The Celestial Dragon’s Soul narrowed her eyes, sensing the sudden shift in Eren’s energy.
As she was just a soul fragment of the real Celestial Dragon, she didn’t have all the memories of the Celestial Dragon.
It was as if she only received a small part of the memories. However, even in that small part of memories, this aura was never forgotten.
Even as a soul, she felt some strong emotions towards this aura.
“You are-” Her lips parted, but before she could finish, a figure appeared in front of her.
A fist landed on her face, shrouded in the same unfamiliar aura. Celestial Dragon’s soul reacted fast enough to cast the same layer of protection as before.
To her surprise, the fist broke all her protection. It wasn’t just a small crack in her shield. Instead, it was as if a thin layer of glass had shattered into pieces as a fist broke through them.
The fist connected with her shocked face, the impact being powerful enough to send her flying. Her body shot out like an uncontrollable armament.
The Celestial Dragon’s Spirit reacted fast enough, phasing through the maze wall instead of crashing on it.
In another corner of the maze, she regained her balance, landing on the ground. Her expressions were of surprise as she rubbed her cheeks.
That feeling of being hit, was still fresh in her mind. It was also a familiar feeling, as if she had experienced something similar in the past.
She didn’t even have a moment to catch her breath as she heard a booming explosion. The maze wall in front of her was broken, leaving a big opening in the middle.
The walls were made of the Celestial Dragon’s scale, making it impossible to break. Despite that, someone had achieved the impossible.
A young man, his aura shrouded by darkness, stepped out of the new opening he had created. The young man still had no looking intent in his eyes, as if he didn’t feel anything towards his actions.
His eyes simply looked at the Celestial Dragon’s Soul like a poisonous serpent, waiting to devour the prey.
The Celestial Dragon’s Soul didn’t understand just what this feeling was, that was feeling. Was it what they called fear? How could she, the remnant of the Celestial Dragon, feel fear? She didn’t understand.
She raised her hand, controlling the maze. The walls of the maze started trembling under her control. Large blocks of the walls came flying towards Eren from all sides, slamming against his body like a stone trying to crush an insect.
The Celestial Dragon’s Soul waited for a moment, her eyes focused on the blocks of stone. There was no movement in the stone, which made her wonder if she had succeeded. Was it really that ease?
Just as she was starting to feel relaxed, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her. The feeling of something slowly creeping in on her.
She turned around, only to find Eren standing right behind her.
“What is your relation with the person who killed me?” The Celestial Dragon’s Soul stepped back, her expressions turning even darker as she came to an even stronger realisation.
The aura… It was definitely something that belonged to the person who had killed the Celestial Dragon. Although she didn’t have those exact memories, but the instincts were clearly telling her that it was the case.
The fear for this aura was still buried deep within the corpse of the Celestial Dragon. It was the person that had painted the entire ocean red with her blood.
Even in her incomplete memories, she could still remember a vague figure standing in the sky, holding a sword that appeared like it could slice through the entire heaven and earth if he wanted.
Eren didn’t answer. He simply reached out his hand to grab the Celestial Dragon’s Soul.
Even if the woman was in her spiritual form, he could still touch her even if she didn’t want. His aura perfectly countered the spiritual forms.
The Celestial Dragon’s Soul was momentarily frozen in her place, her mind unable to comprehend anything.
She didn’t understand how Eren was related to that person. He had the traces of that man’s aura, but he was clearly not that person. So how was it possible?
She subconsciously tried to step back, only to find her body being frozen in place. The fingers of Eren came closer to her, like a silent demon approaching.
As Eren’s fingers were about to touch her, she caught notice of a giant bulking figure nearby.
With her thoughts, she commanded the Minotaur which came crashing into Eren, sending him back by a few steps.
The small moment of respite was enough for the Sea Dragon Empress to be free of Eren’s control. She quickly flew back, disappearing within the maze.
This time, she didn’t stop flying back, passing through one wall to the other, going straight for the core of the Dungeon where the Celestial Dragon’s Heart was resting.
While flying away, she could constantly hear the sound of explosions coming from behind her, the entire maze being wrecked down.
“Just what is with him?” She didn’t understand a single thing that was happening.
When she first saw the guy, he was much weaker than her. She didn’t understand how he suddenly became so strong. Did he use some forbidden methods to access that aura and strength?
In any case, she was certain that he came here to her heart. She couldn’t let that person take it. Even if she had to go out of her way, she had to protect the heart and send it out of this place.
It was much better for others to take the heart than for the person who used strength recieved from her killer.
She passed through various sections of the Dungeon. The first floor, which was a maze in its entirety. The second floor, which had no ground at all, only molten lava spread throughout, which made it even harder for a person to cross it as flight was restricted in the dungeon.
The third and the fourth floor were similar hard to pass through, with only the fifth floor being a place where the Celestial Dragon’s heart was being kept.
The Celestial Dragon’s Soul reached the fifth floor, catching sight of the giant heart which belonged to her when she was alive.
