Chapter 56: The Battle Against the Demon Dragon (Part 3)

"I don't believe it!"
No one could believe that such a despicable and ruthless father existed in this world!
"Bing Changtian, you, you, you...!"
Nie Long pointed at Bing Changtian, his whole body trembling violently. Suddenly, a mouthful of vital blood surged up uncontrollably and spurted out from his lips.
He was so enraged that he coughed up blood on the spot!
Bing Changtian's wickedness had far exceeded what he could have imagined.
Standing beside Bing Changtian, Bai Linglong looked at Bing Mu'er, who was writhing under the agony of her soul being ground away by the remnant soul of the demon dragon, and felt a surge of triumphant satisfaction.
That wretched girl dared to drive Miao Guo to her death—let her be extinguished for all eternity.
Suddenly, she barked coldly, "The Little Princess has already been possessed by the demon dragon's remnant soul. Her own soul will soon be annihilated, and then the demon dragon will be restored in full to the world. The disaster it will bring may well rival that of the Demon Emperor!
At this point, the only thing we can do is seize the moment to destroy both the Little Princess and the demon dragon's remnant soul together!"
As her words fell, she struck out with her slender hand. An overwhelming, chilling force erupted and instantly formed a massive, crystal-clear hand of ice, which crashed down toward Bing Mu'er.
It was the Profound Ice Art again!
Her hatred for Bing Mu'er had long since become a raging river, ceaseless and violent. In this single strike, she poured forth all the strength she had amassed throughout her life.
She wanted nothing more than to smash Bing Mu'er into a bloody pulp with one blow!
"Bai Linglong, how dare you?!"
Elder Hua cried out in alarm, shooting up into the sky to intercept the gigantic hand of ice. "No one is allowed to harm the Little Princess!"
Yet, in that instant, he was seized by a bone-chilling cold. The air around him froze solid, trapping him in midair.
He could not move at all!
"Hmph! Elder Hua, you are nothing but a stray dog. How dare you prance about here, courting death!"
Bai Linglong sneered with utter disdain.
With a deafening crash, the crystal hand of ice landed on Elder Hua, shattering the frozen air around him.
He screamed in agony and crashed heavily to the ground.
As Bing Changtian's principal wife, Bai Linglong was also a top expert in the City Lord's Mansion of the Southern Domain. Her mastery of the Profound Ice Art had reached the eighth level, though she usually kept her power hidden.
"Elder Hua!"
At this moment, Elder Hua was Bing Mu'er's only kin left in the world. She cried out in despair and rushed forward, cradling Elder Hua in her arms.
But she saw that his body was already riddled with cracks, like a shattered piece of porcelain, streaked with spiderweb fractures—utterly tragic.
"Ah..."
Suddenly, Bing Mu'er roared, her abyssal eyes blazing with murderous intent, demonic energy surging wildly from her body. "Wretch, die!"
She set Elder Hua down and lunged at Bai Linglong with outstretched hand.
No, that was not a hand at all!
It was clearly the jet-black claw of a demon dragon!
"Ah...she's really turning into the demon dragon!"
"Heavens!"

Everyone present was stricken with terror.
The demon dragon's claw swept in, thick with the stench of death, and in a flash seized Bai Linglong.
Its razor-sharp talons pierced her body instantly, and blood gushed forth.
"No, please!"
Bai Linglong shrieked, her body convulsing, her face contorted with pain, fear, and utter despair.
"Die, wretch!"
Bing Mu'er howled, her eyes devoid of mercy, and with a single flex of the demon dragon's claw—
Crack!
Bai Linglong's entire body exploded like a watermelon.
She was torn to shreds!
Bing Changtian was stunned.
Everyone in the crowd was stunned.
A flood of terror surged through every heart.
With a single swipe, Bai Linglong had been reduced to bloody fragments!
This was the power of the demon dragon's remnant soul—monstrous, utterly horrifying!
Nie Long, too, was stupefied, his body quaking uncontrollably.
As the Dao Master of the Thousand Dragons Sect, all he knew was that in its history, the sect had once been ravaged by an evil demon dragon. How that dragon was finally destroyed was not recorded in the sect's chronicles; they only mentioned that after the demon dragon's demise, its remnant soul had been sealed away in the Thousand Forms World.
From then on, the Thousand Forms World became a forbidden artifact of the sect.
The ancestors warned that it must never be brought forth, or the demon dragon's remnant soul would break the seal in an instant and return to the world.
This time, Nie Long had only lent the Thousand Forms World to Bing Changtian out of a fever for vengeance for Zuo Xiangyu.
Only now did he realize how terrifying the demon dragon's remnant soul, sealed in the Thousand Forms World, truly was.
"Now that the demon dragon walks the earth again, we have unleashed a disaster of unimaginable magnitude..."
Nie Long's entire body trembled, his face drained of all color.
He could not even fathom what sort of calamity would befall the world now that such a monstrous demon dragon had returned.
Regret gnawed at his very bones—he never should have ignored the ancestor's warning and lent the Thousand Forms World to Bing Changtian!
"Quick! Everyone, attack at once! Destroy the demon dragon at all costs!"
Suddenly, he snapped out of his stupor, his face twisted with rage as he roared.
"Destroy that demon dragon!"
"Kill!"
Representatives of every great force on the field threw themselves at Bing Mu'er, heedless of everything else.
Their hearts were bitter to the extreme. The Demon Emperor had just been resurrected and suppressed by that painting of Young Master Chen, and now, in the blink of an eye, the remnant soul of a demon dragon had appeared.
What kind of nightmare was this?
A thunderous roar erupted from behind Bing Mu'er as a colossal shadow of the demon dragon materialized, unleashing a heaven-shaking dragon's cry.

It was deafening!
"How laughable—you are nothing but a swarm of ants. Die!"
With a grasp of her hand, the massive shadow of the demon dragon behind her instantly seized a powerful cultivator.
Crack!
That cultivator's body exploded on the spot.
He had no chance to resist—not even to scream—before he was reduced to a bloody pulp.
Clearly, Bing Muer's soul had now been completely suppressed by the demon dragon's remnant soul. Her body was under its control; it was no longer Bing Mu'er fighting, but the demon dragon itself.
"We must destroy her at all costs!"
The experts from every major faction now realized the gravity of the situation. Even knowing how terrifying the demon dragon's remnant soul was, they still charged at Bing Mu'er from all sides, desperate to stop her.
Waves of demonic energy surged from Bing Muer, her ancient demon eyes flickering with an eerie, sinister light.
Her hands flashed through a series of complex, profound seals. Behind her, the demon dragon's shadow soared skyward, its massive body sweeping through the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A swath of cultivators was flung aside in every direction.
The four claws of the demon dragon's shadow moved as one, and in the blink of an eye, four powerful cultivators were seized.
"No, please!"
The four cried out in terror.
But the demon dragon's shadow showed them no quarter; its claws clenched with brutal force.
In an instant, the four were crushed to nothing.
Blood splattered everywhere!
The scene was unspeakably bloody.
Far off, floating among the clouds—
Nalan Ruoshui had not yet departed, and from her vantage point, she saw everything taking place at the City Lord's Mansion.
"Curse that Bing Changtian! Last time he nearly plunged the Southern Domain into an abyss, and now, to destroy Bing Mu'er, he has even released the demon dragon's remnant soul from the Thousand Dragons Sect!"
Nalan Ruoshui's face was ashen, her anger boundless.
The Lord of the Southern Domain was truly evil to the core.
He deserved to be torn limb from limb!
The City Lord's Mansion had already descended into utter chaos.
"We must destroy it!"
Nie Long's eyes were bloodshot. Suddenly, his body began to expand rapidly, his skin sprouting azure dragon scales.
In the blink of an eye, he had transformed into a mighty blue dragon.