Chapter 1081 - Battle Against the Jade Dragon Emperor

Han Wu was stunned when the Great Dragons started burning their dragon souls. What’s happening? I didn’t know the Great Dragons had a technique like this!

This was not something he’d ever seen the Great Dragons under his command use.

The five Dragon Kings didn’t give Han Wu time to process this and continued the barrage of their strongest attacks. With their dragon souls burning, each had become several times more powerful than normal. Every single one was as strong as a Mesocosm life form.

Han Wu stepped in front of his units to protect them. Light from multiple Divine Jurisdictions flickered across his body. Eight Jurisdictions—Conversion, Duel, True Martial, Slaughter, Everchange, Netherworld, Life, and Void—erupted from him at once, pushing his power even higher.

That wasn’t all. Han Wu also activated his ability on top of all that.

“Demon King Transformation, Fourth Stage, True Holy Dragon Transformation!”

His body changed dramatically, transforming from a human into a Great Dragon covered in iridescent scales.

The pressure Han Wu radiated at that moment had reached the later stages of a Mesocosm life form. Even the Jade Dragon Emperor stood up to gawk at him.

Han Wu’s form was purer than even those Great Dragons with the cleanest bloodlines. If it didn’t know Han Wu was from the Divine Civilization, it would’ve believed he was a Great Dragon.

There was no need for Han Wu to fear dragon-attribute attacks while in this form. He simply opened his jaws, swallowed the attacks of the five Dragon Kings, converted the energy into his own, and shaped it into a dragon breath that he blasted right back at them.

The breath carried the force of a cataclysm behind it as it barreled towards his target. The five Dragon Kings didn’t dare take it head-on even with them burning their dragon souls. They could feel the pressure of death.

The Jade Dragon Emperor intervened in the nick of time. It revealed its true Jade Dragon Emperor physique and shielded the five Dragon Kings from the lethal blow.

“Esteemed Defier, you’ve piqued my interest. Please attack me with your strongest technique,” the Jade Dragon Emperor said, uncoiling its massive body.

Although Han Wu was powerful in his True Holy Dragon Transformation, he was well aware that he was no match for the Jade Dragon Emperor. It was a powerhouse on par with Long Qi, a fighter at least at the Macrocosm rank. Han Wu was at best in the late Mesocosm rank and wasn’t even near the edge of Macrocosm.

The Jade Dragon Emperor wanted to test him, however, and holding back would only anger it, so he decided to stop hiding and unleashed everything he had.

He summoned all of his Microcosms. They orbited him like a galaxy and fed him energy, which he then channeled into his dragon breath.

In the True Holy Dragon Transformation, he could mimic any Great Dragon in his divine realm. After a brief moment of deliberation, he decided against mimicking one of his Dragon Kings and opted for Wicked Dragon Veritas instead.

His iridescent scales turned gray as the power of Seals erupted inside his body. The energy pouring from his Microcosms was converted into a flood of different elemental energies that were then shaped into a single concentrated breath of Sealing Energy.

“Elemental Flux Sealing Breath!”

The breath shot straight at the Jade Dragon Emperor.

A terrifying Sealing Energy surged into the Jade Dragon Emperor’s body. It tried to use its power to dissolve the seal, but the Sealing Energy suppressed it.

Why can’t I overcome the seal from his True Holy Dragon Transformation?

The Jade Dragon Emperor strained harder to access the energy within its body but got no response. Its ocean of power had been sealed. Its Dragon Tongue Magic, dragon breath, and even Dragon Fear—none of it could be used.

The Jade Dragon Emperor only had its physical body left.

“Respected Defier, this is truly exciting. I haven’t felt my blood pumping like this in years,” the Jade Dragon Emperor praised Han Wu. It was extraordinary for someone so young to seal all of its energy.

Still, Great Dragons didn’t conquer the heavens with their vast, dominating energy reserves alone. A formidable physical body was equally essential. The Jade Dragon Emperor intended to teach Han Wu this lesson.

Using nothing but raw physical strength, it closed the distance, moving fast enough that no one below the Macrocosm rank could track it. It had meant to startle Han Wu, but the latter’s senses were far too sharp.

The moment the Jade Dragon Emperor vanished, Han Wu had guessed it would try a surprise attack. He was ready. When the Jade Dragon Emperor appeared behind him, Han Wu activated his ability.

“Minute Hand!”

Everything around him froze.

The Jade Dragon Emperor’s overwhelming power severely weakened the Minute Hand’s stasis effect. Han Wu could feel the frozen time compressing rapidly. Less than ten seconds remained.

Seizing those precious seconds, he changed from his full dragon body and entered his Dragonkin form. In this state, his power was more concentrated, his agility was sharper, and he could wield Divine Weapons.

Peerless appeared in his hand.

“Dragon Slayer!”

This technique massively amplified the power of his next strike. With the frozen time almost up, Han Wu gathered every ounce of strength and delivered his ultimate blow against the Jade Dragon Emperor.

“Heaven-Earth Severance!”

A terrifying blade of light absorbed the energy of the heavens and earth before carving across the Jade Dragon Emperor.

Time resumed right as Han Wu completed the slash.

The Jade Dragon Emperor used its physical strength to retreat over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye. Han Wu’s seemingly endless arsenal of techniques had alarmed it.

A crisp cracking sound reached the Jade Dragon Emperor’s ears. Peering down, it saw a clean slash across its body. Its jade-green dragon scales were cracking apart and shattering. The slash mark spread as more scale fragments fell to the ground, blood seeping from the wound.

Han Wu had injured the Jade Dragon Emperor!

Long Qi couldn’t hide his shock. He knew the Jade Dragon Emperor’s strength better than anyone present. The existence of the wound proved the devastating might of that last strike.

Despite being a Mesocosm fighter, Han Wu had injured a Macrocosm being! Han Wu would almost certainly be unrivaled among peers if he were to reach the Macrocosm rank himself.

Long Qi silently resolved to intervene and protect Han Wu if the Jade Dragon Emperor turned hostile over the wound.

The Jade Dragon Emperor stared at the wound in disbelief. It even dabbed a claw in its blood and tasted it. The coppery tang with a hint of sweetness snapped it back to reality.

Han Wu had actually wounded it!

In the time it took to raise its head, the gash that Han Wu had given everything to inflict was already healed. Even the jade-green scales regenerated. It was as if the Jade Dragon Emperor had never been injured at all.

“Respected Defier, you’ve earned my admiration!"