Chapter 284 - 274: Great Black’s Tribulation, Summoning Puppets

Chapter 284: Chapter 274: Great Black’s Tribulation, Summoning Puppets

Just as Sang Yao was thinking that the man’s sixth-rank Giant Eagle had finally arrived.

He suddenly saw a figure leap down from the Giant Eagle.

With a flick of the figure’s hand, the freshly sealed Companion Spirit Tree was taken away by this person.

"Santu, are you betraying the Sang Family?"

After a moment of shock, Sang Yao glared furiously at Santu.

"What betrayal? I simply predicted that enemies would arrive and made preparations in advance."

"Rest assured. Even in my hands, the Companion Spirit Tree will still belong to the Sang Family. It makes no difference."

Santu chuckled softly.

Although Bai Ling and her group’s sudden appearance had startled him, he also knew this was a golden opportunity.

And now, he didn’t even need to use his method for disabling control over a sixth-rank Demon Beast to easily snatch the Spirit Tree.

With his sixth-rank Giant Eagle here, it would be much easier for his man to escape.

The gray Giant Eagle flapped its wings, preparing to carry Jiang Zuo to a location designated by Santu so they could rendezvous.

Tsk!

Jiang Zuo had wanted to remain hidden on the Giant Eagle a little longer, but seeing its movement, he had no choice but to jump down.

"What are you doing? Get back here!"

This time, it was Santu’s turn to be stunned before he roared in fury.

BOOM!

As Santu spoke, a crack suddenly ripped open on the incomparably massive trunk of the Beast God Tree.

A smaller, dark green sapling flew out from within the crack and stopped in front of Jiang Zuo.

With a flick of his hand, Jiang Zuo stored the dark green sapling away.

This scene took everyone completely by surprise.

"That’s the little girl’s true body!"

"Everyone, stop! Intercept him! We absolutely cannot let him take her true body away!"

Bai Ling, reacting the fastest, shouted urgently.

Knowing it was an exceptionally rare treasure, the Cyan Ape Demon Venerable and Mo Yunzhen abandoned the two sixth-rank Demon Beasts without hesitation and shot toward Jiang Zuo in unison.

"Hmph! Trying to escape right in front of me?"

"Stay right where you are!"

Sang Yao roared and slammed an ancient Talisman onto the ground.

Santu could have stopped him, but since he also wanted to prevent Jiang Zuo from leaving, he naturally wouldn’t intervene.

Jiang Zuo was fast, but the Talisman was faster.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Zuo felt his body suddenly become incredibly heavy, making it difficult to even move a step.

Before he could break free from the Talisman’s effects, the group from the Sang Family, along with Bai Ling, Gu Wei, and the others, swarmed over and surrounded him.

’Sigh, escaping really isn’t that easy.’

Before the crowd could make a move, Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense stirred, and he summoned Great Black.

Only about a day had passed in the real world since Great Black drank the Celestial Dog Essence Blood.

But in the Time Cultivation Tower, with Great Black cultivating at a hundred times the normal speed, it had already completely absorbed the Celestial Dog Essence Blood and stabilized its explosive surge in Cultivation.

Though it was not yet in its perfect form for Crossing the Tribulation, it was now more than capable of undergoing it.

Great Black’s Cultivation had long surpassed fourth-rank Perfection. The instant it appeared, a Celestial Tribulation blasted through the branches and leaves of the Beast God Tree overhead, then struck Great Black.

The leaves of the Beast God Tree rapidly parted, revealing a large patch of sky, awaiting the arrival of the subsequent Celestial Tribulation.

Jiang Zuo stood near Great Black. The Cyan Ape Demon Venerable, Mo Yunzhen, and the few members of the Sang Family all wanted to rush over and capture him.

But looking at Jiang Zuo, they all halted in their tracks.

Jiang Zuo’s move made it clear to them: he would drag anyone who came closer into the Celestial Tribulation.

No one dared to get caught in another’s Celestial Tribulation. If the tribulation deemed you to be interfering with the process, it wouldn’t care whether you were strong or weak; it would simply attack with the power of the strongest possible tribulation.

It was said that anyone who dared to interfere with another’s Celestial Tribulation, regardless of their purpose, would either be killed or severely wounded if they got swept into it.

"A fifth-rank Demon Beast’s Thunder Tribulation won’t last long. You’re only delaying the inevitable," Gu Wei sneered.

The Thunder Tribulation would last an hour at most. Since they already had Jiang Zuo surrounded, there was no need to take the risk of interfering with it.

Santu, in particular, stared hatefully at Jiang Zuo.

When he saw Jiang Zuo succeed, he had thought his grand plan was already a success.

Who knew the man would be so insatiably greedy as to try and steal an offshoot of the Beast God Tree as well?

’Just great.’

’Not only will he fail to get the Beast God Tree’s offshoot, but now Sang Yao is going to snatch back the Companion Spirit Tree.’

’He’ll even have to face punishment when he returns to the Upper Realm.’

Sang Yao was already staring at Santu with a furious, icy gaze.

Santu had nearly managed to snatch the Companion Spirit Tree right from under his nose.

If that had happened, he dared not imagine what kind of punishment he would face from the family elders upon his return to the Upper Realm.

As everyone watched, Great Black’s Thunder Tribulation proceeded quickly.

Great Black was no ordinary Spirit Beast. The fifth-rank Thunder Tribulation was formidable; many fourth-rank Demon Beasts and Spirit Beasts had fallen at this very step.

But for Great Black, even though the Celestial Tribulation it faced was no ordinary one, the Tribulation Thunder still couldn’t overcome it.

This was especially true now that it was inside the Beast God Tree Forbidden Land, its attributes empowered by the Beast God Tree itself.

The blood of Xiaoqing and the Ancient Giant Turtle helped Great Black effectively resist the Tribulation Thunder, while the Phoenix Essence Blood allowed it to heal rapidly.

Furthermore, the Celestial Dog Essence Blood gave Great Black the heaven-defying ability to devour some of the Tribulation Thunder.

In the sky, bolts of Tribulation Thunder rained down, each one stronger than the last.

Great Black was wreathed in blazing flames. Although the Tribulation Thunder continuously injured it, the wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Toward the end, Great Black spat out the Inner Core it had been cultivating, using it to resist the Tribulation Thunder and simultaneously allowing the core to undergo a baptism in its power.

Finally, after a black bolt of Tribulation Thunder struck Great Black and left it scorched, the Celestial Dao Baptism that followed Crossing the Tribulation descended from the sky, falling upon both Great Black and its Inner Core.

"Go!"

The instant the Tribulation Thunder ended, the long-waiting crowd charged toward Jiang Zuo in unison.

"ROAR!"

Great Black let out a furious Roar.

It had just finished Crossing the Tribulation and received the Celestial Dao Baptism.

At this moment, its power was immense.

Although it still needed some time for its body to grow larger and truly possess the strength of a Demon Emperor—the point at which it would be strongest.

But because of the power from the Celestial Dao Baptism and the blessing of the Beast God Tree, Great Black now possessed combat strength nearly on par with a sixth-rank Demon Beast.

With a Roar, Great Black caused an inferno to erupt from its Inner Core, surging outward in all directions.

Using the flames to obstruct the crowd, it carried Jiang Zuo and broke through the encirclement, heading straight for the Sang Family members.

Although the Sang Family members controlled three sixth-rank Demon Beasts, their own strength was merely at the Three Flowers Realm, and their reactions were far too slow.

The breakout was successful. Unfortunately, a true grand Cultivator of the Manifestation Realm like Mo Yunzhen was still on the scene.

Furthermore, perhaps because he cultivated the Dragon Transformation Technique, his strength was not significantly suppressed within the Beast God Tree Forbidden Land.

Jiang Zuo didn’t get far before Mo Yunzhen flickered and appeared behind him.

"You’re not going anywhere!"

A massive black hand, shaped like a dragon’s claw, swatted toward Jiang Zuo.

The palm strike was incredibly profound; Great Black had no way to dodge it.

Just as it was about to strike Great Black, Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense stirred, and he recalled Great Black to the Spirit Garden.

The power of this palm strike was no weaker than a Divine Technique.

If Great Black had taken that hit, it would have been instantly and severely injured.

With Great Black gone, Jiang Zuo took the full force of the blow himself.

BANG!

The palm strike blasted Jiang Zuo into a spray of blood mist.

His body then shot down like a cannonball, smashing into the hard ground and blasting out a deep, human-shaped crater.

"Haha, let’s see you try to run now!"

Gu Wei laughed maniacally as he flew toward the crater.

Bai Ling followed close behind him.

’Damn it!’ Sang Yao thought hatefully. ’It seems the only way to beat these guys is to use the Heaven-Stealing Array’s Guardian Puppet!’

’No matter what, I can’t let them take the things on Jiang Zuo.’

’If I lose them, I’ll face extremely severe punishment.’

’But if I can get them back, it will be a great merit.’

’If that’s the case, then there’s no reason to hesitate!’

BOOM!

As Sang Yao made his decision, he brought out a Hand Order.

The incredibly solid ground of the Forbidden Land began to shake violently.

An astonishingly huge, earth-yellow puppet thundered up from beneath the ground.

「And at the very instant the ground began to change.」

「Black Tortoise Dao Sect, inside the room where the Puppet Body was cultivating.」

The Puppet Body had already changed into the same clothes as Jiang Zuo.

With a flash of light, the Puppet Body vanished from the cultivation room.