Annabell, in order to protect her, to fight against that invincible Dragon Soul, actually used the family forbidden bloodline that would cause her to lose her sanity and become a killing machine!
‘Why… why would you go this far for me… Am I, a useless waste, really worth you trading your own life for?’
Extreme tragedy and emotion completely shattered Charlotte’s composure. Even though she tried her best to hold back, a single crystal clear tear still couldn’t help but slip from the corner of Charlotte’s tightly shut eyes.
Before that tear could drop to the ground, it was instantly evaporated by the scorching heat wave, turning into an invisible wisp of blue smoke.
Cold. Biting cold. That was the only feeling Annabell had at this moment.
When the forbidden bloodline completely shattered the shackles, she heard a crisp breaking sound in her mind, the sound of the rationality of “human Annabell” breaking.
A dull, flat laugh spilled from her lips. On her beautiful face, a pitch-black magical pattern rapidly climbed, covering the snow-white skin.
That pair of originally clear red and blue heterochromatic eyes now only held abyssal deadness and frenzy. Under the state of full mana, they radiated a captivating brilliance.
The violent casting instinct of the First Magus King completely took over this body. Annabell slowly floated into the air, her black skirt flapping noisily in the chaotic mana current.
She made no unnecessary movements, nor did she chant the long and tedious incantation. She only expressionlessly raised the staff in her hand, aimed at the void below, and suddenly stamped.
No chanting, no time to construct the magic array. With her own wildly overdrawn mana as the core, an [Extreme Cold Domain Formation] covering the entire main hall unfolded in the blink of an eye.
The rubble on the ground instantly became covered with a thick layer of frost. The moisture in the air was forcibly stripped away, turning into visible ice-blue mist.
The Imperial Dragon Soul hovering in midair felt a great provocation and threat. The massive dragon body twisted violently in the air, letting out a deafening roar.
It opened its abyssal maw, and a dazzling, glaring red pillar of fire spewed out — [True Dragon Breath]! It was an absolute destructive power that ignored all conventional magic shields and could even burn space itself to distortion.
Facing the overwhelming flames, Annabell, in the state of “Possession of the Holy Magus King,” didn’t even look at the flying dragons coming at her. A crazy and stiff smile curled at the corner of her mouth.
The corners of her eyes cracked from mana overload, and bright red blood slid down her pale cheeks, dripping onto the pure white collar, a shocking sight. Annabell licked her lips. That smiling face held a breathtaking beauty.
“Such mere small fry dare to oppose this king?”
She hoarsely spat out a few words, suddenly opened her left hand, and actually faced that true dragon breath that could melt steel, forcibly deploying a level 7 defensive ice magic, multiple [Frost Reflection Barriers]! Immediately, seven petal-shaped ice shields overlapped in front of her.
However, this dragon breath was not like the previous one; it wasn’t that easy to block! The shields let out a cracking sound under the impact of the dragon breath, shattering one after another!
The high temperature penetrated through the gaps of chaos, directly scorching Annabell’s body. The edges of her expensive robe began to curl and blacken, and her snow-white skin was burned with terrible red marks.
Yet, at this moment, Annabell felt no pain at all. Her face only showed the madness of crushing small fry. She only had one thought in her mind now — Cast! Cast faster! Use absolute destruction to crush everything in sight!
She was using her own body, this crazy method of trading injury for injury, to gain that few tenths of a second of casting time!
“This… this crazy woman! Does she not want her life?!” Prince Charles, hiding in the distance, saw this scene, his legs involuntarily weakening, and he collapsed to the ground.
He stared at that girl in midair who was still laughing madly even while bleeding from all seven orifices, a shiver from the depths of his soul rushing to the back of his head. This was no genius mage; this was a monster wearing human skin!
The last frost reflection barrier finally shattered completely. The scorching mana current slammed heavily into Annabell’s chest, knocking her back several meters.
Annabell withstood this mana shock that would kill an ordinary mage instantly, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, but her smile became even more twisted and excited. Time, enough.
“Heavenly Chains.” She lightly parted her lips, like a judge pronouncing a death sentence. Countless [Golden Chains] emerged without warning from the void around the dragon soul.
These chains, carrying the extreme cold that froze the soul, tightly wrapped around the dragon’s limbs, wings, and even its neck, nailing its massive body in midair!
The dragon soul struggled violently, letting out painful roars, but those chains only tightened further, and the dragon soul’s defense collapsed.
Then, Annabell raised her staff high. Incomparable mana gathered on the staff, blowing her robe noisily. At this moment, she looked like an absolute king overlooking all beings.
The void above the main hall began to twist violently and collapse. A massive [Extreme Cold Meteor], over ten meters in diameter, composed entirely of extremely compressed ice elements, like a punishment from the gods, slowly poked its head out of the void with a sense of destruction.
“Disappear, small fry. Reptiles should crawl on the ground and die like reptiles.” Without any hesitation, Annabell swung down her staff.
The huge meteor, with a piercing sonic boom, slammed fiercely towards the locked dragon soul. The next moment, the extreme cold fell, turning into an endless storm, rampaging.
“Miss Annabell…” In the corner of the main hall, Charlotte, hiding in the defensive barrier, bit her lower lip hard. Bright red blood dripped from the bitten lip, but she didn’t notice. This could not go on any longer!
Charlotte’s heart felt like it was being tightly squeezed by an invisible hand, aching so much she could barely breathe. She knew too well that Annabell’s current state was simply burning her life! Such a state could not last!
Once her mana was completely exhausted, the only thing waiting for her was death from mana backlash, with no place to be buried! Such an outcome was absolutely unacceptable!
If the price of regaining her own mana was Annabell’s life, she would rather have nothing! Only Annabell was the most important! Recalling all the past events along the way, Charlotte’s heart could not help but stir.
‘No… I must hurry…’ Charlotte’s tears gushed out like a burst dam.
Originally, according to the old woman’s teachings, she needed to use mana to gently guide little by little, and it would take at least a few hours to safely assimilate the soul flame. But now, she couldn’t wait.
“Get… inside!” Charlotte completely abandoned all defensive measures, directly opened her arms, and forcibly pulled that violent soul flame into her own body!