Divine Emperor of Death

"Aoooo!"

Mira let out a heavy dragon roar that resounded throughout the Nurturing Life Formation. Her undulations wildly surged, like layers and layers of mountainous pressure were superimposed on each other to form a super-compressed force capable of shattering an indisputable astral body in an instant!

Her big scales were crimson-gold in color, causing her to look completely menacing to anyone laying their eyes on her, not to mention her large, sharp dragon eyes that were just simply terrorizing to anyone who laid eyes on it.

She commanded such majestic, no, supremacy with her presence as a dragon that her overwhelming aura sought to even quell his that his body subconsciously reacted to the provocation and pushed back with his aura. But once he clutched control, his body was back to normal, and so was Mira as she began to calm.

Abruptly, her figure shrunk as she was absorbed into the Profound Tyrant Veined Cauldron. However, the lid didn't close, causing Davis and the others to fly above and see what was going on inside.

In the cauldron's compressed and stabilized space, Mira innocently looked around.

They could see her two horns and a rugged and spiky mountain-like structure on her back, traversing over her spine. They were both crimson in color and even made her look like a deadly beast, although she had become vastly smaller in their eyes as she had been a thousand-two-hundred-meter tall dragon that absolutely shook his core.

As for Evelynn and Isabella, even though it was their second time seeing this, they were also breath taken at sight.

She was practically gargantuan, towering over them like a mountain. But now, she was small as a nine-meter-tall dragon.

"Tyriele, explain to me what you're going to do in detail."

Davis asked before Tyriele explained to him the process using soul transmission. It was a long explanation with concise methods. He understood the gist of it and nodded after some time before informing Tyriele of something.

"Alright, let's begin."

"Uhm... master..." Suddenly, Mira couldn't help but raise her head to look at him, "I know how to extract my own blood essence..."

Davis couldn't help but smile lightly.

"Mira, we all know that you can extract your own blood essence. However, there's a limit to how much you can extract at once. Let me and Tyriele handle all that for you in one move. After the extraction, you will most likely become incredibly weak and feel like you're dying, but don't worry. Everlight and I will help you regain your blood essence immediately."

"We'll do this two times, understand?"

"Mhm, I understand~"

Mira shook her dragon tail while looking at Davis with her big curious eyes. Everything he said made her feel comfortable and less nervous. She didn't bother with going through this suffering two times as that was the call she made. If Evelynn had to get her blood essence, then Isabella must be first.

That was the condition she put forth, and as long as that was being respected, she wanted to make everyone she was close with happy, and that included Evelynn and Davis, the latter from just a while ago, as she could feel his care for her.

Evelynn and Isabella also explained to her what love between a man and woman is in their own words.

Although Mira couldn't understand much, they said that it was a wonderful feeling, one that was more similar to making the other party greater than your own life and becoming capable of exhibiting happiness and sadness in their presence simultaneously, sharing riches and calamities together for a lifetime.

Such a feeling... Mira could only feel for her Mistress Isabella, making her become confused, but the second part made her wonder.

How could happiness and sadness exist at the same time?

'If I felt happy, I am happy. If I felt sad, then I am sad... or not?'

Mira's thoughts wandered even though her life was going to be sucked out of her now. It was unknown if she was dense or simple-minded when she had shown intelligence when blocking the hostiles from entering the Alstreim Family Territory back then.

"Mira, focus on the task."

"Ah- yes~"

Mira came out of her reverie and took a deep breath before she relaxed. Her soul energy that was undulating became stable before becoming tranquil in a few seconds, displaying the amount of control she had over her body, unlike Everlight. She was utterly relaxed, having no resistance whatsoever that even a common Level Nine Immortal would probably be able to lop her head off.

It was even more of a vulnerable state than just staying at rest.

"...!"

Suddenly, Mira's body trembled.

Her eyes shot wide as she abruptly felt her body tingling with a jolting pain.

The blood that normally circulated in her body abruptly began to shoot outwards, slowly creeping on her scales through her pores. Tiny droplets gathered out of her crimson-gold dragon body, all of them extremely compressed and filled with a vitality that could explode into a sea and cause immense destruction if they were ever to become unstable.

With Davis reaching out his hands and controlling the extraction and condensation using Tyriele, who also supported him, those powerful crimson droplets gathered before Mira's forehead as they began to condense into a drop of blood essence.

Mira's eyes turned bloodshot in a few seconds while her crimson-gold body became painted full of blood.

Isabella's expression churned with pain as she could feel Mira's pain. The latter didn't even cry out, causing her to bite her lips as her eyes became misty. However, she stayed strong and hoped that this excruciating procedure would end as soon as possible.

Davis was also trembling as he felt his hands become heavier.

Extracting blood from an Emperor-Tier Earth Dragon Immortal really wasn't an easy task, especially with Mira starting to resist subconsciously. There was no way around it. It was any kind of life's instinct to want to live no matter the adversity as long as they possessed the will to live, but at this moment, his voice echoed out.

"Mira, abandon all resistances and leave yourself open to me in body and soul!"

*...!~*

A formless resonation entered the cauldron and caused Mira to shudder before her clenched claws automatically loosened as her eyes became dull.

Using Enigmatic Heart Intent on her, Davis got Mira to let go of her defenses completely, drastically hastening the process.

On the other side, Eldia wrapped the annihilative heavenly lightning wisp around her palms as she refined it. Blackish-red arcs of lightning covered her hands as they kept molding into her palms. Her scintillating white hair danced in the air, making her look like a witch.

Her eyes were fully focused on the delicious feast in front of her, so much so that she didn't even realize that Mira had released her powerful immortal undulations that seemed to be fluctuating in an unstable manner. Her psyche was fully focused on the task of molding the annihilative heavenly lightning wisp into her body.

She could feel the sparkling feeling rushing through her veins. She felt hot, even burning...

Blood leaked out of her lips at this moment, but she still kept at it as the process of molding her body to adapt to the annihilative heavenly tribulation lightning began without a doubt.

The skies of the Aurora Cloud Gate were dark. The moon was shining brightly, casting a wondrous gleam down on the floating islands. The shadows and the reflection of the flowing river streams were such a wonder to gaze at.

In the Proving Grounds, the number of disciples roaming over at this time of the hour had reached an all-time high for the month.

Why?

Because a bunch of true disciples had visited them over the call of an unknown disciple who came by earlier and announced that they would gift whoever defeated a group of core disciples from their side a few ingredients that would help one create a Heaven Immortal Vessel!

Such a thing caused the crowd to be shocked. They were tongue-tied and couldn't help but stop shaking.

After all, just a single ingredient to create a Heaven Immortal Vessel costs ten thousand contribution points!

In their minds, this was truly mindboggling because one contribution point was worth one Mid-Level Immortal Crystal.

Even for a true disciple who's at Immortal Stage, it would take them ten months of wages to accumulate to that kind of contribution points, but even then, the exchange rate was two times higher, meaning that it was worth twenty months of their wages alone!

They all knew this because, as the core disciples of the Aurora Cloud Gate, their aim was to create a Heaven Immortal Vessel so that they could increase their prowess and become a true disciples.

But at first, their shaking was pure excitement, but as more and more true disciples showed up, their shaking was one of anger, and their expressions increasingly became ugly. After all, they were losing their chances to gain at least one ingredient of the few, which is worth ten thousand contribution points!

Such an amount could also be exchanged for a single High-Level Immortal Crystal, which would put them at the peak in wealth for most parts of the world as its value skyrocketed fifteen to twenty times higher than its energy value!

That was practically fifteen thousand Mid-Level Immortal Crystals, which also meant a hundred and fifty million Low-Level Immortal Crystals at the very least!

"Hehe~ I didn't think many would show up for a promise made with words. How trusting of my fellow disciples~"

Suddenly, a melodious voice filled with a teasing tone echoed from a distance, causing many heads to swivel as they saw a group of people approaching the central arena. The crowd parted to make way for them and what was reflected in their pupils caused them to be dumbfounded.

It was only a group of four, but they were all women...?

"Wait... isn't that senior sister Ellia, who's newly ranked in the True Disciple Rankings - Immortal!?"

Suddenly, one of them recognized the white-robed woman at the center as he pointed at her.

Ellia couldn't help but smirk behind her white veil. When she moved her head back and cast a look at Shirley, Natalya, and Schleya, her smile became more resplendent before she returned her gaze back to the central arena.

"Now then, which one of you would like to challenge us?"