№ Hamster roared, "Why are you taking on the Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation?! Aren't you a fake Profound Sage? Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

"..." Song Shuhang. 

He didn't know why, but seeing the demonic hamster roaring reminded him of the 'roaring groundhog' video that he watched several years ago...

"Anyway, it happened because I received an invite from 'Senior Melon Eater'. After my hand slipped and I chose 'Yes', I was brought into here." Song Shuhang briefly explained to № Hamster why he was facing a Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation

After listening, № Hamster fell silent for a while.

Song Shuhang suddenly thought of something, then asked, "Did your hand slip as well? Is that why you're here?"

№ Hamster, who was wrapped in the sheet, looked up at the sky.

It felt so aggrieved and indignant. This time, its hands had not slipped!

"Thanks, and I'm sorry that I got you involved." Song Shuhang gently rubbed № Hamster's head. He guessed that № Hamster must have received the 'Tyrannical Song requests assistance' prompt, clicking 'Yes' by mistake.

After this, № Hamster felt even more indignant.

Song Shuhang said, "If we can survive this Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation, I will definitely get a better grasp of those two Lustrous Golden Cores so that they stop sending strange messages."

"How long is this Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation going to last?" the demonic hamster asked with its heart stifled.

Song Shuhang replied, "There should still be 999 days left, I guess?"

"In other words, the Thousand Days Tribulation has just begun?" the demonic hamster asked. "We're dead. It's hopeless, let's write a will."

Master, this time I'm really going to die, and since I will die under the heavenly tribulation, I won't be able to serve you in my next life. That's because there is no next life for me.

"Don't lose hope. Even if there is only a single ray of hope, we will seize it," said Song Shuhang. His hand was placed on the 'Holy Sword of the End' while his eyes were fixed on the tribulation fire below.

The over 10,000 blades of sword qi would only be able to seal the tribulation for a short while. He had no clue when the seal would be broken, so he had to be on guard at all times.

"This is only the first day of the Thousand Days Tribulation, yet its might is already so great. Now that I also came here, there's really no hope." № Hamster sighed, and said, "Don't forget, I am an evil demon of the Netherworld. Moreover, I'm also about to transcend my demonic tribulation. In my current state, once I get involved in a heavenly tribulation, the power of the tribulation would double. In short, the power of the tribulation you've been facing will rise even more now. Let's just write a will."

"There might be another way." Song Shuhang quickly took out a 'Resurrection Gold Coin', and handed it to the demonic hamster before explaining, "Hold on to this Resurrection Gold Coin. Before the tribulation is strengthened, I will kill you. If you get the option 'resurrection in 10 years', then you'll be able to avoid this heavenly tribulation."

№ Hamster's eyes lit up. It quickly took the gold coin, and said, "F*ck, № Tyrannical Song, you're a genius. You were actually able to come up with such an abnormal idea. It looks like it's not only your appearance that has grown older, but you've also got much wiser. Hurry hurry, before the heavenly tribulation is strengthened, stab me to death!"

"???" Song Shuhang. 

It's not just my appearance that has grown older?

Hmm, now isn't the time to be thinking about this.

Song Shuhang stretched out his hand, grabbed the 'Holy Master Ape's Sword', and stabbed at the demonic hamster.

As long as it didn't die under the 'Thousand Days Tribulation', № Hamster would be able to use the Resurrection Gold Coin. With this, it had a chance of being saved.

"Clang!"

The tip of the sword pierced № Hamster's belly, and then made the sound of steel and iron hitting one another, causing sparks to shoot out.

Song Shuhang was dumbfounded.

He had not held back just now; he had put all his strength behind that attack. Moreover, he had used the 'Holy Master Ape's Sword', an Eighth Stage magical treasure with unparalleled sharpness.

However, there was a layer of dark light on the belly of № Hamster, something that looked like a light that surpassed the Eighth Stage in defense, which blocked his attack.

"Ugh, I forgot that I hadn't taken off the defensive magical treasure my master had given me, and there's those talismans as well." № Hamster quickly took off its equipment and tribulation-transcension treasures, and put them into a small ring.

Then, it grabbed the Resurrection Gold Coin and raised its hands up high, exposing its abdomen. "Hurry, hurry, stab me again. Remember to collect my body for me, and don't lose my equipment."

Song Shuhang nodded, and then lifted his sword.

At this moment, the sky and the ground trembled. It appeared as if the entire Tribulation-Transcension Space was shaking.

Afterward, a burning pillar fiercely shot out from the tribulation clouds.

This pillar forcibly broke through the defense of the 'Virtuous Network', and planted itself into the ground.

There was a layer of crimson light rippling over it, and everything covered by this light was turned into ash.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater asked, "What is this?"

The heavenly tribulation changed again?

This was definitely the most ups and downs it had experienced while transcending a heavenly tribulation in its entire life.

"It's over, the pillar of Heavenly Punishment's Fire has descended." The demonic hamster's face was filled with despair. The heavenly tribulation had already gotten stronger; it was over for them.

"Rip!"

At this time, Song Shuhang stabbed it with a sword.

The sword went through its body, causing its heart to go cold.

"Aaah~ It's too late, the heavenly tribulation has already gotten stronger. There's no use killing me, why did you still stab me?! Aaah~" № Hamster shrieked.

"At least you won't die under the Thousand Days Tribulation this way. Go and keep living through the Resurrection Gold Coin. Remember, you must try having it land on tails, and you definitely must not let it stand on its side," Song Shuhang said softly. "I'm the one who dragged you into this heavenly tribulation. This is the least I can do. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain myself to Senior White Rabbit (Two)."

The demonic hamster spewed out blood from its mouth, tilted its head, and died.

At the same time, the Resurrection Gold Coin it was holding up high disappeared... The resurrection process had begun.

Before it died, the demonic hamster actually felt touched deep down. Song Shuhang, who looked like an uncle, was much more pleasing to the eye than when he looked like a young man. He looked and felt much gentler.

Although the old uncle-looking Song Shuhang had stabbed it to death, he felt a lot more considerate than he did before.

❄️❄️❄️

After seeing the Resurrection Gold Coin in № Hamster's hand disappear, Song Shuhang let out a breath of relief.

№ Hamster's problem was temporarily solved. As long as the coin didn't end up standing on its side, its life wasn't threatened for the time being.

Song Shuhang retracted the sword, placed the 'corpse' of № Hamster into his magical bracelet, and then placed the Almighty Merchant's sheet back on himself.

Afterward, he looked at sweet little Yinzhu, who was sleeping. Should I stab Li Yinzhu as well?

If she dies under the Thousand Days Tribulation, it is the same as dying under 'Heavenly Punishment', and there will be no chance of resurrection.

"Sorry, Yinzhu." Song Shuhang gritted his teeth as he made up his mind.

"Little friend Tyrannical Song, what did you do? The heavenly tribulation is changing, quickly come here!" Suddenly, Sage Monarch Melon Eater exclaimed anxiously while in the air.

Song Shuhang immediately looked up.

In the next moment, he discovered that the Heavenly Tribulation Realm had been divided into two with the 'Fire Pillar' at the middle.

The way it had been divided was the same as how 'duck hot pot' would be divided.

Sage Monarch Melon Eater and the virtuous lamia were on one side... While he and Little Yinzhu were on another side.

Song Shuhang said, "Crap, it's too late."

With the Heavenly Tribulation Realm split apart, he had no way of joining Sage Monarch Melon Eater.

"Rumble~"

In the sky, thunder continued to boom.

However, the 'Thousand Days Tribulation' paused temporarily.

Song Shuhang and Sage Monarch Melon Eater could clearly sense that the heavenly tribulation was adjusting.

After 10 breaths of time, the heavenly tribulation rose again.

It started at Sage Monarch Melon Eater's location, sending another batch of 'Purple Night Divine Lightning'.

However, both the quality and quantity of this batch had dropped significantly compared to before.

The power of the 'Thousand Days Tribulation' had dropped to the level of an ordinary Ninth Stage heavenly tribulation. At most, it was only slightly stronger in comparison.

With the Virtuous Network, Sage Monarch Melon Eater would easily be able to block all this 'Purple Night Divine Lightning'.

If it's just a normal Thousand Days Tribulation, I'll be able to make it to the end! Sage Monarch Melon Eater said confidently in its mind.

As long as the tribulation wasn't crazily strengthened, it had nothing to fear.

Since my tribulation has weakened to a normal range that I can bear, little friend Song Shuhang's heavenly tribulation should have also gone back to normal, right? Since he's at the level of ascending to the Sixth Stage, he should have to face the Sixth Stage heavenly tribulation, right? As Sage Monarch Melon Eater thought of this, it turned its head and looked at the other half of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm.

Then, it saw that in Song Shuhang's tribulation area, nearly 100 'heavenly tribulation nuclear bombs' emerged from the tribulation clouds.

The destructive power of each nuclear bomb was at the level of his batch of 'Purple Night Divine Lightning'.

The power of his heavenly tribulation hasn't weakened, but its form has changed somehow... Could it be that the Heavenly Tribulation Realm isolated us mainly because of our different attributes, and it wanted to send down different heavenly tribulations? Sage Monarch Melon Eater was puzzled.

Just as it was thinking this, the heavenly tribulation nuclear bombs on Song Shuhang's side went through another change.

As the nuclear bombs condensed and formed, a flame shot out from the pillar of Heavenly Punishment and merged into these nuclear bombs, directly increasing their destructive power by several levels!

"What's going on?!" Sage Monarch Melon Eater cried out.

Is this a joke? Why is the heavenly tribulation on little friend Shuhang's Side stronger than mine?

It was not that it disliked that the power of the heavenly tribulation on its side was this low. What it was confused about was why the might of Song Shuhang's tribulation got strengthened even further.

At this moment, the virtuous lamia, who was above Sage Monarch Melon Eater's body, opened her eyes.

She clasped her hands together and made a virtuous seal. "Virtuous Starry Sea!"

In an instant, Sage Monarch Melon Eater felt that more than half of the energy in its body had been extracted—this time, it was in a state of 'burning its lifespan' as well.

In other words, the magical technique released by the virtuous lamia this time was even more expensive than the previous 'Jade Lake Immortal Realm Projection'.

In the next moment, a golden sea of ​​virtue floated under Sage Monarch Melon Eater, supporting its figure and defending its body from below.

After casting this technique, the virtuous lamia leaped lightly, releasing the ❮Virtuous Possession Technique❯.

Her figure turned into particles, and she disappeared.

When she reappeared, she had already returned to Song Shuhang's side. "That side doesn't need my help anymore."

Song Shuhang said, "That's good, at least this way I won't disturb Senior Melon Eater's tribulation again."

The virtuous lamia nodded slightly, protecting Song Shuhang as her body of virtue shone brightly.

In the air, the heavenly tribulation nuclear bombs, which were about to descend, froze slightly.

Then, the heavenly tribulation, which had originally gotten stronger, began to weaken.

"???" Song Shuhang.