Page 1150 of Heaven, Earth, Me

Hearing Yasenia's words, four out of the sixteen Soldiers moved forward and raised their longswords. Their knight-like suits made them look solemn and powerful, giving an aura of invincibility. Their bodies were similar to the rest, completely yellow and made out of solidified heavenly lightning. However, the eyes and swords of these four gave off a different vibe. It was as if there was a sensation of solemnness and being observed.

Even before they started battling, Yasenia could feel a more profound energy surpassing normal Heavenly Lightning coursing inside their bodies. Moreover, the fact that only 4 of them had stepped forward told Yasenia that each of them had the same energy inside as eight common Heavenly Tribulation Soldiers. "More than soldiers, these ones look like knights... I can't be overly confident. Focus."

Yasenia's face turned serious, and she sent her clone to deal with one of the four while she herself focused on the last three. "[Celestial Assimilation]."

BOOM!

A vortex of energy appeared in the room, constantly getting sucked into Yasenia's body. Her energy regeneration skyrocketed while her meridians, soul, and body coordinated to a ridiculous degree. Then, the dragoness stepped forward at the same time that the other three Heavenly Tribulation Knights rushed at her.

One of the three knights rushed straight forward while the other two circled around Yasenia and attacked from the flanks. The tempo was perfect, with the attacks from the flanking knights arriving just an instant later. 'If I block the one charging at me, I will lose my stance and be in danger... Or so they think.'

Her lips arched with confidence. "You are underestimating me. [Celestial Dragon Claw]!"

The phantom image of her dragon claw appeared in front as she slashed with her free hand. The Knight charging at her had to attack due to the pressure coming from the attack.

BOOM!

The explosion pushed back the Tribulation Knight, and the dragoness moved her body sideways. Slashing toward her right with her sword, energy flowed toward her sword and tail.

"[Sun Cleaving Soul Strike]."

Golden light streaked as her attacks struck the Knight's weapons with overwhelming strength.

CLANG! CLANG!

Seeing the knight in front of her lose its stance, Yasenia's eyes shone with cold light, and she quickly stepped forward, not bothering to recover her sword-wielding stance. Instead, to not lose a single millisecond, her palm shot forward with the weight of her cultivation. "[Blooming Sun Soul Palm], [Astral Sun Burn]!"

Golden flames ignited along her entire arm as dragon scales covered her skin. Then, her claw-like hand landed straight on the Knight's chest, and the time seemed to pause for a second as the chest of the Knight brutally caved in.

BOOOM!

Its figure shot backward and slammed against the wall, creating spider-web-like structures along the heavily reinforced formation wall. Then, the Tribulation Knight fell to one knee, using the sword to support itself. Even then, the injury was fatal. His body was burning with the Astral Sun Fire, and recovering was impossible. It could only look as Yasenia turned her back on it, rushing to enter into a fight against the other two.

Yasenia saw that the Tribulation Knight she had staggered with her claw had recovered and was now at a melee distance from her. Seeing the two-meter-tall armored figure slashing its sword at a speed that even she had some trouble following, Yasenia's pupils thinned to slits. "[Dance In The Firmament]."

Her footwork changed, and she moved her body back while sliding her foot forward. The sword aimed toward her barely missed as her body quickly descended. In this position, if it was a normal human, they would be completely out of balance and unable to recover. However, as Yasenia's body leaned back, her tail acted as a spring and pushed her forward.

Yasenia grabbed the head of the Tribulation Knight and raised her knee, using her raw strength.

BOOM!

CRACK!

The ridiculous knee strike to the face created a shockwave around them, and the helmet of the Tribulation Knight cracked, spilling some of the Tribulation Lightning around and burning Yasenia's body with it. However, the dragoness continued the attack as if the body being burned was of a stranger and not her own.

"Eat the floor."

Spinning mid-air without losing her grip, Yasenia turned and directed the Tribulation Knight's head toward the ground.

BANG!

The floor's powerful material cracked, creating several fissures that spread outward uniformly. Then, without looking back, Yasenia clicked her fingers and summoned a star.

The second Tribulation Knight appeared right at that moment, and both Yasenia and the knight were swallowed by Yasenia's star explosion.

This sent Yasenia and the injured Tribulation Knight flying in the opposite direction. Yasenia grinned as she readied Draheart. "Checkmate."

Even when the injured Tribulation Knight was slashing at her, Yasenia ignored it and slashed down at the Tribulation Knight. "[Astral Sun Resonance]."

A searing ripple spread from her body, stunning the attacking Knight with a painful, burning pain. In this instant, Draheart descended with the entirety of Yasenia's tyrannical strength.

SLASH!

As if there was nothing in its way, Draheart sliced in a complete circle, and Yasenia used gorgeous footwork to not lose balance and stand behind the Tribulation Knight.

Behind her, the bisected Tribulation Knight exploded in pure Heavenly Lightning, trying to attack the dragoness with a last-ditch effort. Yasenia shook her head calmly. "Naive."

The Heavenly Tribulation Lightning struck her body, burning her skin. However, before it could cause more damage, Yasenia utilized one of her Soul Cultivation's Fifth Ranked skills. "[Tyrant Astral Baptism]."

From deep within and from the sky beyond, the power of the distant stars manifested around her body and crushed the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning residue in her body. This skill was one that used the mysterious powers of the cosmos to purify herself and also heal soul and body ailments.

With light injuries on her body, Yasenia turned to look at the remaining Tribulation Knight. The fourth one had been dealt with by her clone. 'Hm. The clone could beat it, but its injuries are not few. It seems that defeating one of them is the limit. Well, I can't be too greedy with a clone skill. This type of strength is enough to help me greatly in battle.'

Clone skills were known to have trouble replicating the cultivator's strength. So, if a skill could produce something that had more than 50% of the original, it was considered top-notch, almost in any heaven. According to Yasenia's estimations, [Tyrant Soul Shadow] could bring out a copy with 60 to 70 percent of her own strength.

Yasenia didn't move to fight the last Tribulation Knight and allowed her injured clone to deal with it. Her eyes squinted while she observed the battle. "Hm. If it is fighting with my own proficiency, I can see quite a few flaws in my battle style. I don't really use large-scale skills often, and I subconsciously try to get close and beat them with martial arts. Is it because I subconsciously want to show my opponent that I am superior? I don't lack ranged attack skills, and I can even use Draheart as a bow... I should be more flexible."

Eventually, her clone beat the Tribulation Knight to death at the cost of one arm. "It has been fighting since the beginning, and only now has it gained a relatively grievous wound."

With a satisfied nod, she waved her hand and dissipated the clone. Then, she turned her head toward the ten Heavenly Tribulation Knights readying their longswords. Yasenia's lips arched, and she spoke. "Well, it's time to stop holding back. I have an idea of how my Soul Skills work, so I will start using my Spiritual and Body skills as well if you don't mind."

This was the fifth realm tribulation, and being at the peak in two other paths, Yasenia's strength was well above the limits that Heaven could summon to deal with her and make it "fair." After all, the Heaven's reference point wasn't Yasenia's overall strength, but Yasenia's Soul Cultivation Path!

Her Spiritual Path nurtured the soul as well, and having achieved the [Black Hole Energy Core] state, her strength could only be described as abnormal.

Yasenia reactivated her most significant self-buffing skills.

"[Celestial Dragon Body], [Celestial Cosmos Dress], [Ursa's Grasp], [Lyra's Harmony], [Celestial Cosmos Body Reinforcement], [Internal Celestial Cosmos Ignition], [Celestial Tyrant Soul Body], [Celestial Tyrant Astral Vein Forging]."

Her energies interlocked through her meridians, swelling them to the limits. For the first time, Yasenia's three paths activated skills that were on par.

Body, Spirit, and Soul manifested, and her aura expanded with such violence that small spatial cracks constantly formed around her, mending right after. Even the floor under her feet was starting to crack under the Dragon Hegemon's pressure.

The ten Tribulation Knights orderly advanced, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Yasenia looked at them in a dignified manner and spoke aloud, not to them but to the people outside controlling the formation. "Reinforce the formation to the limits."

After those words, the dragoness took a step forward and slashed horizontally once. Draheart was shining with celestial lights as its edge cut through space. The mesmerizing beauty of that slash carrying Yasenia's essence was such that Draheart felt a surge of emotion from deep within its core, feeling truly glad to have become Yasenia's weapon.

"Begone."

Pouring everything she had to offer in this strike, Yasenia's eyes changed to a gorgeous deep blue as the Celestial Energy ran rampant in her body. It happened in just an instant, but at this moment, Yasenia finally managed to break the barrier into her Inheritance, the one that had been kept away from her unjustly by the Sun and Moon Gods.

As her eyes glowed with the might of the cosmos, Yasenia's lips moved, and she mouthed the skill's name.

"[Shattering The Heavens]."

BOOOOOOMM!

Outside of the Tribulation Room, Tatyana, Angel, and every other person controlling the formation felt a terrifying backlash and were flung back from the shockwave against the walls. Everyone's eyes widened as they coughed a mouthful of blood. Angel was on her knees, breathing roughly as her blue eyes trembled while looking at the small blood stain she had coughed out. "W-What was that?"

Mirrory appeared, her eyes shining with interest, and her lips arched. "That skill name... Heh. Those two will be so mad when Yasenia uses it~."

Tatyana stood up from the ground, cleaning the blood at the corner of her lips with a smile. "That's her inheritance, right? Regardless of how talented she is, learning a skill of this magnitude and profundity in an instant is impossible."

Mirrory nodded. "Indeed. That attack, [Shattering The Heavens], is the embryonic stage and first layer of one of their most famous attacks."

Angel's heart trembled. "T-That's the embryonic stage of the skill?"

Mirrory smiled faintly. "Indeed. To unleash it, one needs to be proficient in at least two of the three celestial elements. Yasenia's current understanding of the Sun, Star, or Moon attribute is insufficient to use this attack's embryonic stage. However, she has brute-forced it thanks to her understanding of the more profound Celestial Energy. To use it, one needs to have reached the fifth realm of the Soul Path as well."

The Ancient Mirror explained. "During the third realm, one learns to control the soul via projecting it into the real world. This kind of control is fundamental for the fourth realm, where the cultivator fuses the soul's strength with the body. This fusion is a bit different from the spiritual's Unification realm. The spiritual path would be like mixing them and bringing out their particularities, while the soul path is nourishing the physical body with the soul to make it a perfect vessel." Mirrory added. "Healing severed limbs is much easier after this realm due to how closely the body is connected to the soul."

The rest listened closely as Mirrory explained the last step needed to unleash the Embryonic Stage of the [Shattering The Heavens] skill. "Finally, when entering the fifth realm, Yasenia has created her Mind Core, the Energy Core for the soul, and her upper Dantian. To unleash such an attack, Yasenia's three cores—The Mind Core, Epoch Core, and Black Hole Core, harmonized and managed to unleash that attack."

Seeing everyone's expressions, Mirrory chuckled. "With this attack, killing average Sixth Realm cultivators might not be a problem."