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Chapter 549: Sea Cucumber
Lan Jue awoke from his quiet contemplation of Hera and Qianlin He suffered the pain of the joining with no e, influenced by the power of the sword Under Jun Yongye’ direction the thunder essence and Captus h Lan Jue’s body and soul
His skin flickered with red light, flashing fro felt changed by the harsh addition of this light Soon his whole body was a blazing red dot in the darkness Soht to enitor they’d recently slain
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The Gour into the sky He silently allowed the energies of the planet to flow around hied an Adept They were no longer purely huy This extended to their perception, which was thousands of times better than even a normal Adept That’s why a peak Adept couldn’t content with even the weakest Paragon Breaking through was to evolve into souard, the Gouron! He wasn’t old either There was rooret in the depths of his heart Regret for a wasted youth Once he’d becoed His mind opened, and that allowed him to eventually realize that his painful past was ned specifically to hurt hireatest hope of the Hades Bloodline He was to be their next Paragon, and was destined to lift the falory The Dark Citadel was very aware of this However, while everyone knew Satan was ruthless, cunning and evil, they’d seen how he treated Mika He was a protective father, how could such a man ever visit harm upon his own blood?
It wasn’t Satan, and it wasn’t his own fauessed the aie was already done After all to face his family, nor could he represent them as Hades
He was the Infernal Vanguard noatching in defense of his forh years of depression had weakened hih had seemed sudden, but it was an accumulation over years Even now his comprehension was as solid as it should have been There was still tirowth, but the Gourmet suspected his liht Paragons ere Reflections of Heaven and Earth were as in humanity Even the Ter about Lan Jue… about Lan Qing, too, and even Chu Cheng
Lan Qing, Chu Cheng and Hua Li all left Skyfire after the ’s revelations changed hihly
Because of this, the Gourth He shared everything he’d learned from years of experience It was time to pass the
Froon’s perspective, they were all powerful potential leaders But even though Lan Jue was the weakest of them in Discipline, in the end he would surpass theth and display a deep and co of the world When it rains it pours – it was just as true for Paragons The Phar the tourna, they would join the ranks of those like Jue Di and Celestial Master Qian – the next generation of super huht a ser for the day they would grow into a leadership role He was looking forward to a long vacation with the Sealoomy solitude He’d earned sohtened, and the Gourmet’s eyes snapped to Lan Jue The Seamstress, seated beside him, yelped in surprise
“What is it?”
The Gourmet looked back at her, with a co aura”
The Seamstress was no slouch as an Adept, but her perception could not compare to her lover’s
Another shock ca Ree! Ree! Ree! The urgent bells were deafening The resting soldiers were ients of mechas rushed to prepare for battle
“This is Majesty This is Majesty reporting in We’ve picked up an unidentified object closing in on Teests an alien carrier ship, one thousand two hundred s are similar to a human capital ship ETA one hour before it enters Tempest orbit Prepare for battle!”
The Gourmet’s eyes became hard and cold “You stay here and make sure they mount a stable line of defense Don’t act rashly Letwith”
Even before he finished speaking, the Gourht and shot into the sky He didn’t bring his et in the way He wasn’t sure he’d be able to take an alien that large It was capable of interstellar ration, after all
Their fears would soon be confir that was crimson red froh space like an accordion, contracting then expanding rhythmically It raced ahead at subluminal speeds, it’s six crimson eyes fixed on Tee’s s “What’s the analysis?”