Chapter 195: Dragon Soul Awakens, Breaking Free from Control
Under the dark red sky, the destructive energy turbulence had not yet fully subsided. Hot air currents and bone-chilling cold intertwined and collided in the air, making a sizzling sound.
The point of Purifying Holy Light at Ye Guyi's fingertips, which condensed most of her divine power and faith, had reached its peak brilliance. Like a miniature sun suddenly rising in the dark night, it radiated a majestic divine power that purified all evil.
Facing the Bone Dragon King's giant claw, which carried the power of wind and fire and was capable of crushing mountains, her eyes were as sharp as knives. Without any intention of retreating, she was prepared to trade injuries for a kill, striking directly at the source of its soul fire.
However, at the critical moment when that massive dark-gold bone claw was about to touch the Holy Shield shining around her, and the terrifying energy contained in both was about to undergo the most violent collision—
A sudden change occurred!
"Buzz—!"
A surge of ancient, desolate, yet faint but incredibly pure dragon pressure suddenly erupted! It did not originate from Ye Guyi, nor from the Bone Dragon King's attacks, but from the deepest part of its hollow chest cavity—from its very bones, which had been weathered by countless ages.
The appearance of this pressure was so sudden that it instantly disrupted the rhythm of the Bone Dragon King's attack. Its certain-hit strike actually experienced an imperceptible stagnation.
At the same time, the two clusters of crazily burning, venomous, and insane pale green soul fire in its eye sockets distorted and fluctuated violently, like a water surface with a stone thrown into it. In the depths of the green, a struggling gold-red speck of light faintly appeared!
"What?!" The playfulness and confidence on the face of Zhongli Wu, who had been floating calmly in the rear watching the battle, instantly froze, replaced by a look of unbelievable horror. "This... this is... Dragon Soul backlash? Impossible! The Beast Spirit I refined with the death god demon puppet has long since had its living will erased, how could..." As the refiner and controller of the Bone Dragon King, his perception of its soul connection was the clearest.
In that instant just now, he felt the Master-Servant Contract between him and the Bone Dragon King—constructed from countless resentful souls and evil methods and supposed to be indestructible—actually tremble violently, as if something was trying to tear it apart from the inside!
And the source that triggered all this was exactly that point of extremely condensed Holy Light at Ye Guyi's fingertips, which contained the purest laws of holiness and purification. The aura of this Holy Light seemed to have inadvertently touched a mark buried deep within the Bone Dragon King's remains, one that even Zhongli Wu had not fully perceived!
An opportunity!
Although Ye Guyi didn't know why, her battle-hardened intuition allowed her to instantly seize this fleeting chance.
Without hesitation, she pointed her fingers like a sword, turning that point of concentrated Purifying Holy Light not into a direct clash with the bone claw, but into a tiny yet incredibly condensed golden ray. Like a scalpel, it shot with extreme precision toward the core point of balance for the wind and fire power within the Bone Dragon King's chest cavity, which had been slightly exposed due to that moment of stagnation!
"Holy Piercing!"
"Chii—!"
The golden ray silently sank into the center of the wind-and-fire-intertwined energy vortex. There was no explosion, no impact, but the balance was instantly shattered.
The originally complementary wind and fire powers lost their maintenance and immediately became violent and chaotic, conflicting with and annihilating each other!
"Roar—!!!"
The Bone Dragon King let out a roar of pain completely different from before. There was less tyranny in that roar, replaced by pain from the depths of its soul and... a hiss that sounded like liberation?
Its massive skeletal body trembled violently, and the giant claw striking at Ye Guyi also lost most of its power, becoming limp and weak.
And something even more shocking to Zhongli Wu happened!
At this precise moment when the energy inside the Bone Dragon King was unbalanced and its soul fluctuations were most intense, Ye Guyi's holy energy, containing the power of purification, acted like the final straw. It followed the ancient mark and contract cracks that had been touched and boldly charged into the soul connection between it and Zhongli Wu!
"No! Hold on for me!" Zhongli Wu was both shocked and furious. He frantically pushed his divine power, trying to forcibly suppress the Bone Dragon King's abnormal movement and reinforce the crumbling contract.
The grayish-black phantom of the death god demon puppet behind him let out a sharp shriek, and countless Wraith Chains appeared out of thin air, coiling toward the Bone Dragon King in an attempt to pull it back under control.
But it was all too late!
"Crack... Boom!"
A crystal-clear snap, appearing to originate from the soul level, exploded in Zhongli Wu's heart simultaneously!
Zhongli Wu was struck as if by lightning, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of dark red blood. His face instantly turned as pale as paper, and his aura plummeted significantly.
He felt that the close connection between himself and the Bone Dragon King was broken! Completely broken! Not only was the control interrupted, but the Master-Servant Contract he had refined with his heart's blood had been forcefully severed by a force attacking from both inside and out!
"How is it possible?! My Bone Dragon King! The god-level Beast Spirit I spent countless efforts refining!" Zhongli Wu let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes bloodshot. It was no longer the playfulness of someone in control, but the panic and rage of someone who had lost their greatest reliance.
He stared fixedly at Ye Guyi and then at the now-still skeleton of the Bone Dragon King, wishing he could swallow them alive.
Ye Guyi was also stunned by this sudden turn of events. She slowly descended to the ground, watching the front warily. The massive Bone Dragon King, after breaking free from Zhongli Wu's control, did not immediately attack anyone but stood frozen in place.
The pale green soul fire in its eye sockets was now churning violently like it was boiling. That struggling gold-red speck of light grew brighter and brighter, finally suppressing most of the green and turning into two clusters of flames burning with a faint gold-red hue, filled with pain and confusion, yet also carrying an ancient majesty.
It lowered its head, as if examining its own body made of bones, then raised its head to look at the sky of this Demon Space filled with sulfur and destruction, letting out a long and sorrowful dragon roar.
This dragon roar was no longer full of malice, but carried an endless sorrow of losing home, glory, and life.
Then, its hollow eye sockets turned toward Zhongli Wu, who had just tried to control it and refine it into a killing tool. In that gold-red soul fire, a heaven-shaking hatred and fury instantly ignited!
"Roar—!"
This time the roar had a clear target, aimed directly at Zhongli Wu. The massive bone wings flapped violently. Although the wind and fire powers were somewhat disorganized due to the previous imbalance, they still carried a god-level terrifying majesty. No longer bound by anything, they surged frantically toward its enemy!
Ye Guyi watched the Bone Dragon King turn its focus and pounce on Zhongli Wu with endless hatred, then looked at the ashen-faced, shocked, and furious Zhongli Wu. A flash of realization and determination crossed her golden eyes.
She slowly raised the Angel Sword, its blade once again flowing with brilliant holy light, her gaze locked onto Zhongli Wu. Although no words were spoken, her posture already made it clear—
A two-on-one battle to slay a god was about to officially begin under the canopy of this Demon Space!
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