Chapter 826: Xu Lizhis Determination (1/2)

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”Argh!” Yue Zhengyu howled with agony as he fell to one knee. He had lost count of how many times he'd been overwhelmed by the oncoming destructive aura.

He possessed holy power, which naturally repulsed destructive aura, and as a result, he experienced the most pain out of anyone when approaching the fragment of destruction.

Stand up! I have to stand up! I can't let Xiaoyan...

Yue Zhengyu gritted his teeth tightly and struggled to his feet while panting heavily. The agony he was experiencing made him cry out once again, but his eyes were as determined as ever.

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Tang Wulin sat onto the ground and slowly absorbed the destructive aura in the air. He had already lost count of how many days had pa.s.sed. In this process of constant extreme agony, he had no spare mental capacity to notice pa.s.sing days. He could only do his best to continue onward.

The rich life force energy on the demonic island was the best form of sustenance for his body, so he didn't need to eat here; he could survive solely on absorbing the life force energy here every day.

Light flickered from the fragment of destruction, and powerful destructive aura surged incessantly around Tang Wulin's body. Following these past few days for horrendous torture, he gradually discovered that all of his abilities seemed to have incorporated this destructive aura, and all of his soul skills seemed to have become more destructive.

Even his Golden Dragon King bloodline seemed to have been stained by wisps of blackish-purple. The Golden Dragon King bloodline didn't reject this destructive energy. Instead, the latter was slowly being absorbed.

Tang Wulin was powerful enough to break the ninth Golden Dragon King seal long ago, but he refrained from doing so as Old Tang had told him very early on that the second half of the 18 seals were going to be the most painful to break. After breaking this ninth seal, he'd have to face the final nine seals very soon, and he didn't know how that was going to play out.

However, during the process of absorbing this destructive energy every day, Tang Wulin could clearly sense that cracks had begun to appear on his ninth seal, and those cracks were continuing to elongate and widen. It was becoming more and more difficult for him to control the power of the seal, so he had no choice but to slow down a little in his advance.

He had to fortify the seal so that it didn't forcibly break open while he was absorbing destructive energy as that could result in potentially catastrophic consequences.

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Absorb, absorb, absorb!

Xu Lizhi took one step after another toward the fragment of destruction. His footsteps were extremely determined, just like the look in his eyes.

His body gradually became transparent as he was broken down before being rea.s.sembled. Even in the face of this terrifying agony, he didn't utter a single sound.

He didn't know how to fight; all he knew was how to make steamed buns. In the face of powerful enemies, all he could do is hide behind his friends and yell ”don't judge a bun by its folds”.

Yer Xinglan always had to protect him with her sword, and he was always so content when he saw the dazzling starlight blossoming from her sword.

However, Old Demon Nightmare reminded him over and over again that he was useless trash.

Old Demon Nightmare was right! He WAS useless tras.h.!.+ As a man, he was constantly hiding behind the woman he loved. She was facing one powerful enemy after another, but he could only hide behind her and make steamed buns; how pitiful was that?

He also envisioned that he'd be able to stand in front of Ye Xinglan to protect her from all enemies and hards.h.i.+ps, but he simply couldn't do it, nor had he ever been able to do this.

He was very weak, and his practical combat prowess was atrocious. He could only fight enemies at close quarters using some Tang Sect techniques.

He didn't want to continue being a burden to everyone.

Not long ago, after he'd entered the sea once again, he'd managed to use his soul power, which had been infused with destructive energy, to smash a sea soul beast into pieces. In that instant, Xu Lizhi felt as if he'd finally found an opportunity. The destructive aura was like a weapon. Absorbing it was an extremely excruciating process, but its power finally bestowed upon him the ability to fight.

This was the ability that he'd been searching for all along!

I will become stronger! I will protect Sister Xinglan! I no longer want to be a useless piece of trash; I want to be useful. No matter how much this hurts, I can stop!

Xu Lizhi took one determined step after another while powerful destructive aura buffeted his body over and over again. His rotund body had almost turned entirely purplish-black in color at this point.

In order to better absorb the destructive aura, he didn't even use his soul power to resist it. Instead, he willingly opened his body to it and even actively absorbed it.

This would undoubtedly exacerbate the degree to which his body was being destroyed, but he didn't care about that. All he cared about was whether he could become more powerful through this process, and whether he would attain enough power to protect those that he loved.