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Not to mention their previous scheming, but the moment he saw Leilin fire off over a dozen crystal orbs as if preparing to cast some kind of wizardry, the Flame Throne felt a deep sense of inner unease.
This kind of precognitive ability was quite common among high-level wizards, but one that could deliver such a severe warning to the Flame Throne was still incredibly rare.
Therefore, she struck instantly, her golden soul power sweeping across the void, and the Rule Fire covering the emptiness.
However, her power seemed to have absolutely no effect on those dark red mists. No matter how the golden flames burned, the dark red currents continued to flow back and forth through the void.
"Damn it! Solar Eclipse!"
The Flame Throne raised the long sword again. The black specks of light swelled further, radiating an aura far more terrifying than last time.
"This time, I'm releasing half the accumulated Dream Power I've stored!"
Leilin felt a twinge of pain as well. This technique for storing Dream Power had its limitations and required containers from the Dream World, so he'd had to expend quite a few samples obtained from that realm.
It could be said that to create this environment, he'd sacrificed nearly half of his gains from the Dream World.
But such a heavy investment produced extraordinary effects.
In Leilin's perception, rich Dream Power began to spread throughout the surroundings, even causing a hint of confusion to appear in Melinda's eyes.
Dream Power was a force no less potent than Rule Power, so the Flame Throne's scorching flames had very little impact on it.
After all, she hadn't yet fully mastered the Rule of Fire. Otherwise, she would have long advanced to the seventh rank, instead of stagnating at the sixth rank.
*[Ding! Dream Power release complete! Meets the casting standards for Dream Wizardry!]* At that moment, the Chip projected the scan results directly before Leilin's eyes.
"I haven't never defeated a sixth-rank powerhouse before!"
A smile touched the corner of Leilin's lips. Immediately, a complex, dreamlike, multicolored wizardry template was activated by him.
Dream Power converged, forming endless waves around him.
"Fifth-rank Dream Wizardry—Brilliant Moon Illusion!" Leilin's eyes seemed to hold a glaze of confusion, and invisible waves instantly engulfed the entire Flame Throne.
"This is..." The Flame Throne's eyes showed bewilderment, and the energy fluctuations around her body strangely ceased.
Brilliant Moon Illusion! A fifth-rank Dream Wizardry! It directly targeted the wizard's true spirit, possessing a 90% chance of instantly affecting even a Brilliance
Even against a sixth-rank Daybreak Throne, the success rate of Brilliant Moon Illusion was still over fifty percent!
With her true spirit lost and fallen into the dream, the Flame Throne had now lost all ability to act, with only her instinctive energy circulation still maintaining a defensive effect.
"Hurry! I can only hold it for three seconds!"
Leilin roared frantically at Melinda.
"Unexpectedly, you still had this trump card!" Melinda's head gave Leilin a meaningful look, then a layer of flames ignited, burning away all the remaining flesh and tissue.
From within the flames, a pure white soul phantom suddenly emerged.
"Although I would like to expel the opponent's will completely before returning to my body... there's no time for that now!"
The soul phantom instantly broke through the boundaries of time and space, arriving before the Flame Throne, who was still in a dazed state. The instinctive defenses were surprisingly ineffective against Melinda, allowing the soul phantom to dive directly into the Flame Throne's forehead, the process proceeding with perfect smoothness.
"Damn it! Get out of here!"
The Dream Power dissipated rapidly, and the Flame Throne regained her clarity once more. But at this moment, her expression changed repeatedly, and even her muscles trembled constantly.
Her right hand shot up as if trying to pull something from her forehead, but her left hand eerily grabbed the right one, as if two people were fighting for control inside her body.
"As expected! With no other options left, Melinda ultimately chose to return to her original body!"
Seeing this scene, a hint of a smile touched Leilin's corners.
For Melinda, she was just a remnant soul, while the opponent possessed the original body, further honed over thousands of years, with a soul power far too vast. Confronting her head-on would certainly not be in her favor.
Her true plan all along must have been to exploit the moment the Flame Throne's strength was at a low point, use Leilin and the others to severely injure or even completely obliterate the Flame Throne's soul, and then have her own will enter the Flame Throne's body to take command.
But unfortunately, the Flame Throne possessed secret techniques to suppress her own soul injuries, thwarting Melinda's plan at every turn. Fortunately, the intervention of the Sky Throne in secret, along with the unexpected variables of Joanna and Leilin, had brought the situation to this current state.
Now, both Leilin and Melinda were nearing their limits. To escape with their lives under pursuit from a sixth-rank Daybreak wizard, Leilin might have a chance, but Melinda was dead for sure.
As the Flame Throne's split soul, one that had awakened free will and resolved to destroy the original, she would absolutely face relentless pursuit from the Flame Throne.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the only thing she could do was take a risk and enter the opponent's sea of consciousness to struggle for control of the main body!
Although a powerful will currently resided within the sea of consciousness, Melinda wasn't without advantages.
At least, outside, she still had Leilin as an ally.
Furthermore, after these several battles and self-destructions, the Flame Throne was definitely injured, though she had forcibly suppressed it using secret techniques or something similar.
Therefore, she still had a chance of success, even if it was less than fifty percent. Compared to dying without a body before, it was already the best choice.
"Get out! You redundant piece of garbage!"
At this moment, an extraordinary scene unfolded on the Flame Throne's body. Several ethereal female faces faintly appeared over her features, like masks.
These faces were sometimes ferocious, sometimes furious, and sometimes expressionless, but the only thing they all had in common was their strong resemblance to Melinda from earlier.
"I am the King of Flame! How could I possibly lose to the likes of you..."
A white, ethereal face suddenly emerged, its appearance and tone identical to the Flame Throne from before.
"Stop struggling! You are also me! And when it comes to controlling the Rule of Fire, I'm no worse than you!"
Melinda's face from before appeared.
Then, it fell silent, replaced by a face full of childlike innocence. The eyes looking at Leilin shimmered with tears: "Big Brother, help me!"
"How can I help you?" Leilin's expression remained indifferent.
"I can temporarily suppress her defense, while you infiltrate your spiritual power into the Flame Throne's sea of consciousness. Believe me, this will bring you great benefits as well!"
The child Melinda's face appeared pitiful and touching, but Leilin was utterly unmoved.
"That's right, experiencing the energy circulation within a sixth-rank wizard's body, even touching the Rule of Fire, would indeed be very beneficial. However, I've never liked leaving such matters in others' hands—I prefer to do it myself!"
Leilin smiled, and an ominous gleam flickered in his eyes.
"Don't worry! I'll help you right away!"
A blood-red halo formed behind Leilin, instantly transforming him into the ancient and terrifying Comorin Serpent Emperor. Two enormous, amber vertical pupils fixed upon the Flame Throne's form.
"You wouldn't dare!" The child Melinda's face struggled violently, then immediately fell silent, replaced once more by the Flame Throne's face.
"Damned warlock, what do you want to do?"
Around the Flame Throne, endless golden chains materialized.
"Of course, to help!" A cold voice came from the giant Comorin Serpent. Petrification beams shot forth, immediately causing a multitude of golden fire chains to petrify and shatter.
The tail of the Comorin Serpent Emperor slammed violently into the Flame Throne. A flash of black light, and the Flame Throne was sent flying a great distance, a defensive magical artifact on her body exploding into pieces.
Given the Flame Throne's resources, she wore magical artifacts that were at least of advanced grade, but before Leilin's attack, they were as fragile as paper.
This was not only due to the Comorin Serpent Emperor's astonishing offensive power, but also because the magical artifacts lacked a controller.
"You—" The Flame Throne's voice cut off abruptly. A sound of cracking ribs even came from her body, causing pain to flash across this soul's face, and her luminance dimmed significantly.
"Good! Keep attacking her, draw her attention!"
With a flash of light, Melinda's face reappeared.
"With pleasure!" Leilin laughed, and then, terrifying impacts could be heard resounding throughout the entire space.
*Snap! Boom! Snap! Boom!* The terrifying power of a fifth-rank ancient creature caused the dimensional fissure to tremble continuously.
And at its center, the Flame Throne's body had already suffered unimaginable damage. If not for the support of the Rule of Fire, and the fact that a Daybreak Wizard's physical resilience far exceeded ordinary people, she would have long been reduced to a pile of minced meat.
On the Flame Throne's face, two tiny souls, like insects, were devouring the largest soul body, causing the original Flame Throne to emit agonized screams.
Gradually, that soul's glow grew ever dimmer, allowing Melinda to gain the upper hand.
"Good! That's enough! Stop attacking! Once I've completely taken control of the body..."
Melinda's face showed a hint of elation, but it quickly turned into an angry scream: "What are you doing?!"
In her field of vision, the Comorin Serpent Emperor formed by Leilin shrank rapidly, finally becoming a giant serpent over ten meters long, which then lunged forward, baring the sharp fangs within its maw.