Chapter 58: Stage Two Clearance

Clang!

Mu Yi's blade slammed violently against Si A Ba La's claw!

Now in an all‑victory state, he was not at a disadvantage at this moment.

The dual boost of Inner Qi and Elite Talent temporarily granted him access to Transcendent power, speed, and stamina, and consequently Mu Yi's mind could now hold nothing but combat and slaughter.

In direct confrontation, Mu Yi finally sensed the full, earth‑shaking force of Si A Ba La.

Mu Yi felt a dull sensation transmitted through his arrayed blade, as if he were striking a stone statue rather than a flesh‑bound body.

It was more unbreakable and harder to shake than when he was in his Half‑Dragon form.

Thunder roared, the ever‑advantageous thunder returned empty‑handed, and Si A Ba La's magical resistance seemed to have risen after his draconic transformation.

Neither side yielded a step; claws and arrayed blades whirled crazily.

The fiercest battle Mu Yi had ever witnessed was none other than the scene where Hua Xiong and Guan Yu clashed in avatar.

Although it was a one‑look instant kill, Guan Yu's peerless strike became the most perfect blow Mu Yi had ever seen.

Immovable as a mountain, moving like thunder.

The battle Mu Yi had once witnessed once again became the best lesson.

Mu Yi's slash, breaking ordinary visual limits, emitted no sound; at the instant of contact it was as if dozens of thunderclaps converged, releasing all accumulated sound in a single burst,

Si A Ba La's beastly Instinct roared, and his intuition told him that his hard Dragon Scales could not withstand this dreadful blow.

In the split‑second critical moment, the ferocious force mingled with draconic breath fire, forming a solid barrier that blocked the arrayed blade's slash.

Thunder and flame intersected, rippling at a speed invisible to the naked eye; the heavy forces of both sides turned into an impact, triggering a violent explosion.

The erupting fire and thunder spread outward, and Mu Yi and Si A Ba La's bodies were lifted by the shockwave, involuntarily falling backward.

In the final instant, Mu Yi seized a flash of insight.

Before Mu Yi could turn the insight into a thought, Si A Ba La lunged again; Mu Yi, unflinching, raised his blade and struck, leaving no retreat for either side.

Frenzy‑driven killing intent materialized; the intangible momentum, under Mu Yi's will, twisted into a towering, sky‑piercing force that manifested substance in the void.

It was a blood‑sea Asura, its body of scarlet flame, its features blurred, its form vague.

Amid Mu Yi and Si A Ba La's frenzied duel, Mu Yi's soul and will fully merged into that Asura that straddled illusion and reality.

The vague visage increasingly outlined Mu Yi's features, and the savage, raging aura completely suppressed Si A Ba La's own ferocity.

The indistinct Asura's arm rose, hand upright like a blade, then, together with Mu Yi's descending arrayed blade, cleaved heavily upon Si A Ba La's body.

At the moment illusion and reality merged, the entire battlefield was shrouded in a crimson radiance.

Immediately, the ground beneath trembled violently; a massive fissure rapidly widened, the already pocked earth cracking inch by inch, and the sudden shockwave lifted layers of rubble and dust.

The moment the heavy blow fell, the Asura's form shattered, drifting away with the wind into the void.

Leaning on his arrayed blade, Mu Yi breathed heavily; in that flash of insight he managed to seize the chance of spirit, essence, and qi integration, delivering a heavy strike beyond his own limits.

But this also drained all his strength; he can stand only because the medicine's potency inside his body is still active.

Si A Ba La, lying in the crater, struggled to rise; the Dragon Scales on his chest were shattered layer by layer, a wound tore through flesh, and the blood‑streaked scar expanded and contracted with his heaving chest.

Blood dripped from the wound, falling at the Half‑Dragon's feet, pooling into a puddle of gore.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Mu Yi muttered the indistinct word, stepping toward Si A Ba La.

Si A Ba La stared at Mu Yi in terror, the man before him growing ever more frightening!

Those heavy footsteps pounded his heart like drumbeats! The red aura swirling around him enveloped him as if he were in hell.

Pure, untainted killing intent felt as if countless vengeful spirits were gnawing at his flesh.

"... You... what kind of monster are you?"

A voice from deep within his soul kept urging Si A Ba La to stay away from the terrifying figure.

Si A Ba La was frightened; he wanted to flee from Mu Yi, from this terrifying human.

Yet his feet remained planted; he found he could not summon any strength— the earlier duel had not only drained Mu Yi's power but also hollowed his own body.

Fear coiled around Si A Ba La like a python, suffocating him.

He tried to escape, but could not.

When Mu Yi raised his arrayed blade high and brought it down heavily, Si A Ba La felt a sudden, relieving lightness.

"Kill!"

Si A Ba La's head flew high, then, together with the headless corpse, fell into the blood pool.

"You have slain Half‑Dragon Si A Ba La; you receive the leader‑kill reward: Dragon Scale."

"Half‑Dragon Si A Ba La has been slain; Plane mission: Kill Half‑Dragon Si A Ba La completed."

"Calculating mission rewards..."

"You contributed 100% damage to Half‑Dragon Si A Ba La; you receive the following extra rewards:

7,000 Universal Experience, 7,000 Zongwang Disaster Coin."

"You obtained a Half‑Dragon chest (purple)."

"Zongwang Prompt: Giant Dragon Treasury latest info: Stage One Dragon‑Blooded Kobold defeated, Stage Two Half‑Dragon Si A Ba La defeated, Stage Three activated!"

"Zongwang Prompt: Giant Dragon Treasury progress information refreshed."

Plane Secret Realm: Giant Dragon Treasury

Stage One: Dog‑Headed Humanoid Cave (cleared)

Stage Two: Dragon‑Blooded Nest (cleared)

Stage Three: Dragon Beast Cave

Dragon Beast Cave:

Challenge Level: 10+

Boss: Dragon Beast Si Ta Zi

Monster type: Dragon Beast

Regular drop: materials, equipment

Rare drop: Dragon Scale, Dragon Blood, Dragon Fang

Extra stage: not activated

"Are you sure you want to exit the secret realm?"

"Kill."

"Detected player loss of sanity, according to Comprehensive Net Regulation 4135, forcing exit……"

"Transmitting character exit from secret realm……"

Mu Yi, back in reality, felt a surge of pure power, as if he had run from a sauna into an icy snowscape and been splashed with a bucket of ice water on the head.

Having regained his sanity, Mu Yi's vision was flooded with Comprehensive Net information.

"I didn't expect there to be such a hidden benefit; I didn't think Comprehensive Net would be this humane!" Mu Yi looked at the Comprehensive Net information, stroking his chin. Although the method feels a bit brutal, the effect is really good.