Chapter 138: Lightning Tribulation Gate (2/2)

Xiao Fang struggled to raise his arm, but was eventually able to grab the wrist of the elder that was holding him up by the neck.

”I... will never... give up.”

A fierce smile appeared on Xiao Fang's face, it was a smile telling her not to underestimate him, and that he was going to show her just how great he was!

Still being held up in the air by his neck, the dim blue light in Xiao Fang's dantian began to shine brighter. He was activating his spirit attribute once again.

The elder frowned. The look on Xiao Fang's face was not a look someone in his condition should've been making. His spirit body was in a piss-poor condition, but his fighting spirit was still as strong as ever.

Since he was already starting to power up his spirit attribute, she started healing him again.

Despite looking like he was doing the same thing over and over again, Xiao Fang had actually been studying his spirit attribute closely.

The reason why he couldn't unlock the full strength of his spirit attribute wasn't because he reached a bottleneck, there wasn't a barrier to begin with or else he wouldn't have made any progress whatsoever. All this time he had been subconsciously stopping himself from grasping that power, in fear of the suffering he would have to endure.

Xiao Fang was rarely scared of anything. He hated to admit it, but this time, he was scared. If he was feeling so much pain from just this small amount of control, then what kind of torture would he have to go endure if he unleashed it's full strength.

However, Xiao Fang finally realized something.

The first time he took the spirit attribute off the shelf, he had to push through unimaginable pain just to touch the scroll, but after he did, it no longer hurt him to touch it. Could the same thing happen if he released the full strength of the spirit attribute, or would he really be put through inhuman torture? There was only one way to find out.

Suddenly Xiao Fang's spirit body began to light up.

”Hey, what are you doing? At least wait for me to finish healing you first,” the elder said.

Despite her words, Xiao Fang kept releasing more of his spirit attribute's power.

The Divine Spirit Beast didn't attack because Xiao Fang's spirit body was still badly damaged. Xiao Fang took advantage of that.

The elder tried her best to heal Xiao Fang, but his spirit body was breaking down faster than she could heal him. Each spirit vein in his spirit body was much larger than they were before, allowing more qi from his spirit attribute to flow through him. The cracks in his body began to shine, and the streaks of lightning began to zap and crackle around him.

The elder used as much of the pagoda's spirit power as she could, but his spirit body was simply breaking way too fast.

'What are you doing? Are you insane!?' She feared that all the pain he put himself through ended up making him go crazy.

Despite all that was happening, Xiao Fang was confident in himself and he tried to show that confidence while staring directly into the elder's eyes. Suddenly, his bright violet eyes began to glow in a curious way. She didn't know what to think of it, but it was making her feel weird.

”Stop being so reckless, if you keep going you're going to die!” she screamed for him to stop, but Xiao Fang ignored her.

Xiao Fang was aware of himself more than she knew. He knew he was walking on a fine line, but that was exactly what his spirit attribute wanted him to do. The spirit attribute had a mind of it's own, and Xiao Fang knew what it wanted, he could feel it. If he wanted to gain its power he would need to push himself to the very edge.

The reason Xiao Fang didn't tell the elder about his discovery was because he assumed she would've tried to stop him from beating the challenge. It turned out he was wrong about her. If she really disliked him as much as he thought she did, then she wouldn't have been so concerned about whether he lived or died.

She kept trying to make him stop, but what she didn't realize was the transformation happening to Xiao Fang's spirit body. He was going through rapid growth as his spirit body was continuously being destroyed and regenerated. Every second in this state was already way more beneficial to his cultivation than anything else he's ever done.

In her last efforts to make Xiao Fang stop, the elder finally told him the truth. She admitted to knowing that it was impossible for him to control the full power of his spirit attribute. She just wanted to have fun with him, but she never expected him to take it this far.

She looked as if she was about to tear up, but Xiao Fang eventually couldn't hear a single word she was saying. In the next moment his surroundings changed.

It was as if he was transported into a dark void.

'Where am I?' Xiao Fang thought as he inspected his surroundings.

Xiao Fang then noticed the giant gate behind him. The 2 doors were several dozens of meters high, and a few dozen meters across. On the doors were intricate designs of mystical creatures and beautiful scenery. However, after taking a step back, Xiao Fang was able to see 2 huge characters camouflaged into the epic collage of images. The ancient characters on the doors read:

[ Lightning Tribulation ]