Chapter 105 - Just What Am I Doing? (1/2)
Krune then took Hil Argen's spatial ring. Sure enough, there were some black tokens inside. He then looked at the other four people who came together with this Core Formation Realm guy and said.
”He isn't dead, but if you don't treat him soon, he definitely will be. Well, it's up to you whether you care about him or not.”
Krune grabbed Lofa's body and left together with Ao and Arlan. Due to all the commotion, it wouldn't be long until even more cultivators of the sky tribe appeared around. On their way back to their hideout, Ao asked Krune.
”Did you know that she would be able to fend off the attack?”
Arlan's interest was immediately picked. He also wanted to know that very much.
Krune shook his head, though.
”I didn't, but I could see the look on her eyes. So I decided to believe her.”
Ao and Arlan were taken aback.
”Then what if she failed?”
Krune just laughed.
”If that happened, then I would think about something else.”
Arlan then asked why he decided to let her fend off for herself.
”It was necessary. If Lofa kept that mentality that someone would always appear to save her, she would die sooner or later. It's evident that she had never passed through real Life and Death situations. Most likely, she just cultivated inside her Clan, Sect, or whatever. Even when she left to train, I believe that someone was always there to look after her. That is also why she was so afraid when we were about to leave her alone after saving from the Fire Eagle back then.”
Ao and Alran nodded. Arlan was already strong even before he met Krune, so he obviously had his own life and death moments and knew that they made who he is today. Ao was no different, not to mention that a few of those moments he passed together with Krune.
Suddenly, Ao felt like his mind was struck by lightning!
'Wait! Every time Krune uses his Heavens Fall, it always discharges enough power to win the battle. But he still had Tribulation Lightning power remaining after that Heavens Chain Lightning Fall! So he didn't use all the Tribulation Lightning power available at that time yet.'
The more Ao thought, the crazier the idea sounded.
'Doesn't that mean that he already knew about the Core Formation Realm guy being able to resist his attack? In that case, he let that guy attack Lofa on purpose, and he knew that he would select her!'
Ao looked at Krune's indifferent face and commented.
”Brother, you have gone through a lot.”
Arlan heard that but didn't understand. Krune, on the other hand, laughed happily. He knows that Ao already found out the truth behind this matter. They haven't been friends for years for nothing.
That was true! With Little Light's cooperation, how could Krune not know whether his Heavens Chain Lightning Fall had enough power to defeat Hil Argen? An attack based purely on Tribulation Lightning? Ha! That was way too easy for Little Light to measure.
Little Light was also happy with the results today. The only thing he helped Krune with was to tell him how much Tribulation Lightning would be necessary to achieve his plans. All the control, spiritual energy, and ideas about that new Tribulation Lightning skill were done by Krune himself. Little Light felt very pleased with how much Krune improved his use of that power.
'So what if he is a wisp? He is great!'
Even he had started to acknowledge the 'wisp' called Krune. Of course, Little Light's pride won't allow him to tell that to Krune.
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Back in their hideout, Krune used his Wood Element to create a leaves bed and put Lofa on it. After that, he started to use his spiritual energy to heal her injuries. It didn't take long for Lofa's body to be fully recovered.
In the end, he took his robe out and covered her. After that exchange against Hil Argen, Lofa's clothes became utterly ragged. And his experience told him that it's never good to let a human female show too much, especially for his own physical health.
Krune then went to the corner and quickly prepared an element gathering formation. He still has a lot of spirit stones with him, what he needed most at the moment was to recover his Tribulation Lightning power. Of course, he made sure to make one big enough so that Ao and Arlan could use it, much for their pleasure.
Time passed, and a few hours later, Lofa finally woke up. She was feeling a little dizzy while looking around. Only after noticing Krune, Ao, and Arlan on the other side cultivating, did she remember about everything that happened.
She then noticed that a blue robe was covering her, it was a little dirty due to having been used, and it was obviously Krune's robe. She then took a look at her own clothes. Seeing that sight, she immediately felt embarrassed. By releasing some spiritual energy, a screen appeared around her bed, which she used to change her clothes quickly. Only after that, she felt relieved.
Krune had already put another robe by that time and seemed to be focused on cultivation, Ao and Arlan were doing the same, so she didn't bother them. Instead, she took that time to check herself as well. That moment of Life and Death had really opened her eyes, she felt like a new door opened and that she could cross it easily. Her soul improved quite a bit, and she thought she was able to control her spiritual energy smoother too. Not to mention the improvement of her control over her Water and Ice element.
That was the best moment to consolidate those powers, she had to focus on them while it still felt fresh on her memory, so she started to cultivate as well. After a few minutes, she was also lost in the feelings of cultivation.
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Night came down, and Lofa was still cultivating when suddenly, she felt the smell of food. She hasn't eaten anything since they departed for the Sky Tribe. So she ended up waking up from hey cultivation state. Only then did she notice Krune cooking while Ao and Arlan were preparing the table.
She got up and went outside as well. Seeing that she was awake, Krune called her over.
”Seems like you are okay now, come and help me with the food, I'm starving here.”
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, just half a day ago she had almost died! But here is she now, helping Krune to cook food again.
While they were cooking, she asked everyone.
”What happened after I passed out?”
They then explained everything, it's not like there was a need to keep secret anyway. After hearing that, Lofa could only sigh.
”Even after using everything I had, I still couldn't knock him out for good.”
Arlan shook his head and said.
”That last attack of yours was excellent, at least I know I can't use anything more powerful than that myself.”
Ao agreed with what Arlan said as well.
”You should feel proud of yourself, you still exchanged a blow against that 4th stage Core Formation Realm Cultivator all-out attack, and you two ended even. The reason he didn't pass out like you was basically due to his higher cultivator and stronger soul power.”