Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 574 Destruction and Rebirth

After absorbing all the special beings in this cosmic domain, the Apocalypse entered its strongest state. Li Chenglong had already discovered that no matter what level of special beings they were, they were all just a part of the Apocalypse. The fact that it could use its energy to separate billions of special beings of different levels to attack multiple parallel universes proved just how powerful the Apocalypse was.

However, it wasn't until Li Chenglong reached level 15 that he truly saw through the true nature of the Apocalypse. Rather than being a destructive demon that only knew how to fight and absorb energy, the Apocalypse was more like an embodiment of the will of the universe.

The world, after a long period of unity, tends to divide, and after a long period of division, tends to unite. The situation in the universe is actually quite similar. Since its birth, the universe has been constantly expanding, and its own energy has been constantly being consumed. After billions of years, both this universe and several nearby parallel universes are nearing the point of depletion of their own energy.

For the universe to be reborn, it must accelerate the consumption of this energy, rapidly destroying itself to achieve rapid renewal and innovation. Correspondingly, the powerful Awakeners, as the will of the universe, emerged.

The Awakened Ones, utilizing their immense power and virtually inexhaustible energy, separated countless special beings from themselves and launched simultaneous attacks on several universes. Wherever these special beings went, they completely drained the life force and all energy of that place, turning it into a permanent wasteland.

Because of this, in just over a year since the emergence of special beings, all life in several neighboring universes has been driven to the brink of extinction.

While fighting the Awakener, Li Chenglong spoke with him: "Awakener, you have your own mission, but I also have my own responsibility. If we continue to fight like this, it will only accelerate the demise of this space region and even the entire universe. Once that happens, even you will not be able to escape the fate of death."

The Apocalypse sneered, "Isn't this even better? My original purpose was to accelerate the demise of the universe. Now I can not only have a good fight with you, but also fulfill my own mission. This is exactly what I've been hoping for. Take this, Endless Dance!"

Immediately, several black energy whirlwinds were released from the Awakener's hand, completely enveloping Li Chenglong. "Dragon Emperor's Reverse Scale Light!" Li Chenglong countered with a technique that could reflect energy, deflecting the energy storms. Then the two began a fierce close-quarters battle. After such a long and intense fight, even Li Chenglong's Starry Sky Spear, which could be said to embody all the current technology in the universe, showed some signs of damage.

However, things weren't going well for the Apocalypse either. Although he had absorbed all the special forces' energy and gained a slight advantage in momentum, Li Chenglong fought relentlessly and to the death, and the two remained evenly matched for a long time.

Looking at the battlefield crumbling from his battle with the Apocalypse, Li Chenglong made up his mind to eliminate the Apocalypse as quickly as possible. Previous lengthy communications had been completely ineffective, and now the Apocalypse had refused all communication, meaning that sitting down for negotiations was no longer an option.

Since this method won't work, the only solution is to fight, and we must end the battle as soon as possible to minimize the damage to the universe.

Thinking of this, Li Chenglong transformed the Starry Sky Spear into the Starry Sky Sword and casually slashed at the charging Awakener, then quickly widened the distance between them. He said, "Awakener, we've been fighting for five or six hours now. Although you've been in the lead the whole time, you haven't gained any advantage. How about it, do you dare to settle things with me in one move?"

The Awakener stopped his movements: "How foolish. I have absorbed all the special energy into my body, while your energy has not been replenished at all, yet you still dare to try to decide the outcome of the battle with me. However, although foolish, I admire your courage. If it weren't for the burdens we each carry, we might have become friends."

After speaking, the Apocalypse fixed himself in place and began to mobilize his energy with all his might. As the energy gathered in his body, the End Armor covering his body began to spread blood-red energy in all directions. Wherever this energy reached, whether it was a small star or the wreckage of a warship, it was instantly reduced to ashes.

On the other side, Li Chenglong, in his Ultimate Battle Type Holy Dragon Armor form, raised the Starry Sky Sword high, chanting, "All living beings who hear my voice, lend me your power! An unprecedented crisis is approaching, and I need your help. All living beings who can hear my voice..."

Everyone in the fleet anxiously watching the battle heard Li Chenglong's voice. In that instant, they seemed to see Li Chenglong fighting the Apocalypse, no, they seemed to be right beside him, fighting alongside him.

Pistos shouted, "Notify everyone to give full support to Comrade Li Chenglong. Give him all the energy. Even if we can't go back, we must ensure that he has the power to fight against the Apocalypse."

Before he could even issue an order, everyone from all the fleets across the three universes released their last reserves of energy. This power, carrying their longing and yearning, flew directly towards Li Chenglong's location without any guidance.

At this moment, on all the planets in these three parallel universes, whether it be people or animals, or mountains, oceans, streams, lakes, or the earth, all things with life force, a surge of energy, large or small, flew out and converged. Then, this energy actually broke through space and flew towards Li Chenglong.

At this moment, a very strange phenomenon occurred in the central battlefield. On one hand, the Enlightened Ones were frantically leaking energy, devouring everything around them; on the other hand, countless specks of energy were rapidly flowing into Li Chenglong's body. As the energy expanded again, the space-time in which the two were located began to collapse.

"Dragon Spirit, come with me one last time! Starry Sacred Dragon Yuan Qi Slash!" A handsome young man flew out from Li Chenglong's body, nodded firmly at him, and then transformed into a huge five-clawed golden dragon, charging straight upwards. The golden dragon was so large that even the fleet group, more than 20,000 kilometers away from the battlefield, could clearly observe it.

Pistos immediately said, "Notify all warships to continue retreating immediately, retreat as far as you can. These two energies are too terrifying; I'm afraid everything in this space will be completely wiped out."

The Awakener had also completed his energy mobilization; enveloped in a massive surge of energy, he was almost invisible. "Starry Sky Sacred Dragon Primal Qi Slash!" "Endless Void Light!"

Li Chenglong slashed down with all his might, and the giant dragon above his head charged straight towards the Enlightened One. The Enlightened One was not to be outdone; he gripped his blood-red longsword tightly with both hands and swung it fiercely, sending a huge blood-red beam of light rushing towards the giant dragon.

The instant the two energies collided, the entire universe began to shake violently. Even Earth, at the edge of the Milky Way, could clearly feel the terrifying energy radiating outwards. Waves of energy spread outwards from the two individuals, beginning to cover the entire Milky Way and the entire universe.

The clash of their energies lasted for over an hour before gradually subsiding, and the entire cosmic region completely collapsed, with countless red, black, and yellow substances beginning to pour into it.

"Hahahaha, I feel it, I feel it! Not only this universe, but even several adjacent parallel universes are connected. And once universes are connected, they will begin to devour each other, eventually leading to complete annihilation. My mission is complete! I won, I won! Hahahahaha!" The Awakener, clad in tattered armor and covered in wounds of all sizes, roared madly.

Looking at the Star Sword in his hand, now only the hilt remained, Li Chenglong was in a much worse condition than the Apocalypse. Not only was his ultimate combat-type Holy Dragon Armor completely destroyed, but his left cheek was also burned off, and he could no longer see anything with his left eye.

Just as the Enlightened One was overjoyed, he suddenly noticed Li Chenglong, who was still alive in the distance. As a top-tier powerhouse, even being alone in the cosmic environment for a long time wouldn't have much of an impact, only deplete his own energy.

The Enlightened One said smugly, "The end of the universe has begun. Even in your prime, you can't do anything about it. You've lost! You're finished! Hahahaha!"

"You're the first to die!" The Awakener was still laughing triumphantly when he felt something pierce through his chest. He opened his eyes and saw that Li Chenglong had easily punched through his body.

"How could this be? How can you still have such power!" The Awakener looked at his chest and asked incredulously.

"Villains die from talking too much, don't you understand?" Li Chenglong said with a smile. But this powerful man, despite his severe injuries, still didn't die. The Apocalypse, wielding a broken sword in his right hand, plunged it into Li Chenglong's abdomen: "It was my carelessness, but I can't die like this. Before I die, I'll take you with me, extinguishing the last hope of this universe!"

But at this moment, Li Chenglong slowly withdrew his hand from the body of the Apocalypse, ceasing his attack. He laboriously pulled his body away from the broken sword, looked at the collapsed universe, and slowly flew upwards.

"What are you trying to do? With your current physical condition, you can barely protect yourself," the heavily injured Awakener asked with difficulty.

Li Chenglong didn't answer the question. He turned to look at the Apocalypse: "You said that you appeared and accelerated this process because the energy of this universe is gradually depleting. So, if I can slowly replenish this energy, wouldn't I no longer need you?"

The Apocalypse didn't understand what Li Chenglong meant. Just as he was about to say something, Li Chenglong interrupted him: "I have three G-stones in my body that can theoretically grow infinitely. Although they are not very powerful now, they will slowly grow and feed this energy back to these universes, allowing these universes that are beginning to dry up to be reborn."

After a pause, Li Chenglong continued, "You are indeed very powerful, much more powerful than I am at my strongest, but you are always just an embodiment of the universe's will, always acting according to the universe's ideas, never having your own opinions, and never being able to feel our emotions."

As Li Chenglong spoke, his entire body began to radiate a green light. The Awakener finally reacted: "You are going to sacrifice yourself to complete the final cultivation of the three energy sources, in order to replenish the lost energy of the universe and repair this space. No, you can't do this!" The Awakener was about to make a move, but the green energy emanating from Li Chenglong seemed to possess a special power, rendering him completely immobile.

At this moment, the extremely weak dragon spirit flew out from Li Chenglong's body: "Brother Li, we must have other ways. Don't do this. Didn't you say that we should never give up hope until the very last moment? Let's leave here first and then consider it!"

Li Chenglong smiled and shook his head: "The mutual annihilation of the universe has begun. We have no time left, and there is no other way. Long Ling, please take this back for me and tell them that I am truly sorry for not fulfilling my promise to them."

"At the same time, I also want to apologize to you. If I die, you will probably lose your life as well. As a comrade-in-arms who has fought all this time, please forgive me for selfishly taking your life." Li Chenglong grew weaker and weaker, and his voice gradually faded. A stream of light flew from his hand to Long Ling's hand; it was the Dragon Ring.

Being an energy being, Long Ling was extremely sad, but he couldn't cry. He watched Li Chenglong fly upwards, gave him a standard military salute, and then transformed into a beam of energy and flew away into the distance.

As Li Chenglong ascended further, his body was enveloped in increasingly powerful green energy. Wherever this light touched, the rapidly collapsing universe gradually stabilized, and the enormous cracks began to heal. The Awakener watched this scene unfold, shaking his head in disbelief.

The ever-growing green sphere of light suddenly moved, then split into three spheres. One remained in this universe, while the other two crossed the dimensional wall and traveled to two other universes.

As Long Ling flew rapidly, he felt as if his soul was being ripped away, and the energy in his body shrank several times over. But he didn't stop for a moment. In the time he had left, he wanted to carry out Li Chenglong's last wish and return to Earth, back to Dawn City.

As the universe and dimensions were repaired, the fleet that was observing the situation from a great distance also underwent a change. These warships were covered by a powerful green light and then disappeared from their original positions in an instant.

After a brief, gentle swaying, the green light covering the Flying Dragon and Dawn gradually dissipated, and everyone was surprised to find themselves hovering above Dawn City. Similar situations occurred elsewhere; Queen Syndra's warships were at the Dark Alliance headquarters, and Queen Raimon's fleet had landed smoothly on Roland Star.

In the other two universes, Jin Linfei, Jin Hai, and others returned to Jinlan City, while Chen Ning, Zhao Hui, and Zhao Ya returned to Kyoto.

The Awakener watched as the universe was gradually repaired and the parallel universes that had separated again, and he truly felt the recovery of all life forms in the universe. Looking at his chest, which had been completely restored by the warm and powerful green light, he suddenly noticed two water droplets drifting into the distance.

"What is this? Is this a tear? What is this feeling? Is this the emotion they possess?" the Enlightened One murmured to himself.

He gazed at the green sphere in the distance, slowly growing larger while radiating powerful energy, and suddenly seemed to understand many things. Now that the cosmic crisis had been averted, he didn't know what he should do next. After a long while, he gently pointed with his right hand, and a colossal palace appeared out of thin air in this cosmic realm: "Let me protect this world you love for you."

After saying that, he rushed into the palace, and the huge palace grew several times larger, beginning to revolve around the ever-growing green sphere.

On the other side of Earth, Yunlan watched the excited crowds rushing out of the city, unsure of what to say. She had already sensed it; he would never return.

Suddenly, a golden streak of light descended from the sky. After the light dissipated, a wounded young man slowly stood up. The crowd automatically parted to make way for him, and Yun Lan rushed towards the young man, while Feng Ling within her was even faster, having already pounced on him.

The young man looked at everyone and forced a smile, saying, "Reporting to all leaders and comrades! Long Ling has successfully completed the escort mission. Please give instructions!" With that, he collapsed into Feng Ling's arms, his figure gradually disappearing, countless golden streaks of light flying into the sky, transforming into a constellation of stars. In the glow of the setting sun, the dragon ring on Yun Lan's hand shone brightly, reflecting Li Chenglong's happy smile.

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