Chapter 249: Dance of Lightning (2/2)
”Where did you get that?”, Edward asks when he suddenly saw a white fruit on Rex's hand.
Hearing this, Adhara poked her head from the back curiously and saw the same white fruit on Rex's hand that emits mysterious energy.
Rex then said, ”I got it after assimilating with my spirit, I don't know what it is”
In a blink of an eye, Rex came up with an excuse as to where he got this white fruit from.
The chamber right after he assimilates with Devo is filled with black smoke, so Adhara and Edward can't see what's happening inside.
Rex then scans the fruit before a notification appear,
<Skygate Ether Fruit>
An ancient seventh rank fruit that has the remnant of ancient information from the Skygate City above the sky, it is the city where Devo the Gatekeeper is born from. This remnant will benefit those who eat it with insight from an ancient civilization.
Reading this, Rex gazes at the fruit intently.
The Skygate Ether Fruit is a circle-shaped fruit that is similar to an orange in terms of shape and size, it has a stalk and a black leaf with a touch of purple on the leaves' tip. The body of the fruit is completely white, and when Rex squeezed it lightly it almost felt like a sponge.
There's no scent coming from the fruit, the soft and smooth skin of the fruit is the only thing that makes the fruit looks appetizing.
After inspecting the fruit for a moment, Rex then throws it inside his mouth and bites it.
Upon biting it, the fruit breaks down easily as the juice of the fruit burst out of the fruit.
The juice infiltrates Rex's taste buds making Rex widen his eyes in surprise, it tastes sweet with a mix of sourness on it that creates an amazing spark in Rex's mouth.
Looking at this, ”What are you doing?! You didn't even know what that fruit is for!”
Adhara shouted in panic as she saw Rex munch on the fruit carelessly, for her, the fruit might just be toxic especially with the enticing black and purple leave on it.
Edward also glance at Rex in disbelief while driving,
No matter how they look at it, the fruit came out of nowhere and is suspicious as heck.
”Relax, I won't die with just this”, Rex replied casually.
Adhara slouches her shoulders in helplessness seeing Rex's careless behavior, she leans back on the seat before closing her eyes fearing that she might just hear Rex choking.
But that expectation didn't come,
After Rex gulped the juices that overflowed in his mouth, his consciousness suddenly got pulled away by something as his eyes glows white.
The scenery in front of Rex suddenly blur and turns into another.
He can see that he's now standing on a flatland, thundering sounds can be heard from the sky as rains pour down heavily followed by lightning cracking the sky.
Rex looks around in confusion,
Many weird-looking animals that emit a horrifying aura can be seen around the place.
These animals are similar to mutated animals that Rex saw in the present time, but they are way bigger and stronger than any mutated animals Rex has ever seen.
They differ from huge reptiles that look like dinosaurs, to huge insects.
It's clear that they're not the same animal from his current time, their size is just too massive.
Aside from the scary mutated animals around here, Rex can also feel the mana in the air is 100 times or even a thousand times more abundant than the present time.
No sign of modern technology can be seen around here, it's as if Rex is in ancient times.
'Where am I? Is this the remnant of the fruit?', Rex thought in confusion, but when he was about to start looking around,
CRACK!!
A huge lightning bolt suddenly flashes on the sky creating a very loud thundering sound that frightens the scary mutated animals, they started to find shelter hurriedly.
Rex jumped in surprise hearing the thunderous sound.
While the mutated animals are scattering away to find shelter, Rex was left alone in the middle of the flatlands as the rain pours down on him.
But then suddenly, something catches Rex's attention.
Right in front of him, he can vaguely see a figure standing in the middle of the rain just like him.
It's hard to see what the figure really is with all of the droplets of water blurring his vision, but one thing is for certain, the figure looks humanoid.
Rex tried to approach the figure slowly but then suddenly,
CRACKK!!
Another lightning bolt spat from the sky but this one doesn't just decorate the sky, but it also hit the figure who is standing in the middle of the rain directly.
Rex fall backward because of the powerful lightning, it was very devastating.
After recovering from his fall, Rex then looks in the figure's direction again but to his surprise, the figure is gone making Rex frown, 'Did that thing get reduced to ash?', he thought.
Rex walks towards the spot where the figure stood,
Upon arriving at the spot, Rex can only see the black charcoal ground leftovers from the huge lighting strike before.
But then suddenly,
BOOM!
Another lightning strike hit the ground 10 meters beside Rex.
Rex covers his face with his arm before peeking to the ground where the lightning strike landed, but his eyes widen when he finds the figure appeared there.
Now that they're so close, Rex can see what the figure looks like.
The figure has features exactly like a human but instead has white skin, its body is muscular that shows the figure is a man, and it only wears weird-looking white pants with its top exposed.
White long hair sways by the wind with no sign of being wet even though the rain is pouring heavily, its eyes are glowing with blue electricity, and there are blue markings all over the figure's body that are also glowing.
Rex squint his eyes while facing towards the figure,
When suddenly,
ZAP!!
Another thunderbolt strikes the figure as the figure disappear from Rex's vision,
Rex looks around the place trying to search for the figure to no avail, the figure comes and go with the lightning just like a ghost.
Then suddenly,
ZAP!!
ZAP!!
ZAP!!
Multiple thunderbolts strike the ground around Rex as the figure appears and disappear the same rhythm as the lightning, the figure has a smirk on his face while looking at Rex.
The figure kept doing this as if it's showing off to Rex.
But then suddenly,
ZAP!!
Another thunderbolt hit the ground right in front of Rex making Rex stumble, the figure stands in front of Rex still with a smirk.
The figure then grabs Rex's arm as intense lightning got transferred from the figure's arm to Rex.
”ARGHH!!”, Rex shouted in pain as the lightning infiltrates his body.
This kept going until suddenly,
”Rex!! Wake up!!”
”Rex!!”
A female voice called out to him as Rex blinks his eyes a couple of times,
He then saw Edward and Adhara are looking at him worriedly, ”Adhara? Edward? What's wrong?”, Rex asks in confusion.
”You passed out!”, Adhara shouted in concern before hugging Rex.
Hearing this, Rex realizes that he passed out the duration he's in that rainy and thundering flatlands with the figure.
'What was he trying to show me?', Rex thought remembering the figure.