Chapter 203

Pfft!

The lava churned, and the Sun Anglerfish, whose size was even more massive than the Ancient Fire Dragon, leaped from the sea of magma and swam around the Ancient Fire Dragon.

Causing the stable lava surface of the magma sea to vibrate once again.

"Get lost!"

The Ancient Fire Dragon opened its crimson dragon pupils, a dignified voice sounding with arrogance and a hint of disgust in the depths of its gaze.

The strength of the Lava Ruler, the Sun Anglerfish, was only slightly weaker than its own, and especially in this home field of the magma sea, the Ancient Fire Dragon could do nothing to the other party.

But!

In the eyes of the Ancient Fire Dragon, a guy who couldn't even speak was still a lower-class creature.

If it weren't for the Sun Anglerfish's strength, how would the great Teoruuna allow other creatures to stay in the same area as it?

The Sun Anglerfish shook, then sank back into the depths of the magma sea.

The Ancient Fire Dragon closed its eyes again, continuing to absorb the energy in the magma to recover its injuries; that curse power affecting its wound recovery was very stubborn.

To fully recover from the injuries, the Ancient Fire Dragon estimated it would take at least half a year.

It wasn't long, just the time for a nap.

However!

A mere human had actually injured it so severely.

Damn lower-class creature!

A dragon's keen intuition far exceeded all species; ordinary invisibility, illusions, and concealment magic did not exist in a dragon's perception.

If powerful power fluctuations appeared around the entire Angelisia Mountains, the Ancient Fire Dragon could detect them with its sensory abilities.

Even in its sleep!

This was not a special ability, but a pure species gap.

Even those Dragon Lords could perceive some power fluctuations even from thousands of miles away.

"Dragon Lord"

This term suddenly flashed through the Ancient Fire Dragon's mind, and the heat wave exhaled from the nasal cavity floating on the magma surface paused briefly.

Among the dragon race, the title "Dragon Lord" had special significance; not every dragon was qualified to use this title.

In this mountain range, only that junior Olasdrek, who liked to be called the "White Dragon Lord" by a group of slaves, would be smug about it.

The Ancient Fire Dragon shook its head slightly, its eyelids drooping, revealing only a tiny slit; its thoughts had become inexplicably numerous lately.

It thought of some things that made its heart palpitate.

It was all caused by that human who had injured it; that human was not normal!

In its perception, that human's life level was clearly not high, yet there was a very faint, astonishing magic power on their body.

If this could be explained by magic items, then that human actually possessed the power to almost kill it in one blow.

This was absolutely not normal!

There were indeed some existences on this continent capable of defeating the great dragon race, but it should absolutely not be that human who was clearly not very old.

As the angry emotions gradually subsided during this period, a sense of unease rose in the Ancient Fire Dragon's heart.

Possessing a long lifespan, it had naturally experienced and seen too many things!

God-kin?

Descendants of sinful evildoers?

These should have been wiped out by them already.

Or could it be...

"Counting the time, is the hundred-year aftershock coming again?" The Ancient Fire Dragon's slender neck, located under the magma, shrank slightly.

Even though it was surrounded by high-temperature magma.

The Ancient Fire Dragon inexplicably felt a chill.

"Should I make a trip to the Argland Council State? This matter probably needs Tsa-Ryu-Drun to handle..." This thought flashed through the Ancient Fire Dragon's heart, and that white-gold figure couldn't help but appear in its mind.

It didn't want to see that person at all!

But that human was very likely one of the possibilities it guessed; no matter which one, it was not something it could handle at the moment.

Wait a little longer!

The Ancient Fire Dragon needed to recover its injuries first; besides, it wasn't sure if that human who entered the magma, suddenly turned into a small anglerfish, and dove into the depths of the magma to disappear was still alive.

It speculated that the other party had very likely left here through the natural portal at the deepest part of the magma.

Pity!

That natural portal was not large; with its size, it couldn't enter even if it shrank twice.

Even if it could enter.

The Ancient Fire Dragon didn't intend to go in there; that was not a good place.

"Hoo~"

Exhaling a wave of fire from its nasal cavity again, the Ancient Fire Dragon closed its eyes and began to sleep.

However!

Not long after it had just fallen asleep.

The Ancient Fire Dragon opened its eyes abruptly; it felt that familiar special fluctuation.

That human had returned; sure enough, they weren't dead!

In an instant!

Several thoughts flashed through the Ancient Fire Dragon's mind, and almost without a moment's hesitation, its fire-red wings soaking in the magma shook.

With cold light flashing in its eyes, the Ancient Fire Dragon dove into the magma, rushing rapidly toward the deepest direction.

In these past half a month, it had already analyzed quite a bit of intelligence.

That human had no resistance to high temperatures; otherwise, they wouldn't have turned into a small anglerfish to avoid the high heat in the magma.

That was faith-based magic.

Thinking of how the human's life level dropped rapidly and their aura became very weak after turning into a small anglerfish and diving into the magma.

The Ancient Fire Dragon was very certain that in that state, it was the human's weakest moment. If the other party's aura hadn't dropped so much all of a sudden, how could they have escaped from its hands?

Therefore!

Now was the easiest time to deal with that human!

The hot, crimson magma constantly filled the Ancient Fire Dragon's vision, and as it dove deeper, the temperature became increasingly high.

Magma itself was an opaque fluid, and vision was almost useless here, but that was only for ordinary creatures.

Whoosh!

The Ancient Fire Dragon's crimson dragon pupils stared tightly at a certain direction in the depths, its huge wings and thick tail vibrating, and its speed increased again.

And at this moment!

Tang Zheng, who had turned into a small anglerfish, was swimming rapidly toward the surface along the flow of the magma.

Half a month had passed; he didn't know if that Ancient Fire Dragon had already left the magma, and the only thing he didn't need to worry about was the problem of the Slane Theocracy.

So much time had passed.

The Slane Theocracy side should have finished investigating long ago; he didn't need to guess to know there were no gains, after all, even he himself had fallen directly into the magma.

If he was a bit unlucky.

With the dragon race's personality, the members of the Slane Theocracy near the lava zone would likely be affected as well.

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The power of the "Curse Power" was not so easy to clear; after all, the 【Cursed Knight】 was already maxed out, and the instant-death effect contained in the curse power, even if it wouldn't cause true instant death to the dragon race, would inevitably cause a weakened state.

And that Sun Anglerfish!

These two guys were both in the sea of magma, and in the state of using the "Wild Transformation" ability, it was very disadvantageous for Tang Zheng.

After all, he couldn't turn back into a human to use his power; otherwise, he would likely be burned to charcoal by the high temperature in the magma instantly.

"Hope the plan goes smoothly!"

A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of the small anglerfish Tang Zheng had turned into, and he flapped his fins rapidly, swimming toward the surface.

Boom!

Suddenly, the magma above emitted a huge roar, and a massive red figure appeared in Tang Zheng's field of vision.

Ancient Fire Dragon?

Or the Sun Anglerfish?

Tang Zheng's swimming motion paused, a solemn look appearing in his eyes.

Within a breath!

The massive red figure became clear; it was indeed the Ancient Fire Dragon.

A terrifying aura swept over!

The Ancient Fire Dragon's massive figure, in the process of moving rapidly, compressed and repelled the magma in front, inducing the surrounding magma to form an invisible gravitational field.

Tang Zheng soon felt this gravity formed by the magma compression, causing his movement speed to slow down significantly in an instant.

Can't escape!

No!

Tang Zheng steadied his figure, staring tightly at the Ancient Fire Dragon; he hadn't intended to escape anyway.

This was the other party's home field, and with his current situation, it was basically impossible to escape in this environment.

The last time was entirely due to good luck; turning into a small anglerfish suddenly caught the other party off guard, which was why he could successfully leave through the portal in the depths of the underground magma.

"Roar!"

The Ancient Fire Dragon's crimson dragon pupils stared tightly at the tiny anglerfish, a flash of excitement in its gaze, and it roared as it charged over.

Sharp, crimson dragon claws reached out!

Without any nonsense, the last time it had underestimated the other party and ended up severely injured; this time, it would kill this human while they were at their weakest!

No matter which one of the possibilities the other party was!

As long as they were dead, they were nothing!

Seeing the Ancient Fire Dragon launching an offensive directly at him, a cold sneer rose in Tang Zheng's heart.

Sure enough.

You can't think of your opponent as too stupid, but...

Tang Zheng's gaze was fixed on the Ancient Fire Dragon roaring with its mouth open, but a sharp glint appeared in his eyes: "Good luck!"

These dragons always liked to open their mouths and roar to prove their existence!

A thought moved in Tang Zheng's mind, and a pure white magic scroll suddenly appeared in front of him.

In the transformed state, most class abilities could not be used, but the "Item Box" ability would not be affected by this.

The scorching high temperature emitted by the surrounding magma ignited and crushed the magic scroll the moment it appeared.

Tang Zheng didn't need to manually activate the magic scroll.

The burning magic scroll automatically released the magic inside—Greater Teleport!

In an instant!

Tang Zheng's figure collapsed and shrank in place, disappearing into thin air.

Watching Tang Zheng disappear in the magma, a look of astonishment and confusion flashed in the Ancient Fire Dragon's dragon pupils.

Disappeared?

The moment this thought arose.

The Ancient Fire Dragon suddenly felt something enter its open mouth, and before it could react.

The creature in its mouth swam rapidly down its throat toward its stomach.

Boom!

"Roar!!"

The Ancient Fire Dragon stopped its forward charge abruptly, a look of panic and fear in its pupils, and it hurriedly shook its neck, making a retching sound.

Trying to vomit out the creature that had entered its throat.

Because the creature that had entered its mouth was that very human who had disappeared!

(End of chapter)