When Zhang Tie woke up for the second time, he had recovered a lot of his energy. Although he still felt weak, at least he didn't feel like his head was pressed into cotton. Additionally, he could move his hands and feet. He had recovered his senses all over.
Additionally, when he woke up this time, he found that he was lying on a spacious and comfortable bed in a soft robe instead of soaking in the pool.
The moment Zhang Tie opened his eyes, he had seen vermilion windows, jade ceiling, palace lanterns and golden hooks. At the same time, he smelt a vague refreshing fragrance.
The bright sunshine shone in through the window while Zhang Tie could hear the chirps of happy birds outside the window.
Zhang Tie could see the warm eyes, hear the cheerful song of the birds, smell the fresh fragrance and feel his body. All of these were so precious and beautiful for Zhang Tie who had experienced the feeling of death. Zhang Tie couldn't stand taking in a deep breath.
'It's so nice to be alive!'
"Ah, husband, you're awake …"
Yan Feiqing was sitting on Zhang Tie's bedside with eyes closed. The moment Zhang Tie opened his eyes, Yan Feiqing had known it.
Yan Feiqing was in a colorful longuette with a noble and elegant cloud bun on her head. With a thin powder on her face, she looked both dignified and beautiful.
Zhang Tie struggled to sit up on the bed. Yan Feiqing hurriedly knelt down on one side of the bed and supported Zhang Tie. She took a pillow from the bed and helped Zhang Tie to sit against the headboard. She then sat beside Zhang Tie and put her arms around Zhang Tie, letting Zhang Tie's upper body lean against her.
"Husband, do you feel better?"
"Hmm … much better …" Zhang Tie sat up as he felt much more comfortable and spirited.
The sunshine and chirps of happy birds outside the window told Zhang Tie that it was not the time when he fought demons at the bank of Weishui River. Zhang Tie didn't know how long had he been in a coma.
"Qing 'er, what time is it now …"
"March!"
After hearing that Zhang Tie called her Qing 'er the moment he woke up, Yan Feiqing revealed a faint smile as her voice turned tender.
Zhang Tie became stunned for a second, 'It's March. Does it mean that I've been in a coma for almost 100 days?'
"I've been in a coma for over 100 days?"
"To be precise, it's been 96 days. Husband woke up once yesterday, and today is the second time …"
"I'm in Xuanyuan Hill?"
"Yes!"
"Why am I here?"
"Hubby was severely injured that day. It was Zuoqiu Mingyue who sent you to Xuanyuan Hill by airboat for medical treatment. This concubine also escorted you here …"
"What happened that day? Why am I still alive …"
"Hubby, you really don't remember anything?" Yan Feiqing watched Zhang Tie with a bizarre look.
"I really don't remember it …" Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile, "When that weird black ball broke through all the obstacles and touched my protective battle qi, I thought I was going to die for sure. I've already closed my eyes and waited for death. I don't know what happened after that …"
"That shouldn't be the case. Husband, do you know how brave you were at that time …"
As Yan Feiqing narrated, Zhang Tie gradually widely opened his mouth. Even he had not imagined that there could be a turning point when he thought that he was going to die for sure.
In many cases, people's bodies and instinctive responses could be made without thinking. Take a father and a mother for instance, if they suddenly slipped and fell on the road, they would hug their children tightly out of instinct and protect their children by using their bodies as a buffer. In that case, parents' physical responses were instinctive. When a person was suddenly pricked by a needle, he or she would jump away at once. Such an instinctive response was a natural response that everyone could have in a split second. It was also the most correct response in many critical situations.
Even knights could have such a response.
When the thunder of nirvana touched Zhang Tie's protective battle qi, Yan Feiqing saw a virtual shadow shooting onto the thunder of nirvana from between Zhang Tie's eyebrows and detonating it. At the same time, Zhang Tie showed a sign of awakening an ancestral bloodline. Closely after that, Zhang Tie flew backward in the impact wave of the thunder of nirvana. In a split second, he was far away from the most destructive core region of the thunder of nirvana. Although being severely wounded, he didn't turn into ashes. Instead, he survived the fatal strike of the Abyss Monarch.
In the eyes of an onlooker, Yan Feiqing saw a knight's "instinctive response" when Zhang Tie thought that he was going to die for sure.
Zhang Tie had not imagined that his "instinctive response" could save his life in a split second.
Anyone, even a sage-level knight, would have limited thinking. At that moment, Zhang Tie felt that he had no other way except to inject the energy of that weird black ball into Castle of Black Iron. He had not imagined that he could use any trump card at that moment.
"The thunder of nirvana? You mean the black energy is the thunder of nirvana? "It was Zhang Tie's first time to hear about the thunder of nirvana.
"Yes, the thunder of nirvana is one of the most terrifying secret items. Some say it's a silver secret item; some say it's more advanced than a silver secret item. The thunder of nirvana appeared in the last holy war. It's not strange that you don't know about it. Because those who know about the existence of the thunder of nirvana are at least knights above shadow knight. The thunder of nirvana is destructive. As long as you're locked by the thunder of nirvana, heavenly knights would definitely be killed. Even sage-level knights would probably be killed. You're the first one below sage-level knight who could survive being locked by the thunder of nirvana. Oh, what was that virtual shadow that shot out of your forehead? How could it detonate the thunder of nirvana?" After saying that, Yan Feiqing asked Zhang Tie out of curiosity.
Only Yan Feiqing and Zhang Tie who had been married for almost 6 decades could ask such a question. Otherwise, it was taboo for commoners to ask such a question.
Zhang Tie was stunned by Yan Feiqing's question.
'A virtual shadow that shot out of my forehead as fast as a lightning bolt? What's that? A binding chain? No way, how could a binding chain detonate the thunder of nirvana? If it's not a binding chain, what else could it be? '
After hearing Yan Feiqing's question, Zhang Tie closed his eyes and looked inside. At this moment, his body was empty and in a mess! Zhang Tie's guts, meridians, muscles and bones were severely injured. His qi sea and mind sea were also severely damaged. At this moment, a bizarre strength was occupying his qi sea and mind sea like a black hole in the universe, which was constantly devouring his spiritual energy and battle qi in his qi sea and mind sea. That was why he felt so weak now.
Thankfully, the marvelous portal in his mind sea, All-spirits Pagoda and those immortal runes in Castle of Black Iron were not affected.
Only after taking a look at his mind sea, Zhang Tie had known what was that virtual shadow that flew out of his forehead.
That was his doppelganger. It was his Master-level Mirror Doppelganger that detonated the Thunder of Nirvana the moment it left his glabella.
In that case, if Zhang Tie's substitute didn't detonate the thunder of nirvana, as long as that master-level mirror image immortal rune flew out of his central forehead, another Zhang Tie would appear in front of the others in a short while.
At that time, as Zhang Tie's substitute had not completely manifested from the immortal rune, even Yan Feiqing could only see a virtual shadow flying out of his central forehead like a lightning bolt. Closely after that, Yan Feiqing detonated the thunder of nirvana. It meant that Zhang Tie's substitute skill had not been exposed yet.
The thunder of nirvana locked onto Zhang Tie and prevented him from returning to Castle of Black Iron. However, Zhang Tie's master-level mirror separation skill carried all of his energy, qi and blood. Therefore, the thunder of nirvana thought that it was Zhang Tie and detonated it in advance.
After thinking it through, Zhang Tie felt lucky and oozed sweat all over his forehead.
On that occasion, no matter how smart Zhang Tie was, how could he know that his master-level mirror separation skill was the nemesis of the thunder of nirvana; therefore, he could detonate the thunder of nirvana with his mirror separation skill.
It was Zhang Tie's instinct that saved him. At that moment, Zhang Tie's instinct didn't know that Zhang Tie's master-level mirror separation skill could detonate the thunder of nirvana in advance. However, facing the threat of death, Zhang Tie subconsciously wanted to block the dangerous thunder of nirvana with an object or a substitute that he could control. Therefore, Zhang Tie released his substitute out of instinct.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tie activated an ancestral bloodline automatically so that he could escape away from the core area of the explosion of the thunder of nirvana at a faster speed.
The newly activated bloodline was "Imperial Wind" — — Liezi Imperial Wind!
Besides increasing Zhang Tie's flight speed in the air, this bloodline could also enable Zhang Tie to fly passively like a sail in the void being pushed by "external forces" such as fine airflow and waves in the void. The faster and greater the airflow, the faster Zhang Tie would fly …
This ancestral bloodline could save Zhang Tie's life the most in the explosion. Before the explosion destroyed Zhang Tie, the impact wave and the change of airflow in the void would drive Zhang Tie away. As a result, Zhang Tie could escape from the danger zone at a speed far greater than his maximal speed as a divine dominator.
This ancestral bloodline of Liezi Imperial Wind cost Zhang Tie 2,877 bloodline energy points.
'Is it worth it? It's really worth it. It can save my life!'
Zhang Tie felt lucky once again. The reason that he didn't spend so many bloodline points on a powerful bloodline was that he felt that the so-called ancestral bloodlines were different tools. Tools could be classified into different levels; however, it didn't matter which one was more powerful than the other. As long as a tool was used in the right place, it would be powerful. Instead of spending a lot of bloodline points on some expensive tools, he preferred to take those bloodline points with him and buy whatever he needed at the critical moment. In this way, he could maximize the value of those bloodline points …
The fact proved that Zhang Tie made the right choice.
…
PS: Thanks to "Haruolei", the head of Castle of Black Iron, "IPO" and "Castle of Black Iron Special Account for Tips", which represents the support of all the brothers to Tiger. Your love for Ebon and support for Tiger are the greatest driving force for Tiger's writing.
Bow!
(To be continued.)
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
