Chapter 206
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Chapter 206: A Huge Loss
Heavy dark clouds seemed to divide heaven and earth into two layers.
Below the clouds was a world of darkness and torrential rain, with muddy mountainsides, villages reduced to ruins, soldiers conducting rescue operations in the rain, and a distant city gleaming with neon lights.
Above the clouds, cold moonlight spilled across the black clouds. In the peaceful sky, only a single moon illuminated all things, like an otherworldly realm transcending mortal dust, like another world beyond earthly concerns.
The joys and sorrows of the mortal world seemed irrelevant here.
But at this moment, in this world, a man and a dragon faced each other in confrontation.
ROAR—!!!
The dragon’s roar echoed beneath the heavens as a blinding pillar of flame pierced through the air, shooting straight toward Lin Qiye’s position!
Lin Qiye’s figure flashed, instantly appearing above the earth dragon. His black military coat fluttered wildly as he gripped his straight sword, slashing down toward the dragon’s spine!
“Away from the earth, your power is indeed greatly diminished,” Lin Qiye said calmly.
The reason he moved the battlefield to the air wasn’t just to prevent their battle’s aftermath from involving Instructor Hong and the others – there was another important reason… it was too powerful on the ground.
Although Lin Qiye now carried the Night Goddess’s soul, this didn’t mean he possessed god-level strength. Limited by his own realm, he could only utilize less than one percent of the Night God’s power.
Though uncertain of his exact current realm, Lin Qiye estimated he was at the peak of the Sea Realm or just entering the Measureless Realm. In a sense, he was now at the same level as the Flame-veined Earth Dragon.
Of course, carrying a divine soul made Lin Qiye far stronger than others at the same realm.
But this didn’t mean he could underestimate his opponent. Getting the dragon away from the ground and into his domain was the best tactical move.
Under the night sky, Lin Qiye’s figure appeared like a ghost on the dragon’s back, his straight sword plunging deep into the dragon’s spine!
A trace of darkness instantly spread from the wound, rapidly expanding outward!
The intense pain made the Flame-veined Earth Dragon roar, its tail whipping toward its own back, but Lin Qiye’s figure had already vanished… Meanwhile, it could clearly feel an icy force constantly consuming its body from within!
[Dark Erosion]!
Under this dark consumption, a third of its flame markings quickly dimmed.
In the sky, Lin Qiye coldly looked down at the suffering Flame-veined Earth Dragon, his left palm open as he slowly chanted:
[Night Lord’s Judgment].
His black military coat seemed to merge with the dark sky. The next moment, dozens of massive black spikes pierced down from the heavens like lightning, impaling the dragon’s body!
Wings, body, claws, spine… under these black celestial spikes, the Flame-veined Earth Dragon’s form was completely locked in mid-air, like a sinner nailed to a cross, awaiting the Night Lord’s judgment.
The Flame-veined Earth Dragon struggled to twist its body, blood trickling from its wounds, yet remained motionless.
Lin Qiye walked on the night air to the dragon’s head and spoke again:
[Falling Thousand Stars].
Above in the night sky, those twinkling stars suddenly blazed brilliantly. Over a thousand star trails streaked across the black sky, creating dazzling flames in the atmosphere as they fell to earth with long, bright fiery tails!
Like a breathtaking meteor shower!
Of course, these were only star phantoms, not real stars. But Lin Qiye could clearly sense that this ability originally summoned real stars…
In other words, at full strength, Nyx could truly pull meteors from space to strike the ground!
That was true divine power.
Even though these were just phantom falling stars, they were more than enough to deal with the Flame-veined Earth Dragon.
The burning meteors carried terrifying force as they crashed into the Flame-veined Earth Dragon. Shockwaves visibly exploded outward, shattered star fragments and roaring flames burst in the air, completely enveloping the dragon’s form!
The very air trembled!
Lin Qiye stood quietly in the air, looking down at this scene, supreme authority floating in his eyes.
When the flames and stars dispersed, the black spikes restraining the dragon’s body had vanished, and the Flame-veined Earth Dragon… was already a bloody mess.
Its broken wings could no longer keep it airborne, its shattered body constantly leaked blood and flesh, its dim eyes fixed on Lin Qiye as if seeing something extremely terrifying, filled with horror!
The dying Flame-veined Earth Dragon helplessly fell through the lightning-filled clouds, returning to the rain-drenched mortal realm below.
Rain streaked across its scarred body as its gaze fell on the approaching ground, hope reappearing in its eyes…
If it could just return to earth, it could survive!
Just as this thought flashed through its mind, a blinding white sword light fell from above the clouds like a straight bolt of lightning, instantly piercing its head!
At the same time, thunder rolled in the distant storm clouds.
This lightning-like strike fell from sky to ground as if divine punishment, taking the dragon’s head in one slash!
The Flame-veined Earth Dragon’s life force was completely extinguished.
BOOM—!!!
The dragon’s massive remains crashed between the mountains with a dull roar, raising clouds of dust…
On a nearby peak, Lin Qiye slowly stood up, his gaze calmly falling on the Earth Dragon’s corpse as drops of blood dripped from his reddened blade.
A familiar warmth flowed from his palm throughout his body – the dragon’s soul.
“A peak Sea Realm dragon corpse would make excellent summoning material, can’t waste it…” Lin Qiye murmured, his form flickering as he moved to retrieve the dragon corpse.
Just then, he suddenly groaned and collapsed, his legs giving way.
A powerful soul left his body, unprecedented weakness and exhaustion flooding his spirit, leaving him feeling completely hollow and empty.
Nyx’s soul form gradually faded into the air, her voice softly sounding in Lin Qiye’s ear:
“Your body and soul have reached their limit. Continuing would cause irreparable damage. You need to rest quietly for a while now. Rest well – you absolutely cannot host my soul again for half a year…”
After Nyx’s form dispersed, Lin Qiye’s body completely relaxed. He tried to stand but couldn’t summon an ounce of strength.
His hair returned to its original length, his skin darkened back to normal, his entire appearance reverting to the previous Lin Qiye. The changes to his body had been caused by hosting Nyx’s soul, so naturally he returned to normal after she left.
The sound of rain grew fainter, the scene before him gradually dimming. Lin Qiye felt his consciousness rapidly leaving his body, about to fall into deep sleep.
“My dragon corpse… what a huge loss.”
Lin Qiye mumbled these final words before completely losing consciousness, lying weakly among the mountain forests.
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