Chapter 2420: The Power of Mortals

Under the heavy moonlight, within the floating ruins of the ancient sacrificial grounds, Xia De felt a surge of joy as he successfully shattered the giant dragon egg. Yet, as he transformed back into human form on the gray, gravelly soil of the sacrificial grounds, he immediately realized he had rejoiced too soon:

"How could it be this easy?"

Panting, he turned to look behind him. The eerie dragon egg still stood in the center of the sacrificial grounds. The dense cracks on its surface were not caused by Xia De's strikes, but because something inside was trying to emerge.

A wild wind whipped black gravel across the sacrificial grounds. The power from the ancient dragon statues and the offerings continuously converged upon the dragon egg. When the Thunder Spear, imbued with the 【Black Moon Rune】, struck the egg, the giant egg vanished, only to eerily regenerate as if time were flowing backward:

"【Xia's Farm Egg Incubator】—they really used that relic on this egg!"

"It's useless."

Although Sister Daifulin was still suppressing the Twelfth-Tier Sorcerer in the air, her voice appeared with absolute clarity beside Xia De's ear; this was telepathy:

"This egg is now trapped in a chaotic spiral of life and death. Unless the dragon inside hatches and sheds its 'egg' form, no one can destroy it."

Since Sister Daifulin, who wielded the power of "Finality," said so, Xia De knew the descent of the god truly could not be stopped.

He then swung 【Night Watcher】 at the various gray giant dragon statues standing in the sacrificial grounds. The statues were indeed completely destroyed, but the ruined statues and the offerings placed before them quickly turned into the purest spirits, flowing along the grooves into the giant egg.

"It's a sacrificial ritual. Destruction only accelerates the egg's hatching."

A bloody light stopped beside Xia De. The Coroner, holding 【Sorrow of Blood】, appeared at Xia De's side, also watching the egg. He raised his left palm, and a diamond at least half the size of Xia De's palm, radiating brilliant seven-colored light in the dark night, floated directly above Ptolemy Albei's palm.

The intense whisper elements even caused those in the midst of battle to look over. Xia De's breath hitched; he had seen two Unknown-level relics in a single day.

"【Diamond of Hope】 gave me a revelation. This descent of the god is an inevitable event. It is a node of fate, content already recorded in the 'Whispering Chapter.' When the Ancient God departed, this scene had already been arranged."

He clenched his palm, retracting the diamond, and looked at Xia De:

"Mr. Watson, I have come as promised. Now, let us proceed with the Chosen One ritual."

No one obstructed the two as they stood there conversing. Even when Xia De took out the 【Star Sword Stone】, placed it on the ground, and used his Thunder Spear to strike the stone under the moonlight that had suddenly dispersed the clouds during his previous spellcasting, he encountered no resistance.

After the sound of thunder faded, Xia De looked up at the high sky, watching the fiery red meteorite plummet rapidly from above.

"Mr. Albei, are you ready?"

The Coroner merely looked with Xia De at the fireball about to crash into the sacrificial grounds:

"Perhaps you think I became a Chosen One only for your light, but in truth, even if you hadn't agreed to my contract at the time, I would still be here today."

Xia De smiled slightly:

"I know. Of course I know."

He paused for a moment:

"Moon Bay and the world need you. So, let me witness your justice and determination, Seventh Chosen One."

"Very well."

With a loud *Bang! *, a giant black dragon claw covered in egg-white slime sent Xia De flying with a single punch. After a thunderous *Boom! * and a cloud of dust, Xia De was embedded deep into the stone pillar dividing the inner and outer sacrificial grounds. At the same time, the falling fireball passed through a suddenly appearing gap in the sacrificial grounds' defenses, and with a thunderous sound, the sword-shaped blue-silver meteorite crashed into the gray sand and stone.

Thick steam fog appeared alongside the sound of bells and whistles. The Six-Ring Life Ring behind Ptolemy Albei and the rusty, blood-colored longsword in his hand both lit up with blood-red light.

A thick arm reached out from the corner of the giant egg that had shattered, gripping the sacrificial bone sword and sweeping it toward the Coroner, who was facing the blue-silver meteorite. Then, with a *Clang! *, Xia De, who was only one-third the size of the giant sword, blocked it head-on with 【Night Watcher】.

Although he looked disheveled, he was actually uninjured:

"You perform the ritual; leave this to me!"

"In the name of Ptolemy Albei, let the trial begin in the place once watched by the Ancient God's gaze!"

Only Xia De, locked in a stalemate with the giant sword, could hear that voice, but almost everyone in the Moon Bay region could see a pure golden pillar of light descending from the sky, enveloping someone in the sacrificial grounds.

The "Light" Chosen One ritual had officially begun!

*Boom! Boom! *

Blood-red and silver-blue lights collided, and Xia De was smashed deep into the ground of the sacrificial grounds by the 【Sacrificial Bone Sword】.

The ancient greatsword attempted to pursue, but suddenly swung upward, blocking the golden scythe in Sister Daifulin's hand.

The Archbishop of the 【Dragon Feast Sect】 fell dead to the ground of the sacrificial grounds. His corpse, wearing a strange smile, quickly turned into spirits and was absorbed into the dragon egg. The Secret Keeper-level relic, 【Hafana Dragon Body Stone】, appeared from his vanishing body and rolled to Xia De's feet.

Sister Daifulin ignored the relic and silently slashed her scythe again. The collision between the giant sword and the scythe remained silent, but a visible crack appeared on the surface of the former.

*Crack! *

Another large opening cracked on the surface of the giant egg. The second arm that reached out was not covered in black dragon scales, but green ones.

The second dragon claw struck at the sister along with the giant sword, but amidst an angry roar from within the egg, it was dragged back to the ground by pitch-black chains.

*Boom! * A giant claw hammered the ground, then suddenly lifted upward, only to be pulled down by the chains again.

The phantom of a red dragon appeared with absolute clarity behind Xia De. With a flushed face, he tied the chains to 【Night Watcher】 and thrust the longsword into the ground, using all his strength to restrain the left claw of the newborn dragon:

"Hurry!"

The silver-blue meteorite was sliced in half by a bloody light. As Mr. Albei picked up the rough meteorite fragment from the ground, Xia De had already tossed the Document-level 【Mirror of Mafala】 to him.

The mirror fell into the Coroner's hands. He gazed at himself in the mirror for a moment, and blood mist drifted out from the glass:

"You chose this path after all."

The mirrored version of Ptolemy Albei also had a Six-Ring Life Ring floating behind him, holding another 【Sorrow of Blood】 that intertwined with the real Coroner's longsword.

*Crack! *

Accompanied by the howling wind, the eggshell continued to shatter, and the giant tail of a silver dragon, covered in scales, swept toward Xia De on the ground.

"Sunlight Spear!"

The golden thunder projected from afar collided with the dragon's tail. As the stench of burning flesh drifted, the tail hung limply to the ground, but this caused even more eggshell to peel away.

In the air, the scythe in Sister Daifulin's hand cleanly severed the dragon claw covered in black dragon scales. The claw fell beside Xia De, but the wound on the arm regenerated in the blink of an eye.

On the other side, in just a few dozen seconds, the two intertwined bloody figures had decided their victor. The defeated mirrored Coroner turned into mirror fragments scattered on the sand. Mr. Albei caught the two stones Xia De threw with one hand, pieced them together, and casually tossed them onto the suicidal corpses of the cultists scattered throughout the ruins.

The 【Ancient Dragon-Transformation Stone】 touched the corpses and automatically merged into their flesh. The expanding bodies turned into deformed flesh-dragons in just two breaths. The dragon spread its bleeding wings and flew into the sky, and Mr. Albei, holding his sword, transformed into a bloody light to pursue.

*Crack! *

At the opening beneath the giant egg, a golden dragon claw reached out and stomped hard on the ground. The gray sandy ground of the sacrificial grounds cracked open, and the cry of the ancient evil sealed there vanished as soon as it was uttered. The "Guardian of the Earth" stepped into the sacrificial grounds, the earth gathered back together, and the evil was sealed once more.

An illusory Thirteen-Ring Life Ring floated behind him. At first, only one person walked in, but as he stepped forward, more and more spirit phantoms appeared alongside him.

The ground swallowed the golden dragon claw like a mud pit, and Xia De felt the power he was drawing from the earth strengthening:

"You came just in time!"

*Boom! * A flesh-dragon fell from the sky. Amidst the falling dust, Mr. Albei walked out after tearing the dragon's corpse apart.

Sacred songs faintly echoed in the air. In the golden pillar of light, his body grew brighter and brighter. The Six-Ring Life Ring behind him had almost completely turned dark gold, and an extremely illusory Ancient God holy emblem was taking shape.

Mr. Albei tossed a wooden box into the air. When the box shattered, the slug that crawled out sensed an extremely dangerous aura the moment it appeared and dashed toward the outer boundary of the sacrificial grounds as a streak of light.

Mr. Albei also transformed into a bloody light to pursue. The afterimages left by the two streaks of light left dense, spiderweb-like light trails across the sacrificial grounds.

*Crack! *

And this time, as the top layer of the eggshell shattered, the hideous head of a deformed brass dragon finally poked out.

Roar!

Black lightning was sprayed into the sky, then burst in the night sky above the ancient sacrificial grounds, splitting into three and attacking Xia De, Sister Daifulin, and the Guardian of the Earth simultaneously. Fortunately, Iluna in the distance was not affected.

Xia De had intended to brace himself with the "Heaton Seal," but Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy, holding hands, appeared abruptly before him, raising their hands to support a space barrier that perfectly blocked the strike:

"When did they get so strong?"

Grace appeared in front of Sister Daifulin, while Helen helped the Guardian of the Earth, who was restraining the giant egg's right foot, to defend.

As the Red Butterfly girls also arrived at Xia De's side, Dorothy, Princess Lei Qianya, Grace, and Helen held hands in pairs. Their four arms crossed, and the swarm of red butterflies flying from the void quickly enveloped them, forming a giant red cocoon of light. ===== CHAPTER 2421 =====