Chapter 1072 - Return of the Dragon (1/2)

A pure, dazzling white radiance erupted, enfolding the world completely. Rhode instinctively extended his arm to cover his eyes from the brilliance. However, he realized he wasn’t in control of his body. At the next moment, he felt as though he was being dragged by an unknown force and flew out in a ‘swish’, sinking into darkness and losing his consciousness.

“Ugh…”

After an unknown while, he opened his eyes slowly. What came into view was the usual sky and land in the Void Territory.

It seems like I made it back safely. But…

Rhode shrugged and shook his head at this thought. He wasn’t aware of what exactly happened in the end. After he became the Void Dragon, he never lost his consciousness. What he did back then was only summoning a card spirit and this shouldn’t have happened.

Forget it, since it is already done and dusted… Hmm?

At this moment, he discovered that something was amiss; his body was as though no longer a material existence and had become illusory instead. He extended his arms and could vaguely see through them as though he were a ghost. This scene felt somewhat familiar and unfamiliar at the same time because in the game, he had experienced it several times. The feeling of unfamiliarity struck him as this was his first time encountering this after transmigrating to this world. The reason was simple. This was the spiritual state after a player was killed.

“What in the world… what’s going on?”

Rhode was baffled at this scene. He didn’t expect to be defeated, or get insta-killed, in this case. Rhode summoned the system interface quickly at this thought and as expected, most of his skills and talents were grayed out, unusable, and only a few functions were available. However, this didn’t affect him too much because what he was most concerned about was why he became a spirit for no apparent reason. But… he decided to see if he could still return to his actual body in this spiritual form.

He looked to the left and right at this thought. This should be the place where he fought Cassidy earlier on. Logically, even if he died, his corpse should be nearby. But at this moment, he heard a familiar voice.

“Big Brother, you’re finally awake.”

“Phew… I’m so glad you’re still here. That’s a relief. What exactly…”

Upon hearing his younger sister’s voice, Rhode let out a sigh of relief. He shook his head and turned toward her. Then, he was stupefied as standing before him was the beautiful woman whom he missed dearly. The identical face that had turned pale due to the pester of sickness, as well as the long, silky black hair… Everything seemed just so familiar. But what surprised him was that his younger sister actually possessed her own body! What’s going on?

“This is…”

“Seems like we were fooled by Cassidy, Big Brother.”

Facing Rhode’s astonished expression, the young lady said, forcing a smile and shaking her head helplessly. After hearing her explanations, Rhode finally figured out what happened exactly. The moment he used [Spirit Language] to awaken Cassidy, she restored to perfect conditions. But this was where the problem started. Just like how one couldn’t possibly create something from nothing, even though Cassidy possessed the perfect core, she was a soul fragment, after all. Just like other summoning spirits, other parts of her had to be replenished by Rhode’s spiritual powers. And this was where the problem arose.

If Rhode was a complete Creator Dragon, all of his rules would belong to him and naturally there wouldn’t be any issues. But the problem was that he wasn’t a complete Creator Dragon. The main reason why he was able to become a Creator Dragon was that when the former Void Dragon incarnated into the real world, she accidentally transferred too much power into Rhode’s body. Although Rhode used his younger sister’s soul fragment to replenish his strength, the Void Dragon’s power still belonged to his younger sister and was not ‘created originally’ by him. It was due to this that this power of the void came from the same source as the power of void used to create Cassidy, which caused a resonance and led to Rhode being affected by Cassidy’s power of contrast. Coincidentally, his younger sister’s soul fragment was inside his body as his second soul. As a result, both of them swapped places to the influence of the power of contrast. Rhode was forcefully turned into a spirit, while his younger sister appeared as a human. It could also be said that their roles had completely switched around.

“Tsk, how unfortunate.”

Rhode tutted. He always acted with caution and didn’t expect to meet with this unexpected failure. This left him incomparably depressed. But when he lifted his head, he realized his younger sister was smiling and gazing at him.

“The fact that I’m here means you’re really fortunate in this misfortune, Big Brother.”

“What do you mean?”

“Have you forgotten that Cassidy’s power of contrast is really powerful, Big Brother? If I’m not around, it won’t be as simple as switching our roles already. When that happens, things would have changed.”

“Ugh…”