Fang Mo shoved Xia Fanbai away. The Diamond Bodyguard Aura surged forth as his true essence circulated madly, preparing to take the lightning strike head-on.
If the Indestructible Diamond Body wanted to enter the ninth level through cultivation alone without external force, it would still take a long time. Yet he had no time. Having killed Huang Mu, the Mechanical Empire would never let him go.
They would very likely mobilize everything to hunt him down. He had to become stronger, or he would not be able to contend against the Mechanical Empire.
After his battle with Huang Mu, he already knew the limits of his strength. In terms of pure power and speed, he was still inferior to a mech. When Huang Mu activated the Level Three Seal and reached the Transcendent Realm, Fang Mo was no match for him without using the Burning Heaven Splitting Mountain Blade to draw upon Red Flame Gorge.
Only if the Indestructible Diamond Body advanced another step and reached the ninth level, Body Like a Diamond, would he have greater confidence in fighting Lei He.
So he could only risk everything, even though he sensed intense danger.
Boom!
Lightning several times thicker than before crashed heavily onto Fang Mo. Its immense force was like a ten-thousand-ton hammer smashing into him, and his feet shattered the hard Black Iron rock beneath them.
Immediately afterward, powerful lightning surged into his body like ten thousand silver snakes, drowning his entire body in crackling bolts.
The violent lightning ravaged his body, tearing apart his skin and wrecking his meridians, seeking to rip apart all five viscera and six bowels. The fierce burning sensation and tearing pain made Fang Mo feel as if he would die the next instant.
Having endured the agony of body refinement countless times,