Chapter 2248
- He slightly raised his trembling left hand, his fingertips shakily brushing toward his chest. That was where the Heaven's Punishment struck most intensely. The skin had long been charred and carbonized by heavenly lightning. Lifting a thin layer of blackened scab revealed torn flesh beneath and a heart grievously injured by the laws themselves. Each heartbeat came slowly and laboriously, each pulse like a massive hammer slamming down, the pain forcing an extremely soft, tightly suppressed grunt from his throat. The sound was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, scattered by the mountain wind, a result of him exhausting all his self-control to avoid letting out even the slightest whimper of weakness.
- He could not make a sound, could not allow himself to sink into pain. Even though his soul essence was shattered to the brink of collapse, he had to maintain the last shred of clarity to complete the first step of healing: using his original soul essence as an anchor to forcibly lock in his dissipating consciousness and suppress the spread of Heaven's Power.
- Carl took a deep breath, one drawn extremely slowly and with great difficulty. The icy night air poured into his throat, scraping past his windpipe scorched by heavenly lightning and bringing a searing pain. The instant his lungs expanded, every wound in his chest ruptured. Warm blood flowed down his throat, only to be forcibly swallowed back into his abdomen. His Adam's apple bobbed violently, leaving behind a dull, heavy sound.