Contest (1/3)

The Red Dragon Empress shrieked in fury, her hands dancing as all manner of wondrous techniques poured forth.

But Huotian had sealed this place, restricting all attacks to at most the Ascension Emperor level. The Red Dragon Empress simply could not unleash her full strength. Unable to break through Gongyang Taisun's blockade, she could only watch helplessly as the Blood River Scripture devoured her own scripture.

Though she had spent these years in deep slumber, a spiritual flame had been born at her side. As she herself was fire-aspected, the still-forming scripture had grown deeply attached to her. Though it had never acknowledged her as its master, it was no different from having done so.

Her slumber had accompanied the scripture's growth; the two shared an indescribable affinity. Now that the scripture was being devoured, her heart felt as if twisted by knives, and she went completely berserk!

When a true dragon raged, it was no small matter!

The pressure on Gongyang Taisun mounted again. Under the Red Dragon Empress' frenzied attacks, countless cracks had appeared across his body, chunks of skin falling away. Just as the red-robed empress had said before, she truly meant to beat his soul straight out of him!

Bzzzz!

A strange ripple swept through the air. The fire-element scripture vanished completely, while the Blood River Scripture's aura surged wildly. Having devoured another scripture and gained more laws, its power naturally soared!

Zhou Heng swung the Black Sword, turning instead to suppress the earth-element and wood-element scriptures, allowing the Blood River Scripture to fuse with the metal-element scripture.

Fire overcame metal. Having fused with the fire-element scripture, the Blood River Scripture could easily defeat the metal-element scripture.

Kong Aokun paused slightly. He could naturally sense the state his own scripture was in, yet he immediately made