As an assassin, Wu Hua found it exceptionally difficult to deal with this swarm of undying monsters. Even though every precise swing of her blade claimed a target, those that were dismembered but not yet truly dead continued to launch frenzied counterattacks with their mangled remains.
Meanwhile, Imira used her own body to forcibly hold back the four largest dragon-like monsters. While these converted creatures were far less powerful in terms of raw strength than they had been in life—primarily being troublesome due to their incredibly tenacious vitality—they still possessed the physical bodies of adult dragons. Facing them in a one-on-four battle, Imira quickly found herself at a disadvantage.
Starlight, Wu Hua, and Imira formed a triangular formation, keeping Little Gold and Lian safely protected in the center. The three of them fought with everything they had, barely managing to withstand the first wave of the monsters’ assault.
Just as the group was being forced back step by step, Lian, who had remained motionless until now, suddenly snapped her eyes open.
“Eye of the Ebon Night!”
A brilliant light, identical to You’s, erupted from her silver pupils. The silver radiance rippled outward like waves of water, causing all the monsters caught in its glow to momentarily freeze.
However, after that brief pause, the monsters didn't seem to have suffered any substantial damage and continued to charge forward with howling fury.
But in the eyes of Starlight and the others, the monsters were now coated in a faint layer of silver light. Inside their bodies, a particularly large silver sphere was vibrating incessantly.
“Those spots are their weaknesses! Strike there!” Lian shouted.
“Lian, that’s a huge help!” Starlight’s voice carried an unmistakable note of surprise and joy.
He knew that the most difficult part of dealing with these monsters was that their weak points were not fixed. Some were in the head, while others were deep within the chest or abdominal cavity; there were even extreme cases where the weakness was hidden at the very tip of the tail.
With Lian’s assistance, the weaknesses of all the monsters became as clear as fireflies in the dark. This undoubtedly allowed their offensive efficiency to skyrocket.
Among them, Xia Duo benefited the most. Having been given precise guidance, she immediately drew her bow and fired a specialized Sacred Wood Arrow into the air.
“Arrow Net!”
Just as it had in the castle of the Crimson Smoke Merchant Group, the dark green arrow suddenly exploded mid-air, transforming into countless sharp branches that rained down like a torrential storm.
Psh! Psh!
Under Xia Duo’s control, the branches precisely pierced the areas marked by Lian. Amidst the dense sounds of impalement, the monsters in the front row let out shrill wails.
With this single strike, dozens of monsters were pinned to the ground. Those twisted bodies, thoroughly pierced by the sacred wood branches, not only lost all ability to move but also became natural roadblocks for the ones following behind.
Not to be outdone, Starlight threw dozens of spears condensed from light elements toward the front.
“Go!”
Under the assault of the highly penetrative light spears, any monsters that still had a breath of life left were quickly finished off.
With Starlight and Xia Duo’s combined offensive, the number of small enemies in the hall plummeted. The only trouble remaining was the few monsters converted from giant dragons.
Seeing that the others had succeeded, Imira suddenly exerted force with all four limbs. With a sweep of her long tail, she forcibly repelled the monsters surrounding her, intending to retreat back to the group.
Just as she was about to pull away, an exceptionally massive dragon-like monster suddenly blocked her path. This monster retained fairly complete dragon characteristics, but its entire body was covered in unsettling purplish-black scales.
A cold light flashed in Imira’s eyes. Instead of retreating, she lunged forward with lightning speed, her jaws clamping down precisely on the monster’s relatively slender neck.
In the next second, a blinding blue dragon breath erupted from deep within Imira’s throat, interspersed with countless tiny specks of light. This breath contained Imira’s source power, and its temperature was terrifyingly low.
The moment the monster’s neck was engulfed by the dragon breath, it was covered in a thick layer of frost, which then shattered with a crisp snap.
Having finished this, Imira stumbled back a few steps, residual blood dripping from the edge of her muzzle. Although this strike had successfully killed the enemy, it had also drained a significant amount of her strength.
The remaining monsters seemed enraged by the death of their companion. They let out earth-shaking roars as a massive amount of grey mist surged from their deformed bodies, lunging toward the group.
“Imira!”
Little Gold stepped forward, his body erupting with golden light as he once again transformed into his half-human, half-dragon form. Using the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale as a medium, he channeled his internal power into a massive golden shield, blocking the space behind Imira.
The moment the grey mist touched the shield seal released by Little Gold, it began to boil. Although this thin layer of golden light possessed incredible defensive power, it could not withstand the overwhelming death power forever, and it soon began to dim significantly.
But at that moment, several of the monsters suddenly stopped their movements. They all looked at Little Gold with confusion—or more accurately, they looked at the Dragon Ancestor's Legacy Scale on his chest.
Within those eye sockets filled with greyish-white flames, a trace of struggle actually emerged.
A similar scene had occurred when Yserazor subdued the Blue Dragon named Ikana. Although the bodies of the adult dragons had been modified, they still retained a sliver of their original consciousness.
Now, under the pressure of the pure Dragon Ancestor bloodline, their lingering consciousness was engaged in a fierce battle against the alien power within their bodies.
However, this resistance was soon about to be overwhelmed by that maddening gaze once again.
In this brief stalemate, the bodies of the several dragon monsters trembled violently. They would take a step forward one moment, then retreat in agony the next.
Watching this, Imira, who had been about to strike, held her claw suspended in mid-air, unable to bring it down. She could clearly see turbid tears seeping from the corner of a Red Dragon’s eye—that was a comrade she had once fought alongside!
Seeing this, Little Gold grit his teeth and shouted toward her, “Don’t hesitate! Give them their final peace! That is the true mercy!”
These words were like a wake-up call, restoring clarity to Imira’s eyes. She took a deep breath, and the energy within her body began to condense rapidly.
This time, what she released from her mouth was no longer an ordinary dragon breath, but a strike of the purest energy.
A wave of azure energy swept through like a tide, instantly pinning the struggling dragons to the ground. Everywhere the energy passed, the grey mist clinging to their bodies began to boil and dissipate like snow under a blazing sun.
Imira was using her own source of life as the price to forcibly neutralize the death power within her kin.
“Now’s the chance!” Seeing the opponents pinned down by Imira, Wu Hua let out a cold snort and charged toward one of them like a bolt of lightning.
The weakness of the one she targeted was located exactly between its brows. With the death power on its surface suppressed, even the dagger in her hand could successfully pierce its vital point.
Starlight and Xia Duo shared a knowing look and selected their respective targets.
Xia Duo leaped onto Imira’s body, using her broad back as a springboard to jump again. She drew a Sacred Wood Arrow from her quiver and fired it into the back of the neck of the twisted dragon on the left.
Starlight, meanwhile, performed a hand seal. A sharp stalagmite erupted from beneath the twisted dragon on the right, thrusting straight into its heart. To ensure the attack’s penetration, Starlight added a trace of newly extracted Shadow of Annihilation to the tip of the stalagmite.
Sure enough, without the protection of death power, the defense of these dragons was far inferior to when they were alive.
Almost simultaneously, the attacks from the three of them successfully shattered the corresponding vital points. The three twisted dragons let out their final wails before their massive bodies crashed to the ground, slowly crumbling into ash.
With the battle reaching this point, the only one still lying on the field was the dragon converted from a Red Dragon.
Flapping his wings, Little Gold slowly flew in front of it, looking at the unrecognizable dragon with a complex expression.
If the information he knew was correct, as the son of the Gold Flame Dragon King Seranox, the Red Dragon before him was a kin connected to him by blood. Regardless, as the son of the Dragon King, he had to personally bring this kinsman to a close.
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