Chapter 239 - Azure Flame Guard (1/2)

Whoosh!

The purple lightning bolts spun a spider’s web as they hammered the skies, it was as if the heavens were becoming fragmented. Then, a lightning bolt fell before Gu Santong.

Zhuo Fan saw the shivering child among the lightning and cried, “Gu Santong, stop daydreaming and run! Don’t you want to live?”

“S-save…” Gu Santong shook his head and stuttered.

“What?” Zhuo Fan shouted.

“Save… me!” Gu Santong showed his pitiful face, his eyes filled with tears.

Zhuo Fan was shocked. Never would’ve thought it possible that the great Gu Santong’s nightmare was purple lightning. He truly became a child gripped by fear.

Frowning, Zhuo Fan showed a particular grin. Then he grabbed the kid and flew away!

Wasn’t it obvious he should fulfill his request?

Zhuo Fan had been going all this time about having the kid under him, but since the kid was a tough nut to crack, how could he succeed?

Only now. at the kid’s weakest, the best chance presented itself. This was the sole reason why Zhuo Fan braved the danger of rescuing him.

Otherwise, with his rotten character, he wouldn’t be caught dead saving anyone!

This was the opportunity of a lifetime, to have the strongest in Tianyu at his behest.

When the stakes were high, so was the return. And only through this grave risk might he be able to gain an invincible subordinate!

Zhuo Fan laughed coldly inside, [Gu Santong has been keeping a promise for three hundred years after losing one lousy bet. Now that I save him, won’t he give his all in repaying me?]

[He-he-he, with Gu Santong behind me, let’s see how those Regent Estate bastards dare lift even a finger against me!]

Zhuo Fan could already see the future, one in which the seven houses were at his feet!

Too bad though, what man proposes god disposes. This time, his risk may very well be fatal!

With a shocking boom, the fragmented sky was now thoroughly wrecked, revealing a huge black hole in the sky.

Purple lightning fell by the thousand, pulverizing anything it touched. And the storm kicked up by the lightning sent everything in that black abyss.

Zhuo Fan was flying with all his power when a sudden power gripped him, slowly sucking him into the black hole. Like an invisible hand, it wanted to throw him into that endless abyss.

Heart in a vise, Zhuo Fan picked up more speed with his wings.

But he didn’t gain one bit of ground, falling ever deeper among the purple lightning storm.

Zhuo Fan’s anxiety grew and grew and his brow was soaked. The situation took a dire turn for the worst. Thus he turned to the scared Gu Santong, “Gu Santong, we are about to be sucked in. Is there anything you can do?”

Gu Santong had been shivering all this time, with fear robbing him even of his voice.

But even if this was his normal state, his first reaction was to roll his eyes. [Oh please, you’re the one doing the rescuing, remember? Now you’re asking me for help? You’d think I’d be shivering here doing nothing if I had a way out?]

Sighing, Zhuo Fan knew the kid was out for the count, scared witless by the purple lightning. He only had himself to rely on.

But everywhere he looked was purple lightning. Besides lightning, there was only more lightning. And all while the sucking abyss was doing its best to devour them among the tight curtain of lighting. The lightest touch would stop their hearts.

[Is this how I’ll lose the gamble and my life? In the Lightning Canyon?]

Zhuo Fan gnashed his teeth, unwilling to give up for a second. He was still working his damndest in getting out of there.

Boom!

Suddenly, a purple bolt smashed into his back, forcing him to spit blood. Losing his balance, he drifted deeper into the bottomless pit.

Wiping his blood, Zhuo Fan rejoiced, “Thankfully, it’s only a 3rd Heaven purple lightning, just like brother Jiu’s, or I’d be a goner!”

But he didn’t finish his words as a second lightning fell. This time his whole body shivered. His Diamond Sand and unbreakable body was sporting cracks, and blood spilled from the force of the lightning!

“What? A 4th Heaven purple lightning?”

Gasping, Zhuo Fan looked up to see the big hole was getting increasingly closer. And the closer it got, the stronger the lightning.

If a 6th Heaven lightning struck him, he would be pulverized in body and soul!

Zhuo Fan was out of his depth this time. He was about to die a second time at a moment’s notice if he didn’t come up with something, and fast.