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Chapter 403 The Supreme Dragon (Page 12)
As a sentinel of the Upper Evil Society, the knight's eyes narrowed instantly upon seeing Wei Dong.
Immediately delighted.
"Wei Dong?" he lowered his voice. "What are you doing here?"
Wei Dong explained his predicament with a wry smile.
The knight's gaze swept over Lin Qiye and the others, and after confirming that they had no hostility, he quickly said, "Wu Xiangnan has been corrupted by chaos, and his condition is very bad."
Lin Qiye asked in confusion, "What is this?"
The knight shook his head: "It's something from this ruin—the 'Core of Chaos'."
He quickly gave a brief account of what had happened.
“That thing…!” the knight gritted his teeth. “As soon as it entered Wu Xiangnan’s body, it began to devour his consciousness, and now he is completely out of control!”
Garan overheard their conversation clearly.
"The Core of Chaos... Origin Erosion?!" Her face turned deathly pale instantly.
Lin Qiye noticed her unusual behavior: "You know about this?"
Garan's fists clenched so tightly they cracked:
"This is the 'Origin'! The legendary power of the gods. Possessing the Origin can lead to godhood without pain if the attributes are compatible. However, if the attributes are incompatible, the host will be devoured by it... At most, the host will die completely in three months!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was deeply shaken.
Amamiya Haruki was suddenly struck dumb, muttering, "So that's how it is... I finally understand why my master died!"
Lin Qiye suddenly looked at him: "Your master?"
Haruki Amamiya's voice was hoarse: "My master and Yuri Kurotetsu entered this ruin together. Later, my master died suddenly, but Yuri Kurotetsu survived and even awakened 'Royal Blood'..."
Lin Qiye's pupils contracted: "You mean—Yuli Heizhe's royal bloodline is a bloodline that mutated after being eroded by the Chaos Origin?!"
Haruki Amamiya nodded heavily: "That's the only explanation."
"Roar--!!!"
Wu Xiangnan's roar interrupted everyone's thoughts.
His body was enveloped in silver chaotic power, and the blood vessels under his skin bulged out like twisted silver earthworms.
His eyes had completely lost their human reason, leaving only a frenzied desire to kill.
"Kill...kill them all...!"
He slammed his fist into the ground, and the terrifying shockwave shattered the ground within a ten-meter radius!
The knight cried out urgently, "We must subdue him! Otherwise, the power of chaos will accelerate its erosion!"
Garan sighed, "Easier said than done! This thing is more troublesome than any god these days!"
Lin Qiye stared intently at Wu Xiangnan, his heart aching as if it were being torn apart.
This comrade-in-arms, who once fought side by side, has now become a puppet of chaos...
Faced with the solemn expressions of everyone, Zhang Yun, dressed in black, suddenly grinned, casually slung the God-Slaying Spear over his shoulder, and spoke as easily as if discussing what to have for dinner:
"Don't look so gloomy, it's not a big deal."
He reached out and patted Lin Qiye on the shoulder, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes: "Old Wu might have hit the jackpot."
"What did you say?" Garan's golden eyes suddenly narrowed.
Zhang Yun slowly raised three fingers:
"First, the origin of chaos is a god-level power; second, incompatibility of attributes will lead to backlash; third—" He suddenly stopped smiling, pointing the spear tip directly at the crazed Wu Xiangnan, "wouldn't it be enough to make him a suitable vessel?"
Haruki Amamiya clutched his injured right arm, his voice trembling: "Are you crazy? Forcibly altering the essence of life will..."
"Will I die?" Zhang Yun interrupted him, the blood dragon pattern on the gun suddenly lighting up. "That's your method."
The knight suddenly grabbed Wei Dong, who was trying to stop him, and stared intently at Zhang Yun's weapon: "That gun..."
Dark golden blood beads were seeping from the tip of the Godslayer Spear. Those blood beads floated in the air and gradually outlined ancient totems—the very same chaotic runes that had been seen in the Aurora River!
"You knew about the existence of the Origin all along?" Lin Qiye suddenly realized.
Zhang Yun smiled but did not answer; instead, he suddenly plunged his spear into the ground.
"boom--!"
Centered on the spear tip, dark golden ripples instantly spread out, forming a blood-red barrier with a diameter of ten meters around Wu Xiangnan.
The crazed Wu Xiangnan crashed into the barrier wall, and the chaotic power collided with the blood light, exploding into dazzling sparks.
"Three minutes." Zhang Yun pulled open his black trench coat, revealing seven bronze bells hanging from his waist. "Buy me some time."
The bell rang without wind, and the eerie sound waves sent chills down everyone's spines. Zhang Yun bit his finger and drew intricate blood runes on the gun barrel. With each stroke, a stream of dark golden light flowed down the gun and into the barrier.
Wu Xiangnan, inside the barrier, suddenly let out a non-human scream—the silver patterns under his skin were being forcibly rewritten by the blood-red light, and the chaotic power, like metal thrown into a furnace, began to twist and deform.
"He's using the bloodthirsty aura of the Godslayer Spear..." The knight's rapier trembled slightly, "...forcibly modifying the chaotic attributes!"
Wei Dong gasped: "Is this some kind of technique?"
Outside the barrier, Lin Qiye suddenly shouted, "Watch out on your right!"
The three-headed, nine-tailed fox woman pounced from behind the ruins, her sharp claws aimed straight for Zhang Yun's back!
Although Garan's Golden Flame Gauntlets were no longer effective, his fighting instincts remained.
She spun around and swept a whip kick at the fox woman in front, but her ankle was entangled by another tail.
At the critical moment, Haruki Amamiya used the [Rain Collapse] sword in one hand to sever the tail, splattering his body with purplish-black blood.
"Leave the left to me!"
Lin Qiye let out a low shout, his figure moving like lightning, his straight blade drawing a cold silver arc in the air as he slashed at the mysterious figure that was suddenly attacking from the left!
A cold wind suddenly rose, and frost and fog filled the air.
The figure was as light as snow, her toes lightly touching the ground, each step sending up tiny ice crystals.
She wore a plain white kimono, her long hair cascading down her back, her face as pale as porcelain, except for her lips, which were a faint cherry pink. Her eyes—without pupils, were only an icy blue, like a frigid abyss.
“Snow Woman…” Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed.
In Japanese folklore, the Yuki-onna (snow woman) is the incarnation of a mountain god who can control wind and snow and freeze living beings.
The one before us was clearly no ordinary mystery—her aura was terrifying, and the surrounding temperature was dropping rapidly at a visible rate!
"Those who trespass into this forbidden area..." The Snow Woman's voice was ethereal yet icy, "will be transformed into ice sculptures."
She raised her hand and waved—
"Shh!"
Dozens of ice spikes materialized out of thin air and shot towards Lin Qiye like a torrential rain!
Lin Qiye retreated rapidly, his straight blade swung in front of him, creating a silver net that shattered all the ice spikes.
But the shattered ice crystals did not dissipate; instead, they floated in the air and gradually formed a huge ice net, blocking his escape route!
“Ka-ka-ka—”
The ground beneath his feet began to freeze, and the cold air spread along the soles of his shoes. Lin Qiye's legs were instantly covered with a thin layer of frost, and his movements became sluggish!
"Tsk..."
He bit his tongue hard, the sharp pain stimulating his nerves, forcibly breaking free from the frost's restraints. At the same time, his left hand pulled out a talisman given to him by Zhang Yun from his waist—[Flame Burst]!
"boom!"
The flames from the exploding talisman temporarily melted part of the ice net, but the Snow Woman simply raised her hand, and more ice crystals gathered from all directions, extinguishing the flames in the blink of an eye!
"Ordinary fire... is useless." The snow woman floated in mid-air, the hem of her kimono turning into a flurry of snowflakes. "Become my collectible."
She clasped her hands together, making a "prayer" gesture.
"Extreme Cold - The Perpetually Frozen Coffin!"
"Crack!"
The space around Lin Qiye suddenly froze, and a crystal-clear ice coffin appeared out of thin air, completely sealing him inside!
Inside the ice coffin, Lin Qiye's consciousness began to blur.
The extreme cold gnawed at his nerves, his blood flow slowed, and his heartbeat grew weaker and weaker...
(Is it... coming to an end?)
In a daze, he seemed to hear a familiar voice in his ear—
"Captain, don't fall asleep."
Is it An Qingyu? No... that guy isn't here...
(No... this is...)
Lin Qiye's eyes widened suddenly!
A wisp of Zhang Yun's image appeared, smiled, gently pressed the ice coffin, and then disappeared.
"Click."
A crack appeared, followed by a second, a third...
"boom--!"
The ice coffin shattered, and Lin Qiye broke free of the ice!
The snow woman showed a surprised expression for the first time: "You..."
Lin Qiye didn't give her time to think.
Using the force of the exploding ice coffin, he moved like an arrow, thrusting his blade straight into the Snow Woman's heart!
The snow woman retreated hastily, summoning an ice wall to block her, but a faint blue light suddenly appeared on the blade of her straight sword—
"Shh!"
The ice wall was sliced open like tofu, and the tip of the knife was only three inches away from the Snow Woman's throat!
The snow woman finally panicked. She screamed and exploded into a shower of snowflakes as she tried to escape.
But Lin Qiye was even faster!
Suddenly, he flicked three silver needles out of his sleeve with his left hand!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Three silver needles were precisely driven into three points on the snowflakes, and an invisible barrier was instantly formed, forcibly gathering the scattered snowflakes and reforming them into the Snow Woman's true form!
"No...impossible!" The Snow Woman stared in horror at the silver needle in her chest. "This is..."
Lin Qiye didn't waste any words, and with a swift movement of his blade—
"Pfft!"
The snow woman froze, looking down at the straight blade piercing her chest, her icy blue eyes gradually dimming.
"You...what exactly...?"
Her body began to disintegrate, turning into countless ice crystals that scattered.
The snow woman's body completely disintegrated, turning into countless ice crystals that scattered.
However, just as she was about to disappear, Lin Qiye's [Eternal Secret Garden] activated!
Strands of pale blue energy were stripped from the dissipating ice crystals of the Snow Maiden, flowing silently into Lin Qiye's spiritual world like fine threads, following his breath, pores, and even will.
"This is...?" Lin Qiye was slightly taken aback.
He felt a pure and cold spiritual energy continuously flowing into his mind, like a parched desert suddenly receiving sweet rain. His spiritual energy, which had been exhausted from the battle, began to recover rapidly, and even... expanded!
Within the 【Eternal Secret Garden】, the starry sky constructed from spiritual energy is expanding, the number of stars is multiplying, and the originally hazy nebula is gradually solidifying, transforming into a dazzling galaxy.
As his mental strength continued to rise, Lin Qiye could clearly sense that he was standing at a critical point.
His spiritual power at the peak of the Sea Realm was already a realm that ordinary people could hardly reach, but at this moment, his spiritual world was still expanding, as if there was no end!
"not enough……"
His eyes sharpened, and he moved like lightning, charging back into the battlefield!
"Shh-!"
The blade flashed like a silver moon, and the head of a demon warrior flew off, as spiritual energy surged in once more!
"boom!"
With a single punch, Jialan shattered the snake-like monster's vital point. Lin Qiye followed up with a strike, the blade piercing through its core, and another surge of spiritual energy flowed into his mind!
As one high-level mysterious beast after another fell, Lin Qiye's spiritual power became increasingly refined, until—
"boom!!!"
It was as if some barrier in my mind had been completely shattered, and the starry sky of my spiritual world suddenly expanded tenfold, with countless stars evolving on their own and transforming into a vast sea of stars!