Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 581 - 582: Reshaping

As the Demon Dragon fell to the ground, the azure energy and the immense dragon aura that pervaded the heavens and the earth dissipated into the wind.

The light in the dragon’s eyes faded away.

After its heart was shattered by the scarlet beam, the dragon lost its formidable regenerative ability, and the bloody, gaping hole in its chest showed no signs of healing. Blood continued to pour out, like surging waves, quickly spreading around and turning the scorched earth blood-red.

In the next moment,

Not only did the dragon’s aura and azure energy disperse, but the dragon’s body also gradually disintegrated, turning into faint azure particles that dissipated into the heavens and the earth.

The sky-covering dragon wings, the fearsome fangs and claws, and the robust dragon body soon disappeared without a trace.

The Demon Dragon, which had previously released its brutal oppression and ravaged the land, had now turned into nothingness.

The blood also evaporated,

Several seconds later,

At the spot where the dragon had fallen, there was only a massive crater with a radius of a kilometer.

And in the center of the crater,

In the center of the crater, lay a golden-haired loli, naked, with azure skin, eyes wide open, devoid of any life, with a ghastly blood hole in her chest...

...

In the sky above,

Several bloody butterflies that had pierced through the Demon Dragon’s chest excitedly danced around Yumo, as if showing off their great achievements.

However,

Yumo paid no attention to the dancing butterflies. Instead, she descended from the sky with Mengxi in her arms, landing silently next to the golden-haired loli.

Looking at the dragon lass devoid of life and the ghastly blood hole that pierced through her body, Yumo shook her head with a sense of helplessness:

"Sorry, Little Meliora."

In fact,

Upon seeing the blazing ghostly blue flames in the demon dragon’s chest and feeling the shadowy force continuously emanating from the dragon’s heart, Yumo made a rough guess about Meliora’s condition. After further releasing the shadowy force for sensing, Yumo noticed the strange thorns entwined around the demon dragon’s heart.

At that moment,

Yumo had a conclusion regarding the reason why Meliora had transformed into this.

Having spent so much time with Youlan in the Winter Forest, Yumo had a certain understanding of her abilities. Among Youlan’s numerous powers, there was one called " Fallen Heart" which allowed her to control others by implanting a special seed into their hearts.

Those who were implanted with the seed had their lives bound to Youlan’s will. Until their souls were completely annihilated, their bodies would be immortal.

If Yumo’s perception was correct,

Many of the mages who had fought her desperately in the Red Moon Tower, driven by their loyalty to Youlan, should have fallen under this skill.

Their lives were in Youlan’s hands, so they had no choice but to fight for her.

Of course, Youlan could retain the will of those who were implanted with the seed. But if the implanted person was difficult to control, or even chose to die rather than submit, Youlan could use the seed to forcefully suppress their will, turning them into ruthless beasts focused only on fighting and killing.

In a way,

It was a skill befitting the identity of an antagonist boss.

To break free from the control of " Fallen Heart" one had to destroy the heart where the seed was implanted, as well as the parts infected by Youlan’s shadow power. In other words, for an ordinary person infected by this power, survival would be nearly impossible once their heart was destroyed. After all, for ordinary people, could they really survive after their heart was destroyed? The difficulty might be a bit too high.

A level 8 person might have a chance to survive if they were affected.

But the precondition is,

Youlan’s power has only corrupted the heart.

...

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Staring at the bloody hole in Little Meliora’s chest, Yumo sighed with a tinge of guilt.

To completely eradicate Youlan’s power within Little Meliora, she had to use the Shadow Annihilation to blast through her chest, removing all the parts infected with Youlan’s shadowy force. Otherwise, after regeneration, the other parts would still remain infected.

Originally, she had wanted to blast her heart to bring back the innocent and naive little loli that Meliora used to be.

However,

Meliora’s heart was not the only part that had been corrupted; Youlan’s power had already spread throughout her entire chest, abdominal cavity, fire sac, stomach... and most importantly, her Dragon Core...

The Dragon Core,

Similar to a human’s power crystal, is the source of their power, the organ that manipulates magical energy. For a level 8 person, it’s easy to regenerate organs that manipulate magic. However, if the core is destroyed, they lose their proud regenerative ability until the slow reconstruction of the core is complete.

With her Dragon Core destroyed, Meliora would be unable to regenerate her heart.

Continued damage to her heart over an extended period of time would eventually lead to death even for a powerful entity like level 8,

"Her soul is also beginning to disperse... It seems that Youlan heavily damaged her soul before taking control of her body."

While sensing Little Meliora’s condition, Yumo murmured to herself.

’If…’

’Even her soul dissipated, then it would truly be impossible to save her’

’Anyway’

’Yuan’er really liked this kid’

’If this little girl died, Yuan’er would undoubtedly be heartbroken’

’And also…’

’What if a good friend is killed by her mother’s hand...’

Yumo certainly didn’t want to let this situation become a family conflict. Besides, she found the silly loli rather adorable and was naturally reluctant to let her perish. Not only that, but she’s also the Heart of the Sacred Dragon. Whether Mengxi can pass the Saintess trial also depends on her...

Taking all of this into account, Yumo decided to try to save Meliora.

In the past, when faced with almost certain death, Yumo would use her Origin Blood, transforming the enemy into an Abyssal Demon to save them. However, this method had a low success rate, and once it failed, the person would basically explode into countless fragments on the spot.

Moreover, if she did that, Meliora was almost certain to die. Her body contained a certain amount of holy attribute after all.

The holy attribute, it was the attribute that most repelled shadow power among all energy attributes...

Once Meliora absorbed her blood and the shadow power that transformed her body clashed with the holy attribute, the result would likely be a body explosion.

Fortunately,

Meliora was also a powerful level 8.

If it’s just about regenerating a heart, Yumo thought of helping her replenish one first.

"Hopefully, this won’t be rejected."

Taking a deep breath,

Yumo’s eyes gradually emitted a strange red glow. Several bloody butterflies spiraled in mid-air, as streams of shadowy force began to converge at their center, quickly reshaping into A heart made of energy.

Under Yumo’s control, the heart carefully descended into the empty chest cavity of Meliora.

The heart started to beat vigorously.

Yumo injected a vast amount of life force into it.

In the next moment,

A dazzling crimson light suddenly burst forth, completely enveloping Meliora’s petite body...

"Let’s hope everything goes smoothly."

Yumo whispered softly.

Meanwhile, the black-haired girl’s eyes flickered with confusion as she scanned her surroundings...

"Why isn’t she here!?"

’Why didn’t she directly attack Mengxi but instead used "Fallen Heart" to control Meliora and have her launch the attacks? Although Meliora is powerful, she had become a mindless monster after transforming into a dragon. If Youlan’s goal was to kill the Girl of Destiny, why didn’t she take action personally?’

’Wouldn’t that be safer?’

’Or…’

’Did that child have other objectives?’

...

At the same time,

As Yumo was lost in thought, high in the sky, a seemingly innocuous passing eagle-like magical beast locked its sharp eyes onto the black-haired girl below. In the eyes of the eagle, there was astonishment.

—"Yu- Black Rose? Is the (Blood Butterfly)?!!" —

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At the top of Red Moon Tower, a young woman in a maid’s outfit walked slowly to the railing and gazed at the convulsing figure of Ophelia in the distance among the ruins.

To legitimately become an Apostle of Heaven and infiltrate the Church of Asumos, Ophelia had undergone a baptism long ago, becoming a "believer" of the Church.

When the holy power, through the spiritual world, invaded every member of the Church, Ophelia, as a ’believer,’ inevitably fell under its influence.

Already gravely injured, she let out a series of agonized howls, writhing in pain on the ground.

However,

Watching her colleague in such pain, the maid showed no concern, only joy and excitement.

She knew that her master’s plan had already succeeded to a great extent.

The black-haired maid slowly turned to Kalina, who had been silent for a long time.

"It’s like this, by using Kael’s soul to bypass the goddess statue’s internal power rejection. Then, through the spiritual connection between the statue and the believers, the Goddess’s power was transmitted to every member of the Church. Although the power transmitted to each believer wasn’t much, this kind of erosion emerging from the depths of the soul is impossible to resist. Even for a level 8"

Kalina : "…"