I came back to life and we continue!
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Hissâ¦
The cold energy poured down relentlessly, its pressure so immense that I could barely breathe.
âUrghâ¦!â
I clenched my mouth shut, letting out muffled gruntsâthe most defiance I could muster.
Ssss! The energy forced its way in, expanding my meridians painfully.
Trying to resist was futile.
If I try to block it, Iâll explode.
The energy was too overwhelming. If I tried to stem its flow, my body would give out entirely.
The relentless cold bypassed my meridians and began accumulating directly in my heart. No, "accumulating" wasnât the right wordâit was being crammed in forcefully, with no regard for limits.
The icy energy from the North Sea, combined with the cold within the Palace Lord, was being shoved into me all at once.
Damn it.
My mind raced for solutions, but the sheer volume of energy left me with no choice but to endure.
It felt like trying to bottle up an entire ocean wave.
Despite knowing it couldnât handle more, Ma-do Cheon-heup-gong refused to stop, greedily devouring the energy as if trying to consume it all.
The cold energy continued flooding my body, and while Nine Flames Firewheel tried to neutralize it with heat, the balance was far from equal.
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Frost escaped from my lips as I exhaled, cold energy seeping out from within me. This had never happened before, even after mastering fiery techniques.
The expanded meridians twisted in pain, my vessel stretched to its limits.
I had already expanded my vessel through extreme means, but even that wasnât enough. The cold energy had filled me completely, leaving no room for release.
Even worse, the energy wasnât just any energyâit was pure, unrelenting frost.
If I couldnât dissolve it with heat, my body would freeze solid from the inside out.
A no-win situation.
Thatâs what I faced.
Shit.
Had I known this would happen, I wouldnât have even touched it. What I initially thought was a fortuitous opportunity had turned into a knife at my throat.
The cold of the North Sea is pouring into me.
Was this a chain reaction triggered by the destruction of the Ice Essence and the collapse of the Palace Lord?
Damn it all.
This wasnât just some random energyâit was the accumulation of centuries. The royal bloodline had sacrificed their life force to amass this energy over hundreds of years, and now it was all pouring into me.
Was this meant for Mang?
It was possible. Mang had been gathering energy for his resurrection but failed at the last moment. Perhaps this energy was originally meant for him.
Crunch!