novelraw Chapter 596 - 270: Symphony of Flesh and Blood (Part 5)
Chapter 596 - 270: Symphony of Flesh and Blood (Part 5)
His left arm was charred.
The withered old face was covered in terrifying blisters and scorch marks from the Thunder Fire.
Yet, unlike Fang Qingyu, whose breath was as faint as a thread,
Jiang Taixuan’s single cloudy eye remained fixed, with a hint of mad delight, on Fang Qingyu’s curled-up figure.
"Hah... hah hah..."
A raspy laugh emanated from his throat, mixed with blood foam.
"Didn’t... didn’t expect... truly didn’t expect this..."
His voice was like sandpaper scraping against dry bones, full of deep-seated hatred and a nearly twisted awe.
"Golden Body... Jade Bone... both surpassed limits... a true... peerless genius in the human world..."
Each word dragged on his body’s excruciating pain, but he didn’t care.
"Good... truly very good... that old dog Hong Qitian... indeed... indeed found a treasure not seen in millennia..."
His eyes were bloodshot with extreme spite.
"But alas... but alas... you, this treasure... today will... fall into the hands of this old man..."
"Rest assured..."
Jiang Taixuan grinned, revealing teeth stained with blood, a smile as hideous as a specter.
"Once you’re dead... this old man... will surely... surely ’make good use’ of your body..."
"Your peerless... invincible... form... and this secret that draws Heavenly Punishment... hah hah... will become the cornerstone for this old man to... return to the peak... and even... surpass the peak!!!"
He greedily "gazed" at Fang Qingyu’s battered yet still incredibly potential-laden body.
As if admiring a priceless treasure about to be within reach.
This time, he suffered greatly.
The Origin was further wounded, and the Gluttonous Stomach was severely damaged, with no sufficient "blood food" to nourish it, recovery was impossible.
But in this misfortune lay fortune...
He was still alive!
And that lad across from him, when the next Divine Punishment Thunder strikes...
Would unequivocally perish!
He could clearly sense that Fang Qingyu’s life force was like a candle in the wind, already at its weakest.
The strange power that attracted the Heavenly Punishment was frenziedly backfiring on its master.
The ninth thunder would be his death knell!
Buzz—!!!
Above, the golden thunderclouds violently churned, and the low thunder was like millions of giant drums pounding simultaneously, assembling the prelude to world-ending destruction!
The ninth!
The terrifying pressure brewing within was more harrowing than the previous eight combined.
Golden electric serpents madly writhed and gathered in the clouds, as if nurturing a colossal Thunder Giant Axe capable of splitting Heaven!
It’s coming!
Jiang Taixuan’s single eye burst with final light, staring unwaveringly at Fang Qingyu’s direction, mouth curling, awaiting the ultimate annihilation to descend.
In this moment of critical danger!
Fang Qingyu’s huddled body suddenly moved ever so slightly.
In Jiang Taixuan’s incredulous gaze, the figure that supposedly couldn’t even move a finger slowly... with extreme difficulty... turned over.
From a curled-up position, it transformed to lying face-up.
That face, scorched beyond recognition by Thunder Fire, blackened and scarred, had the only somewhat intact lips twitch upwards very slowly.
It revealed a smile that Jiang Taixuan found utterly bizarre to the extreme.
Then, a hoarse almost indistinguishable voice but carrying a peculiar peace pierced through the rumble of thunder and crashed into Jiang Taixuan’s ears:
"Sorry..."
"I’m afraid... to disappoint you..."
Boom—!!!
The ninth golden Divine Thunder finally descended!
It was no longer thunder, but a golden pillar of light piercing through the heavens and earth!
Carrying the ultimate Will to judge all and end all, it tore through space, wielding inconceivable destructive power, and brutally crashed toward the face-up Fang Qingyu!
The entire stretch of blood-colored space, within a kilometer, was instantly engulfed completely by pure golden light!
"Argh—!!!"
Jiang Taixuan let out a shrill, distorting scream!
Even if he wasn’t the primary target of the thunder, even if he was far enough away, even as he fiercely circulated all remnants of the Martial Saint’s Power to protect himself...
The reverberations of that majestic Heavenly Might still piercingly stabbed his soul and remaining body like billions of red-hot steel needles!
He felt like an ant thrown into a smelting furnace, every inch of flesh and every nerve shrieking for dissolution.
But he held firm!
He had to see with his own eyes!
Had to see that damned brat be blasted to smithereens by this ultimate Divine Thunder!
Tears flowed unchecked from his eyes, nearly bursting his eyeballs, yet he continued to stare unwaveringly, desperately, at the position where Fang Qingyu lay!
The golden light was blinding!
The vision was only a sea of destructive gold!
Just at the moment before the destructive pillar was about to fully engulf Fang Qingyu!
Jiang Taixuan’s pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoint size!
He saw it!
At the heart of the endless golden Thunder Light, in the last instant before destruction would lay its hand!
Deep in Fang Qingyu’s eyes, also filled with golden light, two suddenly bright, supernova-like bursts of brilliance ignited!
An indescribable, seemingly primordial turmoil surged without warning from his near-collapsing remains!
"Blood... Storm... Open!!!"
A roar pierced through the thunder’s clamor!
Buzz—!!!
Within Fang Qingyu’s charred body, it was as if a slumbering Ancient Fierce Beast had been forcibly awakened.
The scant remaining blood instantly boiled.
Like scorching magma roaring and rushing through dried-up riverbeds.
Unimaginable boundless vitality, mixed with extreme wild force, forcibly tore through the body’s constraints!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!!
The burnt, carbonized dead flesh on his body peeled off in large pieces, like decayed bark under the rush of boiling Qi Blood!