Chapter 1842 - Shattering A Dragon (2/2)
Before he could recover himself, another two starlights closed in on him in the same manner.
Zhou Xuzi had been a god emperor for tens of thousands of years, so he was able to react very quickly. He forced himself to swallow the gurgling blood in his throat, summoned the cracked Armillary Bell, and channeled all of his power into the divine artifact. It immediately swelled to three thousand meters and flew toward the Heavenly Sun and the Heavenly Soul.
KABOOM!
The light generated from the explosion nearly blinded Zhou Xuzi’s eyes, but filled Caizhi’s eyes and soul with warmth.
The Armillary Bell distorted drastically, and the crack Caizhi dealt earlier widened at an incredible rate. Then, a boom that felt like the fall of heaven itself later, the remaining starlight hit Zhou Xuzi square in the solar plexus, drilled horrifying holes into his already severely injured body, and crushed his organs to the point where they shifted out of place.
Zhou Xuzi hit the ground heavily and threw up blood non-stop.
It was at this moment the Heavenly Wolf Devil Sword flew back into Caizhi’s hands. The wolf’s head at the sword tip also reopened its vengeful, bloody eyes.
She slowly rose to her feet. Somehow, she was able to dig up a reservoir of dark Heavenly Wolf divine power from her small, exhausted body.
She wobbled into the air and flew toward Zhou Xuzi. She then let out a low, hateful growl and swung her sword at the kneeling god emperor.
Zhou Xuzi abruptly looked up and caught the sword with both hands, keeping it at bay.
Caizhi’s pupils were dark and vengeful. The wolf behind her was flickering but violent. Even as weakened as she was, the force behind her sword was still something to behold.
Zhou Xuzi bled from his palms, and his arms were slowly but surely giving in under the pressure. However, he was able to gather his strength eventually and push back against Caizhi.
Unfortunately for him, the breather only lasted half a breath’s time. His widened pupils shrank into the size of a needle… because one final starlight was approaching him at high speed.
Immobilized by the Heavenly Wolf’s power, Zhou Xuzi could only watch the starlight of despair fly closer and closer to him.
BOOM—
The star turned into a supernova, destroying Zhou Xuzi’s last protective aura and spraying his blood everywhere. However, not only did the explosion not harm Caizhi in the slightest, the girl felt like someone was pressing her cheeks with a warm hand.
A tear slid soundlessly across her cheeks, and the brilliant starlight eventually faded into nothing. Caizhi brought her sword down.
Of the twelve Star Gods, the Heavenly Wolf was the only one left now.
KABOOM!
This time, Zhou Xuzi had nothing left to defend himself. His chest cavity crumpled beneath the swing, and at least half of his chest bones and ribs shattered at the same time.
Red peeking between the black in her eyes like the blood stains of the abyss, An exhausted Caizhi somehow summoned a power that could only be described as fueled by infinite hatred and swung her sword again and again.
BOOM… Zhou Xuzi’s right arm was shattered.
BOOM—Zhou Xuzi’s left arm was shattered, and the force was so great that it literally ripped chunks of flesh from his body.
BOOM… Zhou Xuzi’s legs and knees turned to dust.
BOOM—this one struck Zhou Xuzi’s skull and turned his world into a nightmarish buzz.
BOOM—
The final strike pierced his broken body completely and scattered his dirtied blood across the field like a burst blood bag.
Bang. Zhou Xuzi collapsed to the ground like a dying dog, unmoving.
However, his eyelids were still trembling, and there was a wisp of aura that struggled like a dying fish on shore. The end of the devil race was happening right before his eyes, and he refused to die until he witnessed its end.
At the same time, the Heavenly Wolf Devil Sword crashed into the ground and made a noise that sounded like crumbling mountains.
Eyes gray and unfocused, Caizhi slumped against her sword and just barely kept herself from dropping to a full kneeling position. She could sense that a wisp of Zhou Xuzi’s aura was still struggling to live, and she wanted nothing more than to get back to her feet and end it once and for all. However, her arms, no, her entire body no longer felt like they belonged to herself, and even keeping her eyes open nearly depleted all of her strength and willpower.
Sis...
I’m… so tired…
I… really… don’t have… anything left… anymore…
Bang…
A dreamlike murmur later, still slumped against the Heavenly Wolf Devil Sword, her consciousness finally faded into complete darkness.
Long Bai had been watching everything. He hadn’t tried to save Zhou Xuzi or kill the unconscious Caizhi with his own hands.
It was beneath him.
“Azure,” he said indifferently, “kill that Little Heavenly Wolf. But make sure you preserve the body.”
It would make an excellent gift for when he met Yun Che later!
He hadn’t given the order via sound transmission, so everyone heard his words clearly.
ROAR!!!
The Dragon Emperor of Absolute Beginning let out a roar of absolute fury and frustration. A violent storm of energy immediately shattered much of the Azure Dragon God’s bones and knocked him high, high into the air.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t able to transform the opportunity into a chance to crush the Azure Dragon God once and for all. It was because the nine Dragon Sovereigns who were battling the four Star Gods earlier had rushed over to stall it for as long as they were able.
Eager to carry out the Dragon Monarch’s order, the Azure Dragon God forced himself to return to an upright position before flying toward Caizhi. Behind him, the dragon emperor’s roars grew a decibel louder.
“Yama Emperor, Qianying!” Chi Wuyao shouted. However, Yan Tianxiao was busy defending himself, and Qianye Ying’er had lost half of her mind after burning the devil’s blood. She hadn’t reacted to the roar at all.
Chi Wuyao abruptly descended toward the ground, but the Crimson Destruction Dragon God wasn’t going to let her escape as a matter of course. A crimson domain that seemed to burn with infinite flames abruptly appeared from his body, and he shouted, “You will not escape! Devil Queen!”
Suddenly, Chi Wuyao stopped and turned to faceLong Fei. her eyes were gleaming with a demonic light.
Chi Wuyao once said that anyone whose soul had been feasted upon by her devil soul before—even if it was the Crimson Destruction Dragon God himself—would be traumatized by the experience. She had claimed that he wouldn’t be able to face her without fear until a very, very long time later.
She was correct. Even now, the fear was twisting inside his pride like a malicious snake. It was why he had sworn to destroy her, the source of his fear and shame with his own two hands.
Now, after he saw the all-too-familiar gleam in her eyes, the Crimson Destruction Dragon God immediately and instinctively protected his dragon’s soul. He looked like a bird who was scared by the twang of a bow.
It was at this moment a blue gleam of space appeared less than thirty meters away behind the Crimson Destruction Dragon God and pierced into his neck.
It had happened all too suddenly and unexpected. There was zero sign whatsoever until it happened. Forget the others, even Long Fei himself didn’t notice it despite being so close to the ambusher.
There had only been thirty meters of distance between Long Fei and the strange reaction, not to mention that his attention had been fully focused on Chi Wuyao. It had come as a complete surprise!
Even better, the cold beam of power had pierced through the supposedly impenetrable body of a Dragon God with ease!
Ding! A ring of ice sealed the Crimson Destruction Dragon God’s power before he could gather it.
Ding! A second ring of ice sealed all the veins on his upper body.
Ding! A third rice of ice pushed down his second attempt to channel his power again, and...
Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding...
It began from the wound in his neck, and it ended up with everything being encased in ice. A total of eighteen rings of ice had frozen his power, his blood, his veins, his bones, his profound veins, his consciousness, his limbs and more so fast that those who weren’t facing the scene didn’t even have time to turn their heads.
The Crimson Destruction Dragon God had been frozen into ice before he was able to react or put up any meaningful resistance at all. Then...
BANG!
The sword sang again, and the rings exploded. The frozen Crimson Destruction Dragon God, the physical body that was second in power only to Long Bai, shattered into a shower of dreamlike, bluish fragments.
The blue figure who did all this wasn’t done yet, however. They cut through space with impossible speed and brought their sword toward the Azure Dragon God next.
Everything had happened in just an instant. No one was anywhere near fast enough to cry out in warning. By the time the Azure Dragon God turned around in shock, all he saw was the Crimson Destruction Dragon God shattering into a million pieces, and… a blue light that was just inches away from his head.
Bang—
The Snow Princess Sword struck the Azure Dragon God squarely in the forehead and erupted into a thousand-meter expanse of ice.