Chapter 295
Chapter 295
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 295
Chapter Title: The White Dragon that Swallowed the Spear Ghost Clan
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Krash, having unleashed the ultimate secret art he had meticulously cultivated, had fully transformed into a Dragon King clansman.
A miraculous situation where a human had become a Dragon King clansman.
The Dark Attribute Spear Ghost clanswoman, Black Crow, watched the scene in a daze from the shadows.
"...A Dragon King clansman."
She murmured blankly.
Her eyes were glazed over, as if she were utterly entranced.
The Dark Attribute Spear Ghost clanswoman, Black Crow.
What had elevated her pride to such dizzying heights?
It was her profound pride in her own clan.
In her world, the Spear Ghost Clan held the status of nobility.
Her unique dark attribute made her value shine even brighter.
There were fewer than ten dark attribute Spear Ghosts among their kind.
The black skin characteristic of dark attribute Spear Ghosts was always the object of envy.
Thus, she proudly displayed her skin and ears more boldly than anyone.
To her, all other races were no different from slaves.
Slaves destined to serve her for life.
But that was only true until her world met its end.
After the world's destruction and her passage to another realm, she was treated not as nobility, but as an invader.
She could not accept that reality.
Which made her joining Ixion all but inevitable.
She, more than anyone, yearned to reclaim her world.
Yet even Black Crow now faced a being superior to her own kind for the first time.
A Dragon King clansman.
Crimson Garden August.
From birth, they possessed power and aura on another dimension entirely, pursuing eternal life through endless greed for knowledge, reigning at the pinnacle as absolute rulers.
They embodied the ideal form of supremacy that Black Crow most desired.
Even after transcending their own world to invade others, they ruled as absolutes.
The White Dragon King who founded an empire was a prime example.
To Black Crow, who viewed all others as slaves, they were paragons of perfection.
Beings whose mere existence compelled the lowly to bow their heads.
That was what Dragon King clansmen meant to her.
Yet she could not admit it.
She refused to acknowledge the existence of a race superior to her own.
Thus, she feigned utter hatred for the Dragon Kings, at least on the surface.
She had once shown sharp hostility toward Crimson Garden, a former Ixion member, while secretly harboring admiration and envy.
Even after Crimson Garden left Ixion, unlike other world erosives, Black Crow obsessively pursued her.
Her mouth spat ceaseless denunciations, but her eyes were always fixed on Crimson Garden.
And now, before the eyes of she who harbored these hidden emotions alone...
Krash appeared, transformed into a Dragon King clansman.
Black Crow's gaze locked onto Krash, unmoving.
She didn't want to admit it, but she admired the Dragon Kings.
In this moment, facing Krash who had become one, indescribable emotions surged within her.
If a mere human like him could become a Dragon King, why couldn't she?
Perhaps she could become one too.
Then she could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Crimson Garden and converse as equals.
Such thoughts flooded her mind, bubbling up endlessly.
Boom!
It was in that instant.
A crushing sound echoed in Black Crow's ears.
When she shifted her gaze, there was the Hell Celestial Maiden, her chest stomped beneath Krash's foot.
She had been caught in the first strike earlier, and Krash had pressed his assault without giving her a moment to recover.
Krash raised his sword to finish off the Hell Celestial Maiden.
Black Crow snapped to attention.
"Where do you think you're going!"
In that moment, two chakrams hurtled toward Krash.
Instead of swinging his sword as the chakrams flew in, Krash poured more force into the foot pinning the Hell Celestial Maiden.
Krunch!
"Kyaaak!"
The Hell Celestial Maiden spewed blood and was instantly neutralized.
Judging by her state, her ribs had shattered and pierced her internals.
Krash crushed her beneath his foot and leaped, dodging both incoming chakrams simultaneously.
The chakrams spun wildly in all directions, harassing Krash with erratic attacks.
But Krash's Sixth Sense pierced through every feint, evading them all.
Black Crow's eyes twisted in fury.
If no opening presented itself, she would create one.
One chakram abruptly curved mid-flight toward the ground before Krash.
The instant it struck the floor and spun, stone shards sprayed toward him.
The White Dragon's aura emanating from Krash's body instantly deflected the debris.
But soon, he noticed the shadow looming over his head.
The moment Krash looked up, a massive willow tree was toppling onto him.
Black Crow had sliced it down with a chakram.
As Krash twisted to evade the falling tree...
Kiiiiing!
Two chakrams flew at him from both sides.
They sealed off his escape routes.
Krash abandoned dodging to the sides.
Instead, his leg slammed into the ground.
With that stomp, he propelled himself straight ahead.
The falling willow tree loomed before him like an artillery shell.
Krash raised Thunderclap and ignited it ablaze with brilliant white flame.
"Flame Extinguishing Erosion" "Second Form" "Heavenly Sword of Flame Annihilation"
⟨ Flame Extinguishing Erosion ⟩
Splitting the tree entirely, Krash pressed forward.
In that instant, through the gap in the severed wood, Black Crow's sinister smile appeared.
"Think becoming a Dragon King changes anything?"
At the same moment, a chakram spinning violently in place before Black Crow came into view.
Rings began forming around the chakram as it spewed fierce blue light.
The rings soon glowed even more intensely, radiating scorching heat.
"Long-Eared Wheel Treasure" "Fifth Form" "Dancing Maiden Transformation"
⟨ Long-Eared Wheel Treasure ⟩
Tang!
With a launching sound, the ring-adorned chakram devastated the surroundings as it charged at Krash.
Front: Dancing Maiden Transformation.
Rear: Two chakrams in pursuit.
In that instant, Krash altered the trajectory of his swinging sword.
"Hup!"
With a guttural breath, Krash's arms swelled massively.
Shifting from a downward chop to a sweeping strike, explosive white flame billowed from his sword.
Excel surged across Krash's sword and entire body.
For a split second, time itself seemed to freeze.
Moving faster than the flow of time, Krash whipped his sword toward his back.
Crack!
Before the colliding chakram could even rebound...
Krash infused his spinning body with thunder onto the sword sheath.
In an exceedingly brief moment.
White flame erupted explosively within the thunderous sheath.
Crackle!
The thunder sheath shattered.
This occurred before Black Crow's Dancing Maiden Transformation could reach Krash.
"Flame Extinguishing Erosion" "Third Form" "Heavenly Thunder of Flame Annihilation"
⟨ Flame Extinguishing Erosion ⟩
Thunder and white flame surged together as Krash's Thunderclap clashed with the Dancing Maiden Transformation.
Krunch! Boom!
The sound of the deflected chakram smashing into the wall rang in Black Crow's ears.
What she saw was Krash, enveloped in thunder and white flame.
It was over in an instant.
Even for a master of her caliber, Krash's secret art activation was too swift to follow.
Yet Black Crow's widened eyes did not signal defeat.
On the contrary, her chakrams—the Dancing Maidens—began spinning even more ferociously after activating Dancing Maiden Transformation.
The innate property of her chakrams was to neutralize any power short of stellar force.
Thunderclap was a blade forged from layered aura.
A sword with the exceptional trait of growing infinitely stronger based on its wielder's power.
Yet her chakrams were its perfect counter, nullifying all force.
The spinning chakram violently clashed with Thunderclap's blade.
Black Crow naturally assumed it would shred and erase it.
"What?"
But she quickly realized her miscalculation.
Even as Thunderclap's blade was being ground away by the chakram, it did not vanish.
Alarm flickered in Black Crow's eyes.
For a moment, she wondered if Krash wielded stellar power, but she soon discerned otherwise.
'The output sustaining it outpaces the neutralized output?'
Krash was pouring in power equal to what was being erased from Thunderclap's blade, maintaining it.
An enormous expenditure, yet Krash showed no concern.
As if his power were infinite.
He refused to yield an inch to the chakram.
"What kind of brute force nonsense is this!"
"Why hold back when you've got the power?"
A savage smile curled on Krash's lips beyond the chakram.
"Besides, you won't have time to space out like that, will you?"
As his next words followed, the power emanating from Krash intensified.
A red glow began to rim Krash's eyes.
The power of the Thousand Kills Star amplified his strength.
Crack!
In that instant, a splitting sound echoed from her chakram.
Black Crow's eyes bulged.
It wasn't from Krash's Thunderclap.
The sound clearly came from her own chakram.
Unable to withstand Krash's Thunderclap, it was beginning to shatter.
Black Crow reeled in shock.
"This can't be!"
She hastily recalled the chakram Krash had deflected, intent on smashing her Dancing Maiden Transformation.
The two chakrams closed in on him from both sides.
As they tightened like vise grips to bisect Krash in an instant...
Kagagagagang!
The spinning chakrams violently collided on Krash's flanks, whirling in midair.
It was the White Dragon's aura.
The problem was that, just like with Thunderclap, the chakram couldn't fully neutralize the White Dragon's aura.
It regenerated faster than it could be nullified.
"This madman!"
She, who never stooped to vulgar curses, spat one out.
Kagagagagagang!
The ferocious whirring of the chakrams echoed from all directions.
Crack!
Simultaneously, louder fracturing sounds began emanating from the suppressed Dancing Maiden Transformation.
Black Crow's eyes grew urgent.
If she canceled Dancing Maiden Transformation and retreated now, Krash would press forward and cleave her apart.
He wouldn't give her time to regroup again.
Kagagagang!
Meanwhile, independent of the frontal clash, the chakrams constricting Krash were slowly pushing back the White Dragon's aura.
No matter how formidable Krash, he couldn't perfectly repel three chakrams at full output.
His power was most concentrated on Thunderclap.
Thus, the White Dragon's aura alone inevitably yielded to the chakrams.
It had devolved into a pure contest of strength.
Would Black Crow's chakrams slice through the White Dragon's aura and Krash first?
Or would Krash shatter Dancing Maiden Transformation and cleave Black Crow first?
Black Crow ground her teeth.
Even transformed into a Dragon King clansman, engaging Krash in a raw power struggle wounded her pride.
Yet she refused to halt the frontal clash.
Kagagagagang!
Her chakrams spun even fiercer, scattering brighter starlight.
They began constricting Krash faster than he could push them back.
Black Crow smirked through cold sweat, sensing victory.
Yet oddly, amid the tightening chakrams, Krash remained utterly silent.
Had he given up?
The moment that doubt crossed Black Crow's mind...
Thump—
Black Crow felt as though she could hear Krash's heartbeat in her own chest.
An unnatural flow began centering on Krash.
Space itself started tilting toward him bit by bit.
Whoosh—
The winds in the area swirled around Krash.
The fallen willow tree scattered quietly along those winds.
Cold sweat beaded on Black Crow's face.
A chilling dread welled from her gut to her scalp.
Danger.
The instant she sensed it, Black Crow thrust both hands forward violently.
Kiiiiiiiiing!
She poured a dizzyingly intense surge of power into her chakrams.
If she didn't kill Krash now, she would be the one to die.
The rings of Dancing Maiden Transformation darkened and expanded, compressing Krash savagely.
She had to shred Thunderclap and slay him immediately.
Yet Black Crow realized her chakrams weren't budging Krash in the slightest.
On the contrary, they seemed to be devoured by his power.
Dancing Maiden Transformation was inching toward her.
Black Crow instinctively staggered back.
A reflexive step born of deathly terror.
Soon, shame washed over her for recoiling in fear.
Flash!
The earring dangling from Black Crow's long ear blazed fiercely.
Her hair stood on end as even greater output flooded her body.
Memory Devourer.
A magic tool from her fallen world.
A device that boosted output in exchange for a portion of one's memories.
"Aaaahhh!"
Blood burst from her nose as her spinning chakrams turned pitch black, absorbing all light.
"Long-Eared Wheel Treasure" "Ultimate Secret Art" "All Phenomena Are Impermanent"
⟨ Long-Eared Wheel Treasure ⟩
Space warped with a creak around the chakrams.
It had consumed World Erosion power to its limit.
Following the chakrams' spin, the willow tree—not to mention the barrier—began twisting and shattering.
Barrier fragments whipped wildly, laying waste to the surroundings.
For a moment, it appeared the chakram had devoured Krash.
She could no longer see him beyond it.
But beyond that secret art of hers...
Crunch—
A chewing sound echoed from within Krash's mouth.
Simultaneously, something soared into the sky above.
Black Crow stared up vacantly at the sight.
Above the crumbling barrier sky.
A single White Dragon ascended toward the heavens.
The scene was breathtakingly beautiful, evoking a trance-like awe.
Through her fluttering silver hair, the White Dragon slowly descended into Black Crow's pupils.
She realized it then.
That this was the last sight she would behold in life.
Her vision filled with pure white light as the White Dragon parted its jaws.
"Flame Extinguishing Erosion" "Seventh Form" "Heaven-Annihilating White Dragon"
⟨ Flame Extinguishing Erosion ⟩
It was the moment the White Dragon swallowed the Spear Ghost clanswoman.