Chapter 297: The Sound of My Heartbeat

Aimi's purple fore-eye shone and her rings revolved like in orbit. A huge ivory bone shield soon appeared before her.

Essence poured crazily from the bodies of the members of the Changshou Tong Race into the ivory bone shield as its size grew rapidly. After fifteen breaths of time, the bone shield was almost ten metres in length and it had become a shiny tinge of black.

The stream of fire slammed into the bone shield, devouring it with the Vermillion True Flame but Aimi's group was safe.

Aimi's eyelids drooped. The bone shield was a rank three Immortal Grade artifact that was precious to her. She did not expect to see the day it would be completely destroyed.

All of a sudden, Yu Er Dan appeared before them as she extended her leg for a kick.

Her leg that was as fresh as new fruits from the farm struck Hiroki who was unable to react, lifting him off the ground. His ribs broke and punctured his heart and before he even hit the ground, he was already dead.

Yu Er Dan was well versed with martial skills and was a deadly opponent at close range. The moment she kicked Hiroki and returned her leg, she continued with a jab towards Aimi's face.

"Shit!" Alarm bells rung in Aimi's brain as she crossed her arms before her, protecting herself from Yu Er Dan's punch.

The punch shifted her a few metres backwards and her arms shook wildly. The bones within them were fractured in many places that she could barely move them. Unless she focused her Essence on healing herself, she would not be able to mover her arms.

Yu Er Dan flexed her fists and ignored Aimi, moving on to another person. Aimi was very little threat without her arms.

She was an Original real expert fighting many second tier of Acquisition realm experts. The situation was the same as putting a dragon in the midst of chicks.

Only a bloody carnage would follow.

…..

Lu Zheng and Makato engaged in a silent struggle as the scythes and great ice hands fought one another back.

Icicles rained randomly but Makato's barriers held strong.

"Hehe" Makato chuckled hoarsely. "I must congratulate you. You are the first to hold against my Soul Chasing Scythes for so long. However, I have my race to revive so I must end this now"

The barriers around Makato disappeared as did the Soul Chasing Scythes but neither the great ice hands nor icicles were able to touch him. It was like the area around Makato had become a forbidden zone for other techniques.

Makato's aura transformed completely as thunder began to resound from within him. Golden bolts of lightning encircled him before transforming into a large dazzling golden bolt of lightning.

Lu Zheng's expression changed slightly as he cancelled all of his techniques in anticipation of Makato's technique. He knew the might of an Original realm expert was great and he would only kill himself if he underestimated one.

The golden bolt of lightning made a sharp arc mid-air before suddenly appearing before Lu Zheng.

However, what happened next shocked Makato to his very core.

The golden bolt of lightning wrapped around Lu Zheng's body in an inanimate yet affectionate manner. It was as if the bolt of lightning was a pet of Lu Zheng that was cuddling him after missing him for so long.

Makato could not believe his eyes. For a second, he wondered if it was his lightning that was wrapping around Lu Zheng.

A sigh of relief escaped Lu Zheng's lips and he fixed his gaze on Makato: "Don't bother trying, I have severed all connections between this bolt and you. You know, if you had imbued the Spectral Spark Flame in this bolt of lightning, I would not have controlled it so easily"

The golden lightning bolt ran a few laps around Lu Zheng before receding away. It became a large mass in Lu Zheng's palms before suddenly shooting towards Makato.

The aura of death dawned on Makato and at the very last moment, he regained control over his lightning bolt, destroying it at once.

The most miniscule of frowns appeared on Lu Zheng's face but he only shrugged his shoulders: "I was not planning on killing you with that. Now, peer into the abyss of death and let me show you a true technique"

The moment those words fell from his lips, Makato clutched his chest and fell to the ground. Green veins bulged from his head and his head turned into different shades of white and red.

"You can finally hear it, can't you?" Lu Zheng strolled casually towards Makato. "The sound of my heartbeat"