Chapter 1470: Chapter 158: The Bone Dragon Reappears
Sheng Xie’s somewhat dim golden eyes brightened once again. With a resonant roar, it flapped its massive dragon wings and soared into the sky, its enormous claws directly slashing towards two Elite Assassins. Ah Dai’s cold voice echoed, "Hades Slash—Strike—Decisively!" A surge of overwhelming Ultimate Evil Energy erupted in an instant, and the ghostly blue Light Blade, leaving behind a radiant trail, swept toward the most concentrated area of assassins. The assassins caught within the Nether Slash’s range found in terror that this icy Ultimate Evil Power carried a powerful pulling force. They were unable to dodge and could only face it head-on. For survival, they gathered all their energy, transforming their Narrow Swords into layers of sword screens to meet the blue Light Blade. Ah Dai didn’t refrain from using his Nether Shadow technique because he knew that, given his current condition, the fourth move of the Hades Sword Technique could potentially trigger backlash from the Evil Power. Thus, he chose the Nether Slash instead. Even so, the Nether Slash inflicted devastating damage upon the assassins. Without a single sound, the souls of eleven assassins were consumed by the Ultimate Evil Power of the Sword of Hades. However, their desperate counterattacks weren’t in vain; the immense force of the backlash caused Ah Dai once again to cough up blood violently, and the Golden Body in his Dantian had dimmed completely. Sheng Xie’s attacks remained equally ferocious. Though it no longer used its Dragon Power or Dragon Breath, its formidable physical strikes posed a massive threat to the assassins. With three jagged wounds now carved into its thick Scale Armor, four assassins met their end under Sheng Xie’s lethal claws. It continued its frenzied assault against the assassins while charging in Ah Dai’s direction.
Ah Dai half-knelt at the spot where the assassins had just attacked him, the Evil Aura corroding his body with a force even stronger than he had imagined. For the moment, he was completely unable to counterattack. However, the assassins had now gone berserk—the deaths of so many comrades had wholly awakened the savage instincts within them. Over ten streaks of combat energy surged toward Ah Dai’s body, carrying the threat of death. In this desperate situation, Ah Dai had no other choice but to use his mind to control the release of Goris’ Will and unleash his Clone. An identical black shadow materialized behind him, as a faint green combat energy sprung forth to meet the assassins’ attacks.
Sounds of intense Qi Force clashes rang out continuously. Under the Clone’s all-out counterattacks, the assassin’s attacks were barely held at bay. Ah Dai, fighting desperately against the Evil Aura within his body, turned to observe his Clone. The sight before him sent a chill down his spine—the black shadow had already started to blur amidst the assassins’ relentless offensive. Ah Dai knew the Clone wouldn’t last much longer, and that his own condition wouldn’t allow him to recover in the short term. Cold despair seeped into his thoughts as he silently pondered, "Is this it? Am I truly going to perish here, just steps away from accomplishing my revenge?" At that moment, Sheng Xie’s voice suddenly resonated within his mind, "Brother, summon my companion quickly; only it can help us now. Hurry!" Hearing Sheng Xie’s plea, Ah Dai’s heart stirred. Years had passed, and he had nearly forgotten the Bone Dragon stored within the Dragon’s Blood. For the sake of revenge, he cast aside all hesitation and began chanting the spell of the Dragon’s Blood: "With the Dragon’s Blood as the key, open the gates of time and space!"
A pale blue radiance glimmered on Ah Dai’s chest. Under the astonished gaze of the assassins, a massive gray shadow emerged, floating forth from the Dragon’s Blood and expanding rapidly. In an instant, its size surpassed Sheng Xie, and it continued swelling to over twenty meters long before halting. As the gray light gradually faded, a thunderous roar echoed throughout the Duke’s Mansion—the Bone Dragon had finally reappeared in the world. Its enormous body had almost doubled in size compared to when Ah Dai subdued it. From its head to tail, long bone spikes, each half a meter long, protruded from its spine. The once-white bones had now deepened to an ash-gray hue, while its ghostly green dragon eyes glowed with black flames. Its massive wings unfurled, nearly twice the size of Sheng Xie’s, and Ah Dai was startled to see a layer of flesh membrane had grown over the Bone Dragon’s wings, indicating it was now capable of flight.
Within the Dragon’s Blood, the Bone Dragon had been in slumber for countless years, continuously absorbing the murderous energy from Ah Dai’s kills, the Evil Aura of the Sword of Hades, and the Sacred Aura inherent to the Dragon’s Blood itself. These three distinctly different forms of energy had led to exponential growth in its strength, surpassing Sheng Xie’s advancement. It had now transformed into the more formidable Bone Dragon King, finally liberating itself from the constraints of the Dragon’s Blood. Elated, the Bone Dragon roared fiercely. Its appearance completely shattered the morale of the remaining assassins. A silver dragon had already overwhelmed them, but now a seemingly more powerful gray Bone Dragon had emerged, plunging their hearts into depths of terror.
Sheng Xie let out a long cry, ceasing its attacks on the assassins, and fixed its enormous golden eyes firmly upon the Bone Dragon. Sheng Xie understood the Bone Dragon’s situation better than anyone. Through telepathy, it conveyed a command for the Bone Dragon to attack. Upon hearing Sheng Xie’s dragon’s roar, the Bone Dragon instinctively trembled under the weight of its accumulated fear and hesitated to rise in rebellion. Its mighty wings spread wide as it charged toward the assassins battling Ah Dai’s Clone. With deep purple flames laced into its gray-black Dragon Breath, it unleashed devastating force upon the assassins. In their moment of daze, five of them failed to dodge the attack in time and were instantly consumed by the Bone Dragon’s Dragon Breath. Compared to Sheng Xie’s breath, the Bone Dragon’s was even more fearsome—those five assassins stood no chance and were reduced to ashes within the flames. After its kill, the Bone Dragon’s green flaming eyes burst further with savage might, mercilessly lunging toward the remaining assassins. Ah Dai’s Clone floated beside him to protect him. With the Bone Dragon’s assistance, Ah Dai was finally able to focus his mind on resisting the Evil Aura.
