45: Chapter 45 A Thousand-Mile Chase: They All Must Die!

Inside the True Dragon Ruins.

Ghost Scorpion cradled the dying Shadow Demon Scorpion, his face as pale as paper, his eyes filled with terror.

Just the moment they stepped into the ruins!

A terrifying will, majestic as the great sun, descended with a boom!

That will was ancient, vast, and domineering!

It carried a supreme pressure that towered above all living things!

Its target was none other than his War Beast, the Shadow Demon Scorpion!

In an instant, the Shadow Demon Scorpion's body began to crack, its aura withered, and it looked as if it wouldn't last much longer!

Its massive body trembled violently, and cracks instantly covered its carapace!

The light in those originally ferocious eyes dimmed rapidly, its life like a candle in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment!

Although Ghost Scorpion himself did not suffer a direct attack, he was connected to his War Beast's Soul, so he felt the same pain. His head felt like it had been struck by a giant hammer, buzzing, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood!

"True Dragon Will! It's actually the remaining will of an ancient True Dragon!"

Ghost Scorpion was both shocked and furious; in his heart, he cursed Patriarch Xia Yuan's ancestors down to the eighteenth generation!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! If it weren't for that old bastard Patriarch Xia Yuan blocking the door outside, why would I have rushed in so hastily?!"

"These ruins have existed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years; who could have guessed that such a complete True Dragon Will still remained?!"

He looked at the Shadow Demon Scorpion in his arms with heartache, his eyes filled with pain.

The Myriad Beast Pavilion's cultivation system was different from that of ordinary Beast Tamers.

They believed in complete symbiosis with their War Beasts; the fusion of their Souls was far deeper than ordinary contracts.

Their War Beasts were not just partners, but the source of their power; to some extent, they were even regarded as their most intimate companions!

The Shadow Demon Scorpion had followed him for decades, experiencing countless life-and-death situations together, and their bond had long since transcended mere companionship.

Seeing his beloved partner dying, Ghost Scorpion's heart was bleeding!

"Little You! Hang on! You must hang on!"

Ghost Scorpion scrambled to take out various Medicinal Pills, stuffing them into the Shadow Demon Scorpion's mouth as if they were worthless, while simultaneously circulating his Yuan energy, desperately pouring it into its body, trying to stabilize its collapsing Soul.

At the same time, he poured a bottle of Flood Dragon blood onto the Shadow Demon Scorpion, attempting to mitigate the impact of the True Dragon Will.

However, it was all in vain.

Did he think a little bit of Flood Dragon blood could deceive the True Dragon Will?

Consequently, that True Dragon pressure increased rather than decreased!

Although the Shadow Demon Scorpion possessed a Platinum-level scorpion Bloodline, in front of the True Dragon Will, it was like a firefly before the bright moon, completely suppressed!

The Medicinal Pills and Yuan energy could only barely keep it alive; they were completely unable to reverse the collapse of its Soul.

"Go… you must go…"

The Shadow Demon Scorpion weakly transmitted its intermittent thoughts. It wanted to touch Ghost Scorpion's face with its scorpion tail, but it didn't even have the strength to lift it.

"Don't speak! Save your strength! I won't abandon you! If we die, we die together!"

Ghost Scorpion held it tightly, his voice choked with sobs, tears even shimmering in his eyes.

At this moment, the grand cause of the Myriad Beast Pavilion and the True Dragon Ruins were all forgotten.

He only wanted to save his partner!

Just then.

Hum!

The light gate at the entrance of the ruins rippled.

Two figures, one after the other, stepped in calmly.

It was Xia Youchu and Ling Tian!

As soon as Xia Youchu entered the ruins, her gaze swept across the area.

When she saw Ghost Scorpion holding the dying Shadow Demon Scorpion, looking utterly devastated, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by cold killing intent.

Ling Tian's entry did not cause any abnormalities.

The terrifying True Dragon Will that permeated the air and had instantly brought the Shadow Demon Scorpion to the brink of death seemed to completely ignore him!

Xia Youchu was secretly shocked.

This stupid Gecko… he really isn't simple!

Even the True Dragon Will has no effect on him?

What kind of changes have happened to him? Even a real Nine-Winged Golden Cicada couldn't contend with a True Dragon. How could he be this fierce after a normal Gecko swallowed a Nine-Winged Golden Cicada?

Ling Tian also felt the invisible pressure in the air.

It was very strong and very ancient.

But this pressure seemed to bypass him?

Like a water current encountering a rock, it naturally flowed around him.

He transmitted his thoughts to Xia Youchu: "It's fine, even a True Dragon wouldn't dare to face me."

Xia Youchu: "…"

She was too lazy to pay attention to this cocky fellow and cast her gaze toward Ghost Scorpion.

Ghost Scorpion suddenly looked up, his scarlet eyes staring fixedly at the intruders, Xia Youchu and Ling Tian.

"It's you?!"

His voice was hoarse and filled with disbelief.

"Where is Patriarch Xia Yuan?!"

He had clearly sensed the Yuan King-level pressure and the roar of the opponent's War Beast just a moment ago!

Xia Youchu crossed her arms, her eyes indifferent.

"My father is busy with a thousand tasks; how would he have time to personally deal with a small fry like you?"

"To deal with scum like you, this Empress… this young lady alone is enough."

"……Damn it!"

Ghost Scorpion understood in an instant!

The Yuan King pressure and the roar outside just now were fake!

It was something this junior had simulated using some unknown method!

He had been played!

A sense of humiliation at being toyed with by ants instantly shattered his rationality!

"It's you! It's you two little bastards who harmed Little You!!"

He acted as if he had gone mad, staring fixedly at Xia Youchu and Ling Tian, his eyes filled with monstrous hatred.

"If you hadn't simulated Patriarch Xia Yuan's aura and forced me to rush in, how could Little You… how could…"

He choked, looking at his beloved partner in his arms, who was like a candle in the wind, his heart aching so much he couldn't breathe.

Ling Tian tilted his head, his eyes devoid of any fluctuation, filled only with pure killing intent.

He transmitted his thoughts.

"Harm it?"

"Old bastard, did you get something wrong?"

"The one who forced you in was your own cowardice."

"And the one who truly sent it to its doom is your bullshit All-Beasts Rape-and-Kill Order! If it weren't for that thing, maybe we wouldn't have taken such a big risk to come and kill you!"

Ghost Scorpion's pupils shrank violently!

It was actually because of the All-Beasts Rape-and-Kill Order?

This human and beast had chased him for thousands of miles just because of that All-Beasts Rape-and-Kill Order?

Ghost Scorpion was numb.

If he had known this, why would he have run his mouth?

He had already left, so why did he have to provoke these two monsters?

"Hmph! To be graced by the Myriad Beasts and die is your glory!"

Things had reached this point, and Ghost Scorpion had nothing more to say.

He accepted his fate and didn't want to try begging for mercy anymore.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Seeing him in this state of giving up, Ling Tian became angry.

"Then let it be like this: in a moment, I'll beat you half to death and tie you to the side."

"Then I'll go find ten thousand of the lowliest, filthiest Swamp Hyenas and let them serve your Little You right in front of you until it is sent to meet your Beast God, how about that?"

"You!!!"

"Pfft—!"

Upon hearing this, Ghost Scorpion sprayed a mouthful of boiling blood!

He trembled violently, pointing at Ling Tian, his lips quivering, but he couldn't say a single word.

Only a boundless chill instantly submerged his heart!

This monster! He is not a Yao Beast!

He is a demon that crawled out of Hell!

The Shadow Demon Scorpion also felt the extreme malice contained in those words, using its last strength to hiss, its thoughts intermittent and filled with pleading: "Go… leave quickly… don't worry about me. I beg you… go…"

It would rather die immediately than suffer that humiliation, which was more painful than being sliced by a thousand cuts!

"No! I won't go!"

Ghost Scorpion was covered in tears, holding it tightly.

"We agreed to be together. If we die… we die together!"

He suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes like a vengeful spirit, locking onto Ling Tian, and the Yuan energy in his body began to crazily reverse without regard for consequences!

"Even if I have to face Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering! I will drag you two demons down to Hell with me!!"

Self-destruction!

He wanted to secure the final dignity for himself and his beloved partner!

Xia Youchu stood to the side, coldly watching all of this.

Regarding Ling Tian's extremely vicious remarks, she felt no waves in her heart.

In her past life, she had seen too much darkness, and she had used even crueler methods than this.

Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

Since the Myriad Beast Pavilion dared to use such a vicious method as the All-Beasts Rape-and-Kill Order to humiliate her and Ling Tian, they had to endure a backlash a hundred or a thousand times worse!

Ling Tian's approach was very satisfying.

She even felt that if time allowed, really carrying it out might have an even… well, a more gratifying effect.

However, now was not the time.

The self-destruction of a Peak Yuanling Realm expert was ultimately a trouble.

She was just preparing to intervene.

However.

Someone was faster than her.

Or rather, a beast was more impatient than her.

"Too much nonsense."

Ling Tian's cold thoughts echoed.

The next moment.

He moved!

His massive, three-meter-tall body erupted with terrifying speed that completely defied his size at this moment!

Like a grey lightning bolt!

Treasury of the King!

Hum hum!

A golden cavalry lance condensed in Ling Tian's right hand!

The next moment, Ling Tian used all his strength and stabbed towards the Shadow Demon Scorpion!

At the same time, black light gathered in his mouth, and Atomic Fission Breath was activated simultaneously!

He went all out with his ultimate moves, wanting to finish off his opponent in an instant!

Ghost Scorpion's pupils constricted sharply!

He didn't expect Ling Tian to strike directly at the dying Shadow Demon Scorpion!

And he certainly didn't expect Ling Tian's speed to be this fast!

"You dare!!"

He roared, wanting to stop it, wanting to protect it.

But Ling Tian was too fast!

So fast that just as he raised his hand, Ling Tian's golden cavalry lance had already fiercely pierced into the Shadow Demon Scorpion's skull!

Pfft—!

The Shadow Demon Scorpion's skull was already shattered by the Dragon pressure; in front of Ling Tian's full-force blow, it was as fragile as paper!

Black blood and brains splattered out instantly!

Splattering all over Ghost Scorpion's head and face!

The Shadow Demon Scorpion's body stiffened, then went completely limp.

The last bit of light in its eyes was completely extinguished.

It was dead.

"No—!!!"

Ghost Scorpion let out a heart-wrenching scream!

He held his beloved partner's lifeless corpse, his whole person as if his Soul had been extracted.

On the other end of the Soul contract, that existence closely connected to him instantly collapsed and turned into nothingness!

The excruciating pain of having one's Soul torn apart by force was far greater than any physical injury!

The Yuan energy in his body that was about to self-destruct also instantly went out of control due to the sudden Soul backlash, dissipating like a deflating balloon!

The self-destruction was interrupted.

He blankly held the Shadow Demon Scorpion's corpse, his eyes hollow.

Ling Tian slowly pulled out his claws, which were stained with red and white matter, and shook them casually.

He looked at the dispirited Ghost Scorpion and transmitted his thoughts: "Now, it's your turn."

Ghost Scorpion slowly raised his head.

On his face, there was no more madness, no more hatred, only a dead silence.

He looked at Ling Tian, then at Xia Youchu, who was watching coldly from the side.

Facing these two existences who were even crazier than their Myriad Beast Pavilion, any harsh words seemed pale and weak.

He had lost.

Completely defeated.

He couldn't even manage to drag the other party down with him in the end.

"The Myriad Beast Pavilion will avenge me!"

His fingers formed a strange seal behind his back.

A faint, imperceptible bloody light silently seeped into the ground beneath him, and then, at a speed that transcended perception, it escaped into the Void Realm and disappeared.

"With my remaining Soul, burning my essence blood, notifying the Pavilion Elders…"

"The one who killed me is the Xia family girl and her War Beast…"

"Come to the True Dragon Ruins quickly…"

His lips moved slightly, making no sound.

But a message containing his final will had already been transmitted along with that blood light.

This was one of the trump cards that allowed the Myriad Beast Pavilion to stand to this day: Blood Soul Transmission!

Using one's own Soul and essence blood as a sacrifice, ignoring distance and barriers, to transmit the most important information before death back to the Pavilion!

The price was Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, never to be reincarnated!

After doing all this, Ghost Scorpion seemed to have been drained of all his strength, his body visibly withering away.

His aura was completely extinguished.

A Peak Yuanling Realm minor Pavilion Elder of the Myriad Beast Pavilion had fallen!