Chapter 618 - 611: Dragon
Dragon Form vs. Dragon Form!!
The Celestial Demon Ancestral of Red Moon, enshrouded in the blazing white light of the Scorching Sun, had transformed into a half-human, half-dragon monster.
As for Zhou Yuanjue, although his physique had changed upon entering the Cyan Dragon form—one of the Four Holy Forms—his appearance remained fundamentally human.
"Hahahaha! How absurd!!"
Hearing Zhou Yuanjue’s words and seeing the form he had taken, Ancestral Hong threw his head back and roared with laughter. "The source of your so-called human ’Dragon’ form is nothing more than a totem! Your lowly ancestors were merely fortunate enough to glimpse my true face and created it out of extreme admiration. And you dare stand before me—the very source—and ask who is the True Dragon?"
At these words, a faint smile touched Zhou Yuanjue’s lips. "I can’t deny that. Because of your existence, our culture was inevitably influenced by you. Certain profound images did indeed originate from you. Perhaps they were once a symbol of our ignorance and savagery."
"But now, everything is different. We are not what we once were. Even if the dragon form originated from you, over long years of development, we have endowed this form with a new shape and a new meaning."
"The dragon, in the eyes of us, the people of Donghua, is a symbol of a perfect being. What makes the dragon perfect is not its physical image, but the spirit it embodies!"
"A head like a camel, horns like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like an ox... It combines the best traits of countless creatures into one. This is inclusiveness. Man is inherently imperfect. But if he possesses the Dragon Spirit—a spirit that embraces all rivers, that can swallow heaven and earth, that learns from nature and can remake the universe—then in one leap of life after another, he will constantly transcend himself, constantly striving toward perfection."
"For us, the dragon is not some lofty, untouchable Divine Being. It is a state of existence that every single person can achieve! And that is the fundamental difference between you and us."
"Now, let me show you the power I have attained as an inheritor of the dragon’s legacy—the power gained from constantly absorbing, evolving, self-perfecting, and transcending on this very planet."
BOOM!!
The moment his voice faded, Zhou Yuanjue’s figure abruptly vanished. His pores opened and closed to manipulate the airflow around him, his speed reaching its absolute limit.
The speed of the Vermilion Bird, from the Four Holy Forms.
And...
The power of the White Tiger, from the Four Holy Forms.
Within the Cyan Dragon form, the two were fused together in near-perfect harmony.
The extreme inertia from his immense speed, his terrifying control over the airflow, and his own physical strength—swollen to its absolute peak—all combined with his Divine Soul Power. The result wasn’t a simple additive increase, like one plus one equals two.
It was a qualitative leap in power!
Even when he fought Ji’s vessel, he had never fully and recklessly unleashed his power like this while in his Cyan Dragon form.
Back then, he had to reserve enough power to seal his opponent’s vessel.
But now, he had no such concerns.
His energy reserves were more than sufficient!
"Dragon Spirit? Utterly laughable!!"
"Only the weak need such methods for a psychological victory."
"The strong need only acknowledge their own strength!"
Zhou Yuanjue’s speed was so extreme that even Ancestral Hong struggled to track him. He could almost see the space around the figure faintly distorting, obscuring the true image.
’He’s already faintly distorting space and sight?’
’In that case...’
’I’ll give you nowhere to hide!!’
He thrust his hands toward the direction of Zhou Yuanjue’s charge. The scales all over his body flared open, instantly releasing the immense Fierce Sun Power condensed within.
In an instant, the entire sky was engulfed in light. The scorching rays seemed poised to swallow the world whole.
In his Celestial Monarch form, the intensity of his abilities was significantly enhanced.
However, a figure charged straight through the sea of light, the surrounding rays and forces distorted by the immense force field around him.
Zhou Yuanjue’s hand, shaped into a claw, swiped violently forward!!
BOOM!!
The world-ending light was violently blasted apart. An immense power, an incomparably vast and unrestrained torrent of Divine Soul Power, surged forth.
Originating from Zhou Yuanjue’s palm, a massive fan-shaped wave of force, over a thousand meters wide, erupted outward, its immense power violently battering everything in its path.
’To think that the combination of speed and power could reach such a level!!’
Caught at the core of that massive fan-shaped blast, Ancestral Hong bore the brunt of the impact. He could barely keep his levitating body from being tossed about like a flimsy kite by the immense force.
He was forced to redirect his own power, pulling back the energy from his scales simply to maintain his composure and keep his body stable.
However, before he could even recover from the blast, he caught a glimpse of Zhou Yuanjue’s figure flashing into existence from another direction, striking at his body.
’Caught you!!’
’Getting cocky just because one attack landed?!’
’You’re celebrating far too soon!!’
VMMMM!!
Light gathered in his eyes. As his eyeballs swiveled, two beams formed from concentrated Fierce Sun Power shot out, sweeping across the area at incredible speed.
ZZZRAK!!
Under the beam’s assault, Zhou Yuanjue’s incredibly resilient body, even in his Cyan Dragon form, was sliced in two in mid-air.
However, Zhou Yuanjue only faltered in mid-air for a moment. Then...
His arms grabbed his severed lower body, while his dismembered legs kicked upward.
The two halves of his body reconnected, and he charged at Ancestral Hong once more.
A grievous injury like being sliced in half at the waist could only hinder him for a fleeting moment.
The powerful defensive capabilities and Recovery Ability of the Black Tortoise—from the Four Holy Forms—were also integrated into the Cyan Dragon form’s power.
At this sight, Ancestral Hong’s pupils contracted violently.
He finally understood why Nightmare had expended so much effort merely to seal this man, rather than trying to find a way to kill him.
It was just as Ji had said. Within their lifespans, and with their level of power, it was far too difficult to kill a being with this kind of Life Force, especially when they couldn’t directly erase his True Spirit.
In an instant, Zhou Yuanjue appeared before him.
His palm flattened, becoming like a Sharp Sword. Aided by immense power and inertia, he thrust it forward, unleashing his Divine Soul Power in the same instant.
SHIIING!!
A narrow, razor-sharp beam of light, thousands of meters long, shot out from Zhou Yuanjue’s palm, piercing straight through Ancestral Hong’s body.
"Next time, fight me with your real body. I told you, this avatar of yours... it’s too weak."