The Lava Pool roared.
Tony sat at its center like a stone at the bottom of a river while everything around him churned and screamed.
Molten energy crashed against his spinal tree, forcing pathways wider, burning away weakness the way fire burns away dead wood.
He didn't flinch.
'Almost…'
The word echoed somewhere deep in his chest. The barrier between his current realm and the next was thin now. Paper thin. He could feel it flexing with every breath, every surge of energy the Body Refinement Card pushed through him.
Just a little more.
***
In the last two days, many things happened while Tony cultivating inside the Lava pool.
Inside the Healing Tower's announcement hall, Hikaru watched the projection with increasingly tight fists.
The video played again.
The cancer girl spoke clearly about Tony treating her cancer and she urged everyone to stop misunderstand Tony.
Absolute proof… And yet the comment feeds scrolling beside the projection were a disaster.
