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…Inside the God Forbidden Land.
Space was shattered and chaotic; dark-red energy storms, sharp as blades, sliced through the Void Realm.
The air reeked of violence, destruction, and madness so thick it choked the breath, as though every inch of space were soaked in the Dragon God's resentment and the Golden Dragon King's fury.
Xuan Ming held Gu Yuena aloft, hovering over a relatively stable shard of the broken continent. Pure white divine light swirled around him, forming a steady barrier against the rampaging energies.
Yet the Gu Yuena in his arms was faring worse by the second.
The heart of the dragon god sigil on her brow burst with unprecedented nine-colored light, pulsing violently as though it would tear free of her divine soul.
Her aura grew ever more chaotic; the Silver Dragon King's Origin power clashed fiercely with the heart of the dragon god, yet on some deeper level they were forcibly beginning Fusion. Her body twitched, her face twisted in agony—she was clearly enduring unimaginable will-shock.
Worse, this God Forbidden Land seemed to be stimulating the heart of the dragon god to an extreme degree.
Xuan Ming's gaze pierced through layer upon layer of energy storm toward the core of this shattered realm.
There, an indescribable, primeval Vicious Beast–like aura of savagery, like a slumbering volcano, was slowly awakening. It brimmed with pure might and lust for ruin—rampant, chaotic, yet carrying a heart-stopping majesty.
Golden Dragon King!
Even from so far away Xuan Ming could clearly "see" a huge cocoon of dark-gold energy throbbing violently in that core area.
The cocoon's surface was laced with savage cracks, and terrifying power pulsed out like a heartbeat, shaking the entire God Forbidden Land.
Half-step God King aura! And with the Dragon God's formidable Physical Body and the embryonic "Destruction" divinity that symbolized sheer havoc, this mad Golden Dragon King posed a threat equal to a true God King.
"Roar—!!!"
At that moment, a frenzied draconic roar that seemed to come from primordial antiquity exploded from the core.
The dark-gold cocoon erupted with blinding light; a thick golden pillar shot skyward and slammed into the spatial barrier of the God Forbidden Land.
Rumble—!!!
The whole God Forbidden Land quaked; spatial fissures spread like a spider-web. Sensing the Silver Dragon King's aura, the Golden Dragon King was frantically battering the Seal, trying to burst free.
"Xuan Ming… devour me…"
Gu Yuena's weak voice, thin as a thread, reached Xuan Ming's ears.
Stimulated by the Golden Dragon King's savage aura, her divine soul had cleared for an instant, and she immediately realized the desperate straits she and Xuan Ming were in.
She knew better than anyone how terrifying the Golden Dragon King was. A being that embodied all the Dragon God's violence and will to destroy, once unsealed, would see only devouring and Fusion. It would swallow her at any cost, reclaim the heart of the dragon god, and become a new, mad Dragon God.
Xuan Ming had only just condensed his divinity; his divine soul was unstable, his divine force barely half-step God King. Against a Peak, fully frenzied Golden Dragon King with God King–tier might, head-on battle offered almost no chance of victory.
The only way out was for Xuan Ming to devour her, fuse with her and the heart of the dragon god, and then confront the Golden Dragon King.
"We struggled so long—wasn't it all for this day?" Gu Yuena looked at him, pain and resolve mingling in her eyes.
"Devour me, then devour the Golden Dragon King. You can definitely fuse the heart of the dragon god, and then you'll be the new Dragon God."
"And then?" Xuan Ming asked quietly.
"Dragon God—what meaning does that title hold for me?"
Gu Yuena froze. "But…"
"No buts." Xuan Ming slowly raised his hand; denser pure-white divine light welled from his palm, gentle as spring water, softly wrapping her trembling frame.
That radiance carried the true meaning of the Law of Stability and Protection, forcibly suppressing the clashing powers inside her and temporarily steadying her near-collapse divine soul.
He had no certainty.
Yes—he admitted it.
Facing this primordial Vicious Beast about to break free, he had no guarantee of victory.
What he needed wasn't merely victory, but to kill in an instant, strip the divine core, transfer its power, and ensure Gu Yuena could absorb it without being devoured by the Golden Dragon King's mad will—every step was perilous.
One slip and all would be lost.
But… devour Gu Yuena for power?
Impossible.
"Rest well. I'll butcher it at once and bring you its divine core." Xuan Ming gently set Gu Yuena behind a huge, relatively intact rock; the white divine light condensed into a sturdier cocoon, shielding her completely.
Then he turned, faced the dark-gold sun erupting in the core, and walked forward step by step.
With every step, the aura around him solidified; deep in his divine soul, the pure-white godhead slowly turned, radiating Law that towered above all creation. He was tuning himself, raising will and divine force to the Peak.
"ROAR—!!!"
Another deafening roar, this time carrying the release of a shattered Seal and boundless ecstasy!
BOOM!!
At the core of the God Forbidden Land, the dark-gold dragon cocoon exploded; countless broken divine runes shot out like meteors!
A colossal golden form burst skyward, so huge it smothered the breath in every throat!
What a terrifying Dragon!
Its body defied description, far larger than Di Tian, several times bigger even than Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon King true form. Dark-gold diamond scales sheathed it, each pulsing with power enough to shatter stars.
Knotted muscle brimmed with explosive might; its eyes were pure blood-red, holding only primal cruelty, greed, and lust for annihilation!
Hovering in the broken Void Realm, its mere presence made space collapse, mend, and collapse again.
Its gaze pierced the Void in an instant, locking onto Gu Yuena within the cocoon of white light—more precisely, onto the nine-colored radiance pulsing at her brow: the heart of the dragon god!
"Silver Dragon King... heart of the dragon god!!!"
A hoarse, savage, covetous will swept past like a storm; the Golden Dragon King's huge pupils blazed with dreadful light!
Delivered right to its door—delivered right to its door!
If it devoured the Silver Dragon King and reclaimed the heart of the dragon god, it could complete the missing half and become the new, whole Dragon God. Then the so-called God Realm and so-called God Kings would be torn to shreds!
"ROAR!!!"
Without hesitation, the titanic Golden Dragon King moved, crushing space as it shot toward Gu Yuena like a dark-golden comet of ruin. Where it passed, the world caved in, leaving a shocking trail of emptiness.
It ignored Xuan Ming blocking its path.
In its eyes, the little insect glowing with odd white light was an ant to be casually crushed; its target was only the Silver Dragon King and the heart of the dragon god!
Facing the apocalyptic dragon, Xuan Ming slowly lifted his right hand; the Blood Spear appeared in his palm.
At the same time, the Asura Ring—now a million-year divine ring after his godhead's metamorphosis—blazed. A killing aura so thick it seemed to dye the dark-red sky surged sky-high!
An even vaster, denser slaughter battle soul rose behind him!
No longer the few-hundred-meter figure of the past, this shadow, fueled by his boundless divine force, devoured the lingering celestial Qi of the God Realm's Seal and the savage energy left by fallen Dragons, expanding at a staggering rate!
A hundred meters! A thousand! Ten thousand!
In the blink of an eye, a Blood-colored Giant thirty thousand meters tall stood like a demon god of creation amid the shattered Void!
The slaughter battle soul wore armor of condensed killing intent; its face was blurred, only a pair of blood-moon eyes radiating killing intent that froze the Soul!
Its body was even larger than the Golden Dragon King rushing toward it!
Its mere presence stilled the violent energy storms and froze the cracks in space!
Divine Skill: Asura Battle Soul—complete form!
"Roar?!"
The Golden Dragon King, in full charge toward Gu Yuena, shrank its blood-red pupils in alarm; its lunge faltered in instinctive hesitation!
From the blood giant it sensed a crushing pressure of ruin no weaker than its own Peak—purer, even more terrifying!
What was that thing?!
Asura God?!
"Scram!"
Xuan Ming barked coldly; the ten-thousand-meter slaughter battle soul, following his will, raised an arm seemingly forged from a sea of blood. In its hand, an equally titanic blood-colored war spear formed instantly!
The spear swept—simple, brutal, carrying absolute force to shatter all!
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!
With a Void-rending shriek, the Blood Spear slammed into the dark-golden bulk of the Golden Dragon King!
An indescribable roar exploded!
With a howl of pain and fury, the Golden Dragon King—its body able to shatter stars—was flung from its charge like a huge sandbag, tumbling into a distant, even more shattered region of the Void!
RUMBLE—!!
Countless broken continent shards were ground to dust by its body, and a vast vacuum was torn through the dark-red energy storm!