Chapter 1255: Chapter 112: Golden Despair_4
Ah Dai felt Sheng Xie suddenly extracting his True Qi at an unprecedented speed. The energy in his body could no longer replenish fast enough, and intense weakness caused his body to twitch slightly, a trace of blood streaming down. The Divine Energy around Sheng Xie suddenly exploded, the massive energy shockwave flung Ah Dai’s body out, and the outer Blue Divine Dragon Body Cover also detached. The blue energy protected Ah Dai, preventing him from being harmed by the intense heat energy of the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon.
In the center of the ravine, one in the sky and one on the ground, two similarly-sized giant dragons, one gold and one silver, stared at each other. The rampaging energy brought a strong scent of death to the land. The Eight-Turn Flame Dragon moved; it roared and, like a silver meteor, swiftly struck towards Sheng Xie on the ground. Sheng Xie smirked with disdain and chanted the last three syllables of the Dragon Language Forbidden Spell. The strongest single-target attack of the Dragon King, the Golden Despair, was finally complete. The phantom of Sheng Xie suddenly appeared, detaching from its original form. A golden energy dragon, identical to Sheng Xie, separated from Sheng Xie, its golden wings unfurling and rising into the sky amidst clear chanting, suddenly crashing into the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon.
The golden irides of Sheng Xie, the fallen Ah Dai, the shocked Xuan Yue, and everyone from the Continental Mage Guild all silently prayed for the golden energy dragon, their eyes following the ascent of the golden dragon, with victory or defeat hanging in the balance.
Exhausted, weak, and barely holding on, Larthas, Gorisong filled with complex emotions, and everyone from the Tian Jing Mage Guild were cheering for the silver Eight-Turn Flame Dragon, their gazes gradually descending along with the silver figure.
When hundreds of eyes focused on a single point in the air, the collective energy of Ah Dai, Sheng Xie, Larthas, and the Fire Spirit Pearl finally collided in mid-air. Time seemed to freeze at that moment, the sky darkened as if everything had vanished, the pause seemed to last for a few seconds, and then a blinding light burst forth with a massive sound. Boom——————
In the midst of the thunderous sound, Ah Dai felt a great shock at heart. The Blue Barrier of the Divine Dragon Body Cover vibrated violently; his body, swept by an irresistible force, floated out, his meridians in excruciating pain as if being torn apart. In the moment before he passed out, he clearly saw Sheng Xie erupting in a cloud of blood mist. Amidst a mourning cry, it turned into silver light and returned to the Dragon’s Blood and disappeared. Ah Dai felt a great pain, knowing that Sheng Xie was not dead, but that Sheng Xie was more hurt than himself saddened him even more. With the violent shocks, his vision darkened, and he passed out.
The clash between the Golden Despair and the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon resulted in a stalemate. From the perspective of their energy, had Larthas managed to achieve the ninth turn of the Flame Dragon, his spell would have reached an impeccably strong realm, becoming a mighty Forbidden Curse. However, even though he had fused with the Divine Artifact, the Fire Spirit Pearl, he could only complete the Eighth Ultimate Turn, hence the Flame Dragon couldn’t achieve its highest realm. Ah Dai, having reached the ninth realm of True Qi, was not weaker than Larthas in terms of overall strength. He channeled all his energy into Sheng Xie, aiding the completion of the Dragon Language Forbidden Spell, which should be slightly superior to Larthas’s ninth turn of the Flame Dragon. Unfortunately, Ah Dai had just entered the ninth realm of True Qi transformation not long ago, and Sheng Xie was still in its growth period, hence together, they couldn’t unleash the full power of the Golden Despair, resulting only in a draw with the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon.
Led by the flow of energy, Sheng Xie was severely injured and resolutely controlled its body to return to the Dragon’s Blood before the explosion, going into a deep slumber. Although Larthas was unable to defend himself, the main feature of the Flame Dragon ninth turn is that its energy is hard to completely extinguish before completion of the ninth turn. The energy of the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon and the Golden Despair mutually annihilated each other, and under Larthas’s fear-driven force, the residual energy gathered in front of him, blocking the fatal shockwave, yet the energy of the Flame Dragon also completely dissipated. It would take Larthas at least three months to recover to his optimum state. As Ah Dai fainted, the excessive drain on his spiritual power combined with the aftershocks of the blast wave also caused the continent’s top Attack Mage to pass out.
Compared to the depleted energies of Ah Dai and Larthas, the people from the two Mage Guilds were much better off. Though these hundreds of mages couldn’t match the power of the two, their combined strength was still considerable. The multicolored Barrier blocked the weakened shockwaves for them. Aside from a few weaker mages who were injured and bled, most survived the ordeal unscathed. However, the surrounding mountains of Bilu Valley were nearly one-tenth destroyed by this mighty shockwave. The rampaging energy turned those mountains into dust, the remaining mountain walls around the valley became unusually smooth, looking very strange.
The instant Ah Dai and Sheng Xie separated, Xuan Yue sensed the immense energy in Sheng Xie was not weaker than the Eight-Turn Flame Dragon released by Larthas, and felt greatly relieved. When the gold and silver energies collided in the air, she used Phoenix’s Blood and Divine Light Magic to form a solid defensive wall in front of her. She initially wanted to pull Ah Dai into her protection as well, but the force of the shockwave was so great that it knocked her flying, forcing her to watch helplessly as Ah Dai was shaken away just like her.
