Chapter 186: Absolute Killing Strike!

You've been hitting me for so long, it's my turn now.

Within the flesh-paste, the black dragon pearl suddenly flashed a dim light; under Su Hao's mental control, it locked onto the Shadow Priest hovering in midair.

The next moment.

A black breath erupted from the dark dragon pearl, forming a cone.

Its speed was such that even Su Hao, the user, couldn't react in time.

Almost no preparation time at all; the instant Su Hao's thoughts turned, the dark dragon pearl expelled a Black Dragon Breath.

Even Su Hao hadn't reacted yet, having just relaxed his guard, pondering the Shadow Priest's condition regarding the black dragon, making a response even less likely.

He could only watch helplessly as the terrifying Black Dragon Breath steadily expanded in his vision.

If it were at the very start of the battle, and Su Hao had used the dark dragon pearl to unleash Black Dragon Breath, the Shadow Priest, still possessing Supernatural Fifth Rank combat power, could naturally respond without issue.

But now, he had merely noticed the dark dragon pearl's anomaly when the Black Dragon Breath was already before him.

He couldn't even respond, let alone adjust his expression.

Boom! Accompanied by a deafening roar, the Shadow Priest's body was completely engulfed by the Black Dragon Breath.

The dark dragon pearl is a Supernatural Fifth Rank item created by the Black Dragon to deal with the Shadow Priest.

The Black Dragon Breath emitted from the dark dragon pearl can inflict special damage upon the Shadow Priest.

If it were any other Supernatural Fifth Rank, after suffering the Black Dragon Breath attack, they might merely be severely injured.

But the Shadow Priest, upon directly facing the Black Dragon Breath attack, is unlikely to survive.

Moreover, to ensure the Black Dragon Breath would strike the Shadow Priest effectively, Su Hao had endured a long beating without being able to fight back or retort.

His whole body had been beaten into a pulp, finally giving him a perfect chance to strike, leaving the Shadow Priest unable to react at all.

This amounted to the Shadow Priest having no defense, being directly hit by the Black Dragon Breath, thereby increasing its damage somewhat.

Otherwise, even if the Shadow Priest couldn't dodge the Black Dragon Breath, he could have prepared a defense beforehand, reducing the damage considerably.

If handled well, there might still be a chance to turn the tide.

But now, that possibility no longer exists.

At the moment the Shadow Priest's body was engulfed by the Black Dragon Breath, the black mist that had been swirling around Su Hao's body vanished into thin air.

Even the shadow energy that had long blanketed the village inside and out disappeared at that moment, leaving the whole village noticeably brighter.

Clearly, this is because the Shadow Priest suffered heavy trauma, causing his influence over the outside world to noticeably wane.

Besides that, the Shadow Priest's own aura, under the continual assault of the Black Dragon Breath, is visibly fading at a perceptible pace.

Later on, if Su Hao isn't careful, he might even struggle to sense the Shadow Priest's aura within the Black Dragon Breath.

"Huu—!"

"Looks like it's settled."

Only then did Su Hao finally let out a breath of relief.

No matter how powerful the effect of the dark dragon pearl given by the Black Dragon, or how specifically it targets the Shadow Priest, one cannot deny that the Shadow Priest was once a mighty Supernatural Sixth Rank and can still exert Supernatural Fifth Rank combat power even now.

Even if Su Hao were bold-hearted, he would still feel nervous.

Had he known beforehand that the Shadow Priest possessed Supernatural Fifth Rank combat power, he might not have rushed in so anxiously.

Anyway, the Black Dragon merely assigned him this task without giving a specific deadline.

If he could choose, he'd rather wait until he grew stronger, then bring Xue Nv and Ling Er along.

But fortunately, the outcome was a narrow escape.

Afterward, Su Hao slightly shifted his thoughts, took a large amount of Crimson Essence Blood from his Storage Bag, merged it into the flesh-paste his body had become, and began repairing himself.

Needless to say, the Crimson Bone Demon's regenerative ability is downright monstrous.

Under the Shadow Priest's relentless attacks, Su Hao's body truly had not a single intact tissue left; flesh, bone, and organs completely fused into a single mass, turning into a fresh puddle of meat.

But now, after using a large amount of Crimson Essence Blood, the bone fragments within the meat-paste automatically joined together, gradually forming a human skeleton.

Next, the meat-paste on the ground flowed over the skeleton on its own, gradually taking on the form of flesh and organs.

In a short while, Su Hao returned from the meat-paste likeness to his original human form.

Even the severely damaged Blood Wolf Robe on Su Hao's person, after absorbing the Crimson Essence Blood, was restored to its original state.

In short, under the protection of the Dragon Soul Shield, Su Hao endured the Shadow Priest's gravitational assault head-on, and his cost was merely some Crimson Essence Blood.

As for the Crimson Essence Blood, as long as Su Hao uses Crimson Touch to summon Crimson Tendrils, he can refine it.

Roughly speaking, that amounts to virtually no cost.

Such a result is probably beyond even the Black Dragon's expectations.

Once Su Hao's body had fully recovered, the energy within the dark dragon pearl was nearly exhausted.

After sputtering for a moment longer, the dark dragon pearl lost all its luster, resembling a gray stone as it fell from midair, rolled a few times on the ground, and then fell completely still.

With the dark dragon pearl's energy depleted, the Black Dragon Breath likewise vanished, and the Shadow Priest's figure reappeared before Su Hao's eyes.

However, compared to the outset, the Shadow Priest's appearance was like a candle in a gale, liable to sputter out at any moment.

Within his hood, two faint puffs of black gas gazed at Su Hao's unharmed form, twitched slightly twice, and revealed a hint of surprise.

It seemed he hadn't expected that Su Hao not only survived his gravitational assault but also recovered completely in such a short time, with even his robe showing no sign of damage.

But soon he ceased to care about that, turning his gaze to the dark dragon pearl that had rolled onto the ground like a gray stone, and muttered:

"Crazy, truly crazy—you actually gave up your chance at resurrection for such an external object; I never imagined I'd end up falling into the hands of a madman like you—how infuriating…"

As his words faded, the two puffs of gas within the Shadow Priest's hood dissipated.

All that remained was a somewhat tattered black cloak, drifting down from the sky to lie still on the ground, motionless thereafter.

(End of Chapter)