In a dark cave outside Dragon City, Lucifer laid Lei Xiang flat on the ground. With a casual wave, he set up a barrier around them.
After carefully examining Lei Xiang's condition, he frowned and muttered to himself, "Gabriel, you bastard. Every bone in his body is broken. This is going to take some work. Good thing the Mad God Armor protected his vital foundation. It'll still take quite some effort to deal with this."
As Lucifer spoke, he stretched out both hands. Two masses of black light flickered continuously in his palms, and from each mass shot a beam of purple light that landed between Lei Xiang's chest and abdomen. As the purple light moved, cracking sounds continuously came from Lei Xiang's bones.
"This kid should be waking up soon, right?"
"Mm. His injuries have mostly healed. The shock to his soul wasn't severe. Waking up is only a matter of time."
The unconscious Lei Xiang gradually regained awareness. He vaguely heard people speaking beside him, but trying to listen more closely only stimulated his body. The piercing pain gradually cleared his mind.
He instinctively opened his eyes, only to find utter darkness before him. He could see nothing, and he could not even clearly sense the state of his own body.
Yet once his consciousness returned, Lei Xiang's mind became incomparably clear. He could feel streams of icy air pouring continuously into his body from the top of his head.
This foreign energy is incredibly domineering. It keeps pulling at my meridians and forcibly reconnecting my broken bones, but the bones seem to be joining in positions slightly different from before.
The intense pain made him miserable. He wanted to scream, yet he could not control his body or make a sound. He wanted to pass out