Chapter 1305 Too Slow (Part One)
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Countless lightning bolts streaked across the storm clouds covering the sky, rumbling relentlessly
towards Brandon.
Feeling the inevitable approach of lightning, Brandon raised his hands above his head. In an instant,
his vital energy force summoned numerous gigantic handprints that formed a shield to protect him
against the strike of lightning!
The handprints formed a web-like shield, interconnecting with each other. It absorbed the lightning''s
energy and prevented them from hitting Brandon. If an observer would attempt to count the handprints
in the sky, it would hurt his eyes.
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As if that wasn''t amazing enough, Austin spotted something else as each handprint was formed by
Brandon''s vital energy force: in the center of every handprint lied a pure image of a divine and mighty
Buddha.
Austin suddenly realized that Brandon was using a special martial art skill that he had been practicing -
the Thousand-Buddha Palm.
Performing the skill of the Thousand-Buddha Palm instantly produced over a thousand handprints
formed from the user''s vital energy force. It was indeed an extremely powerful skill.
After a few seconds of witnessing the skill, Austin slowly shook his head.
It was clear to him that Brandon''s foundation of vital energy force wasn''t powerful enough to maintain
the skill''s use.
Hisck of vital energy force did not enable him to maximize the full potential of the Thousand-Buddha
Palm''s ultimate power.
While Austin''s evaluation of Brandon''s performance was ongoing, thetter was having difficulty
dealing with the thunder. Brandon''s nerves were frayed and he was exhausted, but the intensity of the
thunder and lightning only grew as time went by.
"Master, he is weakened by the thunder. I don''t think Brandon is powerful enough to make it through
the whole Thunderstroke Doom."
rk approached Austin slowly, his face etched with worry.
"It''s okay. I''m going to give him some help,"
Austin said deliberately to ease rk''s mind.
"Help? Wait, what do you mean?"
rk was confused for a second. ''How could Austin help Brandon ovee the Doom?'' thought
rk.
Howl!
In a blink of an eye, a thunder unicorn appeared out of nowhere from Austin''s elixir field. Howling and
rushing, it galloped at full speed to the eye of the Thunderstroke Doom.
As the thunder unicorn entered the field where Brandon was, excitement overcame it. It seemed
ecstatic to be in the presence of thunder, like a starving man being presented with a buffet of delicious
food. Not a moment too soon, the thunder unicorn kicked off the ground andunched itself skyward,
swallowing up all the thunderbolts in its gargantuan maw!
"Master! I''m not sure if you''re allowed to do that!" rk eximed.
He understood what Austin meant to do the moment the thunder unicorn was summoned.
Brandon was in the middle of a breakthrough when he heard rk''s exmations of surprise, but he
wasn''t able to spare a thought for rk at that moment. Suddenly, he felt a marked decrease in the
Thunderstroke Doom''s intensity.
Curious, he turned around to look at what caused the sudden interruption. His eyes widened in shock
as soon as he saw a thunder unicorn swallowing and absorbing most of the thunderbolts in its gaping
mouth.
"Damn! What the hell is happening right now?!"
Blood drained from Brandon''s face when he witnessed that a thunder unicorn was literally "eating" the
thunderbolts thrown about by the Heavenly Doom.
He was informed by some elders that in normal cases, a cultivator should break through the Heavenly
Doom on their own using the extent of their own abilities. The mechanism was set that no one was
allowed to meddle in the chosen cultivator''s fight.
In the rare cases that someone found a way to enter the breakthrough, the rule of the doom was to
strengthen the attack correspondingly. The doom''s power was magnified up to ten times the original
force, or even beyond that.
This mechanism was what had rk worrying. The thunder unicorn''s interference with the
breakthrough might trigger the mechanism and could have jeopardized the chosen cultivator''s safety.
"Master, you do know that you might get Brandon killed by interfering with this, right?"
rk''s eyebrows narrowed and a bead of sweat ran down from his temples.
"Oh, trust me, rk. Nothing is going to happen to Brandon.
Look, I know intervening with a Heavenly Doom might cost the life of the cultivator. But, the thunder
unicorn I summoned was technically not interfering or helping him fight back. It is just absorbing the
lightning to weaken the power of the Doom.
The presence of the thunder unicorn is not going to trigger the strengthening mechanism of the
Thunderstroke Doom.
You can take my word for it and pacify your doubts now."
Right from the start, Austin knew that rk was worried about this. But he was confident, and that did
not prevent him from helping in a way he knew how.
His confidence came from a previous experience, when it was the queen''s turn to try to break through
the Thunderstroke Doom. He had released the thunder unicorn purely by ident, and the same
scene as today unfolded then. He realized that, even as the thunder unicorn interfered in the process
and absorbed arge amount of energy from the thunderbolts, the queen''s safety was not
That was the reason why Austin did not think too much of doing the same thing today.
To help Brandon understand the reason he did this, and to relieve his anxiety, Austinmunicated
with him telepathically through a spiritual sense. He told Brandon the whole story about the same
incident with the queen. He wanted tofort him and assure him that the Doom would not be
more intense than it currently was, so he could focus more during the breakthrough.
rk and Brandon still weren''tpletely convinced by Austin. They knew by their instinct that the
Heavenly Doom wasn''t something could be easily duped by such a simple trick.
Austin did not recall the thunder unicorn back. He let it continue to absorb most of the lightning with an
incredible speed.
After a certain amount of time, rk and Brandon grew tired of waiting to see if interfering with the
breakthrough would backfire on them. As Austin expected, nothing bad happened.
Brandon finally gathered his courage and his wits; he was ready to face the Thunderstroke Doom.
Brandon felt confident about his breakthrough, especially with the thunder unicorn by his side. His
attacks seemed to reflect what he was thinking, and he was able to adapt his attack style more flexibly.
Shortly after, the intensity of the lightning waned to the point that there were only a few sparks left
scurrying between the clouds.
The dark clouds dissipated and faded away gradually as far as their eyes could see. The clear blue sky
was uncovered after thest few sparks of lightning died down.
At longst, everything returned to normal. There were flowers swaying in the breeze, birds singing in
the trees. It didn''t look like anything happened here mere moments ago.
Boom!
After only a short respite, a tremendous wave of vital energy force exploded from within Brandon''s
body, running through his veins and every fiber of his being.