Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 593 Ascending the Throne by Killing the King

--boom!!!!!

—Boom! Boom!! Boom!!
One terrifying explosion after another erupted from the spot where Quesanx and Helmond were entangled. Luo Xiu could already smell the strong stench of blood wafting over. Quesanx and Helmond were both stained with each other's dragon blood.

This is Quesanx's "regicide".

Luo Xiu knew this, and therefore he did not intend to interfere—the task of "regicide" should ideally be accomplished by all of Quesanx's power.

For Quesanx, the "Dragon of Justice," to truly inherit the true divinity of [Authority] from Helmond, he must personally and completely kill him.

Even though Helmond, now the "Primordial Demon," cannot be truly killed by Quesanx, Quesanx himself must render him completely powerless to resist.

Only in this way can Helmond's power be completely possessed; this is cruel, but also the law of reality.

There is only one place where Luo Xiu can intervene—at the most crucial moment, as the "Primordial Demon," he can chant and destroy the true name of Helmond, the "Child of the Dragon God."

"--roar!!!!!"

Under the scorching heat of the terrifying flames of Quesanx's [Destructive Surge], Helmond, the "Child of the Dragon God," let out a painful roar.

He struggled incessantly, desperately trying to shake off Quesanx, who was clinging to him, but he could not.

In terms of both strength and size, Quesanx was far greater than Him.

If Helmond had undergone a metamorphosis more than ten years prior, he could have possessed the same physique as Quesanx, and his strength would have been far greater. But precisely because Helmond had just completed his metamorphosis—the cocoon of the Devouring Dragon's dead dragon embryo was the cocoon he shed—he was at his weakest point during the cycle of his power's recurrence.

Under Luo Xiu's gaze.

On Helmond's body, deep fissures torn open by Quesanx were now oozing thick, foul-smelling silver blood.

A deep, eerie purple light flowed within, which, upon encountering the air, became turbulent, bubbling and igniting with ghostly flames.

His life was slipping away.

Quesanx, the "Dragon of Justice"—a dark red light surged once more from His neck, accompanied by intense spiritual chaos; the next wave of [Destructive Surge] was about to be fully charged.

Just the next moment.

--boom!!!!!!!

Another terrifying explosion rang out, and shattered rocks and billowing dust mixed with crimson light mist began to surge around them.

That once again engulfed Helmond and Quesanx's figures.

In the panel detection that Luo Xiu maintained on Helmond.

At such close range, Helmond took two hits from Quesanx's [Surge of Destruction], and his health has dropped below half.

At this moment, Helmond's dragon neck had been almost blown off, with only half of the bone and flesh hanging there. His two dragon wings had also been severed at the root, and he had completely lost the ability to fly. Now he was like a crawling, blood-soaked earth dragon.

Amidst the surging crimson and dust, Luo Xiu saw His blurry outline trembling violently, His aura rapidly changing, shifting towards a more profound and darker direction.

"--roar!!!!!"

A piercing, sharp, and explosive roar came from Helmond's wide-open dragon mouth.

Luo Xiu saw that the wounds on His body—wounds that had been oozing silver blood—had stopped flowing. Instead, the flesh within them was writhing, rapidly and twistingly expanding outwards from the wounds, growing new limbs.

From the seven narrow, long lacerations on His dragon back, new fleshy limbs sprouted like branches, and those twisted growths eventually formed deformed fleshy wings.

The beautiful, white, crystalline shape of Helmond's wings, which were once the "child of the dragon god," was now completely gone. Luo Xiu felt a twisting sensation—the seven newly grown fleshy wings resembled tumors, their surfaces still a bloody mess, with clusters of bloody pustules around the edges.

The same dramatic changes also occurred in His other wounds—

The torn and burned wounds on His dragon neck healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and small hands without skin, stained with red and silver blood, grew out.

Those tiny hands then wrapped around the wound on His dragon neck and gradually merged into it. Countless newly grown tiny hands coiled around it, just as Hermond himself had choked his own throat.

In the wounds on His chest and abdomen, His dragon feet, His tail, and other parts, fleshy, abscesses, and tentacles grew.

He had become indescribable—in Luo Xiu's memory, he was almost like the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantis, filled with a bizarre and distorted sense of reality.

"Roar……"

"..."

With his three overlapping dragon eyes fixed on Helmond, Quesanx let out a low growl of sighing.

[It's distorted to this extent...]

【…】

In Luo Xiu's ears, he could hear Quesanx sighing something.

Meanwhile, Helmond is undergoing such a distorted and warped transformation.

Quesanx had also taken to the skies, opening its massive jaws toward Helmond, from which burst forth an ever-richer, ever-fiery crimson.

The next [Destructive Surge] is coming, and this time, Quesanx will fully charge up the surge for thirty seconds and launch a terrifying bombardment on Helmond that is enough to destroy the city!
"Roar……"

It was as if it sensed an extremely strong threat emanating from Quesanx in mid-air.

That may have triggered Hermond's instinctive will to survive, making him grow new flesh and blood from his own wounds even faster.

At the same time, He raised His dragon neck, and His dragon eyes, filled with chaos and darkness, stared intently at the sky, at the direction of Quesanx.

His entire body, twisted into a ball of flesh, trembled violently, emanating a powerful suction force.

A storm arose around Him, with countless pebbles and dust swirling and shooting into the sky, seemingly trying to lift Him up and violently crash him into the spot where Quesanx stood—

He seemed genuinely inclined to do so. But before He could act on it, Rothius had already raised his scepter.

In Luo Xiu's left hand, he held a holy book that exuded darkness and mystery. His aura had also become gloomy and dark, and sharp horns, symbolizing his demonic identity, had appeared on his forehead.

The Abyss Codex and "Demon Avatar".

With the blessing of the Abyss Codex, Luo Xiu has placed himself in the form of a "Primordial Demon".

He gazed upon Helmond, the "child of the dragon god," and uttered His true name—

"—【The Demonic Dragon Helmond Ramziaz, Child of Calamity, Crown Prince of Chaos】!"

"..."

"--roar!!!!!"

The moment Luo Xiu recited Hermond's "true name" in its entirety, He unleashed a powerful and piercing roar!

First, ghostly flames ignited on Luo Xiu's body, but those flames quickly went out. Then, the bone-scorching ghostly flames rose from Helmond's body.

The twisted flesh that grew from Him became the perfect fuel for the backlash. It quickly burned Helmond into a huge ball of fire, and His roars grew sharper and more shrill with each passing moment.

Immense suffering is befalling Him.

The gale that had swept up around Him subsided instantly. The rubble that He had stirred up fell back down like meteorites, some of it embedding itself in His body, creating a deep crater in the twisted flesh.

"--roar!!!!!"

Helmond still wanted to struggle.

But the next moment, He felt His whole body go numb as if He had been electrocuted, and He was unable to make any new movements.

His entire enormous dragon body lost its support and collapsed to one side like a crumbling city wall.

Boom! ! !
The ground was shaking, and a huge rumbling sound echoed through the earth's veins and into the air.

That was Quesanx—the "Dragon of Justice"—whose domain of authority was at work.

【Quisanx's Authority】, its inherent domain "Dragon Domain of Authority" has already added several layers of the negative abnormal status "Deep Fear" to Helmond, and has also caused Helmond to suffer the deepening abnormal status "Deep Deadlock"!
This unusual timing was crucial, and Helmond was temporarily unable to summon any spiritual energy. He was unable to defend himself or retaliate, and could only endure Quesantx's impending attack with his own flesh and blood.

Right there in Helmond, on the pale white dragon head deeply buried in the ground, He looked into the eyes of the dragon in mid-air. He saw Quesanx descend slightly, and then, from Quesanx's gaping maw, an intensely fiery crimson torrent erupted—

--boom!!!!!!!

This [Destructive Surge] was the most powerful strike that Quesanx could unleash.

It only took a blink of an eye.

Helmond was completely submerged in that crimson.

At the center of that terrifying surge and explosion, the world was left with only a pale color. It was as if all the colors had been burned away, leaving only an empty, pale void.

Everything burned and evaporated here; Helmond's deformed flesh was melted and purified piece by piece by the terrifying dragon flames.

He could no longer utter any roars.

In Luo Xiu's panel detection of Him.

His health dropped from about half in just two seconds, falling by 20% and breaking through the "dying" health line.

……

Ten seconds later.

As the crimson glow faded, the terrifying heat also gradually subsided.

Luo Xiu had seen Helmond, who had been at the center of the surging wave, again.

Almost all of His flesh and blood were burned away.

All that remained was the dragon's head, now half-exposed, and its heart, which had shriveled up.

The grotesque dragon skeleton was deeply embedded or branded into the ground. It seemed to still be alive, but it no longer reacted.

His health was also frozen at "1". The "Primordial Demon" is immortal. It was not Luo Xiu who delivered the final blow to him. Quesanx could not actually kill him.

But that's enough.

This is the result Luo Xiu wanted.

He gazed at the now-skeletal Helmond, retrieved the Abyss Codex, and released himself from his "Demon Avatar" state.

"Quisanx".

He immediately looked up into the air and called out to Quesanx:
"Okay."

“Helmond, there is no longer any vitality in him.”

"He is not dead yet, but has fallen into the bloodline of the 'Primordial Demon,' which indeed saved his life. But this is for the best, so you don't have to actually kill him to inherit his true divinity."

"..."

As Luo Xiu was saying these things.

Quesanx slowly descended from mid-air.

He finally landed in front of Helmond, his three-colored dragon eyes gazing intently at the dying ancient dragon on the ground.

Helmond, indeed, no longer reacted.

His once dark and profound dragon eyes were now empty. His withered heart was still throbbing, seemingly his last source of life.

"..."

Quesanx raised his dragon claw.

The sharp claws had already touched the membrane of that heart, and pierced it in the next second—

Sizzle! Sizzle!

A surge of heat, a spiritual energy mingled with darkness and crimson, burst forth like a spring.

It was a spirituality so intense it was almost tangible; as it surged forth, the surrounding air seemed to become disordered or tremble, as if in fear of something being born.

That aura was different from normal spirituality.

The dark red and pitch-black mist surged forth from his heart, seemingly inexhaustible, and soon condensed into a thick, cloud-like mass in mid-air.

At its very center—it had coalesced into a ring that strung together dark red and jet-black spirituality. It resembled some kind of engraved pattern, or a totem formed by the twisting of spirituality.

Even a series of low hissing sounds could be heard, as if they were the lingering echoes of countless ancient dragons from the Age of Gods to this day.

That was Helmond—His true divinity as the “child of the dragon god.”

Gazing at the scene before him, Luo Xiu knew that the dark red part was the [authority] left behind by Helmond, while the pitch-black part was an impurity to Him, and also the part that He was tainted by the [Abyss].

The infection is deeply ingrained and difficult to eradicate.

"Quisanx".

Gazing at the hesitant dragon before him, Luo Xiu spoke:
"Without a doubt, that was Helmond's 'true divinity'..."

"Accept Him now that He is 'asleep'. You are my contracted dragon, and I will help you suppress the effects of the Dark Corruption on you."

"You will become a 'Demon God'. There may be a price to pay, but... it should be worth it."

"..."

"……Roar."

【……I see. 】

Quesanx lowered his dragon neck and bowed his dragon head.

Quesanx opened his massive maw toward the ring that floated in mid-air, formed from the condensation of "true divinity".

He swallowed the ring, and with it, most of the spirituality that surrounded it.

And in the instant He swallowed—

Chi Chi!

Clumps of tiny, scarlet flames then burst forth from Quesanx's body.

Then, the same crimson and pitch-black mist as that of true divinity surged forth from beneath each of His dragon scales, and the threads of His spirit intertwined around Him, binding Him like a cocoon.

Flames ignite from the edges, burning away the outer shell, only to form a new one. This cycle of burning and rebirth repeats itself both externally and internally.

It's like rebirth.

And when the flames stop burning, when cracks appear on the surface—when the cocoon breaks free.

Quesanx, the "Dragon of Justice," will rise from the rank of "Protoss" to a higher level.

That might be a "demon." Quesanx did indeed say that.

Feel the inner energy constantly rising and forming a transforming "cocoon".

Luo Xiu watched and pondered these things.

But whatever that unknown person may be, He will become stronger, and I will become stronger as a result.

I hope that the moment of breaking free from the cocoon won't keep me waiting too long.

……

(End of this chapter)