"No!" Gritting his teeth, Fade desperately gathered all his strength to resist the shadow's control over him.
In response, the shadow began to wrap more tentacles around him. The tentacles were like sharp spears that stabbed into Fade's brain.
As soon as they went in, a red mist emanated and rushed towards his subconscious.
Sensing the foreign invasion into his mind, Fade's divine soul began to grow. The two forces clashed against each other until eventually, he shattered the red mist.
"I didn't expect you to have already cultivated your divine soul! Even your mental power is strong. I guess I've underestimated you!" The dark shadow said, "However, the more talented you are, the more my desire for you grows. With this body, my future will be limitless."
As he spoke, the more red mist began to form.
Although Fade tried his best to resist, he still began to weaken under repeated exposure to the mist.
If this went on, his mind would soon fall completely into the dark shadow. He would turn into the shadow's puppet.
"No..." Fade shouted and struggled with all his might.
However, the dark shadow's control was getting more powerful. Fade couldn't break free at all.
Gradually, his struggle became weaker and weaker and his energy slowly vanished.
The end was near.
"Finally, this body belongs to me. I've been stuck in that little girl's body for nearly ten years, and my powers have been so limited. Now that I have this body, I can do so much more to further my goals."
"I'm finally going to be a successful Blood Ancestor. Hahaha!"
The dark shadow smiled excitedly and was about to take the last step in taking over Fade's body and controlling it.
However, at the last moment, Fade, who seemed to have lost the ability to resist, suddenly opened his eyes, and some lightning flashed out.
Crack, Boom!
With a loud noise, a thunderbolt rang in the room. A bolt of blue lightning flashed in the air and zapped right into the shadow's chest.
"Ah!"
The shadow screamed after having been hit. His body bounced off from Fade's body as if he had been electrocuted.
"I thought your martial essence is of the fire element? How are you able to control lightning?" The shadow looked at him in shock.
"Yes, I am in control of the fire essence, but I never said that I only have mastery over one element!" Fade snorted and attacked again.
Crack, Boom!
Another thunderbolt fell and struck the center of the shadow's chest. A dark red ball could be seen faintly. It began to tremble under the thunderbolt.
"Is that your core? If I smash this, I'm assuming you won't be able to live!" Fade said in a low voice. Simultaneously, thunder and lightning began to rumble again.
The dark shadow had become afraid and was dodging left and right.
He was able to control Fade's fire, but he was completely powerless against the thunder essence.
Therefore, although Fade's thunder essence was not as vigorous as his fire essence, the shadow still sustained a lot of damage.
Each time Fade struck the shadow, his smokelike body would dissipate and his body would become smaller and smaller.
Seeing that he was about to lose the fight, the shadow looked over to Erin. With a deep breath, he flew towards her and entered her body.
Suddenly, the angelic little girl opened her eyes and looked at Fade with a pitiful look. She pleaded, "Brother Chen, are you going to kill me? You know I like you. I don't want to die. Please, don't kill me."
Fade's expression darkened and he said in a cold voice, "Controlling a teenage girl and putting on that fake act. Don't you feel disgusted with yourself?"
"Haha, as long as I can live, who cares?" The shadow's gloomy voice sounded from Erin's mouth, "Your thunder is very effective against me, but you can't bear to use it against this little girl, can you?"
"Brother Chen... Sob... Please, don't kill me!"
"No..."
He shouted and tried to escape, but Fade was too strong. He couldn't move at all.
The deadly lightning was about to strike.
The dark shadow glared at Fade with hatred in his eyes and said, "Boy, I'll remember you.
You've destroyed my body and ruined my years of training. I won't let you get away with this."
While speaking, the core in his chest suddenly emitted rays of light. It started to expand and become hotter.
Waves of energy poured out from the round core.
Fade's expression changed. "Oh no, he's going to blow himself up."
He instinctively wanted to run away, but when he thought of Celine and Erin still lying on the bed, he could not leave.
Gritting his teeth, he jumped onto the bed and protected the two girls.
Then, he frantically exerted the elixir core inside him to strengthen his wood essence so that he could protect his own body.
Then, he also activated his sturdy stone essence over his wood essence, thus, giving himself an extra layer of protection.
However, he didn't stop there.
He no longer cared whether the essences were effective at protecting him or not but he released all his other martial essences and wrapped them around his body.
Just as he did so, a loud boom sounded.
With a loud noise, the dark shadow self-destructed, and an overwhelming sense of energy poured out. The blast exploded around the room and many physical items were shattered into dust.
Only Fade and the two girls under his protection remained shielded under a ray of light.
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