PATH OF THE STAR HUNTER

280 Chapter 280 Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang

What Desmond was feeling at this moment could only be described as a world of pain, an agony so intense that it overwhelmed all your senses making you wish for death; suffering that would break the mind of any normal human being.

And being unable to even move his body, Desmond could only submit to this living hell as the groans of pain escaped his lips involuntarily as he felt raw what was happening to his body.

Starting with his bones that began to fill with extreme heat that threatened to melt them reaching the point where they even began to lose their solid structure just before a chilling cold will fill them taking away all the heat that was once there but this does bring Desmond no comfort as the cold only kept intensifying causing his bones to reach a dangerous brittle state where cracks began to form only from the stress generated by supporting his weight.

By repeating this cycle of extreme cold and extreme heat over and over again, Desmond’s bones showed clear signs of strengthening within seconds, but he had to pay in pain for every second that his body underwent this process.

And his bones were just the beginning, all of Desmond’s muscles underwent a similar cycle of destruction and strengthening as they were nearly turned into carrion by the intense deadly energy that mercilessly bathed them before a life force of equal strength washed up all the impurities exposed in them and nourish the damaged tissues giving them new life.

The feeling of having your heart ripped apart as it rotted and corroded by deadly energy before rekindling and growing with intense life energy while still alive was something that could easily drive any man to insanity and Desmond had to feel it every second that passed.

His tendons and joints were petrified as extreme hard energy flooded them before softening almost to liquid from extreme soft energy, only adding more pain to the process.

But the most extreme of all the processes and the most painful of these was when Desmond’s nervous system began to undergo an endless cycle of corrosion and purification.

Feeling every last nerve in his body, his brain, eyes and, other sensory organs deteriorate at breakneck speed before regenerating and purifying at the same speed; Desmond lost any ability to think at this point leaving his life in the hands of fate.

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Xiauyue and Mei, who were only spectators of the whole process, could only watch in horror as Desmond fell to his knees with his body convulsing in pain while the screams of agony caused his throat to tear along with blood, impurities and other substances of Necrotic appearances emerge from every orifice and pore of Desmond’s body.

Afraid of making things worse, Mei and Xiauyue had to stand on the sidelines watching her friend suffer unimaginable pain, causing both of them to have a chill running down their backs.

Remembering the times when they had both seen Desmond hurt to a lesser or greater degree and how he barely made a gesture about it even when he had a cut that covered most of his back; it was hard for them to imagine the kind of pain that brought a man like Desmond to his knees.

The process lasted almost forever during which Xiauyue and Mei had to continue watching helplessly for what Desmond was going through, at some point the hoarse screaming stopped and Desmond stayed calm, scaring both girls believing that he had died.

But they quickly relaxed when checking him they realized that he was only asleep, but seeing the deplorable state that Desmond was in, Xiauyue and Mei had a brief discussion before deciding that they could not leave him that way so between the two They dragged him to one of the stone tubs that still held hot water inside.

After hesitating for a few moments, both girls put aside their shyness and undressed Desmond before carefully putting him in the stone tub and beginning to wash his body, removing all the impurities and other substances that had almost formed scabs on his skin.

Throughout the process, Mei and Xiauyue tried to use all the delicacy possible to wash Desmond’s body, having as little direct contact as possible, but given their shyness, inexperience, and the enormous discomfort they shared every time they looked into each other’s eyes; one can imagine that neither girl was very successful.

At least they managed to finish the job, a fact that left both girls very proud, but the blush did not seem to leave their faces as they stole discreet glances at Desmond’s body that was now only covered with some of the fabrics that the stone maids previously brought.

In the end, both Mei and Xiauyue decided that they would wait until Desmond woke up and spoke to him, before deciding who would be the next person to consume the fruit.

That’s right, even though they had both seen the hell that Desmond had gone through, both girls still intended to consume the and the reason was very simple, even now that Desmond was unconscious they could still feel that his strength had increased by a considerable margin.

After an hour of Mei and Xiauyue trying not to look at Desmond or to look at each other, Desmond woke up with the most intense hangover feeling ever and enormous hunger.

Without even realizing his current state of nakedness, Desmond got up from the floor and immediately went to the basket of fruit that the stone maids left in the room, and began to eat.

It wasn’t until he turned around that Desmond noticed that both girls had extremely flushed expressions with their hands half-covering their eyes as they looked in his direction causing Desmond to look down noticing his nakedness.

But contrary to what one would expect, Desmond did not seem particularly embarrassed, one could only curse the wretch by remembering how normal it was for him, to be naked in front of a woman.

But feeling that it was not entirely appropriate, Desmond still took out a set of robes from his storage and began to dress in a relaxed way in front of the girls, strangely the sight of Desmond getting dressed made the girls feel unexpectedly more shy than when they saw him naked ... although they remained to steal a glance or two while pretending to cover their eyes.

Adjusting his tunic Desmond stretched his body slightly finding a latent sense of power within him that seemed surprisingly natural, looking at the girls still looking at him with attention Desmond forced a smile worse than crying before commenting: “It’s a pity that I can’t try it again”

After a little giggle caused by Desmond’s comment, Mei remarked mischievously, “Don’t you have a second fruit saved? Why don’t you eat that fruit too? ”

Recalling the traumatic experience Desmond still had phantom pain from the trauma felt nauseous at the thought of putting another of those things in his mouth.

Seeing Desmond’s face of genuine revulsion, Mei ended up feeling guilty for her little joke as it was obvious that Desmond still had the pain that he had been very present through.

Resisting nausea and trying to push the trauma to the back of his mind, Desmond clung tightly to his sanity that had barely survived the process and, reflected on how reckless he had been to consume such an object without thinking carefully about the possible consequences.

Xiauyue and Mei, who observed his serious face, let Desmond rest for a few minutes while he continued eating due to the compulsion generated by stress and fatigue while they thought more seriously about the issue of consuming this fruit whose effects were quite devastating.

“I am sorry for showing you such a pathetic side of myself, I honestly didn′t think that the process would be so dangerous and much less so painful, this time my pride and recklessness brought out the worst in me; you should go through the process of consuming the fruit more easily... what happened to me was the result of my own current weakness. “Still in the process of trying to control himself and ignoring the phantom pain that still plagued him, Desmond apologized with an embarrassed attitude to girls; it was obvious that Desmond remembered a bit about what had happened to him and was embarrassed by the pathetic state he ended up in.

Seeing Desmond with wounded pride looking so vulnerable with the slight muscle spasms his body suffered intermittently caused both Xiauyue and Mei to break their hearts.

From the moment they had met him Desmond had always been a person who as capricious as he could be, always showed a calm face and a serious expression when fighting he was intense, fierce, and indomitable; even when injured his countenance rarely changed so seeing him this way said a lot about the amount of pain he had endured.

The only consolation both girls had was that untamed, fierce spark at the back of his pupils burned brighter and brighter as Desmond had time to breathe and use his iron will to adjust his mood.

“Don’t worry Desmond, after what we’ve seen you do there is no way that Xiauyue and I think less of you” Mei who had a better notion about how cruel pride could be was the first to give Desmond sincere words of encouragement, bringing Desmond a grateful smile.