"Niannian, what are you doing?" Qingxuan asked anxiously.

"Qingxuan, do you believe me?" Xu Nian asked, then laughed at herself. Even a Mahayana cultivator couldn't withstand the heavenly tribulation, so how could a Nascent Soul cultivator like her say she could? Probably no one would believe her.

"Niannian, I believe in you." Qingxuan made up his mind that no matter what Xu Nian wanted to do, he would stand by her through thick and thin during this tribulation.

We'll die together, we'll live together.

Even matters of life and death cannot separate them.

Xu Nian beamed with joy, and the love radiating from her fox-like eyes startled Qing Xuan. Then, a relieved smile spread across his gentle face.

He finally got the love he wanted.

The fifth lightning strike descended, the black and red lightning like a pillar of light falling from the sky, pouring down on the two of them.

Qingxuan resisted with all his might, while Xu Nian began to guide the attack using his Thunder Dao Body.

The lightning power during the tribulation was successfully transmitted to the earth by Xu Nian through his body.

Her eyes lit up with joy; this method really worked.

Therefore, he intensified the transmission of lightning within the tribulation. Of course, Xu Nian also did not forget to use the power of lightning to forge his own lightning body.

The fifth wave of lightning tribulation passed unscathed, which was something no one had expected.

A short while later, the sixth lightning tribulation descended, its power slightly greater than the fifth. Xu Nian used the same method and still managed to digest the sixth lightning tribulation.

Qingxuan's face began to turn slightly pale. He stood next to Xu Nian, looking at the person meditating with their eyes closed. His tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed. No matter what, he could not back down today.

As the seventh lightning tribulation struck, Qingxuan withstood most of it, while Xu Nian, having diverted a small portion of it, quickly helped Qingxuan share the burden.

However, before the seventh lightning tribulation was even finished, the eighth lightning tribulation had already begun to brew and fall.

Seeing the power of the eighth lightning tribulation, Qingxuan couldn't help but call out worriedly, "Niannian!"

"It's alright, Qingxuan. You stand aside and don't move. Leave everything to me." Xu Nian gritted her teeth and increased the transmission of lightning power.

The power of lightning destroyed every cell in the body, and every cell was screaming in pain.

If Xu Nian hadn't contacted Yuan Bao in time to block out the pain, she would have been screaming in agony.

Finally, just as the eighth lightning tribulation struck, the seventh lightning tribulation was completely digested.

But Xu Nian didn't have time to catch her breath before she threw herself wholeheartedly into this new tribulation of lightning.

The lightning ravaged her body, and even with her lightning-based physique, she began to struggle under the devastating power of the tribulation.

But Xu Nian knew she couldn't back down, because if she did, Qingyu and the baby in her womb would be in danger.

"Absorb it all, absorb it all." This was the only thought in Xu Nian's mind.

Qingxuan stood beside Xu Nian, enduring the lightning tribulation. Seeing her face growing paler and paler, he knew she was forcing herself.

"Niannian." Qingxuan really wanted to take Xu Nian away from the tribulation area, but his senior sister, junior sister, and master were below!

He never gave up on them; if he had, Nian Nian would have hated him.

But what can we do?

This was his beloved Niannian; he couldn't bear to watch her die under the lightning tribulation.

Qingxuan braved the lightning tribulation and went over to hug Xu Nian, tears streaming down his face.

"Qingxuan, what are you doing?" Xu Nian's voice was weak, but Qingxuan heard it.

"Niannian, shall we go?" Qingxuan buried her head in Xu Nian's neck, her shoulders shaking as she cried.

"Don't be silly, you can't escape." Xu Nian couldn't reveal what she knew.

She couldn't tell Qingxuan that if Qingyu and the child died, the whole world would be destroyed, and neither she nor he could escape it.

Only by fighting to the death can we have a glimmer of hope.

If she could knock out a Mahayana cultivator, she really wanted to knock out Qingxuan as well.

"Niannian, if we survive today, you have to make sure I get my money's worth." Qingxuan's words almost made Xu Nian choke.

What kind of time is this to be thinking about these things?

"Shut up!" Xu Nian shouted, her face flushed red.

Bathed in the lightning tribulation, Qingxuan's face was actually pitch black, but Xu Nian could still see the aggrieved look on his face.

"Okay, I promise you." Xu Nian said this in an attempt to ignite Qingxuan's will to survive.

When people have something to strive for, their will to survive becomes incredibly strong, unleashing unimaginable power.

"Niannian is the best." Qingxuan smiled at Xu Nian, revealing his white teeth.

Then he swung his Gentleman's Sword at full force towards the sky, splitting the lightning tribulation in two, instantly reducing Xu Nian's pressure by half.

But without the protection of spiritual power, Qingxuan was in a terrible state after being baptized by the lightning tribulation. He collapsed at Xu Nian's feet as if he had been electrocuted, his whole body emitting black smoke.

"Qingxuan, I'll send you away." Xu Nian's eyes welled up with tears, and she quickly used her spiritual power to protect his body, wanting to send him away.

"No, I don't want to leave Niannian. Even if I die, I want to die in front of you." Qingxuan stubbornly grabbed Xu Nian's wrist and refused to let go no matter what.

"Are you stupid? If you die here today, I'll remarry tomorrow." Xu Nian was truly angry. She had to guide the power of lightning while also dealing with him. If she wasn't careful, the two of them would be finished.

"Niannian." Qingxuan stared blankly at Xu Nian, her heartbroken eyes were unbearable to look at, but now was not the time to be unbearable.

"If you don't let go, I'll cut off my own hand," Xu Nian threatened coldly. Qing Xuan was so frightened by her words that he withdrew his hand.

Just as Qingxuan let go, Xu Nian opened the opening of the oil-paper umbrella and threw him down.

"Niannian." Qingxuan stared wide-eyed as Xu Nian drifted further and further away from him.

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