After merging the Life Star Beads, the astral space would naturally appear. This astral space could be likened to an embryonic minor world.

Condensing an astral space also indicated that you had advanced to the Life Star realm. At this time, they needed to absorb as much thunderforce to strengthen their astral spaces. The more thunderforce they could absorb, the larger their astral spaces, and the more world energy they could produce in the future.

Moreover, the five-colored lightning was an extremely powerful tribulation. This kind of lightning was something that not even every Netherpassage expert faced.

This kind of powerful lightning would cause one’s astral space to become much larger. It was several times more effective than regular lightning.

It would usually only appear in a Netherpassage expert’s tribulation. It was very rarely seen in the Life Star realm.

The original devil race’s experts had come to the conclusion that Long Chen had ordered the attacks against the heavenly tribulation specifically for this five-colored lightning. Just as they were feeling praise for his foresight, Long Chen’s shout left them dumbfounded. He actually didn’t want people to absorb this five-colored lightning?

“Boss, I really can’t do it. Please lend me some Spiritual Strength. I feel like my head is going to split open. Look, big sister Meng Qi helped Gu Yang, so how can you let me lose face?” pleaded Guo Ran.

Long Chen was speechless. Although Guo Ran’s Spiritual Strength wasn’t special, it wasn’t so terrible. He definitely had the power to pass on his own. However, his willpower was too weak. He felt like he was out of energy, when in truth, he had at least forty percent of his Spiritual Strength that was still untapped.

His laziness resulted in him not excavating his own potential. However, Guo Ran had never been a person with great willpower. Or perhaps it should be said that his willpower was never used on cultivation.

Helplessly, Long Chen stealthily gave Guo Ran a bit of Spiritual Strength. He even had to make it so that the others couldn’t sense it.

In the whole Dragonblood Legion, less than a hundred people had yet to finish their merger. They were all in the final stages though, so Long Chen had no choice but to help Guo Ran.

Guo Ran’s body suddenly lit up, and his aura changed. That was a sign of finishing the merger. After the merger was complete, he seemed to become another person, no longer looking as pitiful as before. Looking at the warriors that had yet to finish, he called out, “Brothers, are you alright? To wait for you, I suppressed myself as much as I could, but I couldn’t hold it any longer. Work hard. Success is just a little bit away. Remember, we’re the strongest warriors of the Martial Heaven Continent, and nothing can stop us…”

As Guo Ran shamelessly cheered on the warriors that had yet to finish, Long Chen sighed inside. However, very quickly, the final Dragonblood warrior finished the merger

“Xiaoqian, attack the tribulation clouds,” said Long Chen.

“Me?” Yue Xiaoqian jumped in shock. She was from the original devil race, and the Heavenly Daos of the Martial Heaven Continent rejected her. She was already getting special attention from this tribulation. If she attacked it, the consequences were unimaginable.

“That’s right. Go ahead, I’m here if you need me,” said Long Chen with a smile.

Yue Xiaoqian suddenly thought of when she had undergone tribulation in the Immemorial Path. Back then, because of four mysterious experts interfering, she had almost died during her tribulation. She had barely passed, and in his fury, Long Chen had attacked the lightning tribulation, enraging the heavens and even forcing those four mysterious experts to flee.

At that time, the heavens had chained Long Chen and bound him, however, he had torn apart the very fabric of the heavens. That was the moment Yue Xiaoqian’s heart was completely won by Long Chen.

Seeing his smile, Yue Xiaoqian also smiled. As long as Long Chen was present, there was nothing to fear.

Her devil seal appeared on her forehead. After that, a ray of Sword Qi shot out at the heavens, accompanied by the specific energy of the original devil race.

The tribulation clouds were torn apart by Yue Xiaoqian’s attack. After seeing that, the expressions of Yue Xihan and the rest of the original devil race completely changed.

The original devil race’s experts were different from the Dragonblood warriors. They were rejected by the Heavenly Daos.

As expected, the heavens went calm for a moment, and the five-colored lightning slowly faded away. The tribulation clouds began to quietly brew. In the end, giant black lotus flower clouds began to bloom, forming dense layers in the sky. At the center of each lotus was flickering lightning.

A terrifying pressure grew. Yue Xihan and the others let out startled cries.

“Divine lightning!”

The lightning contained in these lotus flowers actually contained divine pressure. Even Netherpassage experts felt fear.

This wasn’t a matter of having the guts to face it as this was a spiritual suppression. Divine lightning was for ascending experts. In front of this divine might, it was impossible not to feel fear.

“The sacred daughter….”

The Netherpassage experts turned pale white. Yue Xiaoqian was the hope of the original devil race. If she died, what would happen?

At this time, Yue Xihan calmed down surprisingly. The fate of the original devil race was already intricately linked to Long Chen. Thinking of how smoothly things had gone until now, she felt it was a bit laughable to be so worried. She had already made her choice. She would leave everything to Long Chen.

Suddenly, the lotus flowers exploded, and lightning rained down like sharp swords.

The Dragonblood warriors’ bodies were blown apart, their flesh becoming a mangled mess. Even the Dragon Blood Battle Armor was unable to block this. Each drop of lightning was like a bomb.

Lei Long returned to its dragon form, wanting to devour this lightning. This was something that it really wanted.

“Lei Long, go eat to the side. Leave the middle to the others!” called out Long Chen. Although Lei Long didn’t like it, it went to the edges to devour the leftover lightning. The center was for the Dragonblood Legion.

“Don’t worry, now isn’t the time for your meal. Let others eat first,” comforted Long Chen. To everyone else, he shouted, “This lightning contains divine energy, so protect your heads. Use it to nourish your astral spaces.”

Each drop of divine lightning was like a bomb, causing their flesh to explode. If it was someone else, a single drop would be enough to kill them.

Despite how much physical damage the lightning was doing, it would always transform into incomparably pure lightning energy after striking their bodies. Even without having to do anything, their bodies’ astral spaces would automatically absorb it.

If they actually focused on absorbing it, then the energy of this divine lightning would surge toward them like a flood, filling their astral spaces and making them grow.

“One meter.”

“Three meters…”

“Ten meters…”

The astral spaces were like tiny worlds, while they were the masters of those worlds. They could clearly sense some kind of energy form a connection with them from this world.

As their astral spaces grew, that energy grew stronger. Although they were still unable to use that energy, they could sense that they were rapidly growing stronger. The larger their astral spaces, the stronger they grew.

“I want to get stronger!”

Gu Yang suddenly roared and spread his arms as if to embrace this world. He allowed the torrent of lightning to fall on him as he crazily absorbed the divine lightning.

“Be careful!” Long Chen suddenly shouted and flicked a finger. A lightning arrow shot out, knocking aside a drop of the divine lightning that was about to strike Gu Yang’s head. “Fool, make sure to protect your vitals. Otherwise, you might die!”

Due to his excitement, Gu Yang had forgotten just how dangerous this divine lightning was. If this divine lightning shattered his skull, it might cause his Yuan Spirit to dissipate.

“My bad, boss.” Gu Yang blushed and properly protected his head.

The majority of the Dragonblood warriors were able to endure this torrent of lightning. However, the healing experts were in a miserable state. They were wood cultivators, and despite also possessing the Dragon Blood Battle Armor, their physical bodies were too weak. Each drop blasted bloody holes in their bodies. If three drops landed at the same time, they would be in danger of dying.

They were carefully blocking with their wooden staves, doing their best to make sure the lightning landed on them one drop at a time. Fortunately, their recovery abilities were amazing.

“Guo Ran, are you trying to get your armor destroyed?” shouted Long Chen at Guo Ran, who had tried stealthily putting on his armor.

Feeling like he was at his limit, he had summoned his armor to cheat, but as a result, two large holes appeared in his armor in an instant.

“But…”

“What buts? As long as I’m present, you won’t die, so hurry up and absorb the lightning!” ordered Long Chen.

Guo Ran felt helpless. Not even his armor could save him now. Each drop of the lightning was covering him in blood, breaking his bones. However, he actually acted tough and didn’t make a sound.

His previous attempt at showing off had ended up going so well that he wanted to prove to everyone that he had only been acting cowardly before. If he became weak now, it would indicate that he was actually cowardly, not acting.

Time passed slowly. Long Chen stood in the sky. If anyone was in danger, he would immediately go save them.

Long Chen didn’t mind the lightning that struck his body. It was barely an itch. After being rebuilt by the azure dragon essence blood, Long Chen’s body had reached an unimaginable level.

Finally, after two hours had passed, the healing warriors were no longer able to endure. Coughing up blood, they had reached their limit.