Around the lightning, fierce winds howled toward Lu Xuanji, making the already swift bolt even faster!
Wind lent force to thunder, and thunder borrowed might from wind. Together, their power multiplied.
In the void, the blue lightning flickered faintly.
The next instant, it struck Lu Xuanji's Golden Body with a thunderous crash.
Boom!
With an earth-shaking roar, Lu Xuanji's Golden Body, already strained beyond its limits, could hold out no longer. It exploded under the terrifying strike of wind and thunder, scattering into countless flecks of golden light that faded into the void.
With his Golden Body shattered, Lu Xuanji appeared in the void, his aura faint as a thread.
He looked at Feng Lie, unwillingness and despair filling his eyes.
One extraordinary prodigy was already this powerful. Yet three extraordinary prodigies had come to attack Yuntai Courtyard, along with a prodigy of the Holy Son's caliber.
How could they possibly stop them?!
Was there truly no changing Yuntai Courtyard's fate?
The next instant, arcs of lightning flashed around Lu Xuanji. Blue electricity leaped across his skin with a sizzling hiss.
Those arcs were the lingering power of Wind-Thunder Attraction. Like maggots clinging to bone, they gnawed relentlessly at his body, worsening his injuries.
His vision went black. As though all his strength had been drained away, he swayed, then fell straight down.
But as he fell, he suddenly saw a black Fire Lotus appear behind Feng Lie.
The Fire Lotus was black from stem to petal. Its layered petals were formed from pure Darkness Force, their surfaces gleaming with a dim sheen.
It turned slowly, like a flower blooming out of darkness—beautiful and deadly.
The next instant, white light surged around Lu Xuanji. The Divine Envoy of the Temple of Time intervened and took him from the battlefield.
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