Chapter 1270: Elder Yao’s Palace
Only Wu Xiang could wield ice qi to such a degree. Wu Gu no longer had any sign of life because the bolt of lightning had completely extinguished her life force.
If Qi Xuansu guessed correctly, the lightning was the Ancestral Heavenly Preceptor’s handiwork, while the freezing cold likely came from the one who had turned the battlefield at the foot of the mountain into a world of frost.
Just as Elder Yao was about to leave, a faint crack rang out. The sound was exceptionally clear within this hall, which had remained silent for over a thousand years.
Elder Yao abruptly halted and slowly turned around.
She saw a fine crack appear upon the ice covering Wu Gu’s body, which spread rapidly, snaking across the surface until it formed a web of fractures covering the entire block of ice.
The next moment, the ice that had sealed Wu Gu for over a thousand years shattered completely. Transparent white flames ignited all over Wu Gu’s body—crystal clear and pure. However, they quickly faded away.
This Haotian Bright Flame was merely a lingering echo from a millennium past.
Wu Gu suddenly opened her eyes. Her black pupils were gone, replaced by only blood-red.
Long before Wu Zhen and Wu Ji, and even before Wu Luo, Wu Gu had already revived ahead of her sisters.
Yet at the very instant of her revival, the lightning embedded in her chest also awakened. Even after a thousand years and after its master had long left the mortal world, the lightning bolt still faithfully fulfilled its duty.
The lightning transformed into countless thorn-like tendrils of electricity. They burrowed through the wound in Wu Gu’s chest, piercing into her body and spreading rapidly throughout every part of her being.
Wu Gu’s skin bulged with veins. But in the blink of an eye, these veins were replaced by lightning thorns, which also traveled out of her orifices. More and more lightning tendrils tore through her flesh, bursting outward until her entire body was consumed by electricity.