Though the giant dragon was formidable, its injuries were far too severe. Constantly eroded by the Blood God Hall's deathly blood qi, the Ten Thousand Gu Sect's gu poison, and the Sky Wolf Sect's vicious baleful astral qi, its strength had been greatly diminished. It could only struggle to hold on.
Its dragon breath grew ever weaker, and its movements gradually slowed.
"Ao Qin! Hand over the core of the Key of Sealing and the Dragon Soul Mirror fragment, and we'll spare your life!" the one-armed elder of the Sky Wolf Sect shouted sharply. The great axe in his hand cleaved out a blood-red arc, adding a fresh wound to the dragon's back.
The dark-gold giant dragon—Ao Qin—let out an enraged, agonized dragon roar. "Despicable thieves! Dragon slayers! You will never obtain the sacred artifacts of the dragon race!"
It suddenly opened its jaws and spewed a stream of dark-gold dragon breath. Yet this time, the breath was no longer scorching; it carried an aura of decline and decay, like the final sigh of an old man in the twilight of his years.
The Blood God Hall leader snorted coldly and swept his sleeve. A blood-red shield formed from countless vengeful souls rose before him, absorbing all the decaying dragon breath and turning an even brighter crimson.
"Stubborn fool! Then we'll pull your dragon sinews, strip your dragon scales, and refine your dragon soul! We can still get what we want!" The Blood God Hall leader's voice was hoarse, like iron scraping against stone.
He formed seals with both hands, and blood light surged around him. A massive blood-red spell formation emerged in the air. At its center, a savage ghost claw condensed from pure blood energy slowly reached out, clawing toward the giant dragon's head!
The elder from the