Chapitre 313: The Grind Continues (3)
The trio reached their area of interest. It wasn't on the surface but underground where pools of lava resided. It wasn't a natural occurrence, of course, but the surrounding here was purposely oversaturated with sulfur as pools of lava were created over thousands of years and slowly integrated into nature without any issues. Any simpleton who enters this underground region without preparation would have their body poisoned by sulfur and even if someone came prepared, aside from a few odd beasts, there wasn't anything to find. Maybe some rare herbs but no immortal ones.
The trio stepped in without issues, their bodies far too resilient to be taken down by the sulfur in the air as Erlong even went ahead and took deep, filling breaths as her body seemed more excited than usual. Her martial soul was Infernal Dragon King. Pools of Lava and air of sulfur may just be the refreshing vacation Erlong needed to get that huge stick out of her butt and finally grow a little calm than her usual manic self.
Or at least, that's what Ja Sun thought.
They stood in front of the largest and central lava pond. The sound of hot bubbling lava continued to fill the area until Zi Ji scowled. She was getting impatient and found her reputation tested. She was here with the Beast God and despite the reason for their visit, such a silent mockery won't do for her! With all the bits of scales on her human body almost glowing in eldritch dark purplish neon, Zi Ji's lips parted and she bares her sharp canines before releasing an intense, primal roar that shook not only the pools of lava as the viscous bubbling material rippled, but also Erlong who bit her lower lip.
No matter what she thinks... presently, the truth was that she was weaker than Zi Ji... and if she was so much more weaker than Zi Ji... her gaze trailed the back of the youth who beat Zi Ji and thinned her lips. This wasn't exactly honorable. She wanted to best Ja Sun with her efforts alone... but screw that. Honor will only take her so far. She had a live example in front of her of how much dishonesty can achieve.
'Stronger... if not stronger than him then certainly stronger than THEM...' A few figures emerged in Erlong's mind.
"Abyss Demon Dragon... I warned you. Intrude of me next time and I shall have you skinned alive..." A somber growl was released from the central pond as a figure coated in magma soon emerged. The lava slowly dripped down, revealing its human shape but beastly countenance. Unlike Zi Ji, this beast was a humanoid, similar to Snow Empress.
And it certainly looked impressive, Ja Sun thought silently.
The lizard-like beast was a mix of primality of beasts and likeness of war similar to an ancient soldier. Its skin was bright orange but the beast itself was... armored. The armor was part of its body, flesh pressurized so much that it turned stronger than metal. In fact, Ja Sun had a synthetic arm and a piece of silver orb with shards of gold stuck in his chest, too. The lizard's head was covered in a pristine 'steel' helmet that had two horns emerging from the side of its head and another one sticking out from the base of his nose as if some sort of beetle. Not only that, metal-like armor of steel and gold covered its humanoid frame. As if his own draconic claws weren't enough, the dragon's arms had tough metal hide covering it as if bracers and had sharp metal claws sticking out of it.
Alongside the short red mane escaping the confines of his helmet from behind, a pair of metal wings hung on his back similar to an insect that when closed would form a perfect shield!
{A/N: Just a Chinese cousin of Wargreymon, lol.}
"War Dragon..." Zi Ji growled the beast's name. Well, species, to be exact but not many cared about names in the first place.
But instead of looking at Zi Ji who would prove a match to his strength, the beast that was only barely 8 meters tall gazed at the more obvious threat in the form of a curious three-eyes menace. Even War Dragon's own metal skin crawled in goosebumps and fright for the first time but... he continued to match the man's gaze.
"You... have his essence," Ja Sun suddenly chuckled. Ah, what fond memories. He once used the war god's essence to refine himself and it was already assimilated within him at this point. Similar to him, this War Dragon had a similar essence. The only reason Ja Sun could point it out was just that he was so much stronger than the opponent.
"Leave!" War Dragon growled and he was most certainly amazed. He didn't care what THIS beast god said... he was no Di Tian. But as he saw the mighty human turn, even War Dragon had to suppress its jubilation.
"Well, you asked to fight your prey, right?" He heard the man speak out loud and only then did the War Dragon notice the dark-haired woman behind him. If the beast could frown, it would, alas, his face was covered by a hardened metal skin helmet.
Not to be afraid of any challenges, as dangerous as they may be, Erlong stepped forward silently. She eyed the War Dragon... and found him pleasing to her eyes, as a resource to be devoured and grow herself with, that is. The beast had high fire affinity at glance and Ja Sun did send her the compressed voice that notified her that this beast was... better for her than many she can hope to find.
So, indeed, this was a good target.
Her pitch-black eyes matched the War Dragon's blue eyes as they stared at each other and startling the War Dragon was a sense of ominous premonition that he felt from Liu Erlong once she began to let loose her strength as a wave of ultimate fire devoured her and when the flames far hotter and fiercer than any pool of lava the War Dragon had taken a dip in disappeared, what was left was an infernally scaled figure. Dark crimson rhombus scales covered her body as if a skin-tight and indestructible suit with her hands extending to sharp, fire-licked claws, and her feet, too, grew slightly bigger and resembled a dragon's claw. A pair of crimson fleshy wings extended from her back with the ribs of the wings dark crimson but the leathery wings were somewhat lighter. Pink.
Erlong's face was framed with tender-looking but equally tough dragon flesh. Her teeth grew out to sharp canines. Two tiny but fleshy horns grew out from her forehead. Her once dark eyes are now crimson and laced with maddening lust for blood. Not death, but blood. Massacre. Pain.
And the War Dragon could only look at Liu Erlong with a sense of awe, a feeling that was noted within Zi Ji every time Erlong transformed.
King.
A king spirit. The two dragons could feel their bodies trying to kneel in front of Erlong but it was their mighty strength that ignited the sense of caution and fury towards her.
"Why are you here?" The War Dragon's somber voice rumbled as Ja Sun smirked and chuckled, "Come now, don't be coy. Why would humans in a bottleneck would find spirit beasts?"
This was all the War Dragon had to hear before it let out a massive roar and struck instantly towards Ja Sun. Once he takes this man out by surprise, he could escape Zi Ji easily.
And as a prime predator, War Dragon's body was instantly charged with its full strength as it shot toward Ja Sun, not intending to give this man any chance to ready himself for the attack. When the attack should have landed, War Dragon found Ja Sun smirking and Zi Ji frowning. Yet, his body was suddenly impacted by a sharp momentum.
Oh, he wasn't hurt. But the speed and momentum with which he was impacted made it so that his body was pushed away. Admittedly, humanoid beasts had their advantage but being closer to a human's dimension relatively made them susceptible to more human tactics. Erlong could never push Zi Ji's chunky mountainous booty with sheer physical strength alone but this War Dragon was a different concept.
"Hmph," snorting through its metalized nostrils, the War Dragon looked sideways and saw Erlong's black ring glimmering slightly.
She just used her sixth spirit skill trail shot gives her an amazing speed when it came to single direction movement but when added with Ja Sun's storm steps technique that she learned, the part where she can shift any momentum without a loss in energy, proved to be highly compatible with this skill. Her sixth spirit skill practically gave Erlong a high melee advantage over others only when used in tandem with storm steps!
Her body was 'activated.'
After all, she was about to battle a 100000-year-old beast!
And alone. It was similar if not far more dangerous than tackling a Titled Douluo and she had such experience under her belt when their team killed the patriarch of the Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Although, she wasn't the one who did most of the work...
But now...
She intently gazed at the beast. She had six spirit skills, a tough body, and three spirit bones. Even if not a Titled Douluo, she couldn't shame herself by getting defeated easily at the very least.
'Do you think she can kill him?' Zi Ji frowned. In fact, Erlong was more effective than her in this location. First, Zi Ji couldn't enter this location with her real body and her human body could barely contend with the beast given the territorial advantage. But Erlong had the same advantage here if not more than War Dragon because of her ultimate fire...
'Why don't we bet? It could actually be a nailbiter,' Ja Sun snickered as Zi Ji looked at her Beast God suspiciously...
'I bet that she would lose,' Zi Ji opted to be a realist.
'Hmm, I hope she wins then,' And Ja Sun always was willing to represent the crazier and miraculous side.
'If I win... you shall help me with one thing,' Zi Ji looked thoughtful as Ja Sun blinked, 'I thought you would want your reverse scale back...'
'I will win it back,' Zi Ji emphasized with a snort even if the situation was bleak, and looked at Ja Sun, 'So? What do you desire in return?'
'You know what? A dare for a dare. I'll have you do something, too,' Ja Sun shrugged with an easygoing smile as Zi Ji nodded quietly.
Meanwhile, the battle over the surface of lava had already begun!
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Chapitre 314: Devouring Dragons (1)
She didn't know anything about the dragon in front of her except that he was strong. Ordinarily, caution would be advisable, but something told Erlong that it wasn't needed. She thrived in danger, when her body is full of bruises and cuts. It angers her, and thus, it strengthens her.
But unlike her opponent, she had a limited amount of spirit energy and the War Dragon had a vast reserve of it so it is her that must finish things quickly, and knowing one hit from the opponent may as well be fatal, Erlong suddenly grinned and shot down into the giant pool of lava. Of all things, the War Dragon anticipated, this wasn't it.
Yet, he chased Erlong when he felt a vast amount of spirit energy getting concentrated as if the bubbling lava hadn't exhausted her life already!
Before he reached it, however, a dome of lava expanded and exploded out with air visibly rippling and catching on fire!
Splashes of lava barely affected his vision or body and he already towered over Erlong only to belatedly realize that HIS body was caught on fire. His body!
But this didn't stop the War Dragon from attacking Erlong at a massive force and shocking speed. He'd end this unruly 'princess' before she can actually become a true king of the species and swiped with his razored brace with his fists clenched. Fire won't work on her, the beast realized but the impact of fire and its physical attacks still would!
*Shwing*
The sharp sound of the air itself getting sliced emerged as Erlong kicked with her right leg. Strangely, a bony and thin leg guard grew out of her right leg bone and before their attacks could meet, a massive but pointed explosion ensued from the claws of her right leg!
Her second and pure impactful explosion skill from the 39000-year-old Exploding Mantis Right Leg Bone!
Unlike her Infernal Dragon's Roar that lit the vibrations and air with ultimate fire, this explosion was contained and forceful... just enough to ONLY send the War Dragon a step back as her sixth spirit ring shimmered once again. Her spirit energy invigorated her body and with her sixth skill, Trail Shot, Erlong dove deeper into the lava pool, leaving the slightly uneven surface of the pool behind.
"Stop running!" War Dragon growled, his speed just quick enough to quickly catch up to her but by now, he sensed something else.
On Erlong's back, her spine suddenly seemed to grow out dark crimson spikes as a layer of thin armor covered the entirety of her spine from the name of her neck to the end of her back. This was the spirit bone she gained from the body of the patriarch of the blue lightning tyrant dragon clan— 96000-year-old Dragon's Child Spine! This spirit bone let a draconic aura run through her body that made her resistant to all the elements by 50℅ and raise her mental, physical, and spiritual damage output by a 100℅! Last but not the least, her left hand was covered by the 49000-year-old Lava Salamander Bone that raised the strength of usual attacks by 100℅ and a 150℅ for a fire-attributed attack.
Set to go all out, Bibi Dong's lips curled into a devilish smirk while her body reveled with utter lust for blood, "Caught you!" She whispered, a terrible aura fluctuating from her body.
Just as War Dragon can make use of this area, so can she.
"Hmph!" Noticing this particular change, War Dragon slowed down and kept his distance before releasing something similar.
Domains!
This is one aspect that can cause significant damage to the opponents not only because of its suppressive nature but Erlong's domain was claimed from a King Species of Dragon, a mutated one, to be precise. And one thing War Dragon knew was that if just her presence can elicit instinctive emotions from his body then her domain must be especially dangerous to his mind. That's why he didn't dare enter the perimeter of her domain but released his own.
"This is... troublesome," Zi Ji bit her lower lip. She didn't wish to admit it but this battle may just allow Erlong to show some sort of miracle just because of how strange her domain felt even from the distance.
"Huh..." Zi Ji heard an envious tone from the sidelines as Ja Sun seemed more focused than usual and with a... pout? Was the Beast God really pouting? Aside from the strangely childish demeanor that Zi Ji was stunned by, she couldn't help but question, "Is something the matter?"
But clearly not in the mood to entertain her, Ja Sun scoffed, "Wouldn't you like to know?!"
But he wasn't the only one suddenly annoyed by Erlong's domain, Zi Ji was, too. They had their own reasons but the nature of it was the same.
Envy.
Zi Ji snorted in return, too. She may just have a chance to get back at the new Beast God should Erlong lose.
And showing the mix of both their reasons, War Dragon's mind worked quickly. In a second he thought of many things!
The domain is directly related to law and those born with a domain have a higher chance of comprehending the said law or vice versa, meaning, that at a certain stage, comprehension of law itself turns into a domain. At the stage of Grandmaster, to be precise. This realm was the watershed for many things in the cultivation world.
War Dragon's domain was related to fire and the concept of war, something he mastered long ago... but he still feared entering this domain slightly.
He felt the attribute of fire around him getting sucked into her domain. He felt all his aura and prestige getting sucked into that infernal domain. It was terrifying, to say the least as the Dark Crimson Figure seemed to be 'flying' within the magma, a dark crimson dome of energy releasing draconic prestige so mighty that even War Dragon felt his heart shudder.
And this was what irked Ja Sun and Zi Ji. To Zi Ji, the draconic aura Erlong currently released was nothing short of Di Tian's passing glance that would root all the mortal dragon-kind in their place! Meanwhile, Ja Sun realized that Erlong was a master.
Master!
He could sense it. He had spent... months to become a master in the law of space and he scowled deeply. Oh, he was vain... how the hell did Erlong have an accomplishment like this when it took HIM months, too? And then it became clear the next instant— Ultimate Fire!
It was highly possible that the ultimate attributes had a chance at enhancing the comprehension of the said element. At what speed, that he didn't know.
But Erlong didn't know their thoughts and she frankly didn't care. She could feel her domain reacting positively to the magma around her and smiled. Her hunch was right! And now to attack him...
She trailed her prey with an ominous gaze as she pulled away all the stops and used the only attack she was confident would work on this beast. Even if she used the momentum of Trail Short to up her close-quarter combat, the beast needed one swift strike to end her and now that she noted the briefest hint of hesitation, Erlong instantly activated her fifth spirit ring in tandem with the boost he got from her spirit bones and her realm of self... she felt that there was something more strengthening her aside from the 20% support from her domain but she let it be.
Her horns grew out as diabolic and menacing ultimate fire converged quickly and formed a tiny concentrated sphere of death right above her forehead as she shot towards War Dragon. Their domains clashed for a moment before War Dragon felt his body shuddering and his eyes reddening as his domain was forced to collapse. He barely managed to keep on standing and decided to wing it this time. Within the briefest part of a second, the beast's stretched-out claws formed a saturated and separate ball of magma and fire as he growled in his mind, "Terraforce!"
While the War Dragon had every other advantage, most of it was offset by Erlong's domain, and under the thick blanket of magma, a pressurized laser of ultimate fire 'tore a hole' through the giant ball of magma. Erlong was already grinning from ear to ear, her disposition all but bestial at this point as she let her body get battered by the attack. Her scales tore apart, her blood sizzling and her laser, too, tore a deep wound through the metal armor of the beast before slicing up, causing the beast's mask to tear in half as his violet blood splashed out and sizzled, too!
But while Erlong's body was instantly lost under the massive impact of the attack and not the element, her bones creaking from many locations and many of them shattering to bits, the pain itself failed to make Erlong unconscious. Gritting her teeth, she gave a feral grin.
"Again!" She roared with her devilish fighting intent making the outraged beast narrow his eyes.
"You're... good, but only a human," the War Dragon growled and raised his metallic claws before slashing without another thought.
*Pop*
Erlong disappeared with an actual popping noise as the beast scowled. Before it could plan an escape, a massive divine intent shackled him and left him breathless... and helpless.
Yes... Ja Sun manually added a 'pop' sound to his skill at spatial manipulation to teleport someone... it just felt so much fun not to do just that.
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"I. Will. Not. Submit." The beast glowered and emphasized each word but Zi Ji let his 'sins' be. She didn't care if War Dragon insulted Ja Sun's nine generations because SHE won! More chipper than usual but keeping her stoic expression, especially in front of him, Zi Ji couldn't help but let her thoughts wander. They usually did when it came to him. But logic dictated that whatever she felt at this time could easily be sorted out for better or worse if she took the next step. She wasn't a fresh and naive woman thrown into the world. No.
She was experienced as a human and even more so as a beast. She realized long ago that for beasts, the act of mating was purely... for the function of reproduction, at least, before reaching 100000 years worth of cultivation. This could easily be seen by the goblins in King's Lair. While all the variants would mate with any and every beast including humans that they hunted who thought themselves strong enough to enter the Star Dou Great Forest, the 100000-year-old Golden Goblin had his preference even when others blanched as he would sometimes giggle how he loved morbidly large abdomen in a mate. Fuck that, Zi Ji had better standards.
So, it was clear to her that if she wanted to get out of this maze of emotions, all she had to do was take the next step, and then another, and then another. Life waits for no one and she had to move forward. And fortunately, Ja Sun never seemed to mind her. No, she distinctly felt that he seemed chipper around her and his 'family' and even more joyful when meeting an opponent... like right now.
"Oh," Ja Sun chuckled and shrugged, "Well, I respect that. I mean, even the Scatter Ghost Centipede agreed once he realized the benefits and you are willingly giving up the chance at a potential path ahead of our mortality because of pride... that's courageous, to say the least."
But his praise only netted him a literally steamy snort from the nostrils of the lava-dwelling War Dragon and he didn't wait for Erlong to recuperate from her injuries. He would have considered her opinion had she won. She didn't. And as the victor of the battle, the War Dragon made his choice— death than the vessel.
As ironic as it was, Ja Sun was just an executor and Zi Ji didn't deny the chill she felt when how easily Ja Sun wiped off the beast's consciousness and let it slump on the ground with a dazed expression. Clearly, even if Erlong would decide to accept the spirit soul, it won't be a satisfactory experience for her.
Not by a long shot.
But again, War Dragon could no longer care as he was technically dead.
Zi Ji was in her own world, waiting impatiently for Erlong to recover and absorb the damn spirit soul while Ja Sun just began to inspect the beast since War Dragon was quite an interesting specimen. He even delved into the beast's memories and realized that the Beetle Dinosaur only became War Dragon once it accidentally absorbed the essence of the fabled god of War thousands of years ago.
And as expected, once Erlong recuperated barely and began to engulf Oscar's tofu she had kept stored, she was not happy in the slightest.
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