Chapter 1037: The Path of Life and Annihilation

Jin Anguo's combat techniques and experience were incredibly refined. Though the Scourge Dragon was extremely powerful, he was now somewhat suppressed by the Behemoth.

Nihil crouched low, and in the next instant, his wings beat powerfully as he prepared to soar into the sky. The heavens were the true domain of the dragon and phoenix races.

Although Behemoths could, at a certain level, use their bloodline power to fly, they were still far inferior to dragons or phoenixes in this regard.

But at that moment, Jin Anguo's eyes suddenly flashed, and a golden token-like object shot forth. He roared, "NO FLIGHT!"

At once, an invisible pressure filled the sky, as if the very rules of the world had been rewritten. Nihil had just taken off when he was crushed by this force and forced back toward the ground.

Such an opportunity was not something Jin Anguo would let slip. With a single stride, he leapt upward, his claws slashing from both sides. Ten massive dark-golden blades of energy cleaved toward the Scourge Dragon's belly.

A divine item that could suppress flight—clearly something designed to counter the dragon and phoenix races! And even with such careful preparation, Jin Anguo had still forfeited his match against Xu An'yu the day before. This showed just how formidable Xu An'yu's true strength had to be.

In that instant, Nihil revealed his true might. His enormous wings spread wide. Despite the suppression of Jin Anguo's token, the high-tier nature of his annihilation energy allowed him to resist the downward force to some extent. At the same time, his purple-black scales brightened, turning a radiant purple.

Seeing this, Jin Anguo immediately twisted in midair. His foot slammed into the ground to halt his momentum, and he pivoted sharply, darting to the side.

A moment later, a massive beam of purple light, as large as the Scourge Dragon itself, crashed down. If Jin Anguo had been a fraction slower, he would have been engulfed.

There was no boom, no crashing sound, no flare of light. A pit simply appeared as if it had always been there—a hundred-meter-deep pit!

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The purple glow spread outward from it, dissolving the earth itself. It looked as if it was a well from which a spring of obliteration gushed out.

What destruction!

The Scourge Dragon's outburst was so devastating that the spectators gasped, and the protective shield blazed brightly to fend off the invading annihilation energy.

Jin Anguo's expression grew grim as he watched the Scourge Dragon, his body still glowing with radiant purple light. He drew a deep breath, and his eyes turned red.

His massive seventeen-meter form swelled yet again, becoming even more muscular and surpassing twenty meters in height. His claws extended to three meters long.

Bloodthirsty Berserk mode—a high-level innate ability of the Behemoths. It was not something Jin Anguo had been planning to use right now, but this opponent had driven him to unleash his true strength. He believed that even though the Scourge Dragon's power was truly fearsome, it couldn't sustain such power indefinitely. Before the next attack came, Jin Anguo darted aside at lightning speed.

In truth, his attacks so far had been probing, not all-out. He was watching for an opening while remaining wary of the Scourge Dragon's energy attacks. Such was the power of the Scourge Dragon—it enabled him to stand his ground against the Behemoth clan leader, the mightiest of land creatures!

Nihil crashed to the ground beside the great pit. He did not immediately attack again; instead, his purple eyes glowed with a growing frenzy.

Tang San gripped his horn with his right hand, feeding life energy into his sea of consciousness to steady his mind.

"Easy, Brother Nihil. If he wants to play at attrition, let's oblige him." As he spoke, blue-golden light surged from Tang San's body. Rich life energy gathered from all directions, enveloping him and, by extension, the Scourge Dragon. The purple of the dragon's scales, which had begun to dim, brightened again under the blue-golden radiance.

In this world, no one could match Tang San's understanding of life and annihilation. He could use life energy to soothe the Scourge Dragon's divine consciousness, driving out the destructive instinct within it... or use it as fuel for precisely the annihilation energy that caused the instinct.

Long ago, in the God Realm, the God of Annihilation had staged a rebellion, nearly toppling the realm itself. But when the God Realm faced an unprecedented calamity—a storm of temporal chaos—the God of Annihilation repented. After admitting his fault to Supreme God King Tang San, he and his wife, the Goddess of Life, merged their bodies into the God Realm's protective force, stabilizing it. They left behind seeds of their power, which Tang San safeguarded until passing their legacies to his son and daughter-in-law before his own reincarnation.

Having held the seeds of life and annihilation for so long, Tang San deeply grasped their laws and their intricate relationship.

Back then, had the Goddess of Life aided her husband with her power, even Tang San would have been unable to stand against them. Such was the wondrous, primal might of life and annihilation, two of the most fundamental forces in the universe.

As Nihil felt its expended annihilation energy rapidly replenished and even ignited by Tang San's life energy, he froze in astonishment.

Since becoming a puppet dragon, his only duty had been to fight, enduring endless trials and foes. Because of his nature, even when wounded, he could only rely on self-recovery.

But now, from Tang San, he felt true support. The sensation was so wonderful that even without further input from Tang San, his divine consciousness grew clearer.

Nihil let out a joyful, unrestrained roar, and his purple eyes fixed on Jin Anguo. If his bloodline power could be endlessly replenished, then he was practically invincible, at least to opponents beneath the rank of Emperor.

"

ROOOAAAARRRR!!!

"

A thunderous roar shook the air as dazzling purple light burst from the Scourge Dragon, covering the entire arena.

The space was limited, and when Nihil unleashed his annihilation energy without restraint, there was no escape from its reach.

The protective energy around Jin Anguo's body steamed as it was rapidly consumed by the destruction force.

What?!?!

Jin Anguo's eyes widened in shock and fury. That bastard Jin Miaolin could actually use life energy to sustain the Scourge Dragon? How was that possible? How was he supposed to fight this?

Jin Miaolin himself wasn't a threat, but this ability was utterly bizarre. His life energy could nourish the Scourge Dragon's destruction force, letting it last longer and even grow stronger. In fact, at that moment, Jin Anguo felt as though the Scourge Dragon had reached Emperor-level strength!

"

ROOOARRR!

" Nihil roared again, and within his annihilation energy appeared deep purple bubbles. As they started to burst, everything nearby withered at alarming speed. Even the arena's protective barrier began to corrode.