Not only the stunned onlookers, but even Yu Xiaogang himself felt a flicker of hope rise in his heart after his brief burst of wild ecstasy.
He looked at Lin Feng, his eyes filled with longing.
He thought this was the turning point of his fate!
Liu Erlong wept with joy. She thought Lin Feng had been moved by her "sacrifice" and changed his mind.
"Thank you... thank you..."
She stammered her thanks incoherently.
Seeing the hope reignite on their faces, Lin Feng smiled.
Then, he slowly raised his hand toward the Golden Holy Dragon coiled in midair.
His five fingers spread apart.
Then, he suddenly clenched them!
The next second, everyone's expressions froze.
"Roar—!"
An incomparably shrill yet incredibly brief dragon cry rang through the night sky.
The enormous body of the Golden Holy Dragon, which had just displayed its sacred bearing and suppressed the entire area with its might, suddenly stiffened.
It was as though an invisible giant hand from the heavens had seized it tightly.
"Crack..."
"Crack, crack..."
The teeth-grinding sound of shattering came from within the Golden Holy Dragon.
Its magnificent dragon scales, seemingly forged from pure gold, cracked apart inch by inch!
Web-like fractures appeared across its imposing dragon horns!
Its sky-covering dragon wings were brutally snapped by an invisible force!
The light that had just kindled in its golden eyes rapidly dimmed, replaced by endless pain and terror.
The wild joy and hope on Yu Xiaogang's face completely froze at that moment.
Bound to his Martial Soul by blood, he could clearly feel the terrifying power crushing the Golden Holy Dragon!
"No... don't..."
He reached out in terror, trying to grasp something, but caught only empty air.
Liu Erlong's words of thanks caught in her throat. The color drained from her face in an