Chapter 334 (1/2)

Chapter 334: An Unknown Paragon

Bess hissed, “Altruistic blood! Hers is very pure, but the power in it isn’t strong But yours… yours is strong Though I do not kno deep your altruisive up yours for her life, that would prove it, wouldn’t it? You have a choice, puppet”

Lan Jue aze with one of his own – infinitely calm, and infinitely cold “What if I refuse to choose? I only need to beat you to save her”

Bess croaked a withering laugh “You were smart not to involve the Avenue, otherwise you’d never have seen her again And it is true that the only thing standing between you and this girl is an old lady The question is, can you defeat me? I suppose we’ll see!”

The words weren’t even gone froroped out for him

The rooht They were replaced by haunting rays of blood red, that painted the roohtmarish displays An all-pervasive terror bore down upon him while the tiny room seemed to expand until he was surrounded in a blood-red world of fear

Protogenic Domain!

Lan Jue’s dispassionate expression changed He knew Bess was strong – he’d felt that before 1 – but not like this

Use of protogenic ability wasn’t always a sign of Paragon status Some talented Adepts were exceptions, such as the Four Divine Monarchs ere each able to use at least soenic ability This was especially true after the inspiration they got froenic powers derived from ones own alternate reality? That is real power that only a Paragon could achieve

But of the twenty known Paragons, Lan Jue knew she was not areater shock and anxiety

Granny Bess was a truly unknown Paragon, and thatHis chance at victory in a straight fight was practically zero But he didn’t back down For Qianlin, and for hi he could

Lan Jue had never faced a real Paragon in coe hiold If he was going to face protogenic power, the only way to survive would be to use his own

The piercing golden light filled the roo eased in to a steady rhythm around him In the same mo power of Lan Jue’s Ascension come to bear!

All of the sinister red light within ten old

Granny Bess re hihtest hint of surprise registered in her eyes, and she silently nodded her head “Very good This should ”

Once more, she swiped her hand at Lan Jue The movement itself was unhurried, but the world around her becaht in a giant hand, about to be crushed in the folds

“The skies shall open!” Lan Jue roared, and his gold-coated body burst in to countless rays of light The skies above were alive with a spiderweb of lightning Bolt after bolt struck the top and walls of their blood-soaked world

Several fissures appeared The light erew ever more prosperous In his left palm, the phylactery stone shone with a thick purple haze that drastically strengthened his power

Protogenic poas a , but despite its similarities to Disciplines that was not how one learned to eenic capabilities required a fusion of Discipline and spirit, as well as the energies that surrounded theenerated such staggering power

Motivated by the danger and pressure, Lan Jue’s abilities were operating at their peak If there were even the slightest chance to save himself and Qianlin, he had to be ready to take it

As Lan Jue had co as a tremendous fracture appeared overhead A blackness like the depths of space was seeping through

Lan Jue took a deep breath and, ripping his hands apart as though he were physically doing it himself, he cried out

“THE SKIES SHALL OPEN!”

A single blast of golden energy erupted fro directly for that gathering darkness in the heavens The undulating, cri around the blood

Granny Bess’ right hand moved in response The ht – lighter soely wavy quality of the landscape stabilized, and the apocalyptic fissure in the sky stitched shut

The ht with bone-crunching force But in the center of that grip, Lan Jue was safe within a shell of his own protogenic power It crackled thunderously as it battled against theforce

He couldn’t re down upon hi rivulets of blood to trickle fro a true master of these powers, and his was just a show He could feel hi total collapse