Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

Chapter 2338: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [56]

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RUMBLE!

Ripples in space formed, cracks spreading everywhere, further destabilizing the Endless Castle and the Abyssal Dimension it resided in.

It seemed both attacks were at a stalemate!

However, Susanoo smiled, laughing.

"My swordsmen, lend me your power!"

Hundreds of swordsmen’s souls rushed toward his sword, unleashing a stronger attack atop the previous one!

"Nnnggghh...!"

Drake was pushed down, his body gaining countless slashing wounds, which he forcefully regenerated.

Drake was being overwhelmed.

However, he remained calm, closing his eyes.

"Echo."

FLASH!

Everything became still. Silence took over, and the world around him froze instantly.

Susanoo’s eyes darted around, shocked that time itself seemed to have frozen.

Indeed...

Drake’s Domains and Dominions surged.

A bright flash of golden light, eternal sunrays, and warmth erupted.

"[Primordial Dominion: Ancient King of Everlasting Summer]!"

On the other side, Demonic and Chaotic Energy surged, Pandemonium and Chaos swirling into an endless abyssal vortex, shaped as countless monstrous maws.

"[Heaven and Earth-Devouring Maw of Eternity]!"

At the center, Nature and Life combined, forming an endless garden of plants spreading everywhere...

"[Primordial Ascendant’s Heavenly Dominion: Life & Creation]!"

"[Heavenly Immortal Dragon Tree of Life’s Primordial Garden]!"

It was two Dominions combined, all stemming from his Ascendancy Law!

Drake connected these powers as rainbow-colored ice spread, freezing space, time, and reality itself.

The power of Creation manifested through Drake’s Primordial Ice, amplified by his "Time Freeze" Spell to enhance his combined technique.

And then...

Susanoo saw it.

Everything converged into a single dimensional singularity, bleeding through space and time...

"What sort of power...?"

He panicked, his Aura surging as he tried to break free from this time-stop domain, which seemed eternal but lasted only three seconds.

And yet...

It was too late!

"{Eternal Pinnacle}!"

Susanoo watched in disbelief as Drake’s summoned powers fused into a swirling blade of pulsating colors, slicing through all space and time.

It sliced through the dimension itself!

Reality split apart for that moment.

SLAAASH!

"A-Ahh?! Ahh...!"

Susanoo’s eyes widened. He couldn’t respond or retaliate.

He was helpless...

His body...

It split into two halves!

"AAAAAHHHHH!"

He screamed in horror as his blood and innards splattered, a blast of energy bombarding his halves with countless explosions.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The explosions unleashed as Drake swung his sword forward, space and time obeying him within that Dimensional Dominion, a step above Dominions, accelerating his attack a million-fold.

All the explosions accumulated at a single point in space and time, obliterating Susanoo in a titanic, supernova-like explosion.

"DIE, SUSANOO!"

"AAAAAAGGGHHHHH!"

Susanoo screamed in agony as the explosion consumed him and his surroundings. Space shattered and hurriedly repaired itself as a crack opened, revealing Drake emerging amid the explosion.

BOOOMMM!

He glanced back as the crack in space closed, his eyes softening as he sighed in relief.

Not knowing if it would work, he had surpassed his limits by fusing too many powers. His Ascendancy Law gained several cracks from the pressure.

But in the end... it worked.

"You did it, Drake!" Orochi celebrated. "We did it! Susanoo, that bastard! He’s finally dead! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"That’s right! Consider yourself avenged, Orochi. Now you owe me," Drake said with a cocky smile. "And also, with this, Yuki can finally—"

"...No, something’s wrong," Muramasa interrupted their joy. "Drake, don’t lower your guard!"

"What?!" Drake asked, confused, as a presence crept from behind.

Crack, crack...!

CRAAASH!

"Are you kidding me?!"

Drake saw space torn apart where Susanoo’s remains lingered...

Something emerged: a gigantic red hand, then a blue one.

"GRAAAAHHH! YOU... WON’T... KILL... ME... YET...!"

It was Susanoo!

His body was in shambles, torn to shreds.

Yet every piece clung together, fleshy, demonic tendrils of Karmic Energy forming an aberrant Demonic Oni-like Evil God.

His form had twisted from its original handsome, human-like appearance.

Half his skin turned red, the other blue, with giant black horns sprouting from his head, half of which was just skull and an empty eye socket.

His long silver hair grew everywhere like spikes.

This was the maximum "mutation" Hajun’s Stigma could cause in a powerful vessel like Susanoo.

The sheer Karmic Energy from the beating allowed Susanoo to regenerate to nearly Drake’s level.

However, Drake knew it was flawed and couldn’t compare to his Immortality.

"Why won’t you stay dead, Susanoo?!"

Drake rushed forward, clashing against Susanoo’s bare hands, which grew bony spurs resembling swords, unleashing dozens of slashes that cut through space itself.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

"Nnnnggh!"

Drake struggled. He had pushed past his limits and counted on devouring Susanoo to recover his energy and Ascendancy Law Rings, damaged by the pressure.

However, Susanoo was still alive, preventing Drake from consuming him with his evolved Gluttony. Drake was not in top condition.

"Damn it! I was so close to max level... Dragoon Knight!"

Drake used his trump card, the Archetypes, transforming into a giant silver dragoon knight wielding a sharp spear, a shield, and Muramasa. He charged, clashing against Susanoo’s bony sword fingers, with explosions of karmic energy and divine power erupting constantly.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

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"Don’t worry about anything now... I am here. Well done for surviving this far. I love you."

"Drake..."

Yuki slowly opened her eyes, finding herself on grass under the night sky, the moon and stars shining brightly.

She realized she had been asleep for hours inside Drake’s Divine Realm, spotting his ice castle in the distance.

By her side was her daughter, Yudra, cuddling adorably, her fluffy wings wrapped around Yuki like natural blankets.

"Right..."

Yuki recalled what happened. She nearly died confronting Susanoo to protect her daughter.

Then Drake appeared against all odds, saved her and Yudra, and confronted Susanoo, sending them to his Divine Realm to recover.

He healed them almost instantly. Even Yudra’s lost wing regenerated, thanks to a strange technique where Drake temporarily fused his Soul—already merged with his Immortal Body—into an Immortal Soul.

When fused with someone, though only temporarily, it granted near-identical Immortal regeneration, saving them from death.

"Ugh, Drake? Are you there? Drake?"

Yuki stood and called for him, unaware that outside, Drake was still fighting Susanoo.

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