Volume 6 Chapter 37
by Golden DragonVolume 6 + Chapter 37: The Eternal, Undying Dragon
“Xia Lulu is dying because of you.”
The speed of the holy sword’s swing slowed, halted by Dorothea’s words.
When Xia Yi heard those words, her entire body trembled, and her mind went blank.
Xia Lulu…
Is dying because of me?
Bang!
The bone dragon’s claw came down. By the time Xia Yi realized it, it was too late. She could not interrupt the attack, only raise the holy sword to block in front of herself.
The crushing weight slammed into the earth, sending the silver dragon princess flying, landing unceremoniously among the flowers.
“Little Xia Yi, surely you don’t think Xia Lulu mastered that power, which would backfire on her own body, for her own sake?”
Dorothea sat on her transparent threads, enjoying Xia Yi’s disheveled state.
Her words were like daggers to the heart, each one a stab.
“How pitiful Xia Lulu is. She lost her life because of you, yet you’ve remained completely unaware all this time.”
“I…”
A look of self-reproach surfaced on Xia Yi’s face.
Her hand gripping the holy sword began to tremble.
She remembered.
Back then, after her fierce battle with Herman, Xia Lulu had lost consciousness and collapsed.
In truth, even at that time, Xia Lulu’s body had already suffered backlash from the Dragon King’s power.
When she had gone to visit Xia Lulu, she had noticed some signs but had not pursued the matter further.
Xia Lulu is invincible.
That concept had been deeply ingrained in her mind, that it was only natural for Xia Lulu to defeat her enemies in battle.
Yet behind that lay such heavy pain.
Thinking of this, she felt overwhelming regret, her spirit nearly crushed by guilt.
“Little Xia Yi, you are the one who made Xia Lulu give up the chance to live. She chose to wield that power to clear obstacles for your future,” Dorothea said. “In truth, you are the real cause of Xia Lulu’s death.”
“…!”
Xia Yi felt a tightness in her chest, as if she could barely breathe.
If Xia Lulu had given up the Dragon King’s power, then within the Dragon Kingdom, many rebellions would have arisen, just like Raymond before.
Xia Lulu did it for my future…
She lowered her head.
“Little Xia Yi, why not obediently become a puppet? No need to think, no need to feel guilt. You can be with Xia Lulu forever. That is the fate you should accept.”
Dorothea, seeing that Xia Yi’s will to fight was nearly broken, waved her fingers and unleashed her killing move.
“Death’s Embrace.”
Two puppets controlled by threads charged at Xia Yi together.
The bone dragons, flying low, spread their arms. They would collide at a terrifying, self-destructive speed, simultaneously delivering the embrace of death to their target.
Xia Yi already felt the threat of death closing in.
If she did nothing, she would surely die.
If she died here, Dorothea would turn both her and Xia Lulu into puppets, and she would be placed together with Xia Lulu.
Her wish to be with Xia Lulu forever would be fulfilled.
But…
Was that really the case?
On her birthday, Xia Lulu had collapsed before even finishing celebrating with her.
Xia Lulu had once said to herself that she wanted to celebrate birthdays together with Xia Yi.
Was this outcome what Xia Lulu had hoped for?
Boom!!
The puppets controlled by Dorothea crashed into each other, crushing Xia Yi between them, embracing each other as their bodies shattered and bones scattered in all directions.
Under the impact of that terrifying force, Xia Yi would lose consciousness and her ability to fight.
“It seems the victor is decided,” Dorothea remarked.
Shwip!
A brilliant golden light bloomed between the two bone dragons, blasting them apart.
Sword energy blossomed like a flower, slicing the bone dragons into pieces.
Though injured, Xia Yi refused to fall by sheer will. She swung the holy sword, unleashing a sky-cutting strike that severed the dense threads in the sky and grazed past Dorothea’s head.
“Hmm?”
Dorothea’s vision turned upside down. Her head had fallen off, plummeting to the ground.
“Dorothea, shut up! The relationship between Xia Lulu and me is none of your business, an outsider like you has no right to judge!”
In her anger, Xia Yi quickly followed up, shattering Dorothea’s head while declaring loudly.
“No matter what it costs, I will find a way to save Xia Lulu! She still has unfinished business with me!”
“Moving, truly moving. Such deep mother-daughter affection. As expected, my words alone won’t change anything.”
Dorothea’s headless body fell.
But below, a different golden dragon girl in different attire appeared and caught the headless body.
This, too, was Dorothea. She had activated one of her spare bodies.
“I should praise you. Truly worthy of being a Holy Sword wielder. How unexpected, you actually managed to destroy one of my bodies. Even the Dragon Kings of the past couldn’t do that.”
“Tch…”
Xia Yi clicked her tongue.
Dorothea was indeed a formidable enemy.
“Little Xia Yi, are you ready? The kindergarten games are over. What comes next won’t be ordinary.”
Dorothea’s golden eyes glowed faintly, and a wave of pressure radiated outward. All the puppets knelt down.
This was the Dragon King’s pressure!
“You…!”
Xia Yi immediately activated the silver dragon king’s bloodline to its full extent, countering with Dragon King pressure of her own.
She felt a heavy burden continuously weakening her abilities.
This was pressure on the same level as Xia Lulu’s.
Dorothea was getting serious.
“Disassemble.”
Dorothea spoke in the ancient dragon tongue, like a divine decree manipulating and changing reality.
In an instant, all the bone dragons disintegrated completely. They turned into countless bones that swirled in the sky, spinning continuously, forming a white storm.
“Damn it!”
Xia Yi’s vision was blocked. Assailed by this bone storm, she had no choice but to use sword energy to defend herself.
Dark clouds blotted out the sun, the very winds and skies changed, and the sound of thunder and lightning filled the air.
“Be born, Eternal Undying Dragon, Tiamat.”
Dorothea issued another command.
The cross sprayed forth countless threads, touching the bones and injecting a sea of magical power, recondensing them together. At the same time, magic formed an outer shell, creating a dragon nearly a hundred meters tall, descending upon Purple Iris Valley like a giant among dragons.
The existence of this behemoth defied natural law, it should have been impossible in reality.
Yet Dorothea had brought it into this world.
Facing an enemy of this magnitude, Xia Yi felt powerless. The other side was far, far stronger than her.
But…
She could not lose.
She could not lose here, or else both she and Xia Lulu would be turned into puppets.
She had to win. Seize every chance of victory.
Xia Yi gritted her teeth, gripped the holy sword tightly, and facing an enemy she could hardly hope to defeat, she raised her hand.
“Dragon King Domain!”
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