Chapter 145: Burning Heaven
Surrounded by a radiant ocean, Sunny plummeted into the light. His breath was ragged and hoarse, and his eyes were blinded by the piercing shine of the immolating ocean of white flames beneath him.
Fearing that his eyes would be permanently blinded by it, he closed them, which helped a little.
’Hot... it’s so hot...’
He was drawing closer and closer to the remains of the divine inferno, and as he did, the stonelike metal of the Mantle of the Underworld was growing hotter and hotter. Soon, its outer layer turned bright red. Then, it started to melt.
’Damn!’
Sunny directed more of his remaining Essence through the coils of the Soul Serpent, activating the [Living Stone] enchantment of the Underworld armor.
As the onyx melted and cracked, causing him excruciating pain, the Mantle began to repair itself. Before anything could fully breach the surface of the incandescent onyx, the damage was undone.
...For now, the enchanted armor could heal itself faster than it was being destroyed. In large part due to being augmented by both of his shadows, perhaps.
Sunny encountered another problem, though.
It was getting harder and harder to breathe... not even because the air was scalding and hot, but because there was not enough of it.
Fire fed on oxygen, after all.