The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan subconsciously raised his hand, sending a bright bolt of lightning towards the animated corpse, but the apothecary's body erupted in hellfire, black with hints of red, easily blocking Attilan's lightning.

The apothecary opened his eyes again, his ordinary gray pupils turning blood red. His grayish-white skin began to turn red, two slender goat horns grew from his head, and a pair of large bat wings tore through his cloak.

Attilan cast another bolt of pure white lightning, striking the apothecary, or rather, the devil hidden within him, leaving a scorched mark on his crimson skin.

The powerful lightning force continued to release from Attilan's hand, pushing the devil against the mansion's wooden wall, then easily breaking through the wall and tumbling several times on the street's paving stones.

The gray stone tiles were ignited by hellfire, emitting an eerie red glow in the dark night.

The devil roared frantically, a bright ball of hellfire appearing in his hand and launching towards Attilan, only to be blocked by the azure shield summoned by Attilan.

Under the cover of evaporating water vapor, the devil's emotions seemed to stabilize somewhat.

"You, a half-dragon, not only saw through my disguise, but also used lightning magic that can penetrate my hellfire shield. Who ordered you to come here and ruin my plans!"

Attilan snorted coldly, his hand flashing with bright purifying lightning.

"Demonic evildoers, everyone has the right to punish you. Now that I know you devils are causing trouble in the dark, I will naturally lend a hand to prevent these weak mortals from being harmed by you!"

Attilan was not so righteous; he attacked the devil because all the mortal beings on this continent might be his people.

Since it was meat in his pot, he naturally couldn't let the devil sneak it onto the table, open the lid, and eat the meat.

"Stop pretending to be righteous. Do you want to smell yourself? What righteousness is there in a dragonborn of one, no, two elemental dragons?"

"Rather than dying at the hands of the gods, you might as well turn to our hell. There was once a Dark Abyss Dragon who joined hell, and now their leader has absorbed the essence of hell and ascended to become the Dark Eclipse Dragon King."

"He is only a thin membrane away from becoming a god, a powerful contender for the title of lord of the nine layers of hell. When the Dark Eclipse Dragon King takes control of a layer of hell,"

"What Dark Eclipse Dragon, isn't that an adverse change caused by the corruption of the Dark Abyss Dragon by demonic energy? We are dragonborn, and we know best where your hell came from."

"The originally high-ranking combat angels were corrupted by demonic energy, not only did their appearance become ugly, but even their holy thoughts gradually became evil, and finally they betrayed the heavens and created hell independently."

"Devils... are not a good form. This world is ultimately dominated by the gods. If it weren't for letting you stand at the forefront of the fight against demons, you wouldn't think hell could really exist for so long, would you?"

The lord of the nine layers of hell dares to take in a Dark Abyss Dragon because he knows that the gods are afraid of harming the innocent. If they lose hell as a stronghold against demons, then they will have to go into battle themselves.

"The power of devils mixes the order power of the heavens and the evil power of demons. Have you devils also sublimated a power truly belonging to devils from these two forces?"

The devil suddenly looked around vigilantly, then said somewhat angrily:

"I really want to find some excellent helpers to help me complete my mission, but that doesn't mean you can inquire about hell's information. Since you don't agree to my invitation, then die!"

As expected of a devil, even a small pawn can see through Attilan's thoughts.

A trace of killing intent flashed in Attilan's eyes. He avoided the hellfire ball thrown by the devil and shot a purifying lightning bolt from his dragon claws, accurately hitting the boastful devil.

"Impossible, how can your lightning magic contain a power that restrains us devils, yet is completely different from the divine power of the heavens? It seems that you elemental dragons haven't died out completely, and you have really researched something new."

The phrase 'died out completely' completely angered Audkystis, who was originally watching the show from the side. The angry Audkystis directly transformed back into her elemental dragon form and spewed out a torrent of lightning breath at the devil.

"Damn devil, I think you devils will die out sooner or later!"

The devil looked at Audkystis's huge dragon body and cast a hellfire shield to block the lightning dragon breath, then stood in place in surprise, his eyes constantly changing.

"You are elemental dragons!"

Attilan rubbed his temples. Audkystis directly transformed back into her dragon form, and Attilan's plan to fight the devil while figuring out the devil's mission fell through.

Attilan also directly returned to his ocean dragon form, releasing dragon might and staring at the devil.

"That's right, now can you tell me, what do you devils want to do? This is our elemental dragon territory, it's not your devils' turn to run wild!"

"Compared to the harsh environment of hell, isn't this world beautiful? As long as you are willing, I can purify your body and soul and let you live in this world like a normal person."

"Tell me, are you going to get beaten up by us first, then go back to hell to be whipped, or tell me what I want to know, and then be purified by me and stay here to absorb the energy of the heavens to cultivate."

"Maybe you will have a chance to go to the heavens and become an angel again in the future?"

The devil's eyes flickered constantly, and finally he raised his hands.

"I surrender, I will tell you everything you want to know."

"This is not the place to talk, you go ahead, we will go outside the city to talk."

The devil smiled ingratiatingly and tentatively asked:

"Can you let me go back to the house to get some materials? After all, it's quite difficult to collect them."

Attilan looked at him with cold eyes.

"What do you think?"

The devil nodded with a訕笑.

"Understood."

Attilan appeased the angry Audkystis. Audkystis squinted her eyes and stared at the devil's back, making the devil feel a chill down his spine.

"Why did this devil surrender? I was thinking of tearing his body apart, then healing him, then tearing him apart again, then healing him again. I don't believe he wouldn't talk."

Attilan just said lightly:

"Devil's blood is corrosive."

Audkystis said disapprovingly:

"I don't need to bite with my mouth."

"You can't use your claws either. Why would you touch such a dirty thing as a devil?"

Just like the boiling magic energy surging in the blood of a dragon, powerful dragons can even release magic to attack enemies by using the dragon blood that splashes out after the enemy pierces their dragon scales.

The devil's blood contains evil power, which is also the source of the corrosiveness. If you get too much devil's blood on you, you will inevitably turn into a devil.

Even some unlucky ones will be transformed into demonic bodies.

It is said that some hell devils pass on the power of their excess demonic power to the mages in the material world who summon them. Those poor souls not only help the devils balance the power in their bodies, but also sell their souls.

How cunning the devils are! When you are still in the human world, they will gradually turn your soul into a shape exclusive to this devil by passing on power and teaching you potion knowledge.

The devil flying in the front is not honest at all. He is only clear that he cannot be a match for the two adult ocean dragons in front of him with his entire soul entering the material world.

Especially since one of them has mastered the lightning that can purify devils. A small amount of this lightning can purify the power of devils, and a large amount of release will directly purify his soul.

With the devil's current state, if his soul is scattered in the material world, then he is truly dead.

So the devil behaves very honestly, but unless he is at the end of his rope, he does not want to reveal his mission.

Devils are all wise men who understand the times. Therefore, he is very clear that even if he joins the elemental dragons and is purified into a form that can adapt to the power of the celestial world, he will not have a good end.

A hellish origin is a permanent stain. Do you really think that the devils of hell have fallen to their current state and cannot truly return to their original angelic form?

They are not unable, but unwilling!

The devil form integrates the power of angels and demons, which is much stronger!

Without the restraints of angels and without the chaos of demons, the devil's form is so perfect and powerful, even to the point that gods hate and fear it.

Only by integrating the power of demons can devils kill gods. Once only the power of the celestial world remains, then they are only weak lambs in the face of gods.

The devil's large bat wings fly at a good speed, and once he shows signs of slowing down, he will be shocked by Attilan's purification lightning, and then honestly continue to fly.

Soon, the two dragons and one devil landed on a secluded hillside outside the city.

"Tell me, what is your mission?"

The devil rubbed his hands and said:

"What else could we devils want? It's actually very simple. My mission is to pollute the souls of those mortals as much as possible with potions containing hell energy."

"Then, after they die, collect their souls and hand them over to the hell emissaries responsible for transporting souls."

Attilan just smiled faintly.

"Is that so? I don't believe it."

"I'm telling the truth, you can see if you don't believe it."

As he said that, the devil took off the pouch hanging on his waist, opened the pouch, and immediately more than a dozen clusters of red and black light floated out.

Attilan's hand lit up with a pink-blue light, attracting a cluster of light into his hand for careful inspection.

The devil's hand slowly drooped, and slowly put it into his wide cloak.

"Put your hand out. You don't really think I would concentrate on checking these polluted souls in front of you, do you?"

"How long have you been doing this mission?"

"Twenty years."

"Only a dozen souls in twenty years?"

The devil showed a flattering smile.

"Isn't it because the lifespan hasn't arrived yet, the people haven't died yet, so naturally the souls haven't been collected yet. Moreover, it's not easy to come up to do a mission once, so I can't really not eat or take anything."

Attilan nodded in agreement.

"If you come up just to work for the great lords below for nothing, then wouldn't you have come in vain?"

"How often does the hell emissary come?"

The devil immediately said:

"Once every ten years."

Attilan suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his neck.

"I see that collecting souls is just your personal behavior. The Rakshasa's body is much stronger than the mortal's body. You abandoned the Rakshasa's body and merged your soul into this mortal's body."

"It should be because you failed the last time you performed a real mission, which caused your Rakshasa's body to collapse, and you can only possess humans and collect the polluted souls of humans to restore your injuries."

"The human you possessed should not have really died yet, otherwise your devilish aura would not be concealed so well. I see that this mortal has also realized that something is wrong."

"He wants to get rid of you, but he has been taught by you since he was a child to use the power of the devil to make potions, and his body has completely become your shape, and he has no power to resist."

"The connection between the two of you, I think, must have penetrated to an inseparable point. Since I can't get anything from you, I think I can only ask him."

Just as the devil was about to speak, Attilan's right hand released a steady stream of purifying thunder, and at the same time, his left hand lit up with a blue light belonging to the soul and pointed it at the devil's brow.

"Let me see, where is this unlucky guy whose will is still firm?"

If the will is not firm enough, then the devil would not be able to keep him as a cover.

Sure enough, as the power released by Attilan poured into his brain, the sleeping human soul was awakened. Unlike ordinary people's white souls, this guy's soul had been completely corroded into red.

"Tell me, what is the devil's plan? Tell me, and I can let you restore your clean human soul and live again."

In order to prove that he was indeed not lying, Attilan also injected a stream of purifying power into the soul.

The devil's eyes were about to pop out. Why was he constantly electrocuted by violent thunder, while the human could get a gentle stream to nourish his soul?

The originally confused human soul was wrapped in the cool stream and immediately woke up.

"You are now connected to him, you can check his memory, as long as your will is firm enough, I think you can do it."

The soul subconsciously did as Attilan said. His legs were illusory mist, connected to the body that originally belonged to him, but now belonged to the devil. Through the mist, he checked the devil's memory.

"Devil, you have the last chance to tell me, what is your mission?"

The devil suddenly showed a grim smile.

"You have already let him check my memory, how could you possibly let me go."

"Found it, their mission is to sacrifice a large amount of human blood and souls to erode the soul pillars supporting the world, so that they can open a gap connecting to hell after controlling the soul pillars."

"So that they can continuously harvest souls from this world, no, their mission seems to be not just harvesting souls, but also... Ah!"

The soul suddenly let out a scream, and fierce hellfire began to burn from his body, quickly spreading to the devil. Even if Attilan kept injecting purifying water, it was to no avail.

He could only throw him on the ground and watch him become fuel for the hellfire.

Audrey Kiss looked at the blue hellfire and asked in confusion:

"What happened? Why did he suddenly spontaneously combust?"