653 Refinement Through Lightning! (1/2)
Wang Baole's avatar arrived before the elder within a flash. There was violence in his eyes and murder in his heart. Wang Baole couldn't control his urge to kill after seeing Zhao Yameng being grievously injured before his eyes. The Never-Ending Clan elder's breathing quickened as he sensed Wang Baole's murderous aura. Terror struck him dumb.
Wang Baole and the threat of death loomed over him heavily. The Never-Ending Clan elder bit the tip of his tongue suddenly and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood transformed into a blood fog, which then spread out and formed a wall that stopped Wang Baole's approach. Wang Baole's true form could have smashed it to bits with a single punch from his Flame Snatch Thearch Armor.
His avatar wasn't as powerful as his true form, but it possessed advantages the latter didn't have as well, and that was… its body of lightning that could take on all forms and none at all!
Wang Baole's avatar melted away as soon as the crimson wall appeared in its path. It transformed into a sea of lightning that spread out and went straight through the wall. Instead of gathering together, it flooded over the elder and snaked into his body from every pore!
The elder cried out in pain. The sensation he had was of being struck by lightning. His flesh was being ripped apart, and his insides were burning while his organs spasmed in agony. The pain was worse than the worst form of torture as his entire body was flooded with electricity. He felt as if a large ball of electricity was gathering inside his body, and that it was going to explode and blow him up!
Blood seeped from his orifices without stop, and terror enveloped him. The elder cried out in pain. Then, he gritted his teeth. His eyes shone with madness as he smacked his head on the right violently!
”Get out!”
The head exploded loudly in a mist of blood and flesh. The blood mist formed an illusory bloody hand in the air and made a grab at his own body!
The lightning surging through his body froze instantly. Numerous bolts wormed out of his body, as if yanked out by the illusory bloody hand.
This would have been a simple feat at the height of his power, but it was clear that he was struggling with his current level of cultivation. After all, he had suffered an attack from Zhao Yameng's Anti-Spirit Bomb, which had sent his gradually recovering cultivation plunging from the early-stage Nascent Soul realm to the perfected Core Formation realm. That might still have made him a fearsome foe for any other Core Formation realm cultivators, but that level of cultivation was clearly not enough when it came to fighting Wang Baole!
The lightning bolts that had wormed out of his body gathered together and formed Wang Baole's face. His eyes glimmered with a murderous light as he howled at the bloody hand!
Waves of spirit energy surged out and froze the illusory bloody hand in its path. Strength drained from the hand, and the lightning bolts that had snaked out from the elder's body reentered it.
Before they reentered his body, countless lightning bolts had enveloped one of his arms and turned it into dust.
The elder was about to go raving mad with terror. He could feel his organs being ripped into pieces by lightning. Madness colored his eyes as he raised his hand and smashed his left head!
That was the mystic technique that allowed the Never-Ending Clan to unleash sudden bursts of power. The destruction of one head gave him an additional life, and he had done that consecutively, giving him a greater boost in strength. A second illusory, bloody hand materialized and grabbed through the air again.
The combined forces of the two bloody hands finally produced enough power to yank the lightning out of his body and keep them out!
”Get out!” The elder roared. His remaining four arms pressed heavily into his chest. A loud boom erupted from inside his body as another two arms burst into dust amidst lightning. He finally managed to force the lightning bolts out from his body!
The mass of lightning bolts gathered and formed Wang Baole's face!
It was a bizarre sight to behold. He had finally managed to force Wang Baole out, but the elder's intense fear didn't wane. He knew that he was still in danger. He retreated hastily, eyes bright with madness, and ignored the ache in his heart as he yelled.