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Chapter 419: Pressure; the Core’s Catalyst

The roaring forest of lightning eventually restrained itself The origin of that terrible attack – Lan Jue – shi faded He looked at the dark yellow light where his opponent stood

122’s aura of protection extended about two ht finished the irl’s power explode every which way like a sudden sandstor in a rich uishable fro was flooded with the Earth eleirl’s perky and playful persona had vanished along with nearly everything else Even the audience could feel the waves of energy pouring fro However, Lan Jue did not react He remained suspended in the soupy yellow air while errant tendrils of electricity coiled around hih the haze, but if they didn’t know any better they ht mistake him for a spectator He didn’tif they could feel the crushing pressure he felt

The tension came from both the sky above and the earth below It squeezed hio – the turkey slice in a very unfortunate sandwich

Not bad! Lan Jue irl in yellow didn’t appear capable of reading thoughts, or she’d have crushed him in to dust for his unspoken insolence

It was true, he felt pretty great It wasn’t because of his clear doht, but indeed because he could feel… so to fight his way back to his forthen his foundation He doubted there were many at his current rank that could boast the saive up their Discipline, even for the promise of future success? Not many There was maybe only one in a million with that kind of resolve and uess work on the process, and he was lucky to have only dropped to first rank Not many could afford the risk

Lan Jue’s case was different It was like fate had determined this course for him It was the only explanation for how he ended up in this situation He knew the Pharht because of the differences he felt – differences he hadn’t noticed until she had explained it to him Noas unmistakable, and present every time he trained with Qianlin

The es since the binding Before, he could describe his core as a solution of condensed electric h someone drained away the fluid, and all that was left were those pure molecules He felt purer, e, easy to miss, but now that he knehere to look he could always see it

He could see how this effected his er than before, more capable As with anyone else’s cultivation process, however, progress ca – or, bitter experience This sort ofdiscomfort was best when it came froh coirl eaker than he, but her Discipline was unique Earth-type Adepts specifically had very powerful defenses and had a stronger crushing force than any other power There was nowhere to run, so Lan Jue had no choice but suffer the pressure directly

In a real fight Lan Jue couldn’t have stood around like this The idea would be to prevent your ene any opportunity to counter attack However, Earth Adepts were known for their relatively slow nature, and Lan Jue’s advantage in the area didn’t need to be affirmed

But why not abuse it? Because he liked when his ene her true strength, and that hat Lan Jue appreciated He was a little busy, but if someone were to ask how he felt in thatbegan to shake The girl fixed Lan Jue with an i time Earth Adepts were slow, but if they had tierous

The e impression She’d neverhis status, to lose quite quickly to the Mercenary king However, instead he had allowed her to eth Could he be that self-confident? Did he think he could shrug off everything she had to throw at hiht of his suspected conceit worh her mind Somewhere deep in her chest her Core flared, but all Lan Jue saas the sudden and violent expulsion of her Discipline That faer than before He could feel his bones creaking

Still he did not es in his own Core As the outward pressures increased he watched the blue-purple energies condense in to a gloriously shie, though its color diolden power that tried to expand outward

The interior of his Core also seemed different He’d since felt the purity of his Discipline compared to before, but now it see

Yes, that’s what it felt like! Lan Jue was overjoyed – losing this fight would be orth it If he was right, then the benefits of these changes would be reaped when he got back to the Avenue