Eye System

Chapter 83: Complications

Lex's targeted green eyes with the red centre were scanning the ceiling above Angela diligently as he estimated that he had 3 seconds before Angela would be crushed by the caving ceiling.

Despite his increase in strength, from the distance he was at, it would be impossible for him to reach Angela before she was crushed.

The 3 seconds felt like both a torturing eternity and an instant to Lex.

"I am not helpless" he roars in self-encouragement as he retracts his Perceptive Eye and activates his Spacial Eye.

The small pool of energy in the Eye Energy Reserves began to rapidly circulate as the clear substance became infinitely dark in the same way the void was.

Remembering the sensation he felt when the Eye Demon was in control, Lex streamed the spacial energy throughout his body and used his eyes to launch his body forwards through space.

Body Jolt

An enormous amount of energy from his Eye Energy Reserves was burnt as his body jolted through space itself and when he felt he had reached Angela, Lex abruptly halted through space.

His eyes were in immense pain, but with the Eye Energy Reserves, he didn't overdraft on energy and would be able to mostly recover from the mental and eye strain.

For him to change Eye Powers and activate the Body Jolt skill, Lex who wasn't very proficient with the skill and using the Spacial Eye had still used 2 seconds, which in the current situation was detrimental.

Lex with all the energy in his legs, kicks Angela's body away, sending her sliding backwards enough to be out of harms way from the collapsing ceiling.

As her body slid away and scraped against the rough ground, Angela had slight wounds on her back, but seeing her out of where he knew the ceiling would collapse, Lex had a fulfilled smile.

However, unlike his past reckless self, Lex didn't only want to save his friend, but also wanted to save himself and make sure that this wasn't the end.

Lex could feel that his eyes seemed to be on the verge of faltering and at their level and the current state of Lex's body and power, knew what he was doing would have serious consequences, but if he was able to survive he was willing to deal with it afterwards.

His completely black eyes were struggling to stay activated, but forcefully streaming energy into them, Lex forcefully jolted his body to Angela's side, just as a large piece of stone crashed over his right shoulder.

Landing next to Angela, Lex felt as though he had lost his vision suddenly and with the pain in his right shoulder, stumbled over and fell onto the ground.

[You idiot, even overused your Spacial Eye to the point that you lost your vision] remarked the Eye Demon.

[System why can't I see] asks Lex, ignoring the Eye Demon and gritting his teeth through the pain his eyes and shoulder.

{Ding, the Spacial Eye has been over-drafted and is now in a dormant state and for it to be reawakened will require either 10,000 system points or for the host to slowly recover it over time by supplying it energy} the system explained.

As he heard this he assumed if he retracted the Spacial Eye his vision would return, and as he did so his vision did return but the pain in his eyes was still there.

{Ding, for the host's current state, the system would recommend not to use any Eye Powers until your eyes recover and it will cause the host more pain and may even cause another Eye Power to become dormant} advised the system.

Lex realised life could never be as simple as it was since his second start, and with all the good luck he had since coming to this reality, he knew it would never last.

All these complications were making Lex's life much harder, but he decided he would never allow himself to despair and would always strive for greatness.

Lifting his body with his left arm, with his right arm being slumped as his shoulder was completely shattered, Lex stood up.

"Now to get Angela out of this place and recover" stated Lex, staying calm and not allowing the complications to affect him.

Carrying her would be almost impossible in the current state he was in, and her body was mostly recovered, so Lex decided he would wait for her to awaken.

While he waited Lex sat cross-legged and streamed energy around his body as he attempted to heal his shoulder.

Lex's eyes had continuous pulsating pain, as tears of blood endlessly streamed from his eyes, while he waited for Angela to awaken.

After a few hours of semi-cultivating, which was extremely painful with his damaged meridians and strained eyes, and mostly recovering his shoulder with a Mortal Recovery Pill, Angela suddenly jumped up.

Angela was completely healed from the wounds she received from the beasts when she was captured and from being kicked away by Lex to save her, as her saint healing power reacted with the Mortal Recovery Pill.

"I'm alive" she exclaimed as she abruptly sat up.

Instantly with the thick smell of waste and corpses and the gruesome sight of the shredded bodies of young girls and beasts on the other side of the open sewer, Angela was overwhelmed.

The young girl began to uncontrollably vomit.

"Calm down so we can leave" stated Lex as he tapped her shoulder.

After she had nothing left within her stomach to vomit she wiped her mouth and turning to the boy that tapped her.

Trying to regain composure after vomiting and looking into the boy's eyes, she was surprised by the familiar sight.

She recognised him as Lex, but he seemed much stronger as she could see from his shirtless body and could also see that the roots of his hair were becoming black and red unlike the rest of his white hair and had blood all over his body, with bloodstains streaming from his eyes.

But his endlessly dark eyes and his shabby and ripped shorts, made her realise it was the same Lex she always used to help out of pity.

"Lex," she says enquiringly still unsure if it was him.

"Come on Angela we have to leave before the rest of this place collapses," he said trying not to get too close to her as not to allow what had occurred in his last reality to repeat itself.

"Wait what happened, how come I am alive and why are you here" she questions.

"Let's leave first then we can talk about what happened, okay," he said hoping to avoid getting too involved with her until he was strong enough.

She nodded seeing the situation she was in and Lex being the only one there, but also had so many questions and had no idea how she was still alive after being captured by the beasts and how she recovered.

"Time to leave" he mumbled apprehensively.