Heavenly Dao Child - Chapter 508

Yamamoto sighed as he stamped a set of papers before throwing them on an already growing pile of rejected papers.

‘What are these idiotic proposals? I think I will have to teach those idiots how to apply for tender, how to submit counter proposals, at least when you are trying to rip-off someone do so in a manner that the person you are trying to con cannot detect it, idiots.’

“Excuse me.”

Yamamoto did not look up from his position as he spoke, “Yes what can I do you Yu Wu.”

“Why are working in place of Boss?”

“His Highness has some sudden work to do as such he is busy for the moment as such I am substituting in his place, he would be back within a few days so you do not have to worry but unfortunately work cannot wait.”

“I see, so will you need anything?”

Yamamoto shook his head as he spoke, “Throw away those that I have stamped rejected away they are useless, the rest I will keep them here to be approved by His Highness.”

Yu Wu nodded as she took the rejected pile away while Yamamoto let out a dejected sigh, ‘Where is His Highness? What happened to him? More importantly the guards that chased after him they have yet to return, and even after I have sent message to Ayindril many times I have yet to receive any proper response other than to stay put, this is killing me I should work hard to keep all this tension and thoughts out of my mind.’

Meanwhile back with Ryuu, his tribulation began with a rather rocky start, the ground shook as it broke under him though he sat on it without even moving an inch as his array held true, even if the ground fragmented or changed into simple spikes, the array stood strong to the point that Ryuu felt nothing.

Antariksh looked at Ryuu as she spoke with a small smile on her face, “Ho, so it began with earth and that array even hastily drawn it stood the crushing power of the earth, not to mention it makes Ryuu so stable that he has yet to move an inch from his position.”

Veena snorted as she spoke, “Please daughter, do not say that array was hastily drawn it would mean that the array was made clumsily and if Ryuu had done so sister Nuwa would have tanned his hide.”

Celestia gave a nod as she spoke, “So true sister Nuwa is a perfectionist nothing sort of perfection satisfies her, and look at that array that Ryuu had created within such a short time, it looks like some master artist’s work.”

Sylvana snorted as she spoke, “Please mothers, you all three including dad are perfectionist, I still remembered how you all used to be hard on us until we were able to perform perfectly in while sleeping, and Ryuu just like us, was taught in a very similar manner so of course he would perform admirably.”

Nuwa nodded as she spoke, “You are right, the array that Ryuu created is masterpiece when compared to others in his level and in some cases above his level it is a masterpiece.”

If Ryuu was within hearing range he would have blushed at the praise he had received from his teacher but at the moment his attention was spent on controlling the array amidst the assault of the earth.

‘I feel like a small boat caught in the ocean while a large storm is raging on but thankfully my boat is not only sturdy but is immune to the effects of the turbulent ocean.’

The tribulation of the earth seemed to go on for hours on end, as the planet seemed to engulf him crush him to paste, not to mention the number of times the array he was sitting on was forced to finally move from its initial place as the ground beneath them collapsed trying to bring Ryuu down with it.

‘What a tedious chore, I have to actively supply my array with my KI and it is draining fast, I might have to use a KI replenishing pill sometime in the future, but at least I am not being forced to face a sub-elemental tribulation.’

As if the Heaven’s heard his thoughts and decided to bestow upon him a highly uncherished gift.

This time the earth itself was not alone, as it caught aflame and melted into bright hot lava making Ryuu let out a groan, “I just had to jinx myself.”

Tendrils of lava wrapped around the safety cocoon that Ryuu had weaved around himself as the temperature rose drastically, yet because of the arrays he did not feel even a single ounce of the heat as he sat calmly in the midst of it while the lava tried to drown him, but one thing that happened was the fact that Ryuu would need the pills even faster.

‘I know even without the help of the array I could have survived but I would have been injured before my lightning tribulation would have struck, even with my power and strength I would not be unscathed if forced to endure being put in a meat grinder not to mention the KI I would have to spend at least I would have spend ten times the amount I…’

Ryuu’s inner monologue came to a screeching halt as he looked up towards the sky as he spoke with disbelief, “You got to be kidding me.”

His sentiments were shared by Sylvana as she spoke with an equal amount of disbelief, “An asteroid when did it appear?”

As Sylvana moved to destroy it Antariskh quickly held her as she spoke, “What are you doing? Our army would have destroyed it if it were any ordinary asteroid, but try and feel it.”

Sylvana looked at the asteroid momentarily before her eyes widen as she spoke, “This is part of his tribulation.”, she then turned towards her family as she spoke with disbelief, “Since when does the tribulation of a celestial has asteroids and what not descending on them, such wanton destruction.”

Veena did not look at her as she spoke with a tired sigh, “Sylvana I do not know if you remember or not, or may be because at that time both you and Shamiran were in closed door meditation so as to catch up to your older siblings so there is a chance you might not remember Pangu and Antariskh’s tribulation.”

Antariskh frowned as she spoke, “I cannot blame her mother, it was so long ago that I barely recall it, but I really came close to dying.”

Celestia snorted as she spoke, “Both of you had your tribulation within a span of a week and both of you were so injured that at the end of the tribulation both of resembled a charred corpse.”

Sylvana’s eyes widened before she spoke with a sheepish smile, “Ah, yes I remember how annoying it was with all of hovering over us when our tribulation finally came.”

Sylvana’s words earned her a small glare from Veena as Nuwa spoke with a frown, “In a way Sylvana is right, a single asteroid is okay but why is there another one appearing, one which is much larger than the previous.”

Her words drew everyone’s attention as their breath hitched, as a third appeared soon after, the asteroid seemed to be appearing through a portal and it was once again larger than the previous one.

He was not the only one who felt a shiver run down their spine, as his teachers and elder sisters were greatly worried at the sight.

Sylvana turned towards her mother as she spoke, “Mother, please tell me that is normal, a single asteroid I can find but thirteen each bigger than the other is no joke.”

Veena shook her head as she spoke with disbelief, “No something like that is not normal for a Mystic Immortal Emperor, if he were a peak Celestial it might be easier to digest the sight.”

“That damned harlot.”

The shout drew their attention towards a Maheswara who looked incredibly angered as Celestia spoke with concern in her voice, “Love is something wrong?”

“Wrong everything is wrong our worst fears came true that interference of that woman caused his tribulation to mutate.”

It did not take them long to realize what Maheswara was speaking about. They had all discussed the possibility of Ryuu being forced to face a mutated tribulation because of his sudden forceful increase in level and now it seemed that their worst fear came true.

Shamiran looked at her father as she spoke with a look of panic on her face, “Is there something we can do?”

With a heavy sigh Maheswara shook his head as he spoke, “Shamiran you should know that there is nothing we can do about it.”, Shamiran balled her fist as she looked at her brother concern in her eyes while hoping in her heart that Ryuu would pull through.

‘This is bad super bad, the array that I made within the time I had is good but I should have kept on improving it even more as my tribulation continued it had been a few hours since it began, and I had to endure the earth and now the heat, I should have tried to make it better but then again drawing a new set of array on an active one is dangerous.’

Ryuu’s inner monologue came to a halt as the asteroid made its move, it rained on him akin to the manner similar to machine guns of his previous life.

Sylvana’s eyes widen as the asteroids dashed towards Ryuu one after another without letting him catch a breath when all of a sudden two gigantic opaque golden hands appeared before their fingers interlocked together as Ryuu disappeared behind them as the first but the smallest amongst them hit him, followed by the next in size one after another it in rapid succession.

Maheswara and his family’s vision were clouded by the massive onslaught of dust that blotted out the sky of the planet as the asteroids crashed one after another.

Nuwa’s heart hammered hard, like a war drum, from the anxiety and fear that also had managed to creep into the rest of her family’s bosom especially with the last asteroid that had destroyed quite a large part of the planet, while Celestia whispered out loud with her voice laced with fear, “That last one was at least as strong as a 2nd rank Yin Lord, it had even surpassed the Celestial realm and ventured into the next realm.”

Maheswara immediately blew away the dust and the cloud that hindered their vision and they were soon able to see the sorry state of Ryuu.

The smallest of the asteroid had hit with the force equivalent to that of an all-out blow of an 8th ranked Mystic Immortal Emperor, and the next a rank higher than it and by the time the last the thirteenth one came down it was already in the Yin Lord realm, the next realm after Celestial and it was too much for even Ryuu to handle even after all the protections he was using.

Antarisksh watched as what remained of the protective dome, created by Ryuu with the help of the array, fall of like leaves during autumn before disappearing, the array itself gave a few spluttering weak glow before it deactivated not only due to lack of KI being supplied but due to the extensive damage by the recent bombardment of the asteroids, but, what really drew everyone’s attention was Ryuu, he had seen better days as he looked incredibly injured.

Ryuu was bleeding from his ears, his nose as his body was twitching before he vomited blood and then collapsing headfirst on the ground, as his weapons lay by his side, his breathing shallow while trying hard to regain his consciousness, but the tribulation was not done as within less than a breath of time the area around him froze.

Being superheated to the point that ground was liquefied and then suddenly being frozen caused immense stress in the surroundings as the ground seemed to explode flinging Ryuu away who was already lacking his protective array.

‘I thought I would die what a power, it was two overwhelming for my array to even withstand even with my armor I was not able to withstand it, even if the armor blocked most of tit the shockwave was still too great, and now this, I do not have any KI nor do I have the strength to move.’

A good number of pills appeared out of his space ring as it flew fast towards his mouth and soon his body let out a copious amount of steam as it began to heal while his reserves began to fill up.

Veena gained a look of relief on her face as she spoke, “I thought for a moment he had lost his consciousness but with those pills he will be as good as new.”, her eyes then flickered towards the remnants of the array as she spoke with a sigh, “It is a shame that the array has been destroyed.”

Nuwa gave a nod as she spoke, “Yes, it is a shame but then again who would have thought he would be bombarded with asteroids of such power.”

Celestia nodded as she spoke, “So true also the way everything froze around him, Ryuu was ucky he managed to get his hands on the ‘Primal Ice’ during his excursion in Eden, otherwise he would have died.”

Antariksh growled as she spoke, “The armor should have done better than that.”

Maheswara sighed as he spoke, “Child you should know that the Proto-Cosmic treasure, that the armour is, is still like a child with time it would grow well alongside with Ryuu but it will need time to grow but even then it performed admirably.”

As Maheswara spoke Ryuu had already managed to stand up facing towards the sky with a determined look on his face as he mused inwardly, ‘A little bit more the thunder tribulation and I will…’

Ryuu’s musing was cut short as his eyes glazed over before Ryuu collapsed on the ground like a puppet whose strings have been cut off.

Veena let out a gasp as she stared with horror in her eyes as she spoke with anguish in her voice, “Oh no Ryuu succ.u.mbed to his inner demons at the worst moment.”

No sooner did she say those words the sky darkened to the point that it snuffed out any and all lights as the first of the thunderbolt descended upon him.