In truth, Zi Linling felt a flicker of despair within her heart!
She hadn't known beforehand that her advancement to the Saint King realm would trigger a lightning tribulation, and thus, she was caught completely off guard.
Not only was she unprepared, but she hadn't even had the time to forge her weapon, the scalpel, into a King artifact.
Therefore, she currently lacked any suitable weapon and her trump cards were pitifully few.
"Master, I can help you block a wave of the lightning tribulation!"
Long'er's anxious voice echoed from the contract space. Since the Misty Forest, Zi Linling had not let him out to fight again.
He knew Zi Linling did it for his own good, fearing he would be harmed.
But as Zi Linling's contracted beast, what was the point of him being a contracted beast if he couldn't fight alongside her?
"Master, I can also help you block a wave!"
The Wind Wing Phantom Tiger chimed in anxiously.
His current bloodline had already assimilated more than fifty percent of that drop of White Tiger blood, naturally inheriting the warlike nature within the divine beast White Tiger.
Combat was the very embodiment of a divine beast's worth, so he desperately needed a battle to release the turbulence within him.
However, Zi Linling always treated him and Long'er like children. If this continued, they would eventually lose the sharpness and pride of divine beasts.
"Master, I can too!"
Bai Ze said helplessly.
It was originally an auspicious beast and could not be entangled in other karma.
But at this moment, the arrow was already nocked, and there was no turning back. If it didn't act, Zi Linling might perish, and it would have to accompany her to the grave.
Although it disliked combat, it didn't mean it couldn't fight.
Zi Linling shook her head and said, "You are all still children, and you shouldn't be exposed to such a cruel environment."
Long'er grew anxious and said, "Master, we are your contracted beasts, not your pets. How can we stand by and watch you fight without doing anything?"
The Wind Wing Phantom Tiger was also anxious and said, "Boss is right! Master, we are of the divine beast race, a race born for battle. If you don't let us fight, you might as well throw us back into the Misty Forest!"
Bai Ze chimed in, "Master, although I dislike combat, I must remind you that a contract is not about unilateral protection, but mutual reliance and mutual guarding.
Therefore, let us participate in the battle! Otherwise, even if we remain unharmed, the moment you lose your life, we will also die with the collapse of your contract space!"
Zi Linling couldn't help but be stunned. It seemed that, unknowingly, she had hurt the pride of her contracted beasts and had, intentionally or unintentionally, suppressed their natural instincts.
Although her intentions were purely to protect them, she had forgotten that contracted beasts would rather die than not be able to fight alongside their master.
This was precisely what was meant by good intentions gone awry.
Thinking of this, Zi Linling's heart suddenly felt a sense of clarity, as if something had been sublimated.
"Good! Today, let us fight side by side and see what this damned heaven wants!"
As these words left her lips, Zi Linling felt a surge of courage rising from the depths of her heart.
At the same time, she distinctly felt that the connection between the three contracted beasts and herself had become even closer.
"Master, you still have me!"
Jiu Ji's slightly mature voice sounded in Zi Linling's mind.
Huang Yi also felt eager to try, but was held back by Yi Ran.
It wasn't that Yi Ran didn't want Huang Yi to help Zi Linling fight, but that Huang Yi was still in its primordial spirit state, and the lightning tribulation had a great restraining effect on that.
However, Yi Ran himself conveyed his intentions to Zi Linling. Although the Divine Maiden Palace's functions were mainly spatial, its combat power was not low.
With the support of three contracted beasts and two divine artifacts, the despair in Zi Linling's heart instantly vanished.
That's right! She wasn't alone; behind her stood a group of like-minded companions!
Thunderclouds churned, and thunder rumbled.
The sky grew darker and darker, and lower and lower.
The terrifying aura was so oppressive that the onlookers could barely breathe.
But Zi Linling, at the center of the thunderclouds, was filled with heroic spirit.
"It's just a Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation, isn't it? Come on! Let's see if you can do anything to me!"
Her clear, cold voice, amidst the booming thunder, was remarkably distinct.
For some reason, as the onlookers heard her voice, their fear instantly subsided by more than half.
"Rumble!"
The first wave of tribulation lightning descended, six bolts of lightning, as thick as thumbs, struck simultaneously, completely sealing Zi Linling's escape route.
"Autumn Wind Falling Leaves Saber Technique, Slash!"
The saber light of the scalpel crossed left and right, instantly severing the six bolts of tribulation lightning.
However, it only severed them, not preventing the tribulation lightning from falling.
The tribulation lightning split into two, and a sky full of lightning snakes danced in the air, surging towards Zi Linling.
"Hmph!"
Zi Linling let out a cold snort and tossed out the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron.
The moment it was thrown out, the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron shone brightly, rapidly enlarging and covering Zi Linling's head at a distance of two meters.
"Crackling!" The tribulation lightning struck the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron.
The Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron stood as firm as a mountain, allowing the lightning snakes to writhe on its surface.
Thus, the power of the lightning was slowly consumed, and the light on the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron dimmed slightly.
"Jiu Ji, let one down and let me try to see the difference between the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation and the Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation!" Zi Linling said boldly.
"Alright! Master, be careful! I'm going to let one down!"
Jiu Ji did not stop her, after all, Zi Linling had prior experience of body refinement by the Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation.
"Good! I'm ready! Come on!"
Zi Linling stood unmoving beneath the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron, awaiting the baptism of the new tribulation lightning.
The Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron trembled, and a small arc of electricity was released by it.
The arc instantly struck Zi Linling's body and rapidly coursed through her.
Zi Linling's body convulsed violently, and every hair on her body stood on end from the electrical shock.
The smell of charring and the scent of blood permeated the air once more, with a faint aroma of cooked meat mixed in.
"Indeed, the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation is far more terrifying than the Three-Nine Lightning Tribulation!"
Zi Linling muttered silently, enduring the bone-piercing torment and accelerating the circulation of the "Human Emperor Medicinal Canon Technique Chapter."
However, this time, the "Human Emperor Medicinal Canon" repaired itself much more slowly.
Zi Linling's appearance was so gruesome that the onlookers in the distance could not bear to watch.
Don't stop! Don't stop!
Zi Linling constantly admonished herself.
Although the "Human Emperor Medicinal Canon" repaired itself at a pace not much slower than the tribulation lightning's destruction, it was still slower.
This, however, made Zi Linling endure even more intense pain.
It took a full breath before Zi Linling could completely dissipate that bolt of tribulation lightning.
"Hoo..."
Zi Linling exhaled and contacted the Nine Extremes Qiankun Cauldron to bring down the second bolt.