Chapter 255 |
When the last ray of red light from the sunset disappeared from the horizon, the magnificent roar from the Silver Dragon gradually dissipated.
The heavy and ancient sound echoed above the earth, like an ancient bell weighing thousands of tons striking its final long chime, carrying the eternal remoteness and desolation.
Further west.
On the peak of Golden Radiant Mountain, which had not yet been completely swallowed by the night, birds and beasts thousands of kilometers away were startled by the commotion in this desolate land and fled in all directions, as if they had heard the warning sound of some apex predator before it began its slaughter.
Xia Li was certain. This Evil Dragon Roar definitely contained a considerable amount of magic power; otherwise, it wouldn’t have spread so far.
“Can you understand the sound wave just now?”
Lucia stood on the scorched ground, her terrifying weight almost causing her legs to sink into the ashes of the earth. She raised her head proudly and asked the person above her.
“I don’t understand.”
Xia Li shook his head honestly.
“How do you mark it?” After hearing this, Xia Li’s focus was completely diverted.
Lucia rolled her eyes and stared at the Brave Hero sitting on the center of her brow bone. She said: “Of course, it’s with magic… We dragons play it fancy!”
She explained the method of Giant Dragons marking their territory.
Similar to most beasts, male Giant Dragons are more keen on marking their territory with their own scent. While female Giant Dragons like to mark the most conspicuous location in their territory by piling up their favorite items.
In addition to these ‘physical’ markings similar to living habits, there are also ‘magical’ markings.
Giant Dragons will disperse the magic power within their bodies, leaving behind their own magic ripples in their territory. Doing so not only prevents unnecessary biological intrusion, but also warns other approaching Dragon Races.
If you step into the range of magic fluctuations, it means intrusion and also means going to war with the owner of the territory.
“Almost all life with magic and intelligence can sense the ripples of adult dragons. But humans can’t. The sensory abilities of the human body are too weak. Unless it’s an Archmage highly attuned to the elements, or a human possessing a divine artifact, ordinary humans can’t detect our existence at all.”
Lucia finished her explanation, and Xia Li listened attentively. The voice of a majestic adult Giant Dragon, when it reached Xia Li’s ears, was the crisp sound of a young girl.
After speaking, Lucia started shaking her body from the neck down like a big dog that had just come ashore from the water.
In the darkness of the night, the luster emanating from the Silver Dragon was even more dazzling than the starry sky and the bright moon. Fine, microscopic powder appeared on each dragon scale.
With Lucia shaking like this, those silver powders would spread out like snowflakes.
“It’s snowing!” Lucia swung her tail while admiring the scene she had brought. It was a pity that she had never seen snow on Earth.
Xia Li said that he would take her to see the four seasons of Earth in the future… After getting her ID card, they could really go traveling!
“Hmm.”
Xia Li spread out his left hand, and a few snowflakes fluttered above, falling into his palm.
This sky full of silver snow was like stars falling from the sky, possessing an indescribable magnificent beauty.
But Xia Li knew… This wasn’t snow.
This was the magic power from the Silver Dragon’s body, so dense that it could be seen with the naked eye. This was a magic ripple that even Xia Li, a magic idiot, could see.
As long as the Undead General was still in this desolate land after the war, it would definitely feel the provocation from the Silver Dragon.
Xia Li held the hilt of the Demon Repelling Sword in his right hand, feeling inexplicably nervous.
“Here it comes!”
The girl’s sweet and soft voice plucked at Xia Li’s nerves.
He raised his head slightly and looked forward along the boundless darkness. A faint, ethereal light white appeared in the distance.
The white light was semi-transparent in shape, floating at the junction of heaven and earth, as if it were the light from a soul.
Xia Li saw countless bones in the area enveloped by the white light. Those bones came from humans, ferocious beasts, and even Giant Dragons…
The bones were pieced together, forming bizarre body structures. They were driven by an unknown force, like machines, stiffly moving forward.
Within Xia Li’s line of sight, there were already hundreds or even thousands of skeletons.
He had to admit, Lucia’s method of waiting for the rabbit to bump into the tree was too effective.
But, thinking from another perspective… Why was this happening in his daily life with his girlfriend?!
Xia Li always had a sense of unreality. It felt like he was still sitting on the sofa a second ago, holding the Evil Dragon and watching TV, chewing on the lychees that the Evil Dragon had just peeled for him.
How come the next second he was on the battlefield facing the enemy??
And… It was too fast!
They had just finished discussing the plot, and now they had to deal with the final boss. It felt like he had just accepted the mission, and before the animation CG even finished, they were already fighting the boss and facing its ultimate move.
Hopefully, there wouldn’t be a plot kill later, right? There shouldn’t be such a thing, right?? Xia Li thought uneasily.
The last time he came to Azure Continent, he faced danger and drew his sword without hesitation. It was different now.
Last time, he was alone. This time, he had his wife with him. With someone he wanted to protect by his side, the difficulty directly doubled.
However… This dragon didn’t seem to need his protection, did she?
“Directly use your ultimate?” Xia Li gripped the hilt of the sword, asking the Silver Dragon beneath him with some uncertainty.
“You still have an ultimate?” Lucia also made a surprised sound.
“Of course, I have an ultimate…” Xia Li’s tone was helpless and amused.
He thought this dragon had seen through him. After all, they had been together for so long, she should know something, right?
“You never told me!” Lucia retorted.
Xia Li thought about it, and it was indeed true. “Mainly because you never asked.”
“Our relationship wasn’t close before, how could I dare to ask about you!” Lucia snorted softly, her tone somewhat dissatisfied, but her gaze was fixed on the enemy in the distance.
Inquiring about the depth of each other’s strength was a taboo in this world. Not to mention, Lucia was a dragon, and Xia Li was a Brave Hero. Their relationship was very sensitive, so she never asked.
“Not close?” Xia Li looked down at the dragon, “I think our relationship is quite intimate.”
“How can it be so intimate… And, not intimate!”
“Huh? Hmm???” Xia Li wondered if he had misheard something.
Lucia coughed lightly, not continuing to argue with him.
“Leave the boss to me, you deal with the minions. After the boss falls, you go and deal with that artifact.” Lucia said, changing her tone.
The girlish voice, with a hint of childishness, came to an abrupt end, replaced by a commanding tone with a touch of maturity.
Looking at the Undead Legion approaching in the distance, even Lucia felt a rare sense of oppression. Countless skeleton soldiers, shrouded in an immeasurable amount of magic power.
Thinking of these enemies, not only numerous and powerful, but also fearless of death, Lucia sighed inwardly. An artifact was indeed an artifact.
If she had to compare a Pureblood Giant Dragon with an artifact, Lucia believed that Pureblood Giant Dragon < Artifact. Undoubtedly, only Xia Li could balance this battle.
But... Pushing the weak human to the main carry position did not conform to the arrogant style of a Giant Dragon. So Xia Li only needed to clean up the mess. She would take the lead.
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The dragon pupils, as clear as a recent college graduate, narrowed slightly, and her gaze instantly changed. The golden-red pupils were left with only arrogance and brutality.
Lucia took a step forward and took a deep breath through her dragon nose. Her flat abdomen slowly swelled until it was filled with air.
The first breath was a warning puff of smoke, the second breath was flames.
Gas mixed with magic power was ejected from her mouth, forming a high-temperature flame of over a thousand degrees Celsius the moment it came into contact with the air.
Dragon Breath!
Lucia swung her big tail, lowered her dragon head, and swept the flames out. In an instant, thousands of undead were reduced to ashes.
The skeletons controlled by soul power directly evaporated on the spot, leaving no ashes under the ravages of magic power.
However... This was a battlefield. There was no shortage of bones here. As one batch of undead warriors fell, a new batch climbed up from the cursed soil.
This was the border between the empire and the kingdom. The once fertile land had been repeatedly ravaged by war, and countless warriors could never return home, forever buried beneath their feet.
"The battlefield wasn't chosen well!" Lucia couldn't help but complain.
She used her big tail to swat away a group of approaching skeletons and scanned the surrounding white light with her eyes, trying to find the final boss holding the summoning artifact.
Xia Li stood on the dragon's head the entire time, not moving. He didn't go to deal with the minions as Lucia had said.
Instead, he maintained absolute calmness, searching for that key figure on this densely packed ground, like a swarm of termites pouring out of their nest.
Xia Li's mentor once told him. Because he was a Brave Hero, a hero of humanity, he had to be prepared every time he drew his sword. Only then was he qualified to draw the Demon Repelling Sword behind him.
Xia Li knew what his mentor meant by this—she wanted him to avoid taking the wrong path.
In the eyes of the humans in this world, Xia Li came here to save the world. But in fact. Saving the world was still too far away for Xia Li.
Perhaps he used to have his own sense of justice and passion, experiencing his own adventure in this land. But now... The justice in his heart had disappeared.
Compared to taking care of everyone, he wanted to take care of his own little family with Lucia.
If he were to make a choice without considering other factors, he definitely wouldn't want to come to the battlefield with Lucia and get involved in the turmoil of this world.
But he couldn't help but consider other factors. He had to take Lucia home and make sure his self from fifty years later could successfully come to this world.
Therefore, he had to draw this sword.
Heat waves brushed against his face, and the rising air currents brought by the high temperature made Xia Li's robes flutter. Xia Li slowly opened his closed eyes.
Perhaps there was some kind of induction between artifacts. Xia Li's gaze locked onto the central position not far ahead.
That skeleton monster was different from the surrounding skeletons. On its cheeks, shoulders, and legs, there were still traces of blurred flesh and blood. Its eyes, without eyelids, stared blankly ahead.
In fact, there were other bodies around it that hadn't completely decayed, but while all the skeletons were moving forward stiffly like machines, it stood still.
What was even more special was that while all the skeletons held cold weapons, it held a staff.
The staff was made of charred and carbonized dead wood, and the tip of the staff was a semi-transparent twelve-sided crystal. The crystal emitted the same white light as the surroundings.
Among the numerous skeletons, its existence was indeed difficult to detect, no wonder Lucia had been searching for so long without seeing it.
The moment it met Xia Li's gaze, the skeleton wearing the general's armor moved. Its grim eyes rolled, and it tilted its head.
There were still some muscles and fascia connecting its neck bones, and these fascia also twisted with the direction of its head tilt, looking somewhat horrifying.
Fortunately, Xia Li had watched many zombie and undead-themed horror movies on Earth beforehand and had a certain degree of immunity.
This was much scarier than the haunted house at the amusement park. It was probably to the extent that it could make Chen Tao cry and Qin Chuan break out in a cold sweat.
Thinking of his friends and family on Earth, Xia Li's originally serious expression relaxed a bit.
He smiled softly and slowly raised the hand holding the Demon Repelling Sword. Bending his legs, arching his body. The next moment, he shot out like a cannonball!
Lucia's pupils widened in shock. The position between her brow bones was suddenly stomped on, creating a strong backward force. Looking again, Xia Li was gone.
Lucia hurriedly used her front paws to touch her head. Fortunately, her figure was considered slender among the Dragon Race, otherwise, her claws wouldn't have been able to reach her head.
After feeling around for a long time, Lucia didn't touch Xia Li on her head. The Brave Hero had run away! Didn't she tell him to clear the minions!
Before she could get angry at the Brave Hero for acting on his own, Lucia, like a cat that had lost its toy, lay on the ground and searched for him like an ant on a hot pan.
Her body was too big, she needed to press her head to the ground to see the figures clearly. Fortunately, her defense was amazing, these undead soldiers couldn't even scratch her.
Xia Li's departure effectively restrained the dragon. Seeing this scene, Xia Li couldn't help but want to laugh.
Clearly, their tacit understanding on Earth was quite good... After coming to Azure Continent, their cooperation, it couldn't be said that there was none, only that there was no tacit understanding at all.
Finally seeing the tiny blue shadow in the vast expanse of white, translucent light, Lucia calmed down, shook her dragon butt, and crawled back half a step.
"Dodge to the left!" she shouted.
Lucia also noticed the special skeleton soldier in front of Xia Li. She didn't intend to make any detours. Eliminating the enemy as quickly as possible... This was the way an adult Giant Dragon should handle things.
She was no longer that naive little dragon who liked to torture and kill her enemies!
Her abdomen filled with air again, Lucia opened her bloody maw, and spewed out her Dragon Breath.
Her eyes widened. But she watched helplessly as Xia Li stood in the center of the flames, showing no intention of dodging.
This shouldn't be! When this Brave Hero was slaying dragons in Azure Continent before, his body was as agile as a monkey. How could he not dodge her breath when Lucia had warned him in advance!
Lucia almost choked on the flames in her mouth. But she was still a step too late. The Dragon Breath had already been ejected, there was no way to retract it halfway.
Oh dear! Angry!
It was normal for her to have no tacit understanding with the Brave Hero during their first cooperation. However, it was unacceptable for the Brave Hero to deliberately mess with her!
In the Dragon Breath, Xia Li's body stood firm.
These flames, imbued with magic power, seemed to be dispelled by some force the moment before they touched him, diverting to the left and right.
He stood in the river of flames, the sea of fire transforming endlessly behind him. The flames scorched the earth and obliterated the bones, but they didn't ignite his clothes in the slightest.
Lucia almost forgot... Xia Li, when he drew his sword, possessed extremely high demon-repelling abilities.
It wasn't like she hadn't fought with Xia Li in this state before. Back then, she couldn't even touch him with all her might, so how could she possibly hurt him with mere Dragon Breath!
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