At this moment, the fragment of the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine containing the Celestial Emperor Nandan was darting through the Evil Punishment Heavenly Dragon's body at astonishing speed, constantly evading its attacks while seizing every opportunity to devour the power within it, as well as the remnants of dragon souls the Evil Punishment Heavenly Dragon had yet to fully refine.
The Evil Punishment Heavenly Dragon sensed an unprecedented crisis and roared in furious indignation, but vast numbers of starlight threads had already bound it tightly and even penetrated its body, restraining it too severely.
The Celestial Emperor Nandan had once been like a fly that it could crush with a flick of a finger. Yet now, it could only watch as the other party scurried through its body, unable to land a fatal blow no matter what.
The Celestial Emperor Nandan's strength was far from formidable at present, but he had once been an Emperor-realm powerhouse after all, and his perception of danger was extraordinarily sharp. Several strikes that should have been certain kills were evaded by the narrowest of margins.
Meanwhile, the pressure Lu Xiaotian exerted from outside grew ever greater. The Evil Punishment Heavenly Dragon gradually found itself unable to keep up. More and more dragon souls were devoured, and as the Celestial Emperor Nandan's power steadily grew, it spread through the entire dragon skeleton with the aid of the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine's aura.
Beset by troubles within and without, the Evil Punishment Heavenly Dragon eventually collapsed like an army routed down a mountain. Its resistance grew weaker and weaker, until at last it gradually fell still beneath the thick star cocoon.
An unprecedented surge of fury rose up, only to quickly subside. It clearly came from that old dragon monster. But the die had been cast; no matter how enraged