Chapter 458: Solving 2

“How dare you act so outrageously in my Imperial Palace!”

“My dear ministers, seize this madman!”

Zhou Rurui immediately let out an angry roar.

In an instant, all the civil and military officials turned their heads to look at Han Yuan in the corner.

The scene was utterly terrifying.

None of the officials turned their bodies; instead, their heads swiveled a full one hundred and eighty degrees to stare fixedly at Han Yuan.

The sight was indescribably chilling.

A strange and terrifying aura spread throughout Nanming Palace.

The officials’ faces turned deathly pale, their bodies reeking of a foul stench. Without a word, they charged fiercely at Han Yuan.

Han Yuan did not back down. Vicious black energy surged around his body, Dragon Scales covered his arms, and he stomped his feet.

BANG!!

The entire Nanming Palace began to shake.

Han Yuan seemed to transform into a ferocious Black Dragon, lunging forward and wildly swinging his claws!

SHKKTCH!!!

Wherever he passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The officials were easily torn to shreds by the dark Dragon Claws.

It was like slicing fruit.

In less than a dozen breaths.

The civil and military officials were reduced to piles of mangled corpses.

The thick stench of blood filled Nanming Palace.

Zhou Rurui took a deep breath, seeming to revel in the smell of blood, a look of excitement on his face.

“What a wonderful aroma!”

Zhou Rurui suddenly reached out, grabbed the eunuch waiting on him, and opened his mouth to an absurdly wide angle, swallowing the man’s head in one gulp.

Then, Zhou Rurui began to chew loudly, blood spattering from his mouth.

The sight was unspeakably horrific and gory.

“So you’re Zhou Rurui, and also the source of the contamination.”

Han Yuan narrowed his eyes as he sensed the other’s aura.

The extent of Zhou Rurui’s infection was far worse than he had imagined. His subconscious had been completely eroded by the source of the contamination.

‘If this continues, his body will Mutate soon, too.’

Once the mind is tainted, the body’s mutation can happen in an instant.

Hearing Han Yuan’s words, Zhou Rurui threw his head back and laughed. “That’s right! But it’s a pity you realized it too late!”

“After I devour you, my Divine Soul will grow immensely!”

“And then, no one will be able to stop me!”

Zhou Rurui’s body began to Mutate.

His muscles pulsed with a bloody light, rapidly swelling and expanding. His mouth jutted forward, and countless teeth split open, creating a horrifying visage.

PFFT!

Two bloody tumors bulged from his back, then burst open, transforming into a pair of blood-red bone wings.

SWOOSH!

These bone wings didn’t grant Zhou Rurui the ability to fly, but they made him incredibly fast. He shot toward Han Yuan like a bolt of crimson lightning.

The moment Zhou Rurui Mutated, Han Yuan also transformed into his half-human, half-dragon Black Dragon form. His body was covered in hard, black Dragon Scales, and a dragon tail sprouted from his tailbone.

However, compared to before, Han Yuan’s Mutated form now had more fluid and natural lines. Every inch of his muscle pulsed with explosive power, both elegant and profound.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!!

As Zhou Rurui closed in, he suddenly flapped his blood-red bone wings, slashing at Han Yuan’s head as if they were two sharp longswords.

They crisscrossed, forming an X-shaped flash of bloody light.

“You’re courting death!”

Han Yuan’s eyes locked onto the bone wings. He shot out a Dragon Claw, grabbed one of the wings, and ripped it off with all his might!

SHKKTCH!

His opponent’s bone wing was torn off in an instant.

However, the other bone wing scraped violently across his chest, sending sparks flying.

Han Yuan felt a sharp pain in his chest. His Dragon Scales shattered, revealing a wound so deep the bone was visible.

“How exhilarating!”

Han Yuan roared in excitement, slamming a claw into Zhou Rurui’s head.

BANG!!!

Zhou Rurui shrieked in agony. Han Yuan’s claw had nearly crushed his skull.

“Thousand Bone Devourer!”

「The next moment.」

Zhou Rurui’s back suddenly burst open, and a dense flurry of bone spikes shot out like a downpour of pear blossoms, stabbing madly toward Han Yuan.

“Black Dragon Apocalypse!”

Han Yuan roared. Terrifying Demonic Qi erupted from his right palm, forming a massive, ferocious Dragon Claw that he brutally slammed forward!!!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The bone spikes stabbed wildly into the ferocious Dragon Claw, exploding and shattering on impact, before the claw finally struck Zhou Rurui.

BOOM!!

Zhou Rurui felt an incredibly terrifying force slam into him. His entire body became a bloody blur as he was sent flying backward, ultimately smashing the dragon throne to pieces.

“Zhou Rurui, it seems you’re not all that.”

Han Yuan didn’t give chase. He stood his ground, waiting for Zhou Rurui to get back up.

The wound on his chest from the blood-red bone wing was already healing rapidly.

After advancing his Eight Desolates Dragon God Observation Method to the Fifth Layer, his Divine Soul had gained astonishing Recovery Power.

In the distance.

Zhou Rurui staggered to his feet.

SHKKTCH!

The blood-red bone wing that Han Yuan had torn off quickly grew back.

“How is this possible?”

“I am destined to become the ruler of all under heaven!”

“I can’t possibly lose to a guy like you!”

Zhou Rurui roared madly.

The bloody aura coiling around his body grew thicker, becoming a terrifying crimson.

SWOOSH!!!

He rapidly flapped his blood-red bone wings and charged at Han Yuan once more.

“Come on!”

Han Yuan was thrilled.

RUMBLE!!

The two clashed wildly within Nanming Palace.

Unleashing all sorts of terrifying attacks against each other.

Han Yuan immersed himself in the frenzied battle. The Evil Intent within him grew stronger, his will to fight soaring to the heavens.

The Eight Desolates Dragon God Observation Method itself was meant to evolve and sublimate through this kind of Divine Soul combat.

With a tremendous crash.

The entire Nanming Palace collapsed with a deafening roar.

BANG!

A figure was brutally kicked out, landing in the plaza outside the palace.

“Damn it!!”

Zhou Rurui’s body was covered in wounds, and he was constantly spitting up blood. Half of his head had been crushed, a truly terrifying sight.

He roared and struggled to his feet, just as a ferocious figure closed in at high speed.

Han Yuan’s entire arm suddenly swelled. He clenched his Dragon Claw into a fist, turning it into a giant hammer that he smashed downward.

BANG!

Zhou Rurui’s head exploded, and his upper body was brutally torn apart.

“Dragon Flame Break!”

Han Yuan looked at Zhou Rurui’s remaining lower half, extended his left hand, and immediately conjured a ball of Dark Dragon Flame, blasting it forward!

WHOOMPH!

Zhou Rurui’s lower body was instantly incinerated by the Dark Dragon Flame, quickly turning to nothingness.

‘Not satisfying enough… After all, it was just a sliver of mental contamination from the Source Seed Shredded Meat.’

Han Yuan shook his head.

「The next moment.」

He woke up in the real world.

Across from him, Zhou Rurui, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation, suddenly started bleeding from his five facial orifices and quickly lost all signs of life.

“His subconscious was completely contaminated… Once I eliminated the source of the contamination… his Divine Soul was shattered.”

Han Yuan said flatly.

“What a pity.”

Hearing this, Liang Ze sighed helplessly.

He could only hope that the next two people wouldn’t end up like Zhou Rurui.

“Palace Master Han, do you need to rest?”

Ling Yunzi asked.

“No need… I’m feeling quite energized right now.”

“Let’s strike while the iron is hot and quickly take care of the remaining two.”

Han Yuan said.

His Divine Soul now had extremely strong Recovery Power. The battle with Zhou Rurui hadn’t consumed much of his Divine Soul Power, and he would fully recover in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

“Then I’ll call He Wenyan over.”

“His situation should be similar to Miss Yan’s, so we can just tell him directly.”

Liang Ze said.

Since Wang Sanling was on another giant ship and couldn’t be summoned immediately, they could only deal with He Wenyan first before heading to Wang Sanling’s vessel.

Before long, He Wenyan walked into the meeting hall.

Liang Ze spoke with him for a while.

He Wenyan quickly realized his problem and, without resisting, agreed to let Han Yuan enter the depths of his consciousness to eliminate the source of the contamination.

This time, it went smoothly.

He Wenyan’s level of infection was not as deep as Zhou Rurui’s.

With the experience from the previous two times, Han Yuan completely cleared the contamination source from the depths of He Wenyan’s consciousness in less than an hour.

Afterward, they went to the other giant ship and took care of Wang Sanling’s contamination source as well.

Liang Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Han Yuan repeatedly.

If Han Yuan hadn’t keenly sensed that something was wrong, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Han Yuan also used these few battles to gain some new insights into the Eight Desolates Dragon God Observation Method, and he quickly returned to his room to enter secluded cultivation.