The true form of the Greed Lord was revealed to be a rat—a rat the size of an elephant, yet standing upright like a man. Its body was sheathed in thick scales, resembling an armadillo, but its small eyes burned with intensely vulgar and cold light. Its forepaws had elongated into terrifyingly sharp talons...
The Destruction Lord retained a human silhouette, though equally covered in scales. Two sharp foreclaws sprouted from his shoulders. In his original hands, he gripped a jet-black spear. Furthermore, the scar across his face began to split slightly, revealing a glimpse of dark red beneath, from which thin tendrils extended, drifting faintly in the void and nearly causing Ye Jingyu to vomit...
The Fear Lord had transformed into a monster with the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a man. In addition to his four hooves and two arms, a pair of deep blue dragon claws had grown from his waist. His powerful arms now wielded a black longbow. Seeing this form, Ye Jingyu was instantly reminded of Sagittarius, one of the twelve constellations...
The Fury Demon’s physique swelled threefold out of nowhere, its muscles bulging and knotting into mounds, each one growing to the size of a fist, shaped like triangular cones, appearing incredibly solid. From a distance, he looked like a small hill cobbled together from stone.
The Devour Lord, originally a small boy, released the aura within him. A strange smile spread across his face as his belly began to inflate like a balloon, expanding larger than an elephant in the blink of an eye. His head slowly shattered and vanished entirely, leaving him a massive spherical body. Only a single eye and an enormous mouth remained visible atop the sphere. That mouth was pure black, giving Ye Jingyu the sensation of facing a black hole—a miniature one at that.
Yet, none of that mattered until the Nightmare Lord unveiled her true form, leaving Ye Jingyu’s jaw agape. Sagittarius, black holes, rats—these strange, monstrous apparitions seemed fitting for demons. But the Nightmare? She was enveloped in waves of milky-white light, covered head to toe in exquisite armor, and a pair of white wings unfurled from her back, rendering her appearance divinely sacred. This... this looked remarkably similar to the legendary angels? No, not similar—identical...
The Old Dragon watched silently as the Seven Demon Lords assumed their true forms, his cloudy gaze flickering with internal light...
The Seven Lords attacked simultaneously. The short bow in the Nightmare's hand transformed into a scimitar—a blade as illusory as a dream. She brought the scimitar down upon the Old Dragon in an extremely bizarre arc.
A crescent-moon-like blade of light flared into existence. Initially only the size of a few hands, by the time it reached the Old Dragon, the arc had swelled to tens of thousands of feet. The terrifying power made even Ye Jingyu, watching from the side, stop and stare.
A look of surprise crossed the Old Dragon’s face. He shifted his body slightly, easily evading the dazzling strike. The blinding blade light cleaved directly into a star behind the Old Dragon, splitting the massive celestial body in two. Violent energy roared outward in all directions...
The Old Dragon had already fled tens of thousands of miles, believing he had successfully evaded the attack, yet he suddenly noticed the blade light, which should have dissipated, reappearing directly above him...
“What is going on?” This question flashed through the minds of both the Old Dragon and Ye Jingyu. They hadn't seen the Nightmare strike again; how could the blade light still persist...
“Phantom Extinction Blade!”
This was the Nightmare Lord’s ultimate technique. No matter how one dodged, the attack that landed was the real one; any bypassed strike was merely an illusion.
The now unwary Old Dragon could no longer evade. He could only raise both hands. His withered arms instantly became covered in golden scales, as if clad in plate armor, as he met the descending blow...
With a sharp hiss, the blade light hammered down onto the Old Dragon’s arms. The blade light began to slowly shatter, while the tough scales on his arms were cleaved open, revealing traces of golden blood seeping out...
He was wounded again?
At this precise moment, the Destruction Demon arrived before the Old Dragon, wielding the Great Spear of Destruction. Without hesitation, he thrust the black spear directly toward the Old Dragon's heart...
Not only that, but the Fury Demon swung a massive battle-axe horizontally across the air toward the Old Dragon... The Fear Demon also loosed an arrow from his bow—a black meteor streaking directly for the Old Dragon’s brow.
The Devour Demon was not to be outdone; he spewed forth a cloud of black mist from his mouth, completely enveloping the Old Dragon’s body. The Old Dragon immediately felt his spirit destabilized, even sensing his own power being subtly drawn away...
Most terrifyingly, the Ruin Demon unleashed his full strength with a punch. A fist intent capable of destroying everything erupted, crushing the surrounding void into fractures, causing numerous stars to shatter under the sheer pressure...
Ruin, true ruin...
Facing this situation, the Old Dragon’s face adopted an unprecedented seriousness. He suddenly shouted toward Ye Jingyu and the others in the distance: “Little ones, watch closely now, and see what true Dragon Clan combat techniques look like...”
Confronting the incoming fist intent, the Old Dragon unleashed a golden radiance once more. His withered body began to rapidly swell, quickly reforming into a powerfully built man, the wounds on his arms instantly mended...
His eyes blazed with the strongest battle intent, and waves of immense Dragon Might radiated from his body...
Next, his chest expanded like a sphere, and his lips moved softly...
“Divine Dragon Roar...” The Old Dragon suddenly bellowed. A golden light wave burst forth from within him, spreading outward in all directions like a shimmering golden ripple...
Whether the black spear, the massive battle-axe, or the black mist—everything was pulverized by this golden wave. Not a single attack managed to land upon him...