Imperial Crown.

Chapter 503 Bloodbath (4)

"Zorsaan, I must say, the dragon race has bestowed upon you a noble status and formidable strength, but before a sixth-tier being, all your pride will vanish into nothingness!"

"Do you know that before I broke through to the sixth level of the Transcendent Realm, I had already absorbed the Law of Blazing Fire!"

High above the Bloodstone Wall, looking at Zolzahn who was constantly breathing dragon breath at him, Silvermane rolled his eyes and said in a booming voice.

Immediately afterwards, he extended a tiger claw, and a wave of power that clearly surpassed this realm emanated from his tiger claw. The dragon breath that was enough to incinerate everything began to collapse and shrink, turning into a fireball the size of a stone roller that gathered in front of Silvermane.

"You've relied on your dragon breath to scorch others your whole life. Now, it's time for you to taste the flames!" Silver Mane's expression was extremely strange. He seemed calm, yet clearly suppressed his excitement. He was excited, yet his face showed a calm and composed demeanor. He held up the ball of dragon breath the size of a stone roller through his battle aura shield and suddenly shouted, "Netherworld Ice Flame!"

With a boom, as Silvermane finished speaking, a strange wave emanated once more. Countless dazzling purple lights, as fine as hair, burst forth from his tiger paws, heading towards the dragon breath. This was clearly the power of law! The next moment, the entire mass of dragon breath seemed to be rekindled, bursting forth with icy blue flames! And it emitted terrifying crackling sounds, like ice breaking.

"Go!"

With a flick of his finger, the dragon breath, crackling with icy blue flames, roared and struck Zolzahn!

Although Zolzahn hid within the vast clouds created by her race's magic, the dragon's breath struck her left wing with uncanny precision, as if it had eyes of its own. A deafening explosion followed, and then, like a persistent, icy blue flame, it rapidly spread across most of her body and left wing! Though it was in the shape of flames, Zolzahn felt an eerie, chilling cold, like that of an eternal abyss! It froze her flesh, solidified her blood, and rendered her numb! "Awooo—" Zolzahn couldn't help but let out a mournful howl. She could no longer even maintain flight, and her massive, sky-covering dragon body began to plummet downwards.

From the moment she saw Silvermane fly to the top of the Bloodstone Wall, Zolzaen knew he was a sixth-tier transcendent, but she hadn't expected Silvermane's strength to be so formidable! Absolutely terrifying! She had greatly underestimated the gap and chasm between fifth and sixth tiers! Although Raven had been holding back, hadn't Silvermane been as well? However, it was clear that Raven had miscalculated in this gamble! Silvermane, having broken through to the sixth tier, not only quickly eliminated the magic crystal cannon Raven had hidden on the Bloodstone Wall, but he could even inflict substantial damage and crush her! In other words, throughout the entire final battle, as long as Silvermane was on the ground, he was invincible! Raven had lost! Completely and utterly!
With her life directly threatened, Zolzaen was already contemplating leaving. Just as Silvermane had said, if Silvermane killed Raven, she would still have a chance to get her four children back, instead of sacrificing her precious life here for Raven. "Silvermane!" Zolzaen roared, "I can leave, but you must guarantee the lives of my four children!"

"Ah"

Silvermane sneered, "Too late! Submit or die!" With that, Silvermane stretched out his right hand again, and specks of elemental energy began to gather in his palm, quickly forming a thick spear. "Zorsahn, I'm giving you one last chance to choose!" Silvermane roared in a thunderous voice.

"Damn bastard!" Zolsaen was furious. "You never intended to let me go from the beginning, did you?!" Zolsaen quickly realized that Silvermane had been toying with her all along.

"You guessed right!"

Silvermane laughed triumphantly, then hurled his spear, which shot out like a meteor, hurtling towards the falling Zorzahn!
With a loud bang, the spear pierced through Zolzaen's frozen left wing, creating a hole the size of a head! "Awooo!" Zolzaen finally regained consciousness, but only with unbearable, intense pain!

The force of this spear strike was so great that Zolzahn's massive, sky-covering dragon body tumbled and spun uncontrollably through the air, completely losing its balance and stability, and plummeting downwards in a spiral! Unlike the previous battle against the Blood Witch Anno, dragons are naturally immune to most forms of magic from birth! Even those not immune possess considerable resistance! However, they are not so fortunate when facing battle aura techniques! This is why the protagonists of the dragon-slaying stories passed down through the millennia on the continent of Miders are mostly knights, and rarely mages!

"Since you chose to collude with Raven, you should have expected this end!" The silver-maned tiger's eyes were filled with gloom as it swiftly flew towards the falling Zolzahn. He was going to end Zolzahn's life with his own hands! The title of "Dragon Slayer" was not an honor exclusive to humans!

Zolsaen was filled with despair as she watched helplessly as the silver mane approached her head, a tiger claw glowing with purple light, and slammed down on her head!

"I am the true Grim Reaper! The King of Nightthroat Province!" Silvermane roared.

"Ok?"

However, the next moment, Silvermane's expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise. Just as his tiger claw was less than half an inch away from Zorzahn's head, a pink flower suddenly appeared on Zorzahn's head and bloomed. The tiger claw, glowing with dazzling purple light, slammed down with all its might, but it couldn't budge the strange flower in the slightest.

"The fire of light burns away falsehood, the power of dawn reshapes flesh and blood."

"It can regenerate flesh from rotten bones and make despair blossom!"

"This is the legacy of Lucifer, and the grace of the Lord of Light!"

"Lucifer"

"You are the first light of dawn, the fulcrum of day and night, piercing through the fog of ignorance, and forging the blade of freedom!"

"The light will never perish, the angels will live forever!!!"

A series of long, melodious chants suddenly echoed from the void. Silvermane looked up abruptly and saw a human with pink wings on his back! He radiated a pink glow, even his head was surrounded by a pink halo, and his eyes glowed pink as he stared intently at him! A hint of doubt flashed through Silvermane's mind; he couldn't understand why Raven had a powerful member of the Church of Light among his subordinates.

Could it be that the Holy See of Light is secretly protecting Raven?! Seeing the human surrounded by pink light, he suddenly shouted, "Holy Spring Combat Technique—Healing Light Chant!"

As the words fell, pink flowers appeared on Zolzaen's body, restoring her frozen left wing and even rapidly healing the head-sized wound on it.

"Roar!"

Zolzaen quickly recovered, flapped its wings, flipped over, and slashed fiercely at Silvermane with its dragon claws!

Silvermane raised his longsword to block, but the turn of events happened too fast for him to use his combat skills in time. The longsword was caught by the dragon claw and shattered with a crack. Another dragon claw left three deep dents on his chest! His armor shattered, flesh flew, and blood splattered.

"what!!"

Silvermane roared in pain and flew away into the distance!

The person who appeared was none other than Simon, who had refined and absorbed the "Angel Origin" a year ago!

This angelic essence was also a spoil of war from Raven's attack on the Duchy of Eivor and his killing of Aetheril in Blue Castle! In fact, Raven had tried it on many people, but fortunately he had the Eye of Truth, which allowed him to observe the effects of consuming just a little bit each time, otherwise the "angelic essence" would have been wasted! It wasn't until Simon appeared that it perfectly met the requirements of the "reincarnated angel".

Once it absorbs the angel's essence, it will directly break through to become a terrifying fifth-order being!
However, this is not without its price. In short, reincarnated angels are essentially "humanoid weapons" created by the Lord of Light. Therefore, they must not only practice abstinence but also worship the Lord of Light, memorize the doctrines of the Church of Light, and dedicate everything to it! But the Lord of Light no longer exists in this world, so these rules are not entirely unavoidable. The biggest drawback is that each reincarnated angel possesses a key that exists in the hands of someone else.

It's like handing over your life, death, and power to someone else!

This is absolutely unacceptable to most people! Even if they did, the passage of time would create a rift! The relationship between Grand Duke Georgie of Vanilla and Aetherial is the best example of a "hypocritical" relationship! But fortunately, for Raven and Simon, there are no obstacles. Simon can be said to be Raven's son, whom he raised himself; his feelings for Raven are even stronger than for Heaz and Thor. And Simon knows very well that without Raven, he wouldn't have everything he has today!
"Heavenly Army! I command you to crush this filthy and savage heretical orc!"

Seeing Silvermane injured unexpectedly, Simon was not about to let this opportunity to strike while the iron was hot slip by! He immediately shouted loudly.

Boom!

A pink portal of light and shadow stretched across Simon's back and above his head. As the portal was pushed open, dazzling golden light burst forth from it, accompanied by a grand chant, the thunder of hooves, the neighing of warhorses, the clanging of armor against halberds, and the deep, melodious sound of horns!
Most people, faced with such a scene, would be terrified, let alone fight it!
A full thousand Knights of Light, clad in silver-white armor, surged out of the portal and charged toward Silvermane! This Holy Spring Battle Technique, which Raven had once dismantled with magic and barely had time to function, finally unleashed its power and glory at this moment!

"Damn it! I'm going to die!"

Silvermane flew into a rage, but it didn't solve anything substantial. He knew he was about to be drawn into a protracted battle! He had no time to attend to the battlefield below! Nor could he personally capture Raven alive and watch him kneel and beg for his life! However, with a massive army of 22 orcs below, Silvermane was absolutely confident that Raven would be defeated and captured alive! He could deal with these two troublesome creatures first, then go down and torment Raven!

Despite being struck by the magic crystal cannon and rendered unusable for a short time, and despite a horrific wound on its chest from which blood flowed like a stream, the sixth-tier Silvermane still possessed the strength to fight! This was the sixth tier! A sixth-tier beast that had absorbed a sufficient amount of the power of the laws of origin!

"Kill!!" Silvermane roared, extending his tiger claws. A fire blade composed of fiery elements suddenly gathered in his palm. "You damned cultists of light! You are the ones who stole our orcish land and dignity!" Instead of retreating, Silvermane advanced, charging towards the charging Light Knights. With a fierce swing of his longsword, the blade's fiery aura expanded and grew larger, forming a crescent shape, plunging into the Light Knights' formation! Dozens of Light Knights in the front ranks were instantly cut in two!
But they are creatures formed from condensed battle qi, and they are not afraid of death, so why would they fear pain?
Silvermane charged into the army formation and began to slaughter the "Knights of Light." None of these Knights of Light, shaped by the Holy Spring's combat techniques, could withstand a single blow from him! Silvermane didn't even bother to use his combat techniques anymore! But as he killed, he realized something was wrong. These "Knights of Light" seemed endless! After killing one wave, another would emerge from the portal, an endless stream!

"We should kill you, you worm, first!" Silvermane changed his mind, and with a sudden throw of his fire blade, it transformed into a long streak of flame that pierced towards Simon!

Simon was completely stunned, as if paralyzed with fear, or perhaps he was simply unable to move his body while maintaining his Holy Spring Battle Technique. He could only watch helplessly as the long blade hurtled towards him!
Still reeling from the shock, Zolzaen finally came to her senses and sneered, "Silvermane! Don't forget I'm here!" But just as she was about to unleash a poisonous arrow to save Simon, she saw him move. He pointed his spear, and a voice, as if from the heavens, ripped out from his throat: "Heavenly Radiance!"

A beam of light!

An extremely brilliant, dazzling, and pure pink beam of light shot out from the portal behind Simon! It struck the silver-maned fire blade!

Rumble

A violent explosion resounded through the sky, and the fire blades scattered in all directions, turning into a sky full of sparks like iron flowers being struck!
"So powerful," Zolzaen thought to herself. So Raven had a backup plan! He hadn't placed his bets on her at all! In other words, Raven might never have truly trusted her, Zolzaen, from the very beginning! Although Silvermane had concealed his strength, leading to inaccurate intelligence and preventing Raven from successfully killing Silvermane, it was enough to delay him! This foolish little bee, would Zolzaen really abandon her own child's life? Did she think Zolzaen was as cold-blooded and ruthless as a human noble? ...Okay, she did...maybe...perhaps...exactly had a fleeting thought of abandoning her child! But that doesn't prove that Lady Zolzaen is an untrustworthy dragon!

Zolzaen was inexplicably annoyed. She roared and used [Starfall Convergence] on Silvermane again!
Silvermane was instantly immobilized on the spot. Zolzahn spat out a poisonous arrow that struck Silvermane. Silvermane, who was resisting the Knight of Light, coughed up a mouthful of blood. His entire hip bone was injured by the poisonous arrow, and sizzling white smoke and the smell of meat rose up!
The "Knights of Light" immediately seized this fleeting opportunity, thrusting their spears at Silvermane, instantly turning his tiger body into a beehive! Silvermane roared in pain, his tiger face showing an expression of unbearable agony!
Night had completely fallen. Silvermane, already injured and exhausted from the long battle, was now being relentlessly attacked by two fifth-tier powerhouses. Crucially, one of them was constantly healing his injuries, making it increasingly difficult for him to keep up! How the hell was he supposed to fight like this? It was fortunate Silvermane was an orc, otherwise he might have exclaimed, "You're such a cheat-like healer!"

As a sixth-tier powerhouse, he certainly wouldn't die, but if he dragged things out, the situation would only become more and more disadvantageous for him. He wanted to leave but couldn't, so Silvermane could only grit his teeth and hold on, hoping that the battlefield below would decide the outcome soon. As long as he captured Raven, the scales of victory would completely tip in his hands!
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(End of this chapter)