Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 580 - 581: Shattered Heart

Yumo’s kick not only contained immense power but also injected a massive amount of crimson shadow particles into the Demon Dragon’s body with a single blow, causing severe damage to its internal organs. The terrifying impact, as it sent the dragon crashing down from the sky, also caused cracks to appear all over its seemingly indestructible dragon scales, and its soul suffered heavy injuries under this violent shock.

The demon dragon wailed in pain as it plummeted from the sky and crashed onto the ground.

Yumo’s seemingly casual blow significantly reduced the dragon’s strength and caused its consciousness to gradually fade in a daze.

During this process,

Due to the sudden drop in the dragon’s and Youlan’s power, which had suppressed her, the consciousness of the Dragon Queen Meliora began to revive.

’Hmm,’

’W-what is happening here?!’

In a pitch-black mental space, Meliora slowly broke free from a pile of black mud. The shackles that bound her consciousness unknowingly began to shatter.

With the awakening of her consciousness, Meliora’s awareness gradually connected with the massive dragon’s body. Through the crimson eyes of the demon dragon, she began to observe the external environment.

"W-what... what’s happening? Where am I?"

Meliora felt confused; her consciousness was in utter chaos.

However,

The haziness from just waking up disappeared in an instant.

Because,

Meliora suddenly felt a familiar, suffocating aura, and an immense oppressive power that seemed to surge from the abyss. Memories of being mercilessly crushed and killed eight hundred years ago flashed in her mind like a slide show, bringing her to a state of acute awareness.

’?!!’

’This... this is her aura?!’

The now-awake Meliora immediately noticed a black silhouette hovering in the high sky. Those familiar crimson eyes, and the black and red gradient hair fluttering in the wind, effortlessly evoked the endless fear hidden deep in Little Meliora’s heart.

In the air, the oppressive and silent shadowy force seemed to slowly converge, forming a demonic claw from the abyss, firmly gripping Meliora’s heart.

"Her?! She... isn’t pretending anymore?! Unleashing her power?!"

And,

What’s that?

The Girl of Destiny?!

Noticing Mengxi in the arms of the black-haired girl, Meliora suddenly felt an indescribable unease.

’That great demoness?!’

’Attacked Mengxi?!’

This thought involuntarily popped into Meliora’s mind. However, she quickly dismissed this speculation.

Although recently she had been acting like a mischievous child, Meliora’s essence remained that of a once mighty and unparalleled powerhouse. Her observational skills were exceptionally strong, and her analytical abilities were not weak. Through analyzing some details, she quickly realized:

The Child of Destiny had been severely injured.

But the one who harmed the Girl of Destiny was not this demoness. This demoness, instead, seemed to be protecting her?!

"Why is this happening?!"

Meliora was utterly baffled.

However,

She didn’t have time to ponder this question. There was something far more important before her, much more critical than caring about the safety of the Girl of Destiny!

That was,

"I... What on earth am I doing?!"

Little Meliora suddenly realized,

Her body had undergone a drastic transformation. The once small and weak loli body was gone, replaced by the massive and sturdy body of a demon dragon, larger and more robust than her prime golden dragon form.

Regaining her majestic form was one of the strongest desires in Little Meliora’s mind after her rebirth.

But now, she felt no joy at all.

Because,

Her current body was, unbelievably, charging up, preparing to attack the female demon in the sky?!

At this moment,

On the scorched earth below, the demon dragon slowly rose.

After being kicked down by Yumo, the Demon Dragon, despite being severely injured, did not abandon its obsession to kill the Girl of Destiny. Its body began to accumulate power, and due to the convergence of tremendous force, numerous scales on the dragon’s body started to emit a faint ghostly light.

The destructive aura once again gathered in the dragon’s mouth.

And the dragon’s giant maw was aimed directly at the black-haired girl in mid-air.

"W-why are we attacking that villain?!!"

Realizing this, Little Meliora in the consciousness space suddenly felt suffocated. Her adorable little face gradually turned towards a certain world-famous painting due to her fear, and her legs trembled in panic like someone with Parkinson’s disease.

You see,

Back then, the three of them had faced their doom for initiating an attack on that female demon. It could be said that all her hardships over the years were due to some bul**s hero’s reckless actions on that day!

In Little Meliora’s eyes,

Attacking that demoness was like provoking her..

And that demon girl would not spare anyone who dared to challenge her.

...

’F***!’

’Gonna dieeeeee!!! Really gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Why the f*** was I worrying about the Girl of Destiny?! I can’t even save my own a** now?!’

Roaring inside, Little Meliora hurriedly tried to regain control of her body and stop this stupid suicidal act.

However,

The next moment, Meliora despairingly discovered that she had no control over this body at all. Although her consciousness had awakened, her body was still under the control of another will. The only thing she could do was observe the surroundings through this body.

"It’s over, F**k..."

In the pitch-black consciousness space, Meliora anxiously clutched her head and jumped around.

In her frantic hopping, Meliora suddenly noticed that this pitch-black consciousness space was not inhabited by only her consciousness?

"That... what is that?"

Blinking, Meliora looked confusedly behind her.

A figure with a striking resemblance to her own but enveloped in eerie blue energy floated quietly in the space.

The one who had taken control of her body!

’It is This bastard!’

’This guy was the one who took control of my body!’

"You f*ing a*hole, give me back my body!!!!"

An enraged Meliora lunged at the figure and immediately grabbed their neck without hesitation.

"You b***d!"

"Give my body back!"

"Don’t be a dumbass! If you die, I will f@*king dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"I’ve just resurrected with great difficulty; I don’t want to dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Please, stop it!"

...

...

For a while, the consciousness space was filled with Little Meliora’s hoarse cries.

However, what made Meliora despair was that her formidable soul power was entirely useless in this space. Here, she was nothing more than a powerless little girl. No matter how loudly she screamed or how she waved her tiny fists, that eerie blue figure remained unmoved.

The power accumulating in the Demon Dragon’s mouth continued to swell.

Through the dragon’s dual pupils, Meliora could even see the increasingly gloomy expression on the black-haired girl’s face.

At this moment, the only thing she could do might be to pray incessantly in her heart.

Pray that the other party would show some mercy.

Hoping that, considering her relatively good relationship with that little demon(Yuan’er), she would be spared...

Honestly,

Meliora was not afraid of death.

She just feared dying meaninglessly.

She had just regained a new life, and her grand plan to revive the dragon race hadn’t even started yet. She was tricked by Mokaro into losing control of her body and being used as a sword to attack the Girl of Destiny. Now, she was inexplicably facing off against that demon girl, speeding on a path to her own doom.

If she continued like this, all that awaited her was death.

A meaningless death.

Not only meaningless but also extremely frustrating.

However,

Just as Meliora was praying and struggling, a scarlet light suddenly shot through the pitch-black consciousness space. To Meliora’s astonishment, it pierced through the body of the ghostly blue figure.

The strange consciousness that had taken control of her body was thus obliterated right in front of Meliora by the red light, exploding into a big hole and rapidly dissolving into specks of blue light within this void.

Seeing this, Meliora was overjoyed.

’Can I...’

’Can I regain control of my body now?!’

However, just as this thought emerged in Meliora’s mind, her eyes narrowed instantly, and a sharp pain emanated from her chest.

"What, what’s happening to me..."

Under a mix of unwillingness, terror, and confusion, Meliora shakily lowered her head to look at her chest, only to see a bloody, gaping hole...

In an instant,

Before Meliora could fully comprehend the situation, an endless darkness engulfed her.

Her consciousness once again plunged into the abyss,

--

At the same time,

In the realm of reality,

The Demon Dragon, which was gathering its strength to unleash its full power, suddenly trembled. The massive azure energy it had been accumulating in its mouth disintegrated instantly, and its towering, majestic dragon body collapsed to the ground.

A scarlet beam of energy forcefully pierced through its chest.

Accompanied by the splattering of blood and the collapse of azure energy, the ghostly blue flame burning in the dragon’s chest instantly vanished.

A bloody, gaping hole was now visible in its chest.

The red light in the dragon’s eyes completely faded, and its massive body thunderously fell to the ground...