C1491 The Awake Rovi!
Zhong Chichen plunged into Colorful Lake.
In that instant, Huangyin and Xuanying, along with the elegant demonic shadow retreating into the wooden tombstone, experienced a suffocating discomfort.
Their bond with Colorful Lake seemed to have been severed.
For the Earth Demon Clan, Colorful Lake was sacred, the cradle of their power, and the wellspring of their might.
Yet, as Zhong Chichen entered the waters, it appeared to merge with him, transforming into his own dragon pool.
Previously, even when gravely wounded to the brink of soul fragmentation, submersion in Colorful Lake promised swift recovery.
For them, Colorful Lake was akin to the Devaputra's Aura Altar—a sanctuary where the Devaputra Race could rapidly heal their kin.
The Devaputra and Earth Demon shared many parallels.
The myriad properties of Colorful Lake bore resemblance to the Tears of Blue Devil, the Aura Altar overseen by Tianzang.
At the base of the Tears of Blue Devil lay the Muddy Devil Embryo, a concoction of corruption and venom.
Yet, Colorful Lake's wonders clearly surpassed those of the Tears of Blue Devil, brimming with even stranger marvels.
After all, Colorful Lake could foster Earth Demons, spawn new ones, and even subtly govern the entire Foul World!
But now, they felt as though Colorful Lake had cast them aside, no longer able to draw strength from its depths...
All because Zhong Chichen had descended into it.
"Ancestor..."
Loong Jie, resembling a serpentine golden fortress in the sky, fixed his massive golden dragon eyes on the diminutive figure immersed in the lake.
He sensed with clarity that the Bloodline Crystal Chain coiled around Zhong Chichen's heart was of dragon lineage!
Within Zhong Chichen, a Yang God form as radiant as multicolored crystal was now harnessing Colorful Lake's unique powers, undergoing a wondrous metamorphosis.
It had transformed into a slightly smaller Colorful Divine Dragon!
At that moment, Loong Jie realized that the current sect master of the Medicine God Sect, Zhong Chichen—who he had previously written off as a lost cause—was in fact the Space-time Dragon of their Naga lineage!
Recalling how he had used his golden hand to keep the lid of the pill furnace shut, preventing Zhong Chichen from emerging, Loong Jie couldn't shake the unease that settled in his heart.
He also came to understand that the spatial rifts, which were on the verge of bursting open yet never did due to Rovi's secret arts, were being sabotaged by someone in the shadows.
His Naga ancestor had stirred to awakening as the first stream of colorful light shot from the Dragon Slash Platform, entered the pill furnace, and merged with the human vessel.
More dragon breaths, akin to miniature colorful dragons, infused into the body, rapidly reviving the dragon soul hidden within Zhong Chichen's primary spirit.
By the time Zhong Chichen emerged from the pill furnace and exchanged smiles with Yu Yuan, he had already used his influence to covertly dismantle Rovi's spatial laws.
The pervasive sense of Dao suppression that Rovi experienced during the battle was his doing.
Sizzle, sizzle!
The luminous Space Light Blades became chaotic in the sky, seemingly beyond Rovi's control.
Chen Liangquan and Tan Junshan, who had been preparing to evacuate, paused in their escape, now glimmering with silver light, due to the unexpected turn of events.
Tan Junshan's crescent dharma shifted back into human form.
Chen Liangquan, clutching the fragmented crystal ball, came to a halt beside him in the void.
Both men, with looks of astonishment and bewilderment, turned their gaze from Rovi to Zhong Chichen, who was now partially visible in the Colorful Lake.
"He's the Space-time Dragon?"
Chen Liangquan was astounded.
Tan Junshan wiped the sweat from his brow and mused, "According to the Earth Demon Ancestors, Zhong Chichen is the ancient Colorful Divine Dragon. Didn't it feel like we had divine assistance when we slipped away from Rovi? Remarkably effortless, wasn't it?"
"I did have that feeling..." Chen Liangquan agreed with a nod.
Exchanging a knowing glance, they reached a mutual decision: they no longer intended to flee from the Foul World.
They were eager to determine whether Zhong Chichen in Colorful Lake was indeed the Colorful Divine Dragon.
If so...
The reemergence of an ancient Dragon God in the guise of Zhong Chichen's human form could have profound implications for the current state of affairs.
"Xuanying, and... you're Rovi, correct?" Zhong Chichen looked up at the two extraordinary beings with merged souls. "Xuanying, it seems you're deeply afraid of me. How many years has it been? Your grand scheme was to merge with a Peak Bloodline Void Spirit Succubus?"
"Do you believe you need to grasp the power of space or seek out the strongest in this realm to stand against me? I'm privy to all the mysteries of the Earth Demon Clan. Are you trying to uncover the spatial enigmas I've deciphered?"
"In all the myriad realms, your best idea was to rely on the might of the Void Spirit Succubus, to count on Rovi, right?"
"Heh!"
"All the formidable High Rank Void Spirit Succubi before him, even your Founder, that Divine Butterfly..."
"Wasn't it the Dragon Slash Platform that forced your soul and body apart, allowing you to narrowly escape?"
"And I was the one who exerted the greatest effort!"
Zhong Chichen's sarcasm knew no bounds as he ridiculed Xuanying, the Earth Demon Ancestor, the leader of the Void Spirit Succubus Clan, and even the Divine Butterfly that founded their race.
Yu Yuan, standing atop the Dragon Slash Platform, felt a tremor at his senior brother's words. He had a faint recollection of the event.
He remembered witnessing a colossal, elongated Divine Stone shattering the limbs of the divine tree, piercing through numerous stars, and striking a massive colorful butterfly, causing it to flee in disarray.
The Dragon Soul of the Colorful Divine Dragon had survived within the Dragon Slash Platform, making it a direct participant in the events. Thus, his senior brother's account was factual, devoid of any embellishment.
"You're still only at the Unrestrained Stage. And currently, there is no new Supreme Ranking in Hao Ran that could swiftly elevate you to godhood."
Rovi spoke from midair, his purple gaze dimming the shadow of Xuanying within. The patriarch of the Void Spirit Succubus Clan was indeed provoked by Zhong Chichen's taunts.
As Zhong Chichen plunged into the Colorful Lake, he realized that Xuanying's power to summon the filthy miasma was utterly suppressed by him. Consequently, he signaled Xuanying to conceal herself.
He was determined to take full control of this body and, in his most powerful form, swiftly conclude the battle.
"Rovi!"
Huangyin, Yuen Qingxi, and the shadowy figure within the tombstone all made way.
They retreated from the Colorful Lake and from Rovi, leaving the battlefield and the space to this hidden powerhouse of the Outland Star River, who had been lying in wait for many years.
He was only surpassed by the Great Demon God Beilstein and Cadorath of the Bright Clan, ranking as the third mightiest.
Yuen Qingxi and Huangyin were aware that Rovi's combat prowess had never waned. Ever since Asura King Sabonis had dealt him a severe blow, he had become the third mightiest in the Outland Star River!
Crack! Crack!
The space of the Foul World fractured like colossal panes of glass.
The slender, radiant spatial fissures, previously unyielding, now ripped open in a flash!
Countless chasms stretched across the heavens, rending the void into fragments.
Roar!
In a mere moment, Loong Jie's vast dragon form was reduced to a blur of flesh and blood.
His scales shattered, and his undulating tail snapped into segments.
Loong Jie bled profusely across the sky, his cries of agony piercing the air as he rapidly diminished in size.
No longer could he brazenly brandish his grand dragon form to overawe the Earth Demon and the malevolent spirits of the Ghost Wizard Sect below.
Snap!
The fractured crystal sphere in Chen Liangquan's grasp oozed streams of silver blood.
The blood, still sparkling with divine brilliance, was blindingly bright.
Chen Liangquan's complexion turned deathly pale. He pressed both hands against the sphere, and even someone as arrogant as he was forced to seek assistance from Tan Junshan: "Help me!"
Regrettably, his call for aid went unanswered.
In the blink of an eye, Tan Junshan vanished, seemingly devoured by the spatial gateway Rovi had opened, cast into some unknown void.
Perhaps he would never find his way back.
"Rovi, if you venture back into the spatial turbulence you've created, the vast and supreme senses will surely detect you. It won't be long before you find yourself besieged by the mightiest of the Vast Ocean. Not just you, Rovi, but even with Beilstein and Cadorath joining forces with you, you won't stand a chance," Zhong Chichen said, his smile fading into a stern expression.
At that moment, Rovi's eyes shimmered with a rainbow hue, signaling his most powerful state.
He was prepared to give it his all, depending on the Dragon Slash Platform, perhaps the only thing capable of withstanding Rovi's formidable edge.
The next instant, Rovi's attention—and his gaze—settled on Yu Yuan.
Or more precisely, on the Dragon Slash Platform.
