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

Chapter 2343: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [61]

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"Aaahhh!"

Ōyamatsumi screamed in panic, directing his hands at her and summoning gigantic stone fists from the ground, yet Amethyst enveloped herself in radiant light, zigzagging through the stone fists with incredible speed, resembling a golden ray. She was finally grasping the full extent of her power and its potential beyond her full crystallization, which made her slow but immensely durable and heavy, she had unlocked another form.

Through discarding her scales and infusing Light into her Blood, Bones, and Muscles through her Soul, Amethyst achieved a partial "spiritualization" of her body. This was the same technique that enabled her to crystallize her soul, but reversed, using her soul to imbue light and enhance her agility.

Although Amethyst remained in physical form, part of her became ethereal, transforming half her mass into pure light, shedding nearly all her weight in the process.

Thus, she could fully merge with the Light Element her mother wielded, and with her Archetype’s assistance, become faster than anything.

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

"She’s too fast!" Ōyamatsumi thought, gritting his teeth. Though he appeared as an intimidating, muscular monk, compared to a giant dragon, he was insignificant. "What’s going on?! I had her in the palm of my hand just a second ago! But now she’s fast and can switch between heavy and light forms? Since when?"

Ōyamatsumi clenched his teeth, mobilizing his entire Dominion as gigantic hands merged into a titan of stone and steel, towering hundreds of meters, attacking Amethyst before she could reach his true body.

"GRUOOOHHH!"

The giant golem roared, its massive fists rushing toward her, generating shockwaves and ripples through space as they approached.

And yet...

"Hmph."

Amethyst smiled, her body suddenly tripling in size, growing armor of scales across her form, becoming immensely tough and heavy, crushing through the titan’s hands and piercing it cleanly.

"WHAT?!"

Ōyamatsumi gasped in disbelief, unable to comprehend what he witnessed. Amethyst swiftly shifted forms again, becoming lighter and smaller, reaching Ōyamatsumi in a split second.

"FOUND YA! STOP HIDING, YOU DAMN RAT!"

"G-GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Ōyamatsumi cried, raising his hands. Hundreds of stone palms surged, striking Amethyst from every angle. The Kami smirked, believing he had trapped her.

However.

BOOOM!

Her body erupted with a golden aura, having shifted to her heaviest form, as all the stone fists that attempted to strike her shattered into rubble.

In that moment, Amethyst descended with full weight toward Ōyamatsumi. The Kami panicked, wielding the earth around him to encase himself and burrow underground, attempting to flee.

"COWARD! COME BACK HERE!"

Amethyst swiftly transformed into her light form, piercing the ground with her sword and finding Ōyamatsumi escaping. His eyes widened as he pointed his hand at her, summoning giant pillars of stone, crystals, and metals to rise against her.

"Heh...!"

She quickly noticed Ōyamatsumi’s wicked smile, abandoning his "benevolent monk" persona, as he believed her trapped underground, with pillars converging from every direction.

Worse, she couldn’t escape. There was insufficient space to flee, forcing her to switch to her heavy form, lose momentum, and allow him to slip away.

This frustrated Amethyst, who roared in anger, her Aura surging, flickering between her Light Form and Heavy Form.

"RAAAAHHHH!"

A crown of light appeared above her head, her body turning even more golden, and her horns transformed into rainbow crystals.

The spark left by her master—she grasped it tightly, as the power of the Golden Dragon King Transformation surged.

Her jaws opened, unleashing a massive breath attack toward Ōyamatsumi before he could escape, while her Aura disintegrated the pillars assailing her from all sides.

"What sort of power is that?! AAAAAGGH!"

B O O O M M M !!!

Ōyamatsumi relied on his true body’s sheer stamina and resilience to withstand the blow head-on. However, he quickly regretted that choice, as his skin burned and his arms vaporized.

The searing light reached his face, and he screamed in agony and horror, his body burning and disintegrating. His soul trembled, cracking.

"No, no, nooooo!"

FLUOSH!

Something deep within his soul pulsed—a mass of red flesh, eyes, and pulsating veins, a small Demonic Stigma from Hajun attempting to fuel him with power to fight back.

Ōyamatsumi believed this gift from Hajun might give him a chance.

"HAAAAH!"

However, to his horror, Amethyst appeared before him, her breath attack ceasing as her glowing sword pierced his soul, slicing through Hajun’s Demonic Stigma, halting its influence.

"You thought I’d let you do that?! I saw right through you, motherfucker!"

As Amethyst struck, she sensed a powerful demonic presence within him and rushed to stab him with her holy blade before it was too late.

"N-No...! STOP...! STOOOOOP!"

Ōyamatsumi screamed, but Amethyst’s sword did not relent, slicing through his body and soul, cleaving him into two perfect halves, then shredding them further until all his fragments exploded.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Haaa... Ugh..."

Amethyst collapsed to the ground as Ōyamatsumi’s Dominion vanished, gasping for air. Weakened, she reverted to her Dragonoid form to conserve energy. The cursed miasma no longer affected her... in fact, it seemed to have vanished entirely, as if a vacuum had sucked it away.

"I won..."

She smiled faintly, on the verge of passing out... only to see several messages appear before her.

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[...]

"Ah, right..."

Each level restored a bit of her energy and stamina. Amethyst regained her strength, feeling even more powerful, and stood up, surveying her surroundings.

"That bastard was so damn tough... but it was a good battle. It finally helped me break through my bottleneck... I’ve gained a lot of new power."

In that moment, Amethyst’s eyes widened as she sensed the presence of her master and the other dragons nearby. The space around the Endless Castle was destabilizing, allowing closed spaces to connect.

"Everyone! I can feel their presence now! I have to hurry!"

She swiftly transformed into her dragon form, leaping forward and switching to her Light Mode, blitzing through hundreds of rooms...

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