Kai and Bart hugged and then Kai looked at Bart's face as they parted. Obviously, he knew a way to get him to the Purple Lightning. He had said it himself.

  "Don't look at me like that Kai, I keep my word, I'm not lying about getting you to the Purple Lightning, if you're ready, let's start now."

  Kai nodded and just stared at the void through which they had entered this room. Bart had suddenly burst through the void and pulled him here, but he had no idea how his friends were doing.

  "Don't worry, they're still watching the memory. They can stay there while you come here to the Purple Lightning. Now, start meditating and we will take you to the Purple Lightning."

  Kai exhaled with a relieved expression as he finally got into the meditation position and began to focus. After a few seconds he was disconnected from the outside world. Then Bart frowned and looked at the black sword resting on Kai's knees. His look was both threatening and intimate, and soon he began to speak.

  "Are you really not going to show up, Sirius? Don't trick me after all this time! I know it's you. Come on. Aren't you even going to say hello to me?"

  Suddenly, the Heavenly Elemental Sword began to tremble, sending an intense pressure through the environment. But Bart didn't feel it at all, and Kai didn't feel anything from the outside world at the moment.

  The intense pressure gradually took shape and began to take the form of an old man. This old man had a long beard and a wise posture. Even someone who did not know him could guess how strong and wise he was.

  Even Bart stepped back for a moment. It was one thing to guess it was him, and quite another to actually see him. He could never have imagined that something like this would happen again.

  Sirius looked at Bart with a calm look and a simple smile on his face, while Bart was visibly uncomfortable.

  "Why..."

  That was the only question he wanted to ask. He was afraid, but not of his power. He was afraid of the answer. He already knew it. Sirius had been killed by his children billions of years ago. He couldn't hurt Bart now. But why was Bart still uncomfortable? Why did Sirius still look like he could destroy everything?! Why did he still think he was better than everyone else?

  "I asked you a question!!!"

  Bart lunged forward and grabbed the collar of Sirius's white robes. There was no more than eight inches between their faces. Maybe less. But as they looked at each other, very different emotions came to the surface. That was only for Bart, of course. Sirius still seemed to feel nothing at all.

  "I did what I had to do, Bart. You can't blame me for that."

  "You couldn't have let them kill you!!! Once again, we could have destroyed our enemies and advanced to level 10 together!!! Because of you.... Do you know how many of our comrades died because of you?!? How many of my friends were so unlucky that they couldn't even save their own bodies!!! And it's all because of you!!! "

  "Call me whatever you want. No matter what you do, Bart. The past will never change. I hope you understand what I'm talking about when the time comes. Unfortunately, that's all I can do. "

  Bart looked angrily into Sirius' eyes, but there was no trace of remorse in Sirius' eyes. At that moment, Bart pushed Sirius away and took a few steps back. He had a really confused look on his face.

  "You'd do it again, wouldn't you..."

  Sirius didn't answer. He just turned his head and watched Kai practicing peacefully. He had a naive smile on his face.

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  "There's nothing more we can do, Bart. I can only help them and ask them to do what we can't. I'm not sure if it will be enough, even if I do my best."

  Bart looked at Kai. Kai was merging his body and his sword. He had to merge with the spirit of the sword, but it was very difficult for someone of Sirius' level to merge with Kai. So he thought about waiting for a while. When Kai reached a more advanced level, he could merge with Kai. For now, Kai's power wasn't enough.

  Kai was currently merging with Heavenly Poison, one of Sirius' 4 abilities. This legendarily powerful poison was prepared by Kai himself and he knew everything about it, from the ingredients to the smallest details.

  Still, it was not easy to meld. Kai ran the poison through all his veins and prepared it by merging it with his body. He was acclimating his body to the poison, and once he did, his body would be able to use the full power of the Divine Poison.

  The difficult part of merging with a 4-Skill Mana Weapon began here. Kai was drenched in sweat and blood as he circulated the poison through his body, and now Black Lightning began to cover his body. But the Heavenly Poison was still there. Two legendary abilities merged with Kai's body at the same time!

  At that moment, two horns emerged from Kai's head and his healing speed was at its peak. Such a fusion couldn't be used in normal times, but Kai had to use all his powers at 100%. And he could only use this method.

  He had found this technique in the Garden of Eden, but when he heard about the difficulty, he had decided to give up. Such a technique was not something he could use.

  But his master Randal had taught him the Ultimate Heart Mode, so he felt confident and decided to practice it.

  However, even though his body healed at an incredible speed, his wounds opened up very quickly. The black bolts tore apart every single place they hit. The poison had turned Kai's veins into rotten flesh, but the Ultimate Heart was no simple technique and it could still hold out. He could still keep Kai alive.

  But in the outside world, Kai's body had turned white and there was very little energy left in his body. He had been training in Peace for months and had made a final breakthrough in energy mastery before entering meditation. Kai didn't realize it yet, but he was now an Energy Saint.

  This was a talent that had not been seen for centuries. However, there were Energy Saints like him in various corners of the planet. Only they had severed their ties with humans because they loved solitude. In the depths of the most dangerous realms, they lived in peace.

  Thanks to Kai's incredible energy control, he could still keep the poison flowing through his veins, but he knew he had to move on to the next level.

  KIRRRRRTTT!!!

  At that moment, a crackling sound came from Kai's body. It wasn't because he had crossed over to the Purple Lightning. His bones were breaking. The Ultimate Heart Mode was still somehow holding on and keeping Kai alive.

  Kai tried to breathe calmly, but it was as if even his breath was filled with poison. The wind began to fill his body and cut into his internal organs. His lungs were swollen to bursting. His skin was dry and there was a hole in his back. It was as if a water snake was crawling inside his body, making holes in his body.

  At that moment, Kai suddenly opened his eyes and tried to move in pain, but he could not even move. If he didn't reach the Purple Lightning, he would die. But in his brain, it felt like there were two mini suns. Great pain shot through his body, and from now on, he could not even move the remaining 30 centimeters to the poison. He was dying, and he still had one more ability!

  But using it was the hardest thing of all. He had to start now. He had to split his mind into two and control the energies in two different ways. On the one hand, he had to travel the remaining 30 centimeters, and on the other hand, he had to use the sword energy to create knots in his body. He would create 7 knots, and while they were being created, Kai would use his 4 sword abilities at the same time.

  "It looks like he won't make it. Aren't you going to help him?"

  At Sirius' words, Bart came to his senses and grumbled, reaching out a hand to Kai, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.

  "Stop!"

  But at that moment Sirius' voice was heard again and Bart raised his eyebrows and looked at the old man.

  "What is it?!?!!"

  "Can't you understand the will emanating from your body? Let's wait a little longer."

  Hearing this, Bart's face turned purple and he lowered his head to look at Kai once more. He was indeed radiating will. It was some kind of spiritual energy. This energy became palpable after the Opening Sky Level, but Bart hadn't noticed it even though he was halfway to Level 10. Even if he wasn't the real Bart, his power should be at least at the peak of Level 9. It was humiliating to not even realize that.

  But at that moment, Kai had somehow channeled the energy into his body. Kai suddenly vomited a handful of blood and stopped completely. The Black Lightning and the 4 Elements were still moving, but the other two sword skills had stopped.

  Kai suddenly fell backwards and lost consciousness.