Dragon Tamer

Chapter 699: Chapter 701 Devouring the City

The sea of clouds was dense, and had already completely engulfed the Imperial City. As one colossal cloud peak and Cloud Mountain after another continued to smash down toward the ground, it was as if an ancient glacial world had fallen. The terrifying Frost of the Ice Sky, like some deadly miasma, trapped everyone within the Dripping Water Imperial City.

The Dripping Water Imperial City was not solely inhabited by the Zhu Gate’s Hidden Guards; other districts were home to ordinary citizens, who watched in a daze as the Frost of the Ice Sky, spreading like clouds, gradually filled the streets, houses, and markets.

“Are we turning into a Fairy City?” a sweeper asked, holding a long broom and watching the white, dense clouds engulf the streets, houses, and market bit by bit.

A smile lingered on his face, but soon his body became incredibly stiff, and his skin quickly lost its vitality, becoming as pale as white tree bark.

The sweeper’s smile vanished, and he seemed to realize something. He turned around and shouted to the people in the entire district behind him, “Run! Run!!”

There were several districts within the Dripping Water Imperial City, far apart from each other. Although the battle did not reach them, the cloud mist and Frost of the Ice Sky that collapsed from the Dragon Country above spread very widely, slowly consuming not only Dripping Water Imperial City but also several other nearby Imperial Cities, including the Central Imperial City.

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The sweeper also tried to escape, but the Frost of the Ice Sky still enveloped him, his skin became shriveled, his blood began to dry up, and his whole body lost the vitality of life, becoming a white clay-like human figure, his face still frozen in the terrified expression as he shouted at the crowd.

This scene was witnessed by many, and the entire Imperial City began to panic. They ran desperately toward the city’s outskirts, barely escaping the night’s terror, only for the clear noon to bring the life-stealing Frost of the Ice Sky, spreading through the city!

“This Frost of the Ice Sky will drain the vitality of life, whether it’s ordinary people or cultivators with high cultivation bases,” Zhu Minglang’s expression darkened.

The Frost of the Ice Sky, this was the pure white, holy poison of the Dragon Country. Zhu Minglang had felt the terror of this Frost of the Ice Sky when he first stepped into the Dragon Country.

Now, this Frost of the Ice Sky had directly descended upon the Imperial City, affecting cultivators and ordinary people alike, rapidly draining them, turning skin to tree bark, blood and bones to mud and sand…

“Zhao Yuan! Have you completely lost your mind!!” the Zhu Heavenly Officer pointed at Zhao Yuan and angrily exclaimed.

“This… this…” Zhao Yuan’s face was also filled with astonishment as he raised his head to look up, to that proud figure standing on the Heaven Dust Dragon.

He was the Sparrow Wolf God!

Zhao Yuan had told him the secrets of the Dragon Country, and let him take control.

But Zhao Yuan did not expect the Sparrow Wolf God to directly bring the Frost of the Ice Sky down into the Imperial City.

One must know that the Frost of the Ice Sky did not differentiate between friend and foe. This meant that even members of the Royal Family would have their vitality snatched away, and many among them who were Dragon Robe Envoys became old tree bark sculptures!

“The mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole’s behind. The lowly citizens are but livestock bred by those from the Upper Realm, and when the time comes, they are naturally to be slaughtered. Emperor Zhao, you are simply too hesitant, too compassionate to become a god like me. Let alone this small Imperial City, even if it meant the lives of millions of citizens, if their flesh could be extracted and refined to gain a God Bead, there should not be the slightest hesitation. Their existence is meant to aid us in becoming gods. Otherwise, what is the significance of their meager hundred-year lifespans?” the Sparrow Wolf God stood on the back of the Heaven Dust Dragon, smiling.

The Frost of the Ice Sky continued to spread, and with each living being that withered away, its vitality transformed into the white dust of the Dragon Country.

These white mists of life would eventually drift towards the Sparrow Wolf God, who already possessed the technique to absorb the spirit of heaven and earth. Combined with the Frost of the Ice Sky from the Dragon Country of the Clouds, it was simply invincible! @@novelbin@@

His severed arm was slowly regrowing.

As an arm of a god, the restoration required an immense amount of life energy. The lamp beads contributed by the Royal Family were far from sufficient, but if all the Hidden Guard of Zhu Gate in the Dripping Water Imperial City and the Royal Army were turned into mists of life, his chopped-off arm would grow back completely!

“Emperor, we have been loyally devoted and have never doubted your decisions for a moment, please save us!” Lord Zhao Chang watched as his subordinates were killed one after the other, his eyes turning a deep red.

It was the Frost of the Ice Sky that had smashed down on top of their heads, the warriors of the Royal Family, and their area was where the Frost of the Ice Sky was the thickest.

Originally, both the Royal and noble families had hoarded lamp beads, but because they were used to heal the wounds of the Sparrow Wolf God, all had been given to Emperor Zhao Yuan, including those that Lord Zhao Chang himself had, leaving none to protect their bodies. Not to mention the other princes and nobles, who had already suffered heavy losses in the fighting against Zhu Gate, and were now entwined with the Frost of the Ice Sky, unable to escape.

Zhao Yuan’s face was indecisively clouded. He gave Zhu Gate’s black Sword Army and the Steel Dragon Army a glance, and after a long time, Zhao Yuan spoke, “Our Royal Army is already at its last gasp. If we can eradicate the curse of Zhu Gate from the Supreme Court with the aid of the Frost of the Ice Sky of the Dragon Country, it would not be a misguided strategy!”

Upon hearing these words, the Royal Army fell into complete despair.

Regret filled their faces; had they known that this wise Emperor had fallen into madness, they would never have still been here risking their lives for him.

To curry favor with the gods, are they willing to disregard everything else?

They, too, just wanted to survive amidst the supernatural changes in the world and thought that following a god might offer them protection, at least to not have to live in fear during the night, but who would have thought that this god would be more vicious than the darkness!

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Zhu Minglang summoned Bai Qi, whose Dragon Breath shared the same properties as the Frost of the Ice Sky.

But what Bai Qi could do was only to slow the penetration of the Frost of the Ice Sky, unable to protect everyone within it.

Zhu Minglang, Li Xinghua, Zhu Heavenly Officer, Mi Rong, Mingji, Qin Yang, and others all had varying degrees of frost clinging to them. The coldness was like thousands of ice needles fiercely piercing into their muscles and marrow, so even a slight movement caused pain like being pricked by a thousand needles!

Frost of the Ice Sky, enveloping the entire city…

The Sparrow Wolf God used Dragon Country’s invasion to devour the entirety of the Imperial City, especially targeting the strongest members of the Royal Family and Zhu Gate, turning all their hard-earned cultivation into mists of life for his recovery, aiding his reascension to godhood!

This was even more terrifying than the Hundred Miles Quicksand of the Ancestral Dragon City-State!!

This Sparrow Wolf God would indeed never do anything humane!!