Chapter 224: A Deadly Intervention

Chapter 224: A Deadly Intervention

What is going on!? Old Man Spirit shouted. This This shouldnt happen! The tribulation is over! I saw the clouds dissipating. Its three strikes, always three strikes!

And yet, the truth was irrefutable. Not only were the clouds regathering, but more and more of them kept appearing. Soon, they were so many that they formed layers, covering more of the sky until they arrived half a mile above the tiny planet. The arcs of lightning that passed between them were thick like barrels and filled to the brim with power.

Jacks eyes were shaking. Old Man Spirit was gaping in disbelief. Brock tried rushing towards Jack, but a lightning bolt fell before his feet and forced him to step backit was a warning.

Stay back, Brock! Jack shouted. Ill be fine! Ill

He didnt have time to finish his words. A thick thunderbolt crashed on his head, frying his entire body instantly. Its power was way beyond the previous onesand it was just the first bolt.

Suddenly, Old Man Spirit seemed to realize something. His face hardened, and his eyes narrowed as he shouted in rage, WHO IS MESSING WITH MY TRIAL PLANET!?

His voice roared louder than the thunder. For a moment, everything went quiet before another lightning bolt felldirectly on Old Man Spirit.

However, this old man was in his element. Even before the lightning crashed, he pointed a finger at it and shouted, BREAK!

The bolt broke. The air opened up and swallowed it, spiting out to the side. Old Man Spirit floated upward, seeming utterly enraged. I dont know you are, he growled, but if think you can mess with my Trial Planet, you are deeply mistaken.

He unleashed his complete Dao. Jack was blinded. He had no idea what level of power Old Man Spirit had really reached, but he knew that the D-Grade knight hed faced was nothing but a tiny fraction of what he now witnessed. The Dao itself rocked and seethed as Old Man Spirit waved a hand at the sky. A titanic silver mace appeared, aiming to crash into the clouds and disperse them. The entire world stood at attention.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

Show yourself! Old Man Spirit demanded.

The moment the mace was about to strike, however, a second presence blanketed the sky. Jack froze. Old Man Spirits mace was broken, his Dao was crushed, and his body was flung downward, nailed into the ground as if spiked by a giant.

Old Man Spirit was unfathomably strong, but whoever was here was someone even stronger. A voice rumbled from the sky, like the far-off whisper of a God.

Life is sealed in the dark. To those who wield it, death.

It was a few simple words. Yet, Jack felt his entire world shake and sharpen to a point. He felt equal parts terror and awe. Instinctively, he knew he was really going to die.

His gaze went to the side, looking for Old Man Spirit, but his wide eyes seemed to mirror Jacks emotions. It cant be he whispered. The Life Drop The power of Enas You are Axelor!

The voice didnt respond. It disappeared like it had never been there, but the clouds remained, and they were pregnant with deadly lightning of extremely unsafe proportionsall of which was immediately unloaded on Jacks head.

***

On a far-off starship heading away from Trial Planet, a rag-dressed, yellow-toothed man was meditating. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, and his head whipped towards Trial Planet. Axelor he muttered, a storm brewing in his gaze.

***

The B-Grade Head Enforcer of the Hand of God was still hovering before the tribulation in space, when her eyes narrowed. Something is wrong, she told her captains. What is this presence?

She looked into nothingness, reading the screens before her face. Her eyes widened. An Old One is interfering! Notwo of them! She instantly turned tail and ran away, while her panicked captains followed suit. System, intervention detected. Report to headquarters. Contain it immediately!

It was like discovering a crucial piece of himself that had always been missing. How had he fought without his real Dao? How had he even lived?

He reached out a hand and touched it. It fell into place in his soul. Instantly, his entire world shifted. The Dao currents hed seen under the effects of the Dao Sprouting Pill were now everywherethey were part of his normal sight. His body was filled with such power that his mind took some time to comprehend it.

He felt like a godan immortal.

Jack had broken through. He had become a D-Grade cultivator. Right here and now, in the unlikeliest of circumstances, with two gods fighting over his head, he had somehow succeeded.

And, in a flash of awareness, he realized that breaking that barrier with his own two fists was the most suitable way to break through.

Before he could comprehend the weight of his power increase, blue screens flooded his vision.

Congratulations! Perfect Dao Seed of the Fist (peak+) Dao Tree of the Fist

Congratulations! E-Grade D-Grade

Congratulations! You have developed your own, personal Dao, becoming an immortal member of the universe.

All stats +50

Free stat points per Level Up: 5 10

Level Up! You have reached Level 125.

Congratulations! The Bare Fist Brotherhood faction has reached the D-Grade. New functions unlocked in the faction screen.

Congratulations! For being the first cultivator on your planet to develop a Dao Tree, you are awarded the Title: Planetary Overlord (1).

Planetary Overlord (1): A Title awarded to the first cultivator to develop a Dao Tree in an Integrated planet. A sign of great potential, marking the owner as a person worthy of the Immortal Systems assistance.

Efficacy of all stats +15%.

Jacks body convulsed as it was flooded with power. His stats, which were already extraordinary, had just been pushed through the roof. He felt like he could break a mountain with a single punch.

The greatest increase in power wasnt in stats, however. It was qualitative. His Dao had increased so vastly in potency that he couldnt fathom how he ever beat someone of this level while still an immortal himself. Rather than a piece of a greater Dao that he simply borrowed, he now had a power of his own. The difference was unimaginable.

He felt his soul thrumming with an ocean of power, like he was a god himself, and he felt a resonance with the world around him that went beyond words. By simply willing it, he could exert control over his surroundings, influence them with his Dao.

Of course, at this level, his mind was much faster than a normal humans. Despite all these changes, only two seconds had passed since the voice spoke. One remained. Which meant

Even amidst the danger, Jack grinned.

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