All of a sudden, another force emerged from the surroundings. It was indeed a very strange situation, because up until that point, Wang Tao’s Divine Dragon Sword had already controlled everything. Every corner and crevice of this place had been filled with homogeneous energy, leaving no room for any external force to interfere.
One could even say that everyone, including Yang Hao, had already become accustomed to Wang Tao’s omnipresent energy. Yet just as Yang Hao was resigned to his fate, as if a stone had rippled the surface of a still pond, another force intervened.
If the Divine Dragon Sword was a vertical force, then this new power was a horizontal pull. As soon as it appeared, violent winds swept through the area, but instead of swirling, they all blew collectively in one direction.
Even Wang Tao’s sword angle began to shift gradually. He could no longer continue thrusting toward Yang Hao, as the new force pulled him away toward another direction.
At this precise moment, Yang Hao opened his eyes. What he saw was absolutely unimaginable—an overcast grey sky, swirling sand and stones flying everywhere, as if the world were coming to an end. All sources of illumination had been absorbed into darkness.
Yet within this darkening world on the brink of collapse, two brilliant lights shone equally bright—one was naturally Wang Tao’s Divine Dragon Sword. Although his sword had deviated from its original path, its power had not diminished at all, still radiating a dazzling cyan glow that stretched across the heavens.
The other light was a woman glowing purely white. A human could never be completely white, but standing beneath the blackened sky, this woman was surrounded by floating arcs of white electricity, illuminating her entire body, her face, and even her long hair with blinding brightness.
This woman was Shi Mingyuan. Hovering high in the air in a way never seen before, she appeared like a goddess at that moment. The arcs of electricity circled around her body, forming strange, wire-like patterns. And in that moment, everyone could feel the immense power radiating from those electric wires.
Shi Mingyuan’s face was expressionless, her eyes pale and devoid of emotion. She spread her arms wide, as if preparing to embrace something.
“Magnetism!” Yuan Zi was deeply shaken. “It’s magnetism!!”
Yang Hao’s face was pale as death. His entire body was frozen stiff, unable to move. Yuan Zi’s words reminded him of how, during his earlier duel with Wang Tao, he had seen Shi Mingyuan winding coils around herself multiple times. At the time, Yang Hao had thought she was merely doing something pointless. But who could have guessed that Shi Mingyuan had been preparing all along—preparing for this very moment, sacrificing her ultimate energy to save Yang Hao at the most critical point of his life.
Shi Mingyuan was from the Angel Star, and even among the women of Angel Star, she was unique. Her body stored an extremely rare amount of electric energy. Without Yang Hao’s aphrodisiac, no one would have been able to break through Shi Mingyuan’s electric defenses. This immense electrical power was the foundation of her ultimate ability. Moments ago, she had wrapped her body with coils, forming the simplest kind of electromagnet in physics. As long as the electric current was strong enough, Shi Mingyuan could attract any iron object toward herself.
And Wang Tao’s sword was made of iron.
It wasn’t just that sword either. All the unsheathed weapons around—long swords from the royal guards included—were drawn toward Shi Mingyuan by the immense magnetic force. Shi Mingyuan’s floating, radiant white body became a massive magnet, layers of weapons sticking to her like heavy iron armor.
However, no matter how thick the armor, it could never stop Wang Tao’s Divine Dragon Sword. As Wang Tao’s sword was pulled off course by the magnetic force, he simply turned the blade and aimed directly at Shi Mingyuan for a counterattack.
The Divine Dragon Sword itself was already mighty, and now accelerated by magnetism, the sword and Shi Mingyuan were rapidly approaching each other. The speed was so great it seemed to surpass the limits of human vision, even breaking through air and wind resistance.
Yang Hao stood motionless in the distance, his entire body burning with heat. He naturally foresaw the consequences of this collision, but his body felt completely detached from his will. Only his heart continued to pound violently, endlessly.
Yang Hao saw the mighty Azure Dragon streak across the dark sky in a breathtaking arc, then unstoppable, crash into Shi Mingyuan’s body—a body so pure and delicate that one dared not touch it.
The world seemed to instantly brighten.
The sky lit up in an instant, and from the ground rose a massive, sun-like ball of light so intense that it scorched the skin of those nearby, and burned into Yang Hao’s eyes.
It was as if his soul had been completely stripped away. He watched helplessly as his woman vanished into that radiant blaze. The surrounding fire radiated unbearable heat, yet Yang Hao felt the world turn icy cold. Shi Mingyuan, consumed by the flames, seemed to have taken away all the warmth and hope in the world.
In a moment shorter than a flash of light, Yang Hao seemed to recall everything about Shi Mingyuan. Her story seemed so simple, yet Yang Hao could feel a deeper, more profound pain hidden beneath that simplicity. He could hardly remember a single moment when Shi Mingyuan had openly expressed a willingness to live or die with him. This woman never even spoke of her affection in words.
It was like gazing at the endless stars on a quiet night—just watching, just watching.
That was exactly who Shi Mingyuan was. When Yang Hao didn’t need her, she would quietly hide away, like an invisible person. But when Yang Hao faced danger, when he stood at the edge of life and death, she had already been prepared long before. Like now, without hesitation or inner struggle, Shi Mingyuan was always ready to die for Yang Hao.
“Ah!!!!” Yang Hao roared toward the heavens, a mouthful of blood spewing out with his cry, scattering into a fine red mist in the vast sky. His current fury and pain were beyond words, especially when he saw Wang Tao still standing beside the flames, completely unharmed.
Wang Tao, too, was frozen in place. He had not expected his sword strike to unleash such power, nor had he imagined that the Wang family’s treasured sword would be consumed along with the fireball.
But there was something Wang Tao had not foreseen even more—he turned around, and behind him, a man had truly awakened. Because of Wang Tao’s sword strike, this man had awakened like a demon, completely unleashing the energy within him.
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