Chapter 255 - Aftermath (1/2)

With the death of the oculon-dragon fusion, the remaining layers of haze that survived Li's outpour of divine energy faded away, thinning into transparency that let the bright, sunny rays of the sun above pierce through.

With how bright and golden the sun was and how crystal-clear blue the skies above were, it almost looked as if there had never been an undeath riddled atmosphere in the first place. Under natural light and sky, the crater so riddled with broken down mine carts, rails, and shattered rocks had a hauntingly beautiful appearance to it, as if a visage of nature that had outlasted the race of time against mortal civilization.

Li and Tia both looked up as they saw little specks of shining green fall from the sky like snow. A sign of impressive control from Tia. She had channeled the enormous brunt of Li's divine energy in a way such that after destroying the Oculon, the remaining vast pool of power shunted upwards into the sky, scattering into what were now little flakes of power that wafted down slowly and gently.

Had she thrown the energy out as Li had intended right at and through the oculon, then he had little doubts that she would probably have severely damaged the mountains, though to a slightly lesser extent than Li. It seemed when she received power from Li, it was at a slightly inefficient rate.

Li let his wings slow, and he too glided down to the ground, and Tia's huge form also did the same. Side by side, they floated down with the snow shower of divine energy to the crater. There, little shoots of grass were pushing through the once barren, undead earth, marking places where the flecks of divine power had dropped.

A tremble in the air brought Li's attention back to Tia, and he saw that she was sealing her draconic form again. He looked up as he saw her turn into a faint silhouette shrouded by a bright backdrop light of white. As the light dimmed and shrank, the silhouette also became smaller, until finally, it formed into the regular shape of Tia's human form.

With a slight difference.

When the light faded entirely, Li was left looking not at one pair of eyes, but two. One green, one black.

Tia now had two heads, just like how she had in her draconic form. And like in her draconic form, one of her heads was framed in black scales, and the other in green. More draconic horns sprouted from her black scaled head, and antlers stood tall above her green head.

Nevertheless, Li rushed in to take her in her arms, for he cared little how she looked, jus that she was happy and healthy.

Well, he had known she was fine – he could sense it through their soulbound connection and by looking at her draconic form-, but even then, seeing her healthy and smiling at him was more than enough reason to give him relief.

Tia giggled as Li swept her up for it was not too often that he would ever rush in to give anyone a hug.

”I'm okay, papa!” said Tia's green head as she too wrapped her arms around Li.

”I know,” said Li.

After a few seconds, Li put Tia down, and she looked up at him with twin smiles, both lined with teeth noticeably larger and sharper than before.

”More hugs!” said the black-scaled head in quite the demanding tone.