Chapter 19 Hard Resistance

The base shattered, turning into powder, transforming into streams of pure energy, entering into…

…that golden core.

“That’s my Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation!”

Wan Lei shouted anxiously.

“Are you trying to screw your ancestor over? I can barely refine the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud bit by bit, and you just had to form your core at this time. Now look, I’m being attacked from both sides! What am I supposed to do?”

The little yellow dog’s exasperated voice came down.

“You’re asking me? How should I know what to do?”

“Now you’re already seriously injured and teetering on the edge, and on top of that, you have the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation. Aren’t you just asking to be struck dead?

Kid, hang in there! Endure the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation first. I’m giving up on the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation and focusing on refining the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud. After all, the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation is only nine waves. Once you get through that, it’s over!”

“Senior, it’s okay. As long as I survive the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation, I’ll be a Core Formation cultivator. Then my dantian will be able to hold more thunder power, and I’ll be better able to withstand the Heavenly Punishment.”

“Bullshit! If you survive the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation and become a Core Formation cultivator, your Heavenly Punishment will also become stronger, calculated according to a Core Formation cultivator's Heavenly Punishment.

I can barely handle your Foundation Establishment Peak Heavenly Punishment right now. Once it turns into a Core Formation Heavenly Punishment, I might not be able to refine it!”

“So… please hurry, Senior. The Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation should only last about an hour. You just need to refine my Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud within that hour.”

“You’re really trying to kill your ancestor! Fine, fine, I’ll do my best. If you can’t hold on, just die and I’ll find someone else to cultivate.”

“Senior, don’t say such discouraging things. This junior believes in you.”

“Shut up, kid! This is your life-or-death tribulation. Get your ass in gear and give it everything you’ve got to get through it. If you don’t, you’ll die!”

“Understood, Senior.”

The little yellow dog looked up at the Heavenly Tribulation thunderclouds above, then glared fiercely at the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud below.

“Damn Heavenly Dao? I’m going to fight you head-on today! I won’t be satisfied until I absorb this wisp of Heavenly Dao!”

After saying that, the little yellow dog stretched out its paw. “Kid, lend me your hammer!”

Hearing this, Wan Lei didn’t hesitate. He flung the hammer in his hand and tossed it into the sky.

Right now, the Thunder God’s Hammer couldn’t give him much help. He could only rely on the little yellow dog, so he would give it whatever it wanted.

Two bolts of lightning struck down from the sky.

One bolt of Heavenly Punishment lightning.

One bolt of Heavenly Tribulation lightning.

Wan Lei was probably the first person in the history of the Lei Feng Realm to face both Heavenly Punishment and Heavenly Tribulation at the same time.

He was also the first to dare to face these two thunder tribulations head-on.

“Come on! If you can’t kill me today, I’ll be above you someday.”

The two bolts of lightning crashed down.

Wan Lei felt excruciating pain all over his body, and his bones were even slightly dislocated, but he still stubbornly endured, absorbing all the thunder power into his dantian.

The newly formed golden core became even more solid and fuller.

After that, it was the Heavenly Punishment lightning.

A quarter of an hour later, ten bolts of lightning descended again.

One bolt of Heavenly Punishment lightning.

Nine bolts of Heavenly Tribulation lightning.

Wan Lei didn’t die. He withstood it. The golden core in his body became even more robust, completely stabilized in the initial stage of the Lower Core Formation realm.

The Heavenly Punishment would measure the strength of the person being punished and send down Heavenly Punishment lightning of corresponding strength.

But according to the rules of the Heavenly Dao, Wan Lei had to complete the Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation to officially enter the Core Formation stage.

Right now, Wan Lei’s Core Formation Heavenly Tribulation was only in the second wave. Although he was already in the initial stage of the Lower Core Formation realm, the Heavenly Punishment was still calculated according to the Foundation Establishment Peak stage.

Wan Lei was a bug.

Maybe the Heavenly Dao didn’t expect that someone could actually increase their cultivation while undergoing Heavenly Punishment.

It also didn’t expect that this person could undergo Heavenly Punishment and Heavenly Tribulation at the same time.

This led to a loophole when the thunderclouds in the sky calculated Wan Lei’s battle power, causing a trace of Heavenly Dao disruption.

The little yellow dog seized this loophole.

It held the Thunder God’s Hammer in its hand and used the hammer to cast spells, bringing its Origin Thunder authority to the extreme.

Origin Thunder lit up three thunder power runes: the first Natural Thunder, the second Cultivation Thunder, and the third Metal Thunder.

In order, Wan Lei should be looking for Wood Thunder to light up the fourth rune.

But at this moment, the ninth rune on the Thunder God’s Hammer, which had never been lit up in either its previous or current life, suddenly brightened.

The little yellow dog channeled its thunder power into it, lighting up the ninth rune, the Origin Thunder rune.

As the ninth rune on the Thunder God’s Hammer lit up, earth-shattering lightning erupted from the entire hammer, instantly covering the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud.

Then, the eighth rune on the Thunder God’s Hammer actually lit up with a faint light that was hard to detect with the naked eye.

The little yellow dog was going to use the Thunder God’s Hammer as a guide and its own Origin Thunder authority as power to absorb the Heavenly Dao contained in this Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud!

The faint light on the eighth rune also indicated that it could do it.

Wan Lei was still desperately resisting and absorbing the lightning from the two supreme thunderclouds below.

At this time, he could no longer be described as covered in wounds; it could only be said that… he wasn’t dead yet.

At this time, he had already survived the fourth Heavenly Tribulation lightning. With the addition of the Heavenly Punishment lightning, he had already advanced to the middle stage of the Lower Core Formation realm.

The thunder power in his dantian had long since exploded to an unbearable level, and his injuries were extremely serious.

Yes, he could use his thunder power to recover from his injuries, and he had been doing so all along, but…

It also took time for thunder power to recover from injuries, and this speed was far slower than the speed at which the lightning in the sky was causing him damage.

“Lei-shao…”

Sui Xiaohang watched anxiously from a distance, but there was nothing he could do.

Take the Heavenly Tribulation for Lei-shao? He was afraid he would be directly annihilated.

Encourage Lei-shao? Or persuade him to give up? Neither was possible. This concerned Wan Lei’s life or death, and he was working harder than anyone else.

He didn’t need encouragement, and he definitely wouldn’t give up.

The fifth Heavenly Tribulation lightning…

Heavenly Punishment lightning…

The sixth Heavenly Tribulation lightning…

Heavenly Punishment lightning…

This small courtyard had been completely destroyed by the supreme lightning, leaving not a single tile. The ground was full of pits, and Wan Lei lay in a pit, struggling to get up.

He wasn’t dead yet. If he wasn’t dead, he had to keep going. He wouldn’t admit defeat, even if the enemy was the Heavenly Dao.

Seventh… eighth…

After the eighth Heavenly Tribulation lightning struck, Wan Lei had already advanced to the late stage of the Lower Core Formation realm.

He didn’t feel any joy from the increase in cultivation, but instead felt even more anxious and fearful.

“Senior, there’s only one last wave of Heavenly Tribulation left. After this wave, the Heavenly Punishment Thundercloud will be calculated according to the Core Formation stage. You have to hurry!”