No hope for eternal life

Chapter 351: Lifeless

"Get up!" Mu Changsheng roared, trying to stay awake under the impact of his soul, while at the same time trying to stand up, holding up the heavenly thunder, and controlling the five Thunder God Fruits in his body to absorb the power of the heavenly thunder. He was doing three things at once.

After Mu Changsheng persisted for five full breaths, the impact of the seventh heavenly thunder finally ended.

Mu Changsheng survived the seventh heavenly thunder, but the price he paid was extremely painful. First of all, his fists bore the most of the power of the heavenly thunder. Both of his arms were struck by the thunder like charcoal, without any trace of flesh left.

As for other parts of the body, they were not in much better condition. Mu Changsheng was almost turning into a human-shaped charcoal.

This is not just a case of skin and flesh being torn apart. If it continues like this, the physical foundation that he has cultivated over many years may be destroyed.

Mu Changsheng sat down in meditation with difficulty, and first used the Spirit Purification Talisman to heal his wounds. After using three Spirit Purification Talismans in a row, his injuries began to improve.

Then, Mu Changsheng used the top-grade spirit stones to restore his divine power. In the confrontation with the heavenly thunder just now, his divine power was completely consumed. Only by using the top-grade spirit stones could he restore his divine power before the eighth heavenly thunder came. This is why it is necessary to prepare a large number of top-grade spirit stones when overcoming the tribulation.

While Mu Changsheng was recovering, he finally had time to think about his doubts: "Why is my thunder tribulation so powerful?"

With the power of the seventh heavenly thunder just now, even if an ordinary cultivator in the early stage of tribulation came, he would die on the spot.

But according to previous records, for a cultivator like Mu Changsheng who has the strength of the Tribulation Realm at the Spirit Transformation Realm, crossing the Tribulation Realm is a sure thing.

"Could it be that I am... in the calamity of immortality?" Mu Changsheng suddenly shuddered and thought of a possibility. It seemed that only this possibility could explain it.

Generally speaking, the power of a thunder tribulation is almost fixed. If you can survive it, you will live; if you cannot, you will die. There is no such thing as it being different for different people.

But there are always exceptions. For some cultivators, the power of thunder tribulation will be significantly increased when they are undergoing tribulation, and the number of thunders they experience during their tribulation is not nine, but ten!

The nine heavenly thunders are often understood by cultivators as a life-or-death situation. Although the thunder tribulation is difficult to overcome, there is always a glimmer of hope.

But the ten heavenly thunders just correspond to ten deaths and no life, as if there is no last chance of survival, so it is named the Tribulation of No Life.

Why the calamity of no birth occurs is an eternal puzzle. After carefully studying the examples of the calamity of no birth in history, you will find that the calamity of no birth will not occur just because your strength is extremely strong, nor will it not occur just because your strength is extremely weak. Its appearance seems to be a completely random event, and all cultivators who encounter the calamity of no birth will be considered to have an inanimate character or inanimate physique, which means their future is bleak.

Mu Changsheng's expression became more and more solemn. Only the calamity of no birth could explain his current situation. The first six heavenly thunders were just "appetizers", and no matter how powerful they were, their power was limited. So at that time, he did not associate it with the calamity of no birth at all. It was not until the appearance of the seventh heavenly thunder that he finally realized that something was wrong.

"In this case, I still need to survive three more heavenly thunders." Mu Changsheng felt heavy in his heart, especially the last tenth heavenly thunder, whose power would be extremely terrifying.

Before this, Mu Changsheng only regarded the thunder tribulation as a godsend opportunity to cleanse his body and soul.

But now, Mu Changsheng knew that the only thing he had to do was to save his life under the thunder tribulation. After all, he had spent tens of thousands of top-grade spirit stones to cultivate this white-clothed clone, so he naturally could not give up easily.

It took Mu Changsheng nearly three hours to fully recover, but there was not much time left before the eighth heavenly thunder arrived.

Mu Changsheng looked up and could easily see the thunder and lightning surging in the calamity clouds, like a flying dragon in the sky, ready to swoop down at any time.

Another half a quarter of an hour later, the eighth thunder finally appeared. Like the seventh thunder, it was long and had no end, and was even larger.

Mu Changsheng has already realized that this is a calamity of no life, so naturally he dare not resist it with his physical body. Instead, he uses the Five Thunders to bless himself, and uses all his strength to activate the Five Thunder Gods in his body. He uses the Five Thunders Descent Secret Art to summon five Thunder Gods, and wants to use the power of the Thunder Gods to fight against the heavenly thunder.

Both the Heavenly Thunder and the Thunder God are the power of thunder, but Mu Changsheng's five Thunder Gods are like children in front of the eighth Heavenly Thunder. They are completely vulnerable and cannot even stop the Heavenly Thunder for a moment.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng used the sixth-grade intermediate level God-Slaying Formation to protect himself. He did not ask the God-Slaying Formation to block the heavenly thunder, but only asked to weaken some of the power of the heavenly thunder.

Almost at the moment when the heavenly thunder came into contact with the God-Slaying Formation, the God-Slaying Formation collapsed, as if nothing could stop the arrival of the heavenly thunder.

Mu Changsheng felt helpless about this. Although he still had some means, he had to save them for the last two heavenly thunders. The main reason was that he never expected that he would encounter this rare calamity of no life that occurs once in a thousand years, so he had not made any preparations in this regard.

The only thing that Mu Changsheng felt fortunate about now was that his clone in white had survived the tribulation first. If it was his original self who was going through the tribulation now, he would be in danger of death.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng had to attack again, burning his essence and blood to resist the heavenly thunder with his physical body.

Even though the power of the eighth heavenly thunder has been weakened, its might is still terrifying. Mu Changsheng's most intuitive feeling is that the force hitting his soul has become stronger.

Fortunately, Mu Changsheng had managed to adapt to this heavy blow specifically targeting the soul, and was always able to remain conscious.

In the end, Mu Changsheng’s confrontation with the eighth heavenly thunder lasted for dozens of breaths before the eighth heavenly thunder finally ended.

Mu Changsheng's injuries were a little more serious than the last time, but the benefits of overcoming the tribulation were also reflected. Although Mu Changsheng's body was in a horrible state, his vitality was extremely strong, and he could even recover from his injuries automatically.

At the same time, the fusion of Mu Changsheng's soul and body has almost reached a state of complete fusion. Once the two are completely integrated, Mu Changsheng's strength will undergo a qualitative change.

This is the thunder tribulation, which is both the force of destruction and the force of creation. Mu Changsheng has survived eight enhanced versions of thunder in a row, and the benefits he has gained from the thunder tribulation far exceed the ordinary nine thunders.

“After passing the ninth thunder tribulation, not only will the soul be able to completely merge with the body, but the five Thunder God Dao Fruits will also be able to completely complete the transformation. Then I will be more confident facing the tenth thunder tribulation.” Mu Changsheng said to himself. He knew clearly that the last tenth thunder was the most deadly.

Then, while Mu Changsheng was healing, he was calculating his remaining trump cards: "I still have three sets of the sixth-grade intermediate-level God-Slaying Formation, two virtual god talismans for the late stage of the tribulation, and three virtual god talismans for the peak stage of the tribulation."

These are all the cards Mu Changsheng has. As for some sixth-grade initial-stage God-Slaying Formations, mid-stage Tribulation God Talismans, etc., they are not counted at all because their consumption of heavenly thunder is almost negligible.

Mu Changsheng now regretted very much that he had given the Falling Star Talisman and the Zhoutian Talisman to the black-clothed clone, and also gave the black-clothed clone two sets of the sixth-grade intermediate God-Slaying Formation. However, it was too late to regret. What he had to do now was to survive the ninth heavenly thunder at the lowest cost, and then deal with the tenth heavenly thunder with all his strength.

Mu Changsheng imagined one plan after another in his mind, and time passed quickly.

It was not until nearly four hours had passed that Mu Changsheng realized that the brewing time of this ninth heavenly thunder was too long. For the previous eight heavenly thunders, the brewing time between each two thunders was less than half an hour, but this ninth heavenly thunder took nearly an hour longer than the eighth.