Time slipped silently through his fingers.
Xiao Yu bathed stark naked in the black lightning, enduring excruciating pain at every moment.
At the same time, his flesh grew stronger bit by bit.
Comparable to a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun...
Comparable to a One-Star Dou Zun...
Comparable to a Two-Turn Dou Zun...
The black lightning naturally noticed this, but paid it no mind. First, its intelligence was limited; it simply lacked the capacity to ponder why Xiao Yu was growing stronger.
Second, the black lightning did not care that Xiao Yu was growing stronger. It felt only boundless fury and wanted to utterly destroy the fellow who had provoked it.
And so, one passively endured while countless others frantically unleashed energy to attack.
Both sides seemed remarkably in sync. As one side increased its output, the other's capacity to withstand it soared, maintaining an exceedingly fragile balance...
At the outskirts of the Void Lightning Pool.
Crackle!
An elderly figure strolled through the lightning pool as terrifying bolts of silver lightning, dozens or even hundreds of feet long, relentlessly struck him.
Yet he seemed entirely unaffected, as though the lightning did not exist and he was merely wandering around his own courtyard.
"Seriously, what's going on? Why haven't I seen any Black Demon Lightning yet? That doesn't make sense."
The elderly figure surveyed his surroundings, muttering incessantly.
Seemingly growing irritated, he waved his hand, sending an incomparably powerful blast of invisible force shooting outward. Wherever it passed, the silver lightning was instantly annihilated, vanishing without a trace.
Once the lightning around him disappeared, his features were revealed.
He was an old man dressed in simple clothes. The most conspicuous feature was a tuft of white beard on his chin, which bobbed up and down as he spoke.
Gazing at the