"Three waves?!" The unparalleled beauty exclaimed in shock, "Why would there be three waves?!!"
In the common knowledge of cultivators in this world, Heavenly Tribulation should descend one wave after another, with each subsequent wave stronger than the last... Moreover, the increase in strength shouldn't be too drastic.
No one answered her, because no one knew the reason.
Only Elder Ning at the very front fell into contemplation, with astonishment flashing across his lowered eyes.
The incredulous conjecture in his mind was being proven step by step.
Qin Ran got up and flew into the air, circulating the Divine Firmament Body Refining Art in his body. The golden light radiating from his golden core made his entire person look golden and dazzling.
The three blood-colored lightning bolts of Heavenly Tribulation crashed down. He seemed unable to put up any resistance at all, and was slammed down as soon as he made contact.
He plummeted straight down, his fleshly body penetrating the earth and stone, and smashed a deep hole in the ground.
"Why is he still trying to temper his body with the Heavenly Tribulation?!" The peerless beauty asked in bewilderment, "Is he really that greedy?"
"It's not greed, it's too late." The handsome man saw more clearly, "He was trying to save his spirit beast, and didn't notice the timing and intensity of the Heavenly Tribulation. If it were me, I wouldn't have thought that the might of the Heavenly Tribulation would increase several fold!"
"Did he die directly?"
The handsome man shook his head and said, "He has a deep foundation, this wave of Heavenly Tribulation is not enough to kill him yet."
He might not survive the next wave though.
Qin Ran crawled out of the deep hole, his whole body scorched black, all his hair burnt off, and there were still traces of bloody lightning from the Heavenly Tribulation circulating on his body that the Divine Firmament Body Refining Art had failed to absorb.
He lay prone on the ground, exhaling green smoke from his mouth.
"Chasing the Wind..." He opened his eyes, hurriedly looking for Chasing the Wind. This Heavenly Tribulation was too strong, Chasing the Wind couldn't have died, right?
Chasing the Wind was not dead.
He soon saw Chasing the Wind at the edge. There was still Heavenly Tribulation on Chasing the Wind's body. He was lying there, whimpering painfully, with tears in his eyes, looking pitifully at him.
Seeing this pained Qin Ran's heart, but Chasing the Wind had ultimately survived. He took a deep breath, propped himself up with one hand, stood up, then walked towards Chasing the Wind.
As he moved, the scorched skin on his body cracked and peeled off piece by piece, revealing the dark golden skin underneath.
"He's not dead, his fleshly body is even stronger now." The handsome man sighed.
"That little white tiger actually didn't die either..." The peerless beauty also lamented in surprise. She was rather curious, "What is its bloodline?"
The handsome man shook his head, he didn't know either.
"It should be a Profound Underworld Spirit Tiger..." Elder Ning said uncertainly, "It seems to have mutated."
"Profound Underworld Spirit Tiger?"
"Approximately a seventh-grade demonic beast." Elder Ning supplemented.
"Seventh-grade demonic beast?!" The peerless beauty exclaimed in astonishment. This tiny Foundation Establishment cultivator actually had a seventh-grade demonic beast as a spirit beast?! One should know that a seventh-grade demonic beast was infinitely close to a Core Formation cultivator.
Chasing the Wind was not dead, and Qin Ran felt somewhat relieved. He walked over and pressed his hand on Chasing the Wind, probing in with his divine sense...
Sure enough, there were traces of the Divine Firmament Body Refining Art circulating in Chasing the Wind's body. He was using the art's methods to absorb the Heavenly Tribulation and temper his body.
Although the mystic art was imperfect, Chasing the Wind had succeeded after all. After all, the one with the worst aptitude in the Dan Peak was not him.
"Well done!" Qin Ran smiled and praised.
"It hurts..." Chasing the Wind cried.
"It won't hurt once you've absorbed the Heavenly Tribulation..." Qin Ran comforted.
At the same time, he used his divine sense to comprehend Chasing the Wind's circulation path, compared it to the original circulation path of the Divine Firmament Body Refining Art, and tried to optimize the mystic art for Chasing the Wind.
"Boom..."
The clouds above rumbled again, indicating that the next wave of Heavenly Tribulation was about to descend soon.
Qin Ran looked up and saw that the cloud layer above had thickened. He could clearly sense that a large portion of the Heavenly Tribulation clouds had pressed down.
The next wave of Heavenly Tribulation would be even stronger.
"Chasing the Wind..." Qin Ran looked at Chasing the Wind with a firm gaze and said, "Let's go again!"
In order to live an ordinary life like a normal person in this dangerous and unpredictable world of cultivation, one would need to put in more effort than the average cultivator.
"Boom... Boom..."
As if provoked, the Heavenly Tribulation in the sky rumbled loudly two more times. The clouds roiled even more fiercely!
After simply streamlining the mystic art for Chasing the Wind, Qin Ran turned back and flew into the air, circulating his internal energy to wait for the next wave of Heavenly Tribulation.
Qin Ran's clothes had long since been burnt to ashes by the first wave of Heavenly Tribulation, only his Cosmic Bag was preserved by him. He had now thrown that into the pile of rubble. The second wave of Heavenly Tribulation just now had also burnt off all the hair on his body.
So the scene now was - the dark and heavy Heavenly Tribulation clouds in the sky churning, with bloody lightning flashes within, Qin Ran at the eye of the black vortex, bare naked with his head raised towards the sky, winds howling and sand swirling, his body glowing radiantly.
"What is he trying to do..." Unable to bear watching such a beautiful scene, the peerless beauty stole glances while asking, "Has he finally decided to cross the Heavenly Tribulation properly, or is he going to continue using it to temper his body?"
The handsome man's expression darkened. He could see that Qin Ran was still going to temper his body.
"He's crazy!" He couldn't help but curse.
He thought very highly of Qin Ran. In this remote land of ancient immortal legacies, it was rare to find a cultivator with such a deep foundation. Previously in his opinion, although the Heavenly Tribulation this time was a bit strange, Qin Ran still had a chance to cross it.
But now Qin Ran was playing such a dangerous game...
"Crack!!"
The Heavenly Tribulation descended, nine waves!!
"He's done for!" The handsome man shook his head.
"Huff..."
With his golden core spinning rapidly within, energy surging through his veins like tidal waves, Qin Ran raised his hand and unleashed the Golden Core realm mystic art Clear Dream Like Water. An enormous water shield took shape to meet the incoming Heavenly Tribulation.
Was Qin Ran stupid?
An idiot could never become a sly old fox.
Was Qin Ran reckless?
A coward had no right to be called reckless.
He was neither stupid nor reckless, so how could he possibly do something without assurance?
He definitely couldn't withstand nine waves of Heavenly Tribulation, but he could block a portion and resist a portion.
The Heavenly Tribulation struck, crack! The water shield disintegrated instantly, but each droplet of water blocked the Heavenly Tribulation once more.
Having been blocked by the water shield, the nine waves of Heavenly Tribulation merged into one, and its might was greatly reduced, only slightly stronger than the second wave.
Qin Ran stood unmoving in midair as the Heavenly Tribulation crashed down, bathing in the bloody lightning. After tempering his fleshly body with two waves of Heavenly Tribulation, it was already powerful enough. Facing this weakened third wave, he did not struggle as much.
Below him, the stray Heavenly Tribulation arced into Chasing the Wind's body. Chasing the Wind got to his feet, circulating the Divine Firmament Body Refining Art within to rapidly heal his injuries and strengthen his fleshly body by absorbing the Heavenly Tribulation.
"What an exquisite shielding technique!" The handsome man praised again, "I thought he would die under this wave of Heavenly Tribulation, didn't expect he still had an extra trick up his sleeve... How interesting!"
"His spirit beast is also using the Heavenly Tribulation to temper its body..." The peerless beauty said in disbelief, "That little white tiger couldn't do it just now, but is able to do it now. Could it be that he modified the mystic art just now? In such a short time, he was able to modify a human cultivation technique into one suitable for a demonic beast?
"How terrifying!"