Chapter 132: Ritual Completed - Reborn as the Dragon: The Princess Sacrifice Begins...

Dreams are the subconscious of living beings.

In dreams, one might experience details that went unnoticed in waking life. At certain moments, dreams can even reflect the deepest beliefs in one's heart.

Dragons are proud creatures.

None but dragon slayers can bear the power of a dragon's heart.

But Anna was an exception, because this was Su Nian's voluntary choice, and of course, Anna had her own reasons as well.

At the very least, she had broken free from her past constraints.

This time, facing bullying and harm, she held the power of a dragon in her hands and raised the blade of resistance.

Angry flames turned the eerily transformed Anya into flying ashes.

The fire raged, and thick smoke billowed.

The entire Emerald Forest turned into a sea of flames.

Only a petite figure remained.

Floating amid the ashes.

Though her appearance was indistinct.

Wide dragon wings stretched out.

Golden-red eyes gleamed.

"It's over."

The massive shadow of the black dragon appeared behind Anna, a deep, hoarse voice echoing in her ears, carrying a hint of sighing and affection, which also shattered the entire dream.

...

The ritual was complete.

This was the first time the witch Kaguya had used this spell. After all, the activation conditions were so strict, and no one would willingly give their heart to someone else for no reason.

But succeeding on the first attempt.

Still made her breathe a sigh of relief.

The half-elf girl's condition was very good. The dragon heart had perfectly fused with her body and had begun to gradually transform her physique.

As for the black dragon, the outlook wasn't so optimistic.

Although he wasn't dead yet, he had fallen into a deep coma.

The witch Kaguya was worried.

She estimated that the giant dragon wouldn't make it, but what she didn't know was that the system had already begun to modify Su Nian's current heart according to the pre-arranged plan.

Due to insufficient system points, it couldn't continue to enhance the strength, but could only enlarge the heart and transform it into a structure suitable for a giant dragon.

However, this heart was wrapped in curses, and it was inherently weak.

This had caused Su Nian to fall into a brief coma.

Otherwise, Su Nian would have awakened before Anna.

Now he had accumulated a bunch of negative buffs, and it was at this moment that he understood how much pain the usually cheerful Anna had endured.

After all, there were many things that Basic Insight couldn't see.

But now everything was affecting him directly.

Su Nian now saw the details from his own status panel:

[Heart Failure (Dragon Blood Weakened)]

[Weakness (72 hours)(Heart Adaptation)]

[Acute Pain (Dragon Blood Weakened)]

[Heart-Stealing Curse (Overall Physical Quality Reduced by 50%)(Dragon Blood Weakened)]

[Bizarre Poison Curse (Full-Body Ulceration)(Dragon Blood Weakened)]

[Soul-Breaking Curse (Soul Tearing)(Dragon Soul Weakened)]

[Combined Effect: Heart-Stealing Curse, Bizarre Poison Curse, and Soul-Breaking Curse cast together can strip the cursed person of their soul and devour all their soul power]

Now, all the debuffs on Su Nian were weakened versions, after all, he was a giant dragon, and as a legendary creature, he had some resistance to curses.

But before the heart exchange.

These curses had affected Anna in their full, original versions.

It was hard to imagine.

How Anna had endured the pain of her soul being torn apart and the occasional acute pain throughout her body while he was asleep.

She had probably cried in secret, hiding from him.

So as not to worry him.

No wonder Anna had always felt she wouldn't live long, even though her complexion had improved significantly, but it was unbearable to have constant pain throughout her body every day.

"Brother..."

Anna's delicate pink lips moved slightly, gradually, consciousness returned, her mind cleared, and her body regained sensation.

Her heart was beating strongly.

Everything around her felt so fresh, no longer that foggy, muddled feeling from before.

Was the curse lifted?

Was her illness cured?

But why was there a feeling of sorrow?

Her golden-red eyes opened.

Anna immediately sought out Su Nian's figure, that massive dragon body was right beside her, as if he had been protecting her all along.

"Brother... Anna's, Anna's illness seems to be cured... Brother?"

Anna called out twice.

But Su Nian showed no response.

"Bro-brother?"

Anna panicked, she propped herself up, struggling to sit up.

However, the power in her body was still somewhat uncoordinated, after all, she had just completed the heart exchange and was still adapting, and she had little strength to command.

"Brother, don't scare Anna... Are you pretending to sleep again..."

Anna laboriously crawled into the black dragon's embrace, gently laying on the black dragon's chest, hearing the extremely faint heartbeat inside, and this heartbeat was continuing to weaken.

Like a candle in the wind, flickering unstably.

"Brother is injured?!"

This was Anna's first reaction.

But she immediately noticed the witch Kaguya and Celestine standing guard nearby.

The room was still the same room, even the cup of hot water she had drunk before her treatment was still steaming.

Not much time had passed.

Anna seemed to anticipate something.

Could it be that her brother...

She turned her trembling gaze to the witch Kaguya, her lips quivering, her voice carrying a hint of tears.

"Brother... what, what happened to him? Did he do something? Can you tell me?"

"Your disease was in your heart, wrapped in various malicious curses. To cure you, the master exchanged hearts with you."

The witch Kaguya was brief and to the point.

Since the master hadn't said to keep this a secret, and since the Mistress had asked, she naturally told the truth.

But Celestine beside her seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

In the end, she shook her head helplessly.

A beat too late, too late, was this something that could be said so directly?

"Ex... exchanged hearts!?"

Anna stared blankly at the witch Kaguya, her pretty face suddenly turning pale, feeling a buzzing in her ears, a chill running from the soles of her feet up her spine to her brain.

Her brother had actually exchanged hearts with her!

This sentence echoed again and again in Anna's mind, turning into countless sharp swords, repeatedly piercing her heart.

A trace of crimson seeped from the corner of her mouth.

It was her lip bitten through by her teeth.

She stood there in a daze, as if in the cold wind of a snowstorm, or under the scorching sun, the embers in her eyes struggled to flicker a few times, alternating between brightness and darkness, turning to dust.

Anna gently raised her hand.

Black scales and sharp dragon claws gradually grew on her slender, soft fingers.

Her gaze was dim yet tender.

Despair filled with love.

These all belonged to her brother.

How could she possess what belonged to her brother?

Her brother had already been so good to her, already given her all his doting and love.

She couldn't be so greedy.

The dragon claw aimed at her heart, gradually piercing in.

"Mistress, please don't do this!"

"This spell cannot be reversed, even if you dig out the heart again, it cannot be put back." The witch warned loudly, at this point she had finally learned her lesson and didn't say the foolish words that the dragon heart could be exchanged back.

Anna turned a deaf ear.

She just felt that the giant dragon was about to die, and she didn't want to continue living either.

If the dragon died, what meaning would her life have, what meaning would this heart have? The black dragon had given her the will to live; if the black dragon died, all hope would be extinguished.

Just as the witch Kaguya was about to intervene and stop Anna's actions.

A deep, hoarse voice sounded.

"Anna, stop."

This voice was somewhat tired, but still filled with authority and was non-negotiable.

It was Su Nian's voice.

This voice also successfully stopped Anna's somewhat impulsive behavior.

During the time when Anna had just awakened.

The system had quickly adjusted Anna's heart, transforming it into a structure suitable for Su Nian's use.

But this heart was wrapped in curses, plus its inherent weakness.

This had caused Su Nian to fall into a brief coma.

Otherwise, Su Nian would have awakened before Anna.

Now he had a pile of negative buffs on him, and it was at this moment that he understood how much pain the usually cheerful Anna had endured.

After all, there were many things that Basic Insight couldn't see.

Only now that everything was affecting him directly.

Su Nian could now see in detail from his own panel.