''Hmm? What's going on?'' A moment had barely passed after Shun Long opened his eyes, before his expression suddenly changed as he swiftly turned his head to the side.
Although Shun Long wasn't aware of what was going on around him earlier while he was undergoing his Heavenly Tribulation, he could now clearly sense that Little Silver was fighting someone, and that it had even sustained several injuries already. Although those injuries weren't life-threatening and were merely superficial, it was still a fact that Little Silver was still being injured with every passing moment and the number of its injuries wasn't low either, causing a frosty look to appear in the depths of Shun Long's eyes!
Naturally, the connection between a master and his magic beast was more than enough for Shun Long to tell what Little Silver's current condition was, as he immediately turned his gaze in its direction!
Staring at the black veil of darkness in the distance that had now covered a radius of nearly 3 kilometers, Shun Long was momentarily taken aback, before a serious look gradually covered his face as he asked in surprise
''Little Black, what's going on? What happened to Mei'er and the others?''
Seeing that even Jiang Chen had used his 'Kingdom of Darkness' and sensing the number of injuries that Little Silver had already sustained, was more than enough for Shun Long to tell that Jiang Chen and the others were fighting a quite formidable opponent!
Inside the foggy space in the 'Stone of Time', Little Black opened his deep azure eyes that seemed to be peering straight through Jiang Chen's 'Kingdom of Darkness', before the black dragon said with an expression of anger as well as disgust
''Hmph! While master was undergoing your Heavenly Tribulation, a bunch of ants seemed to have noticed the commotion and came here to ask for you. When that lass Xingyi and the others refused to hand master over, those ants banded together and attacked them.'' It was obvious that Little Black was feeling more than just indignant that a bunch of late-stage Dao Kings dared to ask for Liu Mei and the others to hand over Shun Long.
After sensing Shun Long's worry however, Little Black merely shook his head with a clear, mocking smile on his face, before he continued ''However, there is no reason for master to be worried. Even the strongest of those ants is merely an early rank 9 Dao King. It's impossible for them to take down that kid with their strength. It's only a matter of time before they are all wiped out instead!''
A look of puzzlement couldn't help but find its way on Shun Long's face, as he struggled to understand what was going on.
Although Shun Long wouldn't dare to claim that he had no enemies out there, it was still true that after entering the 'City of Immortals', he had barely offended anyone else in this place. If anything, it had only been others testing his patience the past few months while he was minding his own business.
As far as he could remember, there shouldn't be anyone who should be trying to find fault with him while he was undergoing his heavenly tribulation!
Nevertheless, Little Black's words were more than enough to reassure him that Liu Mei and the others shouldn't be in too much danger.
After all, regardless of who the group who had attacked them was, unless they had a handful of peak rank 9 Dao Kings, Shun Long knew that they had almost no chance of taking down Little Silver!
Although Little Silver may be just 'a kid' in Little Black's eyes, it was still a peak rank 6 magic beast that only a few talented peak-stage Dao Kings could hope to fight head-on.
In fact, although Little Silver's defenses may be inferior to most other peak rank 6 magic beasts, Shun Long knew that its strength and speed could already rival an early-stage Dao Emperor's.
Narrowing his eyes, Little Black didn't even throw another glance at the black veil of darkness in the distance, as if the group of 100 Dao Kings over there wasn't even worth any of his attention, and instead, the black dragon focused his gaze on the enormous thundercloud in the sky above Shun Long!
After a moment of silence, Little Black's deep blue eyes which seemed to be holding a world inside them flashed with a cold glint, as if they had suddenly noticed something incredibly dangerous, as Little Black exclaimed in a solemn voice ''Master, it's coming!''
At the same time, Shun Long raised his head to look at the massive black thundercloud in the sky above him, as sparks of pure-white lightning seemed to be gathering around a certain spot!
Shun Long only needed a single glance to tell that his heavenly tribulation had yet to come to an end, causing his eyes to narrow dangerously in the process.
After all, a cloud of heavenly tribulation would normally only disperse after eradicating its target, or after it had already exhausted all of its energy. But it was obvious that this thundercloud of heavenly tribulation had more than enough energy to spare, even after firing 2 rounds at him!
Clearly, Shun Long's actions of using his 'World Zero' had already gone beyond what the heavens were willing to tolerate!
..
At this moment, at the very center of the black thundercloud, Shun Long could see that the sparks of lightning had already started to gather together, as a single, peculiar-looking bolt of lightning had already started to rapidly take shape!
It only took a single glance for anyone to tell, that this bolt of lightning was somehow different from the previous 3 bolts of heavenly tribulation that Shun Long had faced earlier.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Before the peculiar-looking bolt of heavenly tribulation had even finished fully taking its shape, loud rumbling sounds could be heard from the black thundercloud in the sky, as sparks of white lightning could be seen gathering together, almost as if they were trying to give birth to a terrifying monster!