Ascension of the immortal Asura

In the large hollowed out Chamber, John continued to float before the sphere, some hundred yards away from it. His body was completely charred black on the outside as lightning continued to crash onto him and surge through his body.

A perpetual grimace of pain lingered on his face, but his mind and will remained steadfast as he allowed the lightning to ravage his body. After ravaging his body, John would channel the Celestial Lightning Script while holding the Celestial Lightning Script True Origin Jade Piece. An incredibly unique and profound wave of energy, augmented by his lightning comprehensions, surged through his body and washed over the damaged parts.

The damaged flesh, muscle, and bone would slowly but surely start to heal, and become more and more profound in the process. After healing the lightning damage on a certain part of his body, John allowed the lightning to destroy that part once again, repeating the process anew.

His entire body had been destroyed and healed over a hundred times by now. Each cycle in the process brought absolutely excruciating pain, but John did his best to ignore it as he focused on maintaining his sanity.

'My lightning attribute body had advanced another level of profundity, but I know I can take it even further. While I would like to explore this realm further, the main thing I need right now is to temper my lightning attribute body. Everything else is secondary, as if I fail to temper it enough, I'll die in a few months when I undergo my tribulation.'

John wanted to explore the rest of the Labyrinth, but decided against it in the end. His main purpose for entering this realm was to temper his lightning body, and he doubted he would find a better opportunity to do so within this realm.

Through the pain, John glanced over to Kirii, who seemed to be sleeping next to him. It was as if the lightning crashing onto his body was the greatest of comforts. John shook his head at himself for being so weak against lightning when compared to Kirii, but figured it was only natural as Kirii was a heavenly lightning beast.

'Only heavenly tribulation lightning seems to be a true lethal threat to Kirii,' John mused for a moment before he focused on himself again. With the level of pain he felt at every single moment, his entire concentration was needed to ensure he did not pass out and die.

His body slowly moved forward towards the lightning sphere, starting the process anew with slightly stronger lightning than before.

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Three days later, Iris and Chase were still walking through the city with absolute caution. They were holding hands at the moment, not due to any intimate feelings, but due to the fact that they had already been separated by the illusions once already, and only managed to find each other again by sheer luck.

Only by remaining connected could they be sure to not lose track of one another.

The illusions slowly seeped into their minds, making them forget that they were even within the illusion formation. Only by staying constantly vigilant could they fight back against such a thing, but it was incredibly draining on their soul power. They had lost their concentration several times and were sucked in by the illusion formation's power, but luckily had the other nearby to wake them from it.

Not only that, but they had been attacked by the 'people' of the city several times already due to various reasons, such as thugs robbing them. Although they were illusions, the illusion formation gave them physical form, making those attacks quite harmful.

They had already been injured several times, and couldn't seem to make their way through the city. The city was incredibly massive, but more than that, it seemed to be ever changing.

"It's like we're going in circles," Chase exclaimed in frustration as they arrived in a familiar spot. "No matter how long we walk for, we always seem to arrive in the city center. Your eyes truly can't get us through this city?"

A massive water fountain spewed water high into the sky before raining back down into the large basin below it. Children were playing at the edges of the water, while adults were watching them with smiles on their faces or going about their business. While it all looked incredibly alive, both Chase and Iris knew this was all an illusion.

Iris shook her head at Chase's question as she looked around with a tired expression on her face.

"My eyes aren't omnipotent," she replied, equally frustrated. "This illusion formation is incredibly high in quality. It shrouds even my gaze, and stops me from seeing the way out. All I can tell is that the city shifts constantly, so that's why we're getting lost. As for how to get out, I have no idea. If only this damn illusion formation didn't also have a flight restriction built into it, we could just fly over this damn thing and get out of here," Iris exclaimed with exasperation.

A deep sigh escaped Chase's mouth as he shrugged his shoulders at the situation. The two began walking in a random direction once again, searching for the way through the city.

"I guess all we can do is blindly wander and hope we make it out of th-"

"Hahaha, you truly do have great vision," a prideful voice suddenly boomed out over Chase and iris. "For you to see how talented and smart I am, you really are quite impressive yourself!"

Chase and Iris instantly looked at each other with strange expressions, as both could who that voice belonged to. Their gazes shifted to where the sound had come from, as more prideful laughter echoed out from within a building on the side of the wide road.

The signboard above the building's entrance depicted several beautiful women on it, and a strange expression appeared on Chase's face, while Iris suddenly shot forward towards the entrance.

She brushed aside the threads of fabric at the entrance and glanced inside, quickly spotting the one she had heard speak.

On a large couch, Adam was laying there lazily, surrounded by several incredibly beautiful women. A lecherous grin was plastered on his face as his hands roamed greedily about, while he kept encouraging the women to speak highly of him.