Boom! Under the bombardment of the purple lightning, Xiao Yan, who had already been nearing his limit, finally lost his footing and fell to the ground. He quickly stood again, but another bolt, several times more violent than the last, soon crashed down. This time, he remained standing, but spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Is this another offshoot of the Nine Nether Flame..." Xiao Yan wiped the blood from his lips and looked up at the thunderclouds overhead, his face slightly pale. In those bolts, he had sensed fluctuations similar to those of the Nine Nether Flame. Presumably, this was an evolved form much like nine nether profound ice, except that Tianling's Nine Nether Flame had evolved into a form of lightning.
This lightning was called Nine Nether Demon Lightning. Its power surpassed that of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning Dragon Xiao Yan had refined on the Dou Qi Continent by who knew how many times, and that was with Tianling holding back. Otherwise, the lightning unleashed with her Earth Supreme strength would have been enough to blast both Xiao Yan and his soul to pieces. Even so, he felt an unprecedented, excruciating pain coursing through his body, and even his bones showed signs of fracturing.
Qingtan, standing nearby, had a much easier time, because none of the lightning struck her at all. With her slight frame, a single strike would probably have annihilated her body and soul on the spot. Even so, her heart lurched when she saw the state the lightning had battered Xiao Yan into. This was the first time she had ever seen him so bedraggled.
Just as Qingtan could no longer resist stepping forward to help, Xiao Yan raised his head and shouted at her, "Don't worry about me! Go climb the mountain!"
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