It's definitely happening… the backlash from the parchment has begun!

That portion of rain-level power from the parchment was never something you could just use whenever you wanted.

Using that power comes at a price.

Fang Yue had always been aware of this. However, when facing a rain-level expert, his own strength offered no room for struggle. He could only rely on the power of the parchment.

Fortunately, the side effects Fang Yue experienced after using the parchment the previous times were relatively minor.

It only involved the parchmentification of his heart and a part of the fingers on his right hand.

But now, that strange parchmentification side effect was striking again!

"Ha… ha…"

Fang Yue opened his mouth, clutched his chest, and gasped for breath, his eyes losing focus.

The piercing pain made him feel that his heart was undergoing some kind of special transformation.

Danger! Danger! Danger!

Even when fighting Jian Wufeng of Tianjian Sect, Fang Yue hadn't felt such an intense sense of crisis.

It was a special kind of pain that arose when life was being transformed into something else.

"Parch… parchment…"

[Huhu, what is it?]

The parchment seemed still immersed in the joy of being praised, completely unaware of how terrible Fang Yue's condition was at the moment.

"Side effect… your… side effect… quickly find a way to restrain it!"

Fang Yue felt his consciousness blurring. Illusions even seemed to appear before his eyes. He thought he saw the broken sword, called Tianjian, on the ground rejoining, reconnecting together.

No!

Wait!

This wasn't an illusion!

With a start, Fang Yue's eyes widened.

The Tianjian before him had indeed changed from a broken sword into a complete, undamaged longsword.

And the terrifying sword intent that he couldn't feel at all before was erupting from the Tianjian's body once again!

The Tianjian was actually alive!

Just as Fang Yue thought of this, a sharp, intense pain shot out from his heart. With a scream, he collapsed to the ground, convulsing, his whole body burning.

[Fang Yue! Fang Yue!]

The parchment's voice seemed close, yet far away, making it sound strangely unfamiliar.

Everything has its price. The increase in the parchment's power limit had caused the side effects to become unusually violent.

Fang Yue faintly felt that, so far, at least half of his heart had been transformed, parchmentified.

"Crap… turning into the shape of a parchment…"

[Don't say such strange things! Zhi Zhi is still a child!]

Although it was saying unreliable things, the parchment also knew how dangerous the situation was now.

Just as Fang Yue was about to fall into a coma, a force suddenly enveloped him, wrapping around his heart.

Then, he felt his body 'stand' up, beyond his control.

It was a very strange feeling. His consciousness was still his own. He could still feel the pain of his heart being tormented and transformed, but his body was acting without his control.

"Parchment, is that you…"

[It's not me!]

"Then who is it…"

Fang Yue suddenly stopped speaking because he knew who was controlling his body.

[Wuwuwu! I'm still a child!!]