Chapter 485

Chapter 485: What Now?

Can I just stand by and watch Shangguan Huanling die under Heavenly Tribulation?

Obviously, no!

If I can’t, then the only way to help Shangguan Huanling is to do what Lu Ye did and directly bear the Heavenly Tribulation for her.

But if I interfere with the Heavenly Tribulation, it won’t be Heavenly Tribulation anymore.

It will be Divine Punishment!

Who could withstand such punishment?

Sun Ruowei definitely can’t, so she wouldn’t even dare to speak up.

This Heavenly Tribulation is a personal affair; if Sun Ruowei dared to intervene, it would mean certain death.

As for Yue Hongling, she’s even in a worse situation; she doesn’t even have the qualifications to cross tribulation yet.

So, at the scene, if someone wants to save Shangguan Huanling, the only option is Vermilion Bird stepping in, bearing the Heavenly Tribulation like Lu Ye did.

“Boom!”

The first bolt of calamity rumbled down.

Shangguan Huanling’s face went pale.

She unleashed her only defensive spell.

But just the first bolt shattered her shield.

No mercy to be found.

By the second bolt, not only was the shield destroyed, but Shangguan Huanling almost got obliterated herself, her body charred, spitting blood uncontrollably.

Fear flickered in Shangguan Huanling’s eyes.

It seemed like she was about to die.

But she didn’t want to die!

She still wanted to follow Lu Ye’s footsteps, she was still hoping for his forgiveness.

“Brother Lu Ye, save me…”

At this rate, it’s a 100% certainty that Shangguan Huanling wouldn’t last the third bolt.

But obviously, no matter how much she cries out, Lu Ye can’t just appear.

Vermilion Bird sighed.

Right now, she’s the only one capable of saving Shangguan Huanling.

Whether she actually can or not is uncertain, but she has to give it a shot.

In an instant, Vermilion Bird revealed her true form and charged towards the lightning.

The moment she stepped into the area cloaked by tribulation clouds, a thunderous roar erupted, and the tribulation clouds began swelling like crazy.

Boom!

An immensely powerful bolt of lightning struck down, ten times stronger than the previous one, nearly obliterating Vermilion Bird’s true flame.

The force of heaven loomed, and the wind roared.

The second bolt of calamity came without pause, crashing toward Vermilion Bird.

“Ah!”

Vermilion Bird’s body was directly covered in black char.

The ever-stronger lightning lashed down madly at her.

In the blink of an eye, Vermilion Bird faced terrifying tribulations.

She couldn’t stop herself from screaming; her body was being shattered by the lightning, only to be reborn through fire.

One could see Vermilion Bird struggling painfully in the maelstrom of thunder.

Shangguan Huanling watched this scene, tears streaming down her face.

“Vermilion Bird, hurry and leave! Don’t take the hit for me!”

“Vermilion Bird, please get out of here!”

But this is Heavenly Tribulation, not a casual lunch invitation; the tribulation force has already locked onto Vermilion Bird. If she gets through, that’s great, but if she doesn’t, she’ll perish along with Shangguan Huanling.

Lightning struck down continuously.

The torment Vermilion Bird was enduring was beyond comprehension; she kept oscillating between destruction and rebirth, her essence nearly drained in the process!

Last time, when she was blocking the Reincarnation Obsession, she couldn’t bear the pain and chose to give up.

This time, however, she absolutely won’t quit!

A series of bolts rained down.

Vermilion Bird’s colossal form continuously faced obliteration and rebirth.

Until the final bolt fell.

Her massive, battered body crashed to the ground, releasing a rich aroma of roasted meat.

The nearly shattered charcoal-like remains scattered everywhere.

Vermilion Bird was so weak she even lacked the strength to be reborn through fire again.

This time, she was definitely gravely injured.

But she held on.

Radiant light surged into Shangguan Huanling’s unharmed body, not a shred shared with Vermilion Bird.

After all, Vermilion Bird was completely an anomaly against the laws of Heaven.

“Vermilion Bird, Vermilion Bird, are you alright?”

Suddenly, everyone rushed over, while Shangguan Huanling was already in tears.

To be honest, in the previous life, even when Lu Ye was weathering the tribulation for Shangguan Huanling and turned to mush, she didn’t shed a single tear.

Because wasn’t that what he was supposed to do?

It was all because of Lu Ye that her Emotion Dao vanished; otherwise, she could have crossed the tribulation herself.

Sun Ruowei was the first to heal Vermilion Bird.

Shangguan Huanling’s eyes brimmed with sorrow.

Vermilion Bird had already fainted; this injury would likely take a considerable amount of time to heal.

Under the healing prowess of Sun Ruowei and Vermilion Bird’s innate constitution, her life force stabilized.

The Fifth Heaven had already started shooing people away.

“Let’s ascend first!” said Sun Ruowei.

Shangguan Huanling clutched the small Vermilion Bird, still with tears in her eyes.

Now that Vermilion Bird had helped her withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, what would happen next time?

The next time, the tribulations when ascending from the Sixth Heaven to the Seventh Heaven would undoubtedly be much more daunting than the previous ones.

In the Sixth Heaven, within so many Void Realms, those who could successfully cross the tribulation would likely be less than one percent.

The Heavenly Tribulation in the Sixth Heaven was a true dividing point.

If she couldn’t get Lu Ye back in the Sixth Heaven, her path in the Dao would be severed.

Embracing Vermilion Bird, Shangguan Huanling, alongside Sun Ruowei, was lifted upward by a force, ascending.

Yue Hongling stood at the ground, staring blankly at this scene, realizing that she was now the only one left in the Fifth Heaven.

In the Fifth Heaven, she truly had no familiar faces around anymore.

A thick sense of loneliness enveloped Yue Hongling.

There was no one she recognized anymore.

Everyone had left her behind.

This was undoubtedly an experience she had never encountered before; in her last life, she had been with the Grand Dao Sect since she was very young, surrounded by senior brothers and her master. Eventually, her senior brother led them all to ascend, and she often stuck close to her master.

She had spent so much time with her master.

Until now, in this life, she hadn’t been alone until this point.

After her master fell, she had waited for Shangguan Huanling.

Now, everyone is either ascending or dead.

The entire Fifth Heaven had no kin or friends left, just her alone.

Yue Hongling helplessly squatted on the ground.

When will she ever ascend?

By the time she ascends, will her senior brother have already gone to the Seventh Heaven?

“Senior brother, I miss you so much…”