Chapter 92: The battle ended
Chapter 92: The battle ended
Diana’s body began to transform as endless streams of pure darkness poured out from every part of her. The black energy did not resemble ordinary elemental mana. It was ancient, oppressive, and filled with an authority that seemed capable of swallowing the very world.
At the same time, her aura rose at an unbelievable speed.
The pressure surrounding her increased with every passing second, becoming heavier and more terrifying. Even the surrounding space began to tremble as though it could no longer endure the overwhelming force gathering within her body.
After a person successfully mastered a mythical skill, the grimoire that had granted the inheritance would disappear forever.
Its purpose would have been fulfilled.
From that point onward, everything would depend entirely upon the awakened individual.
There were no shortcuts left.
The remaining realms could only be reached through one’s own comprehension and effort.
Among all those realms, becoming an Elemental Lord was one of the greatest turning points.
To step into that realm, an awakener had to completely comprehend the foundation of their own element and successfully manifest an Elemental Domain.
The moment an awakener could cast an elemental domain, they would officially enter the Elemental Lord Realm.
That breakthrough was not merely an increase in strength.
Their mana would undergo a qualitative evolution.
Their life force would become vastly greater.
According to the World System, every Elemental Lord possessed a lifespan exceeding five thousand years.
That was why countless sage rank awakeners dreamed of reaching that realm.
It represented both overwhelming power and an almost unimaginable lifespan.
Inside the nearly shattered golden barrier, Diana was enduring unimaginable pain.
Her blood vessels felt as though they were exploding one after another.
Every bone in her body trembled violently.
Her muscles were tearing apart before immediately reconstructing themselves into something stronger.
Her organs were evolving at an astonishing rate.
The process was unbelievably painful.
However, Diana gritted her teeth and endured everything without making a single sound.
This was no ordinary breakthrough.
Her very existence was evolving.
Her ocean blue hair slowly turned into a deep shade of black that seemed capable of absorbing light itself.
Her bright eyes also transformed.
The blue color completely vanished.
In its place appeared a pair of calm, pitch black eyes that contained an indescribable sense of majesty.
Even the purity of her mana continued increasing.
It no longer resembled the mana of a human.
It was becoming something far superior.
She was gradually transforming into a higher lifeform.
Far above the battlefield, the gigantic Demonic Dragon suddenly stopped moving for a brief moment.
Its enormous golden eyes narrowed.
It had already sensed a faint threat from Diana before.
However, that tiny feeling of danger was rapidly growing stronger.
Every second that passed made the threat increase dramatically.
Its instincts screamed at it.
If this continued...
The human below would become someone capable of killing it.
ROARRR!!
The dragon released an earth shaking roar filled with fury and desperation.
The terrifying sound waves spread across the battlefield like an unstoppable tsunami.
Even the Sage rank experts who were standing several kilometers away instantly collapsed onto the ground.
Blood flowed from their ears.
Their internal organs shook violently.
Several of them coughed out large mouthfuls of blood.
They were all on the verge of losing consciousness.
Boom!
The gigantic dragon slammed one of its claws against the golden barrier.
The entire barrier shook violently.
Large cracks spread across its surface. Yet it still refused to collapse.
The dragon roared once more. Its eyes became bloodshot. It could no longer remain calm.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Again and again, it smashed its claws into the barrier with all of its strength.
Every collision released terrifying shock waves powerful enough to flatten mountains.
The air exploded continuously.
The sea beneath them churned violently.
Each impact possessed destructive force comparable to a nuclear explosion.
The low grade monsters surrounding the battlefield never even had the chance to scream.
The instant those shock waves reached them, their bodies were reduced into clouds of dust.
Nothing remained behind.
As for the S Rank monsters, although they survived, they suffered no better fate.
The overwhelming dragon pressure pinned every one of them firmly onto the ground.
Their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
None of them possessed the courage to move.
...
Inside the white room...
Victor stared at the floating projection before him.
His fists were tightly clenched.
His usually calm expression had completely disappeared.
Instead, anxiety filled his face.
He watched every second pass with increasing worry.
"How much longer will it take for her breakthrough to finish?"
"The barrier is already reaching its limit."
"It will not be able to hold much longer."
He asked the World System.
The reply came immediately.
[Thirty more seconds.]
Victor took a deep breath.
Thirty seconds.
Under normal circumstances, that was an insignificant amount of time.
However, at this moment, those thirty seconds felt longer than an eternity.
His eyes never left the projection.
He silently prayed that the barrier would endure until Diana completed her evolution.
...
Thirty seconds later...
Everything suddenly became silent.
A tiny sphere of darkness appeared above Diana’s raised palm.
It was only the size of a marble.
However, the instant it appeared, the surrounding space distorted.
The darkness expanded slightly before stabilizing into a miniature domain.
The World System spoke once more.
[Her Heavenly Demon Bloodline has awakened to eighty nine percent.]
Victor’s eyes widened.
He looked at Diana.
Slowly...
She opened her eyes.
The madness that had consumed her earlier had completely vanished.
Her rationality had returned.
However, those pitch black eyes had become infinitely more terrifying.
They were calm.
Cold and Ancient.
They resembled the eyes of an existence that had witnessed countless ages pass.
Without saying anything, Diana looked toward the enormous dragon outside the barrier.
The creature was still desperately attacking the golden shield.
She then lowered her gaze and examined the tiny dark domain floating above her fingertips.
During her breakthrough, countless inherited memories had awakened within her.
Those memories belonged to the Heavenly Demon Bloodline.
Through them, she instinctively understood how to manipulate a domain.
Every pure blooded member of the Heavenly Demon Race was born directly within the Elemental Sovereign Realm.
Even more astonishingly, each of them possessed a Level Seven Domain from birth.
That was only two steps away from comprehending the Laws themselves.
Compared to them, Diana’s domain had only reached Level One.
However, she remained perfectly calm.
A Level One Domain was more than sufficient for her current situation.
Furthermore, the World System had already explained the fundamental principles of domains during her breakthrough.
She completely understood what she needed to do.
A faint smile appeared on her lips.
"I am ready."
The moment those words left her mouth, the golden barrier disappeared.
The cracked shield dissolved into countless golden particles before vanishing completely.
The Demonic Dragon immediately stopped attacking.
Its instincts warned it that the woman standing before it had become incomparably dangerous.
Far more dangerous than before.
Yet demonic dragons were a race born for battle.
Pride flowed within every drop of their blood.
Even against an opponent of equal strength or superior strength, they would never bow their heads.
Boom!
The dragon burst forward with a deafening sonic boom.
The surrounding air exploded behind it.
Within an instant, the gigantic claw descended toward Diana.
She merely raised one finger.
Boom!
Her slender index finger collided directly against the dragon’s massive claw.
A terrifying shock wave erupted from the point of impact.
The heavens and earth shook violently.
However, before the destructive force could spread any farther, Diana gently snapped her fingers.
A dark domain instantly expanded.
The apocalyptic shock wave became trapped entirely within its boundaries.
Not even a single ripple escaped.
Had she not done that, every Sage watching from afar would have been vaporized instantly.
Diana smiled gently.
Her expression remained calm.
"You filthy lizard."
"You really enjoyed yourself earlier, did you not?"
The dragon’s enormous body suddenly stiffened.
For the very first time since its birth...
It felt genuine fear. A cold chill spread throughout its entire body.
Before it could react...
Diana vanished.
There was no teleportation.
She had simply moved so fast that even the dragon’s senses failed to follow her.
The next instant, she appeared directly above its head.
Boom!
Her fist descended.
The dragon’s gigantic body crashed into the ground with overwhelming force.
An enormous crater instantly formed beneath it.
The surrounding earth shattered for several kilometers.
However, Diana was far from finished.
She grabbed the dragon’s massive tail with one hand.
Then...
She began spinning it.
The gigantic body of the dragon rotated faster and faster.
A powerful tornado formed around them.
After several rotations, Diana released her grip.
The dragon shot across the sky like a meteor before crashing into the distant mountains.
Before the dragon could even recover...
She disappeared once more.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Her fists rained down relentlessly.
Every strike sent shock waves throughout the dragon’s body.
Bones shattered.
Scales exploded.
Blood sprayed into the air.
The dragon desperately attempted to retaliate.
Its claws slashed wildly. Its tail swept across the battlefield.
Its jaws snapped repeatedly.
Yet none of its attacks managed to touch Diana.
She had completely surpassed it.
Although the dragon possessed extraordinary bloodline inheritance, it was still merely an infant.
Its combat experience relied entirely upon instinct.
Meanwhile, Diana possessed both inherited memories and complete control over her power.
Realizing that physical combat was useless, the dragon released a dark domain of its own.
Darkness spread across the battlefield.
Without hesitation, Diana expanded her own domain.
The two domains collided violently.
For a brief moment, the surrounding space twisted under the immense pressure.
Then...
Crack!
The dragon’s domain shattered like fragile glass.
Although both possessed the darkness element, Diana’s Heavenly Demon Bloodline existed on entirely higher level.
The perfection of her inherited domain completely overwhelmed the dragon’s imperfect version.
She did not hesitate.
In a single step, she appeared directly before the dragon.
Before it could react...
She punched at it’s chest.
A destructive darkness pierced through it’s chest and came out from it’s back creating a huge 3 meter radius hole there.
Boom!
The dragon released one final earth shaking roar.
The light within its enormous eyes gradually faded.
Its gigantic body lost all strength before collapsing heavily into the sea.
The battle was over.
However, strands of dark energy emerged from Diana’s body.
They wrapped around the dragon’s enormous corpse before dragging it toward the shore.
She calmly placed the massive carcass on solid ground.
Only then did she look around the battlefield.
Almost every ordinary monster had already disappeared.
Most had died from the aftereffects of her battle with the dragon.
The remaining S Rank monsters had long since fled in terror.
None of them dared to remain.
Ignoring the dragon’s corpse, Diana immediately walked toward the injured Sages.
Their conditions were extremely serious.
Many had suffered severe internal injuries from the dragon’s roar.
Without wasting any time, she took out several high grade healing potions from her storage ring.
One after another, she carefully fed them the potions.
Their injuries slowly began to stabilize.
...
Inside the white room, Victor suddenly burst into loud laughter.
"Hahaha!"
"I told you."
"That is my girl."
"What a magnificent display of power."
His face was filled with pride.
The tension that had burdened him for so long completely disappeared.
Everything had finally returned under humanity’s control.
Now there was only one thing left for him to do.
He simply had to wait for the remaining ten days until the synchronization was finished.