Chapter 829: Leaving Crestfallen (1/2)
Nie Tian’s expression flickered as he looked down at his chest.
The garments on his chest had shattered, allowing him to see numerous pale-gray lines swimming rapidly under his skin, weaving into a complicated, mysterious pattern.
An ancient aura that carried the profound truths of death came from within the pattern.
Nie Tian suddenly had a feeling that the strange pattern was turning his life force into death power.
Under its influence, his immense flesh power flew uncontrollably into the pale-gray pattern.
A powerless feeling quickly overtook him.
Pergson stared coldly at him, as if he knew that he wouldn’t need to strike again, and Nie Tian would die beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Even a Demon or a Phantasm would have suffered a great deal from that pattern, which he had painted with his bloodline magic, not to mention a human.
Humans were born with feeble bodies and faint flesh power, which meant a pattern like that would drain their life force and turn them into corpses very quickly.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Nie Tian’s heart started to beat like a drum.
The green aura, which carried the profound truths of life, was originally coiled up in his heart, dormant. However, it was clearly provoked at this moment.
A cluster of blood-colored light suddenly exploded from Nie Tian’s chest.
The explosion sent numerous Bloodline Crystal Chains piercing into the pale-gray pattern, where they slithered like thousands of sparkling snakes of light, erasing all of the pale-gray lines in the blink of an eye.
Nie Tian’s strange feeling of having his life force turned into death power instantly vanished.
The light of astonishment flashed across Pergson’s emerald eyes as he exclaimed, “How is this possible?!”
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Bits of flame power, star power, and wood power exuded from Nie Tian, along with flesh power and soul power. A magnetic field that could bend space and distort all things rapidly formed around him.
“Primal Chaos!” As Nie Tian let out a cold harrumph, a sea of starlight shot out of his splayed palm, as if a dazzling star had formed in it.
Bits of starlight rose, swimming about and forming a star formation over his palm.
Then, as he flung his hand, a curtain of stars flew towards Pergson.
“The Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace!” An exclamation escaped Pergson’s mouth.
Not only him, but Froste the Phantasm youngster and that high-tier Demon also turned to look at Nie Tian with shocked expressions after hearing his exclamation. “Is he a disciple of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace?!”
SHEW!
As the curtain of stars flew towards Pergson, Nie Tian suddenly vanished from his original place, but appeared behind Pergson in the next moment with the help of Starshift.
Nie Tian’s Primal Chaos instantly enveloped Pergson, greatly restraining him from using his death bloodline power.
Like a curtain of stars, the star formation made of numerous bits of starlight flew ethereally into his chest.
Rumble!
The star formation exploded, sending countless rays of dazzling, sharp starlight piercing into his translucent and sparkling bones.
Pergson’s small bony body trembled unceasingly. Every time he did, a small yet thick aura of death would ooze from his jade-like bones.
At the same time, Nie Tian once again brought the Flame Star down from the air with great force.
CRUNCH!
The Flame Star hacked into Pergson’s shoulder, giving rise to a loud crash.
Pergson grimaced, as if the joint attack of the star formation and the Flame Star had inflicted pain on him, but still, not a single fissure appeared on his bones.
“The Bonebrutes’ indestructible form!” As he shouted these words, misty white light rose from his every bone, morphing into a suit of spiritual armor over his small body.
SHEW! SHEW! SHEW!
Three bone arrows shot out of Pergson’s fingertips, giving rise to ear-piercing whooshes.
Like white lightning bolts, they shot into Nie Tian’s shoulder and upper chest before he could react.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
The bone arrows went through his skin and flesh and slammed into his crystallized bones, giving rise to crisp, metallic clanks.
The strong impacts sent Nie Tian flying backwards.
As he landed with a loud crash, he pulled the three bone arrows out one by one with a grim look on his face.
As held the bone arrows, the aura of death they exuded infiltrated his skin and flesh.
He then cast the bone arrows away, and activated Heavenly Wood Heal to heal the three bloody holes created by the three bone arrows. In the next moment, rich life force gathered to the wounds, where shreds of flesh started to wiggle madly.
As Pergson raised his hand and made a grabbing motion in the air, the three bone arrows flew back into his hand. Without launching another attack right away, he fixed Nie Tian with a confused, measuring gaze, and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Nie Tian.”
A grim look appeared in Pergson’s deep, emerald eyes as he said, “You’re no ordinary human, are you? And you don’t seem like just an ordinary disciple of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace. Don’t tell me that you’re actually a Son of the Stars. That can’t be right. None of the existing Sons of the Stars have a cultivation base so low.”
Nie Tian didn’t say anything in response.
Pergson went on and said, “But I do hope that you’re a Son of the Stars, because that’ll make killing you much more interesting.”
After he said these words, the bone saber he had placed on the Bone Blood Demon’s shoulder suddenly flew back into his hand.