"I knew I smelled a familiar scent on you. You must be that brat from three years ago. I never imagined you were a girl. Is it a coincidence that I can meet an old acquaintance before I die?" The dragon's spirit carried a hint of joy.

"You misunderstand. The agreement I mentioned comes from ten thousand years ago, and it wasn't with you." Spiritual communication often expresses a person's emotions more effectively, but Violet's words were so calm and composed.

"Ten thousand years ago? I don't know any human who could live for ten thousand years," the dragon asked in astonishment.

“I was just an observer in the shadows back then, don’t overthink it, we never met before,” Violet replied.

"So what do you want to do?"

"To witness your death and confirm two things at the same time," Violet answered truthfully. "We used a hidden agent in advance, and this passage to the Demon Realm will probably be completely blocked by you, but the reward is pitifully small. This time it's not worth it."

“As the guardian, you don’t know him. You can help me confirm his identity, but you can’t help me deny it. It seems the identity test will have to continue.” Violet calmly stated the result, without any personal emotion in her statement.

"Are you saying that everything that happened today was your doing?" the dragon asked, somewhat curiously.

“Do you think a bunch of unsophisticated villagers would know about something like the Boundary-Breaking Stone? I told them about its existence and location three years ago. As for when the seal will be broken, as long as other treasure hunters and dragon slayers aren’t allowed into the Dragon Mountain Range, then everything is up to me,” Violet explained.

“You are more dangerous than I imagined,” the dragon said solemnly. “But I can’t stop you from doing what you’re about to do, after all, I’m just a dying man.”

"No, even now, if you put all your strength into it, you can still kill me, so this is the second thing I want to confirm with you."

Violet calmly treated her life as a gambling stake, speaking fearlessly and decisively.

"I orchestrated Ji Tiandao's suicide."

"boom."

With the dragon's might, all beasts submitted, and the surviving wild animals in the mountains trembled and prostrated themselves on the ground.

A dragon's might, a hundred times stronger than the one Wu Yu had faced before, enveloped the entire mountain range. Violet, however, merely stared coldly at the enraged old dragon, as if the terrifying pressure did not exist at all.

Violet then conveyed words filled with deep pity: "As expected, you don't know the truth of the world either. It seems that your generation of guardians was His first attempt. How pathetic that you gave everything for something meaningless, and you even endured ten thousand years of suffering here for it."

In her subsequent words, Violet showed a rare expression of anger: "Ten thousand years of loneliness, I deeply understand, but I will not agree with you. Just now, you actually tried to kill me, just to avenge a dead person. You actually wanted to abandon this world. You are not worthy of the title of guardian. As expected, you have neither the ability nor the right to protect this world."

"I did waver just now, but please don't insult my companions; they are all people who uphold justice to the end," the dragon said angrily.

"Ji Tiandao? He can be considered a hero, and it is thanks to him that I have had ten thousand years to make my plans. But all he does is use death to escape, and that's all he is," Violet said disdainfully.

"How can you talk about protecting the world when you so casually risk your life?"

"What I'm about to do has less than a one in ten thousand chance. If even your actions can be miscalculated, then my death would be the best help I can give to this world," Violet said nonchalantly.

“It’s just repelling the demons, isn’t it? We did that ten thousand years ago,” the dragon retorted.

"The truth of the world is far more cruel than you imagine, and the crisis of the world is more despairing than you imagine. Even Ji Tiandao could only choose suicide when faced with a choice. You should just die with that false sense of self-satisfaction. It would be too cruel to tell you the truth now."

After conveying her final thoughts, Violet withdrew her hand.

"Who exactly are you?" He looked at Long Tong with unprecedented seriousness and couldn't help but ask.

"I'm just an ordinary person who decided to save the world by my own will and put it into practice, but some guy usually prefers to call me the only savior."

Violet seemed unafraid of having her voice heard, or perhaps it was out of respect for the dragon that made her willing to take the risk. She used her beautiful, heavenly voice to proclaim her identity.

"Goodbye." Violet waved her little hand, bidding a final farewell to the dragon.

"Roar!" With a deafening roar, the dragon, which had lost its wings, soared into the sky once more.

The dragon soared into the sky, reaching the top of the black pillar of light, before resolutely swooping down.

The black beam of light was suppressed by the evil dragon, and the beam was descending segment by segment, while the dragon's body was constantly disintegrating.

Flesh, bones, soul—everything belonging to the dragon transformed into a membrane, enveloping the pillar of light as it fell.

"boom."

With a deafening roar, the hero's life came to an end, and all things returned to normalcy.

A seal containing the dragon's entire will flashed across the ground, which remained uneven, but no more demonic energy seeped out.

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!