Chapter 239 - Azure Flame Guard (2/2)

It was time to exert the power he gathered all these years!

But the crucial thing was, Nine Serenities Secret Records’ secret technique could not be used so frequently. Each subsequent use would break the tie between the soul and his consciousness. After all, he was making use of another’s soul.

There may very well not be a next rebirth. Afterall the type of grievance he needed may have vanished from the world.

Zhuo Fan was reborn this time, but regarded his life with utmost seriousness. It may very well be his last!

Taking a deep breath to cool down. Zhuo Fan started thinking about a plan of action. He gnashed his teeth and settled on taking out the Thunder Skylark’s egg.

His original plan was to use the newborn Thunder Skylark to control the lightning’s power, and let it absorb it. Even if it could only absorb the 6th Heaven it would buy him enough time to get inside this place.

But now, he only had an egg, that may very well be unable to take a single lightning before crack open like a melon.

But desperate times called for desperate measures!

Zhuo Fan held the egg in one hand and Gu Santong in the other, flung straight for the Lightning Canyon’s black hole. He was carefully controlling his flight as he looked for the right approach.

Boom!

With a thunderclap, a purple lightning shot straight for Zhuo Fan. His eyes squinted and shouted, “4th Heaven purple lighting!”

He lifted the egg to let it take the brunt.

Perhaps it was their connection, or it was just plain first in its path, but the purple lightning struck the Thunder Skylark’s egg. It was as if it acted as a beacon.

But the enormous power having slammed into the egg made it shudder, on the verge of breaking. Zhuo Fan used Demon Transformation Art post haste, taking the rest of the lightning power into him and refined it!

Perhaps the egg still had some magic left in it as by some miracle, it cushioned the lightning’s power. Zhuo Fan shuddered but he was otherwise unaffected.

This worked to lift his mood, [This could work!] But what worried him most was the power of the purple lightning. Even with the Demon Transformation Art, he couldn’t refine all of it. Some of its power wasn’t much of a threat to him, but if he let that power roam around his body, it would only get worse!

[I have to find the right path inside. If lightning doesn’t strike me down first, I’ll die from overexposure!]

Zhuo Fan felt numb. He sensed the places where the purple lightning traveled inside him and his face grew grave.

Boom~

The closer he got to the black hole, the purple lightning struck with greater intensity and frequency. Zhuo Fan pushed through the pain and lasted so far, but more and more unrefined lightning power gathered inside him, wreaking havoc. As the damage on his organs intensified, blood started leaking from his mouth!

Boom!

Another purple flash signaled a fast approaching lightning, “5th Heaven purple lightning!”

This was one power that could crush even a Radiant Stage expert!

Zhuo Fan operated the Demon Transformation Art to the max. Black energy covered the egg, waiting for the moment the lightning struck it to refine it.

But, the lightning scattered the black energy in an instant. Its power flew unencumbered through the egg and into his body.

Pff!

Blood and gore spewed out of his mouth, Zhuo Fan having suffered a heavy blow. He was incapable of refining such powerful lightning in time and was taking its toll on him.

He was now on the brink of collapse. So weak he couldn’t handle another.

But when it rained, it poured.

As if that strike was the curtain’s call, another lightning slammed down. Zhuo Fan was now pale, looking at the incoming attack bitterly. His eyes having lost its last thread of hope, “Blast it, another 5th Heaven purple lightning! I’m finished!”

He looked at the shivering Gu Santong, and patted his head, “Who’d ever knew this would happen, that I would ultimately die saving a kid? I mean, I wouldn’t be suffering so much if I haven’t saved you. Is this my fate, all because of greed?”

Zhuo Fan shook his head and sighed, “But I do not regret it. Few are the chances a man gets at life! I have failed this time, but even if it will be the next time, I’d still choose this path. I only hope… there will be a next time!”

Clenching his eyes shut, Zhuo Fan held Gu Santong close, yet he looked quite at peace.

He was a man of ambition, but even in the face of death, he would welcome it with open arms!

Pff!

Suddenly, an azure flame flitted from his forehead, covering the two of them in its glow. It was then when the purple lightning struck.

The oddest thing happened. When the lightning touched the flame, it was melted down in a flash. One could see with the naked eye how the purple lightning was rendered useless..