Chapter 1324: Conspiracy in the Darkness! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”Seeking death!”
Wang Chong exploded in rage. He had finally begun to understand what was going on. All of this had been part of the man in black's plan. He had intentionally been captured so that Wang Chong would absorb the black Fire of Mara.
”Hmph, I certainly have no time to fight with you. Just patiently wait until your cultivation falls into disarray and your body explodes!”
The black-clothed man sneered, and before Wang Chong could come over, his body swayed and vanished.
”It's just up ahead! Hurry!”
”Don't let them run!”
Wang Chong had barely taken two steps when he heard turmoil from the distance, the crying of men and horses. A significant number of soldiers was heading this way. Moreover, the clash had created such massive shockwaves that it had alarmed many experts of the City Guard and Imperial Army as well. Wang Chong could see soldiers converging on this location from all sides.
”I'll spare your life for now!”
Crack! Wang Chong clenched his fists, his gaze wavering for a few moments before he finally restrained his impulses. His status right now was too unique. If the City Guard and Imperial Army discovered him here, he would be a subject of a fierce court debate by tomorrow morning. To be caught in the midst of this fierce ideological clash was in no way a wise decision.
Bang!
Wang Chong immediately shot off in the direction of the Wang Family Residence. The man in black had been correct. The three flames were constantly in conflict and unable to tolerate each other. At this very moment, they were fiercely battering against each other.
”There's no time. I have to get back as quickly as possible.”
Wang Chong pushed his energy to the limits and vanished from the area before the City Guard and Imperial Army could gather.
As Wang Chong vanished, the man in black emerged from the shadows of a nearby home like a ghost. But his face was pale, his forehead drenched in cold sweat. It was apparent that he had not actually been as calm and composed as he had let on.
”This kid is truly more difficult to deal with than rumored! It's one thing for my movement technique to not work against him, but I almost died at his hand!”
The man in black clenched his teeth as he stared in the direction Wang Chong had gone.
When he had first received this order, he had been somewhat unwilling to take it. In his view, there was no need to go through such trouble to deal with an ordinary King of the human world, and he was even told to have him absorb the Fire of Mara to induce a cultivation defect. This was also why he had struck first, even using his 'Black Flame Asura'. But he had never imagined that not even the Black Flame Asura would be a match for Wang Chong.
Even worse was that the plan said that Wang Chong would only need to absorb forty percent of his Fire of Mara. In the end, however, Wang Chong had managed to absorb seventy percent. His strength had plunged down, and if he hadn't left when he did, he would have died before Wang Chong's cultivation fell into disarray.
”Bastard! Not even half a year will be enough to recover my lost cultivation.”
The black-clothed man's eyes burned with hatred. But the soldiers were getting closer, and the man in black did not dare to remain any longer. He swiftly leapt away from the house and vanished into the dark night.
……
Meanwhile, Wang Chong was flying through the darkness like a bolt of lightning, but a few moments later, his Stellar Energy immediately fell into chaos as it clashed within his body.
Three extremely pure flames of different natures rammed against each other like dragons and tigers, the effects of these clashes soon affecting all the other Stellar Energy in Wang Chong's body. Like a powder keg with a spark cast into it, Wang Chong's body began to violently rupture.
From the True Martial realm to the peak of the Saint Martial realm, Wang Chong had absorbed countless different kinds of energy. All of these energies had been gathering up in Wang Chong's body, and while this hadn't been important at the start, once it reached a certain level, a qualitative transformation occurred, creating a bomb buried inside Wang Chong's body. The Fire of Mara held by the man in black had completely and thoroughly triggered this bomb.
Drip!
A large drop of sweat slid down his face, onto his palm, and then onto the ground. A second followed, and a third… More and more cold sweat seeped out of Wang Chong's forehead. And even without a mirror, Wang Chong knew that his face was undoubtedly a ghastly white.
The black flame had prompted the nearly one thousand different kinds of Stellar Energy within him to start tearing and battering at his meridians, sending a terrible pain throughout his body.
Wang Chong was doing his best to suppress it, and with his supreme understanding of the origin of energy and its manipulation, he was trying his best to guide this energy toward his dantian. But he could sense that he was reaching his limits.
”I have to get back soon!”
He could already see the walls of the estate up ahead. Wang Chong took a flying leap, surmounting the walls and then swiftly entering his study while alarming no one.
Rumble!