It was the first time he had suffered such a grievous injury since his imprisonment.
"You... bastard..."
He struggled desperately, trying to break free of the chains.
But the golden chains were too strong. The more he struggled, the tighter they constricted.
Liu Zhipeng watched the Void Dragon, a flicker of pity crossing his eyes.
"Honestly, I feel sorry for you," he said sincerely. "Trapped here for over ten thousand years, used as a tool by those mortals... that can't have been easy."
"But I don't have a choice. I need your energy."
"So, rest in peace."
He reached out with both hands and pressed them against the Void Dragon's head.
The next second, the [primordial quickening] deep within his soul fully activated.
The soul embryo, which had been beating quietly all this time, sensed the outrageously vast mass of energy before it.
It went wild.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Violent beats reverberated deep within Liu Zhipeng's soul.
Then a terrifying suction erupted from his body.
The Void Dragon's energy began draining away at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Green light poured out of him, forming a pillar of light that flooded into Liu Zhipeng's body.
"No... no... this is impossible..."
The Void Dragon realized with horror that his energy was draining away.
And the loss was irreversible.
He was like a drowning man who, no matter how hard he struggled, could not stop the water from flooding his lungs.
"Stop! Stop!"
The Void Dragon howled frantically. "I can give you knowledge! I can help you recover! I can..."
"No need," Liu Zhipeng said calmly. "I only want your energy."
The absorption continued.
The Void Dragon's body began turning transparent. The scales that had once shimmered with green light dimmed one by one.
His struggles grew weaker.