He re-coalesced into his soul body and looked at Chen Ping, who was struggling to rise in the distance, eyes brimming with mockery and cruelty. “So that was your strongest blow? Pathetic! It wasn’t even fit to scratch this Venerable’s itch!”
Chen Ping knelt on one knee, leaning on his sword to support himself, gasping heavily. His face was filled with disbelief and a trace of blank confusion.
How could this happen?
He had played every trump card, even drawing on the Dao rhyme of the Great Luo Golden Canon, yet he still could not inflict any real damage?
Hadn’t he felt terrifyingly strong?
Wasn’t he supposed to crush this old dog with a casual gesture?
The brutal reality poured over him like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing the blazing confidence and arrogance he had felt moments before.
He began to question his entire existence. Could it be… that his previous sweep through the Nine Heavens had only been possible because his opponents were too weak?
When faced with a true ancient monster who had survived since primordial times, his meagre strength was simply not enough?
And this was while the Soul-Devouring Venerable had not even fully reconstituted his physical body.
Watching Chen Ping’s devastated expression, the Venerable grew even more smug. “Brat, do you finally understand the gulf between us? Kneel and beg for mercy. Offer up your soul and the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, and this Venerable might grant you a swift death!”
Chen Ping lifted his head, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and though shock still lingered in his eyes, it was now overshadowed by the ferocity of a cornered beast.
“Beg for mercy? Beg your mother!”
Chen Ping shot to his feet and roared at the dragon army behind him, who had long been straining at the leash. “Old Black! Little Qing! Stop bloody watching! Everyone together! Kill this old dog for me!!!”
Solo heroism? Pride? In the face of life and death, it was all bullshit!
Right now he only wanted the Soul-Devouring Venerable dead!
“Roar! Brothers, slaughter this old bastard! Avenge Mr Chen!”
Old Black, who had been seething with pent-up fury, was the first to let loose a roar and charge!
“Form the Myriad Dragons God-Slaying Array!” Cen Biqing’s clear voice rang out, cold and murderous. She directed the dragons into formation.
Hundreds of dragons unleashed heaven-shaking dragon cries. Their killing intent linked together, coalescing into a colossal, solid energy dragon far larger than any individual, carrying the will to crush all things as it surged toward the Soul-Devouring Venerable!
“Hmph! No matter how many ants there are, they remain ants! Since you court death, this Venerable will send you all to the grave together!”
The Soul-Devouring Venerable snorted coldly. Facing the vast dragon army, he showed no trace of fear. His soul body swelled once more, drawing upon the full power of the Soul Burial Abyss, and collided head-on with the dragon forces!
Old Black, unable to hold back any longer, was the first to unleash a roar that shattered the void.
His enormous dragon body, wrapped in towering murderous aura, crashed toward the Soul-Devouring Venerable’s massive soul form like a burning black demonic mountain!
“Myriad Dragons God-Slaying Array, activate!”
Cen Biqing’s cool voice carried unprecedented killing intent. Azure dragon energy soared from her body, forming a pillar of light that served as the array’s core guide.
At her command, the hundreds of dragons moved as one. No longer fighting individually, they flew and circled along profoundly mystical trajectories. Their dragon chants resonated, and vast dragon essence poured madly into the formation!
In an instant, a five-clawed golden dragon manifestation, several times larger than Old Black’s true body and composed entirely of energy condensed to the utmost limit, took shape above the Soul Burial Abyss!
Every scale was distinct, its dragon eyes blazed like twin suns, radiating a terrifying pressure that could make heaven and earth lose their colour!
This was the ancient battle array passed down through the dragon clan, a killing machine that gathered the power of every dragon into one!
“Roar!”
The energy golden dragon released a roar that seemed to come from the primordial wilderness. Its enormous claws tore through space itself, carrying law fluctuations capable of annihilating everything, and raked viciously toward the Soul-Devouring Venerable!
Wherever the dragon claws passed, space shattered inch by inch like fragile glass, revealing the pitch-black turbulent void behind!
“Petty tricks! Myriad Soul Banner, emerge!”
Facing this combined strike powerful enough to threaten a true Heavenly Venerable, the Soul-Devouring Venerable finally set aside a portion of his contempt.
With a fierce shriek, a massive banner black as ink flew out from the depths of his soul body. Countless billions of wronged souls could be seen struggling and wailing across its surface!
