As the divine tribulation clouds appeared, Zeus's initial shock quickly turned to elation.
It seemed the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning had sensed Ao Yuan's change in power.
Therefore!
It had unleashed an even more formidable tribulation lightning!
So!
How would Ao Yuan withstand this strike!
"Hahahahaha!"
Zeus roared with laughter, what was meant by "a bend in the road ahead reveals another village"!
This was it!
Ao Yuan's eyes sharpened.
He roared, "Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning? You still want to bother me!"
"Begone!"
As the words left his mouth, Ao Yuan seized the opportune moment and met the lightning head-on with his dragon claws!
Hum hum hum!
As he struck, a supremely powerful lightning glow instantly enveloped Ao Yuan's dragon claws!
Boom!
A sound like metal clashing erupted.
Ao Yuan's lightning-clad dragon claws collided with the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning.
Blinding, brilliant light filled Ao Yuan's pale golden eyes.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
The two clashed.
Moments later, Ao Yuan's dragon claws unleashed an explosive surge of lightning, obliterating the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning without a trace!
Witnessing such a magnificent sight, Zeus felt as if his head would explode.
The smile that had just surfaced froze.
Terrifying.
Too terrifying!
While he wouldn't say the previous tribulation lightning was overwhelmingly powerful, Zeus felt that if he had faced it, he might have been annihilated.
Yet, this tribulation lightning was so effortlessly dealt with by Ao Yuan!
This... this was too unbelievable!
"Your turn!"
Suddenly, Zeus felt Ao Yuan's gaze fixated on him.
In that instant, Zeus felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
However, just as Ao Yuan was about to make his move.
Rumble rumble!
Streams of tribulation lightning emerged from the black tribulation clouds.
Counting carefully, there were eight of them!
The eight tribulation lightning bolts were incredibly fearsome, yet they lingered, refusing to descend.
Instead, they condensed into a single bolt of tribulation lightning with a diameter of dozens of meters!
"Eight... eight Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning bolts combined!"
Zeus was utterly stunned, his frozen smile reawakening.
This was a sight he had never witnessed before!
With eight incredibly terrifying Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning bolts merging together, just by sensing it, he knew how formidable this single bolt must be.
And Ao Yuan!
Even with his strength enhanced, could he truly withstand this strike!
To be honest, Zeus thought it highly unlikely!
"Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning!"
Ao Yuan gazed at the heavens, his eyes filled with sharp intensity.
"Since you've come, then come!"
Boom!
As if hearing Ao Yuan's words, the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning let out a resounding roar.
Following that, it plummeted down.
Suddenly!
A terrifying aura swept across the entire area, as if intent on obliterating everything in existence.
The dazzling white light rendered everyone temporarily blind, unable to see anything.
"Roar!"
In response, Ao Yuan let out a powerful roar, unleashing his boundless dragon might.
Then he leaped up, soaring into the wind!
As he ascended, his body began to shimmer with one wave of light after another.
Without exception, these lights were incredibly brilliant.
The brilliant lights seemed to vie for glory with the tribulation lightning!
Boom!
The eight combined tribulation lightning bolts struck at this moment.
The tribulation lightning, dozens of meters in diameter, instantly engulfed Ao Yuan.
Violent lightning surged outwards, emanating an aura of immense and terrifying pressure of heaven and earth!
At this moment!
Ao Yuan's presence seemed to vanish.
"Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning!"
Zeus watched intently and shook his head, "And eight of them gathered together, this is not something an ordinary person can withstand!"
"What a shame, to not die by my hand in the end."
Zeus sighed, clearly believing that.
Ao Yuan had absolutely no chance of survival!
And indeed, that seemed to be the case!
With eight Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning bolts merging, even a main god like Zeus, who had lived for an immeasurably long time.
Had never witnessed such a thing.
And Ao Yuan, despite achieving the Divine Transformation stage!
No matter how strong he was, he was still in the Divine Transformation stage!
How could he possibly resist eight combined Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning bolts!
However, at this very moment.
"Roar!"
A deafening roar suddenly emanated from within the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning.
The voice... was Ao Yuan's!
Zeus's heart leaped. He hadn't expected Ao Yuan to still be alive under such terrifying Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning.
And judging by the sound, he seemed completely unharmed!
Unbelievable, too unbelievable.
"No!"
Zeus's heart tightened. "I... I must find a backup plan!"
For some reason, he felt that Ao Yuan might actually be able to withstand this lightning strike!
Even though he wasn't sure if this guess was correct, it made him want to prepare a contingency.
This way, even if Ao Yuan didn't survive, there would be no loss.
His gaze darted around, and soon Zeus's eyes fell upon the demon court below.
Although his previous enraged strike had caused the deaths of some weaker beasts in the demon court.
A portion of the stronger demon beasts had still survived.
"Then I'll use you as my backup!" Zeus narrowed his eyes as he looked down.
Following that.
His eyes widened, and streams of lightning surged outwards.
Hum hum hum!
Under Zeus's control, the lightning coiled around the surviving but unconscious demon kings like docile little snakes.
Traces of lightning were unconsciously absorbed into their bodies.
"Hoo!"
Having done all this, Zeus let out a long sigh and muttered, "Now, even if you can withstand the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning!"
"So what! I don't believe you would give up on your subordinates just to destroy me!"
Zeus's words were filled with confidence.
Because, based on Ao Yuan's previous interactions with the demon court.
He knew that Ao Yuan deeply respected them and had even provided them with much assistance.
Otherwise, they would never have dared to provoke him because of Ao Yuan.
Nor would they have faced him without fear of death.
Demonic beasts!
They were far more pure than humans, Ao Yuan knew this.
And Zeus was also acutely aware of it!
Having done all this, Zeus then looked with a more relaxed gaze at Ao Yuan, who was enveloped by the Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning.
Rumble rumble!
The Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning roared incessantly, its terrifying light surging and pouring out.
The violent collision was like the collapse of the starry sky, incredibly terrifying!
The void itself was torn open with gaping holes, revealing dark, black-hole-like fissures that inspired dread.
And this Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning strike continued for a very, very long time.
So long that Zeus began to grow impatient.
"What... what's happening to him?" Zeus's gaze deepened, and he began to speculate in his mind.
Although he was speculating, the scales of his thoughts were slowly tipping.
Because.
He understood one principle.
That was, if Ao Yuan were to fail.
The Divine Sky Tribulation Lightning would have dissipated long ago.
The fact that it hadn't dissipated after such a long time, in a sense, indicated just how powerful Ao Yuan was!
This also meant that Ao Yuan's chances of survival were increasing!
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