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Heaven, Earth, Me-Chapter 1176. Soluna’s Tribulation.
Chapter 1176 - 1176. Soluna's Tribulation.
RUMBLE!
Yasenia released a hot breath and opened her eyes. The sky-shaking thunder was too powerful not to catch her attention. Looking up, the dragoness noticed that Soluna was floating mid-air with a solemn expression. The long and flowy silver and golden dress fluttered from the rising winds, together with her flame-like hair.
Yasenia didn't ask if Soluna needed help. She would not intervene in this tremendous step.
Meanwhile, one Lightning bolt gathered in the Tribulation clouds and shot down. The strength it carried shattered everything in its path. First, the Heavenly Lightning Bolt blew up the mountain, sending magma and rocks everywhere. Then, it continued piercing and excavating down, creating a path for the rest of the tribulation.
It did not care what was in its way as it penetrated deep underground in the blink of an eye, creating a seemingly bottomless chasm and chasing after its target.
The Sun and Moon spirit gently waved her hand, and the energy around her gathered with ferocity in a ball of plasma. "Go."
A simple attack that transformed into a beam streaked skyward, targeting the descending lightning dragon.
BOOM!
The collision shook the earth and blew everything outward, clearing the magma lake that was hiding Soluna and Yasenia's location.
Our dragoness flew upward, exiting the massive hole and landing on the edge of the arena that the Heavens created for the Sun and Moon Spirit.
Meanwhile, Soluna slowly floated up while glancing up at the black sky. Her expression was serious but not tense.
RUMBLE!
Multicolored Lightning started rolling in the hundreds across the giant black cloud. The lightning that gathered in the sky was a mix of several elements, creating a myriad of phenomena in the sky.
The aurora of effects didn't intimidate Soluna as she started gathering energy of her own.
After an hour, Soluna observed the strength that Heaven had gathered against her with a smirk. "Nine Heavenly Knights, a mix of Sun, Moon, and Star elements. That's quite a challenge for the first round, isn't it? I thought Heaven pampered us Spirits."
The nine knights placed their longswords vertically while holding them solemnly with two hands. Then, they disappeared and reappeared, surrounding Soluna in all directions.
Soluna didn't even move as eight orbs appeared around her, four of the Moon Element and another four of the Sun Element.
Whoosh!
The eight orbs shot forward at a ridiculous speed, forcing eight of the knights to use their swords to block. Meanwhile, the ninth knight managed to arrive in front of Soluna and raised its sword, slicing down and intending to cut her in half.
However, before it could attack, a pillar of golden light bloomed from the chasm below them, swallowing the knight whole. While that was happening, almost a hundred extra orbs like the ones that just blocked the knights appeared around Soluna before they shot outward at a ridiculous speed.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The nine knights were blasted around like helpless chicks, Soluna neither moving nor looking at them. Yasenia's eyes were filled with surprise. 'When did my cute spirit become so strong?'
After ten minutes, the nine knights burst into heavenly particles that Soluna absorbed. "Great nourishment~. Let's start round two."
Angered, the tribulation roared.
RUMBLE!
The thunder created invisible ripples through the air through sheer pressure. Then, twenty-seven lightning bolts fell down and transformed into new creatures. Soluna's expression changed for the first time. "Oh? What is this?"
There were thirteen elemental knights. However, these knights were now mounted on gorgeous horses made out of heavenly lightning. Leading them there was a dismounted knight who was twice the size of the rest. It held a serrated sword that looked extremely intimidating. Moreover, Soluna could feel that this giant knight could control both Sun and Star energies. "Hm... This is no joke... huh?"
RUMBLE!
While the thirteen mounted knights and the giant one prepared, another wave of electric currents swirled around the clouds like serpents. Soluna's face looked incredulous. "What is this? A Lightning Bolt Tribulation conjoined with the attacks from the knights? That goes against the rules..."
RUMBLE!
One of the lightning bolts in the sky fell faster than the eye could track and hit Soluna straight on.
BOOM!
"ARGH!"
Her body distorted, unable to properly maintain her humanoid form as painful and violent energies tried to rip her spirit core into pieces. Simultaneously, the knights charged forward.
"You are underestimating me! [Sun And Moon Cover The Sky]."
A domain expanded around Soluna, her energy pouring out like crazy. Then, two colossal eyes opened in the sky. The sclera of the eyes was completely black and glittering like the night sky, while the irises were colored in a deep blue. Meanwhile, the pupils of both gargantuan eyes were in the image of the Sun and a Crescent Moon.
Everyone who was nearby due to curiosity about the ongoing events couldn't help but feel inferior, as if a divine entity was overlooking the world from above. That pair of eyes was the manifestation of something they couldn't compete against!
Meanwhile, the world around Soluna seemed to slow down for her as her body stepped to the right. As she did so, the Heavenly Lightning Bolt actually missed her! Then, she took a few steps forward and arrived in front of one of the knights who was moving at a slow speed.
Her body flashed as she launched countless punches and kicks. Each time a strike landed, a golden and silver thread linked that creature with the two gargantuan eyes in the sky.
Her body flashed through the battlefield, dodging a total of seven lightning bolts in the meantime. Then, she waved her hand, and everything around her recovered its speed.
The two eyes in the sky widened, their irises and pupils dilating, and then, a calamity descended.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Silver and golden rays of light illuminated everything around Soluna, blasting all the knights except the giant one into the abyss. The sounds of knights dying in an explosion of energies were constant for a few seconds.
Soluna panted for a moment, her eyes locked onto the giant knight. "You are quite durable—" Before she finished speaking, it disappeared and reappeared in front of her, waving the giant serrated sword. "Fast!"
She extended her hand, and stacking shields made of pure Sun and Moon energies appeared in front of her.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
All of them were crushed like fragile glass, and eventually, the sword appeared in front of Soluna's petite body. Soluna could only cross her arms and grit her teeth.
BOOM!
"Ugh!" Her body streaked across the sky like a shooting star, smashing into a distant mountain. The knight was about to chase after Soluna, but it paused as it looked down. The knight's eyes widened faintly as it spotted several hundred silver and golden threads linking its body with the sky.
Looking up, both eyes were locked onto him and wide open. Then, the world darkened as silver and golden light bathed everything.
BOOOOM!
Yasena raised her arm to block the strong wind from the shockwave. When she could see the aftermath, her pupils trembled. Not much was left of the giant knight, as its limbs and part of its head and torso had disappeared.
"That hurt..."
Soluna returned with a slash across her spirit body. Naturally, Heavenly Lightning Weapons could create injuries to any type of being, with spirits not being an exception.
"Either way... That's the second wave done. Is your punishment done already, or is there something left?"
RUMBLE!
"Sigh, so there is something... left?" Soluna's eyes widened as the lightning bolts in the sky began combining. However, instead of becoming larger, they were thinning out and changing into a kaleidoscopic nature. "Ha!? Isn't that World Destroying Heavenly Lightning!? You are going to hit me with that!? That's something that only appears for proper Transcendence Realm cultivators!"
Yasenia had an impression of this type of Heavenly Lightning. When she was in the secret realm, a super-thin lightning bolt of this nature completely vaporized her body. The second time she came into contact with it was when Distancia's Heavens was trying to reject Tatyana from descending into the world, and it got injured.
Now, that terrifying type of Heavenly Lightning was manifesting to strike Soluna.
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After all the lightning gathered, there were just two of them. Each of the bolts was not thicker than a woman's wrist. However, compared to the thread-like lightning that hit Yasenia, the strength was in another, completely new dimension.
Soluna's face was incomparably solemn. She clapped her hands together, and all her energy went berserk. Sun and Moon energies swirled around her like crazy, creating half an inferno and half a frozen land around her.
As Soluna separated her hands, she started chanting. "As a Spirit, I am one with the world. All energy is linked to my body, and all Intents are part of my existence. Hence, I do not wield elements. Hence, I do not wield energy." Soluna's energy burst like a hurricane as she looked skyward with a defiant expression. "I am the spirit of the Moon and Sun! Henceforth, only the cosmos can contain me! Oh, master of the firmament. Oh, Monarch of the Celestial Dragons. Lend your spirit, your strength! Aid the Sun and Moon with your existence so they can shine brighter than Heaven itself!"
"As you wish."
BOOOM!
Yasenia's aura went berserk as it soared to the sky in a pillar of celestial light. She slowly raised her hand as her hair and dress fluttered majestically. Inside her Dantian, the [Celestial Energy Star] and [Black Hole Energy Core] rotated so fast that all the planets orbiting them began accelerating through the sheer drag on the vacant space.
The Heaven roared with anger at being challenged, and the first World Destroying Heavenly Lightning descended. The pressure it emitted was enough to annihilate continents.
RUMBLE!
However, as it descended, a shield that covered several kilometers appeared in between. Its blue color was as deep as the cosmos, and countless stars glittered in it. Yasenia's face turned cold as all her energy poured into the shield.
BOOOOOOOOMM!
The Secret Realm trembled under the pressure of the collision, and a spatial fissure opened right on the impact point. As the shockwave spread outward, mountains crumbled and nearby beasts and cultivators were blown back.
The shockwave razed everything one hundred kilometers around the collision to the ground, leaving a giant crater filled with molten materials.
Meanwhile, Yasenia's face twitched, and her cheeks suddenly puffed out. "BLEARGH! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!"
Blood flowed out of her mouth like a river as she fell down.
Soluna noticed, but she didn't have time to bother about her master. Right then, the second World Destroying Heavenly Lightning descended. Then, the two eyes summoned by the spirit appeared right above her, looking skyward. "DESTROY IT!"
Soluna roared as all her energy poured into the Sun and Moon eyes.
Black and white intersected, and everything was silent for a second. Then, a second shockwave leveled what little remained of the surrounding mountain range.
Yasenia was similarly blown back, unable to protect herself adequately. She didn't stop flying until she was almost 300 kilometers away from the impact zone. Her consciousness flickered as she slowly tried to stand from the pile of rubble around her. "So... Cough, cough. Soluna..."
She extended her spiritual sense, trying to find her cute spirit. However, there was nothing at the collision site. Yasenia stood with difficulty and rushed over. When she arrived, what she saw was an abyss several kilometers wide and deep. "Where are you...?" Her eyes and spiritual sense quickly scanned the area. She could feel that Soluna was around here. However, her vitality was barely noticeable and was becoming weaker by the second.
She didn't care about her own injuries and quickly jumped into the pit. As she fell, her eyes were locked on the Heavenly Tribulation above that had yet to disperse. "Why are you not giving the energy!? She has overcome your death trial!"
Unlike the Sixth Realm tribulations that took a while, Soluna had gone through everything in just a few hours. To say that it was fair was already quite a stretch. Now that the Heavenly Tribulation was holding back the reward, Yasenia's anger was escalating quickly.
However, she didn't bother with it and combed the area. After a few minutes, she finally found Soluna, or what remained of her. In the middle of the charred ground, Yasenia could see a heavily fractured core that was slowly losing its gorgeous luster. That was a sign of a spirit's impending death.
A choked-up voice came from Yasenia as she held it tenderly. "S-Soluna... Great job, dear."
Then, she pressed the broken core against her stomach and dropped it into her dantian. Once inside, all the other treasures glowed and burst with terrifying auras. Then, several streams of energy surrounded the core. The Celestial Energy Star gently and carefully pulled Soluna in, and after a few moments, Yasenia saw the Celestial Energy Star swallow Soluna's broken core.
Only then did the Tribulation Cloud send a pillar of pure Sun, Moon, and Star energy down. Yasenia glared at the sky, but she just sat cross-legged and started absorbing everything into her Dantian. Of course, not to nourish herself but to nourish her lovely Soluna.
"Please, don't give up."
However, even with all that energy, the core kept disintegrating.