Chapter 507: Desperate Hope
Amidst the dark storm clouds raging above Hollow Shade branches of jade lightning burst forth and converged on Kaleidrog. The dragon lord roared as the lightning crackled through his scales and erupted in an explosion of magic.
A small figure broke through the clouds and flew past the explosion. Ananta, Queen of the Titans, and Goddess of the Deep Earth, kept flying until she had made a considerable distance from the dragon.
Her breath was heavy and her skin was slick with sweat. Her right arm was missing from above the elbow, leaving only a mangled stump behind, courtesy of Kaleidrog’s fangs. His chromatic magic was burrowing into her flesh, hindering her body’s regeneration. It felt like poison burning through her veins.
Kaleidrog had grown stronger. Far stronger than he had been 6,000 years ago. She hadn’t expected this, even for a dragon lord. His power was beginning to reach the heights of Vismarya the Dragon King.
The thought of what Kaleidrog and the other dragon lords had done to her late husband curled her blood and made her body burn with an inner fire. The oily sensation of void mana surged out from her heart and filled her body. Her skin faded into a pale grey and her muscles began to undulate beneath the skin. The sheen of her pale jade almost-white hair dimmed and grew dark. The corroding flesh on her stump burned away and a new arm grew back in mere moments.
Newfound void power flowed through her veins. Ananta swayed in the air from side to side. She closed her eyes and clenched her jaw.
Not like this. Calm down. Calm down. Calm…
She couldn’t let her emotions get the best of her now, not when she was exhausted and injured. If she did, even for a moment, her void nature could take over. She would lose control and the blood of her sire, Unildyr, would consume her consciousness.
A memory of the first day she awoke a thousand years ago flickered in her dimming mind. The horror in the newborn Lin Lu’s eyes when she gazed upon her Void nature in its truest form.