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Kent lay motionless on the 12th step, his body charred and smoking from the devastating strike of the Holy Crow Spirit’s lightning. His consciousness had slipped away, and for a moment, he was suspended in a void of darkness and pain.
In the depths of his mind, the Lust Goddess’s voice echoed softly, a beacon of warmth amidst the cold void. “Kent, awaken. It’s not over yet.”
Gradually, Kent’s awareness began to return. He could feel the warmth of the Lust Goddess’s power coursing through his veins, knitting together the torn flesh and soothing the ravaged nerves.
His eyelids fluttered open, revealing the stormy sky still crackling with residual energy above him. The air was electrifying, and the ground around him was scorched black.
Slowly, painfully, Kent pushed himself up into a sitting position. Every movement sent waves of agony through his body, but he grit his teeth and forced himself to endure. His hands trembled as they pressed against the rough stone of the crater.
He closed his eyes and took deep, measured breaths, drawing the remaining lightning energy into himself. The potent force that had nearly killed him now began to heal him, mending his internal injuries and infusing his body with renewed strength.
The charred skin started to regenerate, revealing a healthier, stronger layer beneath. His muscles, torn and overstrained, began to knit together with a resilience they hadn’t possessed before.
Kent felt a warmth spreading through his chest, and as he looked down, he saw faint traces of red light flickering across his skin. The lightning energy, now harmonizing with his own essence, was transforming him.
His aura, once raw and chaotic, now flowed with a refined and potent power. The channels within his body expanded and solidified, making him feel sturdier and more grounded than ever before.
As he sat there, absorbing the lightning energy, the pain slowly ebbed away, replaced by a sensation of pure, unadulterated strength. He could feel his body adapting, becoming more attuned to the elemental forces that had struck him.
Kent’s eyes snapped open, and they shone with a clear, determined light. He looked up at the next step, the 13th and final trial that awaited him. The fear and hesitation he had felt earlier were now replaced with an unyielding resolve.
With a final deep breath, he rose to his feet, feeling the ground steady beneath him. With clenched fists Kent took a step forward.
As he walked forward recovering fully, Kent stepped onto the 13th step. The moment his foot touched the ancient stone, a deafening thunderclap reverberated through the sky, sending shivers down his spine.
His heart pounded in his chest as he hesitated, lifting his head slowly. Before him, a pair of golden eyes pierced through the darkness, staring at him with a grim, unwavering intensity. It was the Ancestor Dragon, its majestic horns curving upward like ancient spires.
Kent swallowed hard, his determination wavering momentarily under the dragon’s formidable gaze. This is his first seeing the form of a dragon in real life. He never thought Dragon would be this domineering.
As he continued his ascent toward the center of the step, the sky above him began to churn, a massive tornado forming with an ominous growl.
Pitch-black clouds gathered, casting an oppressive shadow over the landscape. The once-white desert transformed, the pure sand now tainted by the encroaching darkness.
The sky grew darker still, the swirling clouds blacking out the surroundings. Kent could barely see his own hands in the thick, stifling blackness.
He stumbled but quickly found his grip, lowering himself into a meditative posture.
Suddenly, the voice of the Lust Goddess echoed within his mind, breaking through the oppressive silence. “Take out the dormant dragon egg present in your spirit ring.”
Kent’s eyes widened in surprise. “How could she know about the egg?” He got the egg by doing a favor to the Poison Sect Matriarch, never suspecting it held any significance beyond that.
Despite his curiosity, he knew better not to question the Lust Goddess in such a crucial moment.
Without hesitation, Kent reached into his spirit ring and retrieved the dormant dragon egg, cradling it gently between his palms as instructed.
The egg was warm to the touch, but no other sensation. He held it close, wondering what the egg could do in this dire situation.
The Lust Goddess’s voice came again, calm and reassuring. “The egg in your hands belong to the lightening race dragons. There might be a chance that it will hatch under the attack of this ancestor dragon spirit lightening.”
Kent nodded, closing his eyes and steadying his breath. The darkness around him grew even more profound.
As the black clouds above reached their zenith, turning the white desert into a night shade dark. Kent remained resolute.
At this time, the entire world, under the influence of the gigantic divine thunder dragon had turned dark.
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“Rumble!” A series of loud rumbles could be heard. It was extremely shocking.
“As expected, the last Lightning was extraordinary!” Kent muttered to himself as he felt the movements of the thundercloud in the sky.
At this time, seeing the appearance of such large scale devastating thundercloud in the sky, Kent could also tell how terrifying this area of thundercloud was.
When the lightning from the thundercloud descends, it will definitely not be ordinary, and its might will definitely be very strong.
“I wonder how powerful the lightning from the Divine thundercloud Dragon is!” Kent muttered to himself while staring at the golden eyes, glowing brightly in the dark sky.
At this time, Kent thought in his heart that he was also extremely looking forward to the descent of the lightning.
In addition, the more powerful the lightning, the better the tempering of the body would be.
Just as he anticipating, a loud rumble started from one end and passed to another end.
“It’s coming!”
“BOOM”
Kent body trembled violently the moment the dark bolt of Heavenly divine dragon lightening pierced through his head.
As soon as the dark lightning bolt entered his body, Kent’s entire spiritual space shook and was almost instantly brought to the verge of collapse. But suddenly the dark lightning bolt plunged directly inside the dormant egg stuck between Kent palms.
Before Kent understood what’s happening, a series of lightening’s began falling from sky. Kent did not understand why more lightening were falling, even though the first one passed.
The storm God consciousness hurriedly appeared before Kent to protect him.
“Leave the egg…!” Both Lust goddess from within and Storm God consciousness from outside, shouted in unison.
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