Brilliant Dragon Claw and the Power of Annihilation

During Xu Zihuang's brief exchange with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger moved once again.

All four of its limbs exerted force at once as it charged fiercely toward Xu Zihuang.

In barely the time of a breath, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's enormous body appeared directly above his head.

This was a special charging skill possessed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. It could be used on the ground or in the air, and its speed rivaled Instant Movement. But unlike Instant Transmission, this charging skill had to travel in the designated direction to reach its target. If it encountered an obstacle midway, it would collide with it. It could not simply appear somewhere else like Instant Transmission.

However, while charging in a straight line, its Evil Power would erupt completely, making this linear attack twice as powerful as its usual attacks. In a sense, this skill was even more terrifying than Instant Transmission.

Having previously been restrained by Xu Zihuang's Mirror Shatter, it was much more cautious this time. It even spared no expense in using what little Soul Power it had left to activate this skill.

But unfortunately, it had no understanding of the principles behind Xu Zihuang's Golden Eye Martial Soul instincts.

As long as it was not Instant Transmission, every trajectory could be captured.

The only difference was that Xu Zihuang had had enough time to counterattack last time. This time, he could only use a soul skill to protect himself.

Dark red, strange ripples appeared once more. A large stretch of space before Xu Zihuang rapidly condensed into a sharply faceted Dark Red Crystal, refracting an eerie glow.

The same soul skill could produce vastly different effects when used in different ways.

This was another application of Mirror Shatter that Xu Zihuang had developed.

Bang—

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, its domain drawn tightly around its body, slammed its tiger claws heavily against the thick crystal wall. Gray currents of air spilled from its claws.

Although the Dark Red Crystal formed by Xu Zihuang's second soul skill, Mirror Shatter, was incredibly hard, it was corroded by that cold and bizarre evil aura and shattered as easily as thin ice.

As the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's claws struck toward Xu Zihuang again, the massive Evil God Hook on its tail silently swung. Its hook tip, devoid of any gleam, shot straight toward Xu Zihuang's head.

But what greeted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was layer after layer of Dark Red Crystal, standing like ramparts and firmly protecting Xu Zihuang at their center.

Crash—

Dark Red Crystal fragments poured down from the sky as Xu Zihuang dissolved the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attack once more.

His chest rose and fell slightly as he steadied his breathing. Sensing that less than half of his peak Soul Power remained, his expression darkened.

His second soul skill was indeed powerful, but its Soul Power consumption was correspondingly immense. After repeatedly activating this Thousand-Year Soul Skill just now, if the quality of his Soul Power had not far surpassed that of ordinary soul masters, his reserves would have long since been nearly depleted.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had been wildly boasting in Xu Zihuang's Sea of Consciousness earlier, had already become a Silent Warlock.

Having spent a million years idling away in an ice cave, doing nothing but eating and sleeping, how could he have ever personally experienced a scene like this?

He was now using Xu Zihuang's perspective to observe the outside world. No matter how lacking he was in talent for battle, he could still see the peril Xu Zihuang had just faced.

"That scared me to death. This guy has clearly already injured his origin, yet he still has this kind of strength." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shivered in a corner of Xu Zihuang's Sea of Consciousness.

He did not dare communicate with Xu Zihuang carelessly now and distract him.

If Xu Zihuang failed to block the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attack, they would both be finished.

However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was not in much better condition either.

It retreated once more, and its entire aura became extremely weak.

It was not that it did not want to use more powerful skills. Its current condition simply could no longer sustain them. If it forcibly activated a soul skill that consumed massive amounts of Soul Power, it would not even need Xu Zihuang to act before its life force completely drained away.

But it had no room to choose now. It could only hope that devouring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xu Zihuang would improve its condition.

Roar— A trace of ruthlessness flashed through its blood-red eyes as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger let out a low roar toward the sky. The Evil God Hook behind it suddenly swung, and rings of distorted ripples rapidly spiraled around its body. At the same time, the gray aura emanating from its body transformed into gray light. In an instant, it spread across a range of several hundred meters, enveloping both it and Xu Zihuang.

As he looked at the surroundings, which had suddenly sunk into deathly darkness, Xu Zihuang understood.

Was it going to fight to the death?

Within this bleak darkness, even he, with his Golden Eye Martial Soul, could not see what was around him.

His Spiritual Power, vision, and hearing had all been blocked.

Xu Zihuang took a deep breath. The brilliant golden patterns in his eyes rapidly faded, replaced by deep purple vertical pupils brimming with endless majesty.

Under the influence of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's domain, everything within several hundred meters fell completely silent.

But in the next instant, a translucent phantom of a giant dragon, entirely deep purple, suddenly shone within the darkness. A palpitating aura swept outward at once.

Wherever the dragon phantom passed, the darkness rapidly melted away like ice and snow touching molten iron.

This stretch of space revealed its true form once more.

The translucent deep purple dragon phantom protected Xu Zihuang at its center. One side of its body was wrapped in deep purple flames, becoming crystalline like jade, as though capable of destroying all life.

On the other side, black-purple lightning raged, filling the air with a suffocating pressure.

The black-purple lightning and deep purple flames intertwined without merging, an exceedingly strange sight.

Xu Zihuang's left hand had now completely transformed into a dragon claw. His finger bones had become exceptionally thick and long, covered in deep purple scales that extended all the way to his wrist. A mass of translucent deep purple flame also wrapped around his palm. The flames drifted with the wind, and even the slightest trace of aura they gave off caused the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees to wither into ash.

All life seemed to have been stripped away and annihilated.

His left hand remained half-clenched, while five enormous deep purple claw shadows, each more than thirty meters long, lingered in midair without dispersing.

At the center of five deep ravines in the ground, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's completely shredded corpse flickered with deep purple flames, rapidly dissolving at a visible rate.

Only a Soul Ring, purple with black showing through it, remained floating in the air. A cold aura mixed with dense Soul Power fluctuations pulsed slowly from it.

Although the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been very cautious, it could never have imagined that Xu Zihuang would break through its domain so easily.

Already seriously wounded, it suffered backlash once more when its domain was broken. How could it possibly withstand the might of Xu Zihuang's External Soul Bone, Brilliant Dragon Claw?

Xu Zihuang's legs went weak, and he collapsed uncontrollably to the ground. He did not immediately pay attention to the Soul Ring left behind by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Instead, he lowered his head and stared blankly at his hands.

"So that was it."

He finally understood what the gradual changes he had sensed in his Purple Sun Thunder Prison Dragon Martial Soul all this time truly were.

The Purple Sun Annihilating Heaven Dragon Bloodline and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Bloodline within his body had fused, and along with them, the two utterly opposing attributes of destruction and Ultimate Lightning had begun to merge as well.

This gave rise to another attribute, one that stood above all other attributes and was even more overbearing—annihilation.

It was precisely because he had condensed that trace of the Power of Annihilation that he had been able to break the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's powerful innate domain.

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