Chapter 715 - 447: Falling Out and Betrayal (Part 2)

Chapter 715: Chapter 447: Falling Out and Betrayal (Part 2)

The recovery of its Power, its own evolution, the hope of escaping... The Fearful Great Serpent’s wishes had all been fulfilled. Its purpose for being here was achieved.

Now that they had turned on each other, there was no longer any need to pretend.

Zhou Chen took out his Magic Staff, the gem at its tip glowing with a dangerous green light. He swung the staff, and amid the sound of a high-pitched Spell, a green laser like an arc welder’s flash shot out and struck the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s body.

BANG!

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon, in the midst of its metamorphosis, was sent flying by this seemingly insignificant blow. Its massive body slammed heavily onto the ground as pieces of what looked like tattered rags fluttered down from it. It was its shedding skin!

The scales on the parts where it had already molted had reshaped themselves to resemble Dragon Scales. They were more lustrous, taking on an inky, jet-black sheen, and looked as menacing as a suit of Armor.

But where the Life-taking Curse had struck, the tough pseudo-dragon scales were blown to pieces, revealing a bloody, mangled mess—it didn’t have Onawaro’s Forbidden Magic Scale!

Boosted by high Intelligence, the damage caused by the Life-taking Curse was terrifying. A single hit had cost the Fear Pseudo-Dragon one-fifth of its Blood Volume, but to Zhou Chen’s surprise, its Blood Volume was rapidly regenerating.

Its metamorphosis wasn’t over; an endless stream of Power was still surging forth.

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon flipped its body over and rose again. Its head had evolved to resemble that of a true Giant Dragon, even sprouting a pair of horns. At first glance, it looked no different from a Giant Dragon, but closer inspection revealed subtle distinctions.

When it noticed the minuscule Zhou Chen, its expression twisted with savagery and violence.

"You’re not dead? How is that possible?!"

Then, realization dawned, and its expression grew even more malevolent.

"So you’re the ’Player’!"

The menacing pseudo-dragon opened its cavernous maw. A speck of black light condensed within its mouth, and in the next instant, a thick beam of Darkness erupted, transforming into a cataclysmic flood that annihilated all life.

DING!

A crisp sound echoed through the roar. Zhou Chen, still in a sword-drawing stance, shot out from the explosion of the dark beam. Behind him, a slender, silver-white blade glinted for an instant before disappearing.

A black light flashed in the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s eyes as a dark halo abruptly expanded outward.

The dark halo swept over Zhou Chen, and an uncontrollable, intense Fear, a desperate urge to flee, gripped his heart. His body trembled involuntarily as cold sweat beaded on his brow, and his stomach churned with tension.

He fought back the fear and discomfort, making a wish. ’Clear all negative effects from my body!’

[Wish Value -2000]

The Fear in his heart vanished instantly. At the same moment, the Fear Pseudo-Dragon spat out a glob of venom as vast as a lake.

With a flash of fire, Zhou Chen used Instant Teleportation to dodge. The glob of venom slammed into the ground, rapidly corroding a shockingly large crater.

He raised his hand, and the Dream Light and Shadow coalesced into a Long Spear in his palm. He then hurled it forward with all his might.

The Crystal Spear, burning with Cyan Flame, tore through the air. In an instant, it pierced the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s body, blossoming with a Light of Spiritual as brilliant as the Sun, purifying the Abyssal Contamination.

A second later, the Dream Light and Shadow vanished, reappearing in Zhou Chen’s hand. The Cyan Flame left inside the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s body then exploded violently, sending countless chunks of flesh flying through the air.

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon let out a tortured roar. The searing agony of its Soul being burned sent it into violent convulsions. Its massive body thrashed on the ground, triggering continuous tremors. Like a writhing maggot, it generated successive gusts of hurricane-force winds that howled in every direction, kicking up clouds of dust.

It hadn’t forgotten its enemy, Zhou Chen. Its convulsing, twisting body kept inching closer, attempting to crush him with its bulk.

Zhou Chen used Flame Jump to create distance, instantly switching his Weapon back to the Magic Staff and raising it high.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

Muffled thunder rolled from the churning clouds. Countless dazzling bolts of lightning erupted from within, converging and compressing into a single beam at Zhou Chen’s command. With a piercing shriek and destructive Energy, it plummeted toward the Demon of Darkness.

—[Magic: Oath of Void Thunder] stacked with [Destruction of All Things].

The immense Thunderbolt descended from the heavens, instantly piercing the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s body and engulfing it.

Its shedding skin turned to dust in the flash of lightning. Its hard pseudo-dragon scales melted in the annihilating heat. The several iron chains embedded in its flesh lit up with dense, ancient runes, transforming into brilliant chains of Thunderbolt that lashed both its body and Soul.

When the earth-shaking din gradually faded, all that remained was the Fear Pseudo-Dragon, smoldering with black smoke, lying limply on the ground. It had entered a stunned state. All the scales on its body had been blown away, its flesh was cooked through, and a massive, charred, bloody crater had appeared on its body.

Seeing the incredible spectacle and the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s plummeting health bar, Zhou Chen was a little stunned. ’The damage shouldn’t be this terrifying...’ He then immediately realized what had happened: his Magic had triggered the sealing power of this prison cell!

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s head had fallen nearby. Zhou Chen used Flame Jump to approach it.

He didn’t finish off the Fear Pseudo-Dragon with a combo, because he had a question that needed an answer.

[Hypnotic Pocket Watch: A wondrous Forbidden Object, designated C-003. It is difficult to destroy and possesses a miraculous effect called "hypnosis."

The Receptor’s emotions will be suppressed to an extreme degree, leaving only calm and reason.

While calm and reason are ideal for achieving great things, they are also a Curse, making one cold and merciless, like a wandering living corpse.

A gift from a loved one, carrying a faint, elegant fragrance. Whenever you see the pocket watch, the face of the giver will surface in your mind.]

Prior to this, Zhou Chen had already wished to become the Receptor for the Hypnotic Pocket Watch and had also wished to be immune to its side effects.

He moved to stand beneath the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s eye and began to swing the Hypnotic Pocket Watch.

’I wish to successfully hypnotize the Fear Pseudo-Dragon.’

[Wish Value -5000]

Although the Fear Pseudo-Dragon was now extremely weak, its Soul seared by the Cyan Flame, it was still a powerful Abyssal Spirit with immense Willpower. If it were to resist, successfully hypnotizing it would be quite difficult, so he had simply made a wish.

"Next, you will truthfully answer my questions... Why did you suddenly turn on me?" Zhou Chen asked.

"I cannot let Carol escape! It is a vile betrayer! Begger is its nephew, so he must be just like it—they are all damned betrayers! I absolutely cannot let you release them!" the Fear Pseudo-Dragon answered viciously.

’A betrayer?’ A thought struck Zhou Chen. "Who did Carol betray?"

"Of course it was the Great Black Sun!"

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon said with Anger, "That wretch Carol backstabbed us in the end! Otherwise, we never would have been sealed! It’s all that wretch’s fault! It betrayed the Great Black Sun!"

’Carol backstabbed the other Abyssal Spirits? Now that’s some explosive news...’

Zhou Chen asked again, "What else do you know about Carol or Begger?"

Suddenly, the Fear Pseudo-Dragon began to struggle violently as a black light flared across its body. Its subconscious was still fighting back, and it was on the verge of breaking free from the hypnosis.

’Such strong Willpower?’ Zhou Chen clicked his tongue. He had no choice but to switch his Weapon to the Demon-Breaking Sword. A brilliant, fiery light erupted from the blade, burning intensely as it coalesced into a colossal Giant Sword more than twenty meters long, radiating a magnificent glow.

Strike!

The Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s tragic cry came from within the light and fire, only to be instantly swallowed by an even more immense tidal wave of energy.

The next moment, the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s vast, serpentine body exploded into nothingness.

LV78→LV79!

[Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s Soul Fragment: Can be used to learn Skills or forge Weapons.]

[Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s Tusk: A sharp and enormous Tusk. A very rare material.]

[Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s Wings: A pair of black pseudo-dragon Wings, containing vast Power of Darkness. A very rare material.]

[Black Sun Crystal Core: A jet-black circular Crystal, like a miniature Black Sun. Contains a massive amount of Abyssal Contamination. Using it will greatly increase corruption progress.]

’It’s a shame the Dragon Secret Jade had already been devoured and absorbed, so it didn’t drop. Not that the thing is of any use to me now, anyway.’

"Next, I’ll go find Carol and figure out why it betrayed the ’Abyssal Incarnation’."

Zhou Chen made up his mind and exited the prison cell.