suddenly torn open above the snow-capped peak by some force.

A terrifying spatial turbulence instantly rushed in, shattering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Amidst the swirling winds and swirling clouds, Red Butterfly saw a shirtless boy, bathed in lightning, plummeting through the crevice and crashing straight into the mountainside of a snow-capped peak, kicking up a large cloud of snow mist.

……

(End of this chapter)