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All the fighting and shouting inside the hall came to an abrupt halt.
All eyes were drawn to the area below the platform.
The old patriarch's eyes widened suddenly, filled with disbelief.
Then, his tall body slowly fell forward.
The sword dragon's pupils suddenly contracted, and it let out a mournful cry. It rushed down from the platform like a madman and knelt down beside the clan leader.
The clan leader's body was already as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind.
Besides, no matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife.
This blow completely extinguished all his chances of survival.
His body began to become transparent, and specks of light emanated from him.
With his last ounce of strength, he grabbed the sword dragon's arm, his voice so faint it was almost inaudible.
"Stegosaurus...you absolutely...cannot let them...kill each other..."
After saying this, the clan leader's hand fell limply to his side.
His entire body transformed into countless energy points, returning to the ancient hall.
Stegosaurus was trembling violently.
He slowly stood up, his fists clenched, veins bulging.
He closed his eyes, desperately trying to suppress the grief and anger that threatened to consume his reason.
However, the White Dragon Clan had already gone mad with bloodlust.
"He killed the clan chief!"
"No! It was your Azure Dragon Clan that forced us to do this!"
"You despicable villain who poisoned me! Everyone, attack him! Kill him!"
Several white dragon warriors roared as they charged toward the sword dragon.
Stegosaurus suddenly opened its eyes.
Those eyes no longer held the composure and rationality of the past; only endless coldness and murderous intent remained.
A roar, suppressed to the extreme, burst forth from deep within his throat.
An unprecedented, despair-inducing blue energy wave erupted from his center.
The entire hall trembled violently under this force.
Then, he began his indiscriminate slaughter.
A white dragon warrior's chest collapsed, and his body flew out like a cannonball, smashing several huge stone pillars along the way.
Another member of the White Dragon Clan didn't even have time to scream before he was kicked in half at the waist.
No member of the White Dragon Clan could withstand even one move from him.
That was no longer a battle.
Instead, it was a one-sided, bloody execution.
The rear of the Azure Dragon Clan's ranks.
The figure shrouded in a black cloak remained motionless.
As Long Jian gazed upon this hellish scene before him, a profound sense of tragedy and absurdity exploded within him.
Hades' words, like a curse, echoed wildly in his mind.
"Long Jian, it is certainly impossible for different groups to live in harmony."
"Even within the same race, civil wars can occur, just like your dragon race."
"The world you see now is unreal and incomplete."
"Because you are now seeing the world with your eyes open."
"You should learn to close your eyes and see the world."
He once thought it was alarmist.
He firmly believed that his people loved peace and would never kill each other.
But the bloody reality before him shattered all his beliefs.
The real world is definitely not beautiful.
So that's the real meaning of that sentence.
Long Jian's body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.
The ground beneath his feet seemed to spin, and the screams and wails around him became distant and blurred.
The beautiful, peaceful, and united dragon world in his heart...
At that moment, it completely collapsed.
Chapter 48 Heaven and Hell, I Won't Let Hell Choose You Again
The Stegosaurus's reason snapped with that mournful cry.
He was completely blinded by rage.
He casually picked up a longsword stained with the blood of his kin from the ground, and his figure transformed into a cyan whirlwind of death.
Wherever they went, the warriors of the White Dragon Clan fell like stalks of wheat swept by a whirlwind.
Blood stained the ancient totems on the ground, turning this sacred temple into a bloody slaughterhouse.
Lin Ci knew it was time for her to make her appearance.
He held Xiaolongying, who had stopped crying, in his arms.
Step by step, they slowly walked towards the center of the carnage.
His footsteps were light, landing silently, completely out of place with the screams and clashes of weapons around him.
With a swift stroke, Jianlong brought down his blade, and yet another White Dragon Clan member clutched his neck, collapsing in disbelief.
He sensed someone approaching from behind.
The inertia of killing made him turn around without thinking and thrust his sword out fiercely.
The sword tip, imbued with a chilling killing intent, pointed directly behind.
However, his sword, which should have pierced the enemy's heart, stopped in mid-air.
The tip of the sword was aimed directly at the small figure in Lin Ci's arms.
Xiao Longying did not dodge.
She raised her head, and in those eyes that should have been pure and innocent, there was now only cold, undisguised hatred.
She looked at Jianlong and spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice not loud.
But it was like a heavy hammer blow, slamming into the conscience of the sword dragon that was about to be extinguished.
"You are a bad person, I hate you."
These words were like a final whisper.
It instantly pierced the Stegosaurus's heart, which was already overwhelmed by blood and madness.
His tall body suddenly trembled.
The frenzied crimson in those bloodshot eyes was visibly fading, gradually returning to clarity.
The longsword slipped limply from his hand and fell into the pool of blood with a piercing crack.
The final whisper.
Damage that breaks your defenses.
The Stegosaurus trembled as it raised its hands, which were stained with the blood of its kin.
He looked at himself in disbelief at what he had done.
His gaze swept across the hall, landing on the corpses of the white dragons he had personally slaughtered.
Every familiar face was like a sharp knife, repeatedly stabbing at his heart.
Stegosaurus's lips moved slightly, and a strange hoarse sound came from its throat.
He could no longer suppress the regret and pain that was enough to tear his soul apart. He raised his head and let out a beast-like roar.
"what--!"
Then, ignoring the astonished looks of everyone in the hall, he staggered and fled out of the hall as if he were escaping.
He couldn't accept himself like this.
Xiao Longying quietly looked at the corpses scattered all over the hall; they were all her clansmen who had once smiled at her.
She didn't shed another tear.
She turned her head, buried her face in Lin Ci's arms, and asked softly.
"Brother Lin Ci, am I weak?"
Before Lin Ci could answer, she continued speaking on her own.
The voice was childish, yet it carried a resolute quality that didn't belong to someone her age.
"If I am weak, then please destroy me."
"Otherwise, I will surely destroy you!"
She said those words very harshly.
Her gaze went past Lin Ci's shoulder and fixed on the surviving Azure Dragon Clan members not far away.
The members of the Azure Dragon Clan looked at each other, and they could all see a trace of lingering fear in each other's eyes.
Immediately, that lingering fear transformed into ruthlessness.