Chapter 1801: Demon Empress vs. Crimson Extinction
Chi Wuyue opened her lips: "Jie Xin, Jie Ling, withdraw."
Jie Xin and Jie Ling also moved far away.
Only the Demon Empress and Crimson Extinction remained at the center of this world, facing each other across the void.
"Overestimating yourself!"
With a heavy snort, Crimson Extinction Dragon God's dragon body shook, releasing his dragon might and dragon aura simultaneously. The world, silent for so long, instantly churned like an ocean in turmoil. Within a thousand miles, everything visible was crushed and annihilated in the sweeping force.
"Those four words are quite familiar to me."
The terrifying gale blew Chi Wuyue's black hair and her demonic aura, but her voice remained soft and intoxicating: "Ten thousand years ago, when I fought alone against Qianye Fantian and Zhou Xuzi, Qianye Fantian said those same four words, even with the exact same expression."
"A pity," Chi Wuyue shook her head: "A pity that the way he fled was like a dog that had lost its tail in defeat."
"The so-called 'strongest under the Dragon Emperor' is nothing more than this. No matter how much you conceal your sharpness, how much better can you be than him?"
"Heh," Crimson Extinction Dragon God laughed disdainfully: "You don't think—"
He wanted to say "You don't think Qianye Fantian is worthy of being compared to me," but he suddenly stopped mid-sentence... What harm was there if the Demon Empress underestimated him?
He said arrogantly: "The Demon Empress overestimates herself too much. I have heard that when you were defeated by Qianye and Zhoutian back then, you led them deep into the Northern Domain while fleeing, using the demonic aura of the Northern Domain to severely damage their souls, which was how you forced the unprepared Qianye and Zhoutian to retreat."
He suddenly glanced aside, a sneer in his smile: "I see. This place is so close to the Northern Domain. Could it be that the Demon Empress intends to use the same trick again?"
"Use the same trick again? Hahahaha!" After the soft, seductive tone came a rather wild laugh. Chi Wuyue opened her five fingers, each fingertip wrapped in a dark vortex: "To crush your mere dragon soul, I need no help from the Northern Domain demonic aura!"
Crimson Extinction Dragon God and Suxin Dragon God's faces and eyes sharply turned cold.
The dragon race possesses bodies and souls that surpass all living beings.
And the Dragon Gods are the imperial clan among the dragons. The Dragon God's body and Dragon God's soul are the pinnacle of all bodies and souls in the world—an unchallenged consensus that no one dares to insult or defile. It is the supreme pride of the Dragon God clan.
Chi Wuyue's words belittling the Dragon God's soul, whether from her true heart or just for psychological suppression, deeply touched the reverse scale of the Dragon God lineage.
"Before the Dragon God's divine soul, all souls in the world are but ants! To dare insult the Dragon God's divine soul—Demon Empress, you have quite the nerve."
Crimson Extinction Dragon God no longer had any trace of a smile: "For this sin alone, you will not leave intact today!"
"All are ants under the dragon soul? Heh..." The Demon Empress's lips tilted slightly, her mouth curved, and that light laugh carried piercing contempt: "Before me, the mere dragon race is also worthy to speak?"
Chi Wuyue's black hair spread out, her black clothes fluttering without wind. The dark soul domain suddenly opened, and in the consciousness of all present, a strange black lotus bloomed proudly.
"Then I would like to witness just how many pounds and ounces this so-called Dragon God's soul has, to dare speak recklessly before me!"
"..." Crimson Extinction Dragon God's gaze sharpened.
"What? Afraid?" The contempt in Chi Wuyue's words grew more piercing.
"Big brother, she is provoking you," said Suxin Dragon God.
"I know." Crimson Extinction Dragon God snorted softly: "Knowing that she is inferior in profound force, she deliberately provokes me to fight in the domain of soul power, which she thinks she excels in."
"Exactly." Chi Wuyue did not deny it at all.
A simple provocation, almost crude, that anyone with a normal mind could see through.
But Chi Wuyue was sure he would take the bait.
Because he is the strongest Dragon God of the Dragon God Realm!
"Very well, very good." Crimson Extinction Dragon God smiled faintly: "You have used so much scheming to lure me into a soul battle. It seems the Demon Empress is very confident in her soul power."
Roar————
A distant, prolonged dragon cry sounded, seeming to come from a thousand miles away, or from millions of miles away. As Crimson Extinction Dragon God's soul domain expanded, two crimson, soul-piercing dragon eyes were reflected in everyone's souls.
"Then let me personally crush your filthy demon soul and your pitiable ignorance together."
Soul combat—this was exactly what Chi Wuyue wanted. Crimson Extinction Dragon God directly granted her wish. Far away, Suxin Dragon Soul did not speak further, a hint of mockery flickering in her calm, watery dragon eyes.
Legend said the Northern Domain Demon Empress possessed a powerful dark demon soul, and ten thousand years ago, with the aid of the Northern Domain demonic aura, she gave Qianye Fantian and Zhou Xuzi a hard time.
It was a good strategy for her to induce Crimson Extinction Dragon God to fight in the field where she excels.
Unfortunately, she, who was invincible in soul power within the Northern God Domain, had never encountered a Dragon God's soul.
No matter how strong her soul power, she was still a human. And human soul power, even if it reaches the absolute limit, is not worthy to compare with a Dragon God's!
This is truly the frog at the bottom of a well.
Roar!!!!!!!
The crimson dragon eyes suddenly opened wide, and the bursting red light instantly dyed the soul sea into a boundless molten hell.
Above the hell, a ten-thousand-mile crimson dragon revealed its true form.
Beneath the shadow of the crimson dragon soul, the black lotus in Chi Wuyue's soul sea swayed violently.
Jie Xin and Jie Ling's bodies trembled slightly, their consciousness going blank for a full half-breath. Their expressions unchanged, they refocused and closed their eyes, using their souls to perceive this soul battle between the Demon Empress and the strongest Dragon God.
The world fell into an eerily silent stillness.
Everyone in this space: Chi Wuyue, Crimson Extinction Dragon God, Jie Xin and Jie Ling, and Suxin Dragon God—all stood motionless, eyes closed, with no actions or words.
Yet within this silence lurked a fierce battle that could shake the ages.
A giant dragon, a demon lotus.
The dragon's roar shook souls as it swooped down, carrying endless molten lava rolling in, engulfing the dark demon lotus.
Without any obstruction, the dragon shadow and lava instantly overwhelmed Chi Wuyue's soul domain, dyeing the soul seas of all observers a blazing crimson.
But the dark demon lotus still bloomed proudly within the lava. Every petal flowed with black crystal-like demonic light, spreading a more mysterious dark domain within the crimson world.
Roar————
The dragon roar rose again. The lava churned madly, as if thousands of the most violent volcanoes were erupting at once. With the merciless descent of the colossal dragon claw, it brought down an incomparably heavy Dragon God's heavenly might upon all souls.
At this moment, the dark demon lotus suddenly bloomed again. Layer upon layer of petals opened, instantly forming thousands and tens of thousands of layers. Streaks of black light silently overflowed. Unnoticed, the demon lotus had already spread over a thousand miles.
The dragon claw suddenly slowed.
In Suxin Dragon God's world, her consciousness was involuntarily attracted to the demon lotus, especially its core. The layered, mysterious black light was like countless demonic hands reaching out, pulling her consciousness toward a completely bottomless abyss...
Suddenly, Suxin Dragon God woke with a start. Her consciousness quickly broke free from the demon lotus, but a lingering drowsiness remained.
So this was the legendary soul-plundering power of the Northern Domain Demon Empress?
Even just watching the battle, she was affected. The Demon Empress's demon soul was indeed extraordinary... Suxin Dragon God thought to herself.
Unfortunately, today she faced Crimson Extinction!
The Crimson Extinction dragon shadow's pause lasted only a few short moments before the vast dragon might surged and pressed down again. The crimson world echoed with Crimson Extinction Dragon God's proud roar: "A mere demon soul dares to act presumptuously!"
Crimson Extinction Dragon God seemed angered by his brief mental confusion, his soul might suddenly soared again. The massive dragon claw smashed down fiercely... At this moment in the soul domain, any soul below the Divine Sovereign realm that dared to approach would be instantly annihilated, without even a chance to struggle.
The dark demon lotus swayed under the dragon might, and even the pitch-black demon domain trembled as if about to shatter.
Boom————
The crimson dragon claw heavily slammed onto the demon lotus, endless lava collapsing. The dark demon domain violently contracted and deformed, but it barely withstood the tearing of the dragon claw.
Black and crimson suddenly fell into a stalemate at this moment.
Under Crimson Extinction Dragon God's repeated fury, he had not held back much. His fierce soul power was directly resisted by Chi Wuyue. In his soul sea, a clear ripple of surprise stirred.
"Big brother," Suxin Dragon God's voice transmission sounded in Crimson Extinction Dragon God's consciousness: "The Demon Empress is cunning and full of tricks. There is no need to test further. End this quickly to avoid complications."
All Dragon Gods were extremely proud, but Suxin Dragon God was an exception. Her temperament was so calm it didn't seem like that of a dragon. But accordingly, she could always make the most rational and logical judgments.
That was also why Crimson Extinction Dragon God had specifically brought Suxin Dragon God on this trip. The Northern God Domain had broken through the Eastern God Domain and Southern God Domain one after another. Crimson Extinction Dragon God outwardly looked down on the demon race, but inwardly, how could he truly underestimate them?
Suxin Dragon God's transmission suddenly changed the atmosphere in the soul domain.
Roar——————
This sudden dragon roar shook like the sky itself falling.
A pair of crimson dragon eyes shot out a divine might even more piercing to the soul than the blazing sun in the sky.
The already massive dragon claw instantly expanded further. Every bit of space in the soul domain was filled with the overbearing Dragon God's soul.
Beneath the dragon claw, the soul domain opened by the dark demon lotus contracted layer by layer, then suddenly cracked with dark marks. Soon, the dark marks were rapidly invaded and spread by crimson light.
"Shatter! Filthy, pitiful demon soul!"
Under the dragon's roar, darkness shattered. Crimson Extinction's dragon claw heavily smashed onto the demon lotus, tearing the blooming lotus apart with abandon.
Under the irresistible dragon might, the demon lotus shattered and scattered. Chi Wuyue's soul sea churned violently.
But in the churning, the dragon might suddenly diminished. The world once filled with crimson light now showed specks of pitch-black scale-like light.
The dark demon lotus was easily broken, but in the boundless soul sea, countless black lotus petals danced—thousands... tens of thousands... millions...
Like black butterflies flying all over the sky, like ink snow falling with the wind, like being in a strange and dangerous dream.
The previously violent, churning lava eerily quieted. The dragon shadow covering the sky slowly descended amidst the countless demon flowers, and the dragon might silently dissipated.
"Light is but a fleeting illusion; darkness is true knowledge and eternity."
Chi Wuyue's demonic voice came faintly, soul-stirring and captivating, like weeping and telling:
"All that one seeks in life eventually returns to dust. Only darkness knows no end, no conclusion. These dark demon flowers are the destination of countless souls, eternal brilliance and beauty."
"Dance with them, and sleep eternally in the darkness."
The demonic melody lingered, clinging to the soul without dispersing.
Suxin Dragon God's always taut heartstrings relaxed. A deep sense of powerlessness flowed through her entire body. Her will gradually grew heavy, sinking...
Until she felt utter despair.
Looking back over her life, it was nothing but emptiness and paleness. Though noble as a Dragon God, standing at the supreme peak, she was also destined never to see higher scenery. With a hundred thousand years of life, the long remaining years would still be only loneliness and paleness.
What does life matter, what does death matter, what does the demon race wreaking havoc on the world matter, what does Crimson Extinction's defeat matter... What does dying here matter...
Having experienced a long, pale life, what kind of life would darkness be? Why not just sink into...
The darkened dragon eyes, as if pricked by needles, suddenly regained focus.
Although it should have been only a few short breaths, it truly made Suxin Dragon God break out in a cold sweat all over.
In those few breaths, she suddenly had no desires, negated her entire life, lamented her remaining years, and only wanted to sleep in that darkness, never to wake.
She tensed her spirit. Though only watching, she quickly built up a soul defense several times stronger than before.
In the legends of the Northern Domain, that Pure Heaven Divine Emperor captured by the Demon Empress—was this how he fell into eternal sleep?
It was indeed terrifying. But how could it possibly trap Crimson Extinction!