Chapter 181: Despicable Lower Lifeform, Falling into the Magma Sea

Heatwaves surged!

The Ancient Red Dragon's massive form enveloped Tang Zheng, followed by a heavy sense of oppression, its body covered in red scales the size of washbasins.

Under the red light emitted by the lava sea behind it, the Ancient Red Dragon looked like a red sun, its entire body radiating a metallic luster.

The terrifying aura made the air solidify.

Precious magic items?

What things?

Tang Zheng's expression was solemn and ugly; his left foot subconsciously took a step back.

This area near the magma sea belonged to the Sun Anglerfish's territory. The sudden appearance of the Ancient Red Dragon was completely outside his expectations. What on earth was going on?

Could it be that he had attracted it while continuously casting Fifth Rank magic just now?

Tang Zheng could only curse his bad luck inwardly. He naturally had no clue about the precious magic items the dragon spoke of, and now was not the time to worry about that.

He quickly scanned his surroundings.

The terrain in this area was not complex, but breaking through quickly was almost impossible.

What was blocking him was a dragon!

Tang Zheng had thought he would meet a True Dragon of this world sooner or later, but that was under the condition that he had sufficient strength. He never expected it to be this early.

The Sun Anglerfish's level was around 47lv; the level of the Ancient Red Dragon before him would only be higher, not lower, and it was from the strongest race—the Dragon race.

Even at the same level, they possessed the highest base attributes!

"This is truly a headache!"

Tang Zheng's body tensed, and he cursed inwardly.

His mana was now completely exhausted, and he couldn't cast any magic. Even if he used "Fly" magic to ascend quickly,

in front of a dragon that was also adept at flying, it was simply asking for trouble.

"Hoo—"

The Ancient Red Dragon exhaled a heatwave from its nostrils, looked at the guy standing motionless as if scared silly, and coldly raised its head, looking down at the lowly creature beneath it:

"Humble lower species, being able to witness my great form is already your honor. I don't like repeating myself."

"In consideration of your ignorance, as long as you contribute the magic items on your body to me, you may leave here alive."

The arrogant, thick voice, filled with invisible majesty, echoed between the surrounding mountain walls.

After saying these two sentences.

Deep within the Ancient Red Dragon's fierce crimson eyes, a hint of impatience had already appeared.

A mere lower-species human was not worthy of it speaking. If it were any other time, it would have already snatched them.

However!

The subtle mana on this human in front of it indeed made it feel somewhat surprised.

If it weren't for its naturally keen perception of mana, it might not have been able to detect the subtle mana fluctuations on the other party.

The aura of the human in front of it should belong to a strong person among those lower species, but in front of a great True Dragon, it was just a small character that could be solved with a wave of its hand.

Although that subtle mana fluctuation didn't feel dangerous in its perception, out of the caution brought by its long life,

it chose to communicate with this lower lifeform.

Hearing the Ancient Red Dragon's words.

Tang Zheng's eyelids drooped slightly; he knew that a safe evacuation was no longer possible.

As an arrogant dragon, how could it easily let go of an ant-like existence like him?

If he was an ant... he had no choice but to fight!

Several thoughts flashed through Tang Zheng's mind.

The two negative states of "Dark Wave" should have no effect on the dragon race, which naturally possessed extremely high resistance, so the damage effect could not be triggered.

Since that was the case!

Swish.

Tang Zheng didn't hesitate at all; his legs pressed down hard, and his magic greatsword appeared in his hands.

And at the very moment the weapon appeared in Tang Zheng's hand.

The Ancient Red Dragon's arrogant, impatient fire-red pupils suddenly contracted. In this instant, it actually felt a hint of the aura of death from this lower lifeform.

It seemed as if a chill suddenly rose from the back of its neck.

Bang!

Tang Zheng's figure moved at this moment. His footsteps stomped hard on the ground, and he vanished from his spot, turning into a black afterimage as he charged toward the Ancient Red Dragon.

"Despicable human, you actually dare to defy a great True Dragon!"

The Ancient Red Dragon was both shocked and angry. Its long neck tilted back, and then, realizing something, a shameful rage filled its heart, and it let out a roar that was almost a howl.

It had actually felt a moment of fear just now!

I actually feared a lower life—how is that possible!

The Ancient Red Dragon glared with fierce fire-red eyes, not believing it would actually feel fear.

But the rich sense of threat that appeared out of thin air from this lower human forced it to make a response immediately.

The speed of this human in front of it was not very fast.

So the Ancient Red Dragon directly opened its mouth, and a violent crimson light gathered, which then turned into a sea of fire and was spewed out.

"Fire Breath!"

Boom!

A smell of sulfur and pumice instantly permeated the area, and the scorching flames released an astonishing high temperature, surging toward Tang Zheng like a tidal wave.

Facing this large-scale, fan-shaped dragon breath attack!

Tang Zheng, who was about to charge in front of the Ancient Red Dragon, knew he couldn't avoid it.

With his current level of defense, he couldn't block an attack of this level, let alone the fact that he had no fire-attribute resistance.

But that didn't mean he couldn't block it!

"Impure Impact Shield!" Tang Zheng's eyes widened, and he let out a violent shout.

Bang!

Crimson energy centered on Tang Zheng, turning into an unstoppable shockwave that spread outward, colliding with the fire breath in an instant.

The moment the two forces made contact, there was no energy collision or intense roar as imagined!

It was like snow melting; the powerful fire breath was quickly extinguished and dissipated!

"What is this—"

The Ancient Red Dragon looked at this scene in disbelief.

Whoosh!

Tang Zheng had already charged in front of the Ancient Red Dragon by this time. His legs pressed down, and he jumped hard, reaching a height of seven or eight meters in front of the Ancient Red Dragon's chest.

Clatter!!

The Ancient Red Dragon's expression carried a hint of panic, and it flapped its wings, wanting to rise.

A gale swept by.

Tang Zheng saw that his powerful leap could only reach the chest of the Ancient Red Dragon after it rose. A hint of regret flashed in his eyes, which was then replaced by a cold glint.

"Die for me!"

"Rapid Slash!"

Tang Zheng held the magic greatsword with both hands, a black curse power covering the blade, and slashed down hard.

In this situation.

This was not the time to worry about the magic greatsword being destroyed by the curse power.

The blade erupted with terrifying force, cutting the air in front of it to shreds, and slashed heavily onto the metallic, hard, and heavy red scales on the Ancient Red Dragon's chest. "Courage Aura" triggered—melee contact, first damage is guaranteed critical! (ps: critical 1.5)

"Weapon Extra Mastery" triggered—slash damage 110%, area damage 50%.

"Rapid Slash" skill damage 10%.

The superposition of the triple effects allowed Tang Zheng to instantly erupt with more than three times his base attack value. This was a level of power that transcended what ordinary people could understand.

Pfft!

The hard fire-red scales on the Ancient Red Dragon's chest were like fragile paper, easily shattered by the magic greatsword, which cut into the other's body.

Tang Zheng held the hilt with both hands, and as his body fell from the air, he tried to cut the Ancient Fire Dragon's chest completely open like a dissection.

"Roar! Get away, human!"

The Ancient Fire Dragon let out a painful howl. Its huge fire-red wings flapped rapidly, and as it took off, its strong and powerful fire-red dragon claws smashed down.

The sound of air being torn apart coming from overhead!

Tang Zheng's expression changed, and he had to quickly pull the magic greatsword out of the Ancient Red Dragon's chest and block it overhead.

Compared to his instantly erupted attack power, his own defensive ability was much worse.

The heavy force traveled down his arms.

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Bang!

Tang Zheng only felt his arms go numb, and like a speeding meteor, his body uncontrollably smashed heavily into the ground.

The scorching mountain wall ground vibrated, and a human-shaped crater appeared on the ground.

"Pfft!"

Tang Zheng crawled out of the crater in a sorry state, spat out a mouthful of blood, which splattered on the ground and was quickly evaporated by the high temperature.

His trembling, numb arms couldn't even hold the magic greatsword steadily.

Crack!

A faint cracking sound came from the magic greatsword, and a conspicuous crack appeared on it.

"It's not just the influence of the curse power; I'm afraid the power erupted in that instant also made this magic greatsword unable to bear it."

Tang Zheng coughed, raised his arm to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked up into the sky with cold eyes.

"Roar!!"

In mid-air, the Ancient Red Dragon's painful roar came, and a giant wound several meters long was spraying blood like a fountain.

"You despicable lower species!"

"Damnable ant!!"

The Ancient Red Dragon's angry dragon roar echoed through the sky, yet the sound carried an unconcealable weakness, and even its flight posture was clearly somewhat unstable.

It had clearly suffered heavy damage!

"Cough, cough."

Tang Zheng stood firm, couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood, and grinned: "As expected of the dragon race, to be able to withstand more than three times the damage of that strike."

"Roar..."

In mid-air, the Ancient Red Dragon, which had barely been able to support itself, suddenly let out a wail, and its body uncontrollably fell toward the ground.

Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed. The "instant death" attack contained in the curse power should have taken effect.

Perhaps the dragon race's innate excellent resistance could withstand it, but making the body fall into weakness was no problem.

Tang Zheng endured the pain and numbness in his arms, grabbed the cracked magic greatsword again, and wanted to give the Ancient Red Dragon a final blow after it fell to the ground.

However!

During its fall, the Ancient Red Dragon still weakly flapped its wings, tilting its falling direction toward the magma sea.

As the red stream of light fell, a wave of magma surged into the sky from the magma sea!

Tang Zheng's attempt to finish it off paused. He looked at the magma sea with its astonishing high temperature, and his eyelids twitched.

"This damnable red dragon, it doesn't even intend to die in front of me. No, for a red dragon, the high temperature of magma is nothing at all."

"But shouldn't that be the Sun Anglerfish's territory?"

Tang Zheng's eyes flickered, and finally, without hesitation, he clutched his chest and quickly turned to leave.

He couldn't get close to the magma sea; there was no chance to finish it off, so he could only wait for the next time!

Tang Zheng hadn't forgotten the threat of the Slane Theocracy; no one could be sure when they would arrive here.

Now his mana was exhausted, and his body had suffered heavy injuries; he had to leave this dangerous area as soon as possible.

Boom!

Suddenly, a violent suction force appeared above the magma sea, and then, a dragon roar filled with resentment came from the magma sea.

"Go to hell, human!"

Before Tang Zheng could react, he was uncontrollably pulled away from the ground by this powerful suction force and flew toward the lava sea.

Before he could get close to the central area.

The scorching high temperature had already begun to burn Tang Zheng's body, and large areas of burns began to appear on his skin.

"Seeking death!!"

A look of pain appeared on Tang Zheng's face, and he shouted violently:

"Impure Impact Shield!"

A red-black shockwave spread, forcibly canceling out this terrifying suction force.

"Pure Throwing Spear!"

But at this moment, Tang Zheng had already been forcibly pulled to an area close to the magma sea. The skin all over his body had been scalded blood-red by the scorching steam. Enduring the intense pain, he waved his hand and threw a Pure Throwing Spear.

Tang Zheng turned and quickly retreated to the outer area.

Plop!

The Sun Anglerfish's huge figure leaped out of the magma sea, its eyes, which seemed to be flowing with some kind of red liquid, staring in Tang Zheng's direction, and a giant tentacle resembling a palm or a lantern shot out.

The scorching air was pushed aside!

Tang Zheng heard the movement behind him, looked back, and his expression changed wildly.

If he were only facing the Ancient Red Dragon or the Sun Anglerfish alone, Tang Zheng actually wouldn't be afraid. The environment of this lava zone indeed had too much influence on him.

"Damn it, the Impure Impact Shield has been used up!"

He had just used up both opportunities, and now he couldn't use it again to dodge the Sun Anglerfish's attack.

"Soul of the Heroic Spirit!"

Tang Zheng roared.

Swish!

A milky-white figure surged out from Tang Zheng's body and blocked in front of him.

The next moment!

It was grabbed by the Sun Anglerfish's tentacle and pulled into the lava. In the surging magma-like water spray, a small red fish monster the size of a fist, resembling the Sun Anglerfish, appeared.

This small fish monster should have been brought out of the magma by the Sun Anglerfish's tentacle.

There were actually other fish monsters in the magma?

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, and he quickly retreated.

Boom!

"Die! Die!" The Ancient Red Dragon's weak wail came from the depths of the magma.

A powerful suction force appeared again.

Tang Zheng could no longer resist this suction force this time. Feeling his body being pulled away from the ground again, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes.

He reached out and grabbed the small Sun Anglerfish that was radiating super-high temperatures.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 182 =====