Chapter 563

The sky-piercing evil energy fluctuations spread far and wide; ordinary people within Dragon City felt nothing unusual, but the stronger one's strength, the more obvious the fluctuations felt.

On the siege battlefield, which was already nearing its end, Aierlong and Suofeiya could clearly feel an unusually heavy energy fluctuation coming from the direction of the Wangong.

They looked at each other, then one cast Wind Shadow Art and the other cast Angel Descent, flying toward the Wangong at top speed.

Besides sensing the abnormal energy, Kaierluosi also felt the Dragon Might of its own kind. It let out a low roar, flapped its wings, and dashed toward Luoning's location at high speed.

Seeing this, Maiken also wanted to follow.

But considering his own speed and the fact that the main battlefield could not be left without someone in command, he hesitated and stayed behind.

Meanwhile, at the Dragon City Wangong, the dark dragon had already launched an attack on Luoning.

Although its body was several times smaller than Kaierluosi's, its power was far superior to Kaierluosi's.

When it swiped with a claw, Luoning actually felt a sense of being locked on, as if he were mired in a quagmire just like the Flame Wing from before.

"It really is a Sage-level existence!"

Luoning made a prompt decision and slashed with his sword; a suffocating Sword Radiance appeared in the space ahead, carrying immense tearing power, and collided head-on with the dragon's sharp claw.

With a loud boom, the dragon's claw was gashed by this strike, and a burst of dark energy sprayed out.

The massive recoil force made Luoning's internal organs ache faintly, but he took the opportunity to break free from the opponent's lock and pulled back to create distance.

"Flame Void Slash!"

Having finished off the miscellaneous people, Ruidar knew the strength of this big guy, so he used his strongest Battle Technique right away, preparing to join forces with Luoning to attack this dark dragon.

He transformed his entire body into a mass of pure red energy, then formed Along flame sword, crossed the distance of several hundred meters at extreme speed, and slammed fiercely into the dark dragon's abdomen.

Szz~

The sound of the impact was like metal scraping against the ground, giving one goosebumps.

The strongest strike of a Legendary-level fighter loosened the scales on the dragon's abdomen and caused a lot of dark energy to leak out, even knocking it sideways for dozens of meters; however, such damage was clearly not as effective as Luoning's previous strike.

As for Ruidar, he revealed his form immediately after the collision, and was then sent flying by the massive recoil force like a shot arrow, slamming heavily into the ground; the impact force spread across the surface, creating huge cracks that extended nearly a hundred meters.

"Ruidar, stand back."

Luoning shouted: "Leave this guy to me!"

Ruidar coughed up a mouthful of blood, "My Lord, be careful."

If someone had coordinated with him to execute a Flame Battle Formation, Ruidar was confident that the previous strike would definitely not have had such an effect, but unfortunately, no one was there to coordinate with him.

After saying this, he and Hameng moved away from the center of the battlefield.

After enduring two attacks, the dark dragon was no longer as irritable as before; instead, it regained a trace of humanity and began to size up the human before it.

"The energy of this continent has been chaotic for nearly a thousand years; I didn't expect a new Sage to be born."

It said: "Human, it is not just a battle between us. As long as you offer your loyalty to the great King of Nightmare Evil, you can master even greater power, just like me!"

"You don't seem that strong yourself right now, do you?" Luoning sneered.

If Luoning guessed correctly, the dark dragon before him was merely an energy body condensed from a special type of energy, not a physical entity.

As long as he kept attacking and released the energy that made up the opponent's body, the opponent's attacks would become weaker and weaker.

"Foolish!"

The dark dragon's voice was as loud as muffled thunder, "This is merely one of my clones; its strength is less than one percent of my true form."

Whether it was bragging or not, Luoning had gained some understanding of the opponent's identity.

And he received confirmation from Suofeiya, who arrived shortly after.

The speed of Wind Shadow Art was very fast; during the time Luoning, Ruidar, and the dark dragon were clashing, Suofeiya was the first to arrive at the battlefield.

She looked at the scene before her in shock; the dark dragon's figure made her very uneasy.

"Luoning, be careful, this is a clone of the Flame Lord Phoenix!"

She warned: "I didn't expect it to appear here!"

At this moment, Kaierluosi and Aierlong arrived one after another.

The top combat power on Luoning's side had basically all gathered.

"Everyone, let's join forces to help Luoning deal with this clone!" Suofeiya suggested.

Ruidar, however, shook his head, "Leave it to the Duke."

"Just let Luoning handle it alone?" Suofeiya hesitated, feeling it was a bit arrogant.

Ruidar explained: "The Duke is already at the Sage level now."

"What?"

Suofeiya's eyes widened, her beautiful face full of shock.

"Yes, Your Highness, Duke Luoning is indeed a Sage."

Hameng, who had been brought into the air by Ruidar, added: "I think perhaps we can go home early."

"This..."

Suofeiya believed in Luoning's strength, but this was just too inconceivable.

On the other hand, when everyone arrived, the dark dragon also thought things were looking bad; it feared this descent would end in disaster.

Although the death of a clone would not kill the main body, the erasure of this sliver of soul consciousness would cause the main body to feel unwell for a period of time.

And when it noticed Kaierluosi, it paused for a moment.

"I feel a familiar fluctuation from you."

The dark dragon said to Kaierluosi: "Perhaps, you and I have a connection of blood!"

Kaierluosi roared in anger, clearly not agreeing with the opponent's claim; to be honest, it felt uneasy just sensing this evil energy, and its heart was full of rejection—how could it possibly respond to the other party and engage in a family reunion scene?

Luoning had some guesses about this; perhaps Phoenix really was of the same race as Kaierluosi before it defected to the King of Nightmare Evil.

"Human, how about it?"

The dark dragon's gaze turned back to Luoning: "The power is right there; as long as you open your arms, you can obtain it at any time!"

Luoning chuckled, "I partially agree with your statement; if I kill you, I can also obtain power!"

While speaking, he had already added all the Attribute Point rewards obtained from just slaying Yanyi to his Knight Rank, bringing its progress to (32187/80000), and the Sage power within his body had grown violently.

"Slash!"

Luoning turned into a streak of light and charged at the dragon.

Although the human body is tiny, the power he brought made the dark dragon have to face him squarely.

"Foolish reptile!"

Phoenix angrily spat out a ball of flame; Luoning did not dodge or evade, operating Anti-Nothingness to directly dissipate most of it, then, bearing the remaining power, he fiercely stabbed the Liuyan Sword into the opponent's body.

The dark dragon let out a cry of pain, its dragon tail sweeping over like a steel whip; Luoning raised his hand and threw a punch, colliding with the dragon tail.

The immense force acted upon his body, smashing him into the ground.

However, the dark dragon did not have it easy either; the impact caused its form to tumble in the air, and at the same time, the lost Nightmare Evil Power caused the combat strength of this avatar of its to continuously decline.

In desperation, it could only shrink its body, instantly turning into a small dragon thirty meters in length.

Whoosh!

With its size reduced, its speed seemed to have increased quite a bit; it arrived above Luoning, its sharp claws tearing the air, and the space seemed as if it were about to be shattered by its grasp.

Luoning stood in the ruins, having no time to shake off the dust on his body, as the Vacuum Strangling Technique was already in hand.

A thunderous roar.

Two unprecedentedly powerful energies collided, and a terrifying energy storm instantly rose before their eyes, resembling a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion.

"Retreat!"

Ruidar and the others hurriedly retreated backward, pulling away to a distance of a thousand meters.

In their line of sight, the magnificent Wangong was completely destroyed by this terrifying energy storm, and countless dust, Jushi, trees, and so on were all stirred up into mid-air, turning into lethal weapons scattered in all directions!

At the center of that mushroom cloud, Luoning's figure was flickering in and out of sight, the Liuyan Sword in his hand emitting a scorching light, as if it were about to burn the entire world to ashes.

The endless storm impacted his body, blocked by the barrier he formed with Sage power, rubbing out violent sparks.

High in the sky, the dark dragon was not as comfortable as Luoning; it was originally a body of energy, and under the continuous scouring of the energy storm, the energy it could use gradually decreased.

As it was now, it was estimated that it only had one-third of the combat strength it had when it first appeared.

"Blazing Void Slash!"

When the storm gradually subsided, Luoning shouted loudly, and his whole person, just like Ruidar before, turned into a flame form and charged toward the dark dragon.

In the Yuansu Zhihai, under the blessing of World Power, the power of the Blazing Void Slash was elevated to the extreme.

The dark dragon felt the terror of this power and dared not be negligent, hurriedly condensing Nightmare Evil Power to form a huge black barrier.

At the same time, it opened its bloody maw, releasing its unique energy breath.

Luoning's attack was unstoppable, and the barrier was instantly shattered by the impact.

Boom!

As he incarnated into flames and collided with the dragon breath, Luoning sensed that his soul showed signs of numbness at this moment.

"This is dragon breath that affects the soul!"

Kaierluosi's breath was Elemental Power, while this dragon breath of Phoenix contained a soul-snatching soul impact.

"Go to hell!"

The dark dragon thought its attack had succeeded and immediately dove down, opening its huge mouth to try to wrap Luoning up, then swallow and digest him with Nightmare Evil Power.

It just didn't expect that while the dragon breath did have an impact on Luoning, it was far from reaching the point of making him lose his focus.

"If it were your true body performing this, I might be in trouble, but it's a pity you are only an avatar."

A sharp light flashed in Luoning's eyes; he took the initiative to rush into the opponent's bloody maw, then swung the Liuyan Sword again, and the Vacuum Strangling Technique tore the dark dragon's body from the inside, scattering it.

"No, this is impossible!"

Phoenix's unwilling voice echoed continuously: "How can your Soul Power be so powerful?"

Luoning had endured two baptisms of heaven and earth, so the enhancement of his body and soul was naturally not something an ordinary Sage could compare to.

What's more, he started as a Magician, his Mental Power was very strong, and Mental Power is the projection of Soul Power.

The strength of Phoenix's Sage avatar was still not enough.

Boom~

The huge black shadow exploded, stirring the wind and clouds above the ruined Ten Thousand Palaces; this powerful fellow that had descended unexpectedly finally followed Yanyi as well.

Luoning discovered with pleasant surprise that slaying the dark dragon had actually allowed him to complete an achievement. (End of chapter)