Phoenix's Requiem

Chapter 489: The Dragon Orb

Chapter 489: The Dragon Orb

The dragon orb whirled in mid-air, then released a blinding white light. Subsequently, a gigantic silver dragon emerged amidst the light, so large as to block the sun.

The silver dragon elder extended an arm, and the dragon orb returned to his palm. He commanded the dragon, “Go, extinguish the flames!”

The silver dragon turned its eyes to the silver dragon elder, nodded, opened its maws, and shot out a pillar of water toward the burning warriors.

The flames quickly became smaller, then went out entirely.

“Mistress, that’s…?” Qiuqiu glanced at the sky. “The silver dragons of the silver dragon clan should all have been extinguished. Where did this one come from?”

Yun Ruoyan frowned and narrowed her eyes. The dragon was staring right at her, and Yun Ruoyan thought she sensed an unusual familiarity from it. “If I’m not wrong, that… might be Whitey.”

“If the silver dragon elder somehow got Li Yan, he probably abducted Whitey too.” Li Mo stepped toward Yun Ruoyan’s side. “He’s managed to control Whitey somehow… right, how’s Li Yan?”

From Yun Ruoyan’s expression, it was clear that Li Yan wasn’t in danger, so Li Mo wasn’t too worried.

“He’s safe and sound,” Yun Ruoyan said. “I had the holy maiden and Zhuo Yifeng bring him to the demonic enclave. Once we defeat the silver dragon elder, we’ll bring him back home. My father’s also waiting for us to subdue the silver dragon elder so we can save him from the blood formation. Li Mo, whether or not our family can reunite depends on this battle!”

Li Mo clutched Yun Ruoyan’s hand tightly. “Yan’er, I promise we’ll bring our families together.”

“Brother Li, Madam Li, come help!” Huang Chuan shrieked. Once the flames were quenched, the silver dragon warriors immediately started a counterattack, and the demonic bandits were surrounded once more.

Huang Chuan’s shout had alerted Yun Ruoyan and Li Mo, but also Whitey. Whitey blinked, then shot out a pillar of water toward Huang Chuan.

“Qiuqiu!” Yun Ruoyan shouted. Qiuqiu dashed toward Huang Chuan and swallowed the pillar of water whole. It burped, then smiled at Whitey. “Long time no see, serpent. Let me play with you for a little.”

It spread its claws and pounced toward Whitey. Yun Ruoyan’s voice rang out in its mind, “Qiuqiu, Whitey’s being controlled by the silver dragon elder. Subdue it, but don’t kill it!”

“I understand, Mistress. Whitey is Li Yan’s contracted beast, and I’ll make sure it doesn’t die.”

Qiuqiu had far more experience fighting, so it quickly drove Whitey back. Although Whitey wasn’t a match for Qiuqiu in a straight fight, Qiuqiu had to be careful not to hurt Whitey too much, so it could only restrain Whitey until it ran out of spiritual energy.

Although Huang Chuan and the other demonic bandits were struggling to deal with the bombardment of the silver dragon warriors, Yun Ruoyan and Li Mo instead went to support the demonic spirit, who was visibly losing his fight with the silver dragon elder.

“Good timing! This monster’s too powerful, and I’m no match for him anymore.” The demonic spirit was running out of spiritual energy after the prolonged fight. “When are your reinforcements arriving?”

“They should be here soon,” Li Mo replied, then helped the demonic spirit counter the silver dragon elder’s attacks.

The silver dragon elder’s weapon was a formless blade made from his own condensed spiritual energy, which could take on many different forms at will. When Yun Ruoyan’s Scarlet Eye shot out dozens of aura blades at the silver dragon, that formless weapon suddenly changed into a whip, which sliced apart the blades and tangled itself up with Yun Ruoyan’s Scarlet Eye.

Yun Ruoyan felt a tremendous force wresting the sword out of her hand. When Li Mo saw what was happening, he immediately tried to cut at the formless whip, but to no avail. As Yun Ruoyan lost her grip, Li Mo frowned and thrust his blade toward the silver dragon elder. This was a particularly dangerous tactic, because he would be putting himself within attacking range of the elder himself. Given how much stronger the silver dragon elder was, a single blow of his at full power might be sufficient to kill Li Mo.

Although Li Mo’s tactic was particularly dangerous, it was unexpected and hence unusually effective. The silver dragon elder immediately gave up trying to take over Yun Ruoyan’s sword and instead turned to defense. However, Li Mo’s lightning-fast speed and sneak attack allowed him to thrust his sword into the silver dragon elder’s chest before he could set up his defenses.

The silver dragon elder grunted in pain, then smashed a fisti nto Li Mo’s shoulder, sending him flying away with a spray of blood.

“Li Mo!” Yun Ruoyan shouted, then rushed to his side. “A-Are you alright?” Yun Ruoyan wiped at the blood trailing down Li Mo’s mouth, her voice quavering.

“I’m fine.” Li Mo struggled to open his eyes, forcing a smile out of his mouth. He raised the arm that was bloody from the silver dragon elder’s blow. “Luckily, I performed a partial draconic transformation to strengthen my body, or I’d have lost an arm.”

“Do you think this is enough to kill me?” the silver dragon elder laughed, and Li Mo and Yun Ruoyan both looked in his direction.

The elder’s chest had been pierced by Li Mo’s sword. Under ordinary circumstances, this would be a heavy, if not lethal, blow. However, the silver dragon elder slowly retrieved a bottle from his robes, which he downed. After he did so, the wound on his chest began to heal visibly. “Haha, as long as I have holy water, you won’t be able to kill me, hahaha!”

He inclined his head to the skies and laughed, then focused on Yun Ruoyan. “And it was all refined with the blood of the demonic dragon descendants, your father’s among them. His blood will render me invincible—I’ll subdue you, then turn you all into ingredients for making more holy water! The silver dragon clan shall rule heaven and earth, and I shall lead the silver dragon clan! Yun Ruoyan, your father, you, and your child will all be nothing but stepping stones for me! This is your fate, the fate of the demonic dragon clan!”

Yun Ruoyan clenched her fists, the demonic dragon blood in her veins frothing. She stood up and shouted, “You’ll suffer for all the sins and crimes you’ve committed. I, Yun Ruoyan, will wreak vengeance on behalf of the demonic dragon clan!”

“You pitiful girl,” the silver dragon elder called out. “Your father wasn’t half as audacious as you, but no matter—I’ll let your entire family reunite within the blood formation, hahaha!”

He laughed again, and the dragon orb in his hand released a blinding light. Yun Ruoyan turned to the orb, then to Qiuqiu and Whitey, strill struggling with each other in the distance.

“Li Mo, lend me your sword,” Yun Ruoyan whispered to him.

“Be careful, Yan’er,” Li Mo handed his sword to her. “Li Yan’s still waiting for us.”

“Don’t worry. The silver dragon elder will die by my hand, and he’ll pay for everything that he’s done!” Yun Ruoyan took his sword, then shot it toward the silver dragon elder.

“You think you’ll be able to use the same trick twice?” The silver dragon elder clawed at the sword, but just as he did so, a scarlet blade, as well as the master of that scarlet blade, appeared in front of his eyes in a flash.

Yun Ruoyan’s blade was heading toward his brain. If his head were to be pierced through, no amount of holy water could revive him. The silver dragon elder had no choice but to block the blow with his other arm.

With a crack, the dragon orb in his palm splintered, releasing another wave of blinding white light. Whitey, who had been attacking Qiuqiu, suddenly turned dazed. Then, it focused on the silver dragon elder, its eyes burning with rage...