Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 193: Becoming a Demon

"Tianling, no, please no—"

Long Tianmo’s face paled in horror. The shock was so great that as she cried out, she spat up another mouthful of blood.

An ache so sharp it felt like suffocation seized Ye Tianling’s heart, and his body began to tremble violently.

The concern, the protectiveness, the sheer tenderness he felt for Long Tianmo seemed to pierce through his heart and sear itself deep into his soul.

"Tianmo, it’s not that I don’t want to agree to your request. It’s your father... he never had any intention of letting me live." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

As Ye Tianling spoke, his gaze, utterly cold and detached, fell upon Long Fengyang.

"The Dragon Race’s soul, the Dragon Race’s bloodline... how will you repay that? How can we ever be even?"

A hint of mockery, ridicule, and contempt surfaced on Long Fengyang’s otherwise emotionless face.

Long Tianmo stared blankly at Ye Tianling, frozen to the spot.

Even if she were a complete fool, she knew now that her father’s so-called "half-year" promise was a lie.

Once she was sent to the Ancestral Dragon Abyss, her father would return and eradicate Ye Tianling, cutting the weeds and digging up the roots to prevent any future trouble.

Long Tianmo turned around. Her beautiful eyes were filled with the color of dead ashes.

She just stared at Long Fengyang, as if demanding an answer.

"Tianmo, he has never seen me as a member of the Dragon Race, or even as a person, let alone acknowledged this so-called bloodline..."

Ye Tianling withdrew his gaze from Long Fengyang. His own cold, ruthless expression gradually softened, like winter giving way to the spring thaw.

It was because his gaze had now shifted to Long Tianmo—to her body, her face, her eyes.

Long Tianmo’s eyes flickered. They held not only tears, but also streaks of blood.

"His so-called promise, that half-year promise, was time given to *you*, a promise made to *you*. From start to finish, he never promised me anything. I was just one of his experiments. Worse, I was a *failed* experiment that didn’t turn out the way he wanted. That being the case, why would he ever need to honor a promise to a ’test subject’ he completely despises?

"So, Tianmo, your pleading earlier... it really wasn’t worth it."

Ye Tianling sighed softly.

He had, in fact, already figured this out. The only reason he was laying it all bare was to make Long Tianmo accept what he had to do next.

He didn’t care what Long Fengyang thought, but he knew any drastic action on his part would deeply upset Long Tianmo.

"Tianling, even though... I couldn’t help you, I feel that anything I did for you was worth it... Tianling, if Father refuses to let you go, then my sister and I will never compromise either. As for that Long Yunfan and Long Qianying, they can all go fend for themselves!"

Long Tianmo spoke, her tone exceptionally firm and deliberate with each word.

In her eyes, the fierce obsession of proving her conviction through death had already begun to sprout.

A ferocious light flared in Long Fengyang’s eyes. In that instant, a searing, bone-chilling hatred erupted from him.

This was clearly the hatred of a man whose plans had been ruined, whose true face had been exposed by Ye Tianling.

"You bastard! If you don’t settle the score with me today, I will annihilate you, no matter the cost!"

Long Fengyang’s words were savage. Wave after wave of a terrifying, imposing aura crushed down upon Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling was like a small boat in a tempest, threatening to capsize at any moment, yet he simply stood there, quiet.

He didn’t resist. He couldn’t resist.

But his Strong Heart only grew firmer.

’Little Dragon Girl said that as long as my will is indestructible, I am immortal! Tianyu is on the verge of destruction, and Tianmo is already grievously wounded. How can I possibly die here?’

This was the only thought in Ye Tianling’s mind.

Then, under the crushing pressure, streams of his Blood Qi were forced out of his body.

"Take back your filthy Dragon Soul’s pressure and piss off! I’ll do it myself!"

Ye Tianling roared. Then, under Long Tianmo’s dim, ash-gray gaze, he unleashed the peerless Soul-Slaying Dao.

It was a sword forged from the very essence of his soul.

It was a Sword Soul converged from supreme Thunder Tribulation Power.

As the Sword Soul formed into a blade, Ye Tianling’s physical body became almost translucent, and his soul became incredibly clear and distinct.

Within him, the Fiery Sun Dragon Soul, which contained the properties of his Fiery Sun Sword Body, had long since quietly integrated into his soul, bloodline, meridians, and more.

But now, every single detail was laid bare.

Ye Tianling’s entire being seemed to have turned the color of crystal.

A flicker of surprise crossed Long Fengyang’s eyes. "A mutated Soul Talent?"

Ye Tianling paid him no mind, gathering the supreme Soul-Slaying Dao and turning it upon himself.

It was as if ten thousand calamities descended upon him at once. Blood splattered everywhere.

It was an incredibly grisly scene. With the Soul-Slaying Dao, Ye Tianling sliced away the flesh and blood of his Fiery Sun Sword Body and severed his Blood Evil Dragon Soul.

Combined with his Life and Death Killing Dao, he was carving his own flesh, scraping his own bones, and severing his own soul!

And the process continued.

It was a process more agonizing than death by a thousand cuts.

Long Tianmo could no longer bear to watch. Blood streamed from her eyes.

She lowered her head, sobbing softly as tears and blood dripped onto the ground.

Long Fengyang’s gaze was indifferent as he watched in silence.

The very instant Long Tianmo lowered her head, he made his move.

"It’s come to this. I’ll finish this myself and annihilate everything, lest you try to pull any tricks!"

Long Fengyang attacked.

It was the killing intent of the Half-step Holy Dao.

It was also the supreme Fiery Sun Fire.

Beneath the Fiery Sun Fire and the Holy Killing Intent, he unleashed a single, simple blast of Extreme Dao Fiery Sun Power.

PFFT—

Ye Tianling’s body, along with his soul, took a direct hit.

BOOM—

His physical body was obliterated, turning to fine powder before being reduced to ash by the Fiery Sun Power.

As for Ye Tianling’s soul, everything was almost completely annihilated—his native soul and body from this world were gone. The only thing that remained was a single wisp of his Huaxia Dragon Soul, protected by the Huaxia Dragon Soul Divine Blood Inheritance Guardian and the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower.

VMMMM—

At that moment, a crimson light suddenly projected out from an unknown corner of the Void.

HSSS—

In the Void, the crimson light coalesced, forming the physical body of a monster covered in blood-red fur.

That wisp of Ye Tianling’s will, which contained his Strong Heart, and his inherited Huaxia Dragon Soul, both sank into this new body.

The dormant body was nearly two meters tall, covered in blood-red fur that was a full meter long.

Its dormant eyes suddenly snapped open, shooting out two terrifying beams of crimson light.

The crimson beams instantly forced Long Fengyang to stumble back a good seven or eight steps.

"An Alien Race? A Blood Demon? What was your purpose in hiding inside this piece of trash?"

Long Fengyang was startled, and his expression changed.

The crimson light in Ye Tianling’s blood-red eyes did not fade. His gaze wasn’t on Long Fengyang, but on Long Tianmo.

The commotion had also caught Long Tianmo’s attention.

Long Tianmo slowly raised her head, her gaze utterly lifeless.

"Tianmo, don’t look at me..."

Ye Tianling turned away as tears of blood streamed from his eyes.

He now looked like a blood-furred monster, hideous beyond compare—he didn’t want Long Tianmo to see him like this.