"So you’re saying the voice is coming from within your skeleton?" Su Xuan’s gaze fell upon the Corpse Bone Dragon before him.

If it wasn’t the call of the Red Dragon Mother’s soul, then it could only be coming from the Red Dragon’s skeleton itself. However, a skeleton without a soul attached to it shouldn’t be able to speak; at most, it could only let out a simple roar.

Unless... another soul was dwelling within that skeleton!

"I am not your enemy. Lay down your weapons, and we can sit down and talk."

The voice rang out again, laced with a trace of Magic Power. At the same time, the Corpse Bone Dragon’s attacks temporarily ceased, as if to show its enemies that it genuinely wished to communicate with them.

But Su Xuan knew in his heart, ’This is just a trick to deceive and bewitch us!’

"There must be something hidden in its body. Find a way to its power core!" Su Xuan solemnly commanded his Guild members.

"Yes."

Rosaline nodded, then unfurled her Soul Light Wings and flew toward the Corpse Bone Dragon once more.

Meanwhile, Lucia began to chant a spell. Hundreds of Golden Chains shot out from all directions, tightly binding the Corpse Bone Dragon’s massive body.

"ROAR!"

The Corpse Bone Dragon roared in fury, struggling to break free from the Golden Chains.

In just a moment, it had snapped over a dozen of the Golden Chains. But by then, Rosaline had already flown inside the Corpse Bone Dragon.

Su Xuan immediately activated Rosaline’s point-of-view screen, carefully searching for any anomalies.

After she entered the Corpse Bone Dragon’s body, the first thing that came into view was the red Dragon Egg in its abdominal cavity. The egg, about two to three meters tall, lay quietly in an area constructed of white bone. The bones protected it so tightly that it would be difficult to remove.

What Su Xuan found strange, moreover, was that he couldn’t sense any life force from this Dragon Egg.

’Found it!’

Suddenly, a Dragon Scale hanging where the Bone Dragon’s heart should be caught Su Xuan’s attention.

It was a unique Dragon Scale, as black as ink, emitting a strange, otherworldly light. And it was this very scale that was continuously releasing an unknown Power into the Corpse Bone Dragon.

’Is that a Black Dragon’s scale?’ Su Xuan’s brow furrowed. He issued an order to Rosaline, "Try to destroy it!"

"Right!" Rosaline immediately swung her sword, striking fiercely at the massive Dragon Scale. However, the powerful Sword Aura only left a faint white mark on the black scale.

The moment the white Sword Aura touched the black Dragon Scale, the "Red Dragon Mother’s" voice suddenly changed, becoming sharp and shrill.

"You saw through me so quickly? It seems she’s hiding on your person! Hand her over!"

The words had barely fallen when the Black Dragon’s scale radiated a profound Dark Magic. A beam of black light shot out like an arrow toward Su Xuan, aimed straight between his eyes.

"Danger!"

Lucia immediately released a Golden Holy Light, attempting to block the fatal blow.

However, the enemy’s strength far surpassed her own at this moment. The black light easily bypassed the Golden Holy Light and surged into the space between Su Xuan’s eyebrows in an instant.

"Quick! Hand her over!"

A massive Black Dragon suddenly appeared in Su Xuan’s Soul Space. At the same time, a violent headache threatened to tear his brain apart!

’This is bad!’

Su Xuan’s brow tightened. The notification that appeared before him made his heart jump.

[Soul Erosion: You are being eroded by a Soul Power originating from a Black Dragon (Level 80)!]

’A Level 80 Black Dragon?’ Su Xuan gritted his teeth. The enemy was just a wisp of Soul Power lingering on a Dragon Scale, but even so, a Level 80 Black Dragon was by no means something he could handle easily! If it weren’t for the protection of the Soul Space created by his Soul Star Language, his will would have already been completely eroded!

At the same time, the Corpse Bone Dragon broke free from the Golden Chains. Hundreds of the golden links shattered in an instant!

"ROAR!"

It let out a sky-shaking roar as the Flame on its back erupted, sweeping across the entire area.

Rosaline, still inside the Corpse Bone Dragon, bore the brunt of the attack and was instantly engulfed in Flame. Fortunately, she possessed a Fire Immunity Ability and suffered no substantial damage.

’Break for me!’

Rosaline did not retreat. She continued to swing the Oath Sword in her hands, relentlessly hacking at the pitch-black Dragon Scale.

She knew that if she could just destroy this black Dragon Scale, she could free Su Xuan from its influence. But each of her strikes had a very weak effect!

"ROAR!"

The Corpse Bone Dragon let out a heaven-shaking roar. After breaking free of the Golden Chains, it ignored Rosaline inside its body and charged straight for Su Xuan.

"We have to stop it! Sister Lucia, we’re leaving the President in your hands!"

Fufuri and Flora immediately began chanting Magic, trying to stop the Corpse Bone Dragon from getting closer.

"Okay."

Lucia gave a slight nod. With a delicate twist of her fingers, she released a brilliant Golden light, trying to slow the black light’s effect on Su Xuan, but it was almost useless.

’Is this a Black Dragon’s soul?’

Lucia instantly understood the torment Su Xuan was suffering. Her brow furrowed. ’To suppress a High Level Black Dragon, I’m afraid I’ll have to use my true...’

Suddenly, Su Xuan turned to Lucia and said, "Go support Rosaline and the others. I can handle this Black Dragon’s soul!"

’Rosaline and the others can’t stop the attack of a Level 70 Bone Dragon on their own!’

"But you...?"

Lucia’s beautiful eyes narrowed. She was about to say something, but Su Xuan cut her off.

"Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Xuan immediately engaged the Black Dragon eroding his soul in a fierce battle within his Soul Space.

"Soul Tremble!"

He quickly applied a mandatory term to the enemy’s soul. As long as the enemy’s Power originated from its own soul source, it would be restricted by this mandatory term, no matter how far away it was!

"WAAAAAAGH!"

Affected by [Soul Tremble], the Black Dragon let out a pained wail!

The Soul Erosion effect it had placed on Su Xuan was also greatly weakened, allowing Su Xuan to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

This scene made Lucia’s expression turn to one of shock. She found it hard to believe that Su Xuan had actually suppressed the Black Dragon’s Soul Erosion!

’With his strength alone, how on earth did he do that?’

"Okay!"

Lucia chose to trust Su Xuan and immediately took action, heading for the battlefield ahead.

By this time, the Corpse Bone Dragon was already hovering above them, its massive body preparing to dive down and crush the tiny living beings below into dust.

"Look out!"

Ivsha spread her Demon’s Wings, held the two Elf Sisters tightly, and quickly fled the scene.

Alice also immediately reverted to her doll form, hanging onto Ivsha’s wings as she followed close behind to escape.

BOOM!

With a tremendous crash, the Corpse Bone Dragon fell, causing a terrifying tremor.

As it fell, a terrifying torrent of Flame erupted from its mouth, shooting straight toward Ivsha in mid-air.

’Damn it!’

Ivsha immediately accelerated, but carrying the Elf Sisters made it difficult to evade completely. She instantly cast a Magic Shield, attempting to withstand the blow head-on.

In the nick of time, Lucia stepped lightly on golden ripples in the air as a majestic Golden Holy Power blossomed from her Sun Staff.

In an instant, the terrifying Golden Holy Power violently collided with the Corpse Bone Dragon’s Flame, forming two balanced tides of Magic Power that spread outward, causing the surrounding space to distort strangely.

"That’s great! It’s Sister Lucia!"

The Elf Sisters, in Ivsha’s arms, finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lucia intervene.

Just as Ivsha brought them to a safe area and was preparing to return to help Lucia, they were astonished to see a phantom Angel, dozens of meters tall, appear. It wielded a Golden Holy Sword and swung it violently at the Corpse Bone Dragon.

"Could that be... the Bright Church Court’s Pseudo Forbidden Magic?"

A flash of surprise appeared in Ivsha’s eyes. She remembered that every Saintess mastered a unique Pseudo Forbidden Magic, and these spells all possessed world-destroying power!

At that moment, the phantom Angel swung its Golden Holy Sword. With one slash, large sections of the Corpse Bone Dragon’s skeleton fractured. Its hundred-meter-long body recoiled in pain, nearly losing its balance and collapsing.

But soon, the Corpse Bone Dragon quickly adjusted its Status. A faint red light emanated from its entire skeleton. After steadying itself, it roared and lunged at the phantom Angel...

...

Meanwhile, on another battlefield, Su Xuan was engaged in a fierce battle with the Black Dragon’s soul within his own Soul Space!

"What... in the world... did you... do to me!"

Under the effect of [Soul Tremble], the Black Dragon’s hundred-meter-long Soul Body trembled continuously, making it difficult to even speak.

However, while the effect of [Soul Tremble] was powerful, it could only make the target’s soul tremble, increase soul damage taken by 100%, and reduce Spiritual Concentration by 50%. For a Level 80 Black Dragon, such an effect was not enough to expel it.

Su Xuan was keenly aware that to completely defeat the Black Dragon’s soul, he needed to find another, more effective method!

’[Fallen]?’

Su Xuan’s eyes narrowed. Because he had previously used [Fallen] in a Dream Realm, the [Fallen] mandatory term was still available in reality. To win this battle, he had to apply two mandatory terms to his opponent...

’Wait!’

Su Xuan suddenly remembered the limited skill of [Soul Hook]!

’I’m not sure if it can control a Demigod Level soul, but it’s worth a try!’

[Soul Hook] effect activated!

[There are currently 37,855 souls sleeping in this location. Please select a target unit...]

’?’

Seeing the prompt, Su Xuan was momentarily stunned.

’Over thirty thousand souls have gathered in the Land of the Fallen Dragon? You have to understand, not all souls can endure for long. This number is truly astonishing.’

However, finding the Demigod’s soul was a simple matter. Compared to the souls of the other Demon Beasts, this Demigod Level Giant Dragon’s soul was exceptionally vast. If the other Demon Beast souls were satellites the size of the moon, then the Crimson Dragon’s soul was undoubtedly a blazing sun!

’Let’s give it a try!’

Su Xuan immediately used the limited skill of the [Soul Hook] term, attempting to awaken the slumbering Crimson Dragon—a powerful, Demigod Level soul!—to fight against the Black Dragon soul invading his Soul Space!

The moment the limited skill was activated, an overwhelming pressure assaulted him from all directions. This pressure was so powerful that it made even his soul tremble. Even the Black Dragon in his Soul Space was frozen in place, intimidated by this pressure.

As the pressure descended, a pair of enormous, crimson dragon pupils appeared within Su Xuan’s Soul Space.

The size of these pupils alone nearly matched the hundred-meter-long Black Dragon!? ’Just how massive must its true body be?’

And within those crimson dragon pupils, a furious fire blazed, as if it would incinerate everything around it!

"Was it you! Who awakened me?"