Chapter 1097: Bathing in the Wind Dragon's Blood

"Hahaha, I'm delighted to see you fight with such desperate frenzy, revealing your full capabilities. In fact, one of my greatest pleasures is watching my opponents struggle with all their might, yet remain powerless to change the outcome, just like you are now.

Honestly, no matter how prepared you are, a mad dog, no matter how crazed, can only leap at a wall. Under the absolute crushing power of my strength, you have no chance of turning the tide. Now, right before your eyes, I will personally crush these forty-nine ancient spirit beast totems, your greatest pride."

Finally, the Wind Dragon opened its enormous maw, ravenously absorbing all spiritual energy fluctuations within the enclosed space of the surrounding battlefield. As expected, through this Dragon's Devour technique, it furiously drew in all the spiritual essence from the surrounding area, causing the relatively fragile and incomplete ancient beast totems to instinctively stir with agitation.

The more agitated they became, the faster their soul essence on their spiritual origins was destroyed. These totems were forcibly devoured into the Wind Dragon's body.

Watching his most prized ultimate trump card disintegrate little by little before his eyes, transforming into the purest primal energy that surged into the Wind Dragon's body, Lister felt helplessness and despair for the first time. Xu Yang's earlier warning echoed repeatedly in his mind: when true danger strikes, one can only rely on oneself; never place the hope of escape on others.

This meant that if Lister wanted to survive this battle, he had no choice but to fight with all his might. "You bastard! You forced my hand! Even if I have to die with you today, I will avenge these ancient spirit beast totems!"

In truth, Lister appeared nonchalant and uncaring on the surface, but he was actually a person who valued loyalty deeply. Otherwise, when Xu Yang and Ling Yao first arrived in the Western Regions of Yingzhou Continent, after he had severely tricked them, it would have been impossible for him to turn back and help Xu Yang and his companion escape Gunglass's pursuit.

In this battle, Lister had always regarded the ancient spirit beast totems sealed in his red cards as mere combat tools and puppets for self-preservation. But upon truly witnessing these creatures perish because of him, a profound grief and indignation burned to its absolute peak within Lister's heart.

All the primal power techniques inherited from Xu Yang's body erupted at this moment. The innate primal energy within him surged wildly, finally successfully awakening the sixth qi vortex, unleashing Lister's unprecedented ultimate potential.

A continuous stream of primal energy furiously filled this isolated battlefield, surprising the high and mighty Wind Dragon in the void. "You still possess such abundant combat power? I thought your spiritual energy was almost depleted, with no room left for struggle. It seems I truly underestimated your potential."

"No! Your assessment of my strength wasn't wrong, and I am indeed not a transcendentally powerful individual. However, you can't possibly comprehend the immense willpower I possess as a member of the Glory Squad. What's confronting you now is my mental fortitude; the strength it grants me far exceeds the capacity of this decaying body. And this support from a vast and magnificent spiritual belief is something your Dragon race will never be able to comprehend."

Lister's words perfectly articulated the magnificent will he believed in as part of the Glory Squad. At this moment, Lister finally realized he was never fighting alone. Even without the physical presence or power of his comrades, their will was already bound to his soul.

This was true even for his two mermaid maids. Though the two young girls on Skeleton King Island, thousands of miles away, could not directly assist Lister in battle, at that very moment, however, the two young women atop Skeleton King Island had entered a meditative state, silently praying for Lister with their spiritual power. All of this transformed into the ignition source for the infinite wellspring of power burning within Lister, like a faint spark that finally ignited an endless prairie fire deep within his heart.

In the next instant, Lister let out an earth-shattering roar, focusing all the burning, condensed power into a single point. Propelled by the mighty primal energy from the six simultaneously rapidly rotating qi vortexes within him, he unleashed this point of starlight.

It resembled a rising star, initially no bigger than a palm. Yet, as it hurtled towards the Wind Dragon in the void, it steadily expanded until, by the time the Wind Dragon truly grasped the horror of this power, it was too late to react or resist.

It could only endure the blow with its draconic flesh. However, what the Wind Dragon never dreamed of was that this inconspicuous flicker of light would, in the next moment, explode into an intensely brilliant star, piercing through the Wind Dragon's immensely powerful wind elemental defenses and tearing straight through its head from below.

"My god, I did it! I really did it!" Lister exclaimed with a triumphant roar, filled with overwhelming surprise and the relief of having survived a great peril. His eyes were unexpectedly filled with tears of joy. How many years had it been since he shed a single tear? Yet at this moment, the elation of surpassing his limits finally made Lister feel an unprecedented glory, crowning his own soul with honor.

Having achieved this breakthrough, Lister became the irreplaceable king of his own world.

Undoubtedly, he had proven himself in the most magnificent way.

The Wind Dragon let out a wail of agony, but it was irreversible. Its pierced dragon head gushed forth milky-white dragon blood, perfectly merging with its terrifying wind elemental power. This blood, streaming out, was like a purifying light descending from the heavens, landing perfectly on every detail of Lister's limbs and body.

Subtly, it began to alter Lister's physical structure, causing his body to radiate with vibrant life energy.

Bathed in dragon's blood, Lister truly experienced what it meant for the primal essence of life to be elevated. He felt that he was no longer merely a humble human cultivator, but a true top-tier powerhouse, transformed into a half-human, half-dragon being, capable of standing at the absolute pinnacle of Yingzhou Continent.