Chapter 1854: Magic Lord's True Appearance (Part 2)

Under Yun Che's fully unleashed dragon aura, Long Bai's last trace of conviction almost completely disintegrated. His Dragon God aura became chaotic, and even his roars turned exceptionally frantic.

The five withered Dragon Monarchs, who had long been "isolated from the world" and thought they would no longer be emotionally stirred, now all turned deathly pale with extreme shock. Because that was a Dragon God aura surpassing... no, far surpassing that of their ancestors!

“Hmph, what a pathetic trick.” From high above, Long Bai's low growl echoed: “A mere illusory aura simulated by the Heretic God’s power dares to act presumptuously before this Emperor!”

Long Bai would never believe it. No Dragon Lord or Dragon Master in the Dragon God Realm, nor any God Master in the Western Divine Region, could possibly believe it. Indeed! This must merely be a Dragon God aura simulated by Yun Che using some special method… How could anyone in this world possess a Dragon God aura far surpassing that of the Dragon Emperor, who rules the Dragon God clan?

“A laughable illusion, and your despicable, sin-ridden soul… both shall be annihilated!”

Amidst boundless might and a heavy dragon roar, Long Bai's massive claw suddenly slammed down, the hundreds-of-zhang-long claw tearing through dimensions and casting an abyss-like shadow over Yun Che's location.

But…

At that instant, a peculiar glint simultaneously flashed in the eyes of Chi Wuyao, Yan Yi, Yan San, Qianye Bingzhu, and others in the distance. They had all previously fought Long Bai's true form and had endured the Dragon Emperor's full might at close range. Yet the power unleashed by his furious dragon claw at this moment was far inferior to before! It was a massive difference of a full twenty to thirty percent!

Previously, Long Bai's dragon aura had only retreated at the moment his power clashed with Yun Che's. Only the withered Dragon Monarchs, who were extremely familiar with Dragon God aura, had clearly sensed it. But now, the Dragon Might Long Bai merely released was clearly much weaker… Both the Northern Region profound practitioners and the Western Region God Masters clearly perceived it.

“Hmph!” Facing the Dragon Might of the claw descending from above, Yun Che let out a cruel, low sneer, and without raising his head, violently thrust his right arm, wreathed in ultimate darkness, upwards.

The instant darkness touched the dragon claw, Long Bai… and the five withered Dragon Monarchs clearly perceived that the Dragon Might, already severely suppressed, actually disintegrated further. Upon impact, barely sixty percent of his Dragon Might remained!

A forty percent suppression of power at the peak of the God Master realm was unimaginably vast, and frankly, should not even be possible. And such a terrifying suppression had an impact on the battle that was undoubtedly too great to compensate for or reverse.

Rumble!!

The Dragon Emperor's claw violently collided with the Devil Master's dark profound light. The earth beneath Yun Che's feet cracked, but his posture barely shifted, while the pale, massive dragon claw was sent violently recoiling far away, the sound of its breaking finger bones echoing like an earth-shattering cataclysm.

In terms of profound energy's profoundness, Long Bai was undoubtedly peerless in the world. At a hundred percent power, he could suppress Yun Che after a prolonged battle. At ninety percent power, he could remain undefeated. At seventy percent power, he would steadily be at a disadvantage against Yun Che, even if Yun Che only used pure profound energy and raw strength.

And at sixty percent power… To break the Dragon Emperor's finger bone with one blow… Had they not witnessed it with their own eyes, even if the heads of all the Western Region dragons were twisted off, they would absolutely not dare to believe such a thing could exist in the world.

Long Bai roared, shaking the heavens, whether from pain or rage. Yun Che's figure had already blurred, and in the next instant, he appeared above Long Bai's head. The darkness around him condensed into a pitch-black vortex on his right fist, and he punched directly at Long Bai's brow.

The dark profound light instantly shattered Long Bai's protective white aura, which was momentarily blocked by dragon aura… But this obstruction lasted for an incredibly brief moment before the dragon aura completely collapsed. The dark profound light, carrying Yun Che's right fist and even his entire right arm, plunged into Long Bai's brow. As darkness erupted, a fount of blood immediately burst from Long Bai's brow, sending black blood spraying wildly everywhere.

Long Bai's defenses, which had taken considerable effort and cost for the Northern Region God Masters to breach, were utterly shattered with such ease by Yun Che. Let alone the dragons of the Western Region, even Chi Wuyao and the others found it somewhat hard to accept.

Long Bai roared in fury, the immense recoil force pushing Yun Che far away. The pain of the dark corruption combined with extreme rage caused Long Bai's aura to suddenly become incredibly violent, his entire body's dragon blood and aura seemingly igniting completely, transforming into violently churning magma.

Roar!!!!!

This dragon roar, laden with boundless fury, almost shook half of the Southern Divine Region, making countless beings tremble in fear. His two pale dragon claws, carrying completely rampaging Dragon God power, slammed down on Yun Che from left and right.

Rumble!

Yun Che spread his arms, and the powers of the Devil Master and the Dragon Emperor instantly collided in mid-air, followed by a stalemate. Beneath Long Bai's colossal dragon claws, Yun Che's figure undoubtedly appeared too minuscule. Yet, this minuscule figure completely held back Long Bai's furious power.

Long Bai continuously emitted a low dragon's roar. The dragon aura wreathed around his two massive claws was as dense as a physical substance, slowly, bit by bit, drawing inward towards Yun Che, intending to crush him directly within his claws. The space around Yun Che was rapidly compressed, then compressed further. In their severely distorted vision, his body seemed to be completely deforming under the immense pressure.

Yun Che's arms swayed, his expression grim, appearing to be struggling considerably. This terrifying stalemate lasted for a full ten-plus breaths, the space around Yun Che having been crushed several times over. Just then, Yun Che suddenly raised his head, a strange, cold smile flashing across his lips.

The grimness vanished from his face. Under the immense pressure enveloped by Long Bai's claws, he spoke calmly: “It seems this truly is the limit of your current state.”

Long Bai: “…!?”

“I wonder if I underestimated myself, or if I overestimated you too much. Frankly, I’m quite disappointed.”

As these indifferent words fell, Yun Che's arms suddenly jolted.

Boom!!

With a thunderous crash, Long Bai's claws were directly flung back tens of zhang, the seemingly shocking stalemate instantly broken.

“This game is far more boring than I anticipated.” Yun Che glanced askance at Long Bai, and, despite the Dragon Might's suppression, actually took steps through the air, his pace slow and steady, as if strolling leisurely: “Since it's so uninteresting, let's end it quickly.”

As his voice fell, Yun Che's gaze suddenly sharpened, his body fiercely flipped, and a sky-devouring, sun-eclipsing black radiance burst from him.

Boom-CRACK!!

Heaven and earth trembled together, and the sun and moon lost their light. Long Bai's claws, which had seemingly suppressed Yun Che for over ten breaths, were violently shattered and recoiled. Especially the previously broken dragon finger on his right claw, which suffered an utterly terrifying bending and deformation as it fractured anew. The immense dark power surged from the claws into Long Bai's dragon body, causing his ten-thousand-zhang dragon form to flip erratically in mid-air, while Yun Che had already transformed into a streak of dark light, soaring directly upwards with the ultimate dark profound energy of the ancient Devil Emperor.

The Light God's protection and his protective dragon power were like fragile cloth in Yun Che's hands. A pitch-black blood hole burst open in Long Bai's dragon belly, spraying a rain of dark blood. As Yun Che's figure flitted about, another black light burst forth, erupting a rain of blood mixed with bone fragments from Long Bai's neck.

CRACK!!

The black light seemed to pierce through space, striking heavily against the left claw, which was wildly thrashing in rage and pain. Instantly, dragon bones shattered, and flesh flew everywhere.

Under Yun Che's Dragon God aura, Long Bai was suppressed not only in power, but also in his senses and speed. And under the overwhelming bloodline suppression, Long Bai's Dragon Emperor aura, even at such close range, was unable to exert any significant suppression on Yun Che. Yun Che wielded Broken Moon Flitting Shadow and Star God Shattered Shadow, and utilized Phantom Light Thunderclap… With this ebb and flow, Long Bai's senses and dragon body, which once disdained all beings, were almost completely unable to track Yun Che's figure and power, while black blood holes were blasted open in his body one after another by Yun Che.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—

Long Bai's body twisted and roared wildly in the air. In just a hundred breaths, amidst continuous flashes of black light, hundreds of pitch-black blood holes had been pierced through his body, black blood raining down everywhere, like a torrential downpour, a truly horrifying sight. “Ah… ah… Your Highness…” the Dragon Gods cried out in terror. But with the White Rainbow Dragon God's previous lesson, how could they dare to intervene?

All the Western Region God Masters were shaken to their core, their eyes wide with disbelief, and all the Northern Region profound practitioners were utterly stunned, as if their souls had departed their bodies. Long Bai… the supreme Dragon Emperor of the Chaos, was actually being tormented by Yun Che with no power to resist! That most formidable dragon body in the current age was actually as fragile as rotten wood in his hands!?

Was that truly the Dragon Emperor? Was that truly Yun Che?

Yun Che's figure fragmented, his true form appearing beneath Long Bai, and he whispered coldly: “Long Bai, everything you’ve possessed these past years was bestowed by Shen Xi. And you are no longer worthy of any of it… Furthermore, you must repay it ten thousandfold!”

“Open your dog eyes wide and watch carefully… who truly has the right to be the Emperor of this world!”

His arm swung, casting a thousand-zhang black shadow, which slammed into Long Bai's body, sending his ten-thousand-zhang dragon form flying hundreds of miles up into the sky.

Yun Che's hand gesture changed, the black radiance around him transforming into scarlet lightning. As he spread his five fingers, scarlet light permeated the sky above, and blood-colored thunderbolts, like ten thousand enraged dragons, roared and struck down upon the world.

Heavenly Tribulation Lightning!

CRACKLE!!!!!

The thunder roared through the world and the vast star regions, and countless beings felt as though their souls were split in two.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—

Ten thousand bolts of tribulation lightning chaotically struck Long Bai's body, the violent lightning dyeing his pale dragon form a horrifying crimson. The booming thunder drowned out his screams, and his ten-thousand-zhang dragon form was violently slammed down to the earth from the sky's zenith, his body's flesh torn open and wreathed in scarlet lightning.

The scarlet glow in Yun Che's eyes faded, and a green light shone. A terrifyingly powerful storm wildly swept up Long Bai, who had just crashed to the ground, then violently slammed him down as Yun Che's arm descended.

BOOM—

Hundreds of blood geysers sprayed simultaneously, and tens of miles of land were instantly stained crimson with dragon blood. Yun Che's arm rose again, then fell again, carrying the storm that violently swept up Long Bai, who was spurting blood everywhere, and slammed him down again.

BOOM—BOOM————

The Azure Sea Divine Region shook, then shook again… As Long Bai's body was repeatedly slammed down, the world turned upside down, and heaven and earth cracked apart. A Dragon Emperor of his generation, like a blood-soaked ball, was cruelly brutalized in an unbelievably savage and utterly humiliating manner. He was unable to break free, powerless to struggle, and even his roars of rage and pain were mercilessly drowned out by the storm and the booming sounds.

BOOM!!!!!

The earth tore open with ten thousand-mile long cracks, and the entire Azure Sea Realm was nearly shaken into two halves. Long Bai's bloodied body was sent rebounding far into the high sky… The storm dissipated, and just as he thought Yun Che had exhausted his strength and the nightmare was over, a golden glint flashed in Yun Che's eyes, and the image of a Golden Crow suddenly flared behind him.

A phoenix cry echoed across the sky, shaking souls, and the firmament instantly ignited with dazzling golden flames. Yun Che's figure soared directly upwards, and as he approached Long Bai's inverted body, his entire being was already ablaze with golden flames. As he spread his arms, a golden inferno of fire exploded in mid-air, completely engulfing the ten-thousand-zhang dragon form.

Scream-ROAR!!!!!

Long Bai's dragon roar was a scream of pain as desperate as a devil's shriek. Yun Che pressed closer, and the rampaging golden flames mercilessly erupted amidst continuous phoenix cries.

Blazing Sun Burst!Golden Ruin!Infernal Red Lotus!Yellow Spring Ashes!Solar Ray!

Flames layered upon flames, hells upon hells. Dragon scales, dragon skin, dragon blood, dragon flesh… Eventually, even the exposed dragon bones became fuel for the golden flames. The golden flames on Long Bai's body burned ever more fiercely, and the golden radiance between heaven and earth grew more intense with each passing breath. In the distant sky above, nine golden suns finally appeared.

Golden Crow Extreme Flame—Nine Suns' Wrath!

The nine suns descended in unison, erupting on Long Bai's body as the most brilliant and ultimate Golden Crow flames in the world.