Bai Xi pouted and flew forward, with Ulysses following beside her. White smoke obscured half of the dragon's body.
She flew towards the dragon's head. Usually, the 'Ash Core' is located in the head of a monster. The God's Scepter once again accumulated a large amount of magic power. The dragon's skeleton was still very hard, and it would take a powerful explosion of magic power to possibly pry open its skull.
Bai Xi landed on its head, so naturally she didn't see the malicious smile hidden beneath the dragon's twisted face.
However, Ulysses, who was guarding Baixi's side, keenly sensed something and rushed towards Baixi the moment Baixi blew open its skull.
A surge of evil power erupted from the dragon's skull. This power was enough to erode the will of everything in the world. At best, it would cause mental confusion and memory loss; at worst, it would cause severe damage to the soul, making it impossible to wake up. This was a liquid formed from the most powerful part of Tartarus's power. Even if Bai Xi tried to withstand it, she would suffer serious damage.
Even though Bai Xi managed to erect a powerful protective net the moment she realized what was happening, the liquid was like sulfuric acid, and it corroded the protective net completely in no time.
At that time, black rain continued to pour out from the dragon's body, like black rain falling from the sky, leaving nowhere to hide.
Bai Xi was held in Ulysses' arms, watching helplessly as the black liquid fell on his body, burning one bloody hole after another, but no blood flowed out. He could hear Ulysses' muffled groans from the pain.
She stood there, stunned, in Ulysses's arms, feeling as if the world was drifting away from her.
She had let go of everything, resigned herself to death during her final days. She wanted to have a proper relationship, to be pampered, and she had indeed been very happy and carefree during that time. Everyone doted on her, and she had no worries at all. Why, then, did it all end like this...?
Could such an unexpected event have occurred?!
Bai Xi held Ulysses anxiously, her lips trembling slightly, but she didn't know what to say.
She could hear Ulysses's panting breaths. The dragon was completely dead, and the abyssal rift closed at the same time. It was like a bomb, designed solely to attack her. Monsters never care about life or death.
If the attack fails, they will not linger and will retreat immediately.
Since the most effective weapon failed to work, it's unlikely to cause any real damage to Bai Xi. Staying there will only be a waste of time.
Everything that just happened was only a fleeting moment.
Bai Xi didn't understand why.
The conspiracy that was originally aimed at her was now completely thwarted by Ulysses, leaving her unharmed.
Even the long-dormant world consciousness emerged, mercilessly mocking her.
'You really are a scourge, killing the Seven Gods who trusted you the most, and also harming the person who loved you the most.'
Its words made Bai Xi feel as if a draft had suddenly escaped her heart, her limbs felt terribly cold, and all the happy times she had lived through the past few centuries turned into sharp blades that pierced her body from head to toe, leaving no place untouched.
Bai Xi couldn't tell if the stinging pain in her body was an illusion or something else, until she heard Ulysses' weak but still gentle soothing voice in her ear.
"Don't... be afraid, I... I'm fine."
After saying this, he coughed violently, and his tall body collapsed to his knees due to exhaustion. Bai Xi knelt down as well to prevent Ulysses from falling to the ground.
"You...you don't need to shield me, I'm very strong..."
Bai Xi's eyes were blank and at a loss, but she still forced herself to speak. She didn't know what she was saying, she only knew that she should give Ulysses some response now.
The liquid smelled disgusting. Even Ulysses, the immortal progenitor of vampires, was injured like this; one can only imagine how terrifying the liquid was. Imagine if it were poured on her...
Regardless, Bai Xi now wishes that Ulysses hadn't shielded her, as this was clearly the retribution she deserved.
"I'm a vampire...have you forgotten?"
Although Ulysses said this, his voice was noticeably softer than before, as if he was about to lose consciousness and fall into a coma at any moment.
Bai Xi felt herself gripping Ulysses's arm tightly, her voice trembling.
"No, that's not it. I'm going to save you now."
As if waking from a dream, the scepter of the supreme god shone brightly once more. However, both of them knew that magic was of little help to vampires. Vampires generally relied on their powerful self-healing abilities to recover. Their composition was too unique, after all, magic could not help an inanimate object heal its wounds.
So even though Bai Xi used her most powerful healing magic, Ulysses' wounds showed no improvement, and his consciousness began to blur, but he still managed to hold her in his arms.
"Don't be sad, I'm just sleeping for a while, I'll wake up."
He was still comforting her, but as soon as he finished speaking, the vampire closed his eyes.
Bai Xi stared blankly at Ulysses, who lay lifeless on the ground, looking like a dead man. His face was as handsome and pale as ever, but he had clearly been talking to her just moments before.
It was as if her soul had been detached from her body at that moment, and she was watching all of this from a third-person perspective.
Are you sad?
Those emotions seemed to be isolated, veiled by a thin membrane, and she couldn't feel them.
She raised her hand, looked at her palm, her eyes empty and blank, completely different from the spoiled and willful woman she had been a few hours earlier. Now she was more like an empty shell.
Bai Xi knew that this was the emptiness in her heart.
The lovers who had been together for hundreds of years fell before her while protecting her, even though she was now the savior and the most powerful being in the world, she still couldn't save him.
She knew Ulysses would wake up sooner or later; once his body was repaired, he would awaken, but...
She has no time left.
Bai Xi gave a bitter smile and weakly covered her face with her hands.
When Roy felt the massive tremor and rushed to the Statue Square from outside, he only saw Bai Xi kneeling before the lifeless Ulysses. The entire Statue Square was destroyed beyond recognition, and the statue was headless, leaving only its remains.
Bai Xi was radiating despair.
Roy paused for a moment.
He slowed his flight and drifted gently to Bai Xi's side, placing his hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Bai Xi...are you...alright?"
Roy spoke cautiously.
He was also frustrated, wondering why Bai Xi had become like this after only being gone for such a short time... She had returned to that lifeless state, as if she was about to leave this world at any moment.
He and Ulysses spent a long time cultivating Bai Xi's unrestrained and happy personality, so why did they still mess it up?
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