Chapter 5012

Before the woman in white could finish her sentence, a surge of thick black fog had already swept a hundred feet forward. Within the mist, the eerie sound of bones grinding against each other echoed ominously.

Fengxian’s expression changed drastically, and his body trembled violently. “It’s the vanguard of the Soul Devouring Demon Army!”

Hundreds of skeletons clad in broken armor slowly emerged from the black fog. Green ghostly flames flickered in their hollow eye sockets, and the bone knives in their hands gleamed with a chilling light.

Even more terrifying, each skeleton was entangled in dozens of black, hair-thin threads. The other ends of these threads stretched deep into the sea of mist, as if they were being manipulated by some horrifying entity.

The gadfly staggered to his feet, his arm mangled, and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. “Damn it… I can still fight!”

The remaining warriors of Rhino City instinctively rallied, surrounding and protecting the wounded Kai at the center.

Bai Yi struggled to stand, picking up a blood-stained long sword from the ground. But the blade trembled slightly in her grip.

Hu Mazi gritted his teeth and pulled out a yellowed talisman—the last of his life-saving charms. “Everyone, I fear this is where we die.”

Suddenly, the old man in purple robes threw a thunder seal into the air. Caught by the wind, it expanded to ten feet in size, crackling with countless arcs of lightning. “I’ve sacrificed a century of cultivation to summon the Nine Heavens Thunder. I’ll hold them off as long as I can!”

Just then, Kai’s body convulsed violently, and the Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand emitted a sharp, resonant hum.

The woman in white rushed to restrain him. “Don’t move! You’re too badly injured—”

Before she could finish, Kai’s eyes snapped open. They were no longer human, but beast-like vertical pupils with strange, blood-red flames flickering deep within.

Even more alarming, cracks formed on his skin’s surface, oozing golden liquid. It floated into the air, forming tiny, shimmering droplets of blood.

A piercing screech rang out from the depths of the fog, and all the skeleton soldiers froze, then turned simultaneously to face Kai.

The purple-robed elder’s face turned pale. “This is bad—he’s awakening the power of his blood!”

Slowly, Kai rose into the air. The floating blood droplets were drawn toward him, coalescing into a pair of faint, golden wings behind his back.
The Dragon Slaying Sword began to emit a golden glow, as if responding to Kai’s awakening.

Suddenly, the sea of fog surged violently, and the vague outline of a colossal creature emerged.

It was a bone dragon the size of a mountain, with purple soul flames burning in its hollow eye sockets. Each of its vertebrae was impaled with thick black spikes.

The bone dragon opened its massive jaws—not to let out a dragon’s roar, but a chorus of wails, the anguished cries of thousands of tormented souls.

The thunder seal in the purple-robed elder’s hand cracked under the force of the soundwave, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. “It’s the Soul Devouring Dragon Lord… The Demon Dragon Hall actually dispatched such a being…”

Kai, now fully transformed, suddenly let out a thunderous dragon roar. The golden blood wings wrapped around him tightly—and in the next instant, he became a golden dragon.

This was the first true awakening of Kai’s bloodline. Before, whenever he activated his power, a golden dragon’s phantom would appear behind him.

But now, Kai himself had become the golden dragon!

With a blinding flash, he shot toward the bone dragon like a streak of golden lightning.

The instant they collided, the shockwave shattered every skeleton soldier within a hundred-meter radius.

Golden light and black mist clashed and spiraled in the sky, each impact distorting the surrounding space.

On the ground, everyone was blown back by the intense air pressure. The woman in white barely avoided being swept away by plunging her broken spear into the earth.

She watched in horror as cracks began to form in the fabric of space where the two dragons fought, with flickers of black lightning crackling along the edges.

The purple-robed elder, stunned, murmured, “The power of the golden dragon’s bloodline is terrifying… No wonder the young lady wanted to save him…”

The woman in white looked on in disbelief. “He… he’s really of the golden dragon bloodline?”