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Chapter 1196: Chapter 1196: The Kiss
"Mad Dragon, how have you been lately?"
In just a few seconds, Elaenor Wood had stepped into the void and appeared in the courtyard of the Shadow Gate headquarters.
He held a white paper fan in his hand, his other hand behind his back, standing in front of Julius Reed.
Wind and snow mingled together,
Creating a bone-chilling cold that even the strongest martial artists could feel.
Yet Elaenor Wood was dressed in a white suit, looking carefree and content,
As if he relished this sensation.
Snowflakes kept falling,
But as they touched the layer of black smoke surrounding Julius Reed, they instantly evaporated.
"Let’s just fight, why waste words."
Julius Reed squinted his eyes—
Those blood-red eyes, with pupils adorned by a black dragon moving within.
Though he had been invaded by Evil Qi, he still had his memories!
Elaenor Wood!
A formidable opponent!
"You like this... it doesn’t seem too good," Elaenor Wood said, looking at the ring on Julius’s hand, chuckling lightly, "This is also my first attempt at killing you. I hope the result won’t disappoint me."
After speaking, he twirled his white paper fan lazily and said, "I wish for your death, yet I somewhat can’t bear to do it."
"Enough with the nonsense!"
Julius Reed slowly raised his right hand and fiercely grasped!
Slish!
A Longsword came flying through the air and he firmly clenched it in his hand!
The next moment!
Julius Reed held the sword in one hand and furiously slashed towards Elaenor Wood!
Whoosh!
Elaenor Wood still had one hand behind his back, his entire figure retreating backwards!
The spot he had just occupied was now marked by a deep pit created by the impact.
"Good."
Elaenor Wood smiled with satisfaction, as the Evil Qi seemed to grow denser around him!
Evil Qi could be lethal!
It could kill!
This much he knew very well. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
Now, what Elaenor Wood sought to do, was to fully provoke the Evil Qi within Julius Reed, to let the Evil Qi completely take over his mind!
Thus, even if he were the Dragon King, the Holy Master,
He would still fall into the Demon Way and perish, both body and path destroyed.
"It still isn’t enough."
Elaenor Wood lifted one hand.
In the air,
The flying snow started to form spears of ice!
"Strike!"
He uttered softly as his right hand slowly pressed down.
Slish!
The ice spears broke through the air, shooting straight towards Julius Reed!
Crash!
As they met the black smoke, the ice spears completely melted.
However—
The black smoke, which Denzel Leopold and Lawson Fairbanks had joined forces to break but failed, now showed a ripple!
As if it had been partially shattered.
"Again!"
Elaenor Wood’s right hand was lifted for the second time!
The flying snow once more formed a single ice spear.
This spear was even more crystalline and transparent than the last!
The purest essence of coldness!
"Break."
Elaenor Wood spoke smoothly,
As if he were a delicate scholar.
But this ice spear was full of lethal intent!
Boom!
Finally.
When the ice spear struck Julius Reed, it momentarily dispersed the Evil Qi,
And even managed to repel the nearly demonic Mad Dragon by half a step.
"Excellent! There’s hope!"
A group of strong martial artists from the realm, their hope reignited for the last time!
They did not know who the man before them was.
But with just one move, they recognized that he was an unparalleled master,
The first to shake Mad Dragon!
Prior to this, neither Denzel Leopold nor Lawson Fairbanks had managed to do so!
"Great master, we are willing to follow your lead!"
The people of the martial world shouted nonstop,
Their faces beaming with excitement.
"So noisy."
Elaenor Wood lightly frowned and slowly bent down.
His right hand pressed against the ground.
With his palm as the center, the ground began to freeze rapidly!
Together with the snow falling from the sky, it was a perfect ice and snow landscape!
Crack!
The martial artists from the realm hadn’t even realized what was happening
Before they were encased in ice where they stood.
Their faces still held smiles.
And not far off, Julius Reed was also sealed in ice.
Elaenor Wood slowly stood up and lightly fanned the white paper fan in his hand.
A gentle breeze began to ripple through the courtyard of the Shadow Gate headquarters.
This barely visible breeze slightly caused the snowflakes in the air to waver.
And those martial artists sealed in ice,
Upon being touched by the breeze for a moment—
Crack!
They shattered into myriad fragments and dissipated like smoke.
Julius Reed, at the center of the arena, showed no change at all.
Crack!
Finally!
A crack appeared on Julius Reed’s body.
More dense cracks began to appear.
Boom!
With a loud bang!
The ice shattered into pieces!
And Julius Reed, with a sword in one hand, leaped up!
Boom!
Elaenor Wood was knocked back several steps.
But a smile was on his face, "Holy Lord, you truly didn’t disappoint me."
After speaking, his paper fan flashed fiercely!
The snowflakes in the sky suddenly changed their trajectory!
A tornado appeared out of nowhere in the sky.
A tornado formed of ice and snow!
And its eye was directly upon Julius Reed!
"Hiss..."
Elaenor Wood took a deep breath, his paper fan continuing to wave.
The more he fanned, the stronger the force became!
Boom!
But five seconds later.
The storm dissipated.
Julius Reed, alone with his sword, charged again!
This time, Elaenor Wood didn’t evade but confronted him head-on!
Boom!
An intense collision!
Both sides crashed into one another and then retreated.
"Cough..."
Elaenor Wood coughed slightly, drops of fresh blood falling onto the white paper fan.
The pale fan, adorned with a drop of blood, looked particularly striking.
And Julius Reed, his body was now even more imbued with evil Qi!
He approached step by step like a demon from hell.
"Enough."
Elaenor Wood spoke softly, shaking his head and muttering to himself, "Something seems off. The evil Qi is right, but why is it out of control?"
Before his words ended, his paper fan spun rapidly.
And he himself vanished from the spot.
Clang!
Julius Reed slashed down with his sword!
The fan broke in two.
But Elaenor Wood had long since disappeared.
Slaughter.
Endless slaughter.
Julius Reed, holding his Longsword, looked around.
No one was there.
Except for a few corpses, he was alone.
"Kill... kill... kill..."
The evil Qi that had not yet fully occupied Julius Reed’s mind finally took complete control of his consciousness after Elaenor Wood intervened.
"Kill!"
Echoes of the voice kept resounding.
"Kill! Go kill!"
The voices continued to rise.
Julius Reed seemed to see the headless man from his dreams, holding his own head, approaching step by step.
"Kill!"
The voice grew louder and louder!
At that moment!
Julius Reed’s vision began to blur.
He could see nothing at all.
He seemed to be in a world drenched in blood-red.
The evil Qi grew denser!
Julius Reed’s eyes also gradually turned black.
But this black was chilling to the bone!
The intense evil Qi seemed to smoke from the seven orifices.
For the first time, the Dragon King Ring showed a color other than red!
Purple!
Red turning purple?
Julius Reed was not sure.
He couldn’t see, nor could he touch.
Alone, he stood in the vast Shadow Gate base.
"Kill!"
If there was no one else to kill!
Then he would kill himself.
Julius Reed slowly raised his Longsword to his own neck.
Black smoke began to ravage.
Enveloping his entire being.
"Kill!"
Voices kept echoing in his ears.
As if urging him to act quickly.
Just then!
A figure slowly appeared at the door.
The figure came from afar, becoming clearer and clearer!
Finally!
When she ran up to Julius Reed, she fearlessly embraced his head amidst the black smoke and kissed him forcefully.
The black smoke, which would normally wither one’s body upon contact, seemed to have no effect!
A man and a woman, in the Shadow Gate headquarters base.
Embraced and kissed.
