Time ticked by second by second. Huge beads of sweat dripped from Ye Yun's forehead, and blood continuously flowed from his mouth, staining his entire upper garment crimson. Yet, Ye Yun felt that the pressure from the four mountains bearing down on him had not lessened in the slightest, and was even slowly increasing.
What was even more terrifying was not just this. The dust from the heavenly tribulation, previously scattered kilometers away by the immense impact, inexplicably began to cover Ye Yun, as if influenced by the four mountains.
This was practically an attempt to bury him alive.
Ye Yun clearly understood his current predicament. His pure physical strength had reached its limit. He had formed a sort of balance with these four mountains. Once he was covered by the dust or the four mountains, though it might not be fatal, it would be enough to gravely injure him.
The integration of the Ghost Clan's star domain and the Human Clan's star domain was imminent. It would be far too much of a loss if he were to be severely injured while undergoing tribulation. Therefore, the spirit stones and various holy stones Ye Yun had accumulated now found their purpose. This was one of the true reasons Ye Yun had been hoarding his wealth.
Instantly, his divine sense entered the game. The hundreds of billions of spirit stones and hundreds of millions of various holy stones in his inventory were all converted into gold coins, which were then further converted into Ye Yun's free attribute points. This colossal wealth conversion granted Ye Yun a staggering fourteen addable attribute points. Fourteen addable attribute points were not just fourteen, but a total of fourteen *Jing*! An attribute point value that would leave any player in the dust.
Not enough! Far from enough!
One had to consider that Ye Yun's own physical strength had already reached thirty thousand, and after his awakening, it had further increased to sixty thousand. These fourteen points were like a drop in the bucket. Ye Yun looked at the tens of billions of divine stones he had saved for more than half a year in his inventory. He gritted his teeth and finally exchanged this 'strategic reserve' of his for attribute points as well. Watching the immense amount of divine stones disappear, transforming into a full ten thousand addable attribute points, Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally stop the bleeding.
Within the game, Ye Yun hastily swallowed over a dozen spiritual-grade辟谷丹 (Bigu Pills), then allocated all his attribute points to his physical strength, which was previously his defense. Instantly, Ye Yun's physical strength broke through seventy thousand.
As his consciousness withdrew from the game, Ye Yun immediately felt the pressure of the four mountains squeezing towards him lessen significantly. The wounds that were on the verge of bursting also stopped bleeding.
Ye Yun stomped on the mountain beneath his feet, instantly surging a hundred meters upwards against the mountain pressing down on his head.
Boom...
The left and right mountains, having lost Ye Yun's support, collided with each other, emitting a terrifying roar. The resulting shockwave once again pushed the newly gathered dust back by a hundred meters.
Whoosh...
Just as Ye Yun kicked away the mountain above his head, he immediately felt a terrifying aura strike him once more. Ye Yun's divine sense spread out. Although it could not penetrate the dust several hundred meters away, within the internal space formed by this dust, nothing could now block Ye Yun's divine sense.
The area Ye Yun was in was like the interior of an egg formed by dust, with the dust acting as the eggshell, shielding Ye Yun from all the immense aftershocks generated by the four mountains.
"What the hell is going on? Do these mountains conjured by the heavenly tribulation actually cultivate?" In Ye Yun's divine sense, one of the original four mountains was gone, but on one of the remaining mountains, waves of Dao light rippled. A mountain phantom, tens of thousands of feet tall, suddenly expanded more than fivefold. The mountain that was emitting Dao light, originally only five feet high, instantly swelled to over ten feet.
This was the collision of two mountains forming an even more powerful mountain, and its aura was even more majestic and heavy! This was the force of gravity! Furthermore, Dao light flowed on the mountain, revealing the surge of the power of laws.
As a mighty figure in the Extreme Realm, Ye Yun understood laws quite well. It was just that the power of laws on this mountain made Ye Yun feel suffocated.
Boom...
As the mountain approached, Ye Yun did not use any True Essence, fighting entirely as if he were in a hand-to-hand combat. He resisted the three mountains in rotation with punches and kicks, creating vast storms of power.
With the dust present, Ye Yun did not have to worry about the aftershocks of his tribulation affecting the Blue Star or the entire star domain. He could unleash his full power, allowing him to become familiar with, proficient in, and even master his rusty martial skills through each punch and kick.
External cultivators, in addition to pursuing the ultimate physical strength, also needed to reach a certain level of understanding in the familiarity and application of techniques. A good martial skill, combined with appropriate power application, could unleash far more energy than a simple one plus one.
Within the dust, the sounds of the collision of extreme power could be heard from time to time. Ye Yun discovered that with each attack from the mountains, the gravitational law on the mountain would dim slightly. Although it was not obvious, Ye Yun still managed to perceive it.
Through repeated collisions and dodges, Ye Yun was like a piece of iron just pulled from a furnace, while the three mountains were like three hammers held by a blacksmith, incessantly hammering Ye Yun, attempting to forge him into a peerless weapon!
Under these repeated collisions, Ye Yun's muscles and skin underwent a significant transformation. Ye Yun also noticed this change, understanding that this heavenly tribulation was tempering his physique. He then began to slowly relax his mind and body, letting the three mountains hammer him to their heart's content. As long as he was not caught in a pincer attack, everything else was manageable.
Once, twice...
A hundred times, a thousand times...
As the number of collisions increased, the intensity of the impacts also weakened. By the end, Ye Yun could even relax completely and let them hammer him, feeling no sensation, like being bitten by ants.
Buzz...
As if sensing Ye Yun's contempt, the three mountains instantly emitted a vibration and then merged into one, transforming into a dark black colossal mountain over a hundred feet tall. It then acted like a vacuum cleaner, sucking up all the surrounding dust and adhering it to the newly formed massive mountain, making the black mountain appear like a real peak.
Then, it continued to strike Ye Yun. However, even with the fusion of three or four mountains, the gravitational law within was not as strong as that of a single mountain before.