Rise of the Alchemy God

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As the cloud produced by the explosion finally began to clear, a blurred figure could be seen emerging from it.

However, unlike one might expect, the figure was not that of a man; in fact, the figure's dimensions were much larger than those of a normal person.

The more the fog cleared, the clearer it became what was there.

Where Long Hao had previously stood, there was now a giant crater with a radius of thousands of meters, but this was not what held the demon's gaze.

What he was staring at in that moment was suspended in the air above the huge crater, a massive elongated dragon, its sharp gaze fixed on the enemy group.

"So you've finally decided to get serious," said the demon with a smile that seemed more like an exaggerated sneer.

Long Hao, to avoid taking damage from the attack, released his beast form and successfully saved himself from the explosion's damage caused by the attack.

Currently in the air, a long, elongated dragon figure covered the skies of this dimension.

The dragon's dimensions were several times larger than those seen in the prince Jiang's beast transformation.

The elongated body easily spanned several hundred meters with its floating form in the air.

It had a figure entirely covered in dark blue scales, two horns similar to those of a bull pointed forward, and two pairs of gleaming yellow eyes, with pupils as thin as needles, fixed in the enemy's direction.

The emperor's majestic beast form was suspended in the air as if he were the governor of the heavens, while he cast his gaze upon the enemy, who seemed far from intimidated by his enormous figure.

The needle-like pupils of Long Hao further contracted, while the scales all over his body began to glow like fireflies in the dark.

Then, he opened his enormous mouth, and a yellow-white beam shot from it toward the enemy.

In less than a millisecond, the beam covered the distance of several thousand meters and reached the other side, and a second enormous explosion occurred, once again shaking the calm of this dimension.

While all this was happening, an uninvited spectator was watching the entire battle scene from the skies of the dimension.

Bai Yu, who had successfully penetrated the formation, was now in the skies, witnessing the battle scene between the two sides.

As she observed, she occasionally muttered something to herself as if assessing what she was watching.

"Not bad. For a human with a flawed cultivation path, his strength is indeed not small.

I can understand why he is considered the strongest on this continent," she said, complimenting Long Hao for his performance so far.

"That being said…"

Though surprised by the emperor's performance, she, as a member of the dragon race, could instantly spot several issues with Long Hao's current transformation.

Although the human had shown great combat experience and skill, he was clearly not using his beast form to its fullest potential, and the reason for this could only be attributed to the fact that he was not originally a dragon, but rather a human, and as such, one couldn't expect him to fully master his beast form.

Even more, with his flawed cultivation path, she could tell that the peak of the Body-Soul Integration stage was the highest he could achieve, beyond which there was nothing for him.

With a simple glance, she could see that while he had established a certain harmony with the beast soul he had fused with, this harmony was more forced than something natural.

In other words, it did not meet the requirements to attempt a breakthrough to the next cultivation rank.

This was why, when she led Ethan to the third stage, she guided him and set him on the right path.

She had immediately noticed the flawed method that the humans of this Plane were using, and although she didn't know why the correct method was lacking on this plane, it was not something that concerned her too much.

It was enough for her that Ethan didn't follow that method and instead took the right one, which eventually proved more fruitful for him than she had initially imagined.

He not only succeeded in summoning and bonding with a spiritual beast, but the beast in question was something that even she, a superior being of the dragon race, instinctively feared.

In other words, Ethan had won the jackpot, and she was certain that his future progress would not be any less than what he had achieved up to now.

As she watched the battle from the sidelines, it continued and eventually reached its climax.

Both sides gave it their all, and by now, both had played all their cards.

On one side was a battered Long Hao who could no longer maintain his beast form, and on the other side was the demon figure, who, though not visibly so, was also not in a good situation.

At this point, Long Hao was completely devoid of any strength, and all he could do was watch the battered figure of the demon as it began to recover.

He was filled with regret over the fact that he wouldn't be able to end the demon's life, and this was because, no matter how hard he tried, the demonic Qi that permeated the demon's body was not something he could eliminate with his attacks.

In the end, the result was that the demon's body was damaged, but its demonic Qi was still there, now working to restore his body.

His only consolation was that, regardless of whether he had won or not, the other side would not be able to escape from here and would remain sealed in this godforsaken place.

Just as he was consoling himself with this thought, he heard a faint laugh coming from the other side.

Confused, he raised his gaze, trying to focus his vision on the demon's figure, who, though battered, began to grin.

Soon his grins turned to laughter, and finally, after a few seconds, he stopped and said:

"I bet you're thinking right now that I have no way out of here, aren't you?" he said, finally addressing Long Hao.

Hearing this, the battered emperor had a bad premonition as he heard the demon's next words.

"Normally, that would be the case, but you see, I am not alone," he said, as several presences that had almost vanished before began to re-emerge once again.

The ten figures that had been nearly wiped out by Long Hao's attacks began to recover and emerge from the remains of the battle between the two.

Seeing this scene, he still didn't understand what the other meant, but the dangerous feeling he felt in his heart grew as he watched the ten figures undergo a sudden transformation.