Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 473: Chapter 470: The Agony of Duanmu Lin

”Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

As he roared to the sky, Duanmu Lin’s expression revealed ferocity, and torrents of Dragon Power constantly surged out, layering defenses upon himself.

Astonishingly, every layer of defense he erected would vanish in an instant.

The first layer vanished thus, the tenth, the hundredth—all likewise disappeared!

It seemed as if Duanmu Lin’s speed in forming defenses couldn’t keep up with the rate at which those lotus flowers annihilated them!

This was already Duanmu Lin’s limit; his Dragon Power was severely depleted. Bottles of pills appeared, shattering instantly. The Pills within, as if they cost nothing at all, were rapidly consumed by Duanmu Lin.

After swallowing them, the Spiritual Energy from the Pills swiftly transformed into Dragon Power, and then into defenses, and then... they were annihilated all the same.

This seemed to be a vicious cycle, for a full minute, Duanmu Lin continued in this manner.

A minute, though short for the average person, was extremely long for a combatant of the Pseudo-Emperor Realm.

In a minute, they could cover thousands of miles, capable of slaughtering more than a hundred thousand people!

Yet now, within this minute, Duanmu Lin kept repeating the cycle of erecting defenses, only to have them obliterated.

No one could help him, and no one dared to—

The lotus’ attacks were too bizarre, with even their points of origin remaining elusive. Even if Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan were willing, they could only watch helplessly.

In that minute, Duanmu Lin consumed no fewer than a hundred bottles of Pills, each bottle containing ten pills, totaling a thousand Pills consumed.

As a Pseudo-Emperor, he feared nothing; thus, he didn’t carry many Pills, only a few he considered precious enough to keep on his person at all times.

However, with this consumption, this annihilation, the number of Pills within his Space Ring diminished rapidly, edging closer to depletion.

Even so, the Power of Annihilation persisted!

”Lend me your Pills!!!”

Duanmu Lin abruptly looked up, roaring at Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan.

The latter seemed to have been prepared, not uttering a word, and with a wave of the hand, numerous bottles of Pills materialized beside Duanmu Lin.

The bottles were instantly shattered, and Duanmu Lin opened his gaping maw, consuming hundreds of Pills in an instant.

With this replenishment, the speed at which he erected defenses rapidly increased, but with ongoing annihilation, from beginning to end, regardless of how many defenses Duanmu Lin put up, all the others could see was a single layer, always forming around him!

It seemed as if, at this moment, the rate of annihilation by the lotus equaled the speed at which Duanmu Lin erected his defenses, in a direct proportion.

Another minute passed, and even the Pills provided by Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan were completely expended.

”Give me more!”

Duanmu Lin looked towards the two again.

His eyes bloodshot, his expression ferocious, he appeared as if he wished to devour Su Han alive.

In response to his request, Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan exchanged a glance, hesitating.

They, like Duanmu Lin, considered themselves Pseudo-Emperors of the Super Sect, beyond the reach of others, and thus did not carry many Pills.

In fact, this applied to all Pseudo-Emperors; they wouldn’t carry too many Pills with them.

After all, if they encountered someone weaker, they could easily kill them. But if they met someone stronger, then it would be a Dragon Emperor Realm combatant. Such Cultivation Base could easily kill them, rendering any quantity of Pills useless.

When facing an opponent of the same level, there are only two outcomes, either victory or defeat, but even in defeat, as a Pseudo-Emperor Realm martial artist, the opponent would absolutely not be able to kill oneself. It might be impossible to defeat the adversary, but if one wished to escape, the pursuer would not be able to catch up.

Taking all these situations into account, they felt that carrying so many pills was truly a burden.

But at this moment, Duanmu Lin felt some regret.

He had never encountered such a situation before, and even he himself thought that if Su Han truly had the capability, he would have killed him already, and if he didn’t possess the ability, then why did the Power of Annihilation continue to exist!

”After this matter, I must carry more pills on me!” Duanmu Lin swore to himself vehemently.

Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan actually still had some pills, but what was happening right before them was shaking their Pseudo-Emperor Realm confidence.

In their hearts, they questioned themselves: This time, the target of the lotus was Duanmu Lin, but who would be next? Could it be themselves?

If it were themselves, what would they do if all the pills had been given to Duanmu Lin?

Therefore, they hesitated. Even if they had pills, they did not wish to give them to Duanmu Lin, after all, people are selfish. No matter how good a relationship is, it cannot compare to one’s own life, especially...the relationships within these Super Sects, which were not that strong to begin with, due to the various interests involved. It was only because they had banded together to besiege Su Han that they could appear so ’united’ today.

”What exactly do you want?!!!”

Seeing that Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan were both hesitating and knowing they still had pills but were unwilling to give them to him, Duanmu Lin grew frantic.

However, he didn’t get too angry or blame Jin Lan and Liushui Kuanghan; instead, he glared at Su Han, his eyes blood red.

He had already prepared himself for death, his last line of defense having disappeared silently.

”If today you can kill me, it will be because I was careless. But remember this, strong warriors from the Sword Immortal Tomb will emerge to avenge me, ensuring you will neither live nor die in peace!!!”

Duanmu Lin roared as he coughed up mouthfuls of blood, the Power of Annihilation causing his left arm to vanish.

Immediately after, his right arm followed.

In the blink of an eye, Duanmu Lin’s arms crumbled into Blood Mist and dissipated between the earth and sky.

His heart was aflame with rage, but there was no longer anything he could do.

However, just as Duanmu Lin resigned himself to death, that Power of Annihilation suddenly vanished.

Duanmu Lin couldn’t see the disappearance of the Power of Annihilation, but he could feel that the sense of impending doom, which had been enveloping him, was no longer there.

Not just him, everyone present was momentarily taken aback at this moment.

They too had thought Duanmu Lin was about to be killed, but unexpectedly, Duanmu Lin was merely left with both his arms destroyed, and at this moment... was still very much alive!

”Hmm?”

Duanmu Lin, whose eyes had been shut tight, suddenly snapped them open and looked toward Su Han, who had a deeply furrowed brow and after a moment of contemplation, burst into loud laughter.

”Hahaha...”

”Su Han, oh Su Han, my life is tough; not even the heavens want me to die, you can’t kill me!!!”

Hearing Duanmu Lin’s laughter, Su Han sighed in his heart.

With his current strength, even if he combined his Martial Artist Cultivation and Magic Cultivation, he could only achieve this much.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to kill Duanmu Lin. If he had the power, the Power of Annihilation would not have incrementally broken down Duanmu Lin’s defenses. Su Han was always decisive in his actions, quick to kill when he said he would.

The reality was that he was overly depleted and had already reached the limit of what he could control.

He wanted to kill Duanmu Lin, but in the end, as the power of the lotus faded, Duanmu Lin was left with only his arms destroyed.ℯℯ𝑙.