Huhu, after listening, it transformed into its true form and roared. Ju Xun was caught off guard and thrown out, her nine huge white tails swaying in the wind. She was incredibly alluring, but the aura she exuded was wrong. The pressure of a divine beast spread, and the killing intent emanating from her body made everyone tremble.
Chen Xi cried out in alarm, "This is bad, she's going berserk. Knock her out quickly!"
Ju Xun ignored the pain in her body and sat down. She tried to use the power of their contract to awaken Huhu. Chao Yangzi and Feng Chu, whose cultivation had not recovered, were no match for Huhu. She wore the Tian Sha Lan Yi, the highest-grade defensive garment, and the spells she cast were like tickles to the rampaging Nine-Tailed Fox. However, they dared not strike too hard, so they could only struggle to fend off Huhu's attacks. Before long, everyone was injured.
Now, Huhu's power was more than enough to crush a pseudo-god. All that remained in her mind was a desire to kill; she wanted to kill them all.
"Huhu, wake up, Huhu, I'm your sister," Ju Xun tried to awaken Huhu's rationality within her sea of consciousness.
Feng Chu and the others also shouted Huhu's name while dodging various attacks. Ice blades, fox fire, sharp claws... they were endless. The group couldn't truly fight back, and their movements were hampered as they dodged in a sorry state. They tried to restrain her with spiritual energy whips, but the Nine-Tailed White Fox merely shook its head slightly, and they snapped.
Bai Hong Yin, injured, kept his distance. As a fellow beast, he understood that the power of a berserk state doubled the usual strength. He was very weak now and decided not to go forward and cause more trouble.
Hua Xun made a decisive move and cast the Earth Binding Spell, rapidly forming hand seals:
Heaven above,
Earth below.
Eight Trigrams open,
Bind the unseen!
Bind!
As soon as the words left his mouth, a massive Eight Trigrams diagram appeared above the white fox's head. Golden runes floated down from it, forming enormous golden ropes that ensnared the seven-to-eight-meter-tall giant Nine-Tailed Fox. The white fox was instantly immobilized.
Ju Xun flew up and approached the white fox, which was baring its fangs and roaring. She sent a beam of green light towards its forehead, a life energy imbued with vitality that could soothe Huhu's berserk divine power.
Three breaths later, the white fox's crimson eyes turned black, and its consciousness returned.
"Sister, what happened to me?" After saying that, she fainted and transformed into a white fox, falling into Ju Xun's embrace.
Ju Xun looked at the white fox in her arms with heartache. She examined its meridians and found its spirit damaged, overwhelmed by grief! The berserk power had widened her meridians, which could be considered a blessing in disguise. She would be able to absorb more spiritual energy in the future.
Ju Xun used white spiritual energy to flow through the white fox's entire body, healing its damaged meridians.
Chen Xi's eyes welled up with tears, heartbroken. The usually cheerful young girl had suffered such a great blow.
Hua Xun knitted his brows and looked at his friend. Had this guy fallen for her? It was over. What should they do now?
...
Ji Wuye, who was undergoing tribulation, suddenly felt a pang in his heart. Distracted, he was struck by a lightning tribulation, his charred body collapsing motionless onto the ground.
"Wuye, are you alright?" Ji Chenmu shouted in terror. He wanted to rush over, but Tian Ji beside him stopped him.
"Chenmu, don't go over. Believe in Wuye!" the old man with double pupils said.
"Yes, Senior!" Ji Chenmu nodded. He trusted the old man with double pupils and Senior Tian Ji; they were both mighty beings capable of seeing through illusions.
Ji Chenmu watched him nervously. He hadn't expected Wuye's heavenly tribulation to be so perilous. His and Tian Ji's and the old man with double pupils' tribulations had been smooth, but Wuye, whose cultivation was higher than his, had been slow to attract heavenly tribulation. When it came, it was more intense than anyone else's; it had already reached eighty-one lightning tribulations. Thinking of his own thirty-six, he was furious!
Little did he know that Ji Wuye, this abnormal talent, had forcibly compressed his cultivation only to possess stronger power. This small world was full of secret treasures, allowing entry but not exit, unless one had already undergone lightning tribulation and become an immortal to break through the barrier. He didn't want to leave so soon and suppressed his cultivation just to stay longer.
He had discovered long ago that the time flow here was faster than in the Immortal Realm, with a ten-to-one ratio of time flow, allowing him to cultivate as he pleased.
"Don't come over," Ji Wuye's voice came from afar. He would withstand the heavenly lightning. His sister and his girl were waiting for him. His intuition was correct; his Huhu was in trouble.
Three more heavenly tribulations descended with fierce might. Ji Wuye no longer suppressed his cultivation. With a counter-sword, his sword qi met the lightning tribulation. The rumbling sound reverberated through the valley. The ninety-nine eighty-one lightning tribulations were endured.
The tribulation clouds dispersed, and golden rays of light shone on Ji Wuye, his charred body being healed by gentle immortal spiritual energy. The minor Heavenly Dao descended with a sweet rain, but only within Ji Wuye's vicinity, it was stingy! The minor Heavenly Dao was also wronged; why were there so many people undergoing tribulations in its world recently? These outsiders were all borrowing its power of rules, which was extremely annoying!
Bathed in the healing sweet rain, his bones and muscles, reforged by the lightning tribulations, were nourished. Ji Wuye used a spell to change into clean clothes, and his aura immediately transformed, exuding the majestic aura of a handsome immortal lord.
At this moment, in his dantian, immortal energy surged. With one step, he ascended a level, from Immortal Envoy to Heavenly Immortal. With another step, his aura suddenly rose, reaching the cultivation of True Immortal. He didn't stop. With another step forward, an invisible shockwave kicked up dust, and the surrounding charred plants vaporized. Xuan Xian, Golden Immortal, he stopped just short of the mid-stage Golden Immortal.
The spiritual rain from the sky cascaded down. This time, the minor Heavenly Dao was not stingy, as it nourished this land, and the restored vitality could generate spiritual energy to feedback to the Heavenly Dao.
"Good boy, no wonder you had to undergo eighty-one divine lightning tribulations. Truly gifted! Hahaha!" the old man with double pupils laughed heartily.
"I've never seen anyone undergo tribulation like this. It's truly eye-opening!" Tian Ji also praised.
"Greetings, two seniors. Wuye wishes to leave. I request Senior Tian Ji to provide guidance."
Ji Wuye slowly walked towards the two, his voice urgent. He was not familiar with the Immortal Realm outside, and in the vast celestial realm, how would he find his way? He knew that Tian Ji and the old man with double pupils had also seen A You and Xuan Yuan Ce and the others, but he couldn't wait any longer.
"Wuye, I know what you are worried about. Very well, this is a jade token given by the Venerable. Infusing it with immortal power will allow you to locate the Venerable's whereabouts.
Currently, the distance is too great to directly enter the Venerable's space. If you were in the same location, within a hundred li, you could directly enter the Venerable's space.
Remember, it can only be used thrice. I kept it before for fear that you would not be able to calm your minds to cultivate. Furthermore, without becoming an immortal and possessing immortal spiritual energy, it is useless."
Tian Ji Zi handed Ji Wuye the jade token.
"Senior, I want to go out too. Trials are the best form of cultivation," Ji Chenmu also said urgently. They, brothers, had never been separated, and the Immortal Realm was foreign to them. It would be safer to look out for each other.
"Alright, be careful," Tian Ji cautioned.
The two bid farewell and rushed out of the realm through the teleportation array, flying on their swords.