"I've broken through to the hundred thousand years!"
The Earth Behemoth stared blankly at its hands. Having reached the hundred thousand-year level, it could now speak human language.
"Hehe, thank me. But that's not enough. I'll continue to add more to your cultivation!"
Jun Tianlin's phantom water thunder continued to strike, and the Earth Behemoth could feel its power growing. At first, it was surprised, but gradually, fear began to take hold.
"No, stop! You must stop!"
The soul power of the Earth Behemoth began to vibrate, attempting to disperse Jun Tianlin's amplification, but it was useless. The strongest aspect of Jun Tianlin's Demon Sword was its domineering nature.
The amplification granted by the Demon Sword was solely dependent on Jun Tianlin's willingness to provide it, and no one or soul beast could resist.
Finally, the amplification given to the Earth Behemoth caused its cultivation to soar to one hundred thousand and one thousand years.
It was said among the hundred thousand-year soul beasts that if one didn't choose to transform into a human and cultivate again on the day they reached the hundred thousand-year mark, they would only live for another thousand years.
However, this was not entirely true. The real reason behind this was that upon reaching one hundred thousand and one thousand years of cultivation, the first hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation would be triggered. If one survived it, they could live for another hundred thousand years. If they failed, they would die naturally.
At this moment, thunderclouds gathered over Fierce Wind Valley, resembling the vision of the million-year divine tribulation triggered by the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. However, the scale was incomparable.
The Earth Behemoth glared at Jun Tianlin angrily. It now understood that the human in front of it had actually intended to use the hundred thousand-year soul beast's heavenly tribulation to hunt it down.
This inspiration had come from the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. It turned out that the heavenly tribulation's timing didn't truly depend on whether the beast had lived for a hundred thousand and one thousand years, but whether its cultivation had reached this level.
"Despicable human! I will kill you!"
The Earth Behemoth's body suddenly grew larger. Its eyes became bloodshot, and its momentum surged violently.
"Xiaotian, be careful. This is the Behemoth's racial skill. It's a frenzy that sacrifices sanity for strength. Moreover, with the Behemoth's power now surpassing one hundred thousand years, it is immune to some of the side effects of frenzy, retaining a trace of its sanity. It's extremely difficult to deal with," warned the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
"I understand. Watch my Immortal Wind and Cloud Body Technique!" Jun Tianlin split into countless phantom bodies across the valley.
At this moment, Jun Tianlin's strength was not enough to face the Behemoth directly. The right choice was to temporarily evade the attack. When the thunder struck, it would naturally cause damage to the Behemoth.
The Behemoth swung its blood claws, destroying Jun Tianlin's phantom bodies one after another. However, Jun Tianlin also had another unique skill: the Drunken Immortal Moon-gazing Step. It was impossible for it to strike his real body in a short time.
Suddenly, the first bolt of lightning from the sky struck the Behemoth's head.
This was the power of a hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation. Even Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen would struggle to release such a powerful thunder strike.
"Good opportunity! Second soul skill, Ice and Fire to Seal the Gods!"
Jun Tianlin seized the chance and used his second soul skill to strike the Behemoth's chest.
This attack wasn't meant to cause damage, but to seal. Jun Tianlin's full-strength strike sealed the Behemoth's nearly 1,500 years of cultivation in one go.
In essence, its power was returned to less than a hundred thousand years, but the heavenly tribulation hadn't disappeared. The Ice and Fire Sealing God's function was to seal. In other words, the cultivation still existed but couldn't be used.
Under the judgment of the heavenly tribulation, the Behemoth was still considered to have a cultivation of 101,000 years.
The Behemoth was so frustrated that it felt like crying but couldn't shed tears. How was this possible? The thunder tribulation, which even a soul beast of 100,000 years couldn't bear, was now being blocked by less than 100,000 years of cultivation. Even an ancient soul beast with amazing physical strength couldn't withstand it.
The second thunderbolt fell, leaving the Behemoth with charred fur. In its frenzied state, it barely survived.
However, its physical condition began to deteriorate rapidly. It feared it would not survive the third strike.
"It's time. Soul bone skill, Hurricane Vacuum Slash!" Jun Tianlin leaped high, drawing a crescent-shaped wind blade with his right foot. The Behemoth, in its current state, could hardly avoid the attack.
Though the attack injured it, Jun Tianlin's true purpose wasn't simply damage. His goal was to drain the air around the Behemoth and create a vacuum barrier.
Before Jun Tianlin crossed over, he had managed to score well on a physics test. He understood that electricity requires a medium to travel. In a vacuum, the transmission of lightning would be greatly limited.
Most of the power of the third lightning was used to break Jun Tianlin's vacuum barrier. The small remaining portion still struck the Behemoth, but it only left the beast with a sliver of life, effectively rendering it incapable of fighting.
Jun Tianlin couldn't let the Behemoth die under the heavenly tribulation, as its soul ring and soul bone would vanish.
Now was the time for Jun Tianlin to deliver the final blow. "Fourth soul skill, Liuguang Zhuxian Zhan!"
Before the fourth lightning struck, Jun Tianlin's long sword pierced the Behemoth's heart. At this moment, Jun Tianlin smiled a wicked grin, a side of him that wasn't typically seen. As the last blow was struck, Jun Tianlin lent his body to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, allowing it to fulfill its revenge.
Feeling the presence of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm once more, the Behemoth roared with its last breath, "You... you collude with humans, using such despicable methods to deal with me."
"Call me despicable? Do you have the right to say that? You and your brother sealed me with a sealing technique for twelve years, absorbing my essence for cultivation every day. You must understand how crucial essence is to any soul beast, right?" the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm angrily replied. "The day my essence was fully absorbed by you, I would've died more miserably than you."
"Therefore, I must take my revenge. Xiaotian and I are one. I am not him, but he is me. It is only right that you help me take revenge. Don't worry, my Xiaotian will soon send your brother to join you underground. Until then, just wait obediently!"
With that, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm pulled out the Demon Sword, and the massive body of the Behemoth finally fell, unwilling to accept its fate. As the beast fell, the hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation slowly dissipated.
"Haha, my revenge is finally taken. I'm so happy!" With Jun Tianlin's body, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm laughed to the sky.
Jun Tianlin allowed it to vent its anger, but soon after, he took back his body. After all, the soul ring had a time limit, and would disappear if not absorbed in time.
However, what Jun Tianlin didn't expect was that the heavenly tribulation of a hundred thousand years would be so powerful that it directly crippled the Behemoth, saving him the trouble of using his Magic Flame Flash Sky Slash.
No wonder it was said that a hundred thousand-year soul beast could only live for another thousand years if it didn't transform. Ordinary soul beasts, like the Soft Bone Rabbit Xiaowu, could never survive such a heavenly tribulation.
It had to be an ancient species, like the Titan Giant Ape, that could naturally survive it. If the Behemoth had grown naturally, it might've been able to. Unfortunately, it was forcibly advanced by Jun Tianlin and sealed, completely falling into Jun Tianlin's trap.