73: Success and failure

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a soul-freezing, terrifying mental shockwave, like the simultaneous wailing of billions of living beings, sweeping in all directions!

The gray-black torrent of Revenant and the gray-white Dragon Soul energy field fiercely corroded and annihilated each other!

The ancient Dragon Soul phantoms, condensed from Alduin’s power, wailed mournfully and began to violently fluctuate, twist, and dissipate, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, under the impact of the pure, extreme resentment of tens of thousands of newly formed Revenant!

Alduin’s massive skeletal body suddenly shook!

It let out a roar filled with pain and shock!

The dark red energy veins flowing around its body instantly became dim!

The cracks on its indestructible skeletal body, previously cleaved by Zhao Tieying, and the wounds from the elder’s white light, began to uncontrollably widen, and dark golden bone fragments cascaded down like a waterfall!

Its proud Dragon Soul energy field, which provided a nearly infinite source of power, was forcefully torn apart and overwhelmed!

Now!

“Heaven-Splitting!!”

Zhao Tieying, having charged his power to the extreme, let out a roar that seemed to come from the primordial wilderness!

The giant axe in his hand, carrying the ultimate will to sever all karma and destroy all things, transformed into a chaotic axe-light that cleaved the heavens and earth, tearing through space and ignoring time.

At the instant Alduin’s power appeared to vacuum due to the collapse of its Dragon Soul energy field, it fiercely struck the center of its massive, cracked skull!

Crack!!!!

A crisp, scalp-numbing cracking sound echoed through the heavens and earth!

Alduin’s thousand-meter-tall giant skeletal head, starting from its glabella, instantly developed a penetrating, bottomless, terrifying crack!

The dark golden skull fractured and peeled off in large chunks, like broken porcelain!

In its massive eye sockets, the dark golden light flickered violently like a candle in the wind, eventually dimming completely!

Its massive skeletal body, as if its spine had been removed, crashed backward, heavily smashing onto its throne, which was piled high with countless dragon bones, causing an earth-shaking rumble!

It lost!

Stripped of the Dragon Soul energy field’s enhancement, and struck by Zhao Tieying’s axe, which condensed his life’s power, directly at its soul core!

This skeletal monarch, who had ruled the Barren World for countless years, was finally thoroughly crippled and defeated!

However, the vitality of transcendent beings, especially unique existences like the skeletal monarch, is incredibly tenacious, beyond imagination.

Although its massive body fell and the light in its eye sockets dimmed, the furnace-like energy core at its core had not completely extinguished; it was still faintly pulsating, emitting a dangerous aura.

It was not completely dead yet; there was still a possibility of recovery!

“Hmph! Dying struggle!”

The elder’s eyes held no pity, only cold calculation.

He took a step, instantly appearing above Alduin’s shattered skull.

The staff in his hand was raised high, and the milky white gem at its tip now emitted an eerie, dim light with an aura of forced enslavement.

“Using Revenant as a guide, using rules as a lock... Soul Imprint! Suppress!”

The elder bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of vital blood onto the staff’s gem!

The gem’s light flared, instantly transforming into an extremely complex, dark red imprint, seemingly composed of countless twisted runes and wailing souls!

This imprint, bearing the elder’s vital blood and massive mental power, emitted a chilling aura of forced enslavement that made souls tremble!

The elder’s eyes sharpened, and the staff, carrying the dark red Soul Enslavement Imprint, plunged like a spear of judgment, fiercely stabbing into the faint, dark golden flame deep within Alduin’s skull, which represented its soul’s origin!

“Roar... No...!!!”

Alduin’s remaining will let out a final roar filled with endless humiliation and unwillingness, but under the heavy blow of Zhao Tieying’s Heaven-Splitting strike and the impact of the resentment of tens of thousands of Revenant, it was powerless to resist!

Pfft!

The Soul Enslavement Imprint, like a red-hot branding iron, was fiercely pressed onto Alduin’s soul origin!

The dark golden flame trembled and struggled violently, eventually being forcibly covered, permeated, and merged by the dark red imprint!

A powerful mental connection, carrying a coercive binding force, was instantly established between the elder and Alduin’s shattered soul!

Alduin’s massive skeletal body completely stopped struggling, and the last flicker of light in its eye sockets completely extinguished, but it was not death; rather, it was forced into slumber, its soul deeply branded with an indelible slave mark!

From then on, it would be beyond its own control, becoming the elder’s most powerful weapon of war!

The battle in the core area of Dragonfall Nest finally concluded with Alduin’s fall and the enslavement of its soul.

The world-destroying energy fluctuations gradually subsided, leaving behind only the scarred skeletal plains and the lingering scent of gunpowder and death in the air.

With the skeletal monarch defeated and enslaved, its dragon beast army, which had only erupted with powerful combat strength due to its oppressive aura and the enhancement of its Dragon Soul energy field, instantly fell into immense chaos!

Many dragon beasts, as if having lost their backbone, let out terrified wails and instinctively began to retreat and flee.

The Dragon Nation army’s pressure sharply decreased, and they began to organize effective counterattacks and purges.

At the edge of Thousand Dragon Valley, the steel defense perimeter constructed by the Alien army still stood firm.

After losing Alduin’s unified will and suppression, the besieging beast tide became disorganized and scattered; although still vast in number, its threat was greatly reduced.

Under Lin Feng’s command, the Alien army even began to proactively attack, slaughtering the confused dragon beasts and expanding the safe zone.

Inside the defense perimeter, the examinees, watching the skeletal monarch, like a god or demon, collapse in the distance, watching the chaotic and dispersed beast hordes, and then looking at the fearsome yet reassuring Alien warriors around them, were overwhelmed by a massive sense of relief at surviving the ordeal, like a surging tide.

Many collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably or laughing hysterically, appearing deranged.

Nangong Jie’s face was pale as he looked at the enslaved Alduin in the distance, then at Lin Feng, who was surrounded by Aliens and examinees like stars around the moon, his eyes filled with extreme complexity.

Fear, jealousy, unwillingness, and a hint of... awe, which he himself was unwilling to admit.

He quietly activated the life-saving communication talisman given by his family, transmitting everything that had happened here, especially information about Lin Feng’s strange abilities.

Wang Meng leaned on his battle axe, panting heavily, looking at Lin Feng’s back, his eyes filled with gratitude and fanaticism.

He knew that without Lin Feng, they would have long become dragon beast excrement and cold numbers in the army’s plan.

Qin Yuyan leaned gently beside Lin Feng; though exhausted, her eyes were bright.

She looked at Lin Feng’s stern profile and whispered.

“We... survived.”

Lin Feng did not answer; his gaze remained sharp, cutting across the chaotic battlefield and towards the core of Dragonfall Nest, deep within the collapsed throne.

The Origin Crystal Core within his body slightly warmed, transmitting a vague but strong desire... Something was there!

Something that held an indescribable attraction for him, or rather, for the Alien’s evolution!

star marrow!

Just then, the Alien Queen suddenly let out a low hiss of warning, and Fissure also stopped patrolling, its wings slightly vibrating, its Space Blades poised for action.

Abyssal Venom, meanwhile, spewed a thick cloud of poisonous mist, enveloping the area in front of the defense perimeter.

From the direction of Dragonfall Nest, several figures emitting powerful auras were rapidly flying over.

The leader was none other than Councilor Zheng, one of the high-ranking officials of the Professional Association, who had just enslaved Alduin!

His face showed a hint of fatigue, but his eyes were still as deep as an abyss, flickering with shrewd light.

Beside him was a dispirited Zhao Tieying, his military uniform torn, golden blood still on the corner of his mouth, but his back remained ramrod straight.

Behind them were several Golden Peak powerhouses from the 'Dragon Slaying' Legion.

Their gazes, like searchlights, instantly locked onto Lin Feng and the formidable Alien army around him!