~Sigh~

"Seems like my plan fell flat before it even started…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

'Just gotta endure the tribulation then.' He thought.

~Rumble~

The lightning gathered together before condensing into a bolt that was as wide as a bowl. It gathered right on top of Lin Wu before falling.

~BOOM~

But before the lightning bolt could hit Lin Wu, it was blocked by the tribulation accentuation formation instead. The six pillars absorbed this lightning and glowed with a white light before launching smaller lightning bolts towards Lin Wu.

They were six in number and had the thickness of a pinky finger. They entered Lin Wu's body and made it glow again. His translucent emerald green body now had streaks of white lightning flowing through it.

"Ooo! This isn't that bad… it tingles," Lin Wu said.

He actually liked the feeling of the lightning passing through his body and it was as if he was getting one of those electrical deep tissue massages. The lightning that had entered his body eventually reached his first core and hit its surface.

"Ouch! Now that hurts." Lin Wu said.

He looked back up at the clouds and saw that more bolts were condensing in it. It was evident the process was far from complete. Lin Wu had guessed that he will get at least three lightning bolts since his bloodline was at least comparable or even above the Demon spine ape.

He didn't have to wait for long as the lightning bolt was finally condensed. This time it was slightly wider than a bowl and the color was intense as well.

~RUMBLE~

~BOOM~

The lightning bolt fell and struck the tribulation formation again. The pillars absorbed it again and converted it into smaller bolts. They shot into Lin Wu's body again but this time they didn't feel as gentle as before.

"Damn! This one hurt." Lin Wu cursed.

He braced himself and watched as the third bolt of tribulation lightning condensed in the sky. This one was as wide as two bowls, and the purple outline was deeper than before. It roiled in the clouds for a bit before finally falling.

~KABOOM~

The tribulation attenuation formation shook with this bolt but was able to hold on. The six pillars converted the bolt into smaller ones, but this time they were the thickness of thumbs.

"ARGH!" Lin Wu cried in pain as the lightning bolts assaulted his body.

~Crack~

A crack appeared on his first core and that sent a stabbing pain through his body.

~huu~huu~huu~

Lin Wu took labored breaths as he held on for the next bolt. While he was doing this, the rulers of the millennium forest were going crazy.

"THREE BOLTS AND IT IS STILL NOT STOPPING! We cannot let this happen! We will need to attack whoever it is as soon as the tribulation passes." The Twin lights liger king said.

The olive viper king on the other hand, stopped raging. It was not because he was tired, but because he sensed something familiar.

"That aura… it is similar to me… but who?" It wondered.

The slim arm ape meanwhile had a serious expression on his face.

"You will need to be careful, my son. This is no normal beast at this point, his bloodline may be the strongest I've ever seen or heard of." The slim arm spoke.

The Demon spine ape heard his father's words but did not respond. He nodded his head and looked towards the sky.

"That place… isn't that the forbidden tomb?" The demon spine ape suddenly said.

"Hmm… now that I think of it. That should indeed be the tomb, but this does not make sense. Why would there be tribulation lightning falling there, unless…" The slim arm ape muttered as realization dawned in his eyes.

Far up in the sky, another layer of clouds were gathering above the tribulation clouds. If one looked from afar they would look like two mushrooms stacked on top of each other.

Lin Wu was observing the sky with his radiation perception and knew there was now more danger incoming. The second layer of the clouds had increased the density of the energy once more.

Both layers of the clouds rumbled and lightning spread between them. The purple color looked threatening, and it was as if they would tear apart whatever came in front of them.

~BOOM~

~BOOM~

This time two lightning bolts descended together and hit the tribulation attenuation formation. The formation was able to bear them but this time the pillars seem to be struggling to convert them fully.

Six smaller lightning bolts were shot from the pillar, and another bolt descended directly from the top of the formation. It was evident that two bolts were beyond the current capabilities of the formation.

Lin Wu knew he was operating the formation at its most basic level. He would have used a higher level of course, but that was simply not possible. Even if he supplied all of the spirit Qi on his own, it would not be enough to do it.

Without a main power source, the later levels of the formation were unable to be activated. He could only make do with the current level.

"AAAAH!" Lin Wu cried out in pain as the lightning traveled through his body.

If he could, he would have spit blood at this point.

~Crack~

The lightning bolts cracked his first core even more and this time affected his second core as well. There were no cracks on the second one but it was shaken.

The tribulation clouds though, showed no signs of stopping and were already prepared for another round.

~BOOM~

~BOOM~

Two more bolts fell and hit the formation. The formation did its best, but Lin Wu was still hurt by them.

~Crack~

~Crack~

The first core was now covered in cracks while the second core had a single crack appear on it.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! What the hell! How do I continue like this!" Lin Wu cursed as he started to think of more solutions.