Crack!

Suddenly, the charcoal figure moved. Cracks spread rapidly across its surface, and pieces of the blackened outer layer began breaking away, revealing pale, uninjured skin underneath. 

Senior Sister Xiang jerked her head up as the charred shell covering the figure's face cracked apart, revealing a face she knew all too well. 

"Master!" Relief and disbelief surged across her face. "It really is you! You're alive?" 

Lu Changsheng looked down at her, then he quickly compressed his enormous body until he returned to a normal human size. He gave himself a slight shake, and the remaining pieces of charred layers broke loose and scattered across the ground. 

"That was close," muttered Lu Changsheng with a faint smile. "A nuclear bomb really can't be underestimated. If I hadn't reached Fourth Growth and gained its tremendous defense and regenerative ability, I probably wouldn't have survived." 

When he took the nuclear...