Lu Huangtian stood where he was without moving, yet there was not the slightest hint of panic in his eyes as he watched the others leave.
Instead, he turned back to Lu Ling with a trace of apology. "Sorry to trouble you."
Lu Ling laughed freely. "It is all for our clan!"
The moment his words fell, the sound of Lu Ling's heartbeat rang out in rapid succession. His already aged face began to rot at an astonishing speed, and the life force of a mighty Dou Zun expert started fading away in an instant.
At the same time, milky-white translucent patterns silently appeared on Lu Huangtian's forehead!
Just as Lu Ling's life force was about to completely vanish, lightning-shaped patterns spread across his entire body. Strands of black-purple lightning wriggled and darted about like tiny black-purple snakes, intermittently flashing with blinding light.
What no one had expected was that this sea of lightning, forged from Lu Ling's life, directly swallowed Shi Jiuyue and Xu Ce, who were not far away!
Countless bolts of lightning filled the air, densely crowding the space within several hundred feet. The dazzling lightning made it impossible to see what was happening inside.
Suddenly, lightning churned in one part of the thunder sea. Waves of Dou Qi caused the sea of lightning to surge relentlessly, yet it always fell just short of breaking through and could not escape the thunder sea.
"Lu Ling, you will not die well!" Shi Jiuyue's voice boomed like furious thunder, though it was somewhat unsteady. It was easy to imagine that Shi Jiuyue's condition inside the thunder sea was far from good.
On the other side, a shriek powerful enough to shake and shatter the surrounding space erupted, tearing open a gap in the thunder sea.
However, when the blood-soaked