Fang Mo shoved Xia Fanbai away, activated the Indestructible Vajra Body Protection Aura, and frantically circulated his true essence, preparing to take the lightning strike head-on.
If he wanted to reach the ninth layer of the Indestructible Vajra Body through cultivation alone, without any external aid, it would take a long time. But he had no time to spare. After he killed Huang Mu this time, the Mechanical Empire would never let him go.
They would very likely hunt him down with all their might. He had to grow stronger, or he wouldn't be able to contend with the Mechanical Empire.
His battle with Huang Mu had already shown him the limits of his strength. In sheer power and speed, he still fell short of the mecha. Once Huang Mu activated the third seal and reached the Transcendent Realm, Fang Mo wouldn't be able to beat him without using the Fen Tian Split Mountain Saber and drawing on the terrain of Red Flame Gorge.
Only by advancing the Indestructible Vajra Body another step, reaching the ninth layer and making his body like a vajra, would he have a better chance of fighting Lei He.
So he could only risk everything, even though he felt a powerful sense of danger.
Lightning several times thicker than before slammed into Fang Mo. Its tremendous force struck him like a ten-thousand-ton hammer, and his feet shattered the hard black iron rocks beneath him.
In the next instant, powerful lightning surged into his body like ten thousand silver serpents, engulfing him completely.
The rampaging lightning crashed through his body, tearing his skin and wrecking his meridians. It threatened to rip his internal organs to shreds. The searing heat and tearing pain made Fang Mo feel as if he would die the very next moment.
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