The instant the Fire Dragon Sword pierced Yan Longzi's body, it actually sank in only a tiny bit, given how thick his hide and flesh were. It had barely pierced his dragon hide...
But!
That tiny bit was enough to take Yan Longzi's life...
Then!
"Bzz!" As the Fire Dragon Sword pierced Yan Longzi's dragon hide, it began humming and trembling with earth-shaking force. Dazzling golden light and red-light runes surged wildly, and an exceedingly elusive power of laws churned within it. The entire Fire Dragon Sword became blisteringly hot...
"Aoo! Aoo!" Yan Longzi struggled in terror. At last, he understood why the Dragon Ancestor valued the Fire Dragon Sword so highly, and just how heaven-defying it was. He raised his enormous dragon claw, which still held the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash. Astonishing red light surged from the weapon as he smashed it toward the Fire Dragon Sword...
However!
"Ugh!!" Just as the Dragon-Horned Bone Dragon Slash was about to strike the Fire Dragon Sword, Yan Longzi suddenly staggered. He seemed unable to steady himself and let out a muffled groan...
"No!!" Yan Longzi suddenly discovered that his soul and primordial spirit had slipped beyond his control. They hurtled madly toward a certain spot inside his body, leaving him instantly unable to move. He cried out in utter terror...
Then!
"Bzz, bzz, bzz!" The Fire Dragon Sword seemed to have drawn something into itself, humming as though cheering in boundless delight. Its radiance grew increasingly dazzling. The golden-red light became almost solid, shaking the entire space vortex until it began collapsing and forcibly opening an enormous space within it...
At that moment, Yan Longzi's body went rigid. With his soul and primordial spirit gone, his entire body was no longer governed by a cultivator's mind...
"Clang!" An exceedingly piercing metallic