CHAPTER 257: CHAPTER 257: USING HEAVENLY TRIBULATION AGAIN, BREAKING THEM ONE BY ONE

Johnnie had made up his mind: he would use heavenly tribulation to kill them all.

"Looks like you’re no longer useful," Johnnie said to Jack. He had planned to use this guy to trade for Cecilia.

But now it was clear—they wanted him dead.

Buzz!

Soul Power surged. Johnnie wiped out Jack’s soul on the spot.

"Ugh—" Jack let out a muffled groan. His body went limp and hit the ground. His breath vanished. He was completely erased.

"Jack!" Weyldon’s Divine Soul saw it and flew into a rage, but he could do nothing.

"Bastard, you’ll die a horrible death!" he howled, powerless.

"Go!" the Blade King said coldly. He was the first to strike, slashing at Johnnie.

The others attacked without hesitation.

Johnnie didn’t hesitate either. He pulled Nalorin Sylvia into the Map of Heaven and Earth.

Boom!

[You were instant-killed by the Blade King. Resurrection ring triggered.]

System prompts popped up. Johnnie wasn’t surprised to be instant-killed.

"This guy’s got tricks. Seal the space. Don’t let him run," someone warned. Domain Power pressed down, locking down the whole Blade King City.

Run?

Johnnie sneered. He had never planned to run.

He stopped holding back his aura. Power surged all over him.

Rumble, rumble—

Thunder rolled. Dark clouds churned overhead.

The god-ascension heavenly tribulation.

Weyldon’s Divine Soul panicked and fled in a hurry.

Johnnie was puzzled for a moment. It seemed the heavenly tribulation could kill a Divine Soul too.

The strong cultivators watching below went pale and scattered in fear.

This was a heavenly tribulation aimed at a Half-God.

They wanted to kill Johnnie, sure—but not at the cost of their own lives.

One by one, they fled Blade King City, no longer caring to press him about the Dragon Pulse.

Johnnie didn’t try to stop them. His targets were the Divine experts.

"Is this guy also Heaven’s chosen?" In the crowd, an old man frowned at Johnnie. It was Douglas, the Doe Family’s ancestor.

He had come to Blade King City after hearing the news Blade King spread.

Now it seemed Blade King’s real target was Johnnie.

Douglas was puzzled. Normally there’s only one Heaven’s chosen, right?

Did that big figure find out the Doe Family betrayed them and pick a new Heaven’s chosen?

His gut told him Johnnie wasn’t Heaven’s chosen.

But Johnnie kept having lucky chances and grew insanely fast. In some ways, he did look like one.

Douglas couldn’t figure it out. He glanced at the gathering tribulation clouds above, then decided not to stay. He took out the Celestial Mirror. Space rippled, and he vanished.

...

Blade King and the others didn’t stop the crowd from leaving. When the heavenly tribulation began to form, they weren’t surprised. They already knew Johnnie had used this trick to kill Altair.

"Human, you think we don’t know your play? You want to use heavenly tribulation against us? I want to see how many times you can call it," Blade King said with a scornful smile. "Spread out. Go one by one."

"I’ll go first!" A burly man stepped forward. Ignoring the boiling clouds above, he charged at Johnnie.

This was their plan all along: draw the heavenly tribulation and die together with Johnnie.

Before, they were a bit reluctant. But now that they were sure who Johnnie really was, they didn’t hesitate.

Boom!

The burly man shot out like a cannonball, slamming toward Johnnie.

He was the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone, skilled in earth laws. His power wasn’t the strongest, but his defense was the toughest.

Johnnie’s face turned serious. With a thought, he used Vajra Indestructibility.

Buzz!

Golden Elemental Power surged. A layer of golden light covered him, and his defense shot up a hundredfold.

Rumble!

With a thunderous boom, Johnnie was knocked flying.

"Not dead?" The Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone was shocked. His attacks weren’t top-tier for damage, but a stage 6 expert shouldn’t be able to endure them.

"What a powerful skill!" He realized the golden light around Johnnie had greatly boosted his defense.

"Hmph, again!" He snorted, body flashing as he rammed forward once more.

Johnnie’s face was grim. He didn’t dodge. He rushed to meet him—and along with him came a bolt of lightning from above.

This was a heavenly tribulation aimed at a Half-God.

Rumble!

Johnnie dropped together with that lightning and struck the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone.

A deafening boom shook heaven and earth.

The Celestial Venerable was blasted down, smashed into the ground, and left a huge crater.

Johnnie, on the other hand, wasn’t badly hurt.

"Human, I want to see how many of these heavenly tribulations you can take!" The Celestial Venerable clawed his way out of the pit and charged Johnnie again.

He looked miserable, but rock wrapped his whole body, greatly boosting his defense—just like Johnnie’s Vajra Indestructibility.

Johnnie stayed solemn. He didn’t dare take it head-on. He used a blink to dodge while the Seven Sword flew out, attacking the Celestial Venerable again and again, hoping to trigger the Instant Kill effect.

At the same time, he kept pushing his power to speed up the next heavenly tribulation.

Rumble, rumble—

Thunder rolled. The second tribulation bolt finally formed.

Johnnie seized the chance. With a blink, he appeared right under the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone and used his body to block the heavenly tribulation.

"Despicable!"

The Celestial Venerable cursed. It was too late for him to dodge.

Rumble!

Another blast shook the world. The Celestial Venerable’s massive body was sent flying.

Johnnie didn’t have it easy either. Lightning ran over his body, stabbing pain shot through his head, and his soul took heavy damage.

Luckily, the Celestial Venerable was hurt even worse.

Hit by the second heavenly tribulation, the rocky armor on his skin shattered. Blood poured out. He collapsed to the ground, his aura wildly unstable.

Finish him while he’s down!

Johnnie struck without hesitation. The Seven Sword howled out, attacking like crazy.

"Keep going," Blade King said coldly, his face tight.

Another figure shot out from his side.

"Boy, remember this—you die by my hand, Hurricane Divine Lord!" the man barked. With a wave, several wind blades screamed toward Johnnie.

Johnnie’s face changed slightly. The Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone was badly hurt; he didn’t want to let him go.

Buzz!

Space power rippled, and a group of Mechanical Golems appeared at his call.

With the heavenly tribulation coming down, the space seal they set was already broken. He could now open the Map of Heaven and Earth normally.

Johnnie quickly changed the Mechanical Golems’ traits: immune to wind-type skills and physical attacks.

This Hurricane Divine Lord clearly mastered wind laws, so his attacks would be wind-based.

Bang, bang...

He guessed right. The wind blades hit the Mechanical Golems but did no damage.

"Huh? What the hell? My wind law damage can be immune?" Hurricane Divine Lord stared at the golems in disbelief.

"They’re lifeforms of the Mechanical Race. They can only be immune to two kinds of power at most," Blade King reminded him.

Johnnie was a bit surprised—he actually knew the golems’ special effect.

Before this, whenever Johnnie used Mechanical Golems, the strong ones he met only guessed they were immune to physical or magical attacks. They didn’t know the golems could only be immune to two types.

"Got it!" Hurricane Divine Lord switched to basic attacks and rushed the Mechanical Golems.

Still no damage.

It seemed he only had wind skills and basic attacks, so he was stalled by the golems for now.

Johnnie didn’t bother with him. He kept controlling the Seven Sword to madly strike the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone, praying for the Instant Kill effect to trigger soon.

Rumble, rumble...

At that moment, thunder rolled across the sky as the third tribulation bolt slowly formed.

Johnnie frowned. The tribulation kept getting stronger, and in his state the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone wouldn’t be able to take it.

He wasn’t sure if letting the tribulation kill the enemy would count as his own kill.

Johnnie didn’t dare risk it. This was a Divine powerhouse. If the heavenly tribulation killed him and it didn’t count for Johnnie, that would be a huge loss.

The instant the bolt fell, he used his blink skill to appear in front of the Hurricane Divine Lord, guiding the tribulation down onto him.

The Hurricane Divine Lord, who was going all out against the Mechanical Golems, saw Johnnie pop up. His eyes lit up, and he was just about to strike when he felt a terrifying pressure.

"Not good!"

His face changed. The breeze surged and quickly formed a wind shield.

Crack!

A lightning bolt as thick as a bucket slammed down. The wind shield tore like paper, and the terrifying energy swallowed both Johnnie and the Hurricane Divine Lord.

[Ding, you were killed by the heavenly tribulation. Tribulation attempt failed. Special law blessing: you revive on the spot]

The system prompts flashed. Johnnie hadn’t blocked this bolt and was killed outright.

The tribulation failed, and the clouds in the sky quickly broke apart.

"Cough!"

Johnnie revived where he stood, spat a mouthful of blood, his face pale, his head stabbing with pain.

This time, the heavenly tribulation seemed to hurt his soul even more.

What’s going on? Why is the heavenly tribulation getting stronger?

Johnnie frowned. He could clearly tell it wasn’t the raw power of the bolt that went up, but the damage to his soul.

If this kept going, his soul might not endure it and he’d be erased by the heavenly tribulation.

It felt like some unseen force was trying to stop him from using tribulation again and again as a way to fight.

He had to keep boosting Soul Intensity, or he might die under the tribulation lightning.

Johnnie stopped overthinking and looked to the battlefield.

Right now, the Hurricane Divine Lord had taken the third heavenly tribulation strike. His divine soul was badly damaged—worse than the Celestial Venerable of the Chiming Stone—and he had no way to attack anymore.

Johnnie was thrilled. If he killed these two, his strength would jump a lot.

"Despicable human, let’s see what else you can do!" someone roared and rushed at Johnnie.

Whoosh!

Mist surged and wrapped around Johnnie in an instant.

[Ding, you are poisoned]

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...

The system prompts flashed, and damage numbers floated over Johnnie’s head. He was losing a million Health points per second.

A poison-law domain—this was his first time facing one.

Johnnie didn’t dare relax. With a thought, he summoned Maiev, Nalorin Sylvia, and the Dark Golden Golem.

"Stop him."

Before Johnnie could say more, the two women charged on their own, while the Dark Golden Golem stayed at his side, just in case.

Maiev controls the Rules of Life and easily suppresses the poison mist.