As Vale was celebrating in his mind, Aersus finally stopped the Evil Eye from messing in his mind.

Rooaarr!

Angered by being caught with that Spell, the Dragon retaliated, attempting to unleash its own secret Spell!

"Give me your life!" Aersus spoke with an overwhelming pressure that Vale had no choice but to escape!

'He still has so much power after two Extractions?! Why is this creature so strong?!' Vale grumbled as he felt that he had to give up for now.

This Dragon seemed to have an endless life!

"You're not escaping!" Aersus said as he activated another Spell. It was a Dragon's Breath, but it wasn't meant to attack Vale.

Instead, it was to spread a blue mist everywhere! Furthermore, while doing this, the Dragon didn't stop trying to suck Vale's soul

"Haa!"

Vale would certainly not let his soul be taken by the Water Dragon.

He trusted in his Perfect Realm Incorruptible Body, Half-Celestial Body, and Spell Dispersion to resist the Dragon's attempts. Furthermore, he pulled out his Stormbringer's Sword and unleashed its power!

Vale had always limited this Soulbound Weapon since it was too overpowered and could harm almost everyone in the surroundings, including his allies or friends.

However, there was no point in doing that anymore as he partnered it with his Call of the Divine Lightning!

He wasn't sure if this would be effective, but he hoped that the sky above them wasn't just some sort of realistic painting but a real one that could summon storm clouds. After all, his Divine Lightning Spell wouldn't just magically produce a bolt of lightning, it still requires the dark clouds as a catalyst.

Luckily, he was not disappointed.

Dark clouds gathered above, and streaks of lightning started to form Vale then his Divine Sense to figure out the location of the Dragon.

Crackle~

Aersus was already frustrated that he was taking too much time taking the soul of the small half-demon half-immortal he was fighting. It seemed to be due to the sealing power of his opponent. He didn't know how Vale did that, but it was too effective against a dragon like him.

He must find a way to break the Mystical Artifact that Vale was using to seal his powers!

'W-what?!'

However, before Aersus could find a way to find Vale's artifact or his weakness, he sensed something ominous looming above him.

Boom!

He barely managed to shift his scales to defend against the lightning! And it was not enough!

"Gaarghh!" The Dragon cried in pain as the Divine Lightning hit him! It was his first time getting hit but such a Spell!

'You're still alive?! How tough' Vale was surprised as he felt the vitality of the Dragon was still powerful.

He then used his Shadow Mutilation this time.

Since the Dragon was still paralyzed from the lightning, Vale was able to cast another Celestial Art. As soon as the Spell hit Aersus, Vale used his Stormbringer Sword to cut the Dragon's shadows four times!

This caused another round of painful cries as Vale's attack bypassed the sturdiness of the Dragon's scales and directly cut the creature!

Nevertheless, the Dragon's body wasn't mutilated.

It was due to the huge shadow that Vale failed to cut it cleanly.

"This Dragon is too healthy! Just how many lives do you have?!" Vale felt frustrated as he felt that his Force had been halved already. It seemed quite a lot, but it must be remembered that his Force or Arcane Energy had already reached the level of the Master Arcanists.

"Y-you insect! How dare you injure a noble dragon's body!" The Dragon shouted in anger, and energy seemed to continuously flow throughout his body!

'Tsk It seems that you can gather the power of the lake even if you're not submerged.' Vale concluded after seeing Aersus' unusual vitality.

At this time, Aersus already stopped trying to take Vale's soul. For some reason, it was just not working.

Vale's soul remained intact, untouchable by the Dragon's secret Spell.

The battle raged on, both Vale and the Dragon pushing themselves to the limits of their power.

Spells clashed, waves of energy were slowly destroying the surroundings, and the air was heavily infused with Arcane Energy of the two beings.

Once the cooldown of Vale's Celestial Arts was done, he would immediately cast them to heavily injure Aersus.

However, Aersus would continuously use the healing powers of the lake.

At this point, it seemed that Vale would inevitably fail in the end since his Force was slowly draining, and his recovery speed couldn't keep up.

Aersus knew this as well.

However, Vale found another opportunity to use his Extraction System!

Once again, the Dragon's energy surged into him It seemed that he took a lot of Draconic Essence this time!

[ Extraction Successful. Energy +2,500

Strength +0.45

Agility +0.40

Intelligence +0.75

Vitality +1

Draconic Essence +500

Water Dragon Scale ]

It was as if Vale hit a critical hit in his extraction and took a huge amount of Essence from the Dragon that it failed to recover in time!

Vale then used this opportunity to use his Divine Lightning one last time!

Boom!

Finally, the once-mighty creature staggered, its energy depleted, and its will broken. Vale stood triumphant, a mixture of exhaustion and satisfaction filling his being.

However, he wasn't done yet. The Dragon was still alive, and although weak, the lake was still trying to revive the Dragon.

Vale sensed this and cast his Mystical Spell.

Soul Bind!

This Spell was only meant to be cast on living things, so Vale didn't have plenty of chances to use it. After all, this Spell was too cruel. Even if he wants to get a pet, he also won't use this method as he would pity himself.

As for the reason why Vale wanted to use this Spell on the Dragon, he simply didn't want to waste such precious materials.

If possible, he wanted to sell this Dragon or keep it with him and make him a source of his Energy Points and attributes.

Anyway, the Soul Bind Spell hit the Dragon!

Vale knew that he had succeeded in binding the Dragon!

Unfortunately, something unexpected happened.

The Dragon seemed to have realized that his soul was about to be enslaved by the half-demon and half-immortal that he despises so much.

So before the Soul Bind had completely restricted him, Aersus destroyed his own soul.