Chapter 340: Tartarus
Ashlock noticed the void lightning was not simply being shrugged off by the mysterious figure wearing his cult's garments—it was coiling around their body, meaning one thing... they had seized control of his void lightning.
A feat only possible by someone who knew void Qi law and had a higher cultivation level than him. Considering nobody on this layer of creation with void affinity should be able to ascend to Nascent Soul Realm, let alone Monarch Realm where most learned how to wield their affinities laws, that left only one person it could be.
"Is that your attention I feel prickling down the back of my neck?" the figure said as they pulled back their hood to reveal silky black hair, eyes blacker than an abyss, and flawless skin. She was a woman who was as beautiful as she was dangerous. A person who had been there since the start and seen it all: the origin of the void.
"Morrigan, what are you doing here," Ashlock said as he stopped his {Voidstorm Aegis [S]} from targeting her. It didn't cost 10% of his Qi per lightning strike like in the past when he had been in the Star Core Realm, but it was still a costly technique. Each strike taking around 1% of his Qi reserves.
"Am I not allowed to be here?" Morrigan asked, tilting her head.
"Was the barrage of void lightning not clear enough?" Ashlock retorted.
"Oh, this?" Morrigan opened her palm and made the void lightning harmlessly gather in a stack of silently crackling rings, "I thought you were giving me a welcome gift."
"Did you really?" Ashlock said as sarcastically as possible. His clear distaste for her presence dripped from every word. He did not want her here at all.
Morrigan snorted and absorbed the void Qi, "No. But since we are friends, I decided to delude myself—"