Chapter 55 (2/2)
“Is that… a weapon?”
Although Xiao Yurou was too weak to pick up any technique, she knew a lot about cultivation. It was even safe to say that even His Majesty couldn’t compare to her in terms of theoretical knowledge.
However, even she couldn’t tell what weapon the stranger was holding!
“Your Highness, that’s not a weapon. It’s a pole and a few hangers…”
The guard blushed.
The princess had special maids who took care of her clothes. She had never seen those things.
“Pole and hangers?”
Xiao Yurou was stunned.
“What is the guy doing with those things in the heavy storm?”
“Was his house out of water? Does he want to use rainwater to wash his clothes then hang them to dry?”
“Look, Your Highness…”
The guard was also wondering what the stranger was up to. Just then, a lightning struck down rapidly.
“Not good. He’s killing himself…”
Xiao Yurou changed her gesture and trembled.
She had always respected life because she couldn’t live long. She couldn’t hold back anymore once she saw that someone was committing suicide. “Go rescue him!”
Before she finished, however, she saw that the man in black didn’t collapse after being struck by the lightning. Instead he appeared even more magnificent than before.
“Light up now!”
BOOM!
A powerful aura rose to the sky!
Sensing the aura before his eyes, the guard couldn’t help but remark, “He’s not killing himself. He’s… illuminating the stars!”
As the princess’ guard, he was already a level-one Mage and was highly sensitive about power.
The person in the distance was disguised by the storm, but he didn’t cover his strength to attract the lightning. His magnificent aura could be clearly perceived.
Before he attracted the lightning, he had the power of two stars at most, but after the lightning struck down, it seemed that three stars were illuminated.
“He’s using lightning to illuminate stars?”
Xiao Yurou was stiffened by the thought.
Her body was too weak for her to illuminate the stars. She had tried all the traditional methods, and a lot of novel ones, but none of them had been successful.
As time went by, she had already given up.
She thought that her death three months later was inevitable, until she saw that someone was illuminating the stars with lightning!
Could she adopt the same approach?
It could possibly break the shackles of her body…
In that case, would her fate be changed?
BOOM!
The man in black was still under the storm while embracing the lightnings falling from the sky. Then, his aura increased to four stars!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
After each lightning strike, a new star seemed to be shining in the man’s body.
Five!
Six!
In only ten breaths, the guy had illuminated six stars. The power of the stars sprang to the sky, indicating that he might soon have a breakthrough.
“He’s indeed illuminating the stars with lightning…” Xiao Yurou shivered. One star might be a coincidence, but four stars had definitely proven the theory.
She gave a command in a hurry, “Bring me brush and paper…”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
The guard left in a hurry and soon returned with paper and a brush.
Listing the equations and formulas, Xiao Yurou began to calculate.
After a long time, she looked at the answer on the paper and clenched her fists.
“It’s indeed possible…”
By her estimation, it might indeed be possible for her to avoid her fate by illuminating the stars with lightning!
“Where’s the expert?”
She looked down from the wall; there was nothing but the heavy storm.
“He seems to have left…”
The guard found no traces of him, either.
“What are you waiting for? Go and search for him…”
Xiao Yurou gritted her teeth.
“Yes, madam. I’m on my way…”
The guard jumped off the wall and ran out of the city.
Half an hour later, the guard returned to the wall gloomily. “Ninth Princess, forgive my uselessness. I’ve searched ten square kilometers outside the city. There was nothing except this piece of soaked paper under the tree…”
“Paper?” Xiao Yurou accepted it.
It was a paper that was full of handwriting, but the words had been blurred by rainwater.
“Why does this paper look familiar?”
Xiao Yurou was shocked.