[Ding! System task issued!]
[As a supreme and invincible villain, I'm destined to sweep away my peers. What kind of bullshit Dragon Clan warriors are these? What kind of Long Aotian kings are these? They'll all be on the table!]
[Please sign in to level 10, sweep across all directions, and display your demon king prowess!]
[Task completion reward: Unknown, but guaranteed at least gold tier!]
Lin Fan glanced at the system panel, his smile widening even further, "Guaranteed minimum reward? This reward should be pretty good!"
"Click! Click! Click!"
Lin Fan's foot was still on Yun Wuji's chest, and the chaotic energy flowed under his feet, as if pressing down on a mountain, making Yun Wuji to move.
"You've sided with Long Aotian?"
Lin Fan looked down at him, his tone carrying a hint of surprise, yet also a hint of understanding. "You really are a sycophant. The dragon-slaying youth has ultimately become a dragon, and you've become the person you hate the most."
Yun Wuji froze.
Those words were like a poisoned dagger, piercing his heart with pinpoint accuracy.
He hates people like Lin Fan the most...
Born into a prominent family with powerful connections, he has been showered with resources since childhood and acts arrogantly and domineeringly, relying on his status as the son of the Lin Clan.
He kept telling himself...
He Yun Wuji thanks to his own blood and sweat, and his will to rise from the mud.
But now, he has sided with Long Aotian.
He became the kind of person he hated most.
A system notification sounded in Lin Fan's ear: [Ding! The host has damaged the Dao Heart of Yun Wuji Son of Fortune, and has gained 50,000 Villain Points.]
"Shut up!"
Yun Wuji roared, his golden dragon energy surging wildly as he tried to break free from Lin Fan's foot, but the chaotic energy remained unmoved.
"It's not that I'm siding with him, it's that I'm cooperating!"
" Long Aotian acknowledged my strength; he gave me resources! He gave me cultivation techniques! He gave me the opportunity to break through to the Holy Dragon Battle Physique!"
"Boom!"
His Holy Dragon Battle Physique suddenly ignited, and golden dragon energy erupted like magma, actually forcibly creating a crack and rolling out from under Lin Fan's feet.
"Good!"
Lin Fan clapped his hands. "Finally willing to risk your life?"
Yun Wuji stood a few feet away, his body bathed in golden flames, covered in dragon scales, with prominent dragon horns, and the golden dragon pattern between his brows came to life, like a real dragon awakening.
But the crack in his chest from the punch is still there.
Pale golden blood seeped out from the cracks in the dragon scales, staining the robes red.
Chu Qing stood at a distance, covering her mouth, her eyes red-rimmed, and said somewhat dazedly, " Yun Wuji, you..."
"Don't speak!"
Yun Wuji shouted, his voice hoarse and filled with suppressed determination. "I must vent this anger today! Lin Fan, do you really think you can kill me?"
Lin Fan's eyes flickered as he said, "Oh, so your confidence doesn't come from the Ice Dragon Empress in your jade pendant, does it?"
Yun Wuji's pupils contracted.
He knew who Lin Fan was referring to: the remnant soul of the ancient empress sealed within that jade pendant, his deepest trump card, and also his greatest secret.
"Boom!"
The next moment, the jade pendant flew out from Yun Wuji's chest, hovering in mid-air, radiating a dazzling ice-blue light.
"Buzz!"
A chill permeated the air, freezing the entire stone platform. The dark gold patterns on the chaotic wall cracked inch by inch from the freezing, emitting a series of crisp cracking sounds.
Even a mere wisp of breath can transform this place into a world of ice and snow!
A pale blue phantom materialized from the jade pendant.
It was a woman, dressed in an ice-blue robe, with white hair like a waterfall, an exquisitely beautiful yet dignified face, and eyes that seemed to hold a flowing galaxy of ice.
His entire body was enveloped in the aura of the Ice Dragon Law, and his eyes pierced towards Lin Fan like two ice blades.
The remnant soul of the Ice Dragon Empress.
Her aura was much stronger than it had been in the Demon God Ruins, but the pressure she carried, at the level of Quasi-Emperor, caused the expressions of all the cultivators present to change drastically.
Upon arriving at the Immortal Ancient Ruins, not only did Yun Wuji benefit...
She also obtained some rare and precious materials for restoring her soul, and recovered considerably...
Master!
Yun Wuji's spirits lifted. "Help me suppress this brat!"
The Ice Dragon Empress turned to look at Yun Wuji: "You were too reckless."
The Ice Dragon Empress looked at Lin Fan, her voice carrying an undeniable authority. "You have already won. Spare his life."
Lin Fan looked at her as if she were a crystal about to shatter. "Those whom this imperial prince wants to kill will never be spared because of anyone's pleas."
If you were to save him...
His tone was nonchalant. "Then I'll take you along too."
The Ice Dragon Empress's expression darkened. " Lin Clan prince, you are indeed extraordinary. But do you think you can contend against the remnant soul of an empress?"
She raised her right hand, and the icy blue power of law condensed into an ice dragon claw imprint, carrying the remaining power of Quasi-Emperor, and pressed down on Lin Fan. At the same time, her left hand grabbed Yun Wuji, and she retreated backward, trying to tear through the void to escape.
"Leave? Do you think you can leave?"
Lin Fan's lips curled up slightly.
A beam of divine light suddenly burst forth above his head.
An ancient Hunyuan Bell appeared, its body radiating divine patterns that rapidly illuminated. A vast layer of immortal power cascaded down like a waterfall, enveloping the entire training ground.
The void was sealed off.
The Ice Dragon Empress tore a rift in the void with her left hand, but it couldn't be widened no matter what she did, as if it were being held firmly down by an invisible, giant immortal hand.
"Arrogant!"
"My imperial dignity cannot be insulted!"
The Ice Dragon Empress snorted coldly, raised her right hand, and a beam of icy blue light condensed in her palm. The chilling aura was so intense that the air in its path was frozen into a long, icy path that shot straight towards Lin Fan.
Everyone's expression changed drastically, and they all retreated!
This strike could annihilate Quasi-Emperor!
Lin Fan did not dodge. The terrifying pressure of his divine soul was like a refreshing breeze brushing against his face, making him feel refreshed!
It didn't cause Lin Fan any harm at all!
Just kidding, Lin Fan possesses Indestructible True Soul, immune to all soul attacks. Back then Primordial Origin Immortal and the Pill Immortal suffered because of this, and perished at Lin Fan's hands...
The Ice Dragon Empress's expression darkened slightly. "What kind of method is this?"
Lin Fan scoffed, "You think you can hurt this Imperial Prince? You should at least find out how the Primordial Origin Immortal died..."
"My turn!"
He stretched out his palm, and chaotic energy pulsed in his palm, transforming into a golden palm print.
The Chaos Bell flew out from his palm, instantly enlarging into a gigantic bell ten thousand feet tall, hovering above the Ice Dragon Empress's head.
"Clang!"
The immortal runes on the bell shimmered with chaotic light, their divine might overwhelming, like a celestial river pouring down, instantly suppressing the Ice Dragon Empress to the spot.
"You!"
The Ice Dragon Empress froze in mid-air, her expression changing for the first time.
She desperately channeled the power of her remnant soul to condense a pillar of light to strike, trying to break free, but the supreme immortal laws of the Hunyuan Bell locked her in place, rendering her completely immobile.
"Boom!"
The icy blue beam of light collided with the celestial bell, causing the entire space to tremble violently. Ice crystals scattered everywhere, laws surged, and the shockwave shaved off a large chunk of the stone platform's edge. The Ice Dragon Empress was still unable to move.
[Ding! The host has suppressed the Ice Dragon Empress, Son of Fortune, Yun Wuji, has lost his support. You have gained 150,000 Villain Points.]
"Impossible!"
Yun Wuji roared and charged forward again. Golden dragon energy condensed on his fist into a huge golden dragon claw, tearing through the void and aiming straight for Lin Fan's head.
"Noisy."
Lin Fan raised his hand, and chaotic energy condensed in his palm into a pitch-black chaotic sword.
Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique.
There was no charging up of energy, no sword-drawing posture, just a simple raising of the hand and a sword strike.
The sword light flashed like a thread, slicing through the void.
Before Yun Wuji's dragon claw could even touch Lin Fan's clothes, the sword light flashed and pierced through his brow.
"Puff!"
Yun Wuji's movements froze, and the dragon's roar abruptly stopped.
He lowered his head and looked at the thin, hair-like sword wound on his chest.
The sword scar stretched from his brow to his lower abdomen, splitting his Holy Dragon Battle Physique in two, and golden dragon blood gushed out like a waterfall.
"No... it's impossible..."
"I... I am Sage..."
His voice grew weaker and weaker as his body fell backward, crashing onto the cold stone platform. Golden dragon blood spread, staining the platform beneath him a pale gold.
"Boom!"
In that instant, the illusory image of the Ice Dragon Empress trembled violently, as if subjected to a severe shock, and its icy blue light dimmed by more than half.
" Wuji!"
She gasped, trying to save Yun Wuji and protect his remnant soul, but the Hunyuan Bell held him firmly in place.
"You are nothing except someone you depend on."
Lin Fan stood before Yun Wuji's corpse, looking down at the slowly dissipating golden dragon soul, his voice calm yet clear. "You think you can defy fate with just a remnant soul?"
"You think you can get the upper hand over me by siding with Long Aotian?"
" Yun Wuji, from beginning to end, you've been a coward who doesn't even dare to admit it to yourself."
"No..."
Before completely dissipating, Yun Wuji's remnant soul let out a final, unwilling groan.
Then, it shattered.
A series of system notifications sounded: [Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying the legendary Son of Fortune, Yun Wuji! You have gained 300,000 Villain Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained all of Yun Wuji's items: Holy Dragon Battle Physique Origin ×1, Golden Dragon Armor Fragment ×3, Holy Dragon Essence Blood ×50!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained Yun Wuji's remaining opportunity: Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood (located in the tenth level of the Immortal Ancient Ruins )!]