Chapter 2011 - Tenth Rank (3) (1/2)

Dyon's eyes narrowed. 'As expected. It's impossible to gain such benefits from Chaos Universe without giving back something in return, even if you're a Dragon or a wielder of Eternity's Balance.'

The roars seemed without consciousness. They weren't roaring out of rage or purpose. Instead, they were roaring simply because they couldn't control their impulses. They had given in their bodies to swaths of festering infernal qi. Their minds were no longer their own.

Dyon's javelins, still piercing their massive bodies into the ground, shattered into raining black embers and minor golden sparks.

Chenglei's body, still hanging in the air, suddenly rapidly shrunk. In an instant, a massive several kilometer-long dragon became a stout humanoid of three meters tall.

His eyes were no longer a reflective yellow. Instead, they were like two rubies, swimming with blood. His body was covered with black-red scales. To his back, a long and thick five-meter tail whipped violently, sending a blade of wind into the ground below that split the battlefield in half.

A massive chasm appeared. But, just when it seemed the black jade dragons would fall within, their bodies expanded, following the exact opposite direction of Chenglei.

Their scales reddened as their snake-like forms extended from a single kilometer to nearly five.

At the same time, Lionel's body quivered from head to toe. His hair became a blazing water of red, following the hue of his eyes.

His robes tore from his torso, unable to withstand the masculine bulging of his physique.

Everything was fully within Dyon's expectations. With his Wings of Blessings and [Cleanse], the next step was simple to him. Beat them down until they couldn't fight back then purge the infernal qi from their bodies. By then, controlling them would be easy.

But… Dyon could only smile bitterly. Even when his plans seemed perfect, they would go awry. No one could blame Dyon… What happened next was truly too inconceivable. Even for him, predicting it was impossible.

No matter how prepared he was, he could have never expected that the greatest danger wouldn't be Chenglei, or even the weaker Lionel, but rather the only one of them he had never fought before… Eve.

Eve's shrill shriek shook the skies. Despite a pillar of infernal qi erupting into the skies for her as well, hers was decidedly larger. Not only was it larger… But unlike the others, her mental state wasn't affected in the least.

Her white hair danced. Though its color didn't change, its length grew to o.b.s.c.e.n.e levels, reaching out longer than even Chenglei's tail. That said, the color of her skin did change, or rather, it seemed to.

The temperature around her skyrocketed followed by the slight reddening of her fair skin. In the next moment, her white gown burned to ashes, only to reveal a skintight grey battle suit.

Still, what shook Dyon the most were her eyes…