Chen Ping swung his sword to meet the charge. Golden light crashed violently against black qi!
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
For a time, the third floor rang with endless dragon roars and sword cries. Golden light and black qi wove together and exploded repeatedly, turning the entire space upside down.
Cen Biqing watched from the side, heart pounding, yet she could not help. She could only resist the black qi inside her body with all her strength.
Although this demonic dragon soul was merely a soul body, its strength was extremely fearsome, at least equivalent to the third tier of Heavenly Immortal realm!
Moreover, it possessed rich combat experience. Every move was vicious and cunning, aimed solely at Chen Ping’s vital points and divine soul.
Chen Ping pushed his sword intent, five elements power, and time-slowing laws to their limits just to barely hold his own.
But the opponent was a soul body, so physical attacks were heavily discounted, while its demonic dragon breath posed an enormous threat to Chen Ping’s divine soul.
“Kid, this won’t do! Its core is that demonic dragon soul crystal, right between its brows! Find a way to strike there!” Red Cloud Demon Lord warned.
Chen Ping had already noticed the same thing. He deliberately revealed an opening. As expected, the demonic dragon soul took the bait and clawed straight at Chen Ping’s wide-open chest.
“Now!”
A sharp gleam burst from Chen Ping’s eyes. The laws of time activated!
The demonic dragon soul’s movements slowed by the tiniest fraction of an instant!
At the same moment, the Great Luo Golden Scripture in Chen Ping’s sea of consciousness seemed to sense the threat from the demonic soul. It trembled lightly and released a vast, pure-yang aura!
“Divine soul strike, sever!”
Seizing the chance, Chen Ping fused the pure-yang aura from the Great Luo Golden Scripture into his divine sense, shaping it into an invisible golden sword that shot along the demonic dragon soul’s claw straight towards the soul crystal in its brow!
“Aaah—!”
The demonic dragon soul let out an utterly wretched scream! That pure-yang aura inflicted massive damage on a demonic soul like this!
The soul crystal between its brows flickered wildly. Black qi scattered, and the entire soul body became several shades more transparent.
“While you’re weakened, I’ll take your life!”
Chen Ping showed no mercy. The Dragon-Slaying Sword unleashed its strongest sword intent. With the move “Golden Dragon Tears the Sky”, he slashed viciously at the demonic dragon soul’s neck!
Shhh—!
This time, the sword intent tore straight through the soul body!
The demonic dragon soul let out an unwilling howl. Its soul body completely collapsed, turning into pure soul-force energy. Most of it was absorbed by the Demon-Suppressing Tower, while only a small portion was automatically drawn into the dragon crystal on Chen Ping’s chest.
The battle ended. Chen Ping had also spent a huge amount of energy and was breathing heavily.
He looked towards the staircase leading to the fourth floor. The restrictive light there seemed to have weakened somewhat because of the demonic dragon soul’s attack and death.
“Mr Chen, are you alright?”
Cen Biqing asked with concern.
“I’m fine.”
Chen Ping regulated his breathing for a moment, then walked to the staircase. “Let’s go up and find Old Black!”
Stepping onto the fourth floor, the scene before him made Chen Ping draw a sharp breath.
The fourth floor was far more spacious than the levels below, but now it resembled a battlefield of slaughter!
Old Black’s condition was gravely wrong.
His eyes were blood-red, his body wrapped in black demonic qi of the same origin as the previous demonic dragon soul. He was frantically attacking the surrounding void.
Many of his scales were broken, black blood flowed from the wounds, and his aura was wild and unstable.
In the centre of the space, the “treasures” that had once glowed with precious light were long gone. In their place, chains burning with black flames extended from the void.
These chains writhed like venomous serpents, constantly lashing and coiling around Old Black. Each strike made the demonic qi on him grow denser while forcing painful roars from his throat.
“Old Black! Wake up!”
Cen Biqing cried out in alarm and worry.
Yet Old Black, lost to madness, could not hear her at all. Instead, he fixed his crimson eyes on Chen Ping and Cen Biqing!
“Roar! I’ll kill you both! Devour you!”
Roaring, Old Black charged like an enraged wild bull, demonic qi surging to the heavens!
His original strength was already formidable. Now, fallen into demonic possession, his power had skyrocketed, faintly reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm!
