From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

As soon as Byrne saw the two enemies, he didn't hesitate to use the powerful rune power evolved from the "soul dice" called "Soul Command".

It was, to date, the most powerful rune power held by the Fischer family, aside from the "Origin Spirit sea"!

The next instant, his eyes filled with disdain and madness, he unhesitatingly chose the male Monarch powerful expert known as "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" as the target of his game.

As the "Tide Master" of the Black Tide, Byrne had access to all the data on Rhea's Monarch powerful experts, and he recognized at a glance that the man was a family member of the Rhea general who had fallen in Fein City years before.

After that war, just seeing a person from Rhea filled him with intense hate—and at the same time, extreme excitement!

"Hahahahaha! Come on, people of Rhea! Let's engage in the most primitive killing game that even animals are capable of!"

The Rhea general nicknamed "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" had no idea what was happening when suddenly, a special mark appeared on his body.

It looked like a pale blue arrow entwined with a snake, and it was utterly impossible to remove.

"What is this?"

He sensed it might be some kind of extraordinary power, but couldn't make any judgment.

Byrne, on the other hand, roared loudly, as his innermost choice of game was the most rudimentary and brutal: "combat confrontation"!

In the following minute, whoever got the upper hand in the battle would gain the power to "judge their opponent"!

Byrne, enshrouded in raging flames, didn't hesitate to mobilize his huge frame, chasing after the still-human-formed "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" and launching a fierce assault; his opponent quickly transformed into a giant dragon covered in blue lightning, albeit slightly shorter in stature.

Accompanied by ceaseless thunderous booms, the stone walls around them were instantly spread apart by the two massive, fearsome giant dragons!

"Hahahahaha! Is that all?!"

Byrne, augmented by the dual amplifications of the paths of "Monarch" and "5th Rank", instantly took the absolute upper hand as easily as an adult bullying a child.

At that moment, a bishop of the Salvation Church, known as the "Hand of Salvation", decisively spoke.

"Duke Darren, it's you! Stop fighting right now! For the sake of the Lord of Salvation, cease this at once!" Discover hidden content at empire

In reality, she was just saying it in passing, not expecting the other party to truly surrender, but hoping to affect him even if just for an instant.

However, to her surprise, Darren immediately called out with a trembling voice,

"Okay, okay, okay! I surrender, I surrender! Let's stop together!"

The "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" stalled for a moment, subconsciously slowing down his attack and even thinking Darren might actually cease fighting. However, Darren let out a wild laugh, his claws turned spectral and piercing through the opponent's dragon scale armor, viciously clutching the vulnerable heart and tearing it out!

"Ow!"

"Despicable Duke Fischer, how dare you deceive me!" the Thunder Dragon bellowed in pain, feeling almost too hurt to live.

The "Hand of Salvation" also wore an awkward expression; she had heard that Darren Fischer was very different from his noble and legendary father, Byrne, and was a despicable villain, and apparently, the rumors were not unfounded.

"Cyart people! To death with you!"

Lightning around the "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" transformed into spears of thunder, which then furiously electrocuted Darren, while he himself was recovering his injuries by transforming life force through spiritual power.

He was well aware of the power of Duke Darren Fischer, the man rumored to be able to crush the majority of low-level Monarch experts, and indeed, it was true.

But no matter, he had help; the advantage was on his side with two against one!

The "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" also activated the power of a Forbidden rare artifact on his body, rapidly healing his injuries at a visible speed, and for a short time, he would no longer be harmed by any conventional powers!

The price was the random loss of memory of someone he knew well.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Like a mini mountain of flames, Darren pulled his claw out, still laughing wildly!

"Your life is nearly over! Not much time left, oh!"

The "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon" was utterly clueless, aware only of some kind of intangible aura around him shifting gradually.

Just then, the aged bishop of the Salvation Church, the "Hand of Salvation", who had so far not intervened, finally unleashed her extraordinary power.

"Enough! Duke Darren Fischer, by attacking a general of Rhea within Rhea's borders without authorization, I feel it would be a violation of the Salvation Church's teachings to continue to overlook your vile actions!"

She was a rare healing-type spellcaster and quickly cast forth a pure white light that descended from the sky onto the "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon", instantly summoning a continuous shield that provided both defense and healing.

"Hehehehe…"

Nevertheless, Darren continued to laugh madly, disregarding the other party's extraordinary power completely.

Seeing his growing delight, a deep fear rose within the "Thunder Scaled Claw Dragon", who finally couldn't hold back and shouted loudly, "Your Excellency, the bishop! He might be about to activate some Forbidden rare artifact! Or some kind of extraordinary power, in any case, he must not succeed!"

The aging "Hand of Salvation" furrowed his brow and, after a moment of hesitation, still paid the price to use the Forbidden rare artifact on himself.

"Good!"

From within that sinister red eyeball, streaks of black and red lightning erupted in an instant, and she aged slightly more.

Five years of life!

The black and red lightning moved at an incredible speed, far beyond what humans could dodge.

In the blink of an eye, it struck Darren!

The countless streams of black and red lightning, like the wrathful whips of a furious deity, tore through the calm of the space, bringing forth the might of world-ending destruction and relentlessly pounding the coiled giant dragon of flame.

This lightning was certainly not of a natural kind; twisted by the forces of darkness and raging flames, each bolt was a blade of malignancy, containing unimaginable destructive power and glowing with an evil and fervent light.

Darren's massive form, covered in ever-flowing flames, trembled under the ferocious onslaught. The black and red lightning collided with the fiery scales of his large body, setting off deafening roars as if the entire world was ignited at that moment!

In the midst of the tremendous explosions, flame and lightning interwove into a doomsday vista, unleashing waves of destructive energy!

"Ahh!"

Under the excruciating pain, Darren couldn't help but let out a deafening roar, a release of his agony and rage, his eyes blazing with an unyielding fire, showing no sign of retreat even when faced with adversity.

"Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!"

His colossal body tumbled and turned under the bombardment of the black and red lightning, each struggle accompanied by an even more ferocious burst of flames, continuously attacking the "Specter with Scaled Claws," attempting to engulf the foe in an endless sea of fire.

However, the "Specter with Scaled Claws" suddenly leapt forward to control him, forcibly enduring Darren's offensive while the black and red lightning surged wave after wave, showing no signs of ceasing.

Not only did it strike the giant dragon's body, but it also continually eroded Darren's will. His flames began to dim, and cracks started appearing on his scales.

At that moment, the patterns on the body of the "Specter with Scaled Claws" lit up!

Wrapped in blue and purple lightning, the "Specter with Scaled Claws" suddenly began to undergo a bizarre transformation.

As if touched by an invisible force, he gradually lost the vitality of his body, growing cold and hard.

"What's going on! No!"

The lightning continued to rage around it, but at this moment, it seemed to be imprisoned within a body about to solidify, each flash weaker and more despairing.

The eyes of the "Specter with Scaled Claws" also began to lose their luster, turning hollow and vacant as if all life force was being drained away in this moment.

As time passed, the body of the "Specter with Scaled Claws" began to petrify from the tail forward, inch by inch, with every scale turning into cold stone, shimmering with a faint grey sheen.

The roar of the lightning gradually subsided until only a faint crackling sound remained, echoing off the colossal stone sculpture.

When the last trace of lightning also vanished, the "Specter with Scaled Claws" had completely turned into a massive stone statue, standing quietly there.

"Ahh!"

Darren let out a dragon roar and then fiercely smashed the enemy's stone head with a claw, relentlessly attacking without mercy, persisting until the foe was utterly annihilated.

"The power of some Forbidden rare artifact?"

The "Hand of Salvation" flew in midair, even attempting to save a companion!

Out of nowhere, the Emerald Ring made its move!

It transformed into a green streak of light, instantly covering hundreds of meters to bisect the "Hand of Salvation's" body!

At the same time, the black and red lightning finally stopped.

Yet, despite being split in two, she still kept her cool and quickly said,

"You can't kill me, Darren Fischer! Because my presence here is something that many people are aware of, and as an important figure of the Salvation Church, if you kill me, you will definitely be held accountable by the Salvation Church, even put on trial..."

The "Hand of Salvation," with just a brief analysis, knew quite clearly that Cyart would not dare to offend the Salvation Church without good reason; one could even say that although assassinating a church bishop was nothing new, no country on the Ouden Continent could openly be an enemy of the Salvation Church!

So at most, he would only imprison her.

"Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!"

However, at this moment, Darren simply roared furiously, his eyes bursting with crimson and pitch black.

In the throes of his life-or-death struggle and the stimulation of the black and red lightning, he had abandoned all semblance of that laughable rationality, frantically grabbing the "Hand of Salvation's" body and then slamming it to the ground like swatting a mosquito, before continuing to hammer away furiously—once, twice, thrice… After pounding the body into a pulp hundreds of times, eliminating any possibility of healing and revival, he finally stopped!

Only after completely wiping out the two low-level Monarch powerful experts did Darren spit out Yeager, who was unharmed in his mouth, and then he collapsed on the ground in human form, extremely weakened.