Rubble fell from the hall's roof, smashing down around the broken stele. The fragment floating before Chen Wuya was still trembling, its blue light pulsing like a breath.
Rubble fell from the hall's ceiling, smashing down around the broken stele. The fragment floating before Chen Wuya was still trembling, its blue light brightening and dimming like breath.
He reached out and grabbed it.
He reached out and grabbed it.
The instant his palm touched the icy stone surface, the wayward force within him jolted violently, as if something had seized it and dragged it deep into his dantian. A system prompt exploded in his mind—
The instant his palm touched the icy stone, the Misaligned Force within him gave a violent twitch, as though something had seized it and dragged it deep into his dantian. System notifications exploded in his mind—
[Foreign fragment successfully connected][Wayward meridian reconstruction initiated]
[Foreign fragment successfully connected] [Misaligned meridian reconstruction initiated]
The gray-robed man had no time to stop him. All he saw was Chen Wuya's hand already pressed against the stele's core. The shattered black stele suddenly shook violently. The other floating fragments began to spin faster and faster, their blue light merging into one.
The gray-robed man had no time to stop him. All he saw was Chen Wuya's hand already pressed against the stele's core. The fractured black stele suddenly shuddered violently. The other floating fragments began to spin, faster and faster, their blue light joining into one continuous blaze.
"Are you insane?!" the gray-robed man growled. "This stele will drain you dry of blood!"
"You've gone mad!" the gray-robed man snarled. "That stele will drain you dry!"
Chen Wuya said nothing. His fingers rested against a crack in the stele as he felt an icy current rush upward through