Inside The Black Mist-Chapter 150 - Strange Phenomenon
“Whoa, whoa, this isn’t good. That sword is unpredictable; there’s no way to gauge its attack range!” Kunlan wiped the cold sweat dripping down his face, watching the crooked black chasm in the ground not far away with lingering fear.
Tianyang also realized this problem. When the Black Prince first drew his sword, lightning flashed around like a whip, then condensed to the length of a single-handed sword, only to suddenly extend out into a massive lightning storm spanning over ten meters.
This was beyond the scope of an ordinary weapon. What kind of technology could forge such a terrifying lightsaber?
Its power was incredible. The lightning storm from a moment ago crystallized the ground in an instant, indicating the storm contained immense heat, changing the molecular structure of the ground in seconds.
If Kunlan had reacted a split-second slower, his body would likely have been shattered into crystal fragments by now!
“The Nightwalker knows no fear!” Cangdu murmured, his eyes glowing red, as he launched another charge.
The Black Prince lowered his arm. Cangdu, assuming he was about to unleash another powerful lightning storm, focused all his attention on him. But instead, the Black Prince merely touched the ground with the tip of his lightning sword, sending a few strands of pitch-black lightning surging into the ground.
The next moment, lightning spikes burst from the ground like blackened, deadly thorns.
Cangdu dodged as best as he could, barely avoiding a few spikes, but one still pierced his right leg.
The young man with a ponytail knelt down on one knee. With a flick of the Black Prince’s wrist, his lightning sword was about to sweep upwards again, unleashing a storm with devastating range, power, and intensity!
At that moment, a scarlet light pressed down on the hilt of the lightning sword. Although the lightning sword was a condensed energy form, its hilt was tangible.
Somehow, Tianyang had slipped up close. He forced the Black Prince’s blade down with the Crimson Moon, preventing him from releasing the lightning storm.
“Idiot, if you have this chance, why not strike him down instead!” Kunlan charged forward, leaning so far that his torso was nearly parallel to the ground.
His hook blade aligned with his arm, and the blue-haired youth sprinted forward courageously, the Black Prince’s figure growing larger in his sights.
Then he saw the Black Prince lift his left hand, arcs of lightning crackling, and aimed straight at Tianyang’s head!
At this point, Tianyang had two choices.
The first was to abandon Cangdu and withdraw, allowing the Black Prince to release his lightning storm and obliterate the young man with the ponytail.
The second was to take a direct hit from the Black Prince, though no one knew if he would survive an electrified attack like that.
Tianyang glanced at Cangdu, let out a shout, and unleashed his star energy, pressing the Crimson Moon down harder.
Just as the Black Prince’s hand was about to strike, a flash of blue flickered under his palm, and with a loud clang, two crossed hook blades intercepted it.
Kunlan!
The blue-haired youth grit his teeth. “Turns out I’m just an idiot too. White Hair, even if you die now, you better hold on for me!”
Tianyang smiled; in this moment, he actually felt a strange happiness.
The Black Prince let out an annoyed roar. He lifted his knee, aiming to ram into Kunlan.
With a roar, Cangdu yanked himself free from the lightning spike, spraying a trail of blood as he rushed toward the Black Prince.
The Spring Water Sword struck the Black Prince’s knee, immobilizing him.
Since the beginning of the fight, this was the first time the Black Prince had been restrained. The three of them shouted in unison, “Clear Rain!”
Before their voices faded, an arrow streaked through the darkness like lightning, aiming directly at the demonic fruit!
The Black Prince raised his head and spat out a sphere of black lightning, scattering the star-element arrow instantly.
Relieved, he exhaled, but at that moment, tiny points of light appeared above him. Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot down, piercing the branch holding the fruit.
The branch, though thick, couldn’t withstand the barrage, and in seconds, it was severed!
The crimson demonic fruit fell, and as it left the branch, its light dimmed visibly.
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The Black Prince cried out, his helmet opening as dozens of dark red tendrils extended from within, reaching for the crimson fruit.
Seeing this, Tianyang let go of suppressing the Black Prince’s lightning sword, raising his arm and aiming the Death Knell at the fruit!
The Black Prince let out an earth-shattering roar, filled with rage, but even in his fury, the tendrils couldn’t reach the fruit faster than Tianyang’s star-energy bullet!
As Tianyang pulled the trigger, a bright light burst from the barrel, striking the crimson fruit.
At that moment, the Black Prince’s tendrils reached the fruit, only to be torn, repelled, and blown away by the bullet’s explosion.
The crimson fruit shattered in the burst of light!
“Retreat!” Tianyang shouted.
After the fruit shattered, a spray of blood-like liquid shot out! Amid the crimson blood, specks of golden light sparkled like stars.
But since it came from the fruit, no one knew what would happen if a human made contact with it. That’s why Tianyang warned the others to get away.
Both Cangdu and Kunlan leaped back to avoid the spray. Tianyang was about to leave when the Black Prince grabbed him, and he was caught in the bloody torrent!
The crimson juice covered Tianyang, and at first, he felt a refreshing coolness on his skin.
But the sensation quickly turned to one of being tossed into a fire. Despite Tianyang’s resilience, he couldn’t help but let out a heart-wrenching scream.
It was no illusion, but reality! His body was suddenly engulfed in flames. The juice on his skin ignited into fierce flames, enveloping him.
These were pure energy flames. As long as the energy within the juice persisted, the flames would never extinguish!
As for the Black Prince, he didn’t ignite; instead, the liquid seeped into his armor, under his skin.
Suddenly, veins surfaced on his body, glowing red, as if lava were flowing through them.
Although the crimson fruit was destroyed, the Black Prince had absorbed the juices it released. He didn’t stop there, gathering every fragment of the fruit from the ground. Ignoring the humans around him, his helmet opened, releasing more tendrils.
These tendrils, like sentient serpents, rapidly and accurately gathered every piece of fruit, big and small, and pulled them into his helmet.
After the helmet closed, the Black Prince’s body emitted a radiant red glow, his surroundings searing with intense heat. Even his dark armor glowed red, as though it had been set on fire.
Such a strange phenomenon naturally caught Cangdu and Kunlan’s attention. But the silence from the fiery mass that was Tianyang worried them even more.
They had no idea how to help him.
In a matter of seconds, Tianyang was beyond screaming. Yet oddly, he didn’t lose consciousness, though he wished he would just pass out or even die.
The pain was unbearable.
This wasn’t the first time he’d suffered; he still vividly remembered the agony of having his eye stabbed by a Disseminator, injecting his body with dark mist, and the excruciating pain of his first physical enhancement.
But this surpassed all previous suffering! With his body encased in energy flames, though his hair remained unscorched, he felt as if his very soul was stripped of his body’s protection and thrown into the fire.
Even the slightest flicker of flame was enough to make him scream. Now, his entire soul was engulfed.
The pain was beyond words.
Yet he remained conscious, painfully aware of his body’s state. He felt his star energy struggling against the flames covering his skin.
But each time a sliver of star energy escaped, it only made the fire burn more fiercely, doing nothing to alleviate his suffering.
Though his mind was clear, his spirit was on the verge of collapse. Every second felt like an eternity.
Deep within his body, somewhere in his soul or cells, a symbol quietly appeared.
It was so small, Tianyang couldn’t sense it on a microscopic level. It looked like a black skull of a goat, with a faint line of light tracing its surface.
When this line glowed, the energy flames around Tianyang’s body suddenly diminished slightly.
The flames surrounding him were drawn by some force into his body, bypassing his star energy and surrounding the symbol.
A sliver of flame condensed into a tiny dot, circling the goat-skull symbol before joyfully merging into the glowing line.
In the next instant, tens of thousands of lines lit up on the symbol.
The flames around Tianyang’s body quickly disappeared, and in moments, not even a spark remained.
Massive amounts of energy coalesced mysteriously, bypassing his body and his star-energy sea, condensing into countless tiny points of light, floating around the symbol.
They squeezed into the symbol’s intricate lines, each trace filling with fiery light, and in an instant, the black symbol appeared covered in red cracks.
In the next second, it shattered into billions of unmeasurable particles.
But in a blink, they reformed, creating the black goat-skull symbol once again. Only this time, the curved horns had new red markings.
Hiss—
Tianyang suddenly took a deep breath, his eyes refocusing. Despite a splitting headache, the young man knew he had survived.
He got up and looked at his hands in disbelief. Just a moment ago, he’d been engulfed in flames, yet his clothes, armor, and even his hair showed no signs of burning.
It was as if it had all been an illusion.
Beyond that, he felt something strange, like the black mist that had always drifted in the Nether Realm was no longer just simple fog in his eyes.
Tianyang’s intuition told him it was a form of energy, unique to the Nether Realm and existing in a specific form.
He even felt that he could somehow use this energy. As he thought this, the black mist in front of him suddenly grew denser, silently concealing his figure.
