Chapter 630: PAID

Childhood Friend of the ZenithWords: 1914

With a blast, smoke billowed upward.

The sharp smell of burning brushed against my nose,

and the heavy smoke clouded my vision.

Wooong—!

I circulated energy through my eyes to restore my sight.

The ground ahead became visible.

Whoosh—!

Gathering flames, I formed a sphere of fire, Flame Jade,

and hurled it at the ground once more.

KWAANG—!!!

Another deafening explosion followed, and debris swirled around.

I repeated this action again and again.

I could feel my inner energy depleting rapidly.

After all, Flame Jade was a technique that consumed a significant amount of energy.

The drain on my energy was painfully evident.

Even so—

I didn’t stop.

Bang! Boom! Bang!

I targeted the visible ground, breaking and shattering it repeatedly.

Without caring about the exhaustion, I kept throwing Flame Jades.

Watching the flying fragments, I reflected:

“There was a time when even using this once was overwhelming.”

I remembered when using it once left me bedridden for days.

It was around the time I first entered the Divine Dragon Hall.

Back then, I had barely reached the Hwagyeong level,

and forcing myself to use a skill beyond my capability had caused countless problems.

Even now, using techniques beyond my level hadn’t changed, but—

“I’ve improved.”

At least, I no longer became half-dead after a single use.

Of course—

“That doesn’t mean I can just spam it like this.”

Objectively speaking, I could use it roughly ten times, give or take a few.

That’s if I compressed and rotated the energy with extreme precision

and utilized it efficiently.

Using it recklessly, as I was now, would drastically reduce that number.

But I didn’t have time to look for a proper method,

nor was this the moment to conserve energy.

KUAHHH—!!

I wrapped my fist in flames and used Flame Jade repeatedly.

By the time I had thrown it five times—

Thud—!

A strange sensation halted my actions.