Heaven, Earth, Me 5 (GL)

Chapter 845. Cecile.

Since she discovered it, Cecile had never wanted to use her innate skill [Moon Phoenix Resurrection]. While it was true that the name and the effects she instinctively knew about all pointed at her ability to resurrect, what happened if it failed for any reason?

Cecile knew that it would work, at least, the feeling of it not being able to fail unless certain conditions were met was quite clear in her head. But, even when she was confident, there was a particular barrier as a human-born being that stopped her from testing it out.

Cecile was a pure Phoenix, a fact that was clear to all who saw her. Yet, she was born a human, and despite her transformation, traces of her human days remained, pushing her against some things. This struggle between her past and her present, her human nature and her Phoenix identity, was a constant battle within her.

This was extremely common among those exceptions who managed to become beasts from other species. Certain things were difficult to accept.

One of the most common was the fact that eating others strengthened them.

Many human-turned-beast people spent the rest of their days maintaining a certain moral value of never eating humanoid creatures. Even when they were a completely new being that benefited from that, they were reluctant.

So, years ago, when she unlocked it, she had never thought that she would ever use the skill. She wanted to lock the skill away and forget that it even existed. After all, death was its activation condition.

However, the call of destiny seemed to be inevitable, and when she began fighting the tribulation, the thought that her skill might get forced to be used flashed in her mind. 'Perhaps, today I might need to use it.'

The reason was the strength of the tribulation. While it was true that Cecile was a talented cultivator, she didn't do anything too special to deserve such strength from the Heavens.

If standards were something maintained, she would've needed to face 11, not 13, Heavenly Lighting Soldiers.

But 13 appeared, and the reason was the simple fact that she was connected with Yasenia at a soul level. The result of managing to become the [Interlocked Soul] of a creature like Yasenia was that Yasenia's influence was tightly interlocked with her future.

Cecile didn't resent Yasenia at all. On the contrary, she was glad.

Yasenia's influence made her tribulations stronger, which, in turn, made her stronger. The Heavenly Tribulations were as much of a punishment as they were an opportunity.

The lingering energy from the Heavenly Lightning was one of, if not the best, energy a cultivator could even absorb to strengthen their core.

Of course, even knowing that her skill might get used, Cecile fought hard and never with the intent of using it. She used every tactic, every skill, every single bit of her strength that she could squeeze out and fought back with ferocity.

She destroyed one Heavenly Soldier Lightning after another with ruthless efficiency. And for the first seven, it went well. She received injuries, but that much was well within her calculations.

Yet, when her fight against the last six began, her entire body felt threatened to the point that her soul was screaming danger. She knew at that moment that this last round was far from just increasing their numbers by two.

What she was fighting was not six Heavenly Lightning Soldiers. She was fighting four and an extra two. Those extra two, the extra that Cecile didn't know appeared because of her connection with Yasenia, were a level above the other four.

Their external appearance was deceiving, as nothing had actually changed from the other four. And yet, the second they moved, Cecile almost lost trace of them.