Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

“Dingling.”

The Triangle Ring collided, emitting a crisp and melodic ring. At this moment, a sky-blue radiance descended from above, dispelling the pitch-black darkness that surrounded everything. Even the layer of black mist that enveloped the Shadow Dragon trembled violently and then swiftly dissipated into the air.

“This is… how is this possible?”

The Shadow Dragon lifted its head in surprise, fearfully looking at the girl who had appeared not far above its head, wearing a white robe and a hat.

“This is no mortal power, this is a demigod! You actually…”

“Oh stars…”

But before the Shadow Dragon could finish speaking, Black Katie had already raised the silver staff in her hand and gently pointed it at the Shadow Dragon. Countless shimmering starlights appeared behind her, turning into a stormy torrent raining down on the Shadow Dragon.

“This is bad——!”

Seeing the oncoming shimmering starlight, the Shadow Dragon was terribly startled, its body spontaneously bursting into a dense, dark mist that engulfed itself. But in the next instant, the Shadow Dragon’s expression drastically changed, as it realized that its innate skills suddenly became ineffective!

How could this be?

The Shadow Dragon had planned to use its innate ability to shift to the Shadow Dimension to avoid the strike, but just as it tried to shift, it was shocked to find that it could not leave the Main World! Not only that, it couldn’t even transfer into its own avatars. How was this achieved? Everything was normal just a moment ago, wasn’t it?

At this thought, a spark of realization suddenly flashed through the Shadow Dragon’s mind—a curse had just been cast on it. Could it be…

But it had no more time to think, for at that moment, under Black Katie’s control, the converging torrent of starlight heavily struck the Shadow Dragon’s body,

“Boom——!”

“Aaaaaaah——!”

Pure white starlight, like a waterfall descending from the heavens, mixed with the body of the Shadow Dragon, plummeting straight to the ground. With a scream, the once haughty Shadow Dragon was immediately slammed to the ground. Black Katie’s attack was not something just anyone could withstand, especially since this dragon had just recently entered the Legendary Domain. If it weren’t for Fang Zheng asking Black Katie to show mercy, that single strike could have completely obliterated it.

“Phew… that’s settled.”

Watching the half-dead Shadow Dragon lying not far away, Fang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had not called Black Katie immediately, wanting instead to figure out the identity of this dragon. After recognizing that the opponent was a Shadow Dragon from the Shadow Dimension, Fang Zheng had already thought of this opportunity. Relying on his own power would definitely not have been enough to defeat this Shadow Dragon. But if he directly summoned Black Katie to take action, this cunning Shadow Dragon might have chosen to flee by shifting dimensions. Although Black Katie was very powerful, she wasn’t familiar with locking down space. Thus, Fang Zheng took the opportunity to engage with his opponent, trying to cast Dimensional Anchor on it.

Unfortunately, this Shadow Dragon’s magic resistance was incredibly high, and finally, it was only through a direct physical contact that Fang Zheng successfully cast the Dimensional Anchor spell, blocking its escape routes. Only then did he summon Black Katie to deliver the killing blow.

And now… it was time to collect the spoils of war.

With that thought, Fang Zheng perked up and then approached the Shadow Dragon, now stunned by Black Katie’s blow. After the black mist that concealed its body had been dispersed, Fang Zheng finally saw that this Shadow Dragon was even smaller than himself. Its appearance was neither ugly nor particularly attractive, resembling more a mutant variety of a deep-sea fish.

Upon reflection, perhaps it knew it was unattractive, so it chose to hide in the shadows and not come out?

Well, that explanation made some sense.

Let’s do this.

“Wait… wait a moment…”

Noticing Fang Zheng approaching, the Shadow Dragon hurriedly opened its eyes. At this moment, its body was covered in dreadful wounds, inflicted by Black Katie’s strike. The Shadow Dragon was not one of the physically strongest among the Dragon Race, and the fact that it hadn’t been completely annihilated by that strike was solely because Black Katie had shown mercy. But even so, with the condition it was in, it looked like it couldn’t hold on much longer.

“You, you can’t…”

“I think there’s nothing I can’t do.”

Fang Zheng ignored the other’s words and stepped directly on the head of the Chief Dragon, knowing that the effectiveness of the Dimensional Anchor might not last long, so he had to act quickly!

With that thought, Fang Zheng faced the Shadow Dragon in front of him and took a deep breath.

Breath of Plunder!

The power of time began to fade away, and at the same time, black photon particles emerged from the gaps in the Shadow Dragon’s body, flying towards Fang Zheng’s mouth.

“This, this power… could it be that you are…”

Feeling the life and time swiftly draining from its body, the Shadow Dragon finally realized something was wrong. It widened its eyes, watching the black photon particles flying away from its own body. To an outsider, these might just appear as ordinary photon particles, but the Shadow Dragon could feel its inherent abilities gradually disappearing with the emergence of these particles!

“You, you actually are… No, spare me, let me go, you can’t do this, I can…”

The Shadow Dragon never finished its plea, because at that moment, the power of time mercilessly swept through its body, taking away all that was left of it. The next moment, the Shadow Dragon fell to the ground, its eyes gradually losing their sparkle, and its body began to weaken considerably.

“Huff…”

Only then did Fang Zheng take a deep breath.

“Eight hundred years huh… your life wasn’t very long after all…”

Looking at the now-dead Shadow Dragon in front of him, Fang Zheng closed his eyes, and soon, the “puzzle piece” from before re-emerged in his mind. This time, apart from the human-representing red, the Zerg-representing green, and the Time Dragon-representing silver, there was an additional shade of pitch black.

This was the Essence Power of the Shadow Dragon.

“Job’s done.”

Looking at the corpse of the Shadow Dragon in front of him, Fang Zheng stretched out a claw, “snap” made a hole in it, then his figure flickered, quickly shrinking back into human form. At the same time, Black Katie also slowly descended from the sky, coming to Fang Zheng’s side.

“You’ve worked hard, Black Katie, you may go back now.”

“Okay, Alliance Hierarch.”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s command, Black Katie nodded slightly, and the next moment her figure flashed, after which Nymph reappeared in front of Fang Zheng.

I feel slightly sorry for the Little Priestess.

Watching the direction where Black Katie disappeared, Fang Zheng sighed in his heart. Unlike Tilia and Nymph, Black Katie’s personality was very reserved, rarely asking for anything, just silently following Fang Zheng. Even though she herself had said that just being beside Fang Zheng was enough, still…

Perhaps I should take her to explore a world sometime.

But speaking of which…

Thinking this, Fang Zheng frowned as he opened the system, looking at the mission ahead.

This thing’s dead, how come the mission isn’t complete yet?