The Black Dragon's Eye could petrify enemies instantly. Even against a powerful opponent, simply being seen by its gaze would cause their movements to become sluggish.
This was the Black Dragon's trump card, a secret few Beast Emperors from the Myriad Beasts Mountain even knew.
With this ultimate move, the Black Dragon was often invincible, catching opponents off guard regardless of their strength.
Gazing at Li Xiaotian before him, the Black Dragon felt a cold sneer flash through its mind, its eyes, radiating an unusual red glow, locked onto the opponent.
As long as this ant fell victim to its pupil technique, its reactions would surely be sluggish, giving the dragon the opportunity to devour it in one bite.
However, the Black Dragon was stunned. Its heart gave a jolt, and an overwhelming sense of crisis surged into its mind.
Li Xiaotian's eyes were incredibly dark. Upon closer inspection, a furiously spinning vortex could be seen within his pupils.
Instantly, the Black Dragon felt dizzy and disoriented, its vision consumed by darkness. It felt as if it had fallen into an abyss, its entire body spinning and plummeting uncontrollably, a sense of weightlessness overwhelming it.
At this moment, all of the Black Dragon's senses were lost; it could not perceive any external movement.
"Where is this place?! Damn it!! What happened?"
The Black Dragon roared, its heart suddenly filled with terror. It panicked. The last time it had felt such helplessness and fear was when it was young. Since then, it had cultivated desperately, devouring its own siblings and friends, resorting to any means necessary to become stronger.
But now, that distant, forgotten feeling had returned.
"Damn it!!! Let me out!! Ant, I will devour you! I will tear you to shreds!!!"
The Black Dragon roared, bellowing madly. It tried to control its body, attempting to break free from this peculiar space. But the next moment, it was filled with dread, for it could not feel its own body at all.
Meanwhile, in the outside world, to observers, Li Xiaotian and the Black Dragon remained locked in a stalemate. Only a single breath had passed.
The Black Dragon had its pupil technique, but Li Xiaotian had his as well – the Devouring Demonic Eye. Like his cultivation method, it devoured all light. Everything it saw was like falling into an abyss.
"Hum!"
Dense demonic energy gradually enveloped the Black Dragon's entire body, seeping into its internal being through every gap in its scales, voraciously consuming everything.
Simultaneously, Li Xiaotian's blade slowly began to breach the Black Dragon's defenses, peeling away its scales bit by bit.
Blood trickled from the wound on the Black Dragon's head, but it was instantly absorbed by Li Xiaotian.
At this moment, the Black Dragon's eyes were entirely black, its body like a sculpture, utterly immobile.
But the Black Dragon's consciousness, trapped within the dark space, was screaming in agony. It couldn't feel its body before, but now, it could feel its body being gnawed by countless ants, its flesh being devoured, its head splitting open.
It used to toy with weaker prey like this, pushing them to the brink of despair before tearing their bodies apart, reveling in their dying screams.
Now, the very feelings of the prey it had hunted in their final moments were being inflicted upon itself.
"Roar!!! No!!! Damned ant! Let me out! Quickly, let me out!"
"Stop it! I am the overlord of the demon race, you cannot do this to me!"
The Black Dragon shrieked, cried out, and struggled. It began to regret its greed. If it hadn't coveted the ant's divine artifact, it wouldn't have severed its own dragon horns and fought with such desperation.
Now, it was like livestock trapped in a cage, watching its own death unfold.
At the same time, the Silver Wolf, besieged by Jian Lin and others, noticed the anomaly on the Black Dragon's side and immediately sensed something was wrong. It wanted to go to its aid but was fiercely held back by Jian Lin, Zhen Wu, and the others.
"Roar! Get away!!"
The Silver Wolf roared, swatting Zhen Wu away with a claw, sending him spitting blood in a serious injury. Then, it slammed Jian Lin away with its head.
But even so, it couldn't reach the Black Dragon's side to assist. There were simply too many people attacking it, and Jian Lin and the others, seeing that Li Xiaotian was about to slay the Black Dragon, were more excited than ever and desperately blocked the Silver Wolf.
"Ant! You dare to kill the Black Dragon Emperor! My Myriad Beasts Mountain's demon race will never rest until you are all dead! We will slaughter every human in Da Qin!"
The Silver Wolf roared, threatening Li Xiaotian. This wasn't because its relationship with the Black Dragon was particularly close, prompting it to risk its life to save it. If this were a battle between beasts, the Black Dragon's death would simply be that.
But this time was different. The Black Dragon was about to die at the hands of an ant. As fellow overlords of the demon race, it absolutely could not allow such a thing to happen.
This was an insult to their Myriad Beasts Mountain demon race, a provocation to all demons!
The Black Dragon could die! But it could not die at the hands of humans, nor could it die at the hands of an ant!
"Roar!!!"
The Silver Wolf howled to the heavens, attempting to summon the blood moon once more.
"The Lord said, let there be light!"
"Tai Ri Divine Sword!!!"
Among the human powerhouses besieging the Silver Wolf, Serena from the Vatican and Lieyang Tian from the Tai Ri Divine Sect attacked together. One caused the night sky to illuminate, as if day had suddenly arrived, while the other radiated light like a sun hanging in the sky.
At this moment, the entire battlefield was bathed in light, and the moon in the sky vanished in an instant.
"Damn it!! You court death!!!"
The Silver Wolf was enraged, its eyes instantly turning red. Its summoning of the blood moon had been interrupted, leaving it unable to save the Black Dragon.
"If the Black Dragon Emperor dies, all you ants will be buried with it!!!"
The Silver Wolf roared, lunging ferociously at Serena and Lieyang Tian.
Concurrently, on Li Xiaotian's side, his long blade was fully submerged in the Black Dragon's head, the Devouring power operating at full throttle.
At this point, the Black Dragon felt a glimmer of light. Seeing this, it rejoiced instantly. But when its vision returned to normal and it fully regained control of its body, it was utterly stunned.
"Roar!!!"
A piercing scream erupted from the Black Dragon's mouth. The pain! It was too painful!!!
"Get lost! Die!!"
The Black Dragon writhed frantically, rolling and thrashing on the ground, desperately trying to shake off Li Xiaotian on its head.
But its strength was rapidly fading, while Li Xiaotian's power was increasing. No matter what method it employed, it couldn't dislodge Li Xiaotian.
"Don't kill me! Ant! No, human! Don't kill me! I don't want to perish!!!"
The Black Dragon pleaded for mercy, its fear overwhelming it. It did not want to die.
"I am willing to pledge allegiance to you, willing to become your mount!"
But Li Xiaotian offered no response, his expression devoid of any emotion.
"Hmph! Die!"
Li Xiaotian snorted coldly. The demonic sword within his body unleashed a terrifying killing intent, surging through his blade and instantly into the Black Dragon's mind.
"Boom!"
Instantly, the Black Dragon felt its head explode. It lost consciousness in a flash.