Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 38 Seemingly Helpful but Not Helpful (1)
As Wu Ma completed his evolution and broke out of his cocoon, the Knight of Destruction, as the "public enemy of the undead", came into the world, immediately causing changes between heaven and earth, just like the last time the "heavenly calamity" appeared, but it felt even worse, more ferocious, and more powerful.
The dark clouds rolled in the sky. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, a group of extremely thick black clouds condensed and was rapidly brewing with Wu Ma as the center. In a short period of time, it expanded from dozens of square meters to thousands of square meters . The range has far exceeded the first "heavenly tribulation". It seems that it is no longer the "small heavenly tribulation" with the least power and only one level. It should be a higher level "three-level thunder tribulation". The gloomy "dead soul space" became even darker, and cast a thick shadow on the vast land. The visibility became extremely low. If you are a little further away, you can't see the appearance clearly. You can only see a group of blurred black shadows. Not only are the undead men accompanying them on the left and right anxious and trying their best to stay away from this area, but even my heart can't help but feel a little depressed and unwilling to stay under the cover of this black cloud.
The black cloud was spinning rapidly, forming a huge vortex that was bottomless. Although it was no longer expanding, it seemed to be getting closer and closer to the ground, whether because the clouds were getting thicker or pressing down. "Boom", the first thunder finally sounded in the vortex, as if it was the sign of the beginning of another stage, and instantly triggered a series of "chain reactions", with purple lightning flashing and silver snakes dancing. Although it was fleeting, the frequency of flashes was extremely high, one after another, and it was even more dazzling against the thick black clouds, tearing through the gloomy black curtain between heaven and earth, and it felt like it injected a little vitality and energy into the "Jedi" filled with infinite death - although, behind the short-lived beauty, it brought a terrifying force that wanted to destroy.
After hovering for a while at low altitude, Wu Ma flew up into the air, suspended in the air more than 100 meters above the ground. Facing the "triple thunder tribulation" that was about to start, he still looked up at the sky and stood still. There was nothing unusual on the surface. Contrary to his usual bloodthirsty and violent personality, he was surprisingly calm. Before the "heavenly tribulation" ended, I couldn't restore contact with him through the power of the "soul contract". I didn't know what kind of mood he was in at this moment. Was he worried or even afraid like the normal undead creatures around me? Or was he looking forward to and longing for such a chance to challenge his "fate" as a "heaven-defying" existence like the Destruction Knight?
Since I had made up my mind not to intervene to defend Wu Ma from this "heavenly tribulation", I would leave everything to fate and depend on its own luck. There was no need to stay within the influence of the "heavenly tribulation" to avoid being caught in the crossfire. Seeing that the "heavenly tribulation" had already taken shape and was about to start, I immediately led the five hundred terrifying ground dragon knights who were originally responsible for guarding Wu Ma's evolution and the ten terrifying flying dragon knights who followed me to quickly move out of the area covered by the "heavenly tribulation". Of course, I didn't hide too far away. Perhaps having me, the master, waiting beside him could give Wu Ma a little more confidence and increase its chances of successfully "surviving the tribulation".
Thunder rumbled, thunderbolts were frequent, the earth seemed to be shaking, the rotation speed of the black cloud vortex in the sky had slowed down, and it was clearly divided into three layers. Judging from the frequency of the lightning flashing in it, each layer was denser than the previous one, and the difficulty should be gradually increasing. This is the so-called "triple thunder tribulation". Suddenly, all the thunder stopped, the lightning disappeared, and the world returned to endless darkness and loneliness. The huge contrast between the previous and the next moment seemed to have left the original place and suddenly moved to another space. It seemed to be stagnant for only a moment, but it seemed quite long. Accompanied by a deafening thunder, it resounded through the world, and even the terrifying earth-walking dragon knight who was far away was affected. His body staggered and caused a commotion. The horseless one who was the first to bear the brunt could no longer remain still, and his body suspended in the air was shaking constantly. At the same time, a purple lightning as thick as a bowl was struck directly at it, announcing the official outbreak of the "triple thunder tribulation".
The first few lightning bolts were just probing, not very powerful. Wu Ma, who had greatly improved his strength after evolution, could handle them easily. Perhaps it had become smarter after the evolutionary level was raised, or it had experienced dealing with "heavenly tribulations" once before. It was no longer standing there "foolishly" waiting for the lightning to strike again and again like last time. Instead, it quickly moved sideways as the lightning struck, trying to stay as far away from the lightning beam as possible to avoid being hurt. Although the invisible thunder bombs could not be effectively prevented, they were mostly harassment, mainly to distract Wu Ma's mind, making it unable to dodge the lightning attacks in time, and the damage caused was limited. As long as it was not directly hit by lightning, the thunder alone would definitely not kill Wu Ma.
The first level of "thunder tribulation" seemed to be only as powerful as the last "minor heavenly tribulation", but Wu Ma avoided it calmly. He was struck by lightning only a few times and did not suffer much damage. As thunder roared, two lightning bolts as thick as buckets struck down at the same time, but Wu Ma narrowly avoided them. The lowest layer of "tribulation cloud" dissipated, and he finally passed the first level of the test safely.
The thunder was still roaring, and the lightning that kept striking only paused for a short moment. As the second layer of "calamity cloud" quickly pressed down, the more violent second "thunder calamity" began to launch immediately, leaving Wu Ma no time to breathe. Moreover, the first lightning beam was as thick as a bucket, and it was unknown how many times its power had increased.
As the thunder became more and more deafening, the lightning bolts became thicker and thicker, and the frequency of strikes became faster and faster. Occasionally, two or three lightning bolts would strike almost at the same time, making it increasingly difficult for Wu Ma to cope with the situation. He had to gradually lower his altitude and use a longer distance to increase his reaction time. At the same time, he was forced to keep moving at high speed and did not dare to stop in one place for a moment, otherwise he would be attacked by several lightning bolts immediately, and the situation would become even more dangerous.
As more and more lightning struck or affected it, I saw with the help of the residual light of lightning that many parts of Wu Ma's body had been charred, and even his helmet and armor had been blown up or even damaged in several places, obviously he had been seriously injured. At the same time, there was a faint black halo within a range of more than ten meters around him, as if he had cast the "Destruction Field", probably trying to weaken the power of thunder and lightning to fight against the "Heavenly Tribulation". Such means had already been used, and it was obvious that his body could hardly withstand further damage, and was already in a very critical condition.
"Crack", four purple lightning bolts as thick as water tanks struck at the same time. Although Wu Ma tried his best to dodge, the range covered was too wide. He could not avoid it in time, and half of his body was hit, including the bone scorpion under his crotch. He fell headfirst from more than ten meters in the air and fell hard to the ground. Fortunately, this was the last blow of the second "thunder tribulation". There was no follow-up lightning to catch up and bombard. Taking advantage of the momentary interval, Wu Ma struggled to straighten his body and urged the bone scorpion to fly into the air. Even though his flying posture was a little staggering, he still raised his head to the sky, swung his axe and made a sad hissing sound. Even at such a distance, and in the constant roar of thunder, it was still clearly audible, as if to show his firm determination to resist to the death.
Judging from its current state, it has been severely injured. It should be difficult for it to withstand the bombardment of the third "thunder tribulation". After all, it evolved from the acquired Dark Knight. It survived the first "small heavenly tribulation" with my help. Its initial qualifications were too poor. Even though it forcibly suppressed its own power and suspended its evolution under my orders, it was ultimately unable to accumulate enough strength to survive the "heavenly tribulation" because of its own insufficient strength and limited effect. As a result, it is now in a dangerous situation. If it continues to persist on its own, I am afraid it will be in great danger and will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by the "triple thunder tribulation".
