When Barnes thought of Darren, the gloating feeling in his heart vanished.
Elsa was the love of Darren's life. If the immortal died, she would die as well. If such a thing happened, Darren would be driven to insanity with grief.
As Darren's friend, Barnes wouldn't wish to see him in that kind of state.
"Damn it! Should I help her?" He gritted his teeth in frustration as his mind went into a frenzy.
After thinking for a while, Barnes finally decided to take action.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. He realized that the immortal was more powerful than him by now. Even she couldn't resist the power of the thunder punishment. How was he supposed to help her?
"Unless I'm a nine-tribulation holy warrior," Barnes whispered to himself.
There had never been such a warrior in history. Once he reached this level, he could surpass even a super emperor!
"Nine-tribulation holy warrior. Alas!" Barnes sighed.
"Wait, what? The ninth tribulation!" Just as he was about to lose all hope, a thought suddenly came to him.
"Why don't I try to go through the ninth tribulation, then?"
It was definitely a dangerous feat, but this made Barnes excited all the more.
He supposed if he forced himself to start the ninth tribulation, and used his own thunder to resist the immortal's thunder, then it would make the best of both worlds!
Barnes couldn't help but tremble with excitement at the mere thought.
Who on this continent had ever seen an immortal going through thunder tribulation? This was a fine opportunity!
Barnes finally made up his mind. In the distance, the immortal faced the second bolt of thunder, but her Immortal Character was still slowly rising.
A crack of electricity sounded throughout the space
as snow-white lightning struck the immortal.
The aura of the thunder was terribly destructive. Fortunately, its target was the immortal. Otherwise, the entire Badlands would have collapsed from the impact.
The immortal looked somberly up at the sky, and the lightning lit her up. At this moment, she looked helpless and a little lonely.
Boom!
The law force on the immortal's body erupted to resist the thunder punishment.
Unfortunately, without the Immortal Character, she was too weak and her body was easily penetrated by the thunder.
An unexpected gust of wind passed as a figure buzzed through the air.
Suddenly, a black phantom darted straight towards the thunder.
The black figure took the blow of the thunder, and an endless darkness spread out. The darkness and the lightning collided and froze for a moment before they both shattered completely.
After breaking through the darkness, the thunder fell on the black figure and caused the figure to dissipate. There was only a dodecahedral crystal left floating in the air.
The dodecahedral crystal let out a low hum as it spun at a high speed, and twelve tribulation forces were released in a neat row.
Though the tribulation forces couldn't resist the thunder completely, the power of the thunder was still heavily weakened.
The immortal could not comprehend the scene unfolding before her.
The rest of the thunder fell on her, and its force was even smaller than the first one.
After a short while, the shattered black figure reformed.
"Monkey, why did you help me resist my thunder punishment?" the immortal said coldly and devoid of any emotion.
The reformed body of Barnes seemed to be very frail.
"Don't misunderstand. I didn't do it for you. It was for Elsa...Darren's wife," Barnes spat back at the immortal.
The immortal fell silent.
She was speechless and overwhelmed by an unexplainable feeling that suddenly washed over her.
The sound of Darren's name brought out a lingering memory that had been stagnant in her mind for a long time.
She recalled the time when she was about to fall into the sea and the time when that human held her in his arms. The reminder of that warmth made her heart race.
The feeling was so special that the immortal could not find the words to describe it.
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