“Aargh!~~”
The intense pain forced Yserazor to roar toward the sky, his voice filled with agony and rage. As a dragon, he had never suffered such torment since the day he was born.
Enduring the pain, he quickly conjured a spatial shield around his body, attempting to slice away the black water clinging to him.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, that death power had already completely invaded his body.
Before Yserazor could even unleash a move, his vision dimmed, and a grey tint rose within his golden pupils.
“Yserazor!” Starlight’s voice carried a hint of anxiety. He knew that if even the Rift Dragon King could not withstand this death power, then the situation for the rest of them would be even more perilous.
“Starlight, watch out!” Moen’s voice suddenly rang out. Her gaze was fixed firmly on the front of the hall.
At that moment, the figures of Philip and the elders reappeared. At the instant the black tide erupted, he had used the power of the black water to break through Yserazor’s imprisonment.
Philip now held a pitch-black rune in his hand, his face filled with mockery.
As the surging black tide approached their bodies, it was pushed away by an invisible force, unable to harm them in the slightest.
“It truly is a pity for so many fine death slaves. Since you have pushed us to this point, you can be buried with the castle we worked so hard to build!” Philip’s voice carried a hint of sarcasm.
With that, he abruptly crushed the pitch-black rune stone in his hand.
Instantly, a black portal emerged behind him, opening its maw like an abyss to swallow the figures of Philip and the three elders.
“Wait! Philip!” Seeing this, Isabella immediately grabbed Sui Yun and rushed toward the portal, attempting to escape with them. However, Philip had no intention of staying.
After swallowing the four of them, the portal rapidly shrank into a tiny black dot and vanished into mid-air in the blink of an eye.
“That damn old fox!” Isabella cursed loudly as she watched them leave alone. Before she could even steady herself in mid-air, she was forced back to the ground by the black water filling the sky.
However, after that scramble, she did manage to successfully bring Sui Yun to Starlight’s side.
With Isabella joining them, the pressure on Starlight’s shield lessened slightly, but they were still only barely managing to hold their ground.
The one in the worst situation now was undoubtedly Yserazor. Under the influence of that eerie power, he had fallen into a daze. His massive dragon body swayed unsteadily, unable to complete any coherent movements. The spatial barrier outside his body was also growing thinner under the corrosion of the black water, threatening to collapse at any moment.
“Yserazor! Rift Dragon King!” Starlight looked up and shouted anxiously, trying to wake him.
But Yserazor was deaf to his calls. The grey tint in his dragon pupils grew deeper, and he had clearly lost consciousness.
Seeing that Yserazor’s defense was about to be completely breached by the black tide, Starlight quickly turned to Little Gold and asked urgently, “Can you use the power of the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale to bring him inside as well?”
“I don’t know! I’ll try!” Little Gold snapped out of it, reaching out to grab the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale at his chest, attempting to resonate with it.
Under his efforts, the golden shield released by the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale began to expand rapidly, soon enveloping a small portion of Yserazor’s body.
This layer of golden light was clearly more effective than Starlight’s mana shield; it only trembled slightly under the encroachment of the black water and was not rapidly corroded.
However, once the shield expanded to cover half of Yserazor’s body, it stopped growing. Even though Little Gold’s face turned red from the effort, he could not push the shield any further.
“No... I can’t do it!” Little Gold’s voice was filled with frustration and anxiety. “The power of the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale seems only able to cover this much area!”
Looking at the sweating Little Gold, Po Kong seemed to suddenly think of something and flashed to his side.
Po Kong grabbed Little Gold’s wrist—the one holding the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale—and a dazzling golden light abruptly erupted from his body.
Little Gold was startled by the sudden move, but they soon discovered with surprise that with the addition of Po Kong’s War God Battle Qi, the originally stagnant shield actually began to expand slowly.
“What is the principle behind this?”
Starlight pondered for a moment, recalling that Po Kong had mentioned that War God Battle Qi was somewhat similar to the power of Dragon King Seranox. If that were the case, the current situation could be explained.
Just as the golden shield was about to fully envelop Yserazor, it stopped once more at a critical point.
Sui Yun, who had been panting heavily, saw this and ignored Isabella’s attempt to stop him. He strode to the side of the two men and pressed his remaining left hand onto theirs.
“If War God Battle Qi is effective, then I can contribute as well!” Sui Yun’s voice was sonorous and firm.
As his words fell, a third surge of golden light flowed into the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale through Little Gold’s wrist.
With Sui Yun’s help, the golden shield finally enveloped Yserazor’s massive dragon body entirely.
By now, Yserazor’s pupils were completely occupied by the grey aura, and he had entirely lost the ability to move. His dragon body trembled slightly, like a mountain on the verge of collapse.
“Po Kong! Lend me the Sacred Wood Phantom!” Seeing the three of them finally stabilize the shield, Moen immediately shouted to Po Kong.
“Huh? What for?” Po Kong was momentarily stunned. Though he found it strange, he still handed the weapon to Moen without hesitation.
Upon receiving the giant scythe, Moen immediately jumped onto Yserazor’s body and began scanning the area.
After a brief search, to the shock of everyone present, she suddenly raised the Sacred Wood Phantom high above her head and stabbed it fiercely into a wound near Yserazor’s chest.
“Little Crescent! What are you doing?! Sto—” Po Kong couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Moen’s next move. Moen gripped the long handle of the giant scythe and channeled her newly recovered mana, injecting the Power of Nature into Yserazor’s body through the Sacred Wood Phantom.
At this sight, Starlight understood Moen’s intent.
To disperse all the death energy within Yserazor’s entire body would be difficult even for Moen in perfect condition.
Her current method was to directly strike a limited amount of the Power of Nature into the Rift Dragon King’s body, using her small amount of mana to wake his consciousness.
In this situation, the Sacred Wood Phantom—created by Angela using the power of the World Tree—was undoubtedly the best medium. Not only did it allow Moen to avoid direct contact with that eerie black water, but the exceptional quality of the Saint weapon could also resist the pollution of the death energy to a certain extent.
However, Moen had no certainty that this would work; she could only steel herself and try.
With the injection of the Power of Nature, the grey tint in Yserazor’s dragon pupils seemed to weaken slightly.
His wings began to beat slowly, as if he were struggling to break free from the shackles of that death power.
“It’s working!” A flash of joy appeared in Starlight’s eyes, but he knew this was far from enough.
Because he noticed that as time passed, Sui Yun’s condition had become extremely poor.
Due to his missing limbs and years of neglect, Sui Yun’s body had long been unable to withstand the intense side effects of the War God Battle Qi.
His current state was even more terrifying than when Starlight had first seen Po Kong use War God Battle Qi to fight. Blood continuously seeped from his skin, flowing down his legs to the ground, forming small puddles that reflected a golden light.
“Sui Yun! Stop... you’re going to die!” Isabella’s voice now carried a hint of a sob, her originally cool tone filled with anxiety and fear.
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