“Scram!”
With a casual flick of his hand, the Soul-Devouring Venerable condensed a black soul spear as solid as physical matter. Carrying piercing sharpness that could bore through anything, it shot toward Old Black’s head!
Old Black cried out in alarm and twisted his dragon body desperately. The soul spear skimmed past his neck, shearing away a large patch of metallic-glinting dragon scales and leaving a deep wound that exposed bone. Black vapour continuously rose from it, corroding his soul!
“Old Black!”
Chen Ping’s eyes nearly split from rage. Enduring the excruciating pain in both his divine soul and flesh, he struggled into the air.
He knew they could not continue like this!
The dragon army was formidable, but the Soul-Devouring Venerable had existed for countless ages and now held the terrain advantage. His soul force was practically infinite, and his methods were unfathomably sinister. If they kept draining themselves, only death awaited them!
He had to do something!
“Demon-Suppressing Pagoda! Suppress him!”
Ignoring his injuries, Chen Ping frantically poured chaotic immortal force into the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda in his palm.
The pagoda spun rapidly, growing larger once more. An even stronger suction and purifying light burst from its base, attempting to disrupt and weaken the Soul-Devouring Venerable’s soul force, creating an opening for the dragon army.
“Annoying trinket! Shatter for this Venerable!”
Clearly dreading the pagoda, the Soul-Devouring Venerable split his attention. He commanded the Myriad Soul Banner to fire a thick black beam compressed from billions of resentful souls, slamming it into the pagoda’s body!
CLANG!!!!!!
Like a great temple bell struck with full force, the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda shuddered violently. Its radiance instantly dimmed by more than half, and a hairline crack even appeared on its surface!
Chen Ping suffered a heavy backlash, spewing another mouthful of blood. The link with his divine soul was wounded, and he nearly plummeted from the sky.
“Mr Chen!”
Cen Biqing cried out in shock. The array faltered for a fraction of a second.
That tiny flaw was instantly seized by the Soul-Devouring Venerable!
“Now! Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Curse!”
Ghostly light blazed in his eyes. Of the nine resentful-soul demonic dragons locked in combat with the energy golden dragon, three abruptly changed direction. Ignoring the golden dragon’s claws and breath that tore massive wounds into them, they charged straight toward the core of the formation, the array eye formed by Cen Biqing and the other key dragons, in a suicidal assault!
At the same time, the Venerable’s own soul force erupted. His hands formed a complex, sinister curse seal.
An invisible, formless wave of the most vicious curse power rippled outward like water rings, instantly enveloping the three charging demonic dragons and their target zone!
“No! Change formation, now!”
Cen Biqing’s face drained of colour. Feeling the curse power invading straight into the root of her soul, she desperately tried to shift the array.
But it was too late!
“Detonate!”
The Soul-Devouring Venerable spat a single icy word.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The three resentful-soul demonic dragons exploded the instant they reached the array eye! Terrifying energy mixed with curse-enhanced soul shockwaves burst like three black suns within the dragon battle formation!
PFFFT!
Cen Biqing, at the very front, along with more than a dozen nearby weaker dragons, simultaneously spat out huge mouthfuls of dragon blood. The soul essence within that blood was instantly corroded and dissolved by the curse!
The azure dragon aura around Cen Biqing collapsed. Her face turned deathly pale as she fell from the sky, her vitality dropping to a critical low.
The colossal energy golden dragon manifestation let out a mournful cry. With its core array eye gravely wounded, its massive body instantly turned illusory and transparent before shattering with a thunderous roar!
The hundreds of dragons sustaining the formation suffered severe backlash and dropped from the sky like dumplings into a pot. Many had shattered scales and broken horns; injuries varied from light to severe. The battle array was broken in an instant!
“Little Qing!”
Chen Ping’s heart nearly split apart. He wanted to rush over and catch Cen Biqing, but his own grievously wounded body was too slow.
“Heh heh heh! Utterly worthless!”
The Soul-Devouring Venerable let loose the triumphant, manic laughter of a victor. Though his soul body had dimmed somewhat from the earlier exertion, his aura remained overwhelming.
His cruel gaze swept across the routed dragon army before finally locking onto the struggling Chen Ping.
“Now it’s your turn, junior! This Venerable will let you watch with your own eyes as every single one of your supporters screams and dies before you!”
Before his words finished, the Myriad Soul Banner shook again. Countless resentful souls, like wolves scenting blood, pounced toward the injured dragons sprawled on the ground!
At the same time, the Venerable himself turned into a twisted ghostly shadow carrying boundless killing intent and shot straight for Chen Ping!
He would personally crush the soul of this insolent brat who had repeatedly provoked him and made him look bad!
