Looking at the tribulation lightning suddenly swirling overhead, the three Ink Flood Dragons were also filled with confusion.
Why had this tribulation lightning suddenly appeared?
No one was even undergoing a tribulation here!
“Husband, are we still chasing them? I have a bad feeling about this...” one of the female Ink Flood Dragons asked.
“We chase! They killed my children and think they can just run away? Not a chance!” With that, the three Ink Flood Dragons resumed their pursuit.
Crack! Boom!
Crash! Bang!
The moment the three Ink Flood Dragons caught up to a desolate island, the Tribulation Lightning ruthlessly blasted them with a barrage of strikes.
Watching the three Ink Flood Dragons getting blasted, the Old Turtle hiding inside its shell, preparing for its tribulation, was completely dumbfounded...
Wait, wasn't this supposed to be its lightning tribulation?
Why wasn't the tribulation lightning striking it?
At this moment, Lu Ming recognized the Old Turtle. It was the very same turtle that had bumped into them during the storm.
Looking at the Old Turtle's gleaming shell, Lu Ming's lips twitched. That thing has some serious defense!
The Old Turtle also saw Lu Ming and the others, recognizing them instantly.
Remembering how it had bumped into them earlier, and realizing it was currently in the middle of its tribulation...
And seeing that the tribulation lightning wasn't striking them either...
In an instant, it chuckled, its ancient voice ringing out, “Hehe... Fellow Daoists, let's be friends! I offended you earlier, but this old turtle didn't do it on purpose.”
As it spoke, a tortoise shell floated over to Lu Ming.
It had noticed the look Lu Ming had given it just now.
The boy was clearly very interested in its shell.
Lu Ming was startled. He hadn't expected the Old Turtle to be so tactful.
As the saying goes, you don't slap a smiling face—or in this case, a smiling turtle. He couldn't be rude.
“Here!”
With a wave of Lu Ming's hand, a pill bottle flew over.
The Old Turtle caught it politely, but suddenly, its neck shot out in shock.
Good heavens... Top-grade recovery pills!
Demon beasts were not skilled in alchemy, so they craved pills intensely.
Especially recovery pills, which could sometimes serve as a second life.
Yet Lu Ming had casually given it two of them.
“Thank you, Fellow Daoist...” the Old Turtle said gratefully.
While they were casually chatting, the three Ink Flood Dragons were being electrocuted into violent convulsions.
What was going on?
Why was this lightning specifically targeting the three of them?
They knew that stepping into the range of a tribulation candidate's lightning would cause them to get struck as well.
And the intensity of the tribulation would scale to the level of the strongest person present...
But the question was, why was it only striking them?
“Why? Why are we the only ones getting struck?!” the male Ink Flood Dragon roared while trying to defend himself.
The Tribulation Lightning didn't say a word, continuing to blast them relentlessly.
Hmph... Do you really think just anyone has the right to talk to me?
“Ahhh! I want to file a complaint! I want to file a complaint!” the male Ink Flood Dragon howled, completely pushed to his limit.
Hearing the male Ink Flood Dragon talk about filing a complaint, the Tribulation Lightning grew even more furious.
How dare he try to complain about him?
The Tribulation Lightning went completely wild, blasting down even harder. Boom! Crash!
“Pfft...”
“Husband, let's get out of here first!” Seeing how badly injured they were getting, one of the female Ink Flood Dragons could bear it no longer and urged.
The male Ink Flood Dragon realized that staying any longer was indeed too dangerous now that they were injured.
He glared at Lu Ming and the others one last time. Despite the burning hatred in his eyes, there was nothing else he could do.
An Ink Flood Dragon's revenge could wait...
With that, the three Ink Flood Dragons entered full flight mode and fled.
Once the three Ink Flood Dragons had fled beyond the boundary, the Tribulation Lightning turned its attention back to the Old Turtle and gave it a solid beating...
Only after knocking the Old Turtle unconscious did the Tribulation Lightning consider its task complete.
Lu Ming and the other two munched on melon seeds, watching the entire show without interfering.
Just then, the Tribulation Lightning flew over to Lu Ming, looking incredibly aggrieved, and cried out, “Waaah... Big Bro, Little Puny and I got beaten up by another lightning. You have to get justice for us...”
With nothing else to do, he and Punishment Lightning had already learned how to speak. It was a bit crackly and static-filled, but it was perfectly understandable.
Hearing this, Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and Huang Tianbao were all stunned.
They had heard from the Tribulation Lightning before that only the two of them resided in the Thunder Pool! How could they have been beaten up by another bolt of lightning?
“What happened? Tell me...” Lu Ming asked, frowning as he looked at the Tribulation Lightning.
The Tribulation Lightning then explained everything that had occurred in the Thunder Pool.
“That Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning is barely even a bolt of lightning! He beats us up when he's in a bad mood, he beats us up when he's in a good mood, and he beats us up just because he doesn't like the look of us...”
Hearing about the miserable existence the two of them had been living lately, Lu Ming couldn't help but feel a wave of sympathy.
At the same time, he had a strong gut feeling. This Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning... was definitely targeting him.
However, what surprised Lu Ming even more was that Tribulation Lightning and Punishment Lightning hadn't sold him out. They were truly good lightning bolts.
“Boss, we have to teach that Wan Lei guy a lesson! How dare he bully Little Jie and Little Puny...” Big Yellow barked angrily from the side.
Bullying one of their own... well, one of their own lightning bolts, was simply going too far!
“Second Senior Brother is right...” Huang Tianbao agreed, looking equally indignant.
Seeing the reaction of the three, the Tribulation Lightning crackled with emotion. See? This is the benefit of having a powerful backer. When bullied by another lightning, there was actually someone to stand up for them.
“Alright... don't worry. Once I run into this Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning, I'll devour him...” Lu Ming said. As he spoke, he glanced down at his pitch-black, ink-like vortex dantian. It should be able to handle it, right?
“Thank you, Big Bro...” The Tribulation Lightning then left, thoroughly satisfied.
The moment it returned to the Thunder Pool...
Smack! The Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning slapped it, sending it flying.
“Dammit, what took you so long to get back?”
Having been slapped away, the Tribulation Lightning cursed inwardly: Damn you, Wan Lei, just wait until my Boss deals with you! But knowing a wise lightning doesn't fight a losing battle, it carefully explained:
“The old turtle undergoing the tribulation today had three Ink Flood Dragons causing trouble, so I had to spend a bit more time blasting them...”
Hearing this explanation, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning finally let the matter drop.
“Hey... why do you seem so happy today? You even look happy while getting beaten up,” Punishment Lightning whispered inquisitively a moment later.
“How did you know I was happy?” the Tribulation Lightning asked curiously.
“Pfft... we've lived in the same Thunder Pool for so long. Who knows you better than me?”
Punishment Lightning realized it was true. The Tribulation Lightning then recounted everything about meeting Lu Ming.
“Really?!” Punishment Lightning cried out in excitement upon hearing this.
The entire Thunder Pool began to ripple with excitement. Terrified, the Tribulation Lightning quickly pinned the excited Punishment Lightning down. “Careful!”
Punishment Lightning nodded repeatedly. Their good days were finally coming.
...
In the Southern Frontier, the Gu King was completely dumbfounded as he looked at the suddenly dropped Zhu Wuneng and the corpse of his own Ancestor, who was wearing nothing but a pair of floral boxers.
After their Saintess and Elder Gu died, they had been worrying about whether their Ancestor's corpse would be destroyed. Who would have thought that a pig demon would actually activate the sleeping teleportation gu inside the body and bring it back!
“Little Pig, how did you bring back our Ancestor's corpse?”
Zhu Wuneng blinked his eyes. “I don't know!”
Staring at Zhu Wuneng's eyes, which shone with a pure, unadulterated stupidity, the Gu King's lips twitched. He decided to ask a different question:
“How did you find our Ancestor's corpse?”
“I dug it up from the ground...”
“Why were you digging the ground?”
“Everyone else was digging, so I dug too...” Zhu Wuneng replied, recalling the situation at the time.
Everyone from the Huaguoshan lineage was digging, so he had simply joined in.
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