Dragon of Destruction (III)

"Fanxin, get away, or you'll die, do you hear me?" The giant dragon was startled at the sight of Fanxin approaching and shouted.

Its Destruction Storm was immensely powerful. Once unleashed, it could destroy everything. Never mind Fanxin's fragile soul-even things as hard as iron could not survive its attack.

If Fanxin did not leave, he would surely die.

"No. I won't let you attack it. Stop right now, do you hear me?" Fanxin shook his head and spoke coldly.

"Why? This fellow was going to kill you and take control of your body."

The storm the giant dragon had formed paused for a moment and stopped moving forward. Even so, it did not withdraw the Destruction Storm, because it wanted to kill Little Fox. This fellow was a grave threat. If it did nothing, Fanxin would surely die.

What baffled it, however, was that Fanxin had actually stepped forward to protect Little Fox, who had wanted his life. It truly could not understand.

"It had no choice! So let it go. Let it stay in here for now, and once I've found it a body, it can leave," Fanxin said.

When the Destruction Storm had torn Little Fox's soul body apart earlier, part of it had drifted onto him. For some reason, he had been able to fuse with someone else's soul, and after doing so, he had learned a great deal about Little Fox.

Little Fox was actually quite pitiful. At first, it had been badly injured trying to save its companions. Before its injuries had healed, it had been captured by a vicious fellow. For many years, it had lived under that person's torment. It could be said that it had never had a good life all those years.

He sympathized deeply with it. It had been driven to such extremes. He could understand how it felt. If others tormented him for a long time, he might also resort to unorthodox methods.

That was why he would not let the giant dragon kill this pitiful Little Fox.

"No. Whatever its reasons, it wanted to attack you, and I can't let it live. As long as it's alive, you're in danger," the giant dragon said, refusing.

"No. This is my mind domain. You can't go on a killing spree in here, understand?" Fanxin said in displeasure.

"Get out of the way, do you hear me?" The giant dragon no longer wanted to argue with Fanxin and gave him a direct order.

"No," Fanxin said stubbornly.

"Get out of the way." The giant dragon was getting angry. It glared coldly at Fanxin and shouted.

"I won't." Fanxin spread his arms and stood in front of Little Fox. "If you want to kill it, you'll have to kill me first."

"You..." The giant dragon was furious. Its duty was to protect Fanxin, so how could it possibly kill him? But Fanxin's actions had put it in a difficult position.

"Kid, Fanxin, I appreciate your kindness. But whoever it is, they have to pay the price for what they've done. It gave me a chance, and I didn't cherish it. So I deserve the fate I've brought upon myself. Get out of the way!"

Little Fox lowered its head and looked at the tiny Fanxin. "I've had enough too. Leaving this world might not be so bad."

"As long as you're alive, there's always hope. Why be so downhearted?"

Fanxin said, "Look at me. I don't have much to strive for right now, and I just take life one day at a time. It's pretty dull. But I still do my best to stay alive. Because I think that maybe one day there'll be some great treasure for me to find, and then my life will be full of excitement. If I'm dead by then, I won't be able to go even if I want to. So I take good care of myself every day, because I'm worried that day might come. You shouldn't give up either. You should learn from me. Even if your world is completely dark now, perhaps it'll be full of light in the future, won't it?"

"Heh, you're certainly optimistic. But you don't know what I've been through. So stop trying to persuade me and get out of the way!" Little Fox said with a smile.

"No. You have to promise to stay alive," Fanxin said stubbornly.

"Go away. Stop bothering me," Little Fox shouted.

But Fanxin refused to leave. He even stepped forward and pushed Little Fox.

"Fanxin, leave. It doesn't even want to live anymore, so why are you still trying to persuade it?" the giant dragon shouted.

"You're so heartless! If you don't kill it, it'll come around on its own after a while. Can't you show a little mercy?" Fanxin shouted in annoyance.

"Hmph. That's how I was born. Destroying everything is my duty. I don't care about compassion." The giant dragon snorted coldly, then blew Fanxin away regardless of whether he agreed. It continued controlling the Destruction Storm, pushing it toward Little Fox. Little Fox closed its eyes and crouched there, waiting for death.

Fanxin was blown away and landed only after a moment.

He got to his feet and looked ahead. He saw that the Destruction Storm had already reached Little Fox. If no one stopped it, Little Fox would be torn completely apart.

"Bastard! That damned giant dragon is so heartless! It's infuriating!" Fanxin was furious and ran swiftly forward. He wanted to get over there and save Little Fox.

But he was some distance away, and there was no way he could reach it in time. By the time he got there, Little Fox would already be dead.

"Giant dragon, stop this, do you hear me?" Fanxin shouted as he ran. He hoped the giant dragon would spare Little Fox for his sake.

But the giant dragon paid no heed. Its attack grew fiercer and fiercer, and more than half of Little Fox's body had been swept into the Destruction Storm.

Fanxin was instantly enraged, his whole body turning red.

Just then, his body suddenly changed. Certain powers that had been dormant began to boil like water because of his anger. Moments later, all those dormant powers gathered in his mind domain and connected with his soul body.

Fanxin shouted, "Stop!"

The shout seemed ordinary, but its effect was anything but. An invisible force burst from his mind domain and surged forward, covering the entire domain. Not only that, but this mysterious invisible force also spread outside his body and enveloped the entire island.

The vast majority of the creatures swept by this mysterious force lost consciousness and fell to the ground. In the dense forest outside, wild beasts lay everywhere. If they had not still been breathing, anyone would surely have thought they were dead.

Even Ren Fang and Little Black Cat were not spared. Both lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.