Liu Tianyun looked at the woman before him, who knew neither heaven nor earth, and felt a surge of blood rush to his throat.
He forcibly swallowed the impulse to vomit blood again, his narrow eyes narrowing like a cunning and vengeful wolf, and said sinisterly, "You dare!"
Tang Qiao let out a disdainful snort and said indifferently, "See if I dare or not?"
Killing intent raged, on the verge of erupting.
Just as the two were about to make a move in the next instant, a gentle and soft voice intervened, "You two, calm down. We can't start fighting amongst ourselves before we've even killed anyone, can we?"
Xu Ye emerged from the void, wearing Bai Qingjiang's face and smiling amicably, like a peacemaker.
However, neither Liu Tianyun nor Tang Qiao paid him any heed.
"Scram!" they both roared in unison.
Xu Ye's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and said with a smile, "Esteemed sirs, please do not be angry. I have an important matter to discuss."
Upon hearing this, Tang Qiao stared intently at him.
Her pure and flawless eyes were like a clear pool of water. If Xu Ye didn't know how wicked this girl truly was, he might have been deceived by those innocent eyes.
"What is it? Speak quickly!" Liu Tianyun urged coldly.
He was filled with pent-up anger, and the red lotuses on his clothes seemed to sense his rage, blooming competitively and emitting a withered, scarlet glow.
Xu Ye, prompted by Liu Tianyun's impatient urging, snapped back to attention and said with a smile, "The most important thing now is to kill Bai Shengyi."
He paused, "As you both know, this woman is extremely strange. If she is not killed, it's hard to guarantee she won't affect our plans later. Now that she is ascending and undergoing tribulation, although it's beyond our earlier predictions, it is also our opportunity."
Seeing Liu Tianyun deep in thought, his smile deepened, and he lowered his voice, "My Void Beast clan's spatial talent is something even experts of the Void Mirror realm cannot match..."
Before he could finish, Liu Tianyun understood and immediately stood up.
"Then what are we waiting for? Time is short."
He looked into the distance, where lightning flashed, and the demonic qi throughout the Far West became restless, churning everywhere.
However, he was prepared. He had long ago set up the Mosha array in the Far West to suppress the demonic qi. Even if heavenly lightning struck him for a full year, it wouldn't be enough to clear the demonic qi in the Far West.
Now, three days and three nights had passed, and Bai Shengyi's lightning tribulation had reached its fortieth strike, nearing its end. Liu Tianyun felt that Xu Ye's words made sense and was naturally unwilling to miss this opportunity.
"I'm going too," Tang Qiao said, and followed.
Bai Shengyi's current condition was not good.
Unexpectedly, the fortieth lightning bolt directly struck her Sea of Consciousness!
At this moment, her clothes were torn into pieces of charcoal, barely hanging on her. Without looking in a mirror, she could guess that the skin all over her body must be as black as roasted charcoal, just like her arm. She wondered if she was hallucinating, but she felt she smelled rather fragrant.
Perhaps this thought was too disrespectful to the lightning tribulation, for the next bolt that smashed down didn't forge her body but struck her divine sense!
Instantly, the scene within her Sea of Consciousness was thrown into chaos, like waves churned by a tsunami, turbulent and surging. It was painful and numb, a truly exhilarating experience!
After this bolt passed, Bai Shengyi's consciousness became completely hazy.
She couldn't even sit upright and relied entirely on the Wheel of Reincarnation Pen she was holding to prevent herself from falling.
"Master? Master?" the Qiong Meng Vine called out urgently several times. Finding no reaction from Bai Shengyi, the entire vine became distressed. "Boss, quickly tell Master to wake up! The next strike is two lightning bolts at once!"
At first, no one had noticed, but later they would realize that the lightning strikes were somewhat patterned: first one bolt, then two bolts falling together, then three bolts falling together, and then back to one bolt, cycling back and forth. The interval between one bolt and two bolts was the shortest, only about half an hour.
Now, Bai Shengyi had been in this state for half an hour.
Outside the lightning tribulation, Daojun Hongyi frowned, "What's wrong with Junior Martial Sister Bai? Could it be that the mental demon trial has begun with just the fortieth strike?"
They came from a great sect and had lived for many years, so they naturally knew some things about ascension lightning tribulations.
For instance, the chances of a demonic cultivator successfully passing the tribulation were extremely slim. Another point was that a large part of this slim chance was because the final stage of the ascension lightning tribulation was a mental demon trial, and demonic cultivators rarely managed to overcome their mental demons.
After all, to fall into demonic cultivation meant that only cultivators who couldn't overcome their mental demons would become demonic cultivators. If they couldn't get past an obstacle during spiritual cultivation, how could they expect to get past it during demonic cultivation?
Bai Shengyi, having cultivated so rapidly at such a young age, made Daojun Hongyi worry if she had any hidden flaws in her Dao heart.
Qinglan said, "That is not the case."
After saying this, he continued to look at Bai Shengyi's location and remained silent. Daojun Hongyi had no choice but to ask again, "Daojun Qinglan, could you elaborate?"
"The lightning that struck just now didn't hit Shengyi's physical body, but her Sea of Consciousness."
Daojun Hongyi understood, but he became even more worried.
Venerable Fei Yun couldn't help but gloat. Now it was good; this little girl was likely in grave danger.
He incited Daojun Hongyi, "Junior Martial Brother... shouldn't we wake up Junior Martial Sister Bai first and have her release her contract with Miaomiao?"
Daojun Hongyi frowned deeply, "Senior Martial Brother, do not speak nonsense."
To rush to release the contract at this time was akin to cursing Junior Martial Sister Bai!
However, even so, Daojun Hongyi was extremely anxious.
As the three of them stared intently at the opposite side, two bolts of lightning fell consecutively as if they could no longer hold back!
"Rumble..."
The dazzling lightning was alarming, and just as the lightning struck, a white figure suddenly shot upwards!
"Miaomiao!"
It was the White Tiger, who had been lying by Bai Shengyi's side without moving an inch!
"Roar!"
The majestic White Tiger let out a great roar, and its massive body completely blocked one bolt of lightning, but there was still another bolt—
Green light shimmered, and lush green vines grew like wild grass. Giant tendrils instantly became incredibly thick, firmly protecting the top of Bai Shengyi's head!
"Is that the spiritual plant accompanying Junior Martial Sister Bai?"
These two were truly blocking the lightning for Bai Shengyi, astonishing all three of them!
They had only ever heard of spiritual beasts and spiritual plants ascending because their contract masters ascended; they had never heard of spiritual plants or spiritual beasts willingly blocking lightning tribulations for their contract masters!
Moreover, it wasn't just the White Tiger and the Qiong Meng Vine. Bai Shengyi was surrounded by the Sui Xing Divine Fire, the Long Zhu Xing Fire, and the Lie Yang Chi Hong Fire, all swirling protectively around her. The Tian Ji Sword and the Wheel of Reincarnation Pen also flashed with light, ready to strike.
"This... is truly unheard of!" Daojun Hongyi exclaimed.
The White Tiger landed, rolled over, and managed to stand up, clearly unharmed. In contrast, the vine instantly withered and drooped, its leaves turning yellow and lifeless.
However, Daojun Hongyi was finally relieved and even had the mood to sigh, "How did Junior Martial Sister Bai manage to make all her contracted beings like her?"
A faint, imperceptible smile flashed across Qinglan's eyes. "She is worthy."