Chapter 1009: Chapter 965: The Death of Yu Ji

At that moment, had Ma Chao been able to instantly unleash normal power to break through the thunderclouds, he wouldn’t have faced a life-threatening situation. However, the lightning was too swift, and after Ma Chao took a hit, his entire body went numb, with countless bolts of lightning surging towards him!

In that moment, Ma Chao faced a sea of silver-blue bolts wrapped in red lightning, barely managing to hold them back. Yet, the lightning was endless, pouring forth without cease. If not for the Divine Stone releasing numerous Life Essence Qi after being struck by Heavenly Thunder, Ma Chao’s small body would have been reduced to ashes in roughly ten seconds.

But the Divine Stone could only restore the body and couldn’t prevent Ma Chao from accumulating lightning. By the time half of the Divine Stone’s power was left, the lightning within Ma Chao and Lifeisha’s bodies had already reached its limit. A few more ordinary bolts, and they would have been reduced to ashes.

Of course, if it were a super lightning bolt, even with the Divine Stone, Ma Chao couldn’t withstand the first one. A trillion-watt ordinary super lightning bolt would be enough to obliterate everything in an instant.

Even so, ordinary smaller lightning bolts aren’t something mortals can resist. Without external assistance, Ma Chao and Lifeisha, enveloped in the lightning, would be unable to escape and be reduced to ashes, counted by seconds.

They say fate hadn’t abandoned him yet. As Ma Chao was about to be reduced to ashes, he seized the moment when the Golden Spear shattered the thundercloud to break free. Though struck several times by lightning upon breaking free, he was not pushed to the brink where his body and spirit would be utterly annihilated.

The moment he rushed out of the thundercloud, Ma Chao felt the endless lightning within his body about to detonate, his consciousness slipping away. Driven by the instinct of life and the indomitable spirit of a top general, Ma Chao frantically vented the lightning power within his body before collapsing into unconsciousness.

“Rumble!” At the instant Sunx Ce’s Golden Spear struck, a bolt of lightning several feet thick was released by Ma Chao. Countless additional bolts quickly followed, twisting towards the earth and striking Yu Ji. The near-super lightning force was absolutely unbearable for Yu Ji.

As the bolt struck Yu Ji, a split suddenly appeared in the dark clouds. Sunlight poured onto Sunx Ce, while Yu Ji, struck by the immense destructive force of nature, stood there unscathed. As for Sunx Ce and others tens of meters away, they were unaffected in the slightest.

“Is this the Mandate of Heaven?” Yu Ji did not move his lips, but his voice, tinged with loneliness and resignation, echoed in all directions. A moment later, Yu Ji slowly disintegrated into ashes and scattered away.

“This… must be fate…” Zhou Yu slowly picked up the conversation, having judged Yu Ji’s failure the moment the formation crumbled. Zhou Yu then sat on the ground, preparing to play the zither, at least to stabilize Zhou Tai’s injuries. As long as Zhou Tai wasn’t dead yet, Zhang Zhongjing could naturally employ his means to save his life.

“Get out of the way!” Sunx Ce was still in shock over why Yu Ji was struck dead by lightning when he suddenly sensed someone launching a sneak attack from the sky. Instantly, he picked up Zhou Tai and dashed towards Zhou Yu and the others.

“Thud!” Ma Chao and Lifeisha plummeted from thousands of meters above without any protection. Luckily, compared to the desperate Ma Chao, Lifeisha retained some strength. Despite the hard landing, they didn’t fall face-first into the ground.

Yet even so, the impact knocked out the near-exhausted Lifeisha, while Ma Chao had already lost consciousness. The Divine Stone in his hand was also knocked away upon impact, landing on Zhou Tai’s wound, with fortune favoring them thus!

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, a person and a horse fell from the sky. Gongjin, you guys stay here, I’ll go check it out!” After placing Zhou Tai down, Sunx Ce immediately resumed his lightheaded demeanor, not dwelling on Yu Ji’s earlier assassination attempt.

As for Zhou Tai, Sunx Ce had been very concerned previously, especially discovering his weak pulse and feeble life force when lifting him. Yet the next moment, he noticed that the weak pulse and life force started to recover.

As long as he could still recover, Inner Qi Manifestation would keep him from dying. The life force, though wondrously faint, suggested he was already at death’s door and shouldn’t be able to recover on his own, but Sunx Ce made a point of sensing again and found Zhou Tai’s life force indeed gradually strengthening.

Thus, Sunx Ce silently cursed in his heart, damning Zhou Tai for never going full out while sparring with him before.

Seconds of heavenly display before, even if enhanced by a secret technique, surviving indicates this technique can be conventionally used at will. As long as Inner Qi Manifestation can still restore, there’s no problem; the severity of injury is merely a matter of time, fearing only if it could no longer restore.

[Truly bizarre, Youping had this up his sleeve. Even if he couldn’t kill Lyu Bu in that state, he’d have beaten him bloody. How could he hide it?] Sunx Ce casually dropped Zhou Tai on the ground and paid him no mind.

“Brother, how can you treat General Zhou this way? He protected us earlier!” Sunx Quan expressed great dissatisfaction at seeing Sunx Ce casually discard Zhou Tai on the ground, “He’s severely injured, perhaps even…”

“Don’t worry; he’ll be fine in a few days. This guy can only be said to have superficial injuries. You can ask Gongjin; his life force is recovering. Just have him take more tonic later,” Sunx Ce remarked nonchalantly.

To Sunx Ce, these injuries were just superficial. As for why Zhou Tai hadn’t awakened, it was entirely due to exhaustion, not severe wounding.

“Brother in arms…” Sunx Quan looked at Zhou Yu with his adorable green eyes glaring, either from anger at Sunx Ce or some other reason, his eyes seemed particularly green today.

“Though hard to believe, besides General Zhou being in a false death state when he fell, his injuries have already started to heal on their own. It’s likely some personalized secret technique,” Zhou Yu thought, recalling Zhou Tai’s swift recovery before, matching the current situation with what seemed like an upgraded version, silently cursing Zhou Tai for his prior self-destructive heroics!

Neither of them had actually considered the possibility that the heaven-sent Divine Stone landed in Zhou Tai’s wound, that its Life Essence Qi and energy, already triggered by Heavenly Thunder, were fully absorbed by Zhou Tai’s body upon touching blood, resulting in this situation.

Even so, though Zhou Tai’s body healed, his Spirit hadn’t awakened. When he’d regain consciousness was uncertain, and whether he’d awaken at all was questionable, with the risk of becoming a vegetative state.

However, in this era of conventional wisdom, physical recovery equates to conscious return. Naturally, they wouldn’t be overly gentle with Zhou Tai as long as he wasn’t further injured. Why be so cautious with someone tough as Zhou Tai? (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.wuxiaworld.site for reading.)