Ch.252 What Bliss!

Zuko leaped into action immediately.

“-think I’m bluffing? If you perished today, your story would be spoken about all over the Sea! The death of an arrogant fool who-” Bilibu was saying before he was interrupted by a sudden burst of energy.

“Wha-” He froze as he noticed a petrifying silver aura surrounding the Centipedes body, releasing a vibe of the likes he had never seen before. It may have lacked the aura of raw power that would have made him truly fearful, but it had a feeling of authority that compelled him to bow his head and humble his tone.

Kings and Emperors, even the one Kaiser he had met in a different Sea, all of them were inferior before this authority. This was the aura of an entity that was above any and all lifeforms, and the indescribable feeling of pureness wasn’t helping him to calm down.

The sudden reality that was thrusted upon him had him stunned silly, and thus, he was barely able to react before a blinding light struck from above, sending him into a world of terrific pain as a few of senses shut down.

He was blinded and he couldn’t smell. The damage from that attack had severely harmed the necessary organs and left him in quite a pitiful situation, however, other than some burnt flesh, that was all. He would heal soon enough and when he did, he would not be making anymore requests. Regardless of whether he lost the fruit or not the Centipede was dead. He would make certain of it.

The damage from that attack, although surprising and certainly harmful, had reminded him that it didn’t possess the power to kill him if he protected himself. And next time, if the Centipede was even capable of pulling such a ridiculous thing off again, he would not even let himself be hit.

He was distracted by the previous aura of unparalleled majesty and peerlessness but that would not be happening again. Authority without power isn’t even a funny joke, not here in the Sea, and the Centipede had no power.

It was just a pending corpse.

...

Zuko had not wasted any time in running away, and with the speed boost he had gotten from the Divine Lunar Enhancement the distance he had put between him and Bilibu was enough to make a person wonder if they were dreaming.

20 seconds later.

*DZZZZZ!*

The sound of rampaging lightning faintly made its way into his ears, signifying that Bilibu had begun to act, but instead of worrying he smiled instead.

‘It’s too late.’

*Buff!*

Zuko’s body released an irregular wave of energy. It didn’t do anything and it didn’t even seem to move very far, but anyone with experience would have instantly had a change in expression.

=STOP!!!= Emperor Bilibu’s voice burst into his mind, startling him.

But then he smirked.

“It’s too late, old fool. I’ll soon become Enlightened.” Zuko spoke out for the ‘benefit’ of his listener.

Clearly, Bilibu had sensed what was about to happen and had tried to derail his concentration by yelling in his mind, which could have had some disastrous effects if he succeeded. But unfortunately for him, he wasn’t even the one in control of the breakthrough in the first place.

The essence from the fruit was doing everything on its own as if it had a mind, and he was just enjoying the process. What bliss!