Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 342 Tribulation

"Meow meow meow?"

Upon hearing Chi Yuan's words, three question marks appeared above Ji Lin's head.

It wasn't the Demon Emperor's quasi-god strength that surprised me, but rather how Chi Yuan knew it.

She's always been by my side, so she shouldn't have ever seen the Demon Emperor.

Chi Yuan noticed Ji Lin's confusion and explained, "When you were fusing with the Holy Mark, a great battle between quasi-gods took place in a sea far from here, and the Demon Emperor should have been the victor in the end."

Ji Lin nodded knowingly. The quasi-gods had reached the limit of this world and controlled the power of space. A battle between two quasi-gods would inevitably tear space apart. It was normal for Chi Yuan to sense it in the ocean with her cultivation level. If it were on land far from the sea, she probably wouldn't be able to sense it.

Ji Lin slowly walked up to Bai Xiuxiu, sighed, and patted her head.

Bai Xiuxiu looked at Ji Lin through teary eyes and sobbed, "Ji Lin, my mother is gone, my home is gone, everyone is gone."

Ji Lin nodded and said, "I know, Xiuxiu, do you want revenge? Do you want to bring your mother back to life?"

Bai Xiuxiu's body trembled. She looked up at Ji Lin and said in a trembling voice, "I want to take revenge and revive everyone, but I can't beat that deep-sea demon whale, and I don't know what to do."

Ji Lin said, "Do you remember the Sacred Marks I told you about?"

Bai Xiuxiu nodded and said, "Yes, I remember."

Ji Lin asked again, "So, Xiuxiu, do you believe me?"

Bai Xiuxiu nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, I believe you."

Ji Lin smiled, took out several pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from his Sacred Mark Space, and handed them to Bai Xiuxiu, saying, "Eat this, and the Shark Pearl left to you by your mother, break through to the Ten Thousand Year level, and then become my Sacred Mark. I will help you become a god. At that time, whether you seek revenge or resurrect your family, it's up to you."

Bai Xiuxiu sensed a massive amount of ice-attribute energy within the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in front of her. As a mutated demon soul great white shark, she possessed ice attributes. Although she didn't recognize the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, she could feel that eating these popsicles would be of great benefit to her.

The Sea Princess and Lijing, who also possess ice attributes, sensed the immense ice energy within it and felt that it would be of great benefit to them. Unfortunately, it was given to Bai Xiuxiu by Ji Lin, so they could only look at Bai Xiuxiu with envy.

Bai Xiuxiu opened her mouth wide and swallowed the Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice Marrow in one gulp. Then she took out her mother's Shark Pearl and began to absorb and refine it.

Ji Lin looked at the Sea Princess and said, "Senior Sea Princess, it seems I will have to bother you for a while longer."

The Sea Princess shook her head, not wanting to disturb them at all. She wished Ji Lin and Chi Yuan could stay here forever, so they wouldn't have to worry about the Demon Emperor coming to their door. Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking.

More than a month passed quietly. Bai Xiuxiu's refining of the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and her mother's Shark Pearl went smoothly. The Shark Pearl was left behind by the royal bloodline of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan after their death. Bai Xiuxiu also possessed royal blood, so refining the Shark Pearl was much simpler and faster than refining the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Ji Lin provided Bai Xiuxiu with enough Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, allowing Bai Xiuxiu to break through to the 100,000 Year level in just one month.

And at the moment Bai Xiuxiu broke through to 100,000 years of cultivation.

Above the icy sea, directly above the Coral Palace, the sky was gradually shrouded in dark clouds, turning the entire sky gloomy. Streaks of lightning crisscrossed the sky, oppressing countless sea spirit beasts who lay trembling on the ground.

Ji Lin looked up at the sea and murmured, "It's here after all, the Heavenly Tribulation."

Bai Xiuxiu also woke up. She glanced at Ji Lin, swayed her long tail, and transformed into a white streak as she rushed towards the surface of the sea.

She knew that it was her tribulation, a tribulation she had to face. With her cultivation level increasing to 100,000 years, Bai Xiuxiu's intelligence had greatly increased. If she was an eight or nine-year-old girl before, she was now a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

Bai Xiuxiu leaped out of the sea, gazing at the sky above her head with a calm expression.

Having experienced unforgettable pain, Bai Xiuxiu is no longer the innocent and carefree little girl she once was. Now she is calm and composed as she faces her tribulation.

If it were the old her, she would probably be running around in a panic by now.

Looking at the raging lightning in the sky, Ji Lin frowned slightly. The Sea Princess also came to Ji Lin's side, looking at Bai Xiuxiu's figure with worry in her eyes, and said, "It's actually a lightning tribulation! This is the most dangerous and most powerful of all heavenly tribulations."

Ji Lin looked at Chi Yuan.

Noticing Ji Lin's gaze, Chi Yuan nodded and said, "If she can't withstand it, I will take action. It's just a heavenly tribulation of a 100,000-year-old soul beast; I can handle it."

Ji Lin nodded. The tribulations in Douluo Continent are different from those in other high-martial-fantasy worlds. Outsiders can help you overcome the tribulations, or you can rely on external forces, because the tribulations in Douluo Continent are not a test for soul beasts, but simply a suppression.

At the same time, there is no benefit for soul beasts to survive the Heavenly Tribulation. The Heavenly Tribulation is a shackle imposed on soul beasts by this world. Humans do not have such shackles at all. It can only be said that the soul beasts of Douluo Continent are truly tragic. Their path to godhood is cut off, and their lives are threatened by the Heavenly Tribulation. At the same time, they are also objects that humans must hunt, since only after a soul beast dies can its soul ring break through its cultivation level.

Compared to other magical beasts and monsters in other worlds, the soul beasts of Douluo Continent are unloved and neglected, making them extremely tragic.

The cause of all this was the first-generation ruler of the soul beasts. With such a bottomless pit-level ruler, the soul beasts were truly cursed.

Just then, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky and hit Bai Xiuxiu hard on the head.

Bai Xiuxiu remained calm. Her entire body surged with an icy blue light, and her ice-attribute soul power transformed into an icy blue beam, fiercely meeting the lightning. The two forces collided and intersected, causing the lightning to dissipate. Inevitably, Bai Xiuxiu's body was touched by traces of lightning, causing her to stiffen slightly.

Just then, another bolt of lightning struck down from the sky. Bai Xiuxiu managed to withstand it with great difficulty. Although her silvery-white skin was charred black by the lightning, it was only a superficial injury and did not cause any serious damage.

The sky grew increasingly dark, with thick clouds lingering above the icy sea.

With a deafening roar, two bolts of lightning struck down in succession. Bai Xiuxiu's eyes turned ice blue, and two beams of ice blue light shot out from them. She used her mutated soul skill, Deep Blue Ray.

The two ice-attribute rays barely blocked the two lightning bolts, but Ji Lin could see that Bai Xiuxiu's aura had clearly decreased by two points.

The power of lightning is vast and boundless, filled with the righteous energy of heaven and earth. It is a deadly weapon for evil soul masters, but Bai Xiuxiu rarely kills and is not an evil soul beast. On the contrary, she is an ice-attribute soul beast, so lightning does not have much effect on her.

(End of this chapter)