Chapter 2809 — Prismatic Radiance
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
He looked again at the young woman. Her face was now full of shock as well, though a trace of relieved contentment could be seen in it, as though she had accomplished some purpose of her own!
This strange turn, considered from any angle, was utterly bizarre. Wei Zhao did not know what had happened and wanted to leave—yet the five-colored radiance spilling from the cave seemed almost sentient, summoning him: Come in... come in quickly...
Wei Zhao's legs, as if drawn by some force beyond his will, began carrying him into the cave!
Cold sweat broke out on Wei Zhao's brow at once. Never in his life had he encountered such a bizarre circumstance—his own legs were no longer under his control!
To be sure, legs freezing up after a fright was normal enough—but legs that walked forward of their own accord, this was the first time Wei Zhao had ever met with such a thing.
And yet, though he now wished to stop, he could not. Drawn onward, he entered the cave, and before long he was on the verge of approaching the dinosaur!
Stop, stop! Sweat poured down Wei Zhao's forehead. If he passed by that dinosaur and it hurled a fireball at him, would he not be dead on the spot? But his legs were beyond his command—one step, two steps—Wei Zhao drew closer and closer to the beast.
Yet when Wei Zhao passed the dinosaur, the creature did not even glance at him. It continued glaring furiously at the source of the five-colored radiance flickering deep in the cave, and even as Wei Zhao walked right past it, the dinosaur made no reaction at all.
Wei Zhao's heart abruptly eased—but his legs still carried him, beyond his control, deeper into the cave. He was about to reach the very spot where the young woman had been standing...
Just then, as Wei Zhao was about to say something to the young woman, the five-colored radiance deep in the cave suddenly blazed dazzling and resplendent. That piercing light engulfed the entire cave in an instant, and in that instant everything before Wei Zhao's eyes turned prismatic—he could see nothing else, and even the young woman and the dinosaur, close as they were, vanished from sight...
Yet that five-colored radiance seemed to be more than mere light. The next moment, Wei Zhao sensed it—the radiance was like an invisible pressure, surging from deep in the cave onto his body, until even his flesh stung with pain...
It felt as though something were trying to enter his body—like the omen of a breakthrough, yet altogether different. The five-colored radiance... was like true energy and qi, threading strand by strand into Wei Zhao's body, and the stinging sensation grew ever more intense.
Wei Zhao's breathing turned ragged without his willing it. The sensation was painful—and yet, once the five-colored radiance entered his body and merged with the true qi within him, it brought him a warmth that spread through him, like bitterness first and sweetness after: agonizing a moment before, and in the blink of an eye, warm and glowing...