'I didn't think they would push me this far. That girl, she really has grown.' Joshua had this thought as he finally opened one of his trump cards.
Celestial Crossing Pill. A legendary pill that was said to be able to grant mortals the power of gods. What he took was an inferior version but for ten minutes, his power would get boosted by several degrees.
But the cost of that would be the loss of his bodily functions for five whole days.
'But those ten minutes... I will make them enough!' He opened his eyes which had turned into a haze and shot forward.
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"Shi-" I Batley had time to talk when a sword passed through my body and shattered my chest before I flew back and crashed into a conveniently placed boulder and turned it to powder.
My mana though it was destroying my body seemed to have sensed the danger of the wound and a green light wrapped around it and I was back to my normal body crumbling state.
