Chapter 354 : Chu Zihang vs Norton!!
Norton's face showed a faint smile.
Though far away, Nono could still feel that in the Dragon King's smile, there was a chilling aura.
Soon, the answer was revealed.
The Dragon King removed Samson's iron mask, flames swirling in his hands, then thrust them suddenly into Samson's skull.
Samson trembled violently, but his loyalty deep within him kept him holding on, letting out a dying groan as his golden eyes slowly closed.
The searing flames burned the giant dragon's brain.
Enduring immense pain, the dragon remained still until it was all over, its stiffened body staying as it was.
The Dragon King stood up and took a step forward.
Stepping into Samson's empty skull, he raised both arms to the sky, a fierce light flowing through his entire body toward the dragon's form.
Pillars of fire shot upward, and with a hoarse roar, the dragon's body suddenly shook. Its giant eyes blinked open, and within the extinguished pupils, a small golden flame flickered like a lone lantern.
Boom!
The great hall trembled, a scorching aura rising.
Along with the increasing roar, the golden flames surged higher, quickly igniting the massive dragon eye.
The dead giant dragon spread its wings once again, all its dragon scales unfolding with a screeching, metal-like sound.
The enormous heart, which had stopped beating, thudded like a war drum.
The dragon's form stretched again, as though ready to soar into the sky.
Norton, the Dragon King, after a thousand years of silence, once again stood as the ruler, commanding the world.
"Now… come!"
The Dragon King's gaze landed on the chaotic, wild, and almost completely irrational dark-blue figure. A cold, murderous intent filled the entire space, almost tangible.
"ROAR!!!"
In a painful roar, Chu Zihang moved like a streak of dark-blue light, dragging a field of intense heat and flames with him as he rushed across the boiling lake water, charging straight at the Dragon King! His speed was so fast it almost exceeded what the eye could track.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Zihang reached the front of the main hall. The blade of the Muramasa sword sliced through the air, carrying the explosive force of the King's Blaze, striking diagonally from bottom to top.
However, even after fusing with Samson's dragon body and regaining some of the Dragon King's power, Norton was still superior.
It was as though Norton was responding to Chu Zihang, letting out an earth-shattering roar. His grey-blue muscles swelled several times, and the sound of grinding dragon scales filled the air as he controlled his enhanced dragon form to meet the attack.
Boom!
The alloy alchemy blade failed to cut through the Dragon King's defense, only creating dazzling sparks and leaving faint white marks.
On the other hand, the Dragon King's power came crashing down like a mountain, forcing Chu Zihang back several dozen meters.
After landing, he lifted his head and glared with his brutal golden eyes, locking onto the Dragon King. Without hesitation, he bent his legs and launched himself forward.
Boom!
The hard bronze cracked with deep fissures.
Immediately after, Chu Zihang charged at the Dragon King once more, like a wild beast that wouldn't stop until it tore out the enemy's throat.
Each attack came faster than the last, relentless and overwhelming, like a storm.
Each strike was made with all his might. Though he had lost his sanity, his instinct for killing perfectly manifested, channeling the memories of this body. With every twist and turn, his attacks grew fiercer!
Throat, heart, skull...
In just a few seconds, Norton felt deeply troubled. A half-blooded individual had managed to overpower him in close combat.
One strike might not break the Dragon King's defense, but... what if it were ten strikes? A hundred? A thousand?
Samson's body was slashed open, with countless bloodstains, each deep enough to expose the bone.
The Dragon King, merging with Samson, was also struggling. Perhaps because this wasn't truly its real form, it had some delay in movement. But Chu Zihang, being sharp, quickly seized this opportunity and relentlessly pursued!
Word Soul: King's Blaze!
Finally, Norton could no longer hold back. Flames erupted like a violent storm, carrying extreme heat and explosive force, forcing Chu Zihang back several meters.
Before he could even catch his breath, Chu Zihang closed in again. Norton roared in defiance, and as his dragon body stretched, his muscles bulged several times over.
The sound of a thousand bowstrings snapping filled the air.
"Come!"
Norton's eyes burned with golden flames. His legs stomped hard, and in an instant, he moved like a streak of lightning, breaking the air into rings and creating a deafening sonic boom.
It seemed like both had completely lost their senses. As creatures at the top of the food chain, they fought like bloodthirsty beasts, each one trying to put the other down!
From the bronze palace, the battle raged all the way to the lake.
The intense fighting caused dragon blood to spill into the lake.
The boiling dragon blood rained down like fire, its intense heat and explosions lowering the water level of the lake by several centimeters. A large amount of steam spread through the air.
The sky was filled with blazing flames, lighting up the smoky bronze dome in a fiery red hue. Amid the earth-shaking roars, there was an almost mournful and desolate undertone.
A massive, terrifying shadow, covered in bronze-scaled armor, flew across the sky like a blade. The powerful gusts it created caused loud sonic booms, echoing like thunder across the collapsing bronze temple.
Ancient and solemn dragon script swept through the space.
The Dragon King stood tall, gathering violent fire elements around him. His body radiated like a sun, continuously raising the temperature to its peak. Ripples formed, as if waves spreading in the void, quickly expanding across the entire palace.
Accompanied by the powerful flame king's chant of the end, the concentrated fire elements exploded, releasing a dazzling light so intense it could blind anyone. It was like the light of a true star!
It was... a Word Soul!
Even in the dream, Constantine instinctively recognized the true name of the Word Soul the moment it appeared.
Word Soul: Heaven and Earth Furnace!
Serial Number: 96.
Danger Level: Moderate.
Within the area centered on the caster, metals could be forged out of thin air, manipulated, or reshaped into any form.
However, this only applied to Hybrids.
If the caster was a Dragon King level, then 'Heaven and Earth Furnace' would be an enormous, unlimited furnace, capable of melting a mountain-sized piece of bronze into any shape desired!
The bronze, melted by the extreme heat, flowed like red magma from the shattered bronze dome, spilling down like the Milky Way from the nine heavens, a magnificent torrent.
However, this time, the Dragon King's enemy was Chu Zihang.
Chu Zihang, now fully fallen into a Death Servitor, had dragon blood in his veins that even surpassed that of the next generation.
Though he wasn't a true Dragon King, his strength was nearly the same. He had taken part of the Dragon King's bones but never fully restored his form, relying on Samson's shell to forcibly gain Dragon King power.
The difference between them was minimal.
If there was a difference, it was that Dragon King Norton still retained some 'power' and had his own consciousness, making him slightly superior.
Both had absolute reasons not to lose.
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