Eternal Villain: I can enslave Reality!

Chapter 139 139: Danger

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The Snow Dragon's words made Xu Shan turn to the Celestial Lotus right away. The Celestial Lotus had finally matured after the long wait. 

Xu Shan stood up, not intending to delay it anymore. After a long time, the Celestial Lotus was finally within his reach, and ready to be taken. With that, he was one step closer to awakening his second Celestial Spirit, after which he wanted to return to the Celestial Realm. 

Aria watched the man she hated the most getting closer to the Celestial Lotus. Her fists tightened. She wanted to stop him. She was fine with anyone else taking the Celestial Lotus but not Xu Shan. 

There was only one way to stop him and that was to delay him until the people from the Divine Realm arrived. She knew that Xu Shan didn't know her at this point in time, so she could step forward with an excuse to delay him. 

Unfortunately, she still couldn't gather courage to step forward. There was an inherent fear deep inside her heart. 

Xu Shan stepped on the frozen pond. With each second, he stepped closer to the Celestial Lotus. Unlike Aria who was physically weak, he didn't cast any barrier around his body. 

After he became a Heavenly Celestial, his body had become stronger by a lot, which Aria couldn't compare with at the moment. 

Xu Shan stopped after reaching in the middle of the pond. The Snow Dragon looked with envious eyes. 

If Xu Shan had arrived on the mountain a little late, he could've consumed the Celestial Lotus which could've helped him evolve further. Unfortunately, it was all for naught. He could only watch with jealousy. 

In fact, his jealousy was so much that he even closed his eyes, not intending to look at all. 

Xu Shan went down on one knee. He knew the method to take the Celestial Lotus thanks to the Book of Truth. A pure white aura shrouded his right arm completely. 

He reached out his right hand to finally take the Celestial Lotus. His long journey was finally over... Or so he thought. 

Just as his fingers were about to touch the Celestial Lotus, he felt a sense of danger. He had never felt anything like that. The last time he felt something even close to this was when the sky was split open in the Celestial Realm. 

It was a sense of danger that made his blood run cold. Unfortunately, before he could react, a blood red beam passed through his back, coming out from his chest, leaving a hole behind. 

He lowered his gaze, looking at his blessing chest as a trail of blood trickled down his lips. 

The sense of danger still wasn't gone. Even in his weakened condition, Xu Shan turned around, only to see a group of people in the distance. 

The man in the lead was an old man, whose strength appeared to be even stronger. The worldly laws twisted and turned around the man's figure. Even the sky started thundering, as if a heavenly punishment was about to fall on the man for using strength beyond the limits of this world. 

Right before his eyes, the Heavenly Punishment fell on the old man's body. The old man took the lightning, without even flinching. He wasn't affected in the least, as if he had some treasure which protected him against punishment of this proportion. 

Xu Shan's clothes were covered in blood. His body felt weak, and even his vision was getting affected. However, he still didn't fall to his knees. He didn't know who these people were. He had never seen them in the Celestial Realm but they definitely weren't from the Lower Realm either. 

He brought out some of the healing pills that he brought from the Celestial Realm, and placed them in his mouth. 

"Huh?" 

His face revealed a surprise. Even after eating the most precious pills, his wound wasn't healing. If anything, the pain he felt only increased, as if there was a Poison that had spread inside his body after that attack. 

That poison reacted even more fiercely with the healing pills. The poison spread throughout Xu Shan's blood. The spread of poison was associated with a terrifying pain. 

Pitch black nerves could be seen through Xu Shan's skin. Let alone fight back, he couldn't even raise a finger as his body finally fell to his knees. 

His entire face revealed the pain that he was feeling. However, more than anything, he was in disbelief. 

He was restricted by the Mountain which restricted his Divine Consciousness from seeing his surroundings. However, it was still shocking that enemies could get this close without him knowing. 

His eyes glanced at the Snow Dragon in the distance. He was restricted by the Dragon shouldn't have been. He should've sensed them, unless these people had something which prevented that as well!

Unlike him, the Snow Dragon wasn't hurt. However, there was a net made purely from Celestial Energy over his body, which kept him restricted to his place. 

If he had his eyes open before he was attacked, he could've avoided it but because of Xu Shan, even he had lowered his guards. By the time he opened his eyes, it was too late. 

"To think that you were hiding in this place after you escaped from the Divine Realm..." The old man glanced at the Snow Dragon who was fiercely struggling to get free of the net. 

"I'll deal with this traitor after I get what I'm here for..." He commented as he walked toward the Celestial Pond. 

He stepped on the frozen pond, walking up to Xu Shan. However, he didn't stop before the man, as if the guy wasn't worth his attention. He was as good as dead with the poison. 

The black nerves even became visible all over Xu Shan's face which was as pale as a thin sheet of paper. 

The old man walked past Xu Shan, only stopping before the Celestial Lotus. 

Right before Xu Shan's eyes, he picked up the Celestial Lotus and kept it in a special container which was precisely made for a Celestial Lotus. 

He carried the container in his hand as he got off the Frozen Pond and approached the Snow Dragon.