Today's second update: Chapter 850! 2/4!
The aftershocks from the clash between Unyielding Starfire and the Great Jin Star Mark projection gradually faded. Sima Dai was still kneeling on the ground, while the entire arena remained stunned and frozen.
The first to break the silence was unexpectedly Xu Kun's uncontrollable, hysterical cry of pain!
"Ah! Fuck!"
"It hurts like hell!"
Xu Kun, his entire body emitting bloody smoke, leaped out from underground. Every part of his body convulsed violently!
He clutched his head with both hands, his nails digging into his skull. His eyes were wide open as he let out beast-like roars!
"What's wrong with him?"
Seeing this, everyone was puzzled, before immediately thinking of a possibility...
"Is he suffering backlash from the power?"
That made sense. How could a skill capable of blocking the destructive might of shattered stars come without any price?
With that thought, those who had struggled to accept Xu Kun's earlier display found some comfort in their hearts!
Xu Kun was a ruthless man who had not cried out even while suffering all Five Punishments!
For his voice to sound this miserable now, one could imagine just how much pain he was in!
Using such a method must have come at an enormous cost!
Everyone had misunderstood the source of Xu Kun's backlash-induced pain, including the Saints. Naturally, Xu Kun had no intention of explaining. It was best if everyone believed that his pain came from using the cost-free Unyielding Starfire!
Just how much pain was Xu Kun, rolling around on the ground, in?
Under the backlash of Bloodflame Engulfment, Xu Kun had returned to the same state as when he fused the Six Ding Divine Fire—when both his body and soul had been subjected to dual execution!
But this was even more