Chapter 2182 Nirvana in Destruction

Lightning tumbled and rumbled, vibrating the starry void.

Scarlet, interweaving arcs of electricity transformed into countless sharp blades, flickering murderously in the depths of the pitch-black tribulation clouds!

“Taking the form of swords to perform the highest heavenly punishment!” Some old monsters were horrified, their scalps numb. The phenomenon was undoubtedly sinister.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The blades fell from the sky with eye-piercing gleams. Coalesced from the supreme aura of tribulation, they were filled with unimaginably destructive might.

Lin Xun was doing his best to resist them. His power and energy fiercely swirled around him in maximum operation.

Even so, countless bloody cuts appeared on him in just a split second. His hair flew wildly in all directions, and so did his blood.

On top of that, a large area of his skin had been scorched, and his hair had been burnt. He looked unbearably miserable.

Eventually, his skin cracked and peeled off piece by piece like drying soil. This was a sign that Lin Xun had fallen into a huge crisis.

This Emperor tribulation was simply bizarre and frightening beyond imagination.

“Lightning contains vitality and the essence of heaven and earth. If one cannot achieve nirvana and be born anew in destruction, then one will certainly and completely turn into dust...”

Lin Xun was fighting back in a flurry. As long as he endured through this trial, both his body and spirit would definitely become even stronger. Nevertheless, this kind of honing was unreasonably perverse; the slightest hint of carelessness would result in him being destroyed in both form and spirit.

He didn't dare to think too much. His will and mind were focused like never before as he welcomed the bombardment of the bolts and resisted them without stopping.

He was heavily mangled, bleeding, scorched, and shedding large patches of burnt skin.

However, his spirit was highly condensed, and in him carried a kind of pure force that emitted a blazing radiance.

This was like the refinement of a divine metal: sieve out the slag, wash away the impurities, keep the essence, and finally forge the world's sharpest and strongest weapon.

It was just that this process was overly perilous. It required one to walk the line between life and death. Any normal Emperor expert would be unable to pull through at all.

His flesh was in acute pain, even shedding skin, but Lin Xun’s energy burned even more brightly as it decocted the purest and most robust origin power.

The spot between his brows glistened like the glow of a furnace, where it interpreted the dao and derived the arts, performing a similar refinement.

This was his Will Dharma Form!

Unless one’s Will Dharma Form perished, they could still survive and recover when their physical body was destroyed.

Therefore, Lin Xun did not panic even though he watched his flesh and blood dry up and his muscles fall off. Inside him, his sinews and bones shimmered, and his organs boiled as they metamorphosed of their own accord.

Finally, he sensed the vitality in the cascade of lightning. Letting out a loud battle cry, he faced the sky full of red swords and punched his fist upward.

At the same time, he rocketed into the air and, like a huge abyss, swallowed the lightning.

KABOOM!

Amidst the roars of endless lightning light, Lin Xun underwent a shocking change. His flesh bulged, and his frontal bone shone translucently as lightning streamed into him and continuously mended his parched state.

It was a wave of vitality that regenerated his flesh and blood.

Like the purple qi rising from the east with the sun, it was auspicious and prevalent.

At this moment, the second round of lightning tribulation in the form of blood-red blades dissipated. The tribulation clouds covering the sky dome fell into a brief silence.

Lin Xun stood in the void, his physical entirety almost crystalline as it flowed with wisps of lightning. Amazing vitality fermented within him and rapidly repaired his injuries.

In a trance, Lin Xun felt like he had taken the first step toward the Emperor Stage through a wondrous metamorphosis. The energy previously drained from him during all previous battles all came back, and he had also achieved an extreme transcendence.

“Nirvana in destruction...” he had a vague realization of what it was.

Far away on the Great Wall of Thousand Daos, the audience of old monsters was dumbfounded. They stared at the handsome figure beneath the black clouds with shaken hearts.

Such an unprecedented, great calamity... Yet he had actually endured two rounds in succession!

“Good, great!” Battle Emperor Fengling was so excited that his lips trembled. He could tell that Lin Xun, who had persevered in certifying Emperorhood in this kind of desperate situation, had gotten off to a good start.

However...

This unrivaled and unique Emperor tribulation was apparently not that simple. Even Fengling did not dare to speculate on the final outcome.

Xia Zhi remained standing quietly in the distance with a tight grip on her bone spear. She was likewise taking advantage of this precious peaceful period to repair her injuries.

Further away was the army of starry sky beasts who didn’t dare to even take half a step closer to the tribulation area. Every single one of them had been terrified by its mere might, trembling nonstop.

This also allowed Lin Xun to cross the tribulation without having to worry about disturbance.

The third round of lightning tribulation came unexpectedly fast. It had only been moments when stars suddenly fell down the sky.

Each of them had a piercing silver glow. They weren’t large, but they came down in a torrential rain!

Watching from afar, it looked as though all the stars were falling from the sky, about to stage an apocalypse! Such a bizarre scene sent shivers down many old monsters' spines.

What kind of tribulation is this?!

Crackle!

As a star shot down toward Lin Xun, it suddenly erupted with lightning and deafening thunder, posing a big threat.

This starry tribulation lightning was truly horrifying. When it exploded, the lightning power bursting out created a tsunami and sent Lin Xun flying across the sky. The force was so powerful that he coughed up blood.

His pupils were filled with gravity.

This third round of tribulation was a whole lot more powerful than the second round!

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

The whole region was in turmoil as star after star kept smashing down like mountains, drowning out Lin Xun's figure.

Every explosion produced an irresistible lightning burst that deeply impacted him. His skin and flesh peeled off while his tendons and bones snapped. His body, which had only been repaired with great difficulty, was once again subjected to demolition and became heavily wounded.

At the same time, the lightning dao power slipped in through his muscles and wrecked him from the inside.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xun knew that he couldn't go on like this, or else he would definitely die in this demonic lightning tribulation.

Slowly, he began to glow, and then flared. His blood rolled, and his qi boiled.

He exerted all of his strength and unleashed his full potential. Burning up like a furnace in full swing, he turned into a golden sun that blazed beyond compare.

Finally, Lin Xun rushed out from the dense coverage of starry lightning, teleporting toward the far distance.

At this moment, the restrictions from the Great Wall of Thousand Daos’ Law Power seemed to have become useless, unable to stop him from flickering away.

“这......”

“How...”

“He broke away from the ruling restrictions of the Nirvana of Transcendence!”

“What is he trying to do?”

Countless cries of astonishment and disbelief rang out.

Of note, every Emperor expert stationed on the Great Wall of Thousand Daos was subject to a limitation that prevented them from even leaving the castle, let alone teleporting into the universe outside.

Yet, Lin Xun, in the middle of his tribulation, had broken this shackle!

RUMBLE!

Stars of lightning poured down and covered Lin Xun. No matter where he ran to, he was still mercilessly bombarded.

However, this time, the starry sky beasts suffered with him as Lin Xun had rushed into the area where they had been cowering. When the beasts finally reacted, countless star-like bolts had already smashed into them.

For a time, wails and whimpers echoed incessantly. Since the starry sky beasts were massive in size, they kept colliding into each other when trying to dodge, and everything was a mess. In just a second, the lightning whips reduced several dozen beasts into scorched pieces of flesh and shattered bones, with smoke whiffing out from them.

Although these beasts were not intelligent, their instinct sensed the grave danger, and so they fled without hesitation.

However, how could Lin Xun just let them go like that? He left afterimages everywhere when chasing after them. Wherever he appeared, there would be tribulation lightning and exploding stars inflicting heavy damage to the beast army.

In just a few breaths, nearly a hundred of starry sky beasts were blasted to death. Their broken carcasses ended up being annihilated in the blazing torrent of lightning.

The old monsters on the Great Wall of Thousand Daos watched this with hollow gazes, utterly speechless.

Diverting his tribulation to his enemies? How can the brat still act so boldly under this kind of unprecedented catastrophe?

He’s clearly tired of living!

However, they had to admit that this was an ingenious act. The scene of starry sky beasts either being killed or fleeing in disorder gave everyone a surreal feeling.

“Wonderful, genius!” Battle Emperor Fengling was exuberant, his blood racing. Borrowing the heavenly tribulation to kill the enemy, this was simply a masterstroke!

Unfortunately, the good time didn't last long as Lin Xun encountered a serious threat: he was once again enveloped by a storm of starry lightning.

Not daring to be distracted, he put all his mind into resisting it.

New wounds, then more new wounds appeared on him.

Until later on, his body was blown apart, completely drowned in the sea of lightning bolts.

Battle Emperor Fengling's heart flew to his throat. Going from utter exhilaration to utter worry and anxiety, he was riding an emotional roller coaster.

Truly, the situation of Lin Xun's tribulation had changed too quickly.

Xia Zhi had always been standing by as she watched, but when she saw this scene, she felt an urge to rush over to him. However, she ultimately held back.

Her spirit sense could still perceive Lin Xun's aura.

Sure enough, just a few moments later, the infinite lightning storm vanished chunk by chunk as if swallowed by a large abyss.

In the center of the storm was a rain of light, which then gradually formed a figure. It was none other than Lin Xun!

He was like a bottomless pit as he constantly devoured the lightning. Since this completely subverted everyone's perceptions, their minds went blank.

When had it become possible to absorb tribulation lightning?

This was simply insane talent, because such an inconceivable thing had never been heard of since the beginning of time.

Of course, what those old monsters found most intolerable was the fact that a world-ending tribulation of this degree hadn't managed to kill Lin Xun!

They were so upset that their chests felt stuffy.

Rumble!

Soon, Lin Xun swallowed up the lightning power like a whale, leaving not a trickle behind.

His entire person glowed, as dazzling as a dream. Burst of vigorous vitality surged around him, while within had welcomed an earth-shattering change.

This was nirvana in the midst of destruction!

Although the third round of lightning was so terrifying that it almost killed Lin Xun, he had carried himself through at the critical juncture. He had even gobbled up the vitality in the lightning, prompting himself to undergo a new metamorphosis!

This made Lin Xun more and more confident. Although this supreme Emperor tribulation was unprecedentedly dangerous, the benefits he could harvest from it would also be unprecedentedly bountiful!