Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The dragon monster left deep impression on Ling Jiu, not because of its super strength or the ability to tear the dimension, but its terrifying defense!
The 50-meter-long dragon monster was unscathed despite taking a punch from him directly. So, one could imagine just how terrifying the defense of this creature was!
A 80-meter long dragon monster’s defense could be even stronger.
However, at this moment, Alek’s fire blade suddenly cut off the giant dragon monster’s wing with just a slash. Wings were indeed a relatively fragile part of a dragon monster’s body, but for it to get cut off that easily, this fire blade’s power must be absolutely remarkable!
“This flame is one of Alek’s arcana!” Niu Ben explained.
“His flame can absorb other flames or energy to evolve. The more flames and energy it absorbs, the more powerful it becomes!”
“So, Alek named this flame as Fire of Evolution. It is said that its temperature is higher than 200,000 degrees Celsius!”
“200,000 degrees Celsius…”
“And it can evolve!” Ling Jiu suddenly felt that his Seven-colored Rainbow Flame was not that great. Although Seven-colored Rainbow Flame , with temperature as high as 100,000 degrees Celsius, was not inferior to Alek’s Fire of Evolution, it was obviously not good enough compared to an evolvable flame!
‘I must find a chance to replicate it!’ Ling Jiu thought silently.
On the other hand, the 80-meter-long dragon monster could not maintain its balance after one of its wing being cut off by Alek. It plunged into the sea of hot lava.
However, the sea of lava was not a real ocean. It was only dozen-meter deep, so a 40 to 50 meters long dragon monster could not hide itself there. Alek suddenly appeared above the dragon monster with black flames gathered in his hand. The flames eventually formed a ten-meter long spear.
“Go!” Alek threw the black spear, aiming directly at the back of the dragon monster’s head. If it hit, it would definitely pierce through the dragon monster’s head.
“Stop!” A spatial vortex suddenly appeared in the path of the black spear, and the black spear went into it. Once the vortex disappeared, everything returned to peace.
“Who is this?” Alek’s facial expression turned grave because his attack—which was about to succeed—suddenly got intercepted. He scanned around like a falcon with his eyes, looking for the person who did that.
Ling Jiu slowly showed himself. It was not someone else but him who had done that! Initially, he did not bother about the dragon monster’s life. However, his prior experience told him what if there was a Stellar-class dragon monster behind this creature.
If this dragon monster got killed and that Stellar-class dragon wanted to avenge its death, who could defeat the latter. And when that time came, could they still look for Fiery Red Crystal? So, out of these considerations, Ling Jiu decided to save the dragon’s life.
“Who are you?” Alek looked at Ling Jiu who suddenly showed up. His face was grave.
“You cannot kill it!” Ling Jiu said dully.
“Cannot kill?” Alek’s voice turned cold. “Give me a reason, otherwise, I will kill you too!”
“Kill me too? Can you even do it?” Ling Jiu sneered. Initially, he wanted to explain. But after hearing Alek’s tone and seeing his attitude, Ling Jiu was unhappy.
‘I’m trying to save your life, and this is how you repay me?’
‘D*mn it! Who does not have a little bad temper?’
“I knew it would become like this!” Niu Ben smiled bitterly after seeing clash between Ling Jiu and Alek. He supported Ling Jiu’s action for stopping Alek because it was undoubtedly a wise decision.
Niu Ben knew the temperament of these two people well. Alek was low-key, but cruel, cold, and murderous, while Ling Jiu was arrogant, amenable to coaxing but not coercion.
Therefore, when Ling Jiu took his move, Niu Ben had figured that this would happen. As expected, the two clashed head-to-head.
“Brother, can you try to stop them?” Niu Miao said anxiously, “Alek was known for being ferocious in Matriculation Camp. More than a dozen trainees had died in his hands. If Ling Jiu confronts him hastily…”
Expression on Bai Ya’s pretty face changed slightly once she heard Niu Miao. Her gaze was fixed at Niu Ben.
“Let me try! But I am not sure if I can succeed!” Niu Ben gave a wry smile, and then appeared between Ling Jiu and Alek. “Alek, stay calm!”
“Niu Ben?” Alek frowned, and then looked at Ling Jiu. He said coldly, “So, you are the rookie who has just joined Matriculation Camp recently? For a rookie to be this arrogant, you must be looking for death!”
“So, what if I’m the rookie? Beating you up is not a problem!” Ling Jiu sneered.
“Listen to me first!” Seeing that the two were about to fight, Niu Ben continued to intervene, “Alek, Ling Jiu prevented you from killing that monster for a reason—”
“Get out of the way!” Alek did not want to listen to Niu Ben. Suddenly, a shining black flame burst out of his body. He was immediately covered by the black flame. And instantly, he appeared in front of Ling Jiu and blasted his fist out vigorously.
“Go die!”
“Ling Jiu, be careful!” Niu Ben warned him loudly.
“Great!” Ling Jiu’s lips curled. He squeezed his right fist and was going to meet Alek’s punch. “You’re dead!”
When Alek saw it, a smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth. Although his fist’s strength was not great, it was wrapped in a layer of Fire of Evolution. No one would dare to strike a fist against his fist because, apparently, it would only lead to one outcome!
“Fool!” Alek sneered and expanded the flame on his fist. His huge fist instantly turned into a fist of flame, and then slammed into Ling Jiu’s fist hard.
Kacha—
Their fists collided.
When Alek felt there was a terrifying power coming from Ling Jiu’s fist, his expression changed drastically, his eyes widened. He could not believe his eyes.
“How is this possible?” Alek screamed. He felt there was a blast breaking his bones inch by inch, starting from his fist. It was until it reached his elbow, it stopped. In other words, all the bones of lower than his right elbow shattered.
However, Ling Jiu’s fist did not stop. After smashing Alek’s arm, he struck a heavy punch at Alek’s chest, resulting a deep pit.
“Ah—”Alek spouted a mouthful of blood. His body was sent flying like a cannonball.
“With such little strength and yet dared to fight me head-to-head, you are indeed a fool!” Ling Jiu sneered. He looked at the black flame which had spread to his fist and opened his mouth to suck it into the inner realm of his body.
The flame was submerged by the fire in the inner realm without causing any waves. This proved the fire in the inner realm was even more terrifying!
“He won! Ling Jiu won!” Niu Miao cheered loudly.
Bai Ya quietly let out a sigh of relief.
Niu Ben exclaimed, “Brother Ling is really amazing. Alek’s Fire of Evolution has not caused him any harm!”
“Ling Jiu is really awesome, but Alek is really stupid. He even went head-to-head with Ling Jiu. Isn’t he looking for death?” Said Niu Miao.
“Miao Miao, Ling Jiu is just a rookie. Besides us, who would know that he is this strong?” said Niu Ben.
“That’s true!” Niu Miao nodded slightly.
On the other hand, Alek did not die from such serious injury. He was indeed one of the previous top trainees in the standings. The black flame on his body burned even more vigorously.
Ling Jiu saw that Alek’s broken arm and sunken chest recovering little by little quickly.
“Good resilience!” Ling Jiu was slightly amazed.
“This guy’s resilience is so strong!” Bai Ya was also stunned.
“Alek has been in Matriculation Camp for ten years, and he was the top trainee in the past. I don’t know how many rewards he has received from Matriculation Camp over the years!” Niu Ben shook his head and exclaimed. “After taking a lot of treasures of heaven and earth, he is considered to have become perfect, almost without weakness!”
“I see.” Bai Ya was stunned.
This was how an arcanist grew. The improvement could take place in other aspects besides the arcana gene’s thickness, the arcana’s control, and the physical body’s strength. It could be improvements like awakening new arcana and gaining new abilities. So, the longer time the arcanists cultivated, especially the ancient ones, the stronger and more perfect they were.
This was an undisputed fact!
“I have underestimated you!” Alek was almost done recovering. He stared at Ling Jiu coldly with murderous intent in his eyes.
“However, that’s it— ”
**ROAR—**
Alek’s could not finish his words as a thunderous roar suddenly came from a distance. And the next moment, the sky above his head became dark. Everyone looked up quickly and saw a huge black shadow appear in the sky, blocking the sun and sunlight.
“This is…” Ling Jiu’s pupils shrank, and every hair on his body stood raised with fear.
Without hesitation, he tried to perform Dimension Arcana to move near to Bai Ya and the duo so he could flee with them.
Unexpectedly, his body was still in place. He could not move no matter how hard he tried.
“D*mn! What the h*ll is going on?” Ling Jiu struggled desperately to no avail.
The same thing happened to Alek, Bai Ya, Niu siblings—none of them could move.
‘This is Dimensional Shackle!’ Ling Jiu shouted in his heart. ‘This dimension is completely locked!’
Ling Jiu, who had Dimension Arcana, could clearly see that all the Dimensional Points within a few kilometers are locked. Not only that, it was Brutal Dimensional Shackle!
Hence, even if he had Dimension Arcana, he could not shake the surrounding Dimensional Points! “It’s over! We are dead!” Bitterness grew in Ling Jiu’s heart.
It was a giant dragon monster and not someone else that appeared in the sky. The dragon monster was 800-meter long. With its wings spread, its width was more than 4,000 meters. It was a monster that could cover the sky and the sun.
At this moment, an unparalleled aura radiated from the dragon monster, arbitrarily oppressing the hearts of several people, making them feel distraught and frightened.
‘Stellar lifeform!
‘It is definitely a Stellar lifeform!
‘It is even more scary than the dragon with a body length of more than 500 meters that appeared last time!’
“Why does this kind of terrifying existence appear? What does it want to do? Does it want to avenge the dragon monster just now?”
Ling Jiu was in a little panic. “D*mn Alek, if it wasn’t him…”
Ling Jiu’s guess was correct. A tiny figure flew out of the sea of lava to the giant dragon monster.
It was the 80-meter-long dragon monster whose wing was cut off by Alek.
The 80-meter-long dragon monster let out a low roar. Its pair of fiery red eyes swept Alek, Ling Jiu and the others from time to time. It seemed like it was complaining of something.
ROAR—
After listening the small dragon, the giant dragon monster landed its gaze on Alek. There was a glint of violence in its eyes.
*BANG*
Alek suddenly exploded and became a cloud of blood. He was burnt into ashes after falling into the sea of hot lava.
“He is d-d-dead!” Ling Jiu was horrified. The same went to the trio.
No one knew what this giant dragon monster would do next. Was it going to kill them, like it killed Alek?
If so…They were doomed!
