Previously, Long Chen hadn’t dared face the lightning stars head-on. But now, he could shatter them with a single blow.

It was clear to everyone that part of this strength came from his divine weapon. However, the greater reason was that Long Chen’s own power was growing rapidly during this tribulation.

Meanwhile, the Sovereign Lords were huddled in a corner, barely holding on. Their energy was draining fast, while Long Chen’s continued to surge.

Their Sovereign bodies had absorbed massive amounts of thunderforce. Originally, they had planned to preserve that power and bring it out of the tribulation. But now, they were forced to burn through it just to survive.

What terrified them even more was the realization that once that thunderforce was depleted, they couldn’t replenish it. The current tribulation energy was saturated with a berserk will, which refused to let them absorb its energy.

Seeing Long Chen’s aura growing while their rate of exhaustion grew, they panicked. Should they strike now? It was a risky move in their state. But if they didn’t, it wasn’t just Long Chen that would kill them—the tribulation itself would finish the job.

Worse yet, the tribulation showed no signs of waning. It had expelled an unfathomable amount of energy. But even after all this time, its aura remained terrifying.

They felt like they’d been trapped for hours. But in truth, only a couple of minutes had passed.

“We have to risk it all! Or we’re dead for sure!” exclaimed one of them.

They had initially targeted Long Chen to eliminate a threat. But now, killing him was their only chance of survival.

“There will only be one chance. We have to charge over and pay any price to kill him!”

The moment the ten Sovereign Lords reached a unanimous decision, four of them ignited their Sovereign bodies. Their manifestations vanished, merging into their physical forms.

They were going all-out, even igniting their own longevity to raise their power as much as possible.

After that, they all shot at Long Chen. The lightning stars barring their way were blasted apart by sheer force.

Under the threat of death, they displayed terrifying power, causing the surrounding experts to cry out in shock.

“Human brat, die!”

Ten colorful attacks pierced through the air, tearing all the stars in their way.

BOOM!

Unable to withstand the combined pressure of those ten strikes, Long Chen was blown apart.

The ten Sovereign Lords cheered with delight and relief. But before the joy fully set in, one voice cried out, “He’s not dead!”

“What are you talking about?!”

The others were alarmed. There was no way Long Chen could escape the lock of ten double-body Sovereign Lords.

“Look at the heavenly tribulation!”

That was when they noticed—nothing had changed. More lightning stars continued to descend, as violent as ever.

“So, you’re not complete fools after all. Not bad. Not bad!”

Long Chen’s mocking voice rang out. They turned and saw him standing there, with Evilmoon in hand and the Demon Moon Cauldron hovering above him.

“How is this possible?!”

They were shocked. Even the Dragon Domain’s experts didn’t understand how Long Chen had managed to evade the ten attacks. Then, they looked toward Gu Yang and the others, hoping for an answer.

Gu Yang smiled slightly and said, “What they destroyed was just a clone. Their divine sense fluctuations made their plan obvious. Boss isn’t dumb enough to just sit there waiting for death.”

Against ten Sovereign Lords going all-out, even a hundred lives wouldn’t have been enough. Naturally, Long Chen had made preparations.

The moment they began communicating with divine sense, Lei Linger created a clone and used thunderforce to switch Long Chen with it.

Lei Linger had absorbed an enormous amount of thunderforce during the tribulation. Though she couldn’t establish a domain here, she could still create a lightning chain strong enough to move Long Chen from one spot to another.

The Sovereign Lords’ attacks shattered countless stars, releasing a sea of lightning runes into the air. A lightning dragon surged through them, devouring the runes.

Some of that energy flowed into Long Chen and the Demon Moon Cauldron.

Suddenly, Long Chen’s body shuddered, and a majestic aura exploded from him.

“No way… That was only the first level?”

Gu Yang and the others stared in shock.

They recognized the feeling. It was something they had experienced in their own tribulations. When their aura suddenly burst forth like that, it meant they had reached the first level of thunderforce saturation.

There were ten levels in total. Most people undergoing tribulation only reached the fifth or sixth level before the ordeal ended. Reaching the eighth level was a dream for most heavenly geniuses. Reaching the tenth was a perfect breakthrough—an ideal few ever achieved.

The Dragonblood Legion had grown used to achieving perfect breakthroughs. But to the other Dragon Domain experts, this kind of progression was nothing short of divine favor.

And yet, after absorbing so much thunderforce, Long Chen was only just reaching the first level? That was beyond frightening.

“Kill!”

After a brief moment of shock, those Sovereign Lords roared and charged at Long Chen. If a sneak attack failed, they could only crush him head-on.

They shattered more lightning stars as they chased him. But each time they attacked, Long Chen would simply vanish.

This time, Long Chen didn’t bother replacing himself with a clone. Long Chen instantly appeared in another area.

“Brat! Either you die, or we do!”

The Sovereign Lords were going insane. Their energy reserves were depleting, and they couldn’t even land a hit. If this continued, all that would await them was death.

They had only one chance—the brief window when they could unleash their peak power.

They fanned out and attacked with everything they had.

“No rush. Don’t panic. We’ve got plenty of time to play.” Long Chen chuckled and disappeared again.