The Pill

The nearly invisible attack left behind a trail of bright hot fire as it moved toward the incoming lightning bolt.

At the same time, all the Sword Qi floating around in the small Sword Domain around Alex concentrated on the exact same point where the lightning fell.

Together, the Sword Domain and the True Immolation Strike met the lightning bolt, resulting in a truly terrifying show of fire and explosion.

Alex was pushed down by the force of the explosion, the aura from it tearing into his body to try and get to the pill in his hand.

But he persevered. Even as his body struggled under the intensity, he remained where he was, taking it all into himself.

He did not let a single bit of that power flow into the pill or into the man who was dying behind him.