Chapter 250 (1/2)
Chapter 250
Zi Yuan's Resolve
(T/N: Reco; see track label 250_t1)
The Heavens raged on, unleashi+ng its power upon the object of its furyBut again and again, the Heir eluded his executioner: evading; sidestepping; dodging; clinging on to the thread of life
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Up in the sky, the vortex of clouds had acquired a vibrant shade of violetBlue sparks flashed sporadically at the center of the vortex; the eye of the stor the sixtieth bolt that everything went horribly and sickeningly wrongAs the Heir went down on one knee, Zi Yuan's heart leaped up to her throatShe leaned forward on the bough, squinting hardNo matter how much she wanted to, she couldn't just fly over towards the Heir to check on him—that wasn't part of the planWhat on earth happened? He hadn't been hit! Zi Yuan was sure of he hadn't been hit! So as he down?
Had he given up the fight?
Co! Get up! Get up before the next one coh his ish, and he appeared to be holding on to his left side
He did not
CRACK!!
The sixty-first bolt ca down froht it was all over, that all herhad failed herBut then the Heir relieved her of that alarolden streakA second crater for
The Heir collapsed
At that ned herself to the inevitability of the situationIt was as though a blindfold had been re suddenly became crystal clearThe veil of hope and opti the harsh truth: even with all his resourcefulness and cleverness, the Heir could not survive this alone
The prophecy would not be denied its fulfillment
The mirror shall sunder, for theher hands quickly, Zi Yuan perfore of the field, the Great Mirror shot out from behind a shrub and hurtled towards the Heir
It took Zi Yuan nHover!
The Great Mirror stoppedand hovered directly above the Heir's forht flashed before Zi Yuan's eyes the nZi Yuan dropped down froht beside the Heir, as barely conscious
The Great Mirror repels all fory
Zi Yuan really, really hoped that Wushuang-qiánbèi knehat she was talking about
Somewhere above the Great Mirror, the air exploded in a blaze of violet and blue, but Zi Yuan didn't have the ti her spiritual energy into the Purple Gold Jade PlateA deafening boom sounded aboveMuch to her horror, the Heir collapsed into a heap beside her, and the golden glow of the Jindan's Aura waned into nothingness
Activate!
The jade plate rose upwards, then stopped in ht shot down fro the Heir's ar as she round
”Zi Yuan? Wha—”
Zi Yuan didn't hear the rest of his sentence as they were both propelled into the jade plate's simulation
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Zi Yuan lowered herself onto the grass with a sighFor so at a slower pace nowSixty-seven boltsFourteen bolts re
Zi Yuan was rather confident that the jade plate could hold back the next thirteen bolts—not without suffering dae, of courseIt was the last bolt that she was concerned aboutThe final bolt ht be toothe ae that the jade plate would've suffered from the prior thirteen boltsWhich hy the sixth and final stage of the plan had to be perfectly tiet out of here alive
Zi Yuan's hand shot out to steady herself when a huge quake shook the groundShe looked upwards, wondering if the simulated sky would collapse on theht…
There was a groanZi Yuan lowered her gaze and looked to her leftThe Heir was slowly co to
”Good,” Zi Yuan said”You're awake”
”What the hell happened?” He slowly sat up, then began glancing aroundThen, he frozeHis eyes snapped to hers”T- This is the simulation”
A loud crash sounded above, and the ground shook once again
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”What happened back there?” Zi Yuan repeated his question”You were doing so well just now”
”Bad luck, I guess? I don't know” The Heir shook his head”I just know that I felt pain right after I dodged the sixtieth boltIt probably grazed” He touched his left side with his hand”I think the Jindan's Aura took the brunt of it, but it still hurt like hell” He sighed”I alhed”Guess it can't be helped, then” She glanced at hiainThis tiaze instead”That strategy would've worked” She s, I mean”
The Heir wasn't in the mood to revel in his cleverness, if the serious look on his face was any indication”The jade plate's gonna be destroyed, isn't it?”
Soed inside Zi Yuan's chestThe jade plate wasn't the only thing that would be destroyed tonightZi Yuan was pretty sure that the Great Mirror had already been destroyed, otherwise the jade plate wouldn't even have been struck
”Don't worry about it,” Zi Yuan said, trying everything not to let her eroaned and let his shoulders sagged”Because of ain”
Another quake tore through their surroundings
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”It was ,” Zi Yuan said in a sharp tone”If you respect me at all, then please respect round tremored
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