Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 703: Nine-tailed Tribulation

Chapter 703: Nine-tailed Tribulation

As Burning Heaven the monk's words fell, it was like pouring cold water into boiling oil, instantly plunging the entire Taizhou Mountain area into deathly silence.

Only the dull thunder within the tribulation clouds above, like the heartbeat of an ancient behemoth, grew increasingly rapid and heavy.

Atop the peak, that figure in plain white remained seated cross-legged, her nine tails gently swaying, completely ignoring Burning Heaven the monk's heart-piercing words and the boiling clamor below.

She merely slightly raised her gaze, looking toward the dark vortex of tribulation clouds that seemed capable of crushing the heavens, her eyes terrifyingly calm.

BOOM—CRACK!!!

Without any warning!

A purple-gold lightning bolt, thick beyond description, like a primordial spear tearing through chaos,

carrying the will to annihilate everything, fiercely descended from the vortex's center.

Its speed surpassed the limits of divine sense perception!

The entire world was instantly filled with blinding purple-gold radiance, becoming a vast expanse of white.

The terrifying pressure instantly suffocated countless cultivators below, with those of weaker cultivation directly collapsing to the ground, blood trickling from their noses and mouths.

Facing the first heavenly tribulation, Tu Shan Yue moved.

Her nine tails behind her suddenly stretched upward, as if trying to cover the entire thundercloud.

Vast, boundless demonic power erupted without reservation, condensing into a massive fox claw phantom that blotted out the sky, fiercely grabbing toward the world-destroying lightning.

BANG—!!!! A deafening roar!

It was the pure explosive sound of energy colliding with energy.

The fox claw phantom capable of tearing apart the heavens appeared as fragile as paper before that purple-gold lightning.

After holding out for less than an instant, it violently shattered into scattered fireflies.

The remaining lightning continued its descent unabated, carrying an unstoppable momentum, fiercely striking Tu Shan Yue.

"Ugh—!"

An uncontrollable groan of pain sounded.

The plain white gauze instantly turned charred and shattered, revealing large areas of blood-stained skin.

Tu Shan Yue's body shook violently as she violently spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Her cross-legged figure slid backward several hundred zhang, plowing deep furrows into the hard peak rock.

The luster of her nine magnificent fox tails instantly dimmed, with one even showing obvious scorch marks.

One strike! Just the first tribulation lightning!

The Nine-Tails Heavenly Fox who had dominated the Cangyun Realm for ten thousand years was already severely injured and spitting blood.

"Sovereign!"

"Demon Venerable!"

Above the demon clouds, the Five Great Demon Saints looked on in horrified astonishment.

The ferocious grin on Mountain Moving King's face instantly froze, his golden helmet askew without him bothering to straighten it.

The black mist around Black Wind Sage churned violently, while Cyan Jade Rhinoceros nearly dropped his giant axe.

Golden-Winged Roc was so startled his wings flapped wildly.

This... this couldn't be right!

Their proud supreme ruler was actually so vulnerable?

"Pfft... HAHAHAHA!" After a brief deathly silence, suppressed laughter and mockery erupted from the human cultivators' camp below.

"This is it? The Nine-Tails Heavenly Fox? Nothing special!"

"Severely injured and spitting blood from just the first strike? How will she withstand the remaining eighty? I say she'll be annihilated completely!"

"Reverend Burning Heaven's insight is truly sharp! This demon indeed carries heavy sins, not tolerated by heaven!"

"At her wit's end! Asking for humiliation!"

The withered face of Burning Heaven the monk remained impassive as still water, only a trace of anticipated indifference flashing deep in his eyes.

The pure golden Buddhist flame in his palm burned quietly, reflecting his expressionless face, as if silently declaring Tu Shan Yue's death sentence.

Chen Huaian frowned deeply, watching the blood-stained figure on the peak, doubts swirling in his heart.

Old Demon Xiao had said the suppression of heavenly rules had weakened? But the power of this first tribulation lightning before him... where was the weakening?

It was clearly several times more violent than the initial power of the ascension tribulation described in ancient texts!

These rules... seemed to be giving Tu Shan Yue "special treatment"?

According to the nature of heavenly tribulations, the power of subsequent lightning strikes would only grow stronger with each one.

They said the Nine-Tails Heavenly Fox had nine lives, and with her cultivation and treasures combined, she might withstand up to twenty tribulation strikes at most.

Nine lives, each life enduring three tribulation strikes—that would only get her through forty-eight strikes. What about the remaining thirty-three, even stronger strikes?

Yet what nobody knew, and what Chen Huaian didn't know either.

Within the churning thunderclouds, a subtle consciousness swept down.

"Is Tu Shan Yue really this weak!"

Before the massive sand table of the Cangyun Realm, Real Person Jade Compassion stared blankly at the Heavenly Dao's Eye.

She had already reduced the power of Tu Shan Yue's first tribulation by fifty percent.

Yet even so, Tu Shan Yue was still severely injured by the strike...

Didn't that mean she'd have to go easy on her even more crazily later?

"It's normal for her tribulation to be powerful since she carries blood debts," a calm voice sounded beside her.

The Sword Bearer had appeared silently beside her at some point, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over the figure undergoing tribulation in the sand table.

"Weren't you not watching?" Real Person Jade Compassion glanced at White Sword, speaking with sarcastic tone. "Oh, can't bear to see the little fox get severely injured? Don't worry, I'll carefully control the subsequent tribulations, adhering to the principle of punishment without annihilation."

White Sword remained silent, only the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

The next moment, his figure dissipated like mist.

"Hmph." Real Person Jade Compassion snorted, hands on her hips. "If you care, just admit it. Why put on an act? Isn't it exhausting?"

Though she said this.

To avoid the Sword Bearer secretly making things difficult for her later.

She still reduced the tribulation's power once again.

...

Taizhou Mountain—

Tu Shan Yue struggled to stabilize her posture, ignoring the blood continuously trickling from the corner of her mouth.

With trembling hands, she quickly took several healing pills from her storage artifact, stuffing them all into her mouth.

The pills dissolved upon entry, their powerful medicinal effects instantly spreading.

The charred skin around her body shed dead layers at a visible rate, revealing newborn pink flesh, while her dimmed fox tails regained their faint glow.

But her face grew even paler, and deep in her eyes, an uncontrollable shadow of despair finally emerged.

White Sword brother...

That name deeply branded in her heart, the one who haunted her dreams, quietly brushed across the lake of her heart.

That figure in snow-white robes, with soaring sword intent, was the only stirring emotion in her long life.

Who would have thought that the Nine-Tails Heavenly Fox, whose charm could captivate the world, would also fall in love one day?

Tu Shan Yue herself never expected it.

To follow in his footsteps, for that slim chance at eternal life, that opportunity for one love lasting a lifetime.

She had gritted her teeth and embarked on this path of defying heaven.

But now... the heavenly might was like a prison, the path ahead severed... Could it really be... impossible?

BOOM!

BOOM!!

BOOM!!!

The tribulation clouds gave no chance to catch breath.

The second, third, fourth... up to the ninth tribulation lightning strikes.

Like nine violent purple-gold dragons, each thicker than the last, each faster than the last,

carrying even more terrifying Heavenly Dao pressure, they descended one after another in rapid succession.

Tu Shan Yue no longer had the strength to withstand them head-on.

Her jade hands waved continuously, one brilliant spiritual treasure after another being summoned.

With her injuries not yet fully stabilized.

These spiritual treasures she had collected and refined over her long lifespan were now all the trump cards she could muster.