245: Kill the dragon corpse and the origin will appear

Dark decaying flesh and congealed golden blood splattered, revealing even the equally dark, gigantic Dragon Corpse within.

However, the Corpse Dragon Emperor's movements showed no delay!

His hollow eye sockets, burning with dark gold Soul fire, didn't even flicker.

It was as if it wasn't his limb that had been severed! From the massive gash, the dense, unyielding Evil Qi and Death Qi from the abyss bottom surged in like living things, and the wound visibly wriggled and closed at a speed perceptible to the naked eye!

The shattered scales re-condensed under the nourishment of the Evil Qi, emitting an even more ominous glow.

"As expected, he fears no pain, driven by will, nourished by Evil Qi!" Xiao Zhuo's pupils constricted slightly. He stomped his foot, and as spatial ripples flashed, he vanished, narrowly dodging the Dragon's tail sweep that followed closely.

As the thick Dragon's tail swept past, space shattered inch by inch like fragile glass. The Protective Aura it generated scraped Xiao Zhuo's cheek, making it sting, as he reappeared not far away.

The Corpse Dragon Emperor's attacks were wild and direct, lacking any pattern yet possessing immense power. Each strike carried an ancient Dao Principle: heavy, decaying, annihilating!

Xiao Zhuo, relying on the Dao Principle of Freedom, maneuvered among wan fa (myriad laws), his figure twisting and turning within a small area.

At times, he used the Law of Water to condense myriad soft waves to dissipate force; at other times, he used the Law of Earth to construct illusory mountain peaks for a direct clash; and at still other times, he transformed into a spatial vortex of wind and thunder to swiftly evade.

"Burn the Heavens, Boil the Seas!" Xiao Zhuo seized a tiny interval when the Corpse Dragon Emperor's old strength was spent and new strength had not yet risen. His origin divine weapon thrust out decisively!

This time, Purple Extreme Star Flame, propelled by the Law of Fire, fused with the Law of Ice! The purple-red and ice-blue Law radiance coiled and compressed at the blade's tip, finally transforming into a spiraling beam of destruction that fiercely struck the relatively weaker, old wound on the Corpse Dragon Emperor's abdomen!

Boom!

The clash of extreme heat and extreme cold erupted instantly! At the Corpse Dragon Emperor's abdomen, where the massive, ancient wound had almost cut him in half, the congealed golden blood was blasted open. The dark decaying flesh and bones hissed deafeningly under the erosion of the Laws of ice and fire, turning into large chunks of ash!

This single strike was enough to instantly kill any Quasi-Immortal!

But the Corpse Dragon Emperor's massive body only trembled violently, letting out an even more furious, silent roar.

The endless Evil Qi from the abyss bottom surged madly into the massive wound as if it had found an outlet!

The incinerated flesh rapidly regenerated within the dense Evil Qi. The newly formed tissue was as black as ink, emitting an even more ominous aura.

He even used this impact to violently twist his Dragon body. His hideous Dragon wings, covered in bone spurs, slashed towards Xiao Zhuo like two giant world-cleaving blades, crossing each other!

The Purple Extreme Star Flame on Xiao Zhuo's body was torn open by the decaying Law contained within the edges of the wing blades. His protective Protective Aura shattered, and two bone-deep wounds instantly appeared on his chest, spurting golden-red blood!

Excruciating pain came, but Xiao Zhuo's eyes became even sharper.

The Qi and blood within his body roared, and a vibrant surge of life immediately poured into him from his origin divine weapon. His Quasi-Immortal-level Physical Body erupted with powerful vitality, and the flesh at the wounds wriggled, rapidly stopping the bleeding and healing.

"Physical attacks are ineffective, energy attacks are converted and replenished... the core is that wisp of malicious will awakened by the Heavenly Dao!" Xiao Zhuo instantly grasped the key in a flash of lightning.

He again narrowly dodged a dark gold breath attack filled with the Law of Deathly Stillness spewed by the Corpse Dragon Emperor. That breath directly annihilated a distant hill of Dragon bones into nothingness.

"Will... then I'll use a Divine Soul attack to sever it!" A brilliant light burst from Xiao Zhuo's eyes. Within his Sea of Consciousness, the runes representing the Perfection-level Soul Law suddenly glowed with dazzling divine radiance!

As he retreated, a dark Soul spear, yet containing terrifying power, appeared in Xiao Zhuo's hand.

"Dao Principle of Freedom Calamity Weapon · Soul Slaughtering Spear!"

Half a day later.

When the final earth-shattering roar and sorrowful Dragon's cry gradually subsided, the dust and Evil Qi that permeated the entire Burial Dragon Abyss were dispersed by a magnificent, irresistible brilliance.

Xiao Zhuo's figure reappeared at the bottom of the abyss—no, it could no longer be called the bottom of the abyss.

The originally unfathomable Burial Dragon Abyss, during the half-day of terrifying battle, had its ten-thousand-zhang high rock walls on both sides completely shattered and collapsed, forming an immense basin of ruins filled with rubble and Dragon bone fragments.

He stood in the air, his robes slightly damaged, a faint trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, and his aura slightly disordered, but his eyes were still as sharp as ever, even carrying a hint of satisfaction after exhaustion.

His origin divine weapon had already been put away.

Not far in front of him, the tens of thousands of zhang long Dragon Emperor Corpse was now a gruesome sight.

The massive Dragon's head had been literally split in half, the dark golden Soul fire long extinguished. The colossal Dragon body was covered in crisscrossing, massive blade marks, bone-deep. Especially next to the old wound that had almost cut him in half, a terrifying new wound had been added, almost severing him completely into two pieces!

The remaining Dragon blood, containing terrifying power, flowed like a small stream from the wounds, seeping into the ruins below, which were mixed with Dragon bone powder.

The True Immortal Dragon Emperor's will, along with the shattered Dao Principle he wielded, had been completely severed by the origin divine weapon and his Soul Law!

Xiao Zhuo took a deep breath, suppressing the surging Qi and blood within him and his greatly depleted immortal power.

His gaze swept across the completely ruined Burial Dragon Abyss, finally landing on the area beneath the Dragon Emperor Corpse.

"Mo Duo!" Xiao Zhuo's voice penetrated the ruins, clearly reaching the periphery.

Mo Duo, the commander of the Blood Demon Army, whose mind had already been greatly shaken by the terrifying battle inside, immediately transformed into a blood-red light and flew into the ruins, kneeling on one knee below Xiao Zhuo: "Saint! Are you unharmed?"

"I'm fine." Xiao Zhuo waved his hand, pointing to the area beneath the Dragon Emperor Corpse, "Give the order, everyone, dig for me! Dig down a hundred thousand zhang, turn this entire area over inch by inch! Report immediately if there are any abnormal energy fluctuations!"

"Understood!" Mo Duo's spirits lifted, and he immediately took the order and left.

Soon, tens of thousands of elite Blood Demon Army soldiers poured into this massive basin of ruins.

Like efficient worker ants, under Mo Duo's command, they began to dig frantically downwards, centered around the Dragon Emperor Corpse.

Evil Qi surged, Spell lights flickered, huge rocks were pulverized and removed, and layers of soil mixed with Dragon bone powder were peeled away.

Time passed bit by bit.

After digging more than sixty thousand zhang, a Blood Demon Army general, who was using a Spell to excavate, suddenly caught a trace of an incredibly profound aura with his Divine Sense, which was covering the rock layers!

"Saint, sir! A discovery! Deep underground, there's an abnormal Origin aura!" The general shouted excitedly.

Xiao Zhuo, who had been meditating with his eyes closed above the ruins, suddenly opened his eyes, and a brilliant light burst forth!

His figure instantly appeared at the edge of the deep pit indicated by the general.

A faint but incredibly pure, strange fluctuation, as if it originated from the same source as heaven and earth and resonated with all things, was subtly emanating from the unfathomable dark rock layers below!

Even the origin divine weapon hidden within the cells of his body began to stir.

"Origin! It really is hidden down here!" Xiao Zhuo's expression shifted slightly. He suppressed the restless origin divine weapon. As an origin divine weapon, the greatest temptation for it was undoubtedly the world's Origin, but Xiao Zhuo dared not let the origin divine weapon devour the Origin of this world.

If Blood Heaven were to discover it, he feared that even being exiled to the boundless sea of realms would be the best outcome.