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Quickly, tribulation lightning rained down.

Gu Haitang began to bring out his magic treasures for defense.

Many Sword Sect Elders nearby watched with rapt attention.

This was the heavenly tribulation they would all face eventually, and naturally, they took the opportunity to observe closely!

However, Elder Wang soon furrowed his brow.

Suddenly, he said, "Something's not right... It seems I've miscalculated something."

"The chances of Daoist Fellow Gu surviving this tribulation are, I'm afraid... less than fifty percent!"

Hearing this, Gu Changge was taken aback.

He quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

Didn't you just say there was more than an eighty percent chance? How did it suddenly become less than fifty percent?

Elder Wang had based his previous calculations on the experiences of other Sword Sect members.

"But I overlooked one thing..."

"Daoist Fellow Gu does not have as many magic treasures for support as other Sword Sect members do."

"Just five strikes of tribulation lightning have already depleted his defensive treasures..."

"How will he cope with what's to come?"

Elder Wang, with a furrowed brow, said this while looking at Gu Haitang, who had already started to show signs of injury.

...

Gu Changge paused for a moment, thinking to himself that something was terrible.

Ancestor surely knew about the situation, but why hadn't he spoken to him about it?

All the Ancestor had to do was tell him, and he could have asked the Sword Sect for protective Dharma treasures.

Why take this risk?

But it wasn't like there were no other options...

"Ancestor, throw out your treasures!" Gu Changge shouted out loud.

The magic treasures hadn't shattered under the tribulation lightning; they had merely lost their spiritual essence due to the lighting and couldn't be used again immediately.

Gu Haitang, facing the tribulation, heard the shout and multitasked; while preparing to defend against the sixth strike of tribulation lightning, he also raised his hand and slapped the three defensive magical treasures, sending them flying out.

But...

As three sounds echoed, the three magical treasures were stopped by the barrier of the array's light screen.

They hit the light screen but did not pass through.

Feeling Saint Gu's gaze, Elder Wang quickly controlled the array to momentarily open a small gap in the light screen.

With one movement of his hand, he used spiritual energy to retrieve the three magic treasures.

Gu Changge wasted no words and quickly moved his hand over the three treasures, dissipating the residual power of the tribulation lightning back into the heavens and the earth!

Taking advantage of the time before the sixth strike of tribulation lightning fell, he threw the three magical treasures back through the small gap in the light screen!

'Boom--'

The sixth strike of heavenly tribulation fell just in time.

Gu Haitang sensed that his three magical treasures had regained their spiritual essence and were available for use.

He instantly brought out all three treasures, which offset seventy percent of the force of the sixth strike of Tribulation Thunder!

The three treasures were tainted with the breath of the tribulation lightning once more and were repelled.

This time, before Gu Changge could say anything,

He directly threw the three treasures through the gap using his spiritual power!

Gu Changge once again dissipated the residual force of the tribulation lightning from them, and before the seventh strike of tribulation lightning could fully form, he had already thrown them back in!

This scene truly dumbfounded all the observing elders.

"Holy shit!?"

"This is possible!?"

"They can actually do this?"

"If it's like this, doesn't it mean there's no fear of the magic treasures being affected by the tribulation lightning?"

"Hiss... Why didn't we think of this before."

"We thought that Saint Gu would wait until he reached the Sage Realm before assisting with the tribulation."

"Now it seems we were narrow-minded, limited in our thinking!"

"Just such assistance could greatly increase the chances of successfully transcending the tribulation, at least increasing them by thirty percent is no issue!"

The group of elders exploded into commotion after seeing him dispel the influence of the heavenly tribulation from the magic treasures twice in a row and throw them back into the light screen.

They were all shocked, looking at Saint Gu, unable to calm their minds.

Even Elder Wang, standing next to Gu Changge, was utterly dumbfounded.

"Is... is this really okay?"

"If that's the case, there's still an eighty percent chance..."

Elder Wang felt his brain was about to explode.

Never had he imagined such a tactic!

If Saint Gu was willing to help him dissipate the tribulation's residual power from his magic treasures like this, would he ever worry about transcending the tribulation!?

Quickly, the seventh strike of tribulation lightning descended.

When the three defensive magical treasures were thrown out again.

Gu Changge noticed that they were now covered in cracks, seriously damaged!

Though he could solve the problem of spiritual essence, the terror of the Tribulation Thunder Power was not something that could be continually withstood.

He could not concern himself with that now; he had to dispel the remaining tribulation force and throw back the somewhat damaged defensive treasures.

With the eighth strike of tribulation lightning falling, the three magical treasures hardly offset even ten percent of the force and were directly turned to ash under the tribulation lightning!

The terrifying Purple Thunder completely enveloped Gu Haitang's figure.

For a long while, after the eighth strike of tribulation lightning ended, Gu Haitang lay on the Ascension Platform, his whole body smoking...

Looking like a burnt piece of charcoal, it seemed as if he had no life left.

"What?"

Gu Changge turned to Elder Wang beside him.

But he saw the elder full of excitement, directly spurring the array to defend against the last, the ninth strike of tribulation lightning.

"Saint Heir, rest assured, since the tribulation lightning is still brewing its ninth strike, that means Daoist Fellow Gu is still alive!"

"In this case, he has successfully transcended the tribulation!"

As he spurred the array, he also explained.

Hearing this, Gu Changge also let out a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, the Ancestor had made it through with more shock than harm, but it looked like he was seriously injured; even after transcending the tribulation, he would need time to recover.

With the support of the Ascension Platform's great array, the ninth strike of tribulation lightning spread throughout the mountain of the Ascension Platform, with purple lightning flashing, but it did not fall upon Gu Haitang.

As the ninth strike of tribulation lightning ended, Gu Haitang also received the feedback from heaven and earth, a faint golden Tao Rhythm appeared around his body, nurturing his injuries, and at the same time, his aura steadily increased, breaking through to the peak of the Sage Realm!