Chapter 222: Breakthrough (2)
This punch made even the meditation chamber, sheltered behind multiple Arrays, tremble slightly.
Tian Sisi's brow furrowed. 'Puhuo's power is truly not to be underestimated. It seems this Array can only hold him off for about three days.' She had already consumed the Jiao Heart, and it would be a terrible waste to interrupt her breakthrough now. She took out a bottle of medicinal pills, swallowed three, and accelerated her efforts to comprehend the Power of Heaven and Earth.
Puhuo was slightly surprised that the Array could actually withstand a punch thrown with his full strength.
But that was only the beginning. He began to hammer it with one punch after another!
As the ground shook violently, the people of Liu Family City thought it was an earthquake and began to seek shelter with grumbles of annoyance.
Amidst the barrage of punches, the Spiritual Qi in the sky began to converge over the residence, slowly forming a vortex.
Seeing this, Puhuo grew anxious and shouted, "Sisi, are you breaking through? You've already started! Let me in to act as your Guardian! This is a wonderful thing! Don't worry, I absolutely won't let anyone disturb you!"
He kept shouting, but there was no response as the Spiritual Qi from the sky began to pour down. Puhuo gritted his teeth and let out a great roar. His Divine Department uniform, already stretched taut, burst apart, revealing a body rippling with muscles as hard as rock.
Puhuo bit open both of his thumbs, using the blood to paint special inscriptions across his burly torso.
Once the inscriptions on his body were complete, his power surged to an astonishing new level, and the surrounding rubble began to float up from the ground of its own accord.
A flash of Divine Light glinted in his eyes, and visible streams of True Qi began to overflow from his mouth and nose. He placed his fist on the ground and began to gather power, as if drawing the very strength of the earth into it.
After a long moment, Puhuo bent over and threw a punch, his entire body transforming into a brown streak of light that slammed into the barrier.
The light barrier shattered instantly!
In the middle of her breakthrough, Tian Sisi's beautiful eyes snapped open. Her pupils contracted, and her expression turned cold. She summoned the jade stone from before and once again infused it with True Qi.
Having shattered the light barrier, Puhuo's face was cold, his earlier arrogance gone. He bellowed, "Tian Sisi, you're the woman I, Puhuo, have my eye on! I won't let you escape my grasp. Once I find you, I'll take you to my bed straight away! And then I'll… "
Before Puhuo could finish his sentence, a dense fog enveloped him.
It was another Trapping Array!
In the dense forest outside the city, the group of people felt a flicker of joy when they saw the light barrier break. But when the white fog spread, the expression of the lead Divine Department member changed. "Damn it! That idiot Puhuo is astonishingly strong, but he's got no brains. He won't be able to break this illusion array. It's our turn!"
Hearing this, the eyes of the black-clad men instantly hardened, and they began leaping toward the city.
When the Liu Family in Liu Family City saw a group of men in black appear in broad daylight, they naturally moved to question and intercept them. But the black-clad men killed on sight—all part of the plan to distract Tian Sisi.
The black-clad men were far stronger than the Liu Family. The weakest among the attackers were at the Tiangang realm, and they were led by three at the Waixiang realm. The Liu Family was immediately beaten into a full retreat.
The lead Divine Department member did not join the slaughter, instead charging straight into the white fog.
Inside the white fog, Puhuo was attacking wildly. Ever since the fog had enveloped him, he couldn't find his bearings. His senses were useless, and no matter how frantically he ran, he always ended up back where he started.
Suddenly, a figure brushed past him. Puhuo instinctively threw a punch, but his fist passed straight through the figure before it vanished, making him feel as if he were hallucinating.
But the figure appeared again and again, as if guiding him in a certain direction.
Puhuo shattered the figure a few more times but found it had no effect. He then tried following it. After a series of twists and turns, Puhuo walked out of the mist and arrived outside the meditation chamber.
Puhuo had a good idea who was helping him, but he didn't call them out. All he wanted was Tian Sisi herself. What did it matter if he was being used as a pawn, so long as he got her in the end?
Inside the meditation chamber, Tian Sisi had reached the critical juncture. To save time, she gathered the vast amount of unrefined energy within her and charged the barrier to the next realm in one great push.
Tian Sisi could already sense Puhuo outside her door and E Xuanfu within the illusion array, but she felt no panic. She had only made two preparations for this breakthrough: two Trapping Arrays. To mislead people like Puhuo, she hadn't even informed the Tian Family Ancestor or the Liu Family Ancestor. Perhaps it had worked, as only two of the three Divine Department members had come.
The enemy was right outside her door, but she was still full of confidence. Her secret assured her that today's breakthrough would be a success.
"Sisi, you can't move now, can you? Can't speak either? Then I'm coming in!" Puhuo jeered, his inhibitions completely gone, a lecherous look on his face.
Fueled by a surge of rage, Tian Sisi assaulted the barrier for a second time. The violent energy slammed against it, creating several small cracks.
"Sisi, you're not wearing any clothes, are you! Don't worry, you'll be mine sooner or later. Even if you were dressed, I'd just rip them off…" Puhuo said as he pushed open the door.
He saw Tian Sisi sitting cross-legged in the middle of the room. The medicinal pills and herbs around her were nearly all used up.
Puhuo approached with a vile grin, reaching out a hand to grab Tian Sisi!