Chapter 116: Flame Dragon Armor, Combine! The Lord of Fire Armor of This World!

"Flame Dragon Armor—"

Ye Xuan embedded the Fire Crystal into the summoner, and a scorching red light erupted instantly.

But just at this moment.

The Fire Light Shadow Stone in the spatial ring suddenly trembled violently, as if sensing the call of a power of the same origin; an ancient and pure fire elemental energy, like a volcanic eruption, broke through the constraints of the spatial ring, and a violent torrent of energy poured directly into the summoner in Ye Xuan's hand!

"This is..."

Ye Xuan's pupils contracted slightly, halting his next move, while the Flame Dragon Summoner, originally materialized by the power of the Rat Talisman, was now undergoing a shocking transformation.

The power of the Shu Fu Zhou was forcibly pushed back by this sudden surge of energy, but the summoner itself did not revert to its toy form; instead, amidst the dazzling firelight, it grew even more solid!

The patterns on the summoner's surface seemed to be redrawn by molten lava, every groove flowing with crimson-gold light; the energies of the Fire Crystal and the Light Shadow Stone collided and fused violently within the summoner, bursting forth with sparks that dazzled the eyes.

Ye Xuan could clearly feel that the summoner in his hand was undergoing an essential evolution, transforming from a "fake" given life by the Shu Fu Zhou into the true "Flame Dragon Summoner"!

Even Ye Xuan's body felt something extra added to it at this moment.

"Interesting..."

Ye Xuan gazed at the summoner in his hand, which had been reborn, a curve rising at the corner of his mouth.

Then he turned his gaze back to the mutated white python before him.

"Flame Dragon Armor, Combine!"

As Ye Xuan's voice rang out in the air.

In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color!

Above the entire West Lake, wind suddenly rose and clouds gathered; the originally clear sky was suddenly covered by crimson clouds, within which flames churned, as if a giant dragon was surging among the cloud tops.

"Boom—!!!"

A crimson pillar of light dozens of meters in diameter suddenly pierced down from the direction of the sun!

As the light pillar penetrated the atmosphere, it dyed the clouds along its path a burning fiery red; the pillar precisely enveloped Ye Xuan, and the blinding light forced everyone to close their eyes.

"Roar—!"

A dragon's roar that shook the heavens resounded through the clouds.

Within the light pillar, countless armor pieces burning with flames materialized from the void, then attached themselves to Ye Xuan's body.

"Armor Combine!"

A majestic voice resounded through heaven and earth.

When everyone opened their eyes again, Ye Xuan had completed his transformation.

The crimson armor stood proudly amidst the flames; on the dragon-head-shaped helmet, the blue visor flashed with a majestic light;

the armor's lines were smooth and sharp, with flame-like red covering the entire body; the shoulder guards were shaped like dragon claws, silver bracers encircled the wrists, and the entire armor bathed in a faint golden-red halo.

"Flame Dragon Knight! It's Flame Dragon Knight!"

"Mom, look, big brother is Flame Dragon Knight!"

The little boy had long forgotten his fear; he excitedly tugged at his mother's hem, his eyes shining with intense light as he looked at Ye Xuan.

Not only him, but his mother, his sister, and everyone around them looked at the figure standing before them with disbelief.

After Kamen Rider, could it be that even Armor Hero had appeared in reality?

Ye Xuan slowly raised his right hand, encased in armor; a blinding light flared on the forearm guard, and the instant he clenched his fist, the entire surface of West Lake trembled; countless water droplets defied gravity, floating into the air and turning into steaming white mist in the intense heat.

Compared to the limited amplification brought by transforming into Kamen Rider Kabuto and Eternal, the amplification brought by the limitless Flame Dragon Armor could be described as terrifying.

Ten times? Twenty times? Or even stronger?

That power was simply too immense, so much so that Ye Xuan himself could hardly estimate it.

Ye Xuan turned his gaze back to the mutated white python; the cold gaze beneath the blue visor seemed to carry a tangible weight, causing the scales of the mutated white python to tremble involuntarily.

"Hiss"

The vertical pupils of the mutated white python contracted into a thin line; instinctively wanting to retreat, it found itself still imprisoned in place by that invisible power, utterly unable to move.

"Tap, tap, tap—"

The Flame Dragon battle boots stepped on the stone slabs by the lakeside; the scorching heat distorted the surrounding air, and the mutated white python seemed to smell its own scales beginning to scorch.

When Ye Xuan finally reached the white python, he slowly raised his right arm, and the fingers encased in armor gently touched the head of the mutated white python.

"Boom—!!!"

In an instant, a dazzling golden-red pillar of fire shot up to the sky!

The flames carried extreme heat; the mutated white python didn't even have time to emit a cry of agony, and its thirty-plus-meter-long body instantly vaporized within those golden-red flames.

The crowd by the lakeside saw only a pillar of fire reaching the heavens rising from the ground, but it lasted only a moment; that terrifying mutated white python vanished without a trace under the scorching flames, leaving not even a speck of ash.

Only the steaming mist on the lake surface proved that the scene just witnessed was no illusion.

After killing this mutated white python, Ye Xuan did not exit the Flame Dragon Armor; his gaze pierced the deep waters of West Lake, clearly seeing the giant snake, entirely emerald-green, at the lake bottom.

Its slender body coiled within a rock cave at the lake bottom, its scales shimmering with a jade-like luster, its size even larger than the white python just now.

One white, one green; still West Lake in Hangcheng; truly fitting.

The corner of Ye Xuan's mouth lifted slightly.

If these two mutated pythons were allowed to grow, perhaps one day they would truly transform into the legendary Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing.

But now—

"Splash!"

The lake surface suddenly exploded with huge water spray; in the terrified gaze of the crowd, a green giant snake over forty meters long was forcibly dragged out of the water by an invisible force, hovering in mid-air and thrashing wildly!

"Holy crap! There really is a green snake!"

People who had emerged from buildings, no longer worried about safety thanks to the appearance of Flame Dragon Knight, looked at the mutated green python struggling endlessly in the air yet unable to break free; they were all somewhat incredulous.

They had mentioned The Legend of the White Snake earlier only because that mutated white python was white, but they never expected there to be a green one inside West Lake.

"Could it be they obtained the treasures from The Legend of the White Snake?"

Someone in the crowd said in disbelief.

"Nonsense!"

The uncle standing beside him immediately refuted.

"Lady White is good; how could she turn into such a man-eating monster!"

"Exactly, exactly. Besides, you all know the environment of West Lake; it is naturally suitable for snakes to survive, so the emergence of two snakes, one green and one white, is no problem at all."

"The only question is: did they originate as water snakes that mutated, producing green and white colors, or as land snakes that mutated, gaining the ability to survive in water?"

The topic gradually went off track, while the mutated green python was now utterly bewildered, its emerald vertical pupils filled with terror.

It completely did not understand how it had just been at the bottom of the lake, only to be suddenly dragged out by an irresistible force?!

What happened?

It had clearly done nothing at all.

(End of this chapter)