Forget the ordinary citizens; even the bigwigs watching the scene from the reception hall of the Demon Management Bureau were all completely dumbfounded.
Their astonishment was beyond words.
’A Celestial Tribulation?’
A mere Snake Demon had conjured the phenomenon of a Celestial Tribulation. What in the world was going on?
How could such a divine feat be the work of a snake?
This was too outrageous.
The bigwigs now looked like they’d never seen anything impressive in their lives, their arrogance completely gone.
"This has to be an illusion! It can’t be real!"
A leading figure shot up from his chair and declared with conviction.
’What kind of cosmic joke is this? There’s a limit to how freakish you can be.’
Apparently, the mental fortitude of these bigwigs wasn’t even as strong as that of the Demons in the Yaoling Mountain Range.
Those Demons had grown used to it.
After testing the mental resilience of the Demons, the snake Tu Xiao’an was now challenging the fortitude of human Martial Cultivators.
"That’s right. It must be an illusion, a phantasm. The Celestial Tribulation is controlled by the Heaven and Earth Law. Whether it’s a human or any other Cultivated Creature, they must face a Celestial Tribulation to reach Rank 3 and transcend the mundane. Only by passing the tribulation can one be considered acknowledged by the Heaven and Earth Law."
"If a snake could control the Celestial Tribulation, wouldn’t that mean it represents the Celestial Dao itself?"
’Wouldn’t that make it an emissary of the Heaven and Earth Law?’
"Hmph. Playing gods and ghosts might be enough to fool those ignorant commoners, but trying to fool us? Not a chance."
One by one, the bigwigs spoke with disdain, certain it was an illusion.
And yet, in the sky above the fallen district, a purple Tribulation Cloud Flower bloomed alluringly. Heaven and earth trembled. A winding, purple Divine Dragon roared forth, its immense power surging through the world. Space itself seemed to tear as a colossal purple thunderbolt roared down toward the fallen district.
Below, the Fierce Beasts, which had been standing proud, began to tremble uncontrollably.
They were mere avatars, fearing neither heaven nor earth, nor even death, yet now, they were afraid.
Because of the Celestial Power.
BOOM...!
In the next second, more than a dozen twenty-zhang-tall Fierce Beasts were obliterated into ash. A massive crater, the size of a football field, appeared in the fallen district, with black smoke billowing from it.
The people of Wencheng watched their screens, going wild once again. Those damn Fierce Beasts had destroyed their wonderful lives. ’Good riddance! So satisfying!’
It was so satisfying to watch.
The citizens wished they could eat the Fierce Beasts’ flesh and drink their blood.
At that moment, in the reception hall, the bigwigs were collectively petrified, dumb as wooden chickens, their minds in a state of semi-stupor.
Huh...
The next moment, they all gasped in unison, their hearts pounding in disarray, their mouths dry.
’It’s real! Heavens, the Celestial Tribulation is actually real! How is this possible?’
Just now, the purple Tribulation Cloud Flower had bloomed, and a purple bolt of lightning, like a winding Divine Dragon, had struck down, instantly obliterating more than a dozen Fierce Beasts.
The power was astonishing, the effect undeniable. There was absolutely no way this could be faked.
Slapped in the face. The bigwigs who had been talking all that crap were instantly proven wrong, dealt a resounding slap by reality.
But who could give them a reasonable and perfect explanation?
A snake... even if its Cultivation was heaven-defying, how could it possibly control a Celestial Tribulation?
A look of hunted terror filled the bigwigs’ eyes. They looked at each other, utterly shaken.
’Just what kind of snake is that?’
It completely shattered the worldview of the Wencheng Martial Cultivation Realm’s top figures.
"I don’t fucking believe it! It’s fake! It has to be fake!" An elderly man, as if his own beliefs had been shattered, stood up unsteadily and said, "It’s just an illusion. The Snake Demon merely has control over the Thunder Element and is using a trick."
The old man offered a forced explanation.
"As we all know, the terror of a Celestial Tribulation lies in its Celestial Power."
Another man stood up and said, "Elder Jia is right. It’s just that the Snake Demon’s lightning is a bit more powerful."
"But what kind of lightning can obliterate more than a dozen Fierce Beasts into dust?" a bigwig asked weakly.
"..." The once somewhat lively reception hall fell deathly silent, without a single chirp.
Everyone knew how powerful and nigh-indestructible the bodies of the Fierce Beasts were. If all the bigwigs in this reception hall charged out, it was unlikely they could kill even a dozen of them.
Even if they could, they would likely suffer fifty percent casualties.
Anyone below the rank of Demon King would have an extremely difficult time dealing with Fierce Beasts.
An ordinary Rank 3 cultivator would simply be throwing their life away.
The number of Fierce Beasts that had descended wasn’t actually that high, but they were enough to paralyze the entire Wencheng region. One could only imagine how terrifying they were.
"Everyone, don’t be hasty. Keep watching!"
Just then, on the big screen, an Extraterrestrial Meteorite blazing with torrential flames fell toward the fallen district. The Fierce Beasts grew uneasy, letting out low growls. But strangely, they didn’t flee or dodge; they just stood there dumbly, waiting to be hit.
BOOM...!
More than twenty Fierce Beasts ceased to exist. The rest, even if they weren’t killed, were in bad shape and covered in wounds.
The bigwigs opened their mouths but couldn’t utter a single word.
"Long live the Snake King! Kill all these monsters! From now on, this old man will offer three sticks of incense to you every day until I die!"
An old man in his seventies knelt excitedly before a screen.
"Thank you, Snake King, for avenging my child! She was only seven years old when a monster ate her! Lord Snake King, this humble woman kowtows to you!"
A woman in her thirties knelt on the ground, kowtowing with tears streaming down her face.
At the same time, countless survivors in Wencheng who had lost their families and homes kowtowed and worshiped the screens. From now on, they wouldn’t believe in any of the Divine Buddhas of the heavens; they would only believe in this snake.
DING... DING... DING...!
In Tu Xiao’an’s system, the Power of Faith was skyrocketing. He had previously used up all his Faith Points helping the Bull Demon King evolve.
But after staying in Bai Town for three days, his one million-plus believers automatically generated tens of millions of Points for him each day.
Before arriving in Wencheng, Tu Xiao’an had around thirty million, and now he had already broken past fifty million.
And this was just the beginning. There were still many Fierce Beasts left. Killing just a few dozen of them had already sent the people of Wencheng into a frenzy of excitement.
"DING... Congratulations, Host. The number of your believers has successfully surpassed five million. You may choose one system lottery draw, or you may directly raise the Level of one of your Battle Companions by one, with no conditions."
Tu Xiao’an’s eyes lit up. ’I have five million believers already?’
The system’s default display for human believers indicated those who had one hundred percent faith in him.
It couldn’t be faked in the slightest. To put it simply, these believers were his die-hard fans, followers for life.
At this moment, Tu Xiao’an was controlling the attacks of the Celestial Thunder and Celestial Fire with his mind while focusing his other attention on the system data.
His decision to have that old monster Wu Tianyi activate the city-wide live broadcast before the battle was simply brilliant.
Tu Xiao’an had gotten a taste of this in Bai Town and now understood the benefits of a live broadcast.
Otherwise, even if he manifested himself all over the world, the effect wouldn’t have been this good.
He got a system reward for breaking one million believers, and now another for five million. The next milestone would be ten million.
This time, Tu Xiao’an would still choose to directly raise a Battle Companion’s Level. The Cyan Dragon was a Demon King. If the Bull Demon King’s evolution succeeded, he would also be a Demon King. That meant the Ape King was next.
’First, I’ll raise the strength of my three great generals to the Demon King rank. Then I’ll take care of those three Super Class little guys.’