Chapter 221

Chapter 221: Extraordinary Awakening

Under the crushing force of the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal, Midi’s entire body became invaded. Even the golden small sword inside him lay immobilized. His Ultimate Intent, once unstoppable, became as dull as a rusty blade—no matter how fiercely he pushed, it couldn’t pierce the barriers.

His legs, arms, and torso grew numb. Though painless, it felt like his body was being peeled away layer by layer until only his mind remained active. A bitter metallic taste coated his tongue.

He’d felt this once before.

Death.

Yet even now, Midi’s consciousness stayed ice-cold. Having died once, he knew clinging to awareness was vital—like refusing sleep in a blizzard, where closing your eyes meant never opening them again. Survival demanded relentless mental struggle.

Midi fought on, ignoring his failing limbs and chaotic magic. He kept trying to channel his power the usual way. After what felt like centuries, something answered within his paralyzed body—his demon god.

While even Ultimate Intent faltered, this mysterious demon god tore free from the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal’s grip. It pulsed like a surrogate heart, stirring the crystal-infused liquid inside Midi. The fluid churned faster, transforming the pool into a Gigantic Vortex. Midi sat motionless at its core.

Heat flooded his body as if a miniature sun ignited within. Magic erupted from his pores and facial openings. First came the weak residual magic from Arad, flushed from his system. Then his pure magic followed, ripped out and dissolved.

The golden small sword’s faint aura resisted briefly under Ultimate Intent and demon god’s combined power, but the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal overwhelmed it. Stripped of its golden glow, the sword dulled like dead iron and sank.

Midi barely noticed. His temperature spiked uncontrollably. Sweat gushed until his body resembled a steam-spewing engine. Earlier numbness was manageable, but dehydration and magic depletion now frayed his iron will.

*If this continues, I’ll become a dried husk instead of awakening!*

He made his decision—releasing all bodily restraints. Letting Dragon’s Blood White Crystal flood his organs despite the rupture risk. Pressure skyrocketed. His circulation accelerated wildly as the crystal purged every foreign element: magic dregs, pure magic, even his prized golden aura.

When sweat ran dry, blood seeped from his pores—foul and metallic. The stench hit him even as the crystal scoured it away.

*Transcendent Rebirth.*

Ordinary awakenings involved unblocking magic passageways for level 50 peak-level practitioners to breakthrough. But this…

In this process, those who could simultaneously open, widen, strengthen, and connect channels within their bodies to form a three-dimensional network were considered exceptional. Those who could bathe their entire bodies in pure magic, achieve physical evolution, and create their own "Secret Technique" achieved what Midi once called the "perfect awakening."

Yet clearly, the awakening through Dragon’s Blood White Crystal followed different rules.

Rather than enhancing the existing human form, it expelled all weak impurities and directly replaced them with its own essence.

If Midi succeeded in this awakening, his veins would flow with true dragon blood. He’d absorb the purest White Crystal magic, potentially manifesting skills rivaling the Lord of the Light City’s power.

This surpassed perfect awakening – it became an Extraordinary Awakening.

Survival, however, remained the prerequisite.

Though Midi had deciphered patterns within the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal Pool, parts of the process demanded sheer endurance. The blood replacement ordeal proved most brutal.

Crushed by the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal’s pressure, Midi lost all magic and blood. The golden small sword dimmed completely. Even the mysterious demon god linked to his consciousness retreated into dormancy to avoid disrupting the transcendent metamorphosis.

Stripped of power, Midi hovered near death – successful blood regeneration meant life; failure meant swift demise.

Once impurities, tainted blood, and corrupted magic were purged, the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal initiated meticulous cleansing. Minutes later, the pool trembled. Torrents of draconic Vitality surged into Midi’s bones and limbs.

His purified body, nurtured by ancient dragon life-force, began generating new blood from the marrow.

Relief flickered in Midi’s heart – the greatest crisis of Extraordinary Awakening had passed.

But blood renewal was merely one phase. In this magic-dominated world, true power lay in wielding greater, purer mystical energy.

A dragon-blooded physique formed the foundation, but reconstructing magic channels with White Crystal completed true awakening. Without this, one remained merely a magicless brute.

Midi focused. The small sword forged from demon god power and Ultimate Intent rose within him.

With Ultimate Intent suppressed, demonic forces dormant, and magic stripped away, the blade resembled a millennia-weathered relic, pitted and corroded.

A crystalline shatter echoed as the sword disintegrated completely.

Midi’s expression remained impassive despite losing his concentrated power. Clearing his mind, he guided the Dragon’s Blood White Crystal to reform it.

Dragon’s Blood White Crystal whirled violently inside him. The dragon-bone pool responded, waters churning as if brewing storms.

Pale and trembling under the crystal’s invasive flood, Midi stayed rooted at the pool’s depths. At the brink of bodily rupture, he awakened the slumbering demon god through sheer will, enduring blade-sharp agony.

He would dominate this primordial draconic force!

The mysterious demon god from Midi’s past life in Arad roared heaven-shaking fury, resonating with his resolve.

Instantly, the overwhelming crystal torrent halted. An invisible force compressed it inward.

Slow at first, the contraction accelerated violently. Within lightning’s span, it halved in size – not mere compression, but catastrophic collapse!

Before Midi could blink, the massive energy imploded into a crimson speck.

The dragon skeleton blazed. Its radiance coalesced into a dazzling Dragon Soul that plunged into the pool, merging with the crimson point.

Silence engulfed the void. No motion, no sound. Only a cold glow hung central in space.

A sword.

Colorless, crystalline, water-pure.

As Midi observed, golden-red beams ignited within the transparent blade. Each ray pulsed with Ultimate Intent and draconic majesty.

"Let this be named Dragon Sealing Sword," Midi whispered, a relieved smile finally escaping.

Dragon’s Blood flowed through his veins. Dragon Soul dwelled within steel. Ultimate Intent fused with demonic power as White Crystal magic cycled endlessly.

Having brushed against Death’s touch, the Extraordinary Awakening was complete.