Chapter 305: Fragment

A dragon!

Moreover, based on Wu Pifu's perception, the strength of this giant dragon before him was extremely formidable, surpassing even the level of a Wisdom King, second only to the Immovable Wisdom King.

In other words... it had almost reached the limit of strength for a 0.6 Dream World!

(... However, I am no longer who I was!)

Wu Pifu had been constantly growing, and at a speed that exceeded the imagination of most maintenance personnel. This was not only due to the pressure of his mental negative backlash and the gaze of numerous source-level terrifying existences, but also because he possessed a ruthless drive; whenever he encountered a moment where he had to fight, he would not hesitate to fight to the death!

And the tempering and combat between life and death are the best ways for a person to grow rapidly, both in strength and in thought.

Wu Pifu looked at this massive black dragon. He charged forward with his blade, simultaneously roaring at the Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage: "Find a way to make me fly!"

But the Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage ignored what Wu Pifu said entirely; both were furious and desperate when they saw the black dragon appear.

The Grim Reaper, without a word, raised his giant scythe and charged along, a scent of decay emerging upon his massive blade. Meanwhile, the Dark Archmage cursed and roared: "What on earth have you done!? Human, we barely managed to use our bond with the Demon King to stall him, to keep him from turning into his true form and destroying the Demon Castle before the end. All that effort has been completely... by you!"

By this time, Wu Pifu had already charged to the front of the giant black dragon. The Grim Reaper was fifty meters behind him, and the Dark Archmage was one hundred and fifty meters behind him. Directly in front of him, the giant black dragon raised its claw, but instead of striking down, the black-flamed iron chains wrapped around its body swept toward Wu Pifu from all directions.

This scene was truly astonishing; there were so many chains burning with black flames that they were as dense as a wall, advancing in layer upon layer, as if to crush Wu Pifu to death entirely.

But Wu Pifu charged on with his blade, ignoring the countless chains that were enough to drown him, simply swinging his blade forward and slashing down fiercely.

The Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage behind him had already judged Wu Pifu to be dead.

There is an essential difference in power between the Demon King in human form and the Demon King in his true form; one is still in a mortal state, while the other is at the level of a deity—and specifically, the strength level of a main god. Wu Pifu might be very strong among mortals, but when facing the great power of a deity...

With a single slash, the chains burning with black flames before him were easily severed like butter. In a flash, Wu Pifu had already charged to within ten meters of the Black Dragon, and only then did the chains behind him scatter to the ground. This scene not only filled the Reaper and the Dark Magus with surprise, but also brought a hint of admiration to the cruelty in the Black Dragon's eyes.

"Don't die, human!"

(Two, one...)

A claw wreathed in black flames descended from the sky, and a blade surged upward like a crescent moon. Yet, the scene the Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage imagined did not occur. Wu Pifu was not easily crushed into meat paste by a single claw; instead, this blade broke straight through. The black dragon's claw shattered instantly. Wu Pifu followed the blade, and the wind pressure from the slash alone suppressed the surrounding black flames, blowing so hard the Grim Reaper couldn't even get close. With one upward slash, Wu Pifu hacked a hundred meters high, shattering one of the black dragon's arms and half its torso entirely.

The giant dragon wailed as it fell backward. The black flames on the chains burned toward the dragon's shattered body, and its torso began to regenerate within the black flames.

Meanwhile, Wu Pifu, in mid-air, kicked his legs backward frantically at top speed. While this was not enough to keep him aloft, it allowed him to barely change his direction in the air. With this, Wu Pifu slashed diagonally in mid-air, striking the giant dragon's head again, aiming for its two eyeballs. Just then, the dragon, having recovered slightly from the agony of having half its body pulverized, tilted its head slightly while its other claw smashed toward Wu Pifu.

With one slash, Wu Pifu severed a sturdy horn from the black dragon's head. At the same time, he was struck by the dragon's other claw, hitting the ground with a *bang*, bouncing, and rolling until he plunged his Spirit-Breaking Blade into the ground, only coming to a stop after sliding more than ten meters.

"... I! Am going to save the world!"

A little boy with black hair held up a wooden stick and shouted loudly at the sky. Beside him, a little girl of the same age giggled, while several other children searched the ground for straighter, longer wooden sticks.

The children played wildly, chasing each other, frolicking on the grass outside the forest.

More than ten years passed in the blink of an eye. The black-haired youth, in high spirits, held up a document, running and shouting: "I've been accepted! I've been accepted by the Imperial Capital University!"

His childhood friends from the village had all grown up. They surrounded the youth, cheering with envy. The youth held his head high as if he were the king of the world. Only the young girl asked timidly: "Then... will you still come back?"

"Of course! I will definitely come back after I finish my studies! I want to change this poor mountain village!"

Decades later, the black-haired old man held the old woman's hand, looking at the ten thousand acres of fertile fields, the straight highways, and the neatly built village houses before them. Both smiled. And just then, from the top of the sky, a giant ring—far larger than a planet—appeared, ring upon ring...

It was a ring composed of countless circles: large ones, small ones, metallic ones, fiery ones, flowing ones... Countless rings formed this giant circle, larger than a planet, blotting out the sky and sun, descending from above. That day, the end of the world arrived...

Wu Pifu and the giant black dragon wailed simultaneously. Both their bodies began to mutate. Circles began to emerge from the surface of Wu Pifu's skin, while the black flames and flesh on the black dragon also turned into circles of various forms. At the same time, the giant ring they had just seen in their memories began to fade and erase, which caused their mutation speed to slow down, until it stopped completely in the end.

The Sleepless Spiritual Light within Wu Pifu's sea of consciousness shone fiercely. The circles that had mutated on his body began to crumble, and his flesh began to heal. At the same time, the black flames on the black dragon flared up, burning away those circles as well, and its body recovered amidst the burning black flames.

"What was that? What was that just now!?"

The black dragon roared at the sky, its head held high, and sprayed a mouthful of black flames toward the ground. The Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage were terrified. The Grim Reaper wrapped his burlap cloak around himself, his entire body instantly turning ethereal, while the Dark Archmage abandoned the magic he was casting and exhausted all his magic power to release a magic shield.

The black flames touched hundreds of meters, wrapping all three in black fire. At the same time, the giant dragon's body recovered, and it took to the air, flying toward the sky.

When the black flames finished spraying, the Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage appeared in a sorry state, both bearing scorched marks, and their auras had dropped significantly. Behind them, Wu Pifu stood unscathed in the black flames; despite these flames burning, not a single hair on him was harmed.

"Make me fly."

Wu Pifu, holding his long blade, looked at the black dragon in the sky and spoke again to the Grim Reaper and the Dark Archmage.

The two looked at the unscathed Wu Pifu, then recalled that terrifying slash that had shattered half the black dragon's body, and both fell silent. The Grim Reaper remained silent, while the Dark Archmage extended both hands, magic arrays appearing on his palms.

"That is the world-ending black flame, capable of burning everything, including magic power. I can grant you flight magic, but once scorched by the black flame, this magic will fail... Be careful, mortal, don't fall to your death," the Dark Archmage said.

Before the black dragon in the sky could roar down, Wu Pifu felt a lightness in his body, instinctively able to fly by will. Without another word, he raised his Spirit-Breaking Blade and met the incoming black dragon.

!

"What did you do just now? What exactly... were those!"

The black dragon roared, spraying a mouthful of black flames directly at Wu Pifu.

At this moment, the two were about five hundred meters apart. Facing the incoming black flames, Wu Pifu didn't even dodge, continuing to charge straight at the black dragon.

The Dark Archmage on the ground yelled: "Are you a brainless slime!? I told you..."

Wu Pifu passed through the sprayed black flames unscathed. The magic light on his body was also unharmed, as if the world-ending black flame that burned everything were merely air. This choked the Dark Archmage so much that he couldn't finish his sentence, the words stuck in his throat, almost choking him to death.

Wu Pifu had now charged to within a hundred meters directly in front of the black dragon. He slashed straight at the center of the black dragon's brow, while the dragon's giant claw smashed toward Wu Pifu.

"I also want to know what I saw just now... Shall we try letting me shatter it once more?"

Wu Pifu let out a violent roar, his blade like a crescent moon, descending from the air, while the black giant dragon reached out a claw from the side, colliding with this light.

With a *shriek*, the blade light cut through the dragon claw. Under the scorching of the black flames, the magic light on Wu Pifu's body shattered instantly, and his body began to fall. But he took the opportunity to stab his blade down, hanging onto the dragon's belly. Using this leverage, he pressed down on the blade with one hand, his entire body rotating in mid-air, and his feet landed on the hilt. As he pulled the blade out, he jumped up violently, once again charging to the face of the black dragon.

"... Who is she? Who is that girl, that young woman, that old woman!?" the black dragon roared, a ball of black flames condensing in its mouth. This time, it was no longer a simple spray.

Wu Pifu did not answer; he raised his blade and slashed.

A black light filled with a destructive aura exploded from the black dragon's mouth. At the same time, the Spirit-Breaking Blade in Wu Pifu's hand stabbed straight at the black dragon's throat.

(... Two, one.)

The great blade vibrated, all its fragments flying into the air, turning into a giant blade over thirty meters long. Its tip slashed directly against this black light!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 306 =====