Chapter 1839: Piercing Heart (Part 2)

Yan Wu gritted her teeth and, propelled by Yan Tianxiao's power, charged directly at Long Bai. As she swung her arms, thousands of Yan Demon Spears appeared in the sky above.

Breaking a Dragon God's bones was infinitely more difficult than merely injuring them. Long Bai, whose claw was fractured by Yan Tianxiao's full-force attack, let out a muffled roar, and his massive dragon body momentarily lost balance under the immense power.

"Awoooo!"

The Heaven Wolf roared furiously, and the demonic sword resonated with a bang. Cai Zhi's attack direction shifted instantly, and her incredibly heavy "Savage Fang" slammed down onto Long Bai's bent dragon claw.

Crack!!

Similar to a Dragon God's power, the Heaven Wolf's power was primarily one of immense might. Cai Zhi's small, delicate body, which Yun Che dared not embrace too tightly, unleashed a catastrophic force capable of shattering stars and sundering moons every time she wielded her massive demonic sword.

Under the Heaven Wolf Demonic Sword, the bent dragon claw snapped clean off. The sound of the Dragon Monarch's bone shattering echoed as if ten thousand miles of sky were ripped apart by Nine Heaven Profound Thunder, startling the Dragon Gods into paleness.

"Roar—!!"

The immense force caused Long Bai's body to violently twist. Seeing this, Yan Wu's hand gestures and aura abruptly changed. The thousands of floating Yan Demon Spears condensed as they fell, transforming into a thousand-zhang demonic shadow that plunged straight towards Long Bai's brow.

The excruciating pain, which he had not endured for countless years, finally caused noticeable disarray in Long Bai's gaze and aura. The severe imbalance of his body left him no time to defend, and the plummeting Yan Demon Spear struck him squarely in the brow.

Boom!!

The Yan Demon Spear, unleashed with all of Yan Wu's might, exploded directly in the center of Long Bai's brow, blasting open a ten-foot-wide bloodied hole and scattering a large amount of chaotic blood mist.

Almost simultaneously, Cang Shitian, who had been darting about, finally found an opening. The blue profound light he had held back for a long time burst forth from his hand, following an uncanny trajectory at several times his previous speed, striking Long Bai's dragon eye, which was wide open in agony.

"What a dirty trick! How utterly despicable!" Yan Yi and Yan San, who had just clambered to their feet, spat simultaneously.

"Shameless," Yan Tianxiao muttered, pressing one hand against his injury and covering his face with the other. Poking an opponent's eyes—such a base and utterly contemptible tactic, one even the lowest commoner would be ashamed to use—had actually come from the hands of a Divine Emperor.

"Hiss... Awooo!"

Though eye-poking was shameless, it was undeniably effective.

Eyes are one of the most vulnerable parts of any living creature, and dragons are no exception. Even a powerful Dragon Monarch, when struck directly in the eyeball by a Divine Emperor's power, would suffer a significant period of soul collapse. Amidst his furious and somewhat mournful roar, his imposing aura noticeably dissipated by several points, greatly reducing the pressure on anyone attempting to approach him.

Rip!!

At this moment, a golden light shot forth from behind, easily piercing through Long Bai's temporarily disordered protective profound energy. The instant it touched his dragon tail, it coiled around it like a spiritual serpent, then rapidly tightened, causing a violent burst of dark profound light.

A horrifying rending sound erupted as the Divine Edict ruthlessly cut into Long Bai's tail. In a momentary burst of blood mist spanning dozens of feet, it carved a shocking crimson ring.

Although previously covered in wounds, they had been almost negligible to Long Bai.

But now, facing all the core forces of the Northern Divine Region alone, he finally showed signs of distress.

At the same time, this utterly ignited his true fury.

It was known throughout the God Realm that in this world, nothing was more inviolable than a dragon's scales, and nothing more dangerous than a dragon's wrath!

ROAR!!!!!!!!

The Dragon Monarch's furious roar carried an imposing might and rage almost double that of before, instantly causing Yan Yi, Yan Er, Qianye Wugu, and Qianye Bingzhu, who were about to approach, to lose all their strength.

The Divine Edict on his dragon tail was shaken off, and a tremendous force traveled along it, heavily impacting Qianye Ying'er's body, causing her delicate hands to bleed and the Divine Edict to fly from her grasp.

Cang Shitian, Cai Zhi, and Yan Wu, who were closest, instantly saw black and were flung far away like withered leaves battered by a storm.

BOOM————

At that very moment, an enormous explosion resounded from the Azure Sea Barrier.

The Five Desiccated Dragon Venerables finally made their move. Without much visible action, five streams of dragon energy, from several miles away, simultaneously struck the same point on the Azure Sea Barrier. As their power concentrated and erupted, a horrifyingly large indentation appeared on the barrier, followed by countless fine cracks rapidly spreading across it.

BOOM!!!

With the Desiccated Dragon Venerables' second strike, the cracks instantly widened, weaving a horrifying, pale spiderweb pattern across the barrier.

"Wha...what?!" All the Sea Gods stared in disbelief, their eyes nearly popping out.

To break a defensive barrier, structural disintegration was far more effective than brute force destruction.

Just as on the day the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor departed, the final crimson rift, which immense Divine Emperor power couldn't shake, rapidly collapsed under Jasmine's Evil Infant power.

And these Five Desiccated Dragon Venerables, their level of power was demonstrably superior to the Azure Sea Barrier itself.

Furthermore, their powers were of the same origin. When fused, each strike was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Azure Sea Barrier.

Long Bai's furious power was so formidable it defied all description. After violently shaking everyone away, he did not pursue them fiercely. Instead, he suddenly shot into the air, charging directly towards Chi Wuyao, who was high above.

She was the core of everything!

If his dragon soul deterrent hadn't been forcibly dispelled by her time and again, how could he have fallen into such a discomfited state so quickly?

"Devil Queen, be careful!" Yan Tianxiao roared.

Chi Wuyao's eyes were tightly closed, and a phantom image shimmered around her. She was clearly unleashing the Nirvana Devil Soul, preparing to forcibly dispel Long Bai's dragon soul deterrence, which was far stronger than before.

Her consciousness was entirely focused on controlling the Nirvana Devil Soul, leaving her unprepared for Long Bai's approach and attack. The Dark Demonic Silk was hastily flung out but was violently thrown back before it could unleash even half its power. Immediately afterward, a surge of dragon energy, symbolizing the supreme dragon might of the current era, heavily struck her body.

Most of Chi Wuyao's demonic mist dissipated, and her body rapidly retreated. Large patches of crimson blood mist floated in the trail of residual black mist.

Her aura instantly became incredibly chaotic.

Clearly, her repeated use of the Nirvana Devil Soul to dispel the dragon soul deterrence had been anything but easy.

"Devil Queen!"

"Devil Queen!!!"

Horrified shouts echoed throughout every corner of the Azure Sea God Realm. With the Devil Master absent, if the Devil Queen were to suffer misfortune, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Ugh... Ahhh!"

Yan Tianxiao's eyes blazed. He suppressed his injuries and forcibly broke through the suppression and deterrence of the enraged dragon soul, charging directly forward.

Yan Yi, Yan San, and the two Qianye Ancestors were also startled by Chi Wuyao's blood mist. Profound light erupted around them as they surged towards Long Bai.

Long Bai turned his head, his injured dragon eyes still radiating heavenly might that caused all beings to tremble. As his soul-shadow flickered, a roar descended with supreme authority.

Without the Devil Queen's interference, these Northern Divine Region devils would all be utterly terrified by his dragon soul.

But at that very moment, a strange light suddenly appeared in the eyes of Chi Wuyao, who appeared heavily injured and whose aura was chaotic.

She had feigned weakness and deliberately taken damage, all for this very moment.

The instant Long Bai unleashed his dragon soul, its outline was reflected with perfect clarity in Chi Wuyao's eyes. Her seemingly dispersed yet intently focused Nirvana Devil Soul abruptly burst forth, and an invisible demonic shadow shot out, savagely tearing at his dragon soul.

"ROOOOAAARGH!"

The agony of his dragon soul being torn and gnawed was unbearable for the Extinguished Dragon God, and it was equally unbearable for Long Bai!

The difference was that the Extinguished Dragon God's soul realm had been invaded by the Nirvana Devil Soul, making escape impossible. Long Bai's soul realm was not invaded, but the lingering gnawing from the ancient Devil Emperor's soul was still enough to plunge him into a brief abyss of nightmares.

His dragon soul was hastily withdrawn, but the pain from the Devil Emperor's soul's lingering gnawing would not immediately dissipate, nor would his shattered will and dragon energy instantly reconverge. Though only for a few breaths, this was a rare, opportune moment created by the Devil Queen. "Lock them down!!"

Following her command, issued with a demonic voice, the Nine Devil Maidens, who had been on standby and poised for action for a long time, shot forth from nine different directions.

Jie Xin, Jie Ling, Ye Li, Yao Die, Qing Ying, Lan Ting, Hua Jin, Yu Wu, Chan Yi... Black light radiated from the Nine Devil Maidens as they danced like nine ethereal black butterflies, inscribing clear and eerie black marks as they moved.

The nine black marks interlaced evenly across the dragon's body, then their edges closed, forming a massive dark profound formation centered around Long Bai's body.

Wooo-ooooh————

As the dark profound formation took shape, a colossal demonic shadow vaguely appeared within it, letting out a roar from an ancient abyss.

The Nine Tribulations Imprisoning Heaven Formation!

This was an ancient demonic formation taught to the Nine Devil Maidens by Yun Che, passed down to him by the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor.

The Nine Devil Maidens were all "created" by Chi Wuyao, sharing the same origin of power and a synchronized mind. For contemporary individuals, mastering an ancient demonic formation from the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor was incredibly difficult. However, with Yun Che's assistance through the Eternal Calamity of Darkness and the Nine Devil Maidens' shared origin and unity of purpose, they had fully mastered it in just four months.

The Nine Tribulations Imprisoning Heaven Formation did not "imprison" the body, but rather power.

As the ancient demonic shadow roared, Long Bai's already turbulent dragon energy rapidly weakened to an astonishing degree. And as the pain dissipated, Long Bai's consciousness clearly grew sharper, yet he was alarmed to find that controlling his surrounding power had become extraordinarily difficult.

It was as if countless invisible threads were pinning down every trace of his Dragon God power.

The peculiar white glow that had constantly hovered around his dragon body also vanished completely at this moment.

"Qianye! Gu Zhu! Cai Zhi! Cang Shitian... Suppress him with full force!"

"Yan San, Yan Di, Yan Wu, transfer all your power to Yan Yi!"

The Devil Order resonated in their hearts!

Qianye Wugu, Qianye Bingzhu, Gu Zhu, Qianye Ying'er, Cai Zhi, Cang Shitian... Six Level 10 Divine Masters, six destructive forces simultaneously slammed into Long Bai's disintegrating dragon body.

Crash-Crack!!

Without that peculiar white glow, Long Bai's terrifying body seemed to instantly become as vulnerable as that of an ordinary Dragon God. As the six immense forces struck him, his ten-thousand-zhang dragon body bent in mid-air, and the thunderous sound of fracturing... signified at least a thousand dragon bones shattering simultaneously.

BOOM!!!

Long Bai crashed down like a falling meteor, then bounced high into the air.

At this moment, Yan Tianxiao, Yan San, and Yan Wu stood behind and beside Yan Yi respectively. Their palms pressed near Yan Yi's profound veins, as Yan Demon power surged frantically into him.

The Yan Demon power, being of the same lineage and origin, and through direct profound veins, merged without any obstruction.

The black mist around Yan Yi had grown as dense as endless night, and his withered arms were swollen to the point of bursting. As Long Bai's body crashed down and rebounded, Yan Yi's power had been condensing for a full one and a half breaths.

Yan Yi's gaze fixated on Long Bai's abdomen. His half-closed old eyes radiated a struggle capable of terrifying even hellish fiends. His rapidly swelling right arm swung out violently amidst its trembling, and a pitch-black claw shadow ripped through space, tearing apart all laws, heading straight for Long Bai.

"Die... DIE!!"

A faint sound echoed, yet it dilated everyone's pupils and stopped all hearts from beating.

The white scales on Long Bai's abdomen resisted for only an instant before being torn apart like cloth. The dark demonic claw shot straight in, ripping and piercing through his ten-thousand-zhang dragon body, finally bursting through his back, shattering bone.

It mercilessly pierced through the immortal myth of the Dragon Monarch's body.

Dragon blood exploded across the sky, instantly painting it crimson.

All the profound practitioners of the Northern Divine Region were stunned... Then, their blood surged, and they erupted into thunderous cheers.

However, the cheers lasted only a brief breath before a violent, heart-wrenching shattering sound abruptly resounded in their ears.

Under the terrifying dragon power of the Five Desiccated Dragon Venerables, the Azure Sea Barrier, operating at 70% of its full strength, lasted for less than fifteen minutes before it shattered with a crash.