Wait a minute, where is my master?

Flowers bloom in pairs, each displaying its unique beauty.

In the arena, on the martial practice field.

"Little Yu, given the situation you've described, how should we resolve it?"

Jin Xu stared at the thunder arcs dancing like silver snakes in the clouds above and asked in a soft voice.

"We must disperse the tribulation clouds before the Heavenly Tribulation takes shape. However...Young Master, you..."

Yu Yaoer offered a solution, but her heart was filled with incessant worry.

This was the Heavenly Tribulation, a physical manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's rules in the Nine Provinces Realm.

And it wasn't just one person's tribulation.

This was the tribulation for the entirety of Shangjing City, intensified by the combined might of countless civilians and cultivators.

"Alright, I understand. You, Little White, and Little Black, just stay here in the martial practice field and be good."

The little Taoist tossed the Insect Queen perching on his shoulder to Yu Yaoer and casually erected a huge golden spiritual power light shield over the area.

Then, with a gentle tap of his toes,

he seemingly nonchalantly charged towards the thunderous clouds in the sky.

It would be ideal not to go against the tide and fight the tribulation clouds.

After all, it was Jin Xu's first Heavenly Tribulation; he lacked experience and didn't want to take the risk.

But now he knew that if he didn't act, everyone living in Shangjing City would suffer an undeserved disaster.

What else could be done then?

He had to get in there and deal with it!

"Many ordinary people in the city won't be able to withstand even a trace of the surplus thunder arc's might from within the tribulation clouds,

Not to mention, if the bun-seller at the venue's entrance gets hurt, where would I go to find such tasty buns in the future?

And also..."

While flying toward the tribulation clouds, a myriad of strange thoughts and ideas popped into the little Taoist's mind.

When he faced the inky black tribulation clouds, with their violent silver thunder arcs almost able to touch his body,

Jin Xu finally focused his mind, and golden spiritual power surged out of him!

In his left hand, a golden-orange flame rose, and in his right, golden thunder arcs flickered, proving even more ferocious than the silver snakes within the tribulation clouds by threefold.

To combat the beast-like tribulation clouds, the little Taoist employed both the Fire Condensing Skill and the Hand Palm Thunder magic.

After activating the magic,

he covered himself with a layer of golden spiritual power film, narrowed his eyes, and plunged headfirst into the midst of the Heavenly Tribulation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As Jin Xu entered, the clouds' speed of convergence suddenly increased, and the thunderous roars within them continued incessantly.

The overcast sky churned like a whirlpool at sea,

swirling rapidly around the spot where the little Taoist had entered.

The previously occasional outburst of wild silver from the clouds had now completely disappeared.

Within the dense, ink-like clouds, one could barely discern a glint of silver-white light flickering. It seemed that the Heavenly Tribulation also realized it had a tough adversary inside, no longer wasting its power on the surface but directing all its efforts to deal with this unwelcome intruder.

Nevertheless, even if the tribulation cloud covering the whole of Shangjing City now seemed somewhat gentler on the outside, the pressure it exerted on everyone in the city had greatly increased.

In the martial practice field, protected by the golden spiritual power, Yu Yaoer and the others were better off.

The bun-seller at the venue's entrance had already been scared enough to hide beneath her own stall.

Near the night watchmen's station, where Xu Qian, who was newly settled and working hard to fulfill his cultivation duties, only felt an extreme discomfort in his chest, to the point of struggling to breathe.

The last time he experienced this was when he had mistakenly worn a cotton coat inside out at the age of six.

There were who knew how many such low-level cultivators like him in the city at this moment. Because they had embarked on the path of cultivation and possessed spiritual power within them, they were targeted even more by the Heavenly Tribulation.

The ordinary citizens of the city, lacking any cultivation, were in a comparatively better situation at this time.

The braver ones were even daring to secretly peek through a small crack in the window, looking upward.

"Hum!"

A giant spiritual power light shield suddenly lit up, and the residents of Shangjing City instantly felt the uneasy sensation on their bodies alleviate greatly.

Although the city protection array couldn't resist the heavenly tribulation in the sky, it was quite effective as a means to weaken the oppressive force.

"This is all I can do," the watchmen under my command have also scattered out, the rest is, let's leave it to fate,"

At the crucial location of the city protection array, Kui Lei held a giant saber, staying with many cultivators.

Among them were watchmen in uniform, royal guards, and dressed as city defense soldiers.

There were also astute loose cultivators who understood that under a toppled nest, there was no intact egg, and came here specially to help.

Their current task was to guard this place, ensuring the city protection array was not damaged and timely replenishing it with spirit stones.

"Commander Kui, I just saw a figure gather a group of flames and something golden, then they rushed into the midst of the tribulation clouds. After that, the power of the heavenly tribulation suddenly intensified!"

Among the crowd, a royal guard who had been observing the sky above suddenly spoke up.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Who would dare to brazenly enter such an intense tribulation?

Even someone with Mahayana realm cultivation probably wouldn't last a moment before they turned to ashes.

Kui Lei, hearing this, first doubted, but in the next second, a face resembling that of a banished immortal flashed through her mind.

"National Uncle..."

At this moment, she didn't dare to think too much, afraid that this last hope would shatter and also fearful that the royal guard had seen wrong.

"Moo!"

A sound like a cow's moo, a dragon's chant, rose, grabbing Commander Kui's attention.

At the location of the Great Xia Imperial City, a luck dragon coiled in the mid-air, controlled by an elder with white hair, was carrying some citizens and cultivators around the city and flying out of Shangjing City.

Kui Lei knew that Prime Minister Qin was making his move.

...

Now back to Jin Xu.

After plunging into the tribulation clouds, in an instant, countless silver serpents attacked him from all directions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The silver serpents collided with the golden spiritual power on his surface, creating endless explosive noises. The space inside the tribulation cloud was abuzz, as lively as if it were the New Year's celebration.

The little Taoist held the Fire Condensing Skill and Hand Palm Thunder in his hands, and glanced down at the spots on his body struck by the silver thunder arcs.

Hmm, unscathed.

By Jin Xu's estimate, if the intensity of the tribulation cloud's attacks was only this much,

If he just stood in place, never fighting back, and the tribulation cloud also never dissipated,

Then the final outcome would be that he might die of old age.

Whether sensing the mocking thoughts of the little Taoist or realizing its attacks had no effect,

The heavenly tribulation abruptly ceased all silver thunder arcs aimed at Jin Xu.

Instead, it converged them together, forming nine silver-white gleaming thunder dragons, coiling and intertwining, and once again attacked this remarkable guest inside itself.

Seeing this, Jin Xu's gaze sharpened,

The flame rising in his hand surged forth, forming a golden-orange fire shield outside his body.

To serve as a defense.

The little Taoist had only been in the tribulation clouds for a few moments and had already encountered two waves of attacks.

And he wasn't the type to only take a beating without fighting back.

But now, there was an important issue before him.

Jin Xu had already covered the entire tribulation cloud with his spiritual sense,

But he hadn't seen anything resembling a core or main body.

So...

"Where the heck am I supposed to hit this thing!?"