Chapter 601: False God!

Chapter 601: The False God!

The Red Dragon encountered Saint Xi, who could wield the power of time.

Saint Xi's dragon breath sent the Red Dragon plummeting from his peak, drastically weakening him.

In the blink of an eye, Saint Xi twisted his neck and killed him.

Saint Xi was somewhat surprised. Holding the Red Dragon’s corpse, she turned to Li Wei and asked, “Why are they so weak?”

Li Wei had already dealt with the Black Dragon in one strike.

He had plenty of free time.

He had been closely watching Saint Xi’s battle.

He sensed the change in the Red Dragon’s aura.

Upon noticing that the Red Dragon’s aura rapidly declined after being struck by Saint Xi’s attack,

he saw how, in an instant, the demi-god had fallen to the level of a legendary.

One glance, and Saint Xi had snapped his neck.

Li Wei speculated that the Red Dragon’s sudden drop in strength was most likely due to the temporal power wielded by Saint Xi.

From what he knew,

the prime years of ordinary dragons lasted only about a hundred years.

Only special dragon clans like the Sacred Dragons or Dark Demonic Dragons enjoyed longer peaks, lasting up to a thousand years.

Saint Xi’s temporal breath accelerated the Red Dragon past his prime,

sending him straight into old age.

Thus, his power plummeted dramatically.

Li Wei smiled at Saint Xi and said, “It’s not that they’re too weak—it’s that you’re too strong.”

“These are all peak demi-gods among dragons.”

As he spoke, Li Wei tossed the Black Dragon he held toward Saint Xi. “This one is yours too.”

Unexpectedly, the Black Dragon clung tightly to his fingers and shouted loudly, “No! I surrender! I surrender!”

He had witnessed the Red Dragon being snapped in half by Saint Xi.

And now, he was trapped in Li Wei’s single hand.

How could the Black Dragon not understand that these two ancestors before him were beings he could never provoke?

Both had come alongside the Sacred Dragon King to campaign against the Demonic Dragon King.

Their strength was likely on par with the Demonic Dragon King himself.

The Black Dragon clearly understood the gap between himself and the Demonic Dragon King.

Recognizing the overwhelming power of both Li Wei and Saint Xi, he surrendered without hesitation.

Li Wei looked at the surrendered Black Dragon in his grasp, turned to Saint Xi, and asked, “He’s yours—what will you do with him?”

The Black Dragon quickly showed submission to Saint Xi.

“I surrender! I willingly pledge allegiance to the Sacred Dragon Clan. The Black Dragon Clan shall serve the Sacred Dragon Clan as king of the dragons for eternity, never to betray again.”

He was the king of the Black Dragons and could represent every member of his clan.

Seeing this, Saint Xi replied, “Very well. I accept your loyalty.”

What the Black Dragon swore was bound by oaths.

Unless he could transcend the limits of his bloodline,

his words would forever be imprinted within the blood of all Black Dragons.

Just as he swore—

the Black Dragon Clan would eternally serve the Sacred Dragon Clan, never to betray.

Hearing this, Li Wei released his grip on the Black Dragon King.

Free from captivity, the Black Dragon King let out a sigh of relief.

He glanced at the dead Red Dragon King and thought how gruesomely he had perished.

Still, he had always been at odds with the Red Dragon King.

Better for him that the Red Dragon King was gone.

The Black Dragon King and the Red Dragon King were the only two peak demi-god dragons under the Demonic Dragon King.

The Red Dragon King had followed the Demonic Dragon King from the beginning and thus received greater favor.

The Black Dragon King had only recently broken through to demi-god status within his own clan.

After the Demonic Dragon King conquered Dragon Island, he became one of his subordinates.

Though both were demi-god dragons, the Black Dragon King had never received the attention he deserved from the Demonic Dragon King.

The Red Dragon King and his clan had always oppressed the Black Dragon King and his people.

Seeing the Red Dragon King dead filled the Black Dragon King with joy.

He turned his gaze to the battle between the Demonic Dragon King and the Sacred Dragon King.

Two titans of the dragon race clashed with full force.

Dragon blood poured from their torn wounds like torrential rain upon Dragon Island.

Young dragons were driven by their parents into their nests for shelter.

Many dragons raised their heads to watch the aerial combat.

Naturally, the Black Dragon King hoped the Sacred Dragon King would win.

After all, he had sworn allegiance to the Sacred Dragon Clan.

He had betrayed the Demonic Dragon King.

If the Demonic Dragon King won, wouldn’t he be doomed?

The Black Dragon King secretly glanced at the two great powers beside him.

He felt the chances of the Demonic Dragon King winning were virtually nonexistent.

These two were superpowers on par with the Demonic Dragon King.

With three of them attacking together, the Demonic Dragon King was surely finished.

Thinking this, the Black Dragon King felt at ease.

Yet he couldn’t understand why Li Wei and Saint Xi hadn’t joined the Sacred Dragon King in attacking the Demonic Dragon King.

The reason was simple. On their way here, the Sacred Dragon King had already told Li Wei and Saint Xi:

He wished to face the Demonic Dragon King alone and settle the score.

He still couldn’t accept having lost to the Demonic Dragon King years ago with the help of a demon god.

Thus, he intended to personally reclaim the glory that belonged to the King of Dragons.

Li Wei and Sheng Xi naturally acceded to the Holy Dragon King's request.

They also happened to take this opportunity to observe the Demon Dragon King and see what capabilities it possessed.

If the Holy Dragon King were to lose to the Demon Dragon King,

the two of them would at least have a way to counter the Demon Dragon King's abilities.

However, by the looks of it, defeat seemed unlikely.

As the Demon Dragon King fought the Holy Dragon King, he remained distractedly attentive to Li Wei and Sheng Xi on the sidelines.

He feared that the two might intervene in the battle.

Warily keeping an eye on them left him unable to focus his mind fully on the clash with the Holy Dragon King.

How remarkably similar this was to the course of their battle all those years ago.

Back then, it was the Holy Dragon King who had been distracted by the Demon God lurking behind the Demon Dragon King, suffering a sneak attack from that deity before finally succumbing to the Demon Dragon King.

Fate was indeed wondrously fickle.

The situations of the two had now been completely reversed.

The battle between the Holy Dragon King and the Demon Dragon King raged on for seven days and seven nights.

They fought from the heavens down into the sea, and from the ocean floor up to the outer reaches of the sky.

The Demon Dragon King constantly sought to break away from Li Wei and Sheng Xi's line of sight.

Yet, entangled by the Holy Dragon King, he had absolutely no way to escape the two onlookers.

What infuriated him even more was that his subordinate, the Black Dragon King, was also hovering nearby, watching him struggle bitterly against the Holy Dragon King.

That gaze looked as if the subordinate practically wished for him to lose to the Holy Dragon King.

Seven days and seven nights of combat passed.

The Demon Dragon King had already fallen into a disadvantage, showing clear signs of decline.

"Without the Demon God backing you, you are no match for me at all!"

Bathed in blood, the Holy Dragon King's eyes flashed with brilliant light as he locked his gaze onto the Demon Dragon King, speaking aloud with absolute confidence.

The Demon Dragon King glared at him and countered, "Are you any different? You only manage to beat me because you have people helping you as well."

The Holy Dragon King gave a cold snort, ignoring his words.

Seizing the exact moment the Demon Dragon King exposed a weakness, he fiercely swung a claw and tore through the scales on the Demon Dragon King's chest.

Splat!

A deep, bone-deep claw mark appeared across the Demon Dragon King's chest.

Incredibly sturdy dragon scales shattered and showered the ground.

Blood spilled from the corner of the Demon Dragon King's mouth; it stared fixedly at the Holy Dragon King, its gaze shifting to cast a glance at Li Wei and Sheng Xi not far away.

It felt an immense threat emanating from the two, which was why it could not devote its undivided attention to fighting the Holy Dragon King.

Ultimately, it had fallen into the current disadvantageous plight.

With a furious roar, the Demon Dragon King lunged toward the Holy Dragon King, determined to drag the Holy Dragon King down to death with it even if it died.

The Holy Dragon King saw that the Demon Dragon King was beginning to fight for its life.

With a roar of his own, he erupted with his full power and collided heavily with the Demon Dragon King.

Boom!

The force of the two giant dragons crashing together transformed into a massive shockwave, instantly whipping up waves a hundred meters high in the vast sea.

Neither the Holy Dragon King nor the Demon Dragon King spared a thought for the impact their battle's aftermath had on the outside world.

Every single strike was delivered with absolute, unrestrained might.

It was enough to tear space apart. The Demon Dragon King began to fight desperately, a battle of life and death.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

The Demon Dragon King and the Holy Dragon King had sustained this incomparably fierce combat for ten days and ten nights.

Even Li Wei watched with a pounding heart.

Fighting up to this point, the strength of both sides was nearly exhausted.

The Demon Dragon King's appearance was far more wretched.

Its body was covered in deep wounds that exposed its bones; even its dragon belly was nearly ripped open, and its right wing had been torn off by the Holy Dragon King.

The Holy Dragon King's condition was likewise far from optimistic; his left hand had been bitten off when the Demon Dragon King seized an opportunity, and his entire body was covered in gashes, dripping with blood.

Looking at the two combatants, Li Wei realized the battle had reached its final curtain.

The next collision would represent the last of their respective strength.

Victory and defeat between the Holy Dragon King and the Demon Dragon King was about to be decided.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

After a momentary pause,

the Holy Dragon King and the Demon Dragon King simultaneously launched their final charge at one another.

Opening their draconic maws to reveal ferocious, sharp teeth, they lunged to bite at each other's necks.

Suddenly, the Demon Dragon King threw its head back and surged toward the sky.

The Holy Dragon King froze slightly but reacted quickly, giving chase immediately after.

A crystal-like object appeared within the Demon Dragon King's mouth.

Li Wei raised his head to look at the sky, his eyes narrowing sharply when he saw the object in the Demon Dragon King's maw.

"A godhead!"

The object inside the Demon Dragon King's mouth turned out to be a complete godhead.

Where could it have obtained it from?

The Demon Dragon King cast a downward glance at the three of them.

A cold, ruthless determination flickered in its eyes.

It savagely crunched the godhead in its mouth, swallowing the shattered fragments into its stomach.

In the next second, nine-colored divine fire erupted across the Demon Dragon King's body.

Seeing this scene, the Holy Dragon King slammed on the brakes, turned his head, and fled.

"The Demon Dragon King has lost his mind, run!"

Li Wei's expression also grew heavy; he could see it clearly now.

The Demon Dragon King had been driven to the absolute end of the road.

Choosing the path to shatter the mortal yolk, to condense a divine spark and ascend as a god.

The Holy Dragon King, witnessing the Demon Dragon King plunge into such a fate, fled in frantic haste, yet it was not for dread of his rival's ascension.

Rather, he knew with absolute certainty that the mere attempt to grasp divinity would summon the devastating retribution of the heavens.

The pantheon of gods would tolerate no soul ascending to their rank within the Firmament Realm.

The nine-colored divine fire blazed upon the Demon Dragon King, slowly drawing inward to a singular point.

The flames receded, tempering into a crystalline, pitch-black shard that mirrored a divine spark.

It bore a striking resemblance, near identical, to the very spark he had just crushed between his jaws.

The Holy Dragon King stared blankly, utterly transfixed by the Demon Dragon King who had already forged his spark and broken through the divine threshold.

He could not comprehend why the divine retribution had failed to descend.

Levi’s expression grew heavy as he murmured, "He has become a false god."

"A false god!"

The realization struck the Holy Dragon King like a physical blow.

Only now did Levi understand the absolute desperation that had painted the Demon Dragon King's face.

To choose the path of a false god meant forsaking all hope of ever achieving true immortality.

As the metamorphosis into a false deity reached completion.

The Demon Dragon King's wounds closed instantly, and an aura unique to the divine erupted from his form, suffocatingly immense.

Though he wielded the raw power of a god, the false deity was barred from grasping the authority of the world's laws.

To the true gods above, such a creature posed no threat at all.

Thus, his ascension stirred no wrath and invited no divine judgment.

The singular absolute the gods guarded was the dominion over the laws of the Firmament Realm.

Beyond that, the squabbles of the mortal world meant nothing to them.

The Demon Dragon King fixed a predatory, vicious glare upon the trio.

"To force me to this extremity—your deaths are assured!"

Levi harbored not a shred of fear, meeting the tyrant's gaze with unwavering eyes.

He had slaughtered true gods before; a mere counterfeit held no terror for him.

Admittedly, by sheer measure of martial might, this false god likely eclipsed even the ancient God of Gu Ming.

After all, even before this dark ascension, the Demon Dragon King possessed strength that rivaled the divine.

With his power multiplied by this transformation, surpassing an ordinary deity was only natural.

Yet, Levi's heart remained cool and untroubled.

With a roar that shook the heavens, the Demon Dragon King plunged toward them, dragging a vortex of clouds and wind in his wake.

In that breath, Levi felt as though the very sky was collapsing down to crush him.

He quickly realized this suffocating pressure was no illusion.

It was the manifestation of the law the Demon Dragon King now commanded.

A single, massive claw rent the air before him.

Splat!

The vast ocean was torn open by an invisible, colossal talon, exposing the seabed a thousand meters below.

A crimson mist drifted past Levi's eyes.

He snapped his head around to find the Holy Dragon King's left wing completely obliterated, reduced to a bloody fog hanging in the air.

The Holy Dragon King stared at the descending fiend, his countenance darker than night.

A single strike had brought him to the brink of ruin.

The Demon Dragon King's strength had risen to a terrifying new echelon.

Sheng Xi turned to the wounded sovereign, her jaws parting to release a resonant sequence of Draconic incantations.

A brilliant cascade of seven-colored light enveloped the Holy Dragon King.

As the radiance receded, the dragon king stood completely restored to his absolute zenith.

He glanced at Sheng Xi in stunned astonishment, quickly recognizing the unmistakable, reality-bending power of the Time Dragon.

With his might returned to its peak.

Even facing a foe touched by false divinity, the Holy Dragon King's courage flamed anew.

The Demon Dragon King caught the residual echoes of Sheng Xi's Draconic spell.

Discerning that she posed the ultimate threat to his victory.

He pivoted without hesitation, launching a lethal strike directly at her.

"Die!"

The space surrounding Sheng Xi warped violently as an invisible blade of pure, absolute force sought to pierce through everything.

Levi's instincts flared instantly.

"Edge Breaker!"

With a swift sweep of his right hand, a spear woven from compressed flame erupted from his palm, curving sharply past Sheng Xi to strike the unseen horror creeping behind her.

Boom!

The fiery lance, imbued with the conceptual authority of the ancient God of Gu Ming's law, collided with the invisible mass and detonated.

The conflagration erupted outward, the clinging fire illuminating the silhouette of the unseen dread hidden in the air.

It was a colossal dragon's head, spanning over a thousand meters in width.

A perfect, magnified manifestation of the Demon Dragon King himself.

The tyrant shifted his gaze, locking onto Levi with unfeigned astonishment in his eyes.

He had not anticipated that Levi would be the most perilous adversary among the three.

The human actually wielded the sovereign power of the laws.

Seeing this, Levi unleashed his Flame Domain without reservation.

He transformed into a colossus of fire standing ten thousand meters tall, magma-like flames cascading from his form to cast a domain stretching across a million meters.

The sea of fire clung to the atmosphere, outlining the massive shape hidden within the empty air.

It was an invisible dragon, imperceptible to both sight and spiritual sense.

This was undoubtedly the domain of law the Demon Dragon King had seized upon his false ascension.

"The Law of Invisibility?"

Levi kept his eyes locked onto the beast, well aware that the power the creature held encompassed far more than mere unseen form.

A body magnified a hundredfold should also be part of the Law's power.

Just as the ancient God Gu's mastery of the Laws included two abilities—"brittling" and "blade-breaking."

The Dragon King's command over the Laws of Order must also constitute compound legal force.

However, this also meant his lawful abilities were not particularly formidable.

The purer the force of law, the more powerful it becomes.

Just like the laws of strength and nature that Li Wei commands.

All rules concerning power and nature fall under his dominion.

(End of chapter)