Chapter 544

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Chapter 544: Battle of Souls

Only with a weak and broken soul, one cannot win.

To win, you must add chips.

Our burden is not small, and the opponent’s burden is not light either.

No wonder Third Princess is so cautious when she starts a fight, because she must suppress another soul beneath the arena.

This body is not Third Princess’s own, but one she snatched. She can plunder the Golden Power for her own use, but she cannot fully control it because she doesn’t possess the golden bloodline. It’s like having to add a saddle and reins to control a mount. If she loses these, she won’t be able to control this fierce beast and will suffer backlash.

The formula for victory has already been determined.

The next step is to gather its triggering conditions.

"It’s useless," Third Princess discerned Bai Wei’s thoughts and confidently said, "The Golden Power’s control over dragons is absolute. You should know that the golden bloodline has always hunted ancient dragons. For us, the beasts with ancient bloodline are beneath our dominance and submission.

"If you want to use your remaining strength on her, I don’t mind. But you cannot awaken her. You neither know her nor understand her. You are completely ignorant of her."

"What you see is just an illusion, a doll that I deliberately created. It is a phantom projection of her soul, as if… dreaming, but she never woke up from this dream."

"She cannot wake up, and she dare not wake up."

"And you, cannot awaken someone pretending to be asleep."

She took a step forward, her feet landing on the arena. On her right stood her loyal fighter, while she raised a dazzling golden axe with her left hand.

"A golden axe?" Bai Wei’s eye twitched.

"An axe is a good weapon, swinging it can be very relieving." The Third Princess lifted the axe, and the golden blade scraped against the floor and sand, producing a sharp and consistent sound. She said, "I will personally chop off your head!"

The battle recommenced, with no time for a moment’s rest on the battlefield of souls.

…

Beneath the arena, a dragon was bound, its soul sealed by golden chains. It could not move and gradually gave up any thoughts of struggling.

It closed its eyes, as if it was having a very deep dream.

In the dream, there was a girl crying.

It was annoyed by the noise, opened its eyes, and really saw a girl crying ahead.

She was crouching on the ground, crying. She pounded the ground with her hands, again and again, struggling with unwillingness.

The dragon asked, "Why are you crying?"

"I’m very sad," she replied.

"You’re just a dream, an illusion. What’s the use of crying? Stop crying… it’s noisy," the dragon lay on the ground, making a heavy snort.

"Wahhh…" she kept crying, even louder. While crying, she wiped her tears on the dragon’s scales.

"You…!" The dragon grew angry, then sighed, "Forget it, I won’t argue with you."

"Scaredy-cat."

"What did you say?" The dragon raised its eyelids.

"I said you’re a scaredy-cat!" The girl, with red eyes, said, "You pretend to be asleep here, pretending not to see! Scaredy-cat!"

"What do you understand!" The dragon bared its teeth.

"I don’t understand." The little snake girl fearlessly locked eyes with her, "But I understand everything! I am you! Even if I am just a dream, I am still your dream! I am you, my identity, my everything originates from you, but you are even more scared than me, you are too frightened, that’s why you created me, to make me bear all of this!"

The dragon’s anger dissipated again, it lowered its head, "But what’s the use of saying this?"

It whispered, "We can’t leave here, we can’t leave anywhere, you can still look outside, but I can’t wake up at all."

It tried to move, but the chains forged by power sealed its soul, "I can’t intervene, I’m even more powerless…"

The girl continued, she just started crying loudly again, wiping her snotty nose on it.

"I don’t care, I don’t care!"

"He died, and I don’t want to live anymore!"

"I’ll die to show you, do you believe it, you coward!"

The dragon listened, feeling a headache. "Unreasonable."

"It was always unreasonable! I am unreasonable, I am you, a stubborn and arrogant character!" The snake girl got angry and even cursed herself, "I can’t deal with others, but can’t I scold you? I’m weak, I’m helpless, but you clearly have the ability, yet you lie here pretending to be dead."

The dragon said coldly, "What business is it of mine? They can fight to the death if they want, I…"

"You can go out, you can wake up, you know all of that," the snake girl held a small face, "Now is the only chance."

The dragon gritted its teeth, filled with anger. "You don’t understand…"

"Empty threats don’t work on me. I understand everything, I am you," she said quietly, "You fear losing, you also fear death, of course, I’m afraid too, so scared to death. But does fear alone prevent death?"

The dragon opened its mouth wide.

"Is barely surviving considered living?" she asked again.

It bowed its head and curled up its body.

"Stop being clingy. No one in this world will help you a second time. You can’t wait for your relatives. The only one who can save us now is him, only ourselves," Snake Girl kneeled down and leaned against the dragon’s face, her fingers touching its forehead as if to press it down. "I am your dream, just a part of you. So, when the time comes, the dream… needs to wake up."

The dragon said deeply, "If I wake up, you will disappear completely. Are you willing?"

"I won’t disappear, because I am the best parts of you," Snake Girl smiled. "Come on, Ying Mu… remember to give that Emerald Pool a slap."

The girl disappeared before finishing her sentence, her figure shattered like fragile bubbles.

The dragon woke up as if from a dream, looking around, there was only herself, and the golden chain.

It’s time to wake up.

It’s time to go.

The dragon clenched its teeth, grabbed the chain, struggled with all its might, roared to the sky, releasing all the suppressed anger.

Roar!

…

The ground of the arena suddenly cracked, and the Third Princess felt that the soul battlefield was being disrupted.

"How is this possible? It clearly can’t wake up!"

"Nothing is impossible," said Bai Wei calmly.

"What did you do?"

"It’s not about what I did, but about two things you got wrong," Bai Wei raised two fingers, "First, you overestimated your control over the dragon and your ability to use the Golden Power, you’re still far, far behind! Second, I could awaken her because…"

He said slowly, "I know who she is."

Bai Wei lifted the Crouching Tiger Sword, let go of his hand, and the blade sank directly into the yellow sandy soil, pierced through the projection, and fell below the arena.

Third Princess tried to struggle, but it was too late. The Crouching Tiger Sword was infused with power, and the golden chain suddenly broke apart.

The floor of the battlefield was completely overturned. A green-scaled sea dragon emerged from the ground, with half of its body sticking out. It spewed green dragon flames towards Third Princess, venting its inner anger. Golden Apostle moved forward and swung his hammer towards the dragon. It agilely flicked its tail and pushed him back. The battlefield was ablaze with green fire, as the two sides faced each other. It was two against one.

Bai Wei said casually, "Finally woke up, huh… Ying Mu."

Inside the East Sea Dragon Palace, Bai Wei’s fist and her face had once made contact.

Ying Mu’s expression was complicated as she said, "This time, I owe you."

Bai Wei replied, "I will need to repay you."

"I will repay every favor," she locked her gaze on Third Princess, "and settle every grudge!"

In a flash of lightning, the blue dragon pounced forward and grabbed hold of Golden Apostle. It took it up into the sky and slowly tore it into pieces.

Without any Apostles around, Third Princess was completely exposed in front of Bai Wei. He lifted his blade and the shining edge swiftly aimed for XiaChan’s neck. She quickly stepped back, dodged the weapon, and accelerated away. As soon as they clashed, she realized she was no match for him and her first thought was to create distance between them.

However, Bai Wei’s speed was too fast. He swung his blade and struck down with great force. She raised her axe to block it, but both her body and the axe were hit. Her knee slammed into the ground, and she slid backward for several steps, hitting the edge of the battlefield. Her right arm broke, and blood continued to flow.

Bai Wei looked down at her and said, "Now… who will kneel before whom?"

Third Princess took a deep breath and let it out slowly. She swallowed all of her anger and frustration. Unsteadily, she stood up and said, "You win."

She raised her left hand slowly, as if inviting an attack. But Bai Wei realized what was happening and swung his blade directly at her left hand.

Third Princess’s left arm was severed, and her soul was damaged. However, she managed to successfully dig out her own left eyeball with her broken hand, and the eyeball flew out.

She opened her mouth, caught the severed eyeball with her teeth, and bit down hard.

Crack!

The golden eye shattered, losing its power, and the battlefield of souls also fell apart. She was forced to exit, and the Third Princess lost her left eye, which now had an empty space. Before disappearing, she stared at Bai Wei with determination.

"Don’t be proud…"

She left.

Before leaving, her eyes clearly conveyed the message ‘it’s not over yet’ in three big words.

However, this display was not very meaningful.

She missed the only chance to kill Bai Wei, and there would be no more opportunities in the future.

Conspiracies are useful, but once they are exposed, they lose their effectiveness.

Bai Wei breathed heavily, his shattered soul resembled the battlefield, full of cracks and on the verge of collapsing.

Everything else disappeared, leaving only him. With a snap of his fingers, the crumbling battlefield suddenly stabilized.

Golden rays of light raindrops floated in the sky, as the shattered golden eyes scattered and fell. With a deep breath from Bai Wei, the light continuously gathered towards the center, forming a sand tower and returning to its original state.

After a while, Bai Wei opened his eyes, which had turned even brighter, like golden.

[Golden Power upgraded]

[Initial Stage→Intermediate Stage]