11: Chapter 11

The claws were so fast that their trajectory was completely invisible as they swiped directly at Father Freed Sellzen. "No—"

Father Freed Sellzen only had time to let out an unwilling roar before being crushed into a mist of blood in mid-air.

Asia Argento lay unconscious, slumped on the ground.

Luo Yu looked down at the unconscious girl before him, his expression somewhat strange.

She wasn't very old, but she was quite well-developed. He hadn't expected to run into her in Heaven. "Is she here to receive Michael's baptism, or to sign a contract with a divine or sacred beast?"

At a certain stage, the younger generation of the Church would be summoned to Heaven by Michael, either to receive a baptism or to form a contract with a divine or sacred beast.

This was the seventh heaven, which happened to be the area where divine and sacred beasts roamed.

She was likely here to sign a contract, similar to the Devils' Familiar Forest.

Thus, seeing Asia Argento and Father Freed Sellzen appear in Heaven didn't surprise Luo Yu.

Father Freed Sellzen hadn't defected yet; at this time, he was still a top Exorcist directly under the Church, qualified to be summoned to Heaven.

Under the healing of the Holy Light Spell, the Unicorn cub's injuries had improved significantly.

It ran over to Asia Argento's side and licked her face with its tongue.

Then, just as Asia Argento had protected it earlier, the little creature used its even smaller body to shield her, staring intently at Luo Yu's over thirty-zhang-long Holy Light Dragon.

A flash of surprise crossed Luo Yu's eyes.

A golden magic circle lit up beneath the Unicorn cub's feet, and it then sank completely into Asia Argento's body, vanishing from sight.

A sacred beast contract.

Luo Yu hadn't expected that his appearance would instead facilitate Asia Argento's contract with this sacred beast.

The divine and sacred beasts of Heaven weren't as easygoing as those in the Familiar Forest; each and every one of them had ridiculously high standards.

The Church might not produce such a lucky person once in several years.

Judging by the situation just now, if he hadn't suddenly appeared and killed Father Freed Sellzen, that guy would have already beaten this Unicorn cub to death.

Luo Yu glanced at the still-wary Unicorn cub, spread his sky-blotting wings, and flew directly toward the Mirror Lake of Light.

He was short on time and had no leisure to waste here.

A few minutes later.

Asia Argento slowly woke up, her eyes looking around dazedly as she watched the Unicorn cub that kept nuzzling her.

She remembered being thrown by Father Freed Sellzen earlier and crashing into a massive shadow.

Before she could get a clear look, she had fainted.

Where was Father Freed Sellzen?

...

Today, the seventh heaven was very lively.

Luo Yu's massive body was hidden in the clouds, giving him a complete view of everything below.

Priests, nuns, and Exorcists from the Church were everywhere, running around to find divine or sacred beasts suitable for themselves.

There were also quite a few angels patrolling back and forth, keeping an eye on the surroundings.

He didn't know if it was because of the commotion Luo Yu had caused earlier, or because this batch of young people from the Church had arrived.

There were even more people at the Mirror Lake of Light.

In the seventh heaven, most of the powerful divine and sacred beasts gathered around the Mirror Lake of Light, so the young people of the Church naturally wouldn't miss this place.

If they were lucky, they might be able to contract a divine or sacred beast here.

That would give them the greatest backing for the rest of their lives.

Luo Yu even saw that young Holy Light Dragon, with several young priests eagerly following behind its tail.

With a loud boom.

Luo Yu landed on the shore of the Mirror Lake of Light, and the surrounding people quickly backed away in awe.

Looking at this massive body, it had to be a Maou-Class Holy Light Dragon...

They were certainly not qualified to contract such a creature.

Ignoring the gazes around him, Luo Yu dived straight into the Mirror Lake of Light and charged toward its depths.

It was no longer possible to sneak into the lake secretly, and acting hesitantly would only arouse suspicion.

After breaking through to the Maou-Class, he found that the dense light elements in the lake water no longer affected him. Back when he was still an Ultimate-Class Devil, he could only endure the corrosion of the light elements, but now it was completely different.

Under Ddraig's guidance, Luo Yu quickly reached the deepest part of the lake bed.

The concentration of light elements here was beyond words. Even though he was now Maou-Class, taking a single sip would be hard to bear. "Oh, what do we have here... a fake Dragon of Holy Light."

A voice so cold it seemed capable of corroding the soul suddenly exploded in Luo Yu's ears.

Luo Yu looked toward the source of the voice.

In a deep trench several hundred zhang wide lay a dark-black, serpentine, three-eyed giant dragon that was several times larger than him. Its body was tightly covered in black scales, which were wrapped in corrosive black mist.

The light elements at the bottom of the lake were terrifyingly dense, yet as soon as they touched the black mist, they were eaten away, turning black bit by bit and transforming into black water.

However, the dragon's form appeared somewhat illusory; it was a dragon soul, not a physical body.

Even so, it was still pinned down tightly by over twenty thick holy chains that pierced through its body, confining it to the spot.

Luo Yu said with a grim face, uttering the true name of the dragon before him. "The Primordial Dragon of Darkness, Apophis."

This Evil Dragon was said to be able to swallow and corrode all matter with its black water, and it was a genuine Heavenly Dragon Class.

In other words—

A Super Devil!

Luo Yu had guessed before that the old acquaintance Ddraig mentioned would be a high-ranking Evil Dragon. After all, only Evil Dragons would be sealed in Heaven. But the source dragon soul of this Heavenly Dragon Class before him was even more formidable than he had imagined.

At this, Luo Yu's eyes lit up.

If he could use a Heavenly Dragon Class source dragon soul to complete the second step of his Dragon Reincarnation, his potential and foundation would absolutely skyrocket. "Kid, that look in your eyes makes me very unhappy."

For a human brat to dare treat it as prey was simply seeking death. "Apophis, long time no see. Your disgusting black water is still around, I see."

Ddraig's majestic voice rang out of thin air. "...Heh."

Apophis froze for a moment, his dragon eyes narrowing. "Ddraig, this brat is your host? Haven't seen you in so many years, and your taste in choosing people has only gotten worse. Do you think that by using alchemy to stuff a soul into the bones of a Holy Light Dragon, he can become a member of the Dragon Race?"

He had seen too many of these human tricks in ancient times. In the end, all of those people rotted away inside their decaying vessels, dying in immense agony.

Ddraig sneered. "Apophis, after being locked up for so long, have your eyes gone bad? Can't you see how perfectly this Holy Light Dragon body fits my partner?"

"Hmm?"

Only then did Apophis notice that the compatibility between the human kid and the Holy Light Dragon was almost unbelievably perfect. It was as if this dragon body had originally grown from him.

Suddenly, a term jumped into his mind.

Devil Reincarnation.

He had been sealed beneath Heaven for so many years, trapped here since before The Great War, but he was by no means ignorant of the outside world.

"It seems you remember," Ddraig said with pride in his voice. "My host of this generation and I used Devil Reincarnation to create Dragon Reincarnation. It can perfectly turn other races into the Dragon Race."

Although Luo Yu's intellect and experiments deserved most of the credit, Ddraig knew very well that without a Heavenly Dragon like himself teaching everything he knew, Luo Yu's theories and conjectures about the dragon species would never have succeeded.

Luo Yu stared at Apophis, his gaze no different from looking at a piece of merchandise. "The body needs to be refined with essence blood, and the soul must be filled with a dragon soul. Today, I'll borrow your source dragon soul to help me complete the Dragon Reincarnation."

Apophis's dragon eyes instantly turned cold, and killing intent surged.

Even the Creator God had never dared to covet his source dragon soul, yet Ddraig and this human brat were incredibly bold. "Ddraig, do you think just because I'm sealed here, you can easily handle me?"

The moment those words fell, black water surged out, carrying a power that could corrode and swallow everything, as it lunged toward Luo Yu. "Apophis, if you were still in your prime, I would turn around and run without a second thought. Unfortunately, your source dragon soul is locked down along with your body. I'm quite curious to see how much strength you can squeeze out now."

Luo Yu opened his mouth, and a holy dragon breath shot out like an aurora.

At the bottom of the Mirror Lake of Light, the light elements were as thick as water. The power of Luo Yu's dragon breath was magnified several times. In contrast, Apophis's black water was heavily suppressed.

Bang!

A dull, massive explosion erupted at the bottom of the lake.

The black water was forcefully blasted apart, and the holy dragon breath slammed squarely into Apophis. "Damn it! That piece of trash Creator God!"

Apophis glared fiercely at the chains on his body. If not for this thing, he would have torn this human brat to shreds long ago. "End this quickly, Luo Yu."

"Your current attacks can't hurt Apophis at all."

"Don't forget we're here to take it, not to destroy it."

"If the commotion is too big, it'll be troublesome if it attracts the Seraphs."

Luo Yu nodded and directly summoned the Boosted Gear.

A layer of dark-red armor quickly enveloped the left arm of his Holy Light Dragon form.

In the exact center of the armor, a jade-green gem was embedded—the appearance of this Sacred Gear would automatically change according to the host's state. "Balance Breaker!"

Luo Yu initiated his Balance Breaker without hesitation.

The emerald-green light instantly exploded.

In the next second, his appearance began to change dramatically.

His originally over thirty-zhang-long body expanded frantically, shooting up to over fifty zhang in just a few seconds.

His size was now almost as large as Apophis's.

His pure white scales and the wings on his back were all stained deep crimson.

The flames originally wrapped around his limbs also turned into the Crimson Emperor Flame, which could burn all things.

Behind him, nine massive Crimson Dragon Holy Swords also materialized out of thin air.

This was his primary means of slaughter.

At this moment, Luo Yu's aura surged directly to the peak of the Super Devil King Class.

Heaven, the eighth heaven's temple.

Michael and Raphael sat facing each other, discussing the baptism of the Church's younger generation.

Suddenly, both of them sensed a dragon pressure at the same time.

This aura was both familiar and somewhat strange.

It even brought a sense of oppression. "This is the dragon pressure of the Red Dragon Emperor!"

Raphael instantly flared up in anger. "He still dares to come to Heaven?"

"Does he really treat our Heaven as his back garden?"

Even Michael, who was famous for his good temper in the Three Realms, had a flash of displeasure in his eyes.

No one would be happy about having their home repeatedly broken into.

Immediately after, Michael's expression changed. "Oh no, the Red Dragon Emperor is at the bottom of the Mirror Lake of Light."

"The Primordial Dragon of Darkness, Apophis, is sealed there."

"He wants to break the seal!"

Without needing Michael to say more, Raphael immediately spread his wings and rushed toward the Mirror Lake of Light in the seventh heaven.

Michael, who remained in the temple, immediately contacted Gabriel and Uriel.

Having these two Seraphs also rush to reinforce Raphael.

They had to stop the Red Dragon Emperor from destroying Apophis's seal.

If the Primordial Dragon of Darkness really broke free from the seal, it would absolutely be a major catastrophe for Heaven.

After all, the current Heaven had no powerhouse at the Super Devil level.

There was another point that concerned Michael.

The aura on the Red Dragon Emperor was completely different from when he broke into Heaven last time.