Chapter 6595 My Only Fear is That They Won’t Come
As a veteran of countless tribulations, Guo Ran could immediately tell that this one was different. The tribulation clouds hadn’t even fully formed, yet the tribulation already started. Everything was happening too fast—unnaturally fast.
“It’s entirely within my expectations,” said Long Chen. “The heaven region’s battlefield is a channel connecting the nine heavens and the Primal Chaos World. After the last battle, when this world crumbled, the energy of both worlds flowed into it, resulting in new laws. As this world was destroyed because of me, it can be said that this world’s will and laws hate me. It’s only logical that whatever tribulation comes will be beyond ordinary.”
“Putting it like that, does that mean we are fighting the remnant will of the heaven region’s battlefield?” asked Guo Ran.
Long Chen eyed the frantic tribulation clouds and shook his head. “It’s not so simple. There are a couple of things I want to confirm by having everyone undergo tribulation here. Don’t panic and just take things step by step.”
As he spoke, the third wave of outsider devils plunged down from the clouds, stronger than the one before. Pressure instantly multiplied across the battlefield.
The strongest fighters had yet to move. Right now, only the weakest members were resisting the tribulation, and they were starting to buckle.
These outsider devils were manifestations of heroic spirits from the primal chaos era, using the tribulation’s power to form their bodies.
By Long Chen’s plans, the weakest would fight first. He wanted the pressure of death and the crushing weight of heavenly judgment to force their latent potential to the surface.
After all, they weren’t the Dragonblood Legion—people who had long since abandoned conventional tribulations and battled against the Heavenly Daos themselves. These fighters needed the fear of death to ignite their transformation.
“Brothers of the nine heavens! Your ancestors are watching—don’t you dare disappoint them!” Guo Ran roared as he watched the weakest members struggle.
In an instant, their blood blazed again. How could they shrink away at the very start? How could they face those watching spirits if they couldn’t even endure the opening waves? Just how disappointed would their ancestors be? They wouldn’t even be fit to receive their blessing in that case.
“Kill!”
One person roared and charged out, exchanging an almost suicidal exchange with one of those outsider devils.
Instantly, everyone went crazy. They no longer cared about their lives and charged.
Guo Ran’s golden crossbow was ready. If anyone was in danger, he would assist from a distance.
In this chaotic battle, one mistake meant death, but only this kind of pressure could awaken the potential inside them.
One of those outsider devils charged behind one of the original devil race’s warriors and opened its mouth. It chomped down, only for a black thorn to pierce its head out of nowhere.
“What—?”
Guo Ran blinked. He hadn’t even reacted before the devil died. Then he noticed the faint ripple in space. It was Zhi Zhi.
During the battle in the heaven region’s battlefield, Zhi Zhi had absorbed an enormous amount of energy. Its power had grown greater and greater, and it had awakened some of its latent divine abilities—one of which allowed it to perfectly hide within space itself.
Zhi Zhi was the reason Long Chen dared to let tens of millions undergo tribulation at once. Its true body spread across the entire battlefield, and heavenly tribulation could not harm it. The battlefield was effectively its domain.
In its concealed state, Guo Ran was unable to sense it. In fact, other than Long Chen, the only ones capable of sensing Zhi Zhi were Meng Qi and Yue Zifeng.
Meng Qi’s Spiritual Strength was so refined that no spiritual fluctuations could hide from her.
As for Yue Zifeng, as a sword cultivator, his perception was even sharper. In this world, there was almost no power that could stay concealed in front of him. That was why a sword cultivator was the bane of all assassins.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth wave of outsider devils descended one after another. Each was stronger than the last.
Normally, a brief pause followed each wave. That way, the cultivator could temper their body with heavenly lightning and recover for the next round.
But these outsider devils poured out nonstop, like a breached dam. In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the sixth wave arrived.
“Second group, get ready!” announced Long Chen.
This time, they were split into three groups. The ones currently fighting were the third group, and they made up nearly half their total numbers. They were the weakest and were already at their limit. Though their time in battle had been short, they had been on the brink of death the entire time. Their bodies and wills had reached their limit.
In this state, any latent potential should have already erupted. If it still lay dormant now, it would likely never awaken.
The second group of experts had long since grown antsy. They immediately charged in the moment they heard Long Chen’s cue.
The second group accounted for thirty-five percent of the army and were considered elites within their individual factions. In terms of talent, strength, combat experience, and potential, they were leagues above the third group.
In truth, even the members of the third group would be considered above average in their factions. After all, they had been fortunate enough to earn a spot in the heaven region’s battlefield.
But when placed alongside others who also entered this place, they became the absolute weakest. That was simply the nature of moving up in the world.
The second group was much stronger. Thanks to the Heavenly Dao Fruits and the stimulation from that large battle, they started transforming.
When the second group entered, the battlefield instantly stabilized. Outsider devils fell in droves, exploding into lightning runes.
However, this situation didn’t last long. As more waves of devil creatures descended, the second group started to feel pressured.
These outsider devils were no longer simple manifestations. Now, they could launch various divine abilities.
“Boss, according to my formation disc, people are spying on us from multiple directions. It seems that it’s not just the nine heavens. Even the people from the Primal Chaos World have their sights on us,” Xia Chen transmitted as he paid constant attention to the formation disc in his hand.
“Excellent. Since we have their attention, this will be easy,” Long Chen replied, nodding in satisfaction.
“Boss, they’ve already deployed monitoring formations. I’m worried they’ll open a channel and send Divine Sovereigns,” Xia Chen added.
The heaven region’s battlefield could not contain a Divine Sovereign. But as the tribulation intensified, it would shake the entire world. When that boundary tore, Divine Sovereigns could descend for a short time.
Long Chen’s lips curled into a cold, sinister smile.
“My only fear is that they won’t come.”