The white-dressed woman hurriedly went forward to support Shou Yue.
"Puh..."
Shou Yue spat out another mouthful of blood. From her expression, it was clear she was in great pain. Her domain had suddenly collapsed, damaging her Dao Foundation. Her meridians were now completely empty, and she could not gather a trace of Spiritual Energy in her Dantian.
With anger, Shou Yue pushed away the white-dressed woman and painfully uttered, "Yan Rufeng, how dare you harm me! I bet the Palace Master already knows by now. You’re going to be annihilated..."
"Boom...Boom..."
A muffled thunder sounded from the sky.
Yan Rufeng hastily called out, "Oh no, the Thunder Tribulation is coming."
"What?"
Everyone present gasped in shock.
"Is he really going to cross the tribulation here?"
A female disciple from the Green Moon Palace exclaimed in horror.
"Puh..."
Upon hearing this, Shou Yue spat out another mouthful of blood. It took her a long time to catch her breath before she said, "Yan Rufeng, you actually plan to cross the tribulation now. Do you want us to die with you?"
One of the eight white-dressed female disciples panicked and said, "Elder Shou Yue, his crossing the tribulation, how does that concern us? Why would we have to die with him?"
Shou Yue’s eyes were vacant and she said despondently, "Now that he is under the Thunder Tribulation, so are we. The Heavenly Dao will assume that all eleven of us present are crossing the tribulation!"
"What?"
The female disciple was taken aback and said, "Elder Shou Yue, what do we do now? With our level of cultivation, we probably can’t withstand even a single bolt of heavenly thunder!"
Shou Yue’s body weakened, and she said softly, "What can we do? Once that kid is struck dead by the Thunder Tribulation, we’ll die with him."
Yi Mu stood frozen in place and said blankly, "Brother Rufeng, is what Elder Shou Yue said true?"
Yan Rufeng spread his hands helplessly and said, "Mumu, she’s right!"
Yi Mu hurriedly said, "Brother Rufeng, is there any way to save us?"
"No!"
Yi Mu panicked, "Brother Rufeng, none of us are at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage. Why don’t you go somewhere else to cross the tribulation and see if the Thunder Tribulation weakens?"
Yan Rufeng smiled bitterly, "Mumu, running somewhere else to cross the tribulation now won’t help at all. Even if I leave, the ten of you would still have to endure the Thunder Tribulation."
"What should we do? What should we do?"
Yi Mu was burning with anxiety.
Yan Rufeng showed a faint smile.
"Mumu, don’t worry. Even if the Thunder Tribulation is fierce, I can withstand it. You will be fine!"
"Brother Rufeng, how can you withstand so many bolts of thunder?"
Yi Mu was extremely worried.
"Brother Rufeng, please think of something!"
"Boom...Boom..."
The muffled thunder rumbled closer. The moon was obscured by dark clouds, the sky turned pitch black, and it became so dark that no one could see their hands in front of them. The air grew increasingly terrifying.
"Brother Rufeng!"
Yi Mu cried out.
"Wah wah wah!"
"Boom...Boom..."
Suddenly, Yi Mu wiped away her tears and, with a solemn expression, said, "Brother Rufeng, it looks like the Thunder Tribulation is about to arrive. I won’t let you face it alone. I’m going to help you withstand it."
At this moment, Yan Rufeng thought of when, in the Immortal World, Yi Mu had once shielded him from a fatal blow from an enemy to save him.
Yan Rufeng felt a stabbing pain in his heart.
"Mumu, don’t be afraid. You’ll be fine."
Yan Rufeng immediately released his Divine Sense. With a thought, he brought Yi Mu into his Heavenly Court Space in his Purple Mansion.
Inside Yan Rufeng’s Purple Mansion, Yi Mu stared blankly at the unfamiliar scenery before her.
"Why did it suddenly become bright? Weren’t we just at the tribulation site? Why did we suddenly come here? Where is this place? Where is Brother Rufeng..."
At that moment, nine women suddenly appeared before Yi Mu. Yi Mu recognized the green-clothed woman among them as Elder Shou Yue of the Green Moon Palace.
"Why are you all here?"
Shou Yue, sitting on the ground, looked at Yi Mu in astonishment.
"We saw you as soon as we arrived. Tell us, where are we?"
Yi Mu shook her head.
"Hmph!"
Shou Yue coldly snorted.
"Qingxue, this looks like a Secret Realm. Help me up, and we’ll go check over there. Once I regain my cultivation, I’ll deal with her."
"As you command..."
Yi Mu was only focused on searching for Yan Rufeng’s whereabouts, completely ignoring what Shou Yue said and not noticing when they left.
"Brother Rufeng, where are you..."
Tears welled up in Yi Mu’s eyes.
"Brother Rufeng, please don’t let anything happen to you!"
"Sob sob..."
After collecting Yi Mu and the Green Moon Palace disciples into his Heavenly Court Space in the Purple Mansion, Yan Rufeng sensed the thunderclaps approaching. He felt that the Thunder Tribulation was nearly ready.
"Boom...Boom..."
The heavenly thunder exploded above Yan Rufeng’s head. Gale-force winds roared as Yan Rufeng activated his Spiritual Energy Protection Shield. Standing against the wind, he ascended into the sky beneath the tribulation clouds. He immediately released his Divine Sense to gauge the extent of the tribulation clouds and calculate the strength of the thunderbolts.
"Damn!"
Yan Rufeng exclaimed, "What kind of tribulation is this? My Divine Sense can’t even detect the edges of the tribulation clouds..."
Divine Sense of a Divine Separation Stage cultivator could cover a range of fifty to one hundred thousand kilometers. For Yan Rufeng to be unable to sense the end of the tribulation clouds, the power of this Thunder Tribulation must be immense.
In his two lifetimes, even though this was not Yan Rufeng’s first tribulation, it made his hair stand on end and filled him with terror.
"Damn, this is terrifying! A Thunder Tribulation at the Transcendence Stage is even more massive than the one when I crossed the Immortal Monarch Tribulation. What kind of horror is this..."
The tribulation clouds for Yan Rufeng’s crossing had gradually extended to his surroundings up to one hundred thousand kilometers. He had not expected such a grand spectacle and had not foreseen that this tribulation would alarm all Mahayana powerhouses on the Canglong Continent...
But the most worried and fearful ones were the nearest group from the Green Moon Palace.
At the Green Moon Palace sect’s base, on a mountain peak floating in midair, five elaborately dressed women were standing. Although they were all stunningly beautiful, their eyes were filled with a hint of melancholy.
A woman in a pink elaborate dress, with a thin face and delicate features, had eyes as clear as a stream. Her graceful figure appeared slightly tense.
"Sisters, this man came for Qingyue, injured Elder Shou Yue, and is now crossing the tribulation at our Green Moon Palace. Should we not show him our stance?"
A black-clothed woman clasped her hands and said, "Palace Master, now is not the time to discuss this. Although we have the power of the Ascension Stage, we must avoid the sharp edge of the Thunder Tribulation."
A woman in a colorful elaborate dress said, "Palace Master, there’s no time to worry about that now. The place where the man is crossing the tribulation is so close to us. Our priority should be to leave here quickly."
A white-clothed woman stepped forward and said, "Palace Master, I didn’t expect such a massive disturbance from his tribulation. Sister Zhi Yue is right. We should temporarily avoid this."
An additional green-clothed woman said, "Palace Master, please give the order. We can find and reason with that man after he finishes his tribulation!"
"Since all four sisters agree, notify all disciples to temporarily retreat a thousand miles and observe the situation!"
"As you command!"