Under the circumstances, their death seemed unavoidable. Within a quarter of the hour, their meridians would burst under the torture and their blood would flow out. It was a painful end just as the Evil Mandragora had warned them.
'Divine Manor, whether we live or die depends on you, ' Ricky screamed inwardly.
"Ricky, let's try again. Help me gather the chaotic power, and this time I will use the power of Eight Diagrams to help you!" Jasper urged him with his internal power.
"The mysterious power generated from the Eight Diagrams?" Ricky asked in surprise when he heard Jasper's proposal.
"Before I agree, tell me the truth. What are the consequences if you use that power?"
Ricky could tell as soon as Jasper suggested it that the power he held was dangerous, not only for their enemies but also for himself. Jasper sounded worried and hesitant when he suggested the idea. Furthermore, if the mysterious power of the Eight Diagrams could be used without restraint, Jasper would have used it from the start.
"It will consume my life span. With my current understanding of that power, it will consume one-fifth of my life span or more in every use," Jasper said seriously.
"One-fifth of your life span would be lost?" Ricky gasped in surprise. Now that he knew, he shared the same worried and hesitant look that Jasper had.
One-fifth of one's life span was an extremely high price to pay. The only people who could afford it were probably the powerful talents who were at the peak state of martial arts.
But even for those geniuses, they would probably use it as a last resort.
Could he let his companion use his life to save them?
"I have no choice but to try," said Jasper.
"Don't worry, Jasper. I can mobilize divine power and defeat this Evil Mandragora!" Ricky replied.
"Divine power! You are really lucky, Ricky!" Jasper replied when he overheard Ricky's words.
"But, Ricky, did you forget? Nestor said that the mandragora flower can absorb divine power. Even if you can mobilize divine power, it's still not your power.
In that case, the divine power is very likely to be absorbed by the Evil Mandragora and transformed into her evil spirit. That is the complete opposite of what we want."
Hearing Jasper's words, Ricky and Tina, who was in the Massacring Zone, fell into silence. Jasper had a point. They would just endanger themselves if they attacked without thought.
"Ricky, we cannot gamble on our chance this time. We would be digging our graves if we strengthen the Evil Mandragora. Instead, let's do it my way, okay?
Your chaotic power and my Heavenly Law and Divination developed from Eight Diagrams will end this fight!"
Boom! The Eight-Diagram Enlightenment spread all over Jasper's body with an explosion of power. He transformed into the Eight Diagrams and ignored the pain that racked his body. The force of heavenly law came out from the Eight Diagrams.
"Heavenly Law and Divination!" Ricky gasped as he looked at Jasper. "Are the Heavenly Law and Divination the evolution of the Eight Diagrams?"
"It is said that the Heavenly Law and Divination are from the power of deduction and they are connected in the River of Time. No wonder Jasper said that his instincts can perceive the future; it is not intuition, but actually deduction," Tina said.
"However, such deduction and the use of the power of the River of Time are both at the expense of one's own life."
'The power of the River of Time, is this the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams?' Ricky wondered thoughtfully.
He shed his hesitations and quickly activated the five mutants and five kinds of runes so that he could gather the chaotic power to its maximum.
Heavenly law appeared above Jasper's Eight Diagrams, and the power of time surfaced. Both of them formed the Heavenly Law and Divination. A huge figure materialized in Jasper's shadow.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Born Almighty Warrior