The bloodiness and cold within the underground palace had mostly dissipated under the baptism of Extreme Ice and the Primordial Sea.
Liu Yuan stood high above the Void Realm, surrounded by the afterimages of his Divine Rank Spirit. That abyss-like majesty, which one dared not look at directly, made the surviving Spirit Masters huddle in corners, not even daring to breathe loudly.
The fear in their eyes had not yet faded; it was an instinct formed from years of living under the shadow of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Liu Yuan lowered his gaze, looking at the numb and apprehensive faces below.
He naturally sensed their unease, but in everything Liu Yuan did, he sought only peace of mind and a clear conscience.
"You are free."
Liu Yuan's voice was calm, yet it resonated like a great bell, instantly shattering the eerie Restrictions on the iron cages.
With a wave of his hand, a brilliant green blade of light slashed through like a crescent moon. The Soul Tool Bottles and Soul-Summoning Flags engraved with malicious runes hanging around the square were all slashed to pieces in an instant.
Freed from the shackles of the evil Formation, thousands of ghostly green Living Souls turned into specks of light, rising from the shattered containers.
They no longer wailed shrilly, but seemed to be purified under the warm golden sunlight, regaining a long-lost tranquility.
"Go, return to where you belong," Liu Yuan spoke softly to the Remnant Souls filling the sky.
These Living Souls circled in the air, seemingly expressing their final gratitude to the youth who had saved them from eternal torment, before turning into a puff of light smoke and dissipating into the dawn of Chaotic Soul Ridge.
As for the imprisoned low-level Spirit Masters, after several seconds of daze, they finally let out earth-shaking cries and wails.
"Thank you, My Lord, for saving our lives!"
"The Holy Spirit Cult scumbags... are finally dead! Father, did you see? Someone has avenged us!"
Countless people knelt and kowtowed, the sound of foreheads hitting the stone slabs echoing clearly.
Watching this scene, Liu Yuan felt no arrogance, only an even deeper loathing for the Holy Spirit Cult.
"These damn things truly deserve to be completely exterminated," Liu Yuan withdrew his gaze and spoke to the Snow Empress beside him.
"Killing these hundred or so is likely just the tip of the iceberg for the Holy Spirit Cult. One day, I will wipe out their main nest as well."
Snow Empress stood silently by his side, her icy blue eyes fixed on Liu Yuan's profile.
She could feel the pure killing intent in Liu Yuan's heart; it wasn't killing to become stronger, but killing for the sake of justice in this world.
"As long as you want to do it, I will accompany you," Snow Empress responded softly, her tone as firm as ever.
Liu Yuan nodded.
Just as he was about to leave the ruins, the System's voice, which had been silent in his Sea of Consciousness for a long time, finally boomed alongside an extremely sacred aura!
[Ding! Detected that the Holy Spirit Cult's Border Sub-altar has been completely destroyed, survivors have been rescued, and ten thousand souls have been liberated.]
[Main Advancement Mission: Liquidating Darkness — Perfection!]
[Distributing final rewards...]
[Congratulations Host! Obtained Mega Rayquaza's seventh spirit ring — a hundred-thousand-year god-bestowed spirit ring!]
Buzz—!
At that moment, the entire sky over Chaotic Soul Ridge suddenly darkened.
A spirit ring, blood-red yet shimmering with dark golden patterns, passed through the System and directly entered Liu Yuan's body.
Even with Liu Yuan's current Rank 70 physique, the moment the hundred-thousand-year god-bestowed spirit ring fused with him, he still felt a pressure like the earth was splitting and mountains were collapsing.
But immediately after, this pressure transformed into a vast ocean of pure energy, frantically nourishing his entire body.
[Congratulations Host! Successfully absorbed the seventh spirit ring!]
[Due to the energy feedback from the god-bestowed spirit ring, the Host's spirit power Rank has jumped three levels. Current Rank: Rank 73 Spirit Saint!]
[Your seventh Spirit Ability is — Dynamax!]
"Dynamax?!"
Liu Yuan's slightly closed eyes snapped open, his heart filled with excitement.
He was not only excited because his spirit power had soared to Rank 73, but also completely shocked by the skill he had obtained this time.
As a former high-level Pokémon player, he knew all too well what "Dynamax" represented.
In the original System, it was an ultimate tactical method that allowed a Pokémon's size to increase dramatically and its stats to explode across the board.
Now, this ability had been modified by the System into his seventh Spirit Ability, replacing his — Martial Soul True Body!
Liu Yuan held his breath, quickly browsing the skill description:
[Dynamax: Upon activation, Mega Rayquaza's size will swell to several times its original size, and its Defense, Attack, and HP will receive a leap-forward increase!]
[Furthermore, in this state, all attack Moves will be transformed into "Max Moves," carrying powerful field-altering and type-suppression effects!]
"Hiss..." Liu Yuan sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Mega Evolution is already a qualitative change, and now adding Dynamax on top of it... this is no longer as simple as one plus one."
Now, if he activated his Martial Soul True Body, that green divine dragon would no longer just be a deterrent circling in the sky, but a primordial deity truly capable of filling the heavens and earth!
Liu Yuan looked around. By now, the surviving Spirit Masters had evacuated the underground palace in small groups, and Snow Empress was standing quietly in the distance, keeping watch.
In this desolate border valley, within a ten-mile radius, there was no one else besides him and Snow Empress.
"Just in time to give it a try," a cocky curve quirked at the corner of Liu Yuan's mouth.
It was a rare opportunity, and since even he hadn't seen a Dynamax Mega Rayquaza, how could he have peace of mind if he didn't test it out now?
"Snow Empress, back up a bit!"
Liu Yuan let out a long cry, and the seven spirit rings beneath his feet instantly bloomed: two yellow, two purple, one black, and one red. The newly obtained seventh spirit ring was shimmering with a heart-palpitating red light, so red it was almost purple, so red it looked like dripping blood!
"Mega Rayquaza, use Dynamax!!!"
Rumble—!!!
It was a sound that seemed to make the entire Douluo Continent tremble.
Mega Rayquaza, which was already circling in the air, saw its emerald-green body begin to expand frantically the moment the seventh spirit ring lit up!
Fifty meters, one hundred meters... two hundred meters! One thousand meters!
In less than three seconds, the body of that emerald divine dragon had grown large enough to blot out the sun.
The originally massive underground palace looked like a tiny bonsai in front of it.
Every single scale became as large as a house, emitting a luster of metal and stars;
Its thousand-meter-long body rolled through the clouds, every movement triggering spatial oscillations for a hundred miles around.
That kind of oppressive feeling was truly difficult to describe in words.
Even someone as strong as Di Tian would likely feel suffocated in the face of such size suppression.
After Gigantamaxing, Mega Rayquaza was surrounded by three dark red Max Clouds. Its dragon head looked down upon the earth, its golden pupils like two blazing suns.
"Is this the Dynamax Mega Rayquaza?"
Liu Yuan looked at the giant divine dragon before him; at this moment, he could very keenly sense the power of the Dynamax Mega Rayquaza.
Truly, it was only because Di Tian wasn't here.
Otherwise, he really would have wanted to use Di Tian as a target to thoroughly test just how far the strength of his Dynamax Mega Rayquaza had reached, without holding back!
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