The corpse opened its eyes and stared at Green Yun for a while before finally speaking with cracked lips, "Little Yun, where is this place?"
"This is the Human Tower. I came to save you," Green Yun said quickly.
"Go, we have to go quickly. If they find us, " Wrathful Lord's eyes sharpened and he urged hastily.
"It's okay, the elders and the Black Dragon are all dead. There's no more danger," Green Yun interrupted him.
"All dead? That’s good," Wrathful Lord finally let out a sigh of relief and lay on the ground, beginning to heal on his own.
"You take care of him," Xu Zimo said after reviving Wrathful Lord, then returned to the seventeenth floor.
The light red heart flickered within the flames, the sound of its heartbeat, "thump, thump, thump", echoing as if a real life was being born.
The incubation time for the Blood Lizard Heart exceeded Xu Zimo’s expectations. It took a full month.
Only then did the heart stabilize under the refinement of the Divine Dragon Fire, and its color began shifting from light red to blood red.
Its surface was entirely crimson, as though it had just been freshly plucked from a body.
Purple blood vessels and patterns were clearly visible.
Xu Zimo stored the heart away, then took Green Yun and Wrathful Lord and left the Human Tower.
On the way, Wrathful Lord expressed his thanks to Xu Zimo.
"I should be leaving too," Xu Zimo said with a smile.
"Brother, are you returning to the human realm?" Wrathful Lord asked.
"Yes. Want to come with me?" Xu Zimo replied.
"I think not. I want to go see Qing'er. Maybe I'll stay here afterward," Wrathful Lord smiled and shook his head.
After sending the two back to the Green Lizard village, Xu Zimo didn’t say much more.
He used his absolute power to tear open the small world’s barrier, and his figure gradually disappeared within it.
Watching Xu Zimo’s fading figure, Green Yun’s eyes trembled slightly.
"Sometimes, you have to say it if you like someone," Wrathful Lord said with a smile from the side.
"Big Brother Wrathful, what are you talking about? I don’t understand," Green Yun quickly looked away, flustered and lowering her head.
"Some people, once lost, will never appear again. You missed your chance," Wrathful Lord said.
"I know," Green Yun replied, her mood turning somber. "But even if I said it, so what? Do you think he would stay for someone?"
...
On an autumn afternoon, the wind was cool.
At the location of the World Sovereign Empyrean Sect, layers of formations enveloped the entire sect.
Endless spiritforce gathered toward the formations. At the center, mist swirled, dragons roared and tigers growled, it was clearly extraordinary.
The outer elders all wore solemn expressions, not daring to relax even slightly.
Because no one knew when those two Dragon Gods would return.
The entire World Sovereign Empyrean Sect was in a state of high alert.
In the sect’s main hall, many elders had gathered.
Sect Master Zhang Tianlin tapped the side of his chair with his index finger, a glint flashing in his eyes as he asked, "How long has it been since the top disciples left the sect to search for the Blood Lizard Heart?"
"Reporting to the Sect Master, it’s been over two months," an elder replied quickly.
"That long? Either they ran into trouble or they’re all dead," Zhang Tianlin said with a frown.
"It’s unclear for now. We can only send someone to Wrathful Lord City to see if there’s any news," Red King Huangfu Xuan replied from below.
"But those two dragon haven’t appeared during this time. Maybe it’s over?"
"No. Until the Blood Lizard Heart arrives, we cannot let our guard down," Zhang Tianlin shook his head and said.
As everyone was discussing, two high-pitched dragon roars suddenly echoed from the distance.
"They’re here," the elders’ expressions changed drastically. Zhang Tianlin abruptly stood up, his gaze sharp as he looked outside.
In the skies above the World Sovereign Empyrean Sect, one ice and one fire dragon soared into the air.
Red flames burned fiercely, mixing with icy blue frost. The fusion of fire and ice lit up half the sky.
The two dragons swung their tails, smashing heavily onto the defensive formation. With a loud "boom," the formation shook violently, and cracks began to appear on its surface.
"This won’t do. Our formation can’t hold much longer," said the Realm King heavily upon seeing this.
"Follow me to face the enemy," Zhang Tianlin said calmly. "First, pour your energy into the formation. Try to stabilize it."
All the elders of the World Sovereign Empyrean Sect sat cross-legged. No one dared to hold back.
They poured all their spiritforce into the defensive formation. Because each person's spiritforce had a different attribute,
As everyone activated their techniques simultaneously, the spiritforce in the sky appeared in a rainbow of colors.
Massive spiritforce flooded into the formation, and the cracks on its surface began to mend.
The two dragons above seemed enraged. With a furious roar,
Their massive bodies coiled in the sky. Clouds thickened, thunder and lightning filled the heavens.
The Red Dragon God bared its fangs, and a fireball, so hot it seemed to melt the void, formed in its mouth.
As the fireball appeared, the Red Dragon God’s pupils contracted vertically, and its entire body radiated overwhelming dragon might.
Waves of dragon flame surged from its body, and the fireball absorbed this flame, rapidly growing dozens of times larger.
Then the dragon wrapped its tail around the fireball and hurled it down with great force.
Watching the fireball descend like a blazing sun, everyone within the formation changed expressions in horror.
Even from far away, they could feel the searing heat.
When the fireball crashed into the defensive formation like a meteor, a deafening explosion rang out, threatening to rupture their eardrums.
A wave of intense heat spread outward. The cracks on the formation grew even denser.
Below, the elders all looked grave, doing everything they could to resist.
"I can’t hold on!" someone shouted in anguish. Moments later, one elder’s body burst into flames and was reduced to ashes.
The others were shocked and dared not act recklessly. Anyone who sensed danger quickly retreated.
"Give up the formation. Everyone, fall back with me to face the two evil dragons directly," Zhang Tianlin ordered upon seeing the formation about to collapse.
Once everyone retreated, the unsupported formation didn’t last a moment and was immediately breached.
The fireball fell from the sky, as if about to devour the entire earth.
Another explosion followed. The ground shook like an earthquake, the earth quaking and the sky trembling.
The fireball crashed heavily onto the ground within the formation.
Before Zhang Tianlin and the others could react, they saw the two dragons bypass them and soar toward the interior of the World Sovereign Empyrean Sect.
"What are they trying to do?" Zhang Tianlin frowned and ordered, "Don’t stop them yet, follow them."