"Damn it! I just wanted it to go smoothly! I’m nearly dead, teetering on the brink of the next life cycle! I don’t want to be a mere dragon breath spewing steed any longer!" a councilor yelled.

"Shut up!"

Gulelie roared, immediately silencing everyone. He noticed Bajie’s condition, clearly, compared to Xiaoyou, Bajie was capable of utilizing Mana but not truly mastering magic. Although his Mana explosion looked grand, it was simply because of Bajie’s innate strength. If Bajie could actually cast magic, he would have crushed the Corpse Dragon from the beginning, and the abrupt Mana burst would have been caused by haste rather than strategy.

It was pretty clear by now that regardless of how Long Yi managed to do it, whether by chance or any other means, he may have found a way to lift the Dragon Clan’s curse!

This speculation nearly stopped Gulelie’s heart!

However, he quickly realized that Long Yi must not have fully mastered this method, or it wasn’t feasible for large-scale use. Otherwise, given Long Yi’s ruthless nature, the White Dragon Empire would have long ago been swallowed by the Dragon Clan armies who have restored their strength from the Black Dragon Empire!

Gulelie stood stiff, many thoughts rushing through his mind all at once.

"It seems... I need to adjust our rebalance plan," Gulelie murmured.

At first, Asus rejoiced at hearing Gulelie mention the rebalance plan. But his heart sank when he heard Gulelie planned on adjusting, not canceling the plan.

Could Gulelie be crazy enough to do something foolish?

"One minute," Long Yi grinned.

From start to finish, Long Yi’s seemingly effortless performance irked Yake, but there was nothing he could do about it. His well-laid plans seemed insignificant following Xiaoyou’s sudden outburst.

Could this be the true power of the Dragon Clan?

"Don’t you understand yet? Fool, all you have achieved is making yourself look more like a dragon. Yet, you are facing a bona fide dragon. How could you, a counterfeit, possibly be an opponent?" Long Yi taunted.

To his own surprise, Yake didn’t feel angry. A strange feeling welled up inside him instead.

"Pfft--"

Yake spat out a mouthful of black blood, his vision starting to darken!

What happened to me?

Why can’t I feel any rage?

I am about to lose, yet I’m not angry? Since when did I become so tolerant?

No.

Yake let out a laugh.

I’m not about to lose!

Rather!

The victory is just around the corner!

Boom!

A terrifying wave of energy spread through the air. The Black Dragon started to squirm and swell!

"No! Your Majesty! You can’t lift the prohibition now! You will not be able to return!" Tilian screamed.

Lift the prohibition?

Long Yi immediately widened his eyes.

Long Yi had witnessed what Yake’s complete form looked like. It was such a terrifying sight that even Long Yi had to retreat.

Is he going to lift the prohibition here?

He couldn’t possibly be that insane, could he?

However, the energy fluctuations proved that Yake was indeed that mad!

The black dragon gradually expanded into a massive black ball. It was covered in heavy bone armor, the aura of death circling it. Multiple eyes of death emerged on the surface and large tentacles extended out from the gaps in the bone armor, only to split open into several eyeless dragon heads!

"Long Yi! I want you dead!"

The diameter of the gigantic black sphere alone was over a hundred meters and countless blood-red eyes on its surface were all staring at Long Yi. The gaping dragon heads at the ends of the tentacles were all roaring as they charged towards Long Yi.

Beams of decaying energy shot out of the eyes, attacking Long Yi, Bajie, and Little Zi. Little Zi quickly recalled all her avatars and rushed to Long Yi, entering his body. Lingling turned into a crystal greatsword and flew back to Long Yi’s hands. Bajie, being so large, got hit. A piece of bone armor on his back instantly turned gray, crumbled to powder, and fell off, revealing the raw flesh underneath!

Bajie roared, spewing molten iron everywhere, instantly morphing into a resting form and hiding behind Xiaoyou.

Reducing enemy targets was basic tactical knowledge.

Xiaoyou was controlled by Long Yi allowing him to fully display his lifelong aerial combat skills. He maneuvered her extensive, heavy body, weaving and dodging in the air.

"Dragon Wing Combo Slash!"

After one wave of attack, Long Yi took the first chance he got. Xiaoyou’s wings struck consecutively, sending long arcs of light flying out. The dragon heads at the ends of the tentacles opened their mouths at the same time, spewing out pure Dragon Power, colliding with the light!

This raw Dragon Power fiercely neutralized all the light!

"Damn it. This is truly vexing!" After a failed attack wave, Long Yi immediately moved Xiaoyou away from that spot, just as the withered beams swept over the area where Xiaoyou just was.

This won’t do! I must find a way!

Is there anything that can fend off an attack?

Predicting another decaying beam coming his way, Long Yi had an idea. He threw a piece of Fine Gold from his personal space!

This piece of Fine Gold was stripped from his Giant gear. I accidentally stripped too much when I was helping Suolin, and it had been lying around unused since.