Watching the more than twenty Original Sin followers who had followed him all be liberated into dust and smoke by Miao Tathagata, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's eyes burned crimson with rage.
It wasn't that he cared about the lives of these twenty-plus Original Sin individuals.
To be honest.
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor had never considered these people brothers or friends. In his eyes, they weren't even subordinates—they were merely puppets and playthings in his hands.
The reason for his fury was that all these Original Sin individuals had possessed and fused with their Original Sin bodies with his help. In other words, he had invested considerable effort into them. Now, all that effort had gone to waste. How could the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor not be enraged?
"Miao!
Ru!
Lai!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's body was wreathed in blazing Darkness flames, billowing thick smoke. The dark and sinister power of Original Sin erupted like raging tidal waves. He raised his head, glaring fixedly at Miao Tathagata seated upon the golden Buddha's palm, the killing intent in his heart surging endlessly.
"Today, this Emperor will annihilate you!"
Whoosh!
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor leaped into the air, transforming into a colossal Dark Evil Dragon. It swung its dragon head, unleashing rumbling dragon roars.
This Dark Evil Dragon was enormous, its entire body burning with Darkness flames and spewing thick smoke. It looked nearly identical to the Dark Evil Dragon he had summoned earlier.
However.
Its size was far, far greater than before. The Darkness flames were also much more vigorous, and its dark, evil Original Sin power was far more ferocious.
The previous Dark Evil Dragon had been something the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor had refined and nurtured, akin to a magical treasure. But now, he had transformed his own Heavenly Dragon Absolute Body into the Dark Evil Dragon.
Now, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor was the Dark Evil Dragon, and the Dark Evil Dragon was him. The two were inseparable, as one.
A roar—a dragon cry exploded, the Evil Dragon's roar shaking all living beings. For a moment, it actually drowned out the vast, boundless chanting of Buddhist scriptures filling the sky.
"Perish!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon, charged toward Miao Tathagata.
Here.
The great sun hanging in the sky still radiated light, illuminating the Kan Palace Void.
The countless Buddhas filling the sky still knelt in the void, paying homage to that sacred Great Buddha that blocked half the firmament. The vast, boundless chanting of Buddhist scriptures still continued its work of liberation.
Miao Tathagata remained seated cross-legged upon the sacred Great Buddha's palm, eyes closed, one hand held vertically before his chest, the other turning prayer beads, his mouth reciting scriptures.
From beginning to end, he had never once opened his eyes to look at the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor—not even a single glance. Even now, as the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon and charged, it was still the same.
One had to say, this Miao Tathagata was truly formidable.
Before the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon, could even reach him, he found himself unable to advance another step.
Roar!
The Dark Evil Dragon let out successive dragon roars, the Darkness flames around its body burning wildly, the surging dark power of Original Sin erupting violently. The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, now the Dark Evil Dragon, exerted all his strength trying to charge forward.
Unfortunately.
It was utterly useless. No matter how vigorous his Darkness flames, no matter how powerful his Original Sin force, he simply could not approach that sacred Great Buddha being worshipped by ten thousand Buddhas, which blocked half the sky.
Roar—Useless!
Completely useless. The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon, seemed trapped in the void. Not only that, under the vast, boundless chanting of Buddhist scriptures filling the sky, the Dark Evil Dragon's Darkness flames were no longer vigorous, its Original Sin power no longer strong—it was weakening bit by bit.
It was clear that even with the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor transforming his Heavenly Dragon Absolute Body into the Dark Evil Dragon, he was still no match for Miao Tathagata.
Not only was he no match, he was completely suppressed by the vast, boundless chanting of Buddhist scriptures filling the sky. Not only could he not approach Miao Tathagata, he couldn't even move.
At that moment.
A voice came.
"Little one, manifest your true form."
The voice was sacred, the sound was of light—a voice that was both sacred and luminous, a Buddha's voice.
Ethereal and elusive, as if from the heavens, or from the earth, or from all directions.
It was him.
It was Miao Tathagata.
He had finally spoken.
Yet he still sat cross-legged upon the sacred golden Buddha's palm, eyes unopened, mouth not even moving, still reciting scriptures.
Here, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon, remained immobile in the void. Moreover, the power of his Dark Bloodline and the power of his Original Sin Blood were being suppressed by Miao Tathagata, growing weaker and weaker.
However.
Even so.
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor remained fearless and unyielding, his heart filled with defiance. He roared angrily, "Miao Tathagata! You are not worthy of seeing this Emperor's true form!"
Roar—The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor roared again, the dark power of Original Sin erupting wildly as he tried to break free from the restraint. But it was futile. The more fiercely he struggled, the more powerfully the chanting of Buddhist scriptures filling the sky suppressed him.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Miao Tathagata's voice came again. The vast, boundless chanting of Buddhist scriptures filling the sky suddenly intensified. Abruptly, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, transformed into the Dark Evil Dragon, began to tremble violently. A series of crackling, crisp sounds rang out as the Dark Evil Dragon's dragon scales began to disintegrate piece by piece, its entire dragon body twisting and blurring.
In an instant—whoosh—the Dark Evil Dragon vanished, and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor reappeared.
But he was already in a wretched state.
His hair was disheveled, blood trickled from his mouth, ears, and nose, his face ashen and utterly ferocious.
"Miao Tathagata!
Do you truly think this Emperor only has this much skill?
Ah!
!!"
In the void.
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor spread his arms and legs, threw back his head, and let out a heart-rending cry. In that instant, the Darkness flames within his body seemed ignited by blood, blazing fiercely once more. And this time, what burned was no longer Darkness flames, but dark crimson blood-fire.
The blood-fire burned, rising like a pillar of fire or a fire-dragon into the sky, growing more and more vigorous, larger and larger. The raging inferno seemed to scorch the very heavens.
Even more bizarrely, as the raging blood-fire burned, it began to transform. In the blink of an eye, it took the shape of a colossal entity.
This colossal entity looked remarkably like a head.
Yes!
A head—a skull burning with blood-fire. And even more bizarrely, this enormous skull possessed four faces.
Each face had three pitch-black hollows, like eyes and a mouth. Within these three hollows, Darkness flames also burned, looking like three black holes or abysses leading to hell.
This was a crimson skull head with four faces and twelve hollows.
It looked utterly terrifying. Especially since this crimson skull head with four faces and twelve hollows was so massive it also blocked half the sky, appearing as if it had swallowed half the firmament. It was truly sinister to the extreme.
"Hahaha—haha!"
A ferocious laugh echoed through the void. Upon the crown of the crimson skull, a figure seemed to stand—a figure covered in blood, hair disheveled, face ferocious. It was none other than the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor.
"Miao Tathagata!
Open your eyes and see what existence this Emperor has manifested!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor pointed at Miao Tathagata, taunting him.