Chapter 987 - A Nice Guy

“My god, how terrifying. He is using Zhuge Yan’s lightning to temper his physique. Look, his physique’s toughness has increased again. This is insane!”

The crowd was not blind. They could sense Chen Fan's growing oppression and immediately understood the reason.

Chen Fan was using Zhuge Yan to make his physique tougher. This would probably anger Zhuge Yan half to death. He wasn’t just humiliating Zhuge Yan—he was doing it repeatedly, mercilessly.

Naturally, Zhuge Yan noticed. His face was ashen, his expression so dark it seemed water might drip from it.

He had never been humiliated like this!

Using his power to strengthen his opponent? Unforgivable!

His killing intent erupted, surging violently.

“Little Junior Brother sure is creative, using his opponent’s strength to improve himself. Too bad I never cultivated body-tempering techniques; I’d love to try this.”

“And doing that in a life-and-death battle? That’s worse than just losing—it’s enough to drive someone insane.”

“Hoho, I think Zhuge Yan is already on the verge of going crazy.”

Zhu Yue, Jian Qi, and the others chattered on. None of them believed Chen Fan could possibly lose.

“Go to hell!”

Zhuge Yan was so furious that he was about to burst into flames.

He was a peerless prodigy nurtured with great effort by the Sun Moon Divine Sect. At a minimum, he was destined to become the vice hall master of the Heavenly Lightning Hall—becoming hall master itself would be effortless. He even had a shot at the grand position of sect master.

Yet, he was currently being humiliated by Chen Fan. His lungs were simply about to explode from anger.

Immediately, he formed seals with his hand and thousands of lightning bolts gathered, transforming into lightning mountains. They broke through the void and rushed toward Chen Fan. The space completely collapsed and distorted.

“It’s the Mountain Shaking Lightning Seal, a killing technique from the Lightning Book of Nine Palaces and Five Elements. Forming even one lightning mountain is impressive, but Senior Brother Zhuge Yan just summoned ten—and they’re so condensed they look real! Unbelievable.”

“I know, right? As expected of a genius praised by the hall master himself—his innate lightning body is on full display.”

“

Hmph

, this brat named Chen Fan won’t have it so easy this time.”

“Indeed. Each lightning mountain holds the power of a peak seventh-level Manifestation realm expert. This is like ten of them striking at once! Not even an ordinary eighth-level Manifestation realm expert can withstand this.”

“Right, no matter how monstrous he is, it’s definitely impossible for him to skip three levels and fight. I don’t believe it!”

The confidence of the Sun Moon Divine Sect’s people soared at the sight of the towering lightning mountains.

But in the next moment, they were dumbfounded, as Chen Fan rushed up without any semblance of fear, even wearing a smile as if he had stumbled upon a mountain of gold or silver.

Then, with a few punches and kicks, the lightning mountains—so terrifying moments ago—shattered like blocks of tofu.

“This... This...”

“Impossible! This is definitely impossible! I’m dreaming, I must be dreaming, quickly wake up!”

The Sun Moon Divine Sect’s people were utterly flabbergasted.

“Hahahaha, Zhuge Yan, is this really all you’re capable of? If that’s the case, you disappoint me too much. You want to take over Senior Sister’s position? Scheme to seize the throne? Are you even worthy?”

Chen Fan openly exposed the ambitions of the Prince Jing Mansion and Zhuge Yan, making their faces darken.

Though everyone knew about it, no one dared to say it aloud—the sovereign was still alive.

Although he is now gravely ill, as long as he was still alive, the Prince Jing Mansion would not dare to act recklessly.

An apex Invincible Legendary realm expert’s dying retaliation was not something they could afford to provoke.

That was why they played the long game—boiling the frog slowly, waiting for the sovereign’s final breath. [1]

Time was on their side!

“You’re courting death!”

Zhuge Yan’s expression changed. Lightning burst out of his eyes. With a wave of his hand, a river of lightning appeared and violently swept toward Chen Fan.

This was the Overturning Sea Lightning Seal!

“Hahahaha, good, good, good. That’s more like it. This will push my physique even further. Zhuge Yan, you’re a really nice guy!” Chen Fan laughed out loud and rushed forward, splitting the river and parting the sea, swimming in the sea of lightning.

The sea of lightning that could kill an ordinary eighth-level Manifestation realm failed to harm Chen Fan.

Zhuge Yan’s expression was so ugly that it was frightening. For the first time, he truly felt Chen Fan’s monstrous nature.

He could also be called monstrous, being born with a lightning body and capable of skipping ranks in battle. Yet against Chen Fan, he felt like he had met his nemesis.

His lightning—his greatest strength—was useless. Worse, it was a boon to Chen Fan.

How could such a monster exist?

He must be destroyed!

“

Hmph

, Heaven Flipping Lightning Seal!”

Zhuge Yan’s eyes were frighteningly cold. A surge of aura erupted violently from him.

Blood-colored lightning crackled around him like fresh, living veins of destruction.

Zhuge Yan stepped on top of a lightning dragon, like he was a lightning god, overlooking the world.

In his palm, all the lightning of the universe seemingly swirled, wild and untamed. Numerous lightning-runes flickered, condensing into a large seal.

He sent out a palm strike toward Chen Fan.

A terrifying lightning seal instantly rushed out as if it were the decree of a thunder god—embodying heaven’s wrath itself.

The sky and the earth turned upside down!

The heavens crumbled and the earth cracked open.

Chen Fan suddenly sensed an incomparably terrifying aura shrouding him. This aura was very powerful, making him feel an intense danger. For the first time in this battle, he sensed true danger.

This lightning seal pressed down in the blink of an eye and struck Chen Fan.

Rumble!

It was like two stars had collided. Chen Fan came crashing down from the sky onto the battle platform.

A huge crater formed in the incomparably sturdy battle platform, and the resulting fragments and dust flew everywhere.

The entire arena fell silent. Immediately afterward, loud clamoring erupted like a tsunami.

1. The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly. ☜