C257 (2/2)

Yes, there was nothing wrong with that. From the position of the king, anything that was beneficial to the country was right. Stealing the dragon aura was even more so.

They didn't do anything wrong, but I did.

I came down to the mortal world to pester Yan Hua to death just to use him to help me overcome the heavenly tribulation. What stance do I have to criticize others?

I turned around and continued walking deeper into the forest, ignoring Yue Ze and Bai Lin's shouts.

The dark clouds in the sky became denser and denser, and the blazing white lightning unceasingly exploded in the forest. In a few places, wild fire had already started to rise from the trees due to the lightning strikes. Fortunately, the rain was heavy, and the fire was extinguished before it could spread. There was smoke everywhere, and the forest was filled with the smell of rain and scorched wood.

I stood away from them, on a slight rise in the hill. For some reason, there were no trees in the area. I think that I won't be able to escape this calamity tonight. Let me stand here and receive the final ordeal from the heavens! There was no tree, no one. When lightning struck down, no one would be affected. Every life was worth revering, so how could he allow others to replace his tribulation? It turned out that what I had been thinking all along was wrong.

Boom! Boom!

A bolt of lightning came crashing down fiercely on my body. I felt a sharp pain in my chest before I fell to the ground. The smell of wet earth assaulted my nostrils, and I collapsed to the ground, trying to endure the pain and numbness of the electric current that assaulted my limbs and bones. My brain can't think at all, so the only thought that flashed through my mind is, ”Oh, so this is what it feels like to be struck by lightning …” Not bad, I don't seem to be dead yet.

The faint sound of someone's shout entered his ears, causing him to be unable to calm down. I tried to lift my head and look down the hill. Yueze and Yan Hua were both staring at me, their eyes full of anxiety. Golden dragon qi swirled between the two of them, forming the shape of a golden dragon.

I knew that as long as I rolled down the hill, they would definitely protect me, but I didn't want to cause them any more trouble. I really didn't want anyone else to get hurt for me.

I did my best to raise my elbows and wave to Yan Hua and Yueze at the foot of the hill. It was probably my smile that was too ugly. Yan Hua and Yue Ze's expressions changed.

The next second, another bolt of lightning came rolling over. This time, the impact was so intense that I was no longer able to open my eyes. I collapsed to the ground, savoring the taste of life and death, because my body was in so much pain that my mind began to run wild.

I think I've tried it somewhere before, the feeling of my body being torn and my soul being cut. For some reason, I seemed to see the red lines in the Palace again. However, this time, the red lines were no longer a tool that obediently twined around Xuan Yue's long white fingers, but a sharp weapon that was tied around Yue Ze's ring on his left hand. The red lines were twisted like snakes and as sharp as knives. They tore at my skin and sliced at my soul, inch by inch, blade by blade.

”It really hurts, Master …”

I closed my eyes and sighed slightly, but my master, Xuan Yue, was not by my side at the moment.

At the start, I could still barely count. I calculated how many bolts of lightning this was, but at the end, my consciousness had already started to dissipate and I no longer had any strength to continue supporting myself. I just lay there, numb to the wind and the rain. I even half hoped that the thunder would come down soon and end before the people at the foot of the hill did something unexpected.

However, the heavenly thunder did not come down at the same time. It was like a willful child, sometimes striking a thunderbolt in the forest, and sometimes making a ruckus in the clearing. It had no rules, no rules, and no rules at all.

When I fell into a coma, I don't know.

It was as if he had fallen into another long dream.

When I woke up, I found that I was still alive.