Apocalypse: Why did you provoke her? She's a cultivator.

Chapter 126 is actually nine lightning tribulations?

The fifth lightning tribulation actually carried a trace of the power of the rules of heaven and earth!

This Golden Core Tribulation was even more powerful than the one she had faced in the cultivation world.

This lightning tribulation is trying to kill her.

Ye Qiumian smiled slightly and circulated her spiritual energy, condensing a protective shield above her head.

Just then, the fifth lightning tribulation, carrying immense pressure, swept down.

Ye Qiu Mian pursed her lips, and spiritual energy flowed continuously into the protective shield from her palm.

The pale golden spiritual energy shimmered in concentric circles on the protective shield.

The lightning struck the protective shield, making a crackling sound. Unfortunately, the shield withstood the lightning for three seconds before shattering into fragments of spiritual energy that gradually disappeared.

The remaining lightning bolts struck Ye Qiumian, instantly turning her skin into a bloody mess.

Fortunately, it only affected the surface of the skin and did not damage the meridians.

She looked up at the rolling, dark clouds, where lightning occasionally flashed and disappeared.

The air pressure under the entire sky covered by lightning clouds was so low that it was hard to breathe.

Animals that were nearby had already perished in the aftershocks of the lightning tribulation.

Driven by their survival instincts, the surviving animals have long since moved far away from that world.

As the sixth tribulation lightning bolt was about to form, a bolt of lightning thicker than an arm appeared in the huge black vortex of clouds.

This should be the final tribulation of lightning, right?
The Golden Core Tribulation she underwent in the cultivation world was the Six Paths Tribulation.

Before undergoing the tribulation, she prepared many treasures, so she did not suffer any serious injuries after the tribulation.

Ye Qiu Mian ate two Qi Yuan Pills, and the injuries she sustained during her tribulation were completely healed.

But why is this sixth tribulation of lightning smaller than the ones I've faced before?
Before Ye Qiu Mian could think further, the sixth lightning tribulation descended swiftly.

Ye Qiumian raised her protective shield again, and at the same time, the defensive capabilities of her magic robe were activated to their maximum.

With a deafening roar, the lightning struck the protective shield in the blink of an eye.

The lightning of the tribulation instantly shattered the protective shield, and at that moment, a layer of white light shone on Ye Qiu Mian's robes.

The white light enveloped Ye Qiumian, but unfortunately it shattered when the lightning tribulation struck.

Powerful lightning surged into Ye Qiumian's body, rampaging through her limbs and bones.

If someone were to see Ye Qiumian at this moment, they would only see a human-shaped object that is flashing with light.

Ye Qiumian spat out a mouthful of blood. Her body had been damaged by the lightning tribulation, and her internal organs had suffered serious injuries.

Fortunately, the tribulation has been successfully overcome, so a few minor injuries are nothing.

However, the next moment, another deafening clap of thunder came from overhead.

Ye Qiumian looked up in disbelief and saw another bolt of lightning forming in the dark clouds.

"Why is there another lightning bolt?"

She had heard before in the cultivation world that some people's Golden Core tribulation consisted of nine tribulations.

However, her fellow disciples, including herself, were all subject to the Six Paths of Thunder Tribulation.

Therefore, she naturally assumed that today's Golden Core Tribulation was also part of the Six Paths.

But now, a seventh lightning tribulation has appeared.

However, since she began cultivating immortality, she had never heard of seven tribulations of lightning.

Therefore, the Golden Core Tribulation she is undergoing today consists of nine tribulations!

Ye Qiu Mian could no longer laugh. She had heard that the nine tribulations of lightning required to break through to the Golden Core stage were extremely difficult to overcome.

As far as she knew, the next three tribulations of lightning were each more powerful than the last. Anyone who faced nine tribulations of lightning was almost certainly doomed, and could be completely annihilated at any moment.

Ye Qiumian's gaze towards the lightning tribulation became extremely solemn.

He probed the space with his divine sense, quickly searching for any treasures inside.

They quickly found some defensive talismans, as well as a piece of tortoise-shell armor.

This tortoise-shell patterned armor was a gift from her senior brother. It is said that he asked a formation master to set up a defensive formation inside it.

It can withstand a fatal blow from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Without much thought, she quickly infused spiritual energy into the tortoise-patterned armor to activate the array within it.

The mysterious tortoise shell patterns suddenly lit up, and layers of pale golden light spread out, forming a defensive light barrier half a zhang high around her.

The veins on her forehead bulged, cold sweat dripped down her jawline, and her lips were pressed together until they were deathly pale.

The first six lightning tribulations had already depleted seventy percent of her spiritual energy, and now even raising her hand caused her excruciating pain in her bones.

Only those eyes remained fixed on the increasingly solid lightning bolt at the center of the dark clouds.

"Boom!"

The seventh lightning bolt tore through the clouds, and bolts as thick as buckets, carrying an aura of destruction, crashed down.

The light wall suddenly caved inward, the tortoise shell pattern emitted a piercing buzz, and the pattern flickered wildly under the impact of lightning, like a candle flickering in the wind.

Ye Qiumian felt a sweet taste in her throat and spat out a mouthful of blood mist onto the light barrier. The golden halo in her vision was dimming at a visible speed.

"Click."

The faint cracking sound mingled with the thunder, yet pierced her ears clearly.

A thin crack first appeared on the surface of the tortoise shell, then spread like a spider web, and the pale golden halo instantly thinned by more than half.

Her pupils contracted sharply, and just as she was about to unleash her spiritual power again, the tortoise shell pattern exploded into several fragments with a "bang".

The moment the light barrier collapsed, the remaining power of the lightning tribulation also exhausted its momentum, turning into sparks of electricity three inches from her heart.

Ye Qiumian staggered back half a step, and just as she was about to raise her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her lips, her expression suddenly changed drastically—the calamity clouds had not dissipated.

A deeper tribulation of lightning surged within the clouds, and the eighth tribulation lightning bolt had already taken shape, nearly twice as thick as the seventh, with even traces of purplish-black mixed in with its lightning.

"Do not……"

Her heart stopped, and her spiritual energy was completely depleted in that instant. The shattered fragments of her tortoise-shell armor were still burning hot at her feet.

She tried to pull out a spare defensive talisman, but it was too late.

Despair overwhelmed her like a cold tide, leaving only the rapidly descending purplish-black lightning bolt in her pupils.

The lightning strikes were incredibly fast, and the sound of it tearing through the air was as sharp as a knife.

Ye Qiu Mian instinctively curled up, crossed her arms to protect her chest, and frantically circulated her spiritual energy, but this was no match for the power of the thunder.

The moment the purplish-black lightning struck her, excruciating pain swept over her body like a tsunami, as if her meridians were being torn apart inch by inch.

She flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the scorched ground, the blood spurting out staining half of her clothes red.

In his blurred vision, the fragments of the tortoise shell pattern still flickered with a last glimmer of light, while an even more terrifying storm was brewing in the calamity clouds overhead.

The scorched earth beneath her was painfully rough, and Ye Qiumian coughed up blood, the world in her vision swaying.

Half of my body was numb, while the other half felt like it was being stabbed by countless red-hot needles. Every movement caused excruciating pain to seep from between my bones.

She turned her head and saw fragments of the tortoise shell pattern scattered at her feet. The golden light had long since faded, leaving behind a pile of abandoned scrap metal.

The tribulation clouds overhead were several times heavier than before, with purplish-black lightning surging within the inky blackness.

Before the ninth lightning tribulation even struck, the overwhelming heavenly might was already pressing down on her, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

The wind, carrying the smell of burning, brushed against my cheeks, bringing with it the deathly stillness before destruction.