The purple lightning giant dragon tossed to and fro in a frenzy, releasing torrents of thunderbolts as thick as water buckets. Every single strike down was unbearable, not only to those in the Original Spirit Realm, but those in the ordinary Divine Realm as well.
However, when these thunderbolts fell on the bodies of the divine warriors, they merely stirred up some ripples before they were neutralized.
This was the battlefield. As the master of the chessboard, Chu Yuan could perfectly distribute and channel every surge of power, gathering all strength in one place. Unless there was someone observing in the Divine Realm or a massive divine bombardment, his battlefield could never be broken through.
The power of divine artifacts was unimaginable.
"Fragmentation Slash!"
Despite not being as strong as the thunderstorm dragon, Lu Qianfu's strength was at the ninth level of divinity, and with the Fragmentation Knife, he immediately struck a hefty slash, breaking dragon scales and leaving a lengthy wound from which blood spilled all over the place.
The purple lightning dragon roared in fury.
"What use is your rage?"
Chu Yuan coldly retorted.
Armed with the title of Lightning Manipulator, he didn't worry much about thunder-element divinities. He knew that he couldn't break through defense simply by relying on divine abilities. Thus, he held the emperor's sword and wielded supreme swordsmanship.
Standing tall and mighty amidst the thunder, Chu Yuan's emperor's sword inflicted damage greater than that made by Lu Qianfu's Fragmentation Knife, leaving shocking wounds on the massive dragon's body one after another.
From a distance, the purple lightning dragon seemed to collide around, but it couldn't break through the blockade of the divine warriors.
For the first time, fear appeared in the eyes of the purple lightning dragon.
Given its strength, it shouldn't be scared by an army of one hundred thousand. But Chu Yuan and Lu Qianfu each wielded weapons that could harm it.
It had a feeling that, if it didn't retreat now, it might very well perish here today.
But how could Chu Yuan let the purple lightning dragon retreat? It had underestimated its enemy this time. If he let it go, he would lose such a good opportunity next time.
"Rescue the dragon king!"
The other divine bewitched beasts were panicked, roaring in anger.
"Vermilion Bird army, follow me and attack!"
Zhu Fengfeng's eyes were cold. Flashing through the sky like a phoenix, her formidable strength rippled at the ninth level of divinity, blocking the bewitching beasts who were attempting to rescue the purple lightning dragon.
"Stop the divine beasts, don't let them interfere with His Majesty!"
The Minister of Military, Huang Yong, roared in anger.
"Purple Lightning Dragon, today you are destined to die!"
At this moment, Chu Yuan tightly gripped the Emperor's sword and slashed fiercely onto the giant dragon's body, leaving shocking wounds. The power of devouring attached to the sword also devoured the life force of the purple lightning dragon.
"Emperor Dawu, I'll kill you first!"
Initially, the purple lightning dragon had tried to slaughter as many divine warriors as it could. However, now it realized that some spell linked the divine warriors together into one unified entity. For now, it had to kill Chu Yuan first to break the army's formation.
"Imperial Dragon Wrath, purple Lightning Extreme Light!"
At this moment, the purple lightning dragon displayed the real power of a ninth-tier bewitched beast. Its body was drawn taut, the purple horns on its head surged with the ultimate thunder power, charging directly at Chu Yuan.
"Kill me? You're not quite there yet!"
Seeing the purple lightning dragon charging at him, Chu Yuan's expression was stern to the extreme.
Boom! A terrifying imposition of imperial dominance erupted. Within Chu Yuan's emperor sword, the belief of humanity glowed brightly, vanquishing all enemies, and struck fiercely onto the horns of the dragon.
The purple lightning dragon cried out in agony; it could not believe that its sharpest horns were cut off by the strange sword in the young Emperor Dawu's hand.
An obscure crystal mist leaked from the broken horns. This was the vital energy of the dragon's life.
Lu Qianfu seized the opportunity. The strength of thirty thousand soldiers bombarded the purple lightning dragon simultaneously, inflicting more injuries and spattering blood and flesh.
"No! I'm a powerful bewitched beast. How could I die here?" The purple lightning dragon was frightened.
With Chu Yuan's command, a few jumps landed him on the huge head of the purple lightning dragon.
The Great Devouring Technique started operating, pressing down on the broken horns immediately, and in a flash, a terrifying amount of vital energy was devoured by him.
The purple lightning dragon floundered like a snake, trying to shake off the intruder on its head.
However, Chu Yuan's palm was firmly attached to it.
The purple lightning dragon's roar was hysterical.
But its scream only lasted for a dozen breaths, as its massive body began to shrink, and finally, its cries came to an abrupt halt.
Several hundred thousand people watched, as the purple lightning dragon had turned into a dragon skin, with its flesh and blood nowhere to be found.
The Original Spirit Realm Level Six!
Ingesting so many divine bewitching beasts and swallowing all the vitality of the purple lightning dragon, Chu Yuan finally elevated himself to the sixth level of Original Spirit Realm.
It wasn't easy at all.
Chu Yuan sighed quietly.
"Ding! The host has achieved Option Two, receiving one hundred Destiny Points, a blueprint for the Cannon of Destiny Level One (20% completed), current progress: sixty percent."
With the Cannon of Destiny at 60% completion, Chu Yuan can already see the shape of a giant cannon in the system space. Though incomplete, he can sense its frightening power capable of annihilating everything.
"Ding! The host has completed a hidden choice, capturing the leader to take the plunder. You've earned one chance at the randomized draw."
"Another chance for a random draw!"
Chu Yuan was delighted. If he had simply listened to Hong Yun's advice and played safe, he wouldn't have gotten the chance at a random draw.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Meanwhile, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers were shouting in exaltation, their blood boiling with excitement. The image of the invincible Chu Yuan was now etched in their minds, even more intense than the previous emperor.
"Go, go, go! The Emperor of Dawu has killed godly Purple Lightning Dragon, we will also die here if we don't leave now. He is much more terrifying; a marked improvement over Chu Yi!"
The divine bewitching beasts watching Purple Lightning Dragon's cruel death were scared out of their wits. The beasts in the stampede ignored their commands, fleeing and scattering in all directions.
"The four beast squads, hunt down the beasts!"
Deep fear mirrored in Hong Yun's eyes as well. He also did not expect that Chu Yuan could lead the divine warriors to kill the purple lightning dragon. Even if he took charge of the Forbidden Army himself, it would be a hard-won victory.
By this time, the beast stampede couldn't mount a countercharge, so the four military camps started their hunt.
Now it was the stage to slaughter and mop up the beasts.
A dangerous stampede thus diffused.
"Turn the horns of the purple lightning dragon into a sword for Princess Chenxi, and make a suit of armor from its skin."
Chu Yuan instructed. The divine, ninth-level bewitched beast's materials were excellent for crafting celestial-level magical treasures. As he himself did not need them, he decided to give them to Princess Chenxi.
On returning to the land of civil and military officials, Chu Yuan saw Wei Shen, who wanted to sneak away. He said coldly, "Don't rush to leave. There are a few words I would like to discuss with you."