From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

A mysterious atmosphere enveloped the entire lake, where moonlight spilled onto the waters within this otherworldly space, creating a faint silver glow. The moon's reflection on the water seemed like a window to another world.

The giant black dragon high above had exhausted its spiritual power to completely heal those two fierce wounds.

One wound was from a lava sword belonging to Marquis Vlad; the other was from an attack by Chris.

It had consumed a great deal of spiritual power.

Byrne and Chris stood atop the lake's surface, fearlessly confronting the enormous black dragon!

Byrne's declaration that he would kill it within "ten minutes" actually had a good reason.

Because he knew very well that both sides could not stay in this space forever.

After ten minutes, the chance that the black dragon, burdened with hatred and sin, bound by a Forbidden rare artifact, would return straight to hell was very high.

Then, it would become very difficult for them to find each other.

So Byrne made the judgment that he must kill Black Ash within ten minutes!

Time was ticking away, he paused for a moment and quickly reminded:

"Chris, absolutely cannot let me get hurt, or else it will win the so-called ritual, and we will suffer very painful consequences!"

"We only have ten minutes, we must kill it within these ten minutes!"

Chris didn't speak.

He simply nodded slightly.

Countdown Timer.

The countdown began.

Soon, Chris's figure leapt up like a phantom, and his twin blades instantly turned into a whirlwind of flashing lights.

However, the silver-haired man was quickly swatted down from the air by Black Ash's claw.

Even though Black Ash only had half the strength of a low-level Monarch Extraordinary Exponent, its base values still far exceeded Chris's; it was still an overwhelmingly strong opponent that Chris couldn't face head on.

But Chris's action was just a probe, so he didn't suffer too many injuries.

"We'll go together!"

Byrne created a Body Double for dodging attacks, already making up his mind.

In the time to come, he would not keep evading but would join Chris in battle!

"Hmm."

Chris nodded again, not refusing.

He leaped into the air and launched another attack!

However, this time Chris unleashed his extraordinary power.

Black flames, the Fire of Sin, burst out instantly on Black Ash's massive body, causing it unbearable pain and to roar angrily, spewing black flames of its own.

Those flames swiftly enveloped the area, like a wave of fire about to swallow Chris whole.

However, Byrne used "Instantaneous Transfer" to move Chris far away, easily avoiding the black flames.

Worried that "Battle Chains" and the "Horn of Destruction" would lead to the ritual being deemed a "gambling failure," he didn't consider using them.

"Aaargh! Despicable mortals! Struggle!"

The roaring black dragon, filled with a murderous aura, suddenly plunged toward Byrne on the ground, but in the next moment, the human on the ground had already swapped places with the prepared Chris through "Shape-shifting."

The baffled Black Ash ended up face-to-face with Chris.

"What!"

Eyes of Conviction!

Chris once again activated his extraordinary power, judging the giant dragon that had done evil for thousands of years!

The black dragon, rendered immobile in an instant, fell straight from the sky, crashing onto the surface of the water, and causing a massive splash!

Byrne extended his hand toward the black dragon, unable to move, and bursts of emerald Sword Qi erupted, striking the proud and angry Black Ash without any chance for evasion, hurtling it into grave injury.

"Aaargh!"

"Damn humans!"

It struggled with difficulty to escape the illusion caused by its sins, continually exhausting its spiritual power to heal its wounds, its eyes filled with rage.

"Advantage is with us, thankfully most Monarch Level mysterious creatures do not have domains,"

"We will win!"

Byrne couldn't help remarking, then without speaking, he and Chris, one to the left and the other to the right, distanced themselves and attacked the giant black dragon from two directions!

But just at that moment, the black dragon suddenly soared high into the sky, beating its enormously large wings, and in no time it had risen to nearly a thousand meters high.

It looked down upon the two from on high.

Control of the skies.

Undoubtedly a very significant advantage.

Byrne and Chris immediately stopped, exchanging glances. Byrne shook his head, so Chris refrained from directly employing his trump card.

"Roar!"

The furious black dragon bellowed, loudly saying, "You descendants of a cold-blooded swindler, fishermen of the East Coast, you have provoked my wrath!"

"Witness! I shall make the true hell appear above your heads!"

Black Ash in the high sky chanted complex and obscure ancient incantations, continuously murmuring under its breath. Though it lacked domain power, every mature giant dragon is born with the ability to cast spells.

Among all the spells, those with the greatest power are known as "high-level spells," which have high casting requirements, but the power they unleash is also very strong!

And it was in command of a powerful high-level spell!

Byrne and Chris looked up to the sky, their vision immediately filled with dense dark clouds, the world as if enveloped by a shroud of grim darkness. Lightning flashed and thunder roared like the wrath of gods above, tearing through the chaotic space.

The force of nature was demonstrating its boundless power to mankind, like an extraordinary performance beyond the mundane realm, with fierce winds howling, tugging at the dark clouds, as if to engulf the entire world.

Electric light tore through the night sky, casting twisted, malformed shadows all around!

A terrible bolt of lightning struck down from the heavens, hitting Chris square on!

"Chris!"

Byrne couldn't help but roar, and then he saw Chris, severely injured, uncertain if he was dead or alive.

Chris, blackened all over, barely managed to stand up.

He was seriously wounded, but he still had the capability to fight!

Electric light zigzagged through the clouds, constantly splitting and releasing energy, a terrifying spectacle that made one's heart race!

The next moment, lightning from the sky instantly destroyed Byrne's body double!

"Use it!"

Although unsure whether the black dragon had other tricks up its sleeve, he immediately bellowed out loud!

Finally, Chris also knew they could not afford to delay any further.

Although using "Angel's Cage" would exhaust all of his Spiritual Power, if he didn't disrupt the opponent's large-scale thunder spell, Byrne was very likely to be hit.

By then, the ritual would be completed, and maybe everything would be over.

In the high sky, Black Ash suddenly saw… an Angel!

She was a graceful Angel, with deep and bright eyes, wearing a shimmering white robe, like the first ray of morning light, her long hair billowing in the breeze, like a soft golden waterfall, gracefully entwining her perfect visage.

Black Ash felt as if the beautiful Angel was smiling at him, and suddenly, it seemed as though the entire world brightened up, filled with warmth and peace.

Huge wings shimmered with gem-like radiance, unfolding like a blanket of white clouds, and the next moment they enveloped Black Ash from both sides.

It was completely unable to prepare any defense!

In the next instant, Black Ash was trapped under the multilateral silver cage formed by the Angel's wings, unable to move its enormous black body, and once again fell from the sky.

The threatening storm clouds that seemed poised to destroy the heavens and the earth also finally dissipated as the Angel confined Black Ash.

"Impossible!"

Black Ash roared madly inside the silver cage, its extraordinary power completely stripped away, its fear and desperation like a sheep ready to be slaughtered.

It could only watch as it fell from a kilometer high in the sky!

Chris knelt on one knee, his face looking terribly ghastly from the enormous consumption, but he knew he had to endure.

He took out a delicious pork floss bread made by the Snacks Merchant Colin and ate it, quickly regaining his Spiritual Power, while the old butler Theo also silently transferred his own Spiritual Power and life force.

Thus, Chris was soon able to recover more of his fighting strength.

"Boom!"

Black Ash finally crashed into the lake again, the sound like an explosion.

There was only one chance, and time was brief!

Byrne did not hesitate to unleash firepower, extending his hand to bombard the emerald-colored Sword Qi all over Black Ash, the powerful black dragon was hit hard all over its body, only able to regenerate itself as much as possible.

Clearly, it was nearly at its limit!

"Let this be the end…"

Byrne stood exhausted in front of the mortally wounded black dragon, his expression complex as he gazed at it.

In the "Profound Memory," he recalled all the past moments, including the talk that night and his own vows.

Finally, after decades…

The grudges the Fischer family had sworn to resolve were about to be concluded here, Father…

You must have seen it all from beside the Lord, right?

He unconsciously revealed a smile.

"Argh!"

"I will not be ended by the likes of you!"

The silver Angel's Cage finally vanished, and the crazed black dragon wanted to struggle in its death throes, roaring, raging, in despair, it suddenly opened its mouth wide and charged towards the powerless Byrne, trying to devour him in the most primal way!

Byrne calmly looked at it.

The acceptance in his eyes instilled a deep fear in the almost madly despairing Black Ash.

Could it really be that everything was already concluded?

At that moment, Chris's "Countdown Timer" finally took effect!

In the brief moment of time stasis, the dying black dragon's body lost its protective ability, and Chris, without hesitation, struck continuously until he completely severed the giant black head!

Time, returned to normal.

"Boom!"

The massive body of the black dragon collapsed with a thunderous crash!

The whole space shook violently as everything was on the verge of falling apart.

A dice constantly changing in six colored lights rolled to their feet.

Byrne and Chris both took a deep breath, instantly feeling an unprecedented power from the dice, undoubtedly, it was the most powerful Forbidden rare artifact they had ever seen!