Heavenly Dao Child 245 Tribulation Part-4

The armor was not working properly most of his talismans were gone he had miscalculated, a few of his medicine remained with him, if it were not for the fact that his teachers had forced him to carry so many items he would be long dead and the only thing he could blame is his horrible luck, if it were not for his luck he would have safely sailed through his tribulations.

He gritted his teeth the 80th bolt had hurt him greatly, his nervous system was not working properly, his body felt numbed as smell of burning skin hit his nose as his mouth had a taste of iron.

It had been sometime since the 80th bolt descended the sky above his head was churning in an ominous black cloud like a black hole swallowing all the light inside it, he knew the last one would be the most deadly, he looked down as his eyes widen, 'No way the praying mat is not damaged in the slightest', his eyes widen as an idea formed in his head.

Ryuu knew his armor was useless if it arrays inscribed by his teachers were on it, it would have been different but it was already been made by his teachers and the more they interfered the more dangerous his tribulation would become after all the more a person tries the tribulation with his own strength the higher the chances of his success would be, but what made Ryuu tensed even more was what kind of bolt the last one would be.

According to his teacher the last bolt for anyone who had reached the ultimate 9x9 tribulation or in other words anyone who had reached the last the 81st tribulation bolt to things happen, firstly it would be a normal bolt like all its predecessor or it would be a special bolt known as the 'Blessings of Heaven'.

He knew from his previous experience whatever would come down would be scary, after all the last bolt had caused a 50 meter wide crater with him at the center, even his bones hurt a lot and not to mention his blood which seemed to still boiling.

As he waited for the bolt to descend his mind wandered to the lecture his 2nd mistress had given him a few weeks ago,

Nuwa: "Listen Ryuu, you should already know that because of various reasons you will be having a full 9x9 tribulations but remember after suffering so long during the tribulation if you manage to trigger the 'Blessings of Heaven' then you can say that you have truly succeeded in your tribulation."

Ryuu spoke in a confused manner, "Why so teacher?"

Nuwa contemplated a bit before she replied his question, "Well let us take this scenario as an example, a person is very hungry now when he gets to eat, he is given two choices.

First he is given a small bowl of salad and nothing else, and then the Second option is that he is shown a buffet from which he can eat anything he wants to as much as he wants to, so Ryuu amongst the two choices which one is better?"

Ryuu: "Obviously the second one."

Nuwa nodded as she spoke, "Whether it is a human body or any animal no one can utilize their full 100% of their strength be it mortal or martial artists, at best one even with training can at most utilize 10 to 20% of their full potential."

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "Teacher, who are this martial artists?"

Nuwa: "Well for cultivators who were born before the Great Divide, for us anyone who has not reached the Immortal stage is not worthy of being called a cultivator for us they are simply 'Martial Artist', although anyone nowadays who had manage to use KI is called a cultivator but such was not the case long ago as such remember Ryuu only after you have become immortal would you have finally stepped into the true world of Cultivation. Now enough of this let us return to the topic we were discussion. Let us say the person who was chosen the buffet cannot eat too much, will his chances of finishing all the food be greater compared to someone who has a much larger appetite to the point that he could eat the whole buffet easily?"

Ryuu: "Of course not the person with the largest appetite will always best the one with the lowest."

Nuwa nodded as she spoke, "Exactly, the process of tribulation forges one's body to withstand their full strength, their full potential and the 'Blessings of Heaven' enables one to wield the full potential, although there are other changes which you will learn eventually."

Ryuu frowned as he spoke, "So if I do not receive the blessing I will never be able to utilize my full potential?"

Nuwa: "Well like the person who could not eat the whole buffet at that time, but if he trains hard he would one day be able to, similar will be your case if you failed to gain the blessings no harm done you will have to train harder much harder from then on to catch up with those who would have received it."

Nuwa watched with her breath held as she waited for the 81st bolt to appear, what she did not tell Ryuu that the name 'Sons and Daughters of Heaven' was created for those who received the 'Blessing' and no matter what an ordinary cultivator may do he or she will never be able to become their equal, she did not wish to burden Ryuu by stating it although she wished it for Ryuu to receive the 'Blessing', but at the end of the day as long as Ryuu was able to surpass the tribulation it was enough for her. Her heart leaped out of her throat as she watched Ryuu cough out blood indicating internal injuries, it was become too much for her to witness.

The sky rumbled as it got ready to unleash the final bolt upon Ryuu, who was ready the juice of the Rattan along with various medicinal pills already stuffed in his mouth, hundreds of talismans floated around him whether they be for attack or defense it did not matter he will use them, 6 pair of long daggers floated by his side, as the prayer mat was on his right leg already, Ryuu tehntook a deep breath as he for the first time during the course of the tribulation had unleashed his Divine body to the maximum strength he could use.

The with a rumble it appeared, 'Golden Colored Lightning Bolt', who would call such a thing as such to Ryuu's eyes it looked as if a dragon made up of liquid gold descended from heaven with intense fury trying to annihilate everything in its path.

The talismans formed a cone with the tip being pointed towards the lightning preparing to skewer it, various attacks began trying to decrease the intensity of the lightning, but it was all for naught, it did nothing the barrier some of them so strong even Peak Immortal Level opponents would fail to break them, yet it was torn like paper, his daggers also failed as they were thrown no slapped away like an ant by the lightning.

Ryuu unleashed his sword attack which was fueled by the Grand Dao of Sword as well as his Divine Body, yet it only was able to slow down the descend only for a few precious moments, and it was enough for him, Ryuu suddenly sat in a meditative pose as he wrapped the Praying mat covering himself as the last line of defense just in time for the bolt to hit him.

Meanwhile amongst those in the audience many were elated by the appearance of the bolt, especially for his teachers but it was quickly dashed seeing the intensity of it, it was too strong for Ryuu they knew it, even after they minimized their help it seemed as if the Heavens judged him too harshly.

Neacht and Milena had already closed their eyes as they sighed with sadness, it seemed that it was all over for him, for the legacy of Pangu.

His teachers were deathly quiet as Sylvana and Shamiran had tears already forming in their eyes, while Antariksh had her head lowered as the time spend with Ryuu went through her head it was so unfair, 'why why was the last bolt was so dangerous, why?', she had no answer to her question the last bolt had caught everyone of guard it had the intensity of all the previous 80 bolts combined into one and much more and she knew the price of failure her baby brother Ryuu would cease to exist.

The earth shaking roar of thunder continued for more than a few seconds before it subsided, a few kilometers long crater was formed as the ground looked as if it had not only melted but a even vaporized from the strike, the cloud cleared soon after leaving behind the signs of destruction with a charred shaped object at the middle of it, Nuwa was the first person who dashed towards the charred object, her eyes swimming with tears.

Chapter end

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