When Immortal Ascension Fails Time Travel to Try Again - Story 8 - Tribulation Trepidations (Part 21.5/24 - Reactions and Battles 🎉)

>>> Early Rise Swift Brush <<>> Fairy Garlic <<>> Clear Eyes Mad Tongue <<>> Junior Sect Leader Unyielding Firestorm <<>> Sect Leader Peerless Resolve <<<

Peerless Resolve stared into the dark eyes of Gracious Blue Luan, the Peak Master for Beast Tamer’s Peak. She had aged well, but her constant lemon-sucking expression had caused the lines around her eyes and mouth to become apparent.

He’d always wanted her to find some joy in life, but after so many years and tragedies, that was just wishful thinking.

Another tragedy was currently happening to his sect. This time it was one she caused.

They stood in midair, so high above the sect that they could even see the hint of the beautiful spiral mountain range. The wind barely made their clothes whip around, something that only happened to those beyond the force of nature.

“Why betray the sect for the demonic cultivators, of all people?!”

She laughed in disbelief. “Of course, it’s because I needed power to defeat you! Now, face my pseudo-law enhanced with demonic energy!”

The space surrounding Gracious Blue Luan warped. An illusory figure of an evil, flaming bird of prey appeared behind her. The natural laws bent, causing the law of fire in that area to bend and change temporarily. For a mile in every direction, the air caught fire with azure flames. They closed in on Peerless Resolve as if concentrating their power into one point.

Peerless Resolve coughed up a half mouthful of blood, then wiped his bottom lip with his thumb. “Your flames are weak.”

“What do you know?!”

“Little Luan. I’m not the one who killed your husband and children. And the sect isn’t responsible for it either. Your misplaced hatred will destroy the lives of many innocent disciples.”

Her face contorted and she once again spread the azure flame pseudo-law throughout the sky and contracted it to a point on top of the Sect Leader’s glabella. This time, the Blue Luan Illusory image flew out from behind her, screamed, and barreled into the man as he reached out with his own pure fire pseudo-law to block the attack.

::Nephew! I could use some help.::

Unfortunately, a call from his martial aunt distracted him, and he coughed up two mouthfuls of blood when he failed.

::Aunt Lin! You’re back?!::

::You didn’t know?::

Of course not! He’d planned this strike on the traitors and infiltrators for when she’d be gone. He would have mentioned something to her if she had told him.

::This isn’t a good time! I’m in a fight.::

His divine sense spread through the sect. He saw the chaos happening all over as the demonic cultivators his teams hadn’t found were revealing themselves to do as much damage to the buildings and disciples as possible.

::If you can, get somewhere safe. We enacted our plan to take out the demonic sects’ infiltrators, but there were far more than we suspected.::

Hold on! Why was there a Foundation Establishment Cultivator going through their tribulation at a time like this? Were they insane?!

He focused his divine sense down. No, this cloud wasn’t at the power of Golden Core yet. However, the cloud was larger than any Golden Core tribulation he’d seen. Oh, no. This was his aunt’s!

No wonder she had over-prepared!

And there looked to be several dozen demonic archers attacking her from a distance. It was like they’d lain in wait to trap her and take her down.

He glared at Gracious Blue Luan.

He had been planning to get more information out of her, but he supposed it would be better to end this fast.

“Your flames enhanced by evil energy may be strong. But they’re still mere copies of an ascendant beast’s pseudo-law flames. However, mine come from the concept of fire. Of energy itself.”

She scoffed. “We all know you haven’t had time to contemplate your pseudo-laws. Meanwhile, I have worked tirelessly on my own blue luan flames.”

That… was true. Though recently he had had more free time to study them thanks to his aunt, he still hadn’t had a breakthrough. Perhaps this fight would give him the inspiration he needed to push the understanding of his pseudo-law to the peak. That said, the source of his flames was far more pure and powerful than hers. And that meant, even at his low understanding of them, they could be more impressive.

He gathered his fire onto the tip of his finger. It was pure white. A ball of light shone behind him like the sun in the sky and he sent a blast of flames toward her.

An incredibly fast bird shot out from an immortal cave in Beast Tamer’s Peak. The creature was the size of a palace but had the speed of a comet.

“Master!” It screeched. The massive spiritual falcon barreled into Peerless Resolve before he could dodge. It sent him flying, then it soared after him with its beak open wide, ready to bite his arm off.

While he knew tamers never fought alone, he’d thought her tamed beasts would be too busy dealing with the other Nascent Soul and Immortal Bone Creation experts!

After coughing up another two mouthfuls of blood, he shot a glare at the peaks below. What were his elders doing?!

Then he used a single finger to crack the beak of the beast and force it away from him.

This fight was going to last longer than he wanted. He’d have to rely on his other sect disciples to save his martial aunt.