Chapter 2103: Great Sage Tribulation

Laughing? Why was he laughing? The Hong Huang people were stunned, unsure what Ye Chen's laughter meant, only knowing his teeth were very white; only knowing his smile made people feel deeply uneasy.

Ye Chen was still laughing, having secretly unlocked the seal on his Tian Jie.

Suddenly, a thunderclap echoed through the starry sky, shaking everyone's hearts.

The Hong Huang instinctively looked up at the vast expanse.

They saw dark clouds gathering in the void, surging and rolling like a black curtain that shrouded the vast universe, extinguishing the last trace of light in the world. Lightning flashed and thunder roared, tearing through the clouds in flashes, while a power that made all living beings tremble erupted—it was the will of the heavens, known as destruction, intent on punishing the weak creatures that defied it.

"Tian Jie?" Qiong Qi Zhun Di's expression changed dramatically, recognizing the sign.

"Damn it, who triggered the Tian Jie?" The Hong Huang forces erupted in fury, their angry shouts resounding through the starry dome. Tian Jie itself wasn't terrifying, but what was frightening was where it was occurring—in this starry sky, where their fifty million-strong Hong Huang army was stationed! A single Tian Jie might be manageable, but if fifty million people had to endure it together, the scene was unimaginable; just thinking about it was terrifying.

"It's Ye Chen's Tian Jie." Jin Ni Zhun Di roared, having uncovered the truth.

At these words, the entire Hong Huang group trembled collectively. The Tian Jie of a Sheng Ti was no joke.

In that moment, even the densest minds understood the meaning behind Ye Chen's earlier smile—it was the grin of the god of death. He intended to drag the fifty million-strong army into his Tian Jie with him.

"I wonder if you like this gift." Ye Chen bared his teeth, smiling even more broadly.

"Damn you." The Hong Huang forces raged, with all the Zhun Di brandishing their swords and pointing them at Ye Chen from afar. "Destroy him for me."

With the order given, the thousands of Zhun Di artifacts locked onto Ye Chen and unleashed their divine beams collectively.

Ye Chen sneered and didn't stand there to be hit; he instantly vanished into the dust space.

In the next instant, the divine beams from the Zhun Di artifacts arrived, sweeping across the starry sky in a barrage that caused massive explosions. The dust space suspended within was also affected, collapsing with a thunderous boom.

Ye Chen reappeared in a flash, like a divine beam shooting straight into the heavens.

"Quick, destroy him." The various clan Zhun Di shouted in anger, their tones urgent as they wildly swung their killing swords and pointed them toward the sky. They weren't fools; the Tian Jie hadn't fully descended yet, so if they could kill Ye Chen now, the Tian Jie would dissipate. After all, Ye Chen was the source of this divine punishment.

Immediately, billions of divine beams fired out, vowing to reduce Ye Chen to ashes.

Unfortunately, Ye Chen's movements were too agile; despite the barrage, not a single beam hit him.

This was also thanks to his bloodline. The Huang Gu Sheng Ti could rival emperors, and the Tian Jie of a Sheng Ti was no ordinary one. It inherently carried a mysterious power. Even before the Tian Jie fully arrived, this starry sky had fallen into chaos, and the laws were overturned.

Precisely because of this, the divine beams aimed at Ye Chen were disrupted and couldn't hit their mark.

Ye Chen knew this best. Ever since he set foot on the cultivation path, he had been struck by lightning countless times and had a thorough understanding of his own Tian Jie. If not for that, he wouldn't dare do this. As long as he avoided the Zhun Di artifacts, he wouldn't be in mortal danger—he just needed to wait for the Tian Jie to descend.

The Hong Huang Zhun Di artifacts continued to bombard, but their beams still struck empty space.

Unable to hit him, Ye Chen moved even faster, flying as high as the sky allowed.

"Damn it." The Hong Huang Zhun Di roared in fury, rushing forward from all directions to chase and kill Ye Chen personally. They, too, streaked like immortal beams toward the misty heavens, determined to destroy him before the Tian Jie fully descended. For this, they were prepared to face the Tian Jie head-on.

Ye Chen glanced down and couldn't help but sneer.

Then, strands of immortal light flew out from his body.

Upon closer inspection, they were various artifacts, all Da Sheng level weapons, numbering in the hundreds, plummeting downward and buzzing as they pressed toward the pursuing Hong Huang Zhun Di.

"Trifling artifacts, daring to block me?" Qiong Qi Zhun Di bellowed, sweeping out with a palm.

However, before he could crush them, the hundreds of Da Sheng weapons self-detonated en masse, their power directed at the Hong Huang Zhun Di. Waves of destructive light spread out, and the explosion of Da Sheng weapons packed a serious punch.

In an instant, nearly a thousand Zhun Di were blasted back with grunts, though none were fundamentally injured. Still, their pursuit of Ye Chen was halted for two or three seconds.

"Damn it." Once again, Qiong Qi Zhun Di gritted his teeth, his face twisted in rage. As a Hong Huang-level Zhun Di, when had he ever been so humiliated?

But embarrassingly, as soon as he charged forward, not even catching his breath, a bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, heading straight for him without deviation.

Thud!

Blood splattered, vivid and striking. The mighty Qiong Qi clan leader was struck on the spot, his divine body exploding, with blood and bones scattering across the starry sky. From afar, he was enveloped in black smoke.

Indeed, the Tian Jie divine punishment had arrived. Billions of electric arcs descended like thunderous waterfalls pouring from the ninth heaven, each carrying destructive force that pierced straight through the starry sky.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Blood light flashed repeatedly; the other Hong Huang Zhun Di fared no better, struck one after another. Zhun Di caught in the tribulation were subjected to the Zhun Di Jie. An ordinary Tian Jie might have been tolerable, but this was the Sheng Ti Tian Jie—it didn't care about one's cultivation level and struck without mercy.

"Retreat, retreat now!" The Hong Huang Zhun Di screamed hoarsely, no longer interested in pursuing Ye Chen. The Tian Jie had come, and they had missed their best chance to kill him. Trying to force their way through the lightning to kill him would be suicidal. The Huang Gu Sheng Ti's Tian Jie was far too domineering; even they couldn't withstand it.

In fact, they didn't even need to give the order—the Hong Huang army was already fleeing.

Looking out, the vast ocean of fifty million troops was like a tide receding, with people scrambling in panic, knocking each other over as they fled desperately, tumbling and crawling away.

"Don't run!" Ye Chen shouted, charging after them on the wind.

"Retreat, retreat now!" The Hong Huang Zhun Di were furious to the point of despair, wanting to turn back and strike Ye Chen down with a palm, but none dared. It wasn't that they feared Ye Chen, but they feared his Tian Jie. To put it bluntly, they would be obliterated by the lightning before they could even reach him.

"Run, I'll make you run." Ye Chen moved even faster, enduring the lightning strikes while his feet moved nimbly. The Hong Huang forces fled for their lives, and he chased with all his might. Wherever he went, the sea of lightning followed, forcing anyone under the Tian Jie to undergo the tribulation involuntarily—a relentless barrage of strikes.

The heavens were fair in this regard: Zhun Di faced the Zhun Di Jie, Da Sheng faced the Da Sheng Jie.

Ye Chen fully embraced his shameless spirit, heading straight for the densest crowds.

He was like a plague god, bringing calamity wherever he went. Chunks of Hong Huang forces fell to the Tian Jie, their physical bodies and primordial spirits alike unable to escape annihilation.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Blood flowers bloomed, dazzling and gruesome. The fifty million Hong Huang troops were scattered by the Tian Jie, dying in droves amid pitiful screams that echoed through the starry sky.

"Strike, strike them down!" Seeing Ye Chen's dominance, Xiao Yuan Huang was like a man possessed, shouting excitedly. The talents of the Zhutian also joined in, each one hyped up as if on stimulants, jumping around with voices louder than the last.

"Strike, strike them down!"

"What a sight, truly a sight to behold." Nan Di Zhong Huang and the others sneered, feeling no pity whatsoever. How else could they honor the spirits who had died unjustly at the hands of the Hong Huang clan?

"This Tian Jie is far more useful than artifacts or divine abilities." Ri Yue Shen Zi sighed in admiration.

"Such a domineering lightning tribulation, and he moves so freely—Ye Chen must be part animal!" Dong Zhou Wu Wang smirked, amazed; it was his first time seeing someone so active during a tribulation.

"To make a grand spectacle, it has to be the Sheng Ti." The elder generation of the Zhutian nodded meaningfully.

This was no exaggeration. Only the Sheng Ti could scatter fifty million people in chaos and make the Hong Huang suffer repeatedly. As long as Ye Chen was around, the Hong Huang would shed blood, tricking them time and again, each scheme more ruthless than the last.

If anyone was being subtle and low-key, it was the Zhutian emperor-level figures, who stayed silent. Each of them held a memory crystal, capturing every moment of the Hong Huang being struck—none of it missed.

"Good lad, this trip was worth it." Dong Huang Tai Xin chuckled, delighted by the sight of the Hong Huang under lightning. With the Tian Mo invasion, it was time to show them they weren't invincible; the Zhutian weren't without power.

Amid the billions of thunderbolts, this starry sky had turned into a wasteland. Bloody figures darted everywhere, struck and fleeing wildly; those who moved too slowly were buried under the tribulation.

"Don't run, where do you think you're going?" Ye Chen's shouts rang out loudly as he appeared and disappeared unpredictably, darting east then west, south then north, with no pattern at all.

As for the Hong Huang clan, words couldn't describe their misery. Whether Zhun Di or Da Sheng, they fled for their lives, not a single one daring to turn and fight. The fifty million-strong army was in total disarray, discarding armor and weapons as they were chased by one man alone. The vast starry sky was littered with blood and bones, all from the Hong Huang.

"Is this what Tian Jie is?" Inside the cauldron, Yang Xuan and the others stared in awe, swallowing hard. This was far stronger than the lightning in their memories. The thunder in the mortal world was gentle, at most bringing rain to nourish the earth, but in the cultivator realm, it was meant for killing.

"Old man-in-law is awesome." Xiong Er watched excitedly, clinging to the cauldron's edge and yelling.

Ye Ling joined in the cheering, shouting encouragement for Ye Chen.

Only Ji Ning Shuang remained quiet, gazing steadily and sensing the uniqueness of Ye Chen's divine punishment. It was indeed different, harboring a power that no other Tian Jie possessed—a force known as destruction. This was why the Hong Huang couldn't withstand it; it was the exclusive Tian Jie of the Sheng Ti, bearable only by the Huang Gu Sheng Ti.

Ah!

The Hong Huang's roars shook the starry sky; they were driven mad by the pursuit, their faces twisted like fierce ghosts, hair disheveled in rage, yet they dared not fight back.

"Blood for blood." Ye Chen's voice rang out resoundingly as he led the Tian Jie into the Hong Huang army for what must have been the dozenth time. He, too, was covered in fresh blood; under the Tian Jie, his sacred body had exploded multiple times, exposing gleaming bones that looked shocking from afar, almost too painful to witness.