Protect Our Clan Leader
Chapter 1509 - 78: Bloodline Promotion! Anye’s All-Life Sword Intent

Chapter 1509: Chapter 78: Bloodline Promotion! Anye’s All-Life Sword Intent

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If Yun Tai’an wasn’t already so beaten that he couldn’t even crawl, he would probably be fighting Wei Qingyun to the death by now. This was simply too bullying!

Fortunately, the Tree of Fortune also avenged Yun Tai’an in its own way.

Despite its branches appearing soft and weak, each strike on Wei Qingyun would cause specks of green light to dissipate from his body.

These were the Innate Power Source of the Tree of Fortune that he had previously stolen.

This Innate Power Source was originally a part of the Tree of Fortune’s life—only forcibly extracted by a sinister Formation and pressed into service for Wei Qingyun.

At this moment, as the Innate Power Source was being siphoned from Wei Qingyun’s body, they seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, pouring back into the Tree of Fortune like swallows returning to their nest.

Within moments, Wei Qingyun’s complexion began to darken.

He looked just like a gambler, misfortunate and downtrodden, after consecutive losses over several days and nights crawling out of the gambling house.

Bad news, this is the Heavenly Dao backlash after the depletion of the Innate Power Source!

Wei Qingyun’s heart skipped, he shuddered, and a bad premonition suddenly arose.

The Wei Family had long been accustomed to using the Heaven Plundering Formation to extract the Innate Power Source from the Tree of Fortune, and they were fully aware of the ill effects after its usage.

As the stolen Innate Power Source offered protection, it naturally led to a fortune-blessed state with great prosperity, but this power was ultimately like a tree without roots or water without a source. Once depleted, the protective blessing of the Innate Power Source would naturally wear off, leading to inevitable Heavenly Dao backlash.

Under backlash, the user’s fortune would sink to an extremely low level, or what is colloquially known as being "dogged by bad luck".

In such a state, everything one does would become incredibly unsuccessful.

Buying things only to find defects, finding worms in Spirit Fruits are the mild misfortunes. Encountering sworn enemies as soon as one leaves the house, being caught in untoward acts due to all sorts of coincidences, these are the true pitfalls. In the most exaggerated cases, even cultivation could go awry for no apparent reason.

Fortunately, the Wei Family was quite experienced with this; they would generally find a safe place to lie low and do nothing before the Innate Power Source was completely exhausted. They would neither receive guests nor leave their abode, even pausing cultivation, thus significantly reducing the adverse effects of the fortune backlash.

But in the current situation, how could Wei Qingyun afford to do nothing?

With the ninth Heavenly Tribulation not yet fallen and the owner of the Sword Array Dual Ultimate Codex not yet decided, starting to experience bad luck now... Wei Qingyun dared not imagine the consequences!

"You little beast, you’ve got some nerve!"

Wei Qingyun was a mixture of shock and anger and immediately reached out to grab the Tree of Fortune, resolved to control it no matter what.

However, the Tree of Fortune was already prepared; it reabsorbed its remaining Innate Power Source while lashing out, and then swiftly made a break for it, running away.

After years of malnourishment, its primary root was weak and feeble, incapable of moving swiftly on a normal day. But now, finally freed from its constraints, it made an all-out effort, activating its main root and air-roots, along with all its branches. It scrambled like an octopus towards the Sword Intent Monument and then, with a "swoosh," hid behind Wang Anye.

It was only then that it felt truly safe. Peeking out from behind Wang Anye, it howled at Wei Qingyun from a distance, even pulling a ghastly face as if to say, "Come and catch me if you dare."

Not only that, but it also wrapped its roots and branches around Wang Anye, rubbing against him affectionately as if demonstrating innate closeness.

"Ee ya ya~"

This is the scent, this is the feeling! Ee ya, this is my true Son of Heaven~~

The Tree of Fortune was ecstatic, feeling more blissful than it ever had before in its life!

However, as enthusiastic as the Tree of Fortune was on the one hand, Wei Qingyun on the other hand was nearly bursting with fury.

Having already taken a heavy blow from the eighth Heavenly Tribulation, he had been relying on his powerful Mysterious Energy to suppress his injuries. The surge of emotions caused his Mysterious Energy to disperse, aggravating his wounds, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Literally fuming to the point of vomiting blood.

Just as he was about to disregard his injuries and rush to capture the Tree of Fortune.

Suddenly!

An overwhelming oppressive force descended from the sky.

In just that brief moment, the ninth Heavenly Tribulation had reached its peak.

Thunder rolled within the churning Tribulation Clouds, and dense currents of electricity, like wild dancing golden snakes, streaked through the sky, with the power to destroy heaven and earth brewing among them. The terrifying pressure weighed down on everyone like Mount Tai crushing down on their heads.

Both Wei Qingyun and Yun Tai’an felt their scalps tingle.

This ninth Heavenly Tribulation was the strongest of the Divine Thunder Tribulations, unparalleled in might. Even Peak Purple Abode Cultivators, when facing tribulation under normal circumstances, would need to make ample preparations before daring to withstand it. Otherwise, a single mishap might lead to instantaneous death.

Let alone their current heavily injured state, even at their peak, it was doubtful they could survive. Presently, a single strike would most likely seal their fate as certain death.

It could be said that whether they lived or died would depend on whom this final bolt of tribulation thunder would strike.

The moment to decide their destiny had arrived.

However, just as the two were preparing for a desperate struggle and were tensely gazing up at the sky.