Epic Of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

Chapter 2345: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [63]

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"You've got this, Surtr. No matter what happens to us, you must keep going. You must live."

Asmodeus smiled warmly and embraced him. Surtr closed his eyes, gritted his fangs, and fused with him.

FLAAASH!

"I understand, everyone..."

Surtr's eyes glowed—first bright red, then orange, and finally black and purple.

In the real world, his aura surged. The Kami raised an eyebrow.

"UUUOOOOHHHH!"

RUMBLE!

"What?! You had this much power hidden?!"

Surtr's energy erupted. The cursed sealing runes wrapped around his body began to melt into his scales, flesh, muscles, and bones.

"NNNGAAAAHHH!"

He screamed in agony, and so did the souls of his family. Yet they pressed forward, breaking through Ame-no-Koyane's sealing formation.

The power of the Heavenly Smith awakened. Surtr did the impossible—he grasped the accursed runes of his enemy and fused them into his own body, fueling himself with the strength to fight back.

"{Heavenly Smith}!"

"I-Impossible! How are you even doing that?!"

Ame-no-Koyane was stunned, pointing his brush at Surtr and trying to suppress him. But Surtr's aura surged again. Spectral fire dragon souls roared and bit at both him and the forces trying to restrain him.

"E-Everyone...!"

Surtr faltered for a moment, watching his family's souls twisted into specters. Even though they bit and attacked him, they were now part of his power—fused into his body.

"Ame-no-Koyane! YOU WILL PAY!"

RUMBLE!

Surtr charged toward the Kami, reaching him in an instant. His wounds rapidly healed, and his red and golden scales shifted to black and purple. Karmic energy and cursed miasma flowed around him, overflowing with corrupt power that began to consume his lifeforce.

"He's fusing my spells, runes, and energies into his own body?! How is that possible?! Was this his original power? Why didn't he use it before? Was he hesitating because he didn't want to harm his spirits?!"

Ame-no-Koyane flew away, narrowly avoiding a massive black claw. Surtr's attack cleaved through hundreds of rooms below, releasing a burning pillar of purple and black flames that incinerated everything.

BOOOMMM!!!

"S-Such power! I must have it! I must turn him into my slave!"

Ame-no-Koyane grinned, quickly painting his surroundings with his brush. Hundreds of runes appeared, transforming into spectral dragon soul paintings like those he had previously captured.

"I won't let you escape! You will become my slave, dragon!"

The Kami closed his palms. The spectral paintings came alive, roaring and rushing toward Surtr, pinning him down and tearing into his body.

"RAAAAHHHH!"

Surtr roared, swinging his claws and shredding the Paint Spirits. He unleashed an explosion of purple flames from his legs, propelling himself back toward his prey.

"STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT ME, COWARD!"

With a monstrous roar, Surtr opened his jaws and fired a destructive beam of black and purple flames. It tore through hundreds of rooms and reached the Kami.

"Hmph. Don't think you can defeat me!"

Ame-no-Koyane raised his hands, manifesting his powers and transforming Surtr's attack into paintings plastered across the floor, walls, and ceiling. He smiled, believing Surtr was drowning in his own flames and specters, now weaponized against him.

And yet...

"Hm?!"

His eyes widened as a massive shadow loomed behind him. Surtr blitzed forward like a black and red blur, slashing the Kami's back with his claws.

SLAAASH!

"AAAAGGHH!"

Ame-no-Koyane screamed, crashing into the floor and shattering it, piercing through dozens of rooms. His wound burned with agonizing flames left behind by Surtr.

"T-THAT DAMNED DRAGON!"

The Kami quickly regained his footing, watching Surtr descend from above, roaring with fury as his power exploded—destroying his own body in the process.

"These flames... they're strange. They carry the power he stole from me, yet they've been twisted. He's altered their nature entirely... I'll have to get serious!"

Ame-no-Koyane's thoughts raced. The old, bearded Kami closed his palms, summoning a massive three-layered formation above him to block Surtr's claws.

CRAAASH!

The formation shattered after Surtr's second strike. Glass-like fragments exploded everywhere, reaching Surtr as the Kami smiled confidently.

"{Sealing Oath of a Thousand Heavenly Paths}: {Chains of Perpetual Submission}!"

The fragments unified into giant white chains that wrapped around Surtr, immobilizing him.

"Uuuggh?! Aaaagh! C-Chains?!"

"Hahahaha! That's how I capture dragons! You thought assimilating part of my power would let you defeat me?! You're a hundred thousand years too early, insolent fool!"

"Nnngh?!"

Surtr quickly realized these chains couldn't be assimilated or reforged through Heavenly Smith. They were pure seals within seals—crafted specifically to bind him.

"Now, let me show you your place!"

Ame-no-Koyane grinned viciously. Dozens of spectral dragon souls flew toward Surtr, attacking from every direction and exploding upon impact.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"GAAAAHHHHH!"

"Ha ha ha... HA HA HA HA! Yes! This is my power, foolish beast! Know your place—beneath me! You will become my eternal undead slave! Become my Jiangshi!"

"I REFUSE!"

Surtr roared through the pain. His eyes blazed as black cursed miasma, karmic energy, and the spectral flames of his corrupted family's souls gathered into a single point, forming a sphere that warped space itself.

"{Cursed Void Nova}!"

TRUUUM!

"He can still cast spells while sealed?!"

Ame-no-Koyane's eyes widened. The nova crashed into him before he could react, sending him flying.

"Aaaaaggghh!"

He tried to resist the mass of black void, but the miasma burned his hands. He screamed as the sphere glowed and exploded in his face.

B O O O M M M !!!

Surtr struggled to break free, but the white chains held firm. They refused to release him.

He glared at the specters surrounding him and called out.

"If you want to eat me, then what are you waiting for?!"

"RAAAARRR!"

The brainwashed specters of his family's souls roared, biting into Surtr's body. He manipulated them with every ounce of power he had left, forcing them to tear off his limbs and tail. Blood splattered as he collapsed.

"Y-YOU!"

Ame-no-Koyane spotted him, rushing forward with his body covered in burning wounds. His brush glowed with divine power as he moved to rebind Surtr with the chains once more.

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