Chapter 2318

The swamp had been refined. Though it'd lost its ability to generate malice, it instinctively followed its core. Clusters of swamp gathered and swiftly merged with Vlad's true form. Perhaps because of the returning power, Vlad, who'd remained shapeless while being dragged along by Velquin, was finally able to force his body into human form. He allowed himself to be pulled along by Velquin's phoenix flames and watched as flames, born of the latter's divine soul, formed a barrier that withstood bolt after bolt of heavenly lightning. As he watched silently, a smile crept onto his lips. "You chose to die with me after all." Velquin's divine soul had been rescued, yet he'd chosen to return and entangle himself with Vlad again. Phoenixes, as expected, were annoying. Velquin didn't respond as he poured all his strength into resisting the heavenly lightning. Though his divine soul had weakened after being consumed by Vlad a millennium ago, he was still a phoenix's divine soul of a thous