As soon as the flame divine ring appeared behind Long Chen, Kuntu instantly entered battle mode. His eyes were filled with endless killing intent, yet tinged with a trace of wariness.
Previously, both he and Long Chen were struck by the divine light and seriously injured, but Kuntu's injuries were clearly much lighter than Long Chen's. After all, he was a true Kunpeng, and his physical body was his strongest talent.
Long Chen's injuries were clearly worse than his, but Kuntu did not attack Long Chen because he was also afraid. What he feared was not Long Chen, but the surrounding foreign powerhouses.
At this moment, he no longer looked down on Long Chen. Although he was still confident he could kill Long Chen, he also knew that Long Chen would launch a full counterattack before dying. Even if he wanted to kill Long Chen, he feared it would come at a certain price.
If he acted now, with his injuries compounded, these foreign powerhouses might take advantage of his illness to kill him. No matter how confident he was, he wouldn't dare face so many terrifying enemies while gravely injured.
So, even though he knew now was the best time to kill Long Chen, he couldn't make a move.
Suddenly, a flame halo appeared behind Long Chen, startling him. He thought Long Chen was about to make a move against him.
However, after the flame divine ring appeared behind Long Chen, he made no other moves. Inside the ring, a young girl in white sat cross-legged—it was Huo Ling'er.
She sat cross-legged inside the divine ring, forming hand seals and reciting the true scripture, which was the very first passage of the Great Brahma Heaven Sutra.
In the past, Huo Ling'er's soul power was simply insufficient to wield the Great Brahma Heaven Scripture, but after Bing Po shared the source power with her, Huo Ling'er underwent a dramatic transformation and could now control part of the scripture on her own.
As her chanting began, the thunder in the world trembled, and flames separated from the thunder runes, pouring into Huo Ling'er's body.
Within this tribulation, there is the power of the Five Elements. Previously, Huo Ling'er had consumed a large amount of her source power by unleashing the World-Destroying Fire Lotus, and now she could use the flame power from the tribulation to replenish herself.
The fire power within the Thunder Sword cannot be directly absorbed, but once the Thunder Sword shatters, the flame runes are stripped away by her to nourish herself.
"Buzz!"
Nourished by the power of flame, Huo Ling'er instantly felt invigorated. Her Flame Divine Ring grew noticeably larger. What she hadn't expected was that the fire power within the tribulation was even purer than she had imagined.
Her depleted source power was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, making Huo Ling'er almost cry out in surprise.
"Stay calm, stay calm, hide your strength well. Later, there might be a fierce battle." Long Chen was afraid this little girl would be too arrogant, so he hurriedly said to Huo Ling'er.
Prompted by Long Chen, Huo Ling'er quickly suppressed her surging aura, continued chanting the Great Brahma Heavenly Sutra, and compressed the absorbed heavenly fire energy into spheres of flame, storing them in the chaotic space.
Because Huo Ling'er discovered that the flame power within the tribulation was incredibly pure, able to be absorbed directly without needing to be digested. Once devoured, it instantly merged with her and transformed into primordial power.
If she absorbed too much, she wouldn't even be able to suppress her aura. To avoid giving away anything, she compressed the absorbed flames into spheres of flame to make spare food.
Even though Huo Ling'er didn't absorb it directly, during the compression process, she would passively absorb some flame power. Ninety percent of the fire power entering her body was compressed, but a tenth was automatically absorbed by her body, making it impossible to stop it.
Huo Ling'er didn't know if it was these flames—they were originally these traits, or if it was the divine power of the true Great Brahma Heaven Scripture that had actively fused with her. In any case, it was Huo Ling'er's first time encountering such a good opportunity, so she desperately absorbed it.
Long Chen revealed the flaming divine ring, and Huo Ling'er chanted the scriptures, but there was no special move. Kuntu gradually relaxed, fearing that if Long Chen knew he was doomed, he would fight him to the bitter end.
Long Chen also looked coldly at Kuntu, who was fully channeling the power of the chaotic space to heal his injuries.
The Jianmu Divine Tree, which had been motionless, finally began to show signs of movement. Previously, when Long Chen healed injuries, the tree's life force was so immense that drawing out its life force for healing showed no visible changes.
But this time was different. As the injuries healed, the leaves of the Jianmu Divine Tree finally showed a dark yellow hue, clearly draining too much vitality.
Long Chen knew that his body was now somewhere between a Divine Lord and an Immortal King, requiring even more energy to heal. The divine light that had just struck them was extremely strange, inflicting severe injuries and thus consuming terrifying vitality.
However, Long Chen wasn't afraid of consuming life force; he feared encountering injuries from the Great Dao, as even the life force of the chaotic space would be powerless.
Although that divine light was terrifying, the chaotic space could be repaired, which meant it was not the power of the Great Dao, but very likely the power of a billion demon lords. As long as it wasn't the power of the Heavenly Dao, Long Chen was not afraid.
Long Chen's wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and likewise, Kuntu's healing speed was no slower. Both were rapidly repairing their bodies, leaving countless experts gasping in shock.
This terrifying heavenly tribulation required even supreme geniuses to face with all their might, yet these two didn't take it seriously at all, calmly healing their wounds during the tribulation.
The time it takes to burn an incense stick passed, the chaos finally subsided, and under the protection of a supreme-level prodigy, the beast clan experts finally found a way to counterattack and joined forces to attack the Thunder Sword.
After all, only by shattering the thunder sword and scattering the thunder runes could they absorb it; otherwise, just dodging without absorbing the thunder runes would make it impossible to digest the blood essence energy in the air.
The reason they risked their lives to cross the tribulation was for the blood essence energy, for the sake of rebirth, and they had no choice but to give it their all.
However, during the previous tribulation, the number of powerful demon beast clan members was countless, impossible to count. Just within sight, there were billions of powerful warriors, not to mention places invisible from afar.
But now, their numbers had dropped to less than one hundred million. These powerful figures had already borrowed tens of thousands of Supreme-level experts; otherwise, they would have long since died under the thunderous sword.
After the panic passed, the beast clan experts began to try attacking the Thunder Longsword. On one hand, they could absorb more thunder power; on the other, it lightened the burden on the supreme-level prodigies, giving them a chance to recover their strength.
However, just as they began absorbing the power of thunder, the multicolored thunder swords suddenly changed color. The five-colored divine light vanished, turning into jet-black thunder swords carrying the aura of death as they charged at them.
"Boom!"
A supreme prodigy of the demon beast clan slashed his sword at the Thunder Black Sword. The black sword exploded with a thunderous roar, bursting into hundreds of miles of black thunder flowers. The supreme-level expert was blasted backward, and the beast clan experts surrounding him were swallowed by the black lightning and instantly turned to nothingness.
"No..."
At that moment, the beast clan experts let out desperate screams.