Chapter 396
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Chapter 396: The Power of the True Dragon
Hualun, who had reached the Golden Core stage a millennium ago, knew well the devastating power of combining spatial laws with the true essence of the sword.
“Impossible! How could he grasp both spatial laws and the true essence of the sword? No one in this world could withstand such a combination at its peak!” Hualun’s face paled, her voice trembling as genuine despair crept into her heart.
“What does it matter? I refuse to believe some youth has fully mastered these laws. Senior Hualun, stop exaggerating the danger—don’t let fear cloud your judgment!” Unlike Hualun, Duan Guangchen showed no terror. His lower cultivation level and limited understanding of spatial laws and sword essence left him ignorant of their true threat.
Hualun’s lips twitched. As a former Golden Core expert, she understood spatial laws well enough. But it was the true essence of the sword that chilled her soul.
A millennia ago, she’d narrowly escaped death by abandoning her body and preserving her spirit—all thanks to her grasp of spatial laws. Her pursuer, wielding the true essence of the sword, had been two minor realms weaker yet nearly destroyed her completely. The memory still haunted her.
“Activate the Blood Secret Techniques now, or we die here!” Hualun roared. Crimson energy erupted around her, cloaking her form.
Duan Guangchen obeyed without hesitation. Blood energy swirled around him before shooting skyward as he shouted. The energy solidified into a massive blood-red rune, its sinister aura poisoning the air for a hundred zhang.
Hualun’s own blood energy coalesced into another rune, merging with Duan Guangchen’s to form a colossal protective barrier.
Ye Yun observed coldly. With a raised finger, he summoned the purple Divine Sword from the heavens, its descent thunderous.
“Fight or perish!” Hualun bellowed, channeling her true qi into a single finger technique. “Mountain Breaker Finger!”
A mountainous finger of light surged upward. Meanwhile, Duan Guangchen conjured intertwining dragon shadows that solidified into a golden dragon. “Dragon Transformation Technique!”
These were their ultimate attacks, amplified by the blood rune—enough to slay even a second-level Golden Core expert. Yet Hualun doubted their effectiveness. The true essence of the sword reigned supreme among offensive laws.
The three attacks—two techniques and the blood rune—formed a triangular formation against the falling Divine Sword.
The sword fell like divine judgment.
BOOM!
Bloodlight exploded alongside golden flares and thunderous roars. Duan Guangchen choked as an immense power smashed into his chest—far beyond his calculations. As a pinnacle Foundation Establishment expert, he’d expected resistance, yet their combined strike shattered instantly.
“How?!” he spat blood, bewildered. “How can a mere early Foundation Establishment cultivator…?”
“He fused spatial laws, sword essence, and ice element laws that freeze souls!” Hualun’s voice pierced through the chaos. “We can’t match this!”
“Then we burn our lifespans!” Duan Guangchen growled. “As emperor, I’ll commune with the true dragon for its power!”
“Do it!” Hualun flashed behind him, pumping her true qi into his body. “I’ll sustain you. Summon the true dragon’s might!”
Duan Guangchen roared repeatedly, golden light flashing across his body as a transparent divine dragon emerged from his crown and shot into the sky.
“True Dragon Communication Technique!”
Instantly, dragon roars echoed through the heavens. An irresistible kingly power descended, blanketing an area spanning hundreds of zhang.
The distant elite guards and palace attendants all dropped to their knees, trembling violently under the dragon’s pressure as if their hearts might burst.
Ye Yun maintained his composure, merely furrowing his brow slightly. He hadn’t expected a monarch to possess such mystical arts – sacrificing lifespan to commune with the true dragon through royal authority. Though the descending kingly power appeared mighty, it seemed unstable and unfocused.
The Purple Shadow Divine Sword reappeared, its light and shadow rippling like water waves while vibrating precisely 1,024 times.
“Divine Thunder Annihilation!”
Lightning erupted instantly, purple lightning snakes writhing across the sky. The divine sword transformed into a radiant arc amidst thunderous roars.
The Divine Thunder Annihilation, carrying the true essence of the sword, slashed down toward Duan Guangchen and Hualun.
“Fools show no fear!” Duan Guangchen sneered, his body brimming with true qi. “How naive to challenge the true dragon’s might!”
As he raised his hand, the previously scattered true dragon power within hundreds of zhang suddenly converged, forming a transparent divine dragon in his palm ready to attack.
At that critical moment, the torrential true qi flowing into Duan Guangchen’s back abruptly ceased. The forming dragon in his hand faltered, losing its growing power.
“Hualun! What are you doing?” His furious shout went unanswered as the lightning-engulfed divine sword descended.
“Dragon Battles Heaven!”
Duan Guangchen hurled his transparent dragon upward. The Divine Thunder Annihilation clashed violently with the dragon force, creating an earth-shaking crash.
Within two breaths, the transparent dragon shattered into glowing fragments that dissolved in the air. The undiminished divine thunder struck Duan Guangchen full-force, blasting him through a palace wall hundred zhang away.
“Why?” The blood-soaked monarch spat a crimson arrow from his mouth. “Why withdraw your power, Hualun?”
Hualun’s distant voice echoed through the sky: “This seized body has low cultivation and limited lifespan. Transferring all my lifespan power and true qi would leave me six months to reach Golden Core stage – or face death and spirit dissolution. Hold him off. I depart now.”
Duan Guangchen stared in disbelief before vomiting another spray of blood. “TRAITOR!”
The wet splatter of crimson painted the ground in gruesome patterns.
