Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 181 Is this my destiny?

The battle reached a fever pitch in an instant.

Wang Hu remained motionless.

His gaze never left the golden dragon.

Because he could sense that those few bolts of lightning were just an appetizer.

The real test is about to begin.

Sure enough, after several attacks proved ineffective, the color of the tribulation clouds in the sky began to change.

The endless dark clouds slowly turned from leaden gray to an eerie blood red!

An ominous, destructive, and all-ending aura emanated from the blood-red clouds.

The entire world was stained with an eerie, blood-red hue.

"Crimson Divine Lightning—" On the flagship, an old Taoist priest, who had studied ancient Taoist texts, looked at the strange phenomenon in the sky, his face deathly pale, his whole body trembling. "Legend has it that this is the lightning of annihilation, the ultimate divine punishment specifically used to slay rebellious gods and demons! It's over—it's all over—"

Even the golden dragon, which had always acted with unparalleled dominance, showed a solemn expression for the first time in its sun-like eyes the moment it saw the blood cloud appear.

It let out a long roar, its massive body began to spiral, and countless mysterious runes flowed across its scales. A colossal golden magic circle slowly unfolded, centered on its body.

It has finally started to get serious.

The crimson clouds of calamity swirled slowly in the sky, like a gigantic vortex leading to the abyss of hell.

With each rotation, the energy it contains grows stronger, and the aura of world destruction intensifies.

It did not immediately unleash its lightning punishment, but instead continuously accumulated power, as if to drag the entire world into the abyss of destruction.

This kind of waiting is more agonizing than a sudden downpour of lightning.

It was an absolute declaration of death that transcended all living beings.

A golden dragon coiled in the air, its body surrounded by a golden magic array composed of countless runes, which was also operating wildly. The dragon's immense power and the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth were continuously drawn into the array, making its light grow ever more dazzling.

Both the man and the dragon were gathering their strength, preparing for this final, life-or-death blow.

The outer battlefields are now in complete chaos.

Lin Yue fought against four opponents single-handedly, engaging in a fierce battle with the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" from the Eagle Kingdom. The five-colored divine fire collided with death and decay, the flames of war, the poisonous fog of plague, and the curse of famine, unleashing a dazzling yet deadly torrent of energy.

On Lu Chen's side, his gravity field unfolded, and those usually high and mighty EU knights felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them, their movements became extremely sluggish, and they could only passively resist his unpredictable attacks.

Meanwhile, Master Qingxu and other martial arts masters each found their opponents. The fierce power of Bajiquan, the suppleness of Taiji, and the Vajra Palm of Buddhism—the essence of Chinese martial arts passed down for thousands of years—shone brightly in the hands of these masters, firmly blocking wave after wave of enemies trying to infiltrate.

On the sea, fierce clashes broke out between the Chinese fleet and the fleets of the United States and the European Union.

Although no direct artillery fire was exchanged, the various forms of electromagnetic interference, sonar countermeasures, and drone dogfights had reached an extreme. In the sky, China's Luan Bird fighter jets and the United States' F-35 fighter jets, like medieval knights, were constantly engaged in high-speed dogfights, creating a breathtaking scene.

All the nations on Earth that still possess power are engaged in limited, low-level battles over this divine dragon.

This was even a test of strength among powerful superhumans from various countries on Earth.

After all, spiritual energy has been reviving for several years, and all countries are growing, but they have never competed with each other. Perhaps this time, with the arrival of this dragon, all countries may gather here to have a competition and see who is stronger.

Wang Hu stood at the bow of the Longyuan ship, paying no attention to the fierce battle raging around him.

His entire focus was on the divine dragon and the blood-red clouds in the sky.

His body was trembling slightly, not from fear, but from excitement.

An unprecedented desire, originating from the depths of his blood, was growing wildly within him.

He wanted to try it.

He wanted to experience the taste of that calamity.

The moment this idea popped into his head, even Wang Hu himself was startled.

I'm insane! I'm absolutely insane!

That's world-destroying divine lightning, a terrifying force that even that abnormally powerful dragon had to be wary of. For a mere tiger cub not even at the fourth rank to go near it is practically suicide!

His sense of danger was screaming wildly, as if his soul would be torn apart in the next second.

However, that longing was like a maggot clinging to a bone, impossible to suppress.

He could feel that his body, every single cell, was yearning for that higher level of energy baptism. He had a strong intuition that if he could withstand the tempering of that crimson divine lightning, his body, his power, and his level of life would undergo earth-shattering changes.

If that dragon can do it, why can't I?

Two balls of frenzied flames ignited in Wang Hu's golden eyes.

He licked his lips, and a strong smell of blood and the acrid smell of lightning rushed into his nostrils with the strong wind.

It smells so good!

"roar!"

Wang Hu could no longer contain himself and let out a deafening roar.

This roar was full of primal, wild, and arrogant defiance of the heavens!

His roar startled everyone in the flagship command center.

"What does Lord White Tiger want to do?"

"He—he's not planning to rush in, is he?"

Wu Nanshan's heart tightened. He was about to speak to dissuade Wang Hu, but it was too late.

Wang Hu stomped his limbs on the deck, and the hard special alloy deck was actually dented by him!

His massive body transformed into a dazzling golden streak of light, and without the slightest hesitation, he charged headlong into that forbidden zone of death shrouded in blood clouds!

"Big Cat! You're insane!"

Lin Yue, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," noticed Wang Hu's actions and was so frightened that she let out a scream.

She couldn't understand Wang Hu's behavior at all.

That's the center of the heavenly tribulation! It's the place where the divine dragon undergoes its tribulation!

Why would a tiger like him run in there and join in the fun?

Is he also going to undergo tribulation?

How is that possible!

However, Wang Hu could no longer hear anyone calling out.

In his eyes, all that remained was the increasingly intense crimson of the sky and the ever-growing golden dragon.

"BOOM!!!"

The moment Wang Hu rushed into the range of the Heavenly Tribulation, the blood cloud that had been brewing in the sky for a long time finally unleashed its first divine punishment!

There was no thunder.

There was no light.

A blood-red energy, purely composed of the law of "destruction," formless and intangible yet undeniably real, silently enveloped the entire sea area, like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens!