Healing Again

Before dawn, the Capital City lay shrouded in a thin veil of mist.

Lu Chen returned to the Loyal Brave Marquis Residence without alerting anyone and headed straight into the underground secret chamber.

In the battle at Yin-Gathering Mountain, he had appeared to kill the Bone-Eroding Demon General with overwhelming force. Yet the counterattack of a mid-stage Supernatural Power demon general at death's door, coupled with the injury to his left arm from directly taking the enemy's full-force attack, was far more serious than it looked.

Sitting cross-legged, Lu Chen sank into an inward examination.

Several fine cracks had appeared in the bones of his left arm. The meridians still retained the bone-eroding, icy corrosive force of the demonic flames, which was continuously eating away at the vitality of his flesh.

More troublesome still, his soul had been weakened by his repeated use of the Godslayer Thunder Eyes. The final strike, "Evil-Slaying," in particular had consumed an enormous amount of power, leaving waves of weakness washing over him.

"Sure enough, killing a mid-stage Supernatural Power opponent across realms was never going to leave me unscathed."

Lu Chen's mind was clear. There was no fear in him; instead, he felt the satisfaction that came after tempering.

With a thought, he summoned the System Panel.

[Current Demon Devil Lifespan: 4515 years]

"Healing comes first."

Lu Chen focused on the injuries to his left arm and the weakness of his soul, issuing the command with his mind.

[Heal left arm bone fractures and meridian corrosion; restore consumptive weakness of the soul. Estimated cost: 200 years of Demon Devil Lifespan. Confirm?]

"Confirm."

A vast, gentle current of warmth instantly poured into his body from the void, flowing precisely toward his left arm and the sea of consciousness between his brows.