[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ember-dragon":3,"chapter-ember-dragon-ember-dragon-chapter-538":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Ember Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1162660,1504,"Chapter 538: The Body of Karrikex (Part 2)","ember-dragon-chapter-538",538,"\u003Cp>Chapter 538: The Body of Karrikex (Part 2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius let out a long howl high in the air, spreading his wings as his overwhelming dragon might surged forth, standing toe-to-toe with the dark red dragon’s pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames surged in the red dragon’s pupils, his massive form shrouded in flowing fire and thick smoke. His charm, beyond mortal comprehension, poured out in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metamagic: Quicken Spell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Metamagic: Empower Spell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, under the full power of the true dragon sorcerer, the world twisted by his will. The Weave folded and bent under his command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undead Scales, Graceful Dragon, Dragon’s Justice, Energy Scales, Cataclysmic Dragon Eye, Protection from Energy Damage, Divine Veil, Evil Barrier—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colors of arcane brilliance shimmered across his scaled body, turning slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the many divine spell runes inscribed on his scales lit up brightly, casting a radiant white light, making his entire body glow faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Cassius’s spellcasting ability from his class alone reached legendary level. Combined with ancestral dragon innate casting, dominion over the elemental plane, extraordinary charisma, and powerful magical gear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all these factors stacked, the red dragon sorcerer’s spellcasting had reached an inconceivable level. In terms of spell destructive power alone, even source-tier casters struggled to compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jezal Slak—— Taste the welcome gift I’ve prepared for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius roared at the dark red dragon and unleashed the spells he had long been preparing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, fiery meteors rained from the sky. Raging inferno storms ravaged the mountain range, and endless thunderbolts crashed from the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom! Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountains roared, the earth howled, and all of Anstica trembled under the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying catastrophe left the surrounding environment in chaos. The once-pristine snowy peaks turned to rivers of magma and crackling lightning, filled with boiling water and steam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cassius——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this your crutch? Pathetically weak magic? Seems I overestimated you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hundred-meter-long dark red dragon perched atop the snowy peak raised its head, expression unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tens of thousands of years ago, in the war where the gods sealed me, even the residual aftershocks of battle were stronger than your cheap spells.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak stared at the oncoming disaster-class spells, completely unfazed. He even lifted the corner of his mouth, giving the red dragon a mocking smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark red dragon slowly spread its wide, tattered wings, like a black curtain covering the land, casting a massive shadow. Chaotic currents surged beneath its wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this stance, Jezal Slak looked as if he were unfolding the wings of distant mountains—monumental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a sharp shriek and chaotic wails, the tattered wings suddenly flapped, stirring an unbelievably terrifying chaotic gale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That overwhelmingly chaotic abyssal force surged like a flood beneath the great dragon’s wings, forming murky, pitch-black fog. Countless vengeful souls screamed and wailed within, chilling to the bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion echoed through heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the world seemed split in two—one half a doomsday of fire and thunder, the other an abyss of chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius’s disaster-level spells unleashed devastating energy blasts, trying to tear through the black fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the power of the Abyss unraveled all order, reducing all spells to their purest state—void and chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snowy peaks were now stained black by abyssal mist, glowing eerily. Even the snow turned an unnatural dark green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the dark red dragon’s wings, countless winged demons emerged from the chaos, shrieking piercingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak reveled in this frenzied scene, twisting around the mountain freely, causing rocks—and even peaks—to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius let out a high-pitched howl, flapping his wings faster, becoming a crimson blur slicing across the sky, circling above the abyssal dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He constantly unleashed searing dragon breath, bolts of lightning, pillars of fire, and radiant blasts, striking the enormous, clumsy body of Jezal Slak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the red dragon’s attacks was launched with full force. Combined with ancestral bloodline and elemental dominion, each hit could kill a fully-armed legendary paladin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet before those spells touched the abyssal dragon’s body, they were dispersed and nullified by the chaotic membrane on its surface. In Cassius’s eyes, this foe was like a walking anti-magic field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak bellowed, suddenly swinging his arm skyward. His claws, over ten meters long, tore through the air with crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius’s expression turned grim. He flapped his wings again, whipping up fierce winds, darting like a comet to dodge the strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As space wailed, the abyss dragon’s claw slowly descended, carving a hundred-meter-long, deep gouge into a snowy mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountaintop tilted and collapsed. Heavy snow and shattered rock cascaded, burying the entire valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic mist spread like storm clouds, surging toward the red dragon in the sky, forming terrifying vortices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thanks to his superior speed, Cassius wove and twisted through the encroaching fog, avoiding the Abyss’s touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against the over-100-meter-long abyssal dragon, the red dragon appeared agile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See it now, Cassius——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your proud magic is useless to me. Your struggle is paper-thin before me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red dragon, stop your delusions. Facing the Abyss is like a mortal facing earthquakes and tsunamis—resistance is futile!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the earth roared, Jezal Slak rampaged through the mountains. The hundred-meter-long dark red dragon dragged chaotic mist, corrupting everything nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is the essence of the cosmos, the beginning and end of all things, the destined fate—your grave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His whisper echoed across the mountains, sending all life within thousands of kilometers into shuddering despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The yeti in snow-cave lairs ran madly toward the chaos, and even Anstica’s eagles dived into it like moths to flame, becoming fuel for the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the abyssal power spreading, the abyss dragon grew to nearly 200 meters, like a moving crimson mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was devouring the material plane! Jezal Slak intended to pull all of Anzeta into the Bottomless Abyss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Abyss’s true goal—mortal or immortal, all will be reshaped into a new universe, detached from order and will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid screams of demise, demons’ shrieks, and the earth’s wails, the dark red dragon lifted its head and roared across the wilds: \"Red dragon——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Submit to me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yield to the Great Abyss! Merge into my body and fulfill your destined role!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon opened its gaping maw, over ten meters wide. Dim yellow light flowed between its scales, and endless abyssal fog roiled at its lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic light suddenly erupted. Chaos fire burst from Jezal Slak’s decayed throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a tremendous roar, a black-red fire pillar meters thick shot from his mouth, tearing the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaos breath—and this breath was thicker and hotter than Cassius’s own wildest breath attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You abyss-born mongrel—do you want to die?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red dragon roared. His blood vessels lit up like fire beneath his scales. White-hot smoke and brilliant flames shot from his neck and tail vents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his energy channeled into the dragon crystal at his chest. Magical fission reactions raged inside, particles and arcs bursting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t over yet. A crimson flame—the essence of elemental dominion—appeared in his right claw. Flames of essence erupted from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wielded fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Element master runes glowed on his right claw. His whole body resonated with flame, and the surrounding fire heated to blazing white, even tinged with blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elemental Resonance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his dragon crystal blazed like a sun in the night, lighting up the chaotic sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense heat waves radiated outward, incinerating everything within hundreds of meters. Snow sublimated. Rock melted. Even chaos fog dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius opened his maw wide. Blinding light surged from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the air bursting rang across the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prime Breath!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a blue-white flame column spewed from his throat, evaporating everything nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the chaos fire of the abyss surged toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius’s Prime Breath collided with Jezal Slak’s Chaos Breath, intertwining and exploding in a blast hundreds of meters wide, flattening a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But chaos surged through the black-red flames, eroding Cassius’s breath, unraveling his fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Cassius was losing in this draconic clash. The chaos breath drew closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this continued, chaos would ignite his body, awaken the chaos within, and drive him into madness—corrupted by the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it would be a duel between \"Karrikex\" and Jezal Slak. The Abyss would let them fight like poisoned insects, choosing its true vessel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—Cassius didn’t want that ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abyssal puppet! You think this is enough to beat me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a furious roar, Cassius’s face twisted. Atop his head appeared the noble visage of the Supreme True Dragon, its silver gem glowing brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, divine order surged into the fire pillar. Element resonance intensified. Destructive essence from the Fire Plane mixed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius’s breath now reached quasi-divine power levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding motes of light burst from the fire pillar. The flame grew fiercer, infused with terrifying laws, erasing the chaos fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of annihilation exploded in midair, turning the surrounding mountains into craters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two dragons twisted their necks, trying to strike each other’s bodies, but both anticipated it. They deadlocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the world split—above, Cassius’s all-consuming Prime Flame; below, Jezal Slak’s maddening Chaos Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the battlefield’s edge, on the outermost peaks of the Anstica Mountains, a portal opened in a ripple of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white-bearded elder stepped out, holding a staff, wearing silver robes, his gaze deep as the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the sky and froze. His face wrinkled in shock, his whiskers trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bahamut above... What has happened to this world? What is that thing? Am I still in the Third Era? Did I get caught in a Time Dragon’s temporal turbulence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even doubted he had traveled to the First Era, when gods clashed and dragons ruled the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his memory, only in that primal time—before he was born, before the gods returned—did such apocalyptic battles occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was Pabliceko Melward, an ancient silver dragon, elder of the Melward clan, and brother of the \"Silver Wing\" Oszedro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the clan’s report, Oszedro took the matter seriously but, injured, sent fellow ancient silver dragon Pabliceko instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the crisis had exceeded anything the Melward clan imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord of the Northwind... A forty-meter red dragon and a nearly two-hundred-meter titan... Is this the return of the ancestral dragons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the mountainous figures and feeling their annihilating aftermath, Pabliceko muttered in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, even ancient silver dragons could do nothing. Not even his brother, the \"Silver Wing,\" could affect this fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pabliceko could only silently pray to Bahamut, that the emperor would prevail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bahamut above...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please bless Emperor Cassius with victory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, in his brother Oszedro’s words, the red dragon emperor—though brutal—wasn’t beyond redemption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssal beings were different. For the Material Plane, they were pure parasites. Even the kindest silver dragon would purge them without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1797,"2026-06-03T12:47:13.304Z","2026-06-03T12:47:20.796Z",1,"novelbin.me","d3fe719d776927a8f9ea16f733a7516837d9bc78a806930db60fca8a281b5de2","ember-dragon-chapter-539","ember-dragon-chapter-537",603,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fember-dragon-cover.jpg"]