82: Chapter 82 The Young Master of a Heretical Cult? Bronze Rank Against Silver Rank!

Before the cold voice had fully faded,

a thick, ink-like darkness gathered and surged above the altar like a living thing.

Immediately after,

a pair of giant bone wings burning with ethereal blue Soul fire were the first to pierce through the darkness.

A terrifying creature with a slender body, composed entirely of pitch-black, jade-like bones and looking like a Western bone dragon, slowly descended.

Shadow energy that swallowed light swirled around its body; its bone claws were sharp, its tail vertebrae were like a whip, and the Soul fire flickering in its hollow eye sockets locked onto Jiang Yun below.

It emitted the powerful pressure of a Silver Rank One.

At the same time,

a young man appeared on the altar,

confronting Jiang Yun.

"It's the Young Lord! The Young Lord is here!!"

"Long live the Young Lord! Kill these invaders!"

"The Young Lord! Mighty!"

The appearance of this young man and the Vicious Beast

allowed the remaining cult members to grasp a literal lifeline.

They erupted in fanatical cheers.

Their originally collapsed morale actually showed signs of rebounding.

The Gold Rank Four Cult Protector who was in a fierce battle with Xiao Zhan also let out a smug, cold laugh:

"Hahaha! The Young Lord of our Holy Cult's branch has arrived in person! None of you City Defense Team small fry should think about surviving today! Just wait to collect that kid's corpse!"

On the City Defense Team's side,

everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.

Silver Rank!

This was simply not an existence that Bronze Rank members like them could contend with. A casual strike from the opponent could cause massive casualties!

Despair spread like a plague.

"Jiang Yun! Run!!"

Lin Wei's face lost its color as she shouted desperately, "He's Silver Rank! We'll hold him back, you retreat quickly!"

Lin Hai also roared while in a Divided Soul state during his fierce battle: "Jiang Yun! Retreat immediately!"

He knew very well how terrifying Jiang Yun's potential was.

He absolutely could not let such a Genius fall here.

Even Xiao Zhan had a solemn expression, attempting to force back his opponent to go to the rescue, but the entanglement of two Gold Rank experts left him unable to break away for the moment.

The appearance of this Cult Young Lord

seemed to instantly turn the situation into a one-sided affair again.

However,

facing this desperate situation,

Jiang Yun seemed not to hear everyone's shouts.

His eyes were sharp as knives, dead-locked onto that Nether Bone Dragon and the sinister-faced Cult Young Lord on its back who wore a proud and cruel smile.

He activated his Manifestation of All Things Entries talent.

The information of this Vicious Beast manifested before Jiang Yun.

【species】: Nether Bone Dragon

【Status】: Deceased

【Realm】: Silver Rank One

【Attribute】: Shadow

【Hint】: The Dragon Soul Crystal Core inside the skull is the energy operation center; its defense is relatively thin. There is a physical structural weakness at the junction of the reverse-scale-shaped bones on the chest.

【Warning】: Its Shadow Breath possesses strong corrosiveness and Soul erosion effects. Entwine of Death can bind and drain vitality.

After carefully checking the information,

Jiang Yun's mind began to race.

"Escape?"

"No, I'm afraid the only way out right now is to defeat the opponent."

Jiang Yun whispered in his heart.

After all, the members of the City Defense Team could not block the monster before him.

An extremely risky,

but perhaps only feasible plan quickly took shape in Jiang Yun's mind.

Through evaluating the skill damage of the Fire Dragon Fish,

and the weakness hints obtained from the Entry Manifestation information,

Jiang Yun estimated

that the power of the Fire Dragon Fish's Dragon Flame Burst Kill was definitely enough to heavily injure or even kill this bone dragon, but it had to hit the core weakness.

Furthermore,

there was only one chance!

If it didn't succeed once,

the opponent would surely become guarded.

There was only one choice: to fight.

Battle Intent ignited in Jiang Yun's heart.

The Fire Dragon Fish and Little Cloud Sparrow seemed to sense Jiang Yun's Battle Intent,

as they actually assumed combat stances.

"Seeking death! A Bronze Rank ant actually wants to fight this young master? You're courting death."

"Nether! Kill him and his familiars!"

Seeing that Jiang Yun did not flee and that his familiars instead took up combat stances, the Cult Young Lord couldn't help but reveal a contemptuous, cold smile.

As his voice fell,

the Nether Bone Dragon beneath his feet immediately opened its skeletal mouth.

A blast of Shadow Breath, filled with the aura of death and corrosion, erupted toward Jiang Yun like a torrent of destruction.

"Li!"

At the critical moment,

the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow pushed its speed to the limit, its claws grabbing Jiang Yun's shoulders as it used its Wind Rush skill, carrying him away as an afterimage in a rapid retreat!

The Fire Dragon Fish also shifted sideways at the same time!

The Shadow Breath grazed their bodies and corroded a huge pit in the ground behind them, sizzling as black smoke rose.

"Oh? Your reactions are quite fast."

The Cult Young Lord raised an eyebrow slightly, but the contempt on his face grew thicker: "However, an ant's struggle will only make the process of death a bit more painful!"

"Jiang Yun! Are you crazy! Leave now!"

Lin Wei was so anxious that tears were almost flowing out.

Other City Defense Team members even thought Jiang Yun had been blinded by previous victories, actually daring to challenge a Silver Rank?

This was simply courting death!

Jiang Yun turned a deaf ear to all of this.

His Mental Energy was highly concentrated.

He then transmitted extremely precise instructions to his two familiars through the contract link.

"Little Fire, charge up Dragon Flame Burst Kill. Wait for my command; the target is the skull's crystal core!"

"Wind Thunder, use harassment attacks to distract it. Find an opportunity to attack the junction of the reverse scales on its chest to create an opening for Little Fire! Be careful to avoid the Shadow Breath!"

The battle erupted instantly!

Under the Young Lord's command,

the Nether Bone Dragon let out a silent roar, its bone wings vibrating as it pounced with terrifying pressure, its sharp claws tearing through the air.

The Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow turned into silver lightning, constantly circling the bone dragon. Its Thunder Claw and wind blades fell upon the bone dragon's massive body like a torrential rain, producing crisp 'ding-dong' sounds. Although it couldn't break the defense, it successfully diverted part of the bone dragon's attention, making it incredibly irritable.

It launched attacks toward the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow,

but the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow was extremely fast,

narrowly dodging every time.

The Fire Dragon Fish hovered on the periphery. A dark red fireball began to condense in front of its dragon mouth, compressing destructive energy, but it held back, seemingly waiting for the optimal moment to strike.

It was accumulating its strongest blow.

"Useless! Mere Bronze Rank attacks aren't even worthy of scratching Nether's itch!"

The Cult Young Lord laughed wildly,

not taking the Fire Dragon Fish's charging at all seriously.

This would also be the fundamental reason for his defeat.

He ordered the bone dragon to prioritize dealing with that annoying little sparrow.

The Soul fire in the Nether Bone Dragon's eye sockets flared up, and the shadow energy around its body boiled. Its bone tail whipped toward the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow like a venomous lash, while its mouth opened to predict the sparrow's evasion route.

A second Shadow Breath was already brewing!

However, this was exactly what gave Jiang Yun an opportunity.

A sharp light burst from Jiang Yun's eyes!

Through the Entry Manifestation,

he clearly saw

that when the Nether Bone Dragon fully mobilized its energy to prepare for the breath, the light of the Dragon Soul Crystal Core inside its skull would instantly become dazzling, and the energy flow would have an extremely brief moment where its defense against external attacks dropped to the lowest point.

The weakness from the hint appeared.

At the same time, to maintain the breath posture, the junction of the reverse scales on its chest would also expose a minute flaw.

"Little Cloud Sparrow! Seize this moment! Use Thunder Strike combined with Thunder Claw at maximum speed! Target the reverse-scale bone!"

"Little Fire! Now! Dragon Flame Burst Kill! Target the core!"

The commands rang out in the Souls of the two familiars like thunder.

The Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow gave a long cry.

It abandoned all evasion, pouring all its power and speed into a single point, turning into a true, unstoppable bolt of lightning. In an almost suicidal manner, it pierced directly toward that slightly open bone junction on the Nether Bone Dragon's chest!

"Crack!"

A faint sound of shattering rang out!

Although it failed to cause a heavy wound, that concentrated lightning power and extreme impact successfully caused the Nether Bone Dragon's massive body to lose balance for an instant.

The brewing breath faltered!

And in that ten-thousandth of a second when the breath was interrupted and the crystal core's defense was at its lowest,

"Roar!!!"

The Fire Dragon Fish's Dragon Flame Burst Kill, which had been charged to its peak,

finally erupted!

That dark red, destructive fireball, which looked as if lava was flowing inside it, did not attack in a straight line.

Instead, it traced a strange arc, with uncanny precision bypassing the bone claw the dragon instinctively used to block.

As if it possessed a life of its own, it slammed hard into the very center of the Nether Bone Dragon's skull, where the Soul fire burned.

The location of the Dragon Soul Crystal Core.

BOOM—!!!!

An unprecedentedly violent explosion resounded through the clouds.

Dark red destructive energy bloomed on the Nether Bone Dragon's head like fireworks.

The blazing light and heat instantly swallowed that flickering Soul fire.

"Awooo—!!!"

The Nether Bone Dragon let out a wail. Its massive skeletal frame trembled violently, and the bones at its head shattered and melted inch by inch under the extreme heat and impact.

In the next second,

the massive bone dragon that had emitted Silver Rank pressure, as if all its support had been pulled away, saw the Soul fire in its eyes completely extinguished. Its skeletal body collapsed from the air like a heap of scrap, crashing onto the altar with bone fragments flying everywhere.

This entire process occurred in just about a dozen breaths' time.

When the bone dragon was killed,

the entire field suddenly fell silent!

A deathly silence!

Everyone felt as if their throats had been gripped.

Their eyes widened,

staring in disbelief at the pile of still-burning dragon bone remains on the altar,

and at the Fire Dragon Fish in the air that still emitted a blazing aura.

Bronze Rank... slaying a Silver Rank?!

How is this possible?!!

They thought Jiang Yun was being overconfident!

They didn't expect the man to have the victory well in hand!

Lin Wei even covered her mouth,

her beautiful eyes filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.

She thought Jiang Yun killing a Bronze Rank Nine Cult Protector by himself was already Heaven-Defying enough!

Now it seemed

she had still underestimated Jiang Yun!

The several Silver Ranks who were in the middle of bitter battles

all froze in their movements, their minds going blank.

An unprecedentedly sharp light erupted in Xiao Zhan's eyes.

The gaze he directed at Jiang Yun was filled with unbelievable appreciation and solemnity.

The command and cooperation of Jiang Yun's two familiars just now could simply be called perfect.

He had also been paying attention,

and he was equally amazed!

This youth before him, not yet very old,

already possessed the potential of a powerhouse!

Seeing this, Lin Hai also took a sharp breath, unable to help but say in shock: "A Bronze Rank killed a Silver Rank Vicious Beast? Heaven-Defying... this guy... is Heaven-Defying!"

"No wonder Principal He was so moved by this fellow!"

On the cult's side,

all the cheers and fanaticism were extinguished like they'd been doused with cold water.

The expressions on the faces of the remaining cultists froze, turning from wild joy to astonishment, and then to boundless fear.

Several Silver Rank and Gold Rank cult experts were even more incensed,

as if they had seen a ghost!

"The... the Young Lord's Nether Bone Dragon... was... was killed?"

"This is impossible! That was a Silver Rank! That... was a Silver Rank!"

Almost everyone's face showed extreme shock,

terror,

and disbelief!

Two Bronze Rank familiars,

under one person's command,

actually killed a Silver Rank Vicious Beast... no matter how one thought about it, it was somewhat inconceivable... The Cult Young Lord,

the sneer and pride on his face had long since vanished without a trace, replaced by extreme shock, bewilderment, and... boundless fear!

He looked at his bone dragon turned to wreckage, then looked at the cold-faced youth below, as if he were in a nightmare he couldn't wake up from.

"No... impossible... my Nether... was Silver Rank... how could he be defeated by two Bronze Rank ants?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible..."

He muttered to himself, lost in spirit.

Jiang Yun did not pause for a second.

Cold killing intent locked onto him.

"Little Cloud Sparrow! Thunder Claw! Kill him!"

As Jiang Yun's voice fell,

it immediately caused a great shock in the hearts of the cult crowd.

They instantly shouted!

"Kid! Stop!"

"Ant! You dare!"

Their faces were full of terror!

They became a mix of shock and fury,

as if something extremely terrifying was about to happen.

They desperately wanted to come to the rescue,

but Lin Hai and Xiao Zhan gave them no opportunity.

"No! Don't kill me!!"

The Cult Young Lord woke up from his shock upon hearing this.

He let out an extremely terrified scream, tears and snot flowing:

"My father is the Branch Cult Leader! An Eclipse Moon Rank Expert! You can't kill me! If you kill me, he will absolutely not let you go! He will massacre the entire C City! He will kill you to accompany me in death! You can't kill me!!"

"You can't..."

However,

it was all too late.

A silver bolt of lightning flashed past.

The Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow's sharp claws, carrying resolute killing intent, easily swept across the Cult Young Lord's fragile neck.

His pleas for mercy came to an abrupt halt.

The terror on his face was frozen forever.

A head flew high, blood gushed out like a fountain, and the headless corpse swayed before tumbling off the edge of the altar.

The entire field was deathly silent!