Translator: Silavin
Amidst the rampaging residual Yuan Energy and billowing dust, a peculiar luminescence suddenly burst forth. Under this not particularly dazzling radiance, wherever it passed, the rampaging Yuan Energy completely subsided.
Within mere breaths, that violent Yuan Energy vanished entirely.
Xia Lieyang’s expression abruptly shifted, his gaze turning toward the ground below with extreme shock. Then, his pupils contracted sharply.
Below him, a blurred luminous figure gradually materialised, and an overwhelming pressure spread out.
Under this pressure, Xia Lieyang’s almost sentient Martial Soul, the Sky Elephant, actually emitted a long cry, its head bowing!
That luminous manifestation gradually solidified. Only then could Xia Lieyang discern its appearance. It had a serpent’s body, crocodile head, lizard legs, eagle claws, snake tail, deer antlers, fish scales…
“This… this is…!?” Gazing at that Martial Soul radiating supreme noble bearing, Xia Lieyang’s pupils filled with profound shock!
As someone from the Sky Elephant Imperial Dynasty’s Royal Family, he was not unfamiliar with the creature before him. Because countless ancient records mentioned this being…
A True Dragon!
“How is this possible? How is this possible!? How can you possess two Martial Souls!? Didn’t the True Dragons disappear long ago!?”
“…”
Xia Lieyang’s incoherent cries of disbelief rang out.
“This absolutely cannot be real!” After a long moment, Xia Lieyang violently shook his head, then roared explosively.
*Boom!* Following his roar, the Sky Elephant erupted with blinding azure light once more, that viscous colour resembling azure liquid!
*Swoosh!* The Sky Elephant Martial Soul shot forward like an azure beam, swiftly covering the spatial distance. The next instant, it had arrived above Qin Yichen, one massive palm carrying infinite force viciously stomping toward that True Dragon Martial Soul below.
*Bang!* However, just as that massive palm was about to land upon the True Dragon’s head, an eagle-claw-like palm suddenly manifested beneath it, grasping it in hand.
When the True Dragon Martial Soul seized the Sky Elephant’s massive palm, the palm instantly exploded. Amidst scattering azure radiance, a palm containing abundant Yuan Energy directly dissipated into nothingness.
“Impossible!” His full-force strike had been so easily blocked by Qin Yichen! Xia Lieyang could not help but roar.
At this moment, the True Dragon Martial Soul manifesting above Qin Yichen had luminous colours surging in its two eyes, filled with indifferent detachment. It gazed toward the Sky Elephant with an expression like observing an ant.
With his current Martial Arts Cultivation, and advancement of Spiritual Energy cultivation to the Earth Grade. Now, deploying his True Dragon Martial Soul again, though the duration might still be limited, his control far exceeded what he had achieved in the Fallen God Abyss.
Even activating just one-thousandth or one-hundredth of the True Dragon Martial Soul’s power, its terrifying nature far surpassed ordinary Martial Souls!
*Roar!* Qin Yichen’s gaze turned indifferent. With a thought, the True Dragon Martial Soul roared skyward. Radiance bloomed, and in a flash, it pierced through space, appearing beside the Sky Elephant Martial Soul.
Then, those sharp claws viciously tore toward the Sky Elephant.
Facing this lightning-fast offensive, before Xia Lieyang could recover from his earlier shock, he felt a terrifying force erupt and transmit through the Sky Elephant’s body.
*Bang!*
Then, Xia Lieyang felt heat surging in his Dantian. His trusted Sky Elephant was actually torn apart alive! His weakened body was now exposed beneath that True Dragon Martial Soul’s indifferent gaze.
“No… this is impossible. How could you possibly defeat me!” Watching that gaze regarding him like an ant, Xia Lieyang’s entire body trembled violently. Such a gaze had always been his alone when viewing others. When had he ever endured such a look?
Immediately, madness completely filled his heart. Even if death came, he would kill Qin Yichen!
*Thud!*
Xia Lieyang’s eyes turned blood-red. With the Sky Elephant’s disappearance, the azure Yuan Energy remaining in the air rapidly converged toward him. Within a single breath, his body suddenly swelled a full circle!
Upon his body’s surface, within the azure Yuan Energy, a dark crimson eerie colour intermixed. It was coming from Xia Lieyang’s own Blood Essence!
Simultaneously, an extremely terrifying violent fluctuation quietly spread throughout this world.
“Brat, even if I die, I’m dragging you to be buried with me!” Finally, Xia Lieyang’s furious roar resounded. Then, his body violently expanded again. The next instant, towering azure radiance and dark crimson erupted massively, and an incomparably violent explosion thundered forth.
The might of his self-detonation swept toward Qin Yichen as swift as lightning. Wherever it passed, space fractured into tiny fissures. The ground, constructed from unknown sturdy materials, was also brutally torn with terrifying, hideous marks.
Watching the final strike brought by Xia Lieyang’s desperate self-detonation, Qin Yichen’s brow could not help but furrow.
This was a Late Stage Martial Emperor’s self-detonation. It could obliterate an entire city. Even deploying his True Dragon Martial Soul, he still sensed extreme danger!
*Roar! Roar!*
Just as Qin Yichen prepared to flee, the small beast that had been lying on his shoulder somehow stood up. Then, under Qin Yichen’s horrified gaze, it charged toward the oncoming azure-crimson radiance with a death-defying posture.
*Whoosh!*
Qin Yichen had originally assumed this unremarkable small gecko would be instantly pulverised. What left him somewhat dumbfounded was that the little creature’s mouth, which was not even two fingers wide, suddenly gaped open. At this moment, that towering explosive energy seemed drawn by some terrifying suction, directly surging toward its mouth!
Under Qin Yichen’s horrified gaze, energy sufficient to kill Late Stage Martial Emperors was continuously flooded into that palm-sized body.
Even more astonishing, with so much energy flooding in, not only did the little creature not bursting open, even its belly showed no signs of expansion whatsoever!
Time passed who knew how long. As the final trace of azure-crimson energy entered the small gecko’s mouth, it wagged that slender tail, completely ignoring Qin Yichen, returned to his shoulder, and immediately fell asleep.
“…What kind of damn monster are you!?” Qin Yichen stared somewhat speechlessly at the little creature on his shoulder, the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably. Such massive explosive energy had actually been ‘eaten’ by it?
[You won’t explode right? If such an enormous amount of energy detonated on my shoulder, I’d instantly die you know!?]
What Qin Yichen could not comprehend even more was that after consuming so much violent energy, its body showed no signs of growth whatsoever. At most, its skin appeared slightly more lustrous, with a bit of fur seeming to grow.