Chapter 623: Sixth Calamity Battle (Part 2)

The Primordial Spirit World enveloped more than half of the Celestial Realm. In various places, lightning, like flowing water, spontaneously appeared. This watery lightning, gathering in immense quantities, formed a vast, majestic lake.

San Shi, the Old Man of Three Stones, gravely surveyed his surroundings. The very fabric of space around him was being torn apart, and nearby mountains and rivers were dissolving into nothingness. Terrifying electro-magnetic forces penetrated deep into his body, threatening to rip him apart. Simultaneously, immense external pressure compressed him. A multitude of opposing forces—squeezing, stretching, repelling, attracting, pressing, tearing—worked in perfect concert, like well-drilled soldiers, to relentlessly crush his body within the surrounding area.

Such terrifying power would instantly disintegrate any ordinary Five Tribulation境 cultivator who dared to step into it. However, as a Six Tribulation境 Physical Body cultivator, San Shi's skin was layered with defenses, and every particle of his body was incredibly dense, allowing him to withstand such a crushing force. His strength was only slightly affected.

"They say every Primordial Spirit Tribulation境 cultivator is a master of formations," San Shi mused, a slight smirk playing on his lips. "It seems there's some truth to that." Even as the Thunder Marsh domain continuously generated lightning, he remained confident in facing any danger. After all, Physical Body Tribulation境 cultivators inherently rely on close-quarters combat to defeat their enemies.

"But it's useless against me," San Shi declared, his expression turning fierce. He unleashed the full power of his physical body. Every particle within him seemed to explode like a star. Fully mobilized, countless particle forces condensed into a single surge, erupting from his fists as he launched blows in all directions.

In an instant, with San Shi at the center, hundreds of terrifying ripples blasted outwards in every direction. They bypassed Meng Chuan's primordial spirit avatars, penetrated the entire formation, and struck the very edge of the world.

Yet, the eight Meng Chuan avatars appeared to the side, completely unscathed. "Huh?" The expressions on the eight Meng Chuan avatars suddenly changed. When these ripples struck the edge of the world, they unexpectedly bounced back, continuing to pursue Meng Chuan's avatars.

Each ripple attained the ultimate speed—light speed! Furthermore, it warped the flow of time, reaching the world's edge almost instantly. They continuously bombarded, rebounded, converged, and diverged throughout the Celestial Realm, relentlessly attempting to annihilate every Meng Chuan avatar.

"If not for the suppression of the Great Lightning Formation, these ripples would barely dissipate," Meng Chuan thought, secretly astonished. This application of rules was incredibly strange, allowing the ripples to propagate continuously within a confined area. However, when it came to domain mastery, Primordial Spirit Six Tribulation境 cultivators were unparalleled. Meng Chuan's Thunder Marsh Diagram, combined with his Primordial Spirit World, continuously weakened these ripples. After only a few rebounds, the ripples faded into nothingness.

"The lightning lineage?" San Shi frowned slightly. "My attacks were quick, but this Dongning is even faster." Each of Meng Chuan's eight avatars could move at light speed, and their manipulation of time flow and spatial distortion was even more extreme. Every ripple seemed to pierce through Meng Chuan, but in reality, they were always far from hitting him. Meng Chuan's movement speed surpassed San Shi's attack speed. Both were Six Tribulation境 mighty figures!

Indeed, Meng Chuan, who commanded the rules of lightning, held an absolute advantage in terms of movement speed. "Brother Dongning," San Shi's voice echoed throughout the Celestial Realm, "If we were outside, your speed would make it very difficult for me to threaten you. But this is the Kunyun Secret Realm! Your dodging range is too small!"

His body rapidly expanded. From being somewhat smaller than an average person, he quickly grew taller than a mountain, and continued to swell... In what seemed like the blink of an eye, San Shi had ballooned to an unbelievable size. His feet pressed against the ground, and his head nearly touched the firmament.

"One point two million miles tall?" Meng Chuan watched the colossal creature. "This must be because the Celestial Realm can only accommodate a being of this height." The Celestial Realm spanned nine million miles, and its dome was only one point two million miles from the ground. The Physical Body Six Tribulation境 'San Shi' had transformed into such a giant.

With one foot, he crushed three lakes and numerous mountains; with the other, he stomped through a major sect's stronghold. At this moment, San Shi also sprouted arms, a full hundred of them. Each arm, thick with rippling muscles like mountain ranges, stretched across the sky and earth.

Physical Body Six Tribulation境 cultivators, depending on the rules they master, can sometimes expand to hundreds of millions of miles in the Outer Realm Void while maintaining peak strength, capable of treating suns and moons as mere playthings.

"Die!" With his head almost touching the dome, San Shi's hundred arms swung down, capable of striking nearly every corner of the Celestial Realm. For him, the Celestial Realm was simply too small. Any distance within it was effectively close combat!

He was right; if they were in the vast Outer Realm Void, Meng Chuan, with his mastery of lightning rules, could easily evade him. But now, fighting within the Celestial Realm, even with the entire realm as their battlefield, it was still far too confined.

The Thunder Marsh Diagram, combined with the Primordial Spirit World, caused the eight-million-mile Great Lightning Formation to continuously generate lightning. The lightning, like water, proliferated, making the 'Thunder Marsh' increasingly turbulent. Within this Thunder Marsh, the hundred-armed giant 'San Shi' easily withstood the marsh's power, unleashing punches everywhere.

The close proximity, combined with the full might of a hundred arms, made it difficult for the eight Meng Chuan avatars to dodge. On average, over a dozen arms assailed each avatar, and sometimes more than twenty arms converged from all directions to crush a single primordial spirit avatar.

Finally, the elbow of an arm, nearly a million miles long, grazed one of Meng Chuan's primordial spirit avatars, and the avatar shattered instantly. Primordial spirit avatars, after all, were significantly more fragile.

"Hm? Just an ordinary primordial spirit avatar," San Shi noted, showing no joy. He knew Meng Chuan's true body must be protected by defensive artifacts, making it much harder to break through.

The seven remaining Meng Chuan avatars then formed a new one. For Meng Chuan, with his true body as a foundation, even the annihilation of 'forty percent of his primordial spirit essence' could be instantly restored. While ordinary primordial spirit avatars had much weaker recovery capabilities, they could still instantly manifest a new one.

As he continuously dodged within the Celestial Realm, primordial spirit avatars were repeatedly shattered. Yet, Meng Chuan patiently maintained control of the Thunder Marsh Diagram, accumulating an ever-increasing amount of lightning.

"This Dongning could easily escape with his true body, using only his primordial spirit avatars to control the formation," San Shi thought, a knot forming in his chest. "But his true body hasn't left. Besides confidence, he must have a plan. And this formation... it keeps accumulating lightning but hasn't unleashed it."

Indeed. The lightning, like water, accumulated more and more, making the Thunder Marsh grow steadily larger. Such an immense amount of lightning alarmed San Shi.

"Almost there," Meng Chuan murmured. He had used the Thunder Marsh Diagram formation to accumulate lightning for fifteen breaths, amassing an unimaginably vast and powerful torrent of electrical energy. Then, with a wave of his hand, thirteen beads flew from his wrist.

The Thirteen Universe Pearls! The thirteen Universe Pearls hovered in all directions, each furiously absorbing the Thunder Marsh's watery lightning. Countless bolts surged into them. Each of the Thirteen Universe Pearls grew colossal, and as they absorbed vast amounts of the Thunder Marsh's power, their unleashed might surged dramatically. Each pearl now resembled a miniature universe, suspended throughout the area.

The Thirteen Universe Pearls were unparalleled in their mystique, the most formidable of the Seven Tribulation境 lightning lineage secret treasures collected by Ancestor Cang Yuan. Meng Chuan had always valued them highly, as such treasures were incredibly difficult to find.

In the past, when Meng Chuan was weaker, the Thirteen Universe Pearls in his hands could only unleash a fraction of their power. Now, having reached the Six Tribulation境 and mastering the rules of lightning, he could activate the lightning-aligned 'Thirteen Universe Pearls' to reveal some of their true might. However, each pearl was inherently enormous and required a tremendous amount of lightning to activate. Therefore, he had chosen to acquire the Thunder Marsh Diagram specifically to complement the 'Thirteen Universe Pearls.' The Thunder Marsh Diagram could accumulate enough lightning to allow the Thirteen Universe Pearls to unleash greater power.

"Kill," Meng Chuan commanded. He looked at the towering hundred-armed giant. The thirteen Universe Pearls, each resembling a 'miniature universe,' hurtled forward with crushing force! They instantly accelerated to light speed, and with spatial distortion... they immediately struck the hundred-armed giant. Due to its immense size, the giant could not evade, and all the pearls struck their mark.

Simultaneously, a black demonic cone flew from Meng Chuan's true body. This demonic cone, forged from a full forty percent of his primordial spirit essence, also instantly struck the hundred-armed giant.