I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1380 - 838: Heavenly Tribulation Appears! Dao Power Phenomena! (2)
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This devil, despite failing to attain Harmonization, managed to temporarily halt their assault. It was a greater shock to them than observing a practitioner at the true Great Success stage.
"He actually deflected it?" onlookers murmured, their eyes wide with disbelief. Indeed, nobody had anticipated that the Sword Qi of Lu Qing would possess such overwhelming force, capable of resisting the raw might of the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array.
Although he was clearly struggling, his defensive radius shrinking by the second, every fleeting breath Lu Qing bought himself was a victory for his survival. Watching from afar, the white-clothed woman and her companions found themselves silently praying that Lu Qing could endure just a moment longer.
"Hold nothing back! Energize the Array Map to its absolute limit," the hooked-nose old man bellowed, his face ghastly pale as he sensed the mounting fury of the Heavenly Tribulation. "If we fail to purge this devil, our Black and White Temple will never know tranquility again!"
"Agreed!" The others, acutely sensing the gravity of the crisis, centered their focus. They projected their Divine Thought into the Sea of Laws, drawing upon the power of the Great Path to flood the Array Map. As the Dao Power poured in, the formation patterns of the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array ignited like a galaxy of blinding stars. The ensuing phenomena surged forward, instantly shattering Lu Qing’s tide of Sword Qi and engulfing his form.
"It is finished!" The sudden shift turned the blood of the white-clothed woman cold. They feared Lu Qing’s fate was sealed; against the combined might of six Unity Realm elder demons, the activated Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array was a force of utter destruction. Even if they were to face such power themselves, they would be reduced to nothing in a heartbeat. Regardless of his strength, Lu Qing could not possibly endure.
"All for nothing. Mr. Lu was far too reckless. Why could he not wait?" The white-clothed woman looked on, feeling hollow. She could not comprehend why he had emerged here, knowing full well these six demons were lying in wait, nor why he had abandoned the safety of the Heavenly Origin Great World to venture into the starry deeps so abruptly. Had he simply attained the Unity Realm first, the Black and White Temple would have been forced to act with extreme caution.
Seeing him on the verge of annihilation inside the demon array, the woman struggled to reconcile reality. After waiting ages for a genius of such caliber to emerge, was it truly the case that the Great Path was blind, allowing the Demon Path to thrive?
"What is happening? Was my assessment flawed?" In the distance, the white-haired old man looked completely stunned, his previous air of total control replaced by utter confusion. "What assessment, Old Monster Qiu? What were you talking about?" the charming beauty demanded, having overheard him. But the old man was too fixated on the front lines to reply. "It is impossible. If he perished so easily, what of the rumored 'calamity'? This cannot be!"
"Haha, this devil finally meets his end at our hands!" Mo Cangtian roared with triumphant laughter as he watched Lu Qing being consumed by the Dao Power, detecting not a trace of the youth’s aura. He believed no one, not even a peerless master of the Great Success Harmonization stage, could withstand such refinement. This devil was dead.
The hooked-nose old man and his cohorts breathed a collective sigh of relief. The potential Lu Qing had displayed was genuinely terrifying—scary, even. Had he successfully navigated the Heavenly Tribulation and achieved Harmonization, they dreaded to imagine the threat he would have become. The three in black and white Taoist robes felt fortunate; the temple master’s command to bring the Six Harmonies Celestial Demon Array Map had been the deciding factor. Without it, the six of them likely would have failed to contain such an unnatural, peerless devil.
"Wait, why is the aura of the Heavenly Tribulation continuing to intensify?" The hooked-nose old man suddenly paused, a ripple of unease crossing his mind. He looked up, and at that exact moment, a thunderous roar shook the starry sky. A Heavenly Tribulation Vortex of world-shattering dimensions materialized. The suffocating influence of the Great Path radiated outward, and Lu Qing’s Harmonization Tribulation officially commenced.
"Impossible! Has the boy not already been obliterated? Why does the Tribulation persist?" Mo Cangtian shouted in panicked frustration as he stared at the massive vortex. CRACK! As if answering him, a potent aura ignited at the heart of the Six Harmonies Heavenly Demon Array, scattering the surrounding Dao Power and revealing Lu Qing. Though his frame was battered, riddled with wounds, and partially charred, he was alive.
He had intentionally masked his presence, using the chaotic Dao Power as a shroud to fool his enemies into thinking he had been destroyed, all to conserve energy for the arrival of his Tribulation. "Evil one, you were merely feigning death!" Mo Cangtian shrieked.
"Haha, if I didn't pretend, how else could I have swindled you demonic scraps?" Lu Qing laughed, sounding undeterred despite his ghastly appearance. The Unity Realm Array Map was indeed formidable—its Dao Power-driven phenomena were potent enough to defy his Undying Heavenly Witch Body—yet his resilient physique and deep reserves of vitality had kept him from being refined into ash.
"Damn you! Senior brother, strike again! We must slay this devil!" Mo Cangtian roared, but as he spoke, a vibration rippled from the vortex above. A chilling, primal dread seized the hearts of the demons. The hooked-nose old man sighed heavily, "It is finished. The Tribulation Vortex has cemented itself. If we attack now, the Great Path will perceive it as a provocation, drawing us into the Tribulation ourselves. Retreat!"
Knowing the warning was absolute, the demons stood silent. The chill they felt was the Great Path demanding they exit the danger zone. To ignore it would invite their own Transformation Tribulations, a level of danger that even a supreme Perfect Unity Realm expert could not survive in their unprepared state. "Very well, we listen to senior brother," Mo Cangtian gritted out. "Rest assured, he has been battered for so long; the backlash will leave him unable to survive his own Harmonization Tribulation," the hooked-nose old man sneered, glancing at Lu Qing’s broken form. "Indeed, he may die before even finishing the First Level! To see him perish under the Heavens is a mercy he does not deserve," the others chimed in. Making a swift decision, the six demons manipulated the Array Map and vanished from the reach of the Heavenly Vortex, leaving Lu Qing to stand alone beneath the gathering judgment of the world.