Ashen Dragon

"The demonic contract..."

"Expecting these chaotic extensions to abide by the order of a contract is truly laughable."

Cassius mocked in his heart, but he still put on a façade of impatience, unabashedly displaying his greed for strength.

The incarnation vanished from the void of the star realm, transforming into dwindling, withered flames, leaving only the Heaven's Calamity Dragon Eye to monitor the situation. Cassius fully returned his will to his true form in the Prime Material Plane, in front of the Stellar Prism.

"The contract, I do not want to sign."

"But this Karix's Body, I also do not want to give up."

"Then let us gamble, seizing the moment before the seal is undone, to perform an act of snatching food from the tiger's mouth."

Cassius fixed his gaze on the Stellar Prism shining with eerie light, his eyes brimming with the excitement of a high-stakes gamble.

At present, Jezarslack had definitely not undone the seal, at least not sufficiently to keep him trapped. Otherwise, the demon would not go to such lengths, using the precious God Corpse to entice him into signing the so-called "cooperation contract."

But this Lord of Vengeance, sealed for ten thousand years, seemed to have become somewhat overconfident, prematurely revealing his trump card while forgetting that Cassius had the option to "overturn the table."

"Then let me witness it..."

"The so-called demonic wrath."

Cassius sneered coldly, thinking thus.

With the Dragon Sorcerer's will distorting reality, the aura of mana and spatial fluctuations suddenly manifested. The spells like Undying Reverse Scale, Agile as a Dragon, Aerial Maneuver Technique, Energy Scales, and All-Knowing Eye, which could still have some effect in high-level battles, were cast upon his massive dragon body.

Cassius tightened his wings, somewhat laboriously squeezing into the star-lit portal of the stellar pool.

The Red Dragon passed through the rainbow-like tunnel of flowing light, traversing an immeasurable distance, arriving in this deep void of the star realm in his true form.

A purely spiritual world, the silver void among all true planes.

Yet, material beings could still exist here.

"It's a pity I didn't find a Stellar Projection, otherwise, the risk could have been minimized."

Cassius lightly flapped his wings, quickly adapting to the near-weightless special environment of the star realm, and under the influence of Aerial Maneuver Technique, he grasped the flight techniques for roaming in the star realm.

"Cassius, you finally came..."

"My most perfect collaborator, sign the contract with me..."

"You will share with me the boundless source of strength, becoming the creator of a new world..."

The demonic whispering, distant yet near, unpredictable, swirled around the ears of the Red Dragon, attempting to lure him into the deepest Abyss.

Cassius flapped his wings vigorously, speeding through the void of the star realm like a scarlet comet, covering nearly a thousand meters in mere breaths. He could even see the floating island and the emaciated figure of the demon from afar.

"Come, sign the contract with me."

"Rescue me, and you shall gain immortality!"

Suspended in mid-air, Jezarslack, like a condemned man about to be pardoned, spoke with even more excitement.

The contract formed by Abyssal Turbulence swirled in the void, like a living creature, welcoming the arrival of the contractor.
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Yet, Cassius was fortifying his mental barriers, resisting all demonic whispers.

Instead of heading towards the demon as agreed, he flapped his wings to accelerate again, the Red Dragon's tail even emitting a trail of scarlet flames as he directly bypassed the sealed demon, rushing straight towards the distant, mountain-sized dragon corpse.

"No—"

"Cassius! What are you doing? Have you forgotten our agreement?"

The demon, known as the "Lord of Vengeance," suspended in mid-air, his body trembled violently, flames of vengeance burning fiercely in his deep-set eyes.

The entire floating island trembled with thunderous roars, and a massive human face formed from the Chaos Mist appeared in the star realm void.

"Vengeance—"

"Destruction—"

"Chaos—"

The face roared and bellowed, as if it wanted to devour the Red Dragon passing through the void.

Cassius folded his wings tighter to accelerate further, not forgetting to taunt.

"Who told you—I was going to sign any so-called contract?"

"A demonic contract is, to me, even more laughable than a 'devil's conscience'!"

Ignoring the obstruction of the chaotic mist, he tore through the void like a meteor, shrouded in sulfurous smoke, landing with a crash on the chest of the dragon corpse.

"This is Karex, the World Cleanser."

Cassius exhaled deeply.

This thousand-meter-long Red Dragon had been dead for tens of thousands of years, yet when Cassius stood before it, he still felt an incredible sense of pressure, stemming from bloodline, inheritance, and even essence. His wings trembled uncontrollably.

Cassius's target was the heart.

He could not take the entire carcass back to the Prime Material World.

Although everything about the God Corpse could be considered invaluable, the most precious part of this dragon corpse was undoubtedly the heart, the organ with countless blood vessels supplying it with True Blood, still faintly trembling, containing one-thousandth of its pre-death bloodline power.

The Heart of Karex.

"Cassius! You are courting death!"

"You have forsaken the great gift I offered, choosing ultimate destruction!"

The grand chaotic silhouette surged from afar, the enraged Vengeful Demon unleashing the power leaking from his seal, venting his fury upon this "betrayer."

Cassius knew—his time was running out.