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Chapter 1503 Frostflame Calamity - Holy Dragon Calamity
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Fifth Soul Skill: Crane Shadow Across the Nine Heavens

With a sharp shout, her crane wings, gleaming with the luster of jade, suddenly flapped.

Nine of the most dazzling feathers suddenly detached from the body. Each feather absorbed the free light elements in the air the instant it detached, and quickly condensed into a shape as the light flowed.

In the blink of an eye, nine crane shadow clones, almost identical to Chu Youwei's original body and composed entirely of pure light energy, suddenly appeared.

They were not illusions; the edges of their feathers gleamed with a real, sharp cutting light as they fluttered around Chu Youwei's body.

Even more mysteriously, as the clones took shape, Chu Youwei's true form became blurred and uncertain. Her position among these light clones shifted and moved silently like a phantom.

The hurricane's sharp blades and the lightning snake's bites all landed in empty space, or merely shattered the light clones that had been created in an instant, exploding into a shower of dazzling light fragments.

Even when the lightning occasionally swept across the real body, the stickiness of the energy brought by the lightning armor was mostly offset by the illusory nature of the light clone.

With her superb agility in shifting between illusion and reality, Chu Youwei managed to find a way to survive and launch a counterattack in this deadly hurricane and lightning domain.

The stalemate was broken once again at this moment thanks to the intervention of Xiaoyi's greater power.

Although they each sustained minor injuries—Chu Youwei was grazed by the violent energy, leaving scorch marks on her white feather robe; Rein's massive dragon wings also had tears torn by sharp crane claws, and his flowing lightning armor was marked with several dim marks from being burned by light energy.

However, both sides keenly sensed the overall change in the battlefield and quickly retracted their positions, tacitly disengaging from the core fighting area and retreating dozens of meters to briefly adjust their surging blood and qi.

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The "Red Lotus Thunder Prison" maintained by Ao Lie, where Zhu Wuneng, He Qiang, and Lian Shouzhong were located, was still raging. The high temperature and paralyzing area where lightning and fire intertwined seemed to be melting the three of them into it.

The first to erupt was He Qiang.

His eyes blazed with the fighting spirit of molten lava, and his spirit rings shone like the sun as he stood on the ground.

Fifth Soul Skill - Dragon Soul Transformation

A deep and majestic dragon roar echoed around, and the radiant yellow light symbolizing nobility on the Thunderous Dragon Halberd exploded with a deafening roar.

Amidst the billowing dragon energy, a colossal dragon—the Yellow Thunder Imperial Dragon—covered in golden lightning scales, roared and soared into the sky, breaking free from the constraints of space with its majestic dragon might.

This incomparably noble thunder dragon coiled and stretched, its massive body like the most solid fortress mountain range, fiercely blocking the three of them from the torrent of crimson thunder and fire that Ao Lie poured out—the deadly flames containing the power of the "Red Lotus Thunder Prison"—from its dragon body.

Golden lightning and crimson lightning clashed violently, and bolts of electricity leaped and hissed on the dragon scales.

Just as the dragon raised its head and the solid wall blocked its path, Lian Shouzhong moved, and his black soul ring suddenly shone brightly.

Fifth Soul Skill: Crystal Soul Transformation

The profound power originating from the ancient Crystal Radiance Scarab has been fully activated.

The core of this soul skill lies not only in its ability to extend, gather, and compress energy, but also in the core talent of the scarab race—"armorization".

At this moment, in the sky.

The icy mist and cold air that had spread and dissipated due to the fierce battle between Lian Shouzhong seemed to be drawn by the invisible force of the king's decree, emitting a faint hum and transforming into visible streaks of icy blue energy that converged on his palm from all directions.

With a single thought, myriad forms follow.

This is the ability to shape all things by the "Crystal Soul Transformation"—wherever the mind points, the crystal soul weapon condensed in the hand can change shape at will: swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, as desired.

However, in the heat of battle, at a critical moment when all his strength was needed, Lian Shouzhong did not hesitate to choose the form he was most familiar with and that could best bear all his power—the greatsword.

Not only the thin blade, but also these fierce torrents of ice elements were being compressed and condensed wildly.

At an astonishing speed, layers of azure crystal armor, as clear as crystal and containing starlight-like points of light, condensed on the sword's body. The edges of the sword blade emitted a chilling aura, and even a ring of rapidly rotating ice crystals radiating extreme low temperatures spontaneously condensed around the sword body.

This heavy, blunt sword became the core of ice-type energy.

"Brother He, withdraw your defenses!"

As Lian Shouzhong finished charging up, a deep and powerful shout pierced through the energy explosion.

Before the words were finished, the circling Yellow Thunder Imperial Dragon suddenly raised its head and roared, its massive body rising abruptly into higher airspace, clearing a path for the main battlefield.

In that instant, Lian Shouzhong's muscles bulged and his soul power surged wildly.

He swung the heavy sword, which contained the essence of boundless ice and was like the core of an ancient, icy mountain, with great force.

Whoosh—Boom!!!
It was no longer a gentle tide, but a torrent of frost.

The surging, azure-blue cold air, mixed with condensed ice chips and icicles, swept across the "Crimson Lotus Thunder Prison" with overwhelming force, like a polar glacier bursting its banks. The crimson lightning and fire, which had lost the protection of the Imperial Dragon and were attempting to spread and encircle the area again, were now overwhelming the area.

Sizzle sizzle—Pfft!

Bah——!
The frigid cold front collided violently with the world-burning thunder and fire.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the most violent annihilation at the energy level. Vast swaths of crimson lightning, upon touching this absolute cold current, were like scorching iron thrown into ice water, emitting a piercing, teeth-grinding wail of extinguishing.

The area shrouded in lightning and fire was being permeated and covered by pure ice blue at a visible speed.

It left behind a ground covered with sparkling, shimmering ice crystals and broken lightning-marked ice.

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Above this spectacular scene of frozen thunder and fire, another anomaly occurred in the high altitude of the battlefield. The Yellow Thunder Dragon, after circling once, suddenly moved after the cold current cleared a path.

The enormous golden dragon body stood silently with its head held high, then turned around like a meteor, its head locking onto Ao Lie below.

Lightning surged and converged on every golden scale of the dragon's body, transforming the entire dragon into a destructive golden lightning bolt that tore through the sky. Carrying the majestic dragon's might and the thunderous power to annihilate all things, it descended vertically from the heavens towards Ao Lie.

Faced with this devastating blow, Ao Lie's eyes burned with extreme ferocity.

He forcefully suppressed the disordered blood and qi caused by the cold current impacting the Crimson Lotus Thunder Prison, and his soul power erupted like a volcano.

Fourth Soul Skill: Fiery Dragon Shattering Sky Strike

A deafening roar exploded from Ao Lie's throat.

Instead of engaging in a long-range battle, he moved with his body and soul, stepping into the air to meet the golden dragon.

On his fists, intensely hot crimson flames, powerful enough to melt gold and iron, swirled wildly as if they were real, and within them were countless violent dark purple electric snakes.

The two converge, compress, and coalesce!
A beam of light, over half a meter in diameter, spiraling with crimson and dark purple hues, tearing through space with a hissing sound, burst forth from his furiously pounding fists.

This attack carried the resolute determination of mutual destruction, aiming to shatter the oncoming dragon along with the entire space itself.

One was gold, the other crimson and purple; both contained the destructive energy of a true dragon's will, and they collided in mid-air like two comets.

Golden lightning bolts were like a divine whip of judgment, and blazing pillars of light were like cannons that could breach cities.

boom--

Click!
A dull bang, loud enough to shatter eardrums, rang out, accompanied by a clear, eerie sound, like the shattering of glass in space.

The collision point instantly caved in and twisted.

The violent energy turbulence spread wildly in all directions like an out-of-control hurricane.

However, divine power has its own hierarchy.

The Yellow Thunder Imperial Dragon is ultimately a ten-thousand-year-old soul skill containing the projection of a holy dragon's status, and its essential power and impact are even more concentrated and domineering.

The golden lightning of destruction, like a torrent, brutally tore and ground the pillar of destructive light.

The crimson flames were stripped away inch by inch, and the violent dark purple lightning serpent was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree in front of the pure golden lightning, and was forcibly blasted apart and annihilated.

After only a brief stalemate, the "Flaming Dragon Sky-Shattering Strike" unleashed by Ao Lie's fists wailed and collapsed, disintegrating inch by inch, under the swooping golden heavenly punishment.

Shatter the beam of light!

Although the momentum of the Imperial Dragon's dive had decreased, it was still astonishing.

The enormous golden dragon claw, carrying the lingering power of annihilation, fiercely slashed down at Ao Lie, who was right next to it, his attack broken and his defenses wide open.

Ao Lie was filled with shock and anger, and his soul power exploded to its limit, instantly activating his defenses.

The dark red dragon scales instantly thickened and hardened, forming "Blazing Scale Dragon Armor" that covered the entire body. At the same time, the "Thunder Armor Protection" applied by Lei Jiuzhong also flowed with purple current, covering it.

Unfortunately, in the rush, the double fist technique that shattered space was forcibly shattered, and the defensive armor that had not yet recovered could not withstand the holy dragon's claw with unstoppable momentum.
*Pfft—Snap!*
The Golden Thunder Dragon Claw cut into the frozen soil like scorching iron pincers.

The tough "Blazing Scale Dragon Armor" only lasted for a moment before being torn apart by the terrifying force, with large pieces of scales flying off.

The "Thunder Armor Protection" covering it shattered the moment it made contact, turning into a chaotic stream of purple lightning.

The protective barrier was completely shattered.

The ferocious golden dragon claw, carrying the residual power of annihilation, firmly gripped Ao Lie's arms, which were crossed in front of his chest.

"Uh--"

Ao Lie coughed up blood, his face contorted with excruciating pain from his arms.

Golden lightning, like a leech, instantly invaded his arm bone.

The defensive dragon scales on his arms shattered completely, revealing charred, rolled-up flesh and faintly visible white bones. The terrifying impact slammed him violently from mid-air to the ground.

Boom!

Ao Lie tumbled and crashed to the ground, creating a shallow crater on the hard Soul Fighting Platform, raising clouds of dust.

He barely managed to kneel on one knee, spitting out a mouthful of scalding blood. The dragon scales on his arms were shattered, leaving several horrific wounds that were deep enough to expose bone, with charred and rolled-up flesh. He also felt a strong burning pain and numbness in his chest, as the remaining destructive golden lightning raged within his body.

However, after breaking through the Flaming Dragon Strike first and tearing through two layers of defense, coupled with the fact that the Imperial Dragon had previously exhausted a lot of energy by directly confronting the "Crimson Lotus Thunder Prison", the power of this attack had been weakened layer by layer.

Ao Lie's blood surged. If it weren't for his superior physique, which far surpassed that of others of the same level, this claw would have been enough to dislocate both of his arms.

He gasped for breath, staring at the illusory image of the Imperial Dragon in the air, its power waning and gradually dissipating, his eyes filled with rage and terror.

After all, He Qiang was ranked 46th among the prodigies, and he was an enhanced version of him.

He hasn't made many moves in recent years, so he's been somewhat underestimated.

(End of this chapter)