CHAPTER 259: CHAPTER 259: MUTUAL SCHEMES, KILLING THE HEAVENLY FIRE DIVINE GENERAL

Vajra Indestructibility!

Golden light flashed over Johnnie. Without a second thought, he cast the Forbidden Spell Vajra Indestructibility and took Blade King’s strike head-on.

Clang!

The blade came down with a harsh metallic crash. The hit was massive, and Johnnie’s Health points dropped.

Luckily, with Vajra Indestructibility boosting his defense, he blocked Blade King’s killing blow.

He hadn’t even caught his breath when the second heavenly tribulation crashed down, covering both him and Blade King.

Boom!

The roar shook the earth, blasting a huge crater into the ground.

Johnnie felt like his body was being torn apart. Endless currents surged through him, and his metalized skin was instantly torn and bleeding.

Metal conducts electricity.

He was hurt even worse than before.

"Not dead?" His whole body throbbed with pain, yet he still had a sliver of Health points left—and they were recovering fast.

He had actually endured this heavenly tribulation. Even the soul damage was greatly reduced.

The Vajra Indestructible body counters heavenly tribulation.

Johnnie’s eyes lit up, excitement rising. He could clearly feel the once-separated Lich blood in his body fusing again—at least another one percent. His ability to endure the heavenly tribulation was more than ten times better than before.

If he took a few more hits, could the Lich blood fully merge?

"Damn you, human. A heavenly tribulation is Celestial Wrath. If you keep using it in battle, Heaven will reject you sooner or later!" Blade King’s weak voice came from the ground. He lay there covered in wounds, unable to recover anytime soon.

Most of that second heavenly tribulation had struck him. Even as a Half-God, he couldn’t block it easily.

Celestial Wrath?

Johnnie didn’t care. He ignored the guy and looked to the other battlefield.

Two Divine powerhouses remained: the Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and the Heavenly Fire Divine General.

"I can probably take at most one more heavenly tribulation," Johnnie muttered, staring at the rolling black clouds above with a heavy look.

Vajra Indestructibility could blunt the tribulation a lot, but this was still aimed at Half-God beings. His stats were far below a true Half-God. He had to use this next heavenly tribulation to seriously injure both the Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and the Heavenly Fire Divine General.

Forcing down his injuries, Johnnie sent a telepathic message: "Maiev, find a way to force those two together."

"Got it." Maiev’s voice sounded in his mind. The two women, along with the Dark Golden Golem, pressed the Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and the Heavenly Fire Divine General toward each other.

Rumble...

Thunder rolled overhead as heavy black clouds churned. A third bolt of tribulation lightning slowly gathered.

At the sight, their very souls quivered.

After all, this was a heavenly tribulation aimed at a Half-God. Any one of them might not be able to take it.

"Heavenly Fire, that kid can at most endure one more heavenly tribulation. Which of us is going to be the sacrifice?" Poison Venerable of the Five Greats asked, eyes flickering.

Heavenly Fire Divine General frowned, blocking Nalorin Sylvia and the Dark Golden Golem’s attacks. "Poison Venerable of the Five Greats, you should do it. Your Divine Soul is stronger than mine. You’re the best choice."

"I don’t think so. Exactly because my Divine Soul is strong, I should save my strength." Poison Venerable refused on the spot. A moment ago they had sworn to die together with Johnnie.

But now that they saw hope of winning, neither wanted to give up his body.

"You two idiots, take it together! This bolt won’t kill both of you!" Blade King cursed from the side.

It was actually a good idea.

Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and Heavenly Fire Divine General shared a look, nodded, and rushed at Johnnie without hesitation.

Maiev and the others didn’t try to stop them.

Johnnie’s eyes lit up. He had been wondering how to make those two group up, and now they were coming to him on their own.

Truly asking for death.

Rumble!

The rolling clouds twisted into a huge vortex. An even thicker purple bolt slowly formed.

Seeing this, Johnnie’s soul wouldn’t stop trembling. He could tell clearly: he could not withstand this heavenly tribulation.

And it wouldn’t just mean failing to pass—it might very well wipe out his Divine Soul.

He had to make those two share the strike.

Face grim, Johnnie seized the chance. As the lightning came crashing down, he used his space blink.

Hum!

In an instant, he appeared right under Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and Heavenly Fire Divine General.

Not good!

They sensed the tribulation above and their faces darkened. They could feel that, even if they blocked it, they’d be badly hurt—maybe even harm their very foundation.

Poison Venerable’s cold eyes flickered. Since this human’s fate was sealed, why should he be the one to sacrifice?

With that thought, he didn’t hesitate. He kicked Heavenly Fire Divine General toward the falling bolt.

Bang!

Heavenly Fire Divine General flew, unable to stop himself, straight at the lightning.

"Poison Venerable of the Five Greats, screw you!" he roared. Panic hit him. It was too late to dodge. He threw out all his power, bracing to take the bolt head-on.

"So despicable," Johnnie muttered as he saw this. Without hesitating, he kicked the unguarded Poison Venerable of the Five Greats.

Bang!

Johnnie let out a grunt. His strike wasn’t that strong, but Poison Venerable of the Five Greats was totally unprepared and still got sent flying toward the heavenly tribulation.

"Bastard!" Poison Venerable never thought Johnnie would sneak attack at this moment. Right after Heavenly Fire Divine General, he too was covered by the tribulation.

"Ha! Serves you right!" Heavenly Fire Divine General saw it and laughed wildly.

Crack!

A deafening boom split the air. Blinding lightning seemed to tear the sky, and a world-ending force swept out.

So this is the power of the third heavenly tribulation?

Johnnie’s soul trembled. While keeping Vajra Indestructibility up, he rapidly cast Earth Shield, Sword Aura Protection, and several other strong defensive skills.

Without a word, Maiev wrapped Johnnie in a layer of Life Force to protect his soul.

Boom, boom...

Endless lightning leapt and danced. The Earth Shield and Sword Aura barriers in front of Johnnie shattered one after another, and in an instant the storm of lightning swallowed him whole.

Boom!

The next moment, even his body under Vajra Indestructibility was torn apart by the strike.

[Ding, you failed to withstand the heavenly tribulation. Blessed by special rules, you are revived on the spot]

The system prompt flashed. The tribulation clouds slowly faded, and the sky cleared again. But Blade King City was a wreck—completely destroyed, turned into ruins.

Cough!

Johnnie reappeared, face pale as paper. He spat a mouthful of blood, staggered, and a tearing pain ripped through his head.

This time, his soul was hurt even worse than before.

"Master!" Maiev hurried to catch him, worry in her eyes. She raised her hand and sent a pure stream of life energy into Johnnie’s body.

This Life Force could only heal normal wounds and ease soul pain; it couldn’t restore soul strength.

Johnnie felt a bit better and shook his head weakly. He had a feeling he couldn’t call on the heavenly tribulation so freely anymore, or he might really die.

"You’re actually still alive!" Blade King’s frightened voice came.

He could clearly feel how terrifying that third heavenly tribulation was. Even for him alone, the odds would be terrible.

Yet Johnnie survived.

Even if Poison Venerable and Heavenly Fire Divine General took most of the damage, this human is only Stage 6. Even the leftover shockwave from a weaker tribulation should have been enough to kill him.

"It’s all because of you two idiots!" Blade King cursed, glaring at the badly injured Poison Venerable of the Five Greats and Heavenly Fire Divine General.

If those two hadn’t tried to screw each other over at the end, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.

Right now, both of them were worse off than Johnnie.

Heavenly Fire Divine General was already unconscious.

Poison Venerable didn’t look any better. He sat cross-legged, weak and pale, and even his Divine Soul was badly wounded.

Forcing down his injuries, he gritted his teeth and said, "Blade King, stop with the useless talk. Think of something—ask the others for help. As long as another Half-God who’s skilled at soul attacks shows up, we can easily wipe out this human."

"Heh, you’re out of chances." Johnnie sneered, pushed himself up, forced down the stabbing pain in his head, and controlled the Seven Sword to attack all three.

These three were all Divine powerhouses. If he killed them, his strength would rise a lot.

Hum!

The Intent of the Sword hummed. Several flashes of cold light kept cutting at them.

Pfft...

-1832000

-2156000

Damage numbers flickered. Johnnie could only deal about two million true damage to each.

They were Divine powerhouses with tens of billions of Health points. Even badly hurt by the heavenly tribulation, this much damage wasn’t enough to threaten them.

But Blade King and Poison Venerable of the Five Greats still looked terrified. They could clearly feel the deadly power inside the Seven Sword.

Even the badly wounded, unconscious Heavenly Fire Divine General woke up, fear in his eyes as he felt the killing intent of the Seven Sword.

"Poison Venerable of the Five Greats, I’m not done with you!" he cursed in rage—not at Johnnie, but at Poison Venerable of the Five Greats.

If Poison Venerable hadn’t sneak attacked him at the last moment, he wouldn’t have been hurt so badly by the heavenly tribulation.

Pfft!

A terrifying force spread out. Heavenly Fire Divine General’s aura collapsed at once. He was the first to be cut down by Johnnie’s Seven Sword Instant Kill.

[Ding, you triggered the Seven Sword Instant Kill effect and killed Heavenly Fire Divine General...]

[Four basic attributes +10000; your stats permanently +10%]

The system prompts flashed. Johnnie clearly felt a warm surge in his body, and his power rose again.

Sadly, the stabbing pain in his head remained. These stat boosts did not include The Intensity of the Soul.

Hum!

Heavenly Fire Divine General’s Divine Soul flew out and hovered in the air. "Poison Venerable of the Five Greats, human, I’ll remember today’s hatred!" he snarled.

With that, his Divine Soul flickered and fled into the distance.

Johnnie didn’t care about his threat at all.

"Now it’s your turn," he said through gritted teeth, forcing down the pain as he kept guiding the Seven Sword at Blade King and Poison Venerable of the Five Greats.

Both were badly hurt too, but they were still Divine powerhouses. Triggering the Seven Sword Instant Kill on them wouldn’t be easy.

Worse, Johnnie’s soul was badly damaged. He was at the end of his rope.