Chapter 530: Fierce Battle

"The Holy Shroud?"

Angela drew in a sharp breath, her eyes filled with awe. But then she realized that this could not possibly be that top-tier mythical armament.

The 'Holy Shroud,' fully known as the 'Shroud of Turin,' was used to wrap the body of 'Messiah,' retaining the divine power of the Holy Son. It was a holy relic and a powerful sacred armament.

Forged by the Greek gods, it was a powerful tool used to seal 'Messiah.' But after 'Messiah' resurrected, the shroud was transformed by him, becoming the top-tier divine artifact of the Holy Church.

Yet such a holy relic could never fall into the hands of the Calamity Flame Dragon, Adriana. The Holy Church would not ignore it and would not hesitate to launch a holy crusade for this artifact.

Angela's eyes gleamed with intelligence, and she quickly reached a judgment.

"Be careful, this is Simon Peter's!"

Simon Peter was the foremost of the twelve apostles of Messiah, the leader of all apostles. After Messiah ascended to heaven, he was martyred, executed by the same extreme punishment as Messiah.

He was a powerful saint capable of resurrecting the dead who had been deceased for several days—and the Great Resurrection spell could only be performed by a demigod who held the divine authority of life and the power of the soul.

"This is quite a surprise—"

Li Mochen was also stunned. He had guessed that Adriana's ability to hide in the Dragon Tomb was likely due to possessing a mythical armament that provided a vast amount of life force. But he never expected it to be this 'Simon Peter's Holy Shroud.'

"Boom!"

Black calamity flames once again covered the hill, and Adriana's dragon claw struck down fiercely at Hazel.

Its body was huge and cumbersome, spanning a hundred meters from front to back, but its speed was by no means slow. It tore and folded the void, striking directly at Hazel's head.

The immense force sent Hazel flying, crashing like a meteor into another distant hill, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

"You think you can contend with me using stolen power? Don't you dare!"

Adriana's second strike was its tail, over forty meters long. With a swing of its body, the tail swept across the hilltop like a giant whip.

However, surprise appeared in the eyes of the female dragon.

—It found that its calamity flames had become ineffective. The fire was artificially interfered with, losing its intended high temperature, and the calamity power within the flames was also balanced by an opposing force.

That Andrew Lee Wltonstein hidden inside the tin can had actually mastered the divine authority of fire and an ultimate domain related to fate!

So without hesitation, it targeted this man. Among the three humans before it, only this one gave it an extreme sense of threat.

She remembered that about a year ago, it was this person who led the little girl to steal its power.

At the same time, Adriana suddenly let out a roar, the sound waves surging and rolling in all directions.

It was trying to awaken the 'Guardians.' Adriana sensed that the young man before her was manipulating the power of the void. The latter had apparently realized that in its weakened state, it was borrowing power from its past self to maintain its current strength.

The next moment, another explosion rang out from the hilltop. Li Mochen did not resist head-on; he directly used 'Star Leap Technique' to take Angela and the Dragon Pulse away, leaving the hilltop to be leveled by the Calamity Flame Dragon.

When Li Mochen reappeared, he was at Adriana's belly. As he thrust his sword, the Calamity Flame Dragon could only awkwardly flap its wings, lifting its body slightly, and block with its hind claws.

Then, with a loud 'clang,' Adriana let out a pained roar filled with extreme fury. It had blocked Li Mochen's sword, but this despicable man shot hundreds of flying swords from his sleeve, which drilled into its body through the gaps between scales, turning a large area of flesh beneath the scales into pulp in an instant.

At the same time, Hazel stepped through the air again. Flames seemed to burn in the girl's eyes, and calamity flames covered her body. The second clash between the girl and the dragon caused another wave of shockwaves and air currents in midair. After Hazel directly withstood one of Adriana's claws, her body flew back again. But this time, she retreated less than thirty meters before once again appearing before Adriana.

The fifth-level legendary holy artifact 'Dragon-Slaying Magic Ring' that Anthony Braden had collected for her had transformed from its previous bracelet form into an iron gauntlet covering her dragon arm.

This equipment, originating from a Dragon Vein Sorcerer thousands of years ago, could suppress the dragon force within her, allowing Hazel to control it more easily. At the same time, it could strengthen her dragon vein, increasing her strength by about three times and her spell power by the same amount, and it had a suppressive effect on all dragons. It could also absorb dragon blood during battle to enhance its own power.

With high fighting spirit, Hazel poured her own blood into the 'Dragon-Slaying Magic Ring,' causing her power to continuously grow and rise.

She would not allow herself to be defeated by the Calamity Flame Dragon. The power she had obtained through great suffering must not be taken back by this beast that intended to seize her body!

However, to the girl's disappointment, although she and Li Mochen had inflicted two wounds on Adriana in a very short time, the latter recovered in an instant. 'Simon Peter's Holy Shroud' granted Adriana unparalleled regenerative power. Even the 'Sun-Moon-Star Heavenly Star Divine Sword' that Li Mochen had driven into the dragon's body did not trouble the Calamity Flame Dragon much. Adriana remained vigorous, with immense power and swift speed.

Until Li Mochen, with the help of the little Dragon Pulse, slightly interfered with the timeline.

At that moment, Adriana's immense power nearly dissipated completely. Hazel's next heavy punch met no resistance and struck Adriana's chest.

The demigod-level force, enhanced by the 'Dragon-Slaying Magic Ring,' blasted a huge wound five meters in diameter into the Calamity Flame Dragon's chest.

Adriana grunted and retrieved power from its past self again, withstanding Li Mochen's subsequent sword strike. But at that moment, he completed a second temporal interference, causing Hazel's another heavy punch to nearly collapse its skull.

"Ambitious bastards! You stole my power, my authority, and had my seven apostles devoured. Do you intend to kill me here and take everything from me? But bastards, you won't succeed. Look, my reinforcements have arrived—"

At this moment, around the battlefield, twenty enormous bone dragons flew in, looking down at the scene. Their bodies were each three hundred meters long, emitting auras surpassing any demigod Li Mochen had ever seen.

—These were the 'Dragon Tomb Guardians,' the oldest and most ancient dragon liches. It was said that each of them possessed strength equivalent to a lesser deity within the Dragon Tomb.

But what surprised Adriana was that these 'Dragon Tomb Guardians' did not attack Li Mochen and the others; they turned a blind eye to the three people and one dragon before them.