[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ember-dragon":3,"chapter-ember-dragon-ember-dragon-chapter-539":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},1162661,1504,"Chapter 539: The Body of Karrikex (Part 3)","ember-dragon-chapter-539",539,"\u003Cp>Chapter 539: The Body of Karrikex (Part 3)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the ravines of the mountain range, melted snowwater flowed freely, and hot mist spread across the Anstica Mountains, making the snowy range seem like a celestial paradise—until the dragons’ roars shattered it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the churning mist, two colossal beings clashed, their mountain-like shadows flickering through the smoke, shaking the very earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon beat its wings, stirring howling winds, then swung its massive claws at the crimson figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it struck only air. The red dragon beat its wings sharply midair, dodging the powerful blow and diving into the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountains wailed, rocks exploded—the abyssal dragon’s claw smashed into the mountain’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such force, boulders toppled from the summit, avalanches cascaded down, leaving a claw mark dozens of meters wide in its wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murky light burst from Jezal Slak’s deep, black eyes, disturbing the mist—this was the Abyssal Gaze, allowing him to see the essence of all things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon muttered, locking onto the red dragon’s form hidden in the swirling fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two crimson rays laced with chaos burst from his eyes, firing toward the red dragon hundreds of meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius tightened his form, whipped his wings, raised his tail, and darted like a crimson arrow, leaving blazing gales in his wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak twisted his head—the crimson rays followed, but couldn’t catch even Cassius’s tail, blasting the mountains instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson beams triggered a chain of devastating explosions, instantly disintegrating stone and cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mountains wailed, stones rained down, several peaks were cleaved in half and collapsed, raising clouds of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Anstica Mountains—once mighty titans standing between heaven and earth—were being slaughtered by the abyssal dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lava welled where the beams passed. The black-red magma flowed slowly through the ruins like the bleeding wounds of giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the distant Thierry Peak still stood proud, holding its title as the \"King of Snowy Mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk... such power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Cassius turned his head in surprise, awed by the beams’ might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his current body, a hit from those beams would gravely wound him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thanks to his mobility—and the precognition of his Cataclysmic Dragon Eye—this abyssal dragon lord still found it hard to land a blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Terrifying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the beams nearly struck his tail, Cassius suddenly flared his wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His muscular form surged, the massive dragon body went nearly vertical. With a sonic boom, he shot upward by hundreds of meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius flew high, carving an elegant arc in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he flipped, head down, jaws slowly opening, and the dragon crystal in his chest lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deafening burst, a blazing white pillar of fire spewed from his mouth like divine judgment, striking Jezal Slak’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon howled, twisting away and summoning thick chaotic mist upward, forming a mottled shield against the falling fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the breath, laced with divine order, pierced through layers of fog and struck the abyss dragon’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent explosion blew off hundreds of scales, revealing putrid violet-black flesh. Pus gushed from the wound as black smoke rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was injured!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff, huff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak panted heavily, smoke seeping from his deep eyes and noxious mist oozing from his jaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, releasing those beams drained him too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the Anstica Mountains were in shambles—collapsed peaks, flowing magma, boiling water, and abyssal poison mist everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless winged demons were born from shadows and chaos, flying wildly like clouds of grotesque bats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearly 200-meter-long abyssal dragon raised his head again, opening his gaping jaws to roar furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sonic blast spread kilometers, raising choking dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, children of the Abyss—I command you: devour the wretched red dragon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Return him to the Abyss! Let him become demon fodder! Let all return to the chaos of the end!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, the hundreds of thousands of winged demons Jezal Slak summoned surged with frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him! Kill him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Abyss watches us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slay the lizard and gain Abyssal favor—become a Balrog Flame Demon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before Lord Jezal Slak, before the Abyss—we’ll shred this red dragon! Peel his scales! Eat his flesh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bat wings flapped wildly as they screamed, pouring their hatred onto the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons formed a black cloud that blotted the sky, converging from all directions toward the red dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius hovered midair, wings spread wide, pale golden eyes filled with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You rabble dare challenge me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderous echoes rolled through the sky, even drowning the noise of the demon horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid Cassius’s roars and demons’ wails, dazzling spells lit the sky, oceans of fire spread, and charred demons fell like rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red dragon rampaged through the demonic tide like a storm of thunder and flame, slaughtering at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of his breaths, swipes, and tail whips felled hundreds, sending demons plummeting from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons slain by Cassius had their souls devoured, leaving no chance of rebirth in the Abyssal blood pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet under Jezal Slak’s command and the Abyss’s will, the demons still surged forward, blind to the rain of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another blazing pillar of fire cut through the horde, evaporating air and turning thousands of demons to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were just too many demons—they were everywhere, and even in death, their corpses released chaotic essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distant ruins, the abyssal dragon, nearly 200 meters long, coiled like a mountain, the ground heaving with his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak watched the red dragon battle the horde, a twisted grin in his cloudy eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the scale of millennia, none truly resists the Abyss. Cassius, with all your killing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t your supreme blood boil, craving more blood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Anstica Mountains, Pabliceko also observed the battle above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bahamut above... Is this the power of the Ember Emperor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the red dragon fight alone against tens of thousands of demons, his expression grew grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the Ember Emperor or the abyssal dragon, both threatened the continent’s order. Worse—Cassius had injured his revered brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pabliceko hesitated, unsure whether to intervene—the red dragon in the sky seemed terribly isolated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a husky female voice spoke behind the elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Oszedro has seen this. He believes this abyss dragon threatens the entire Material Plane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever cruelty the Ember Emperor holds, at this moment, as one of the Material Plane—we must aid him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pabliceko turned. Behind him stood a woman in her forties with pointed elven ears. She leaned on a staff, her tone firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t let hatred blind you, Pabliceko. Don’t forget our people’s mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was another Melward elder, the female ancient silver dragon—Imelda Gald Melward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and the two remaining male silver dragons were the \"Three Pillars\" of the Melward clan, guardians of justice for centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Imelda, dozens of silver dragons beat their wings, their armor-like scales gleaming under firelight, piercing the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pabliceko met Imelda’s eyes, nodded, and together they soared upward, turning into thirty-meter-long silver giants, whipping up hurricanes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t all. The ancient silver dragon raised her shimmering staff and opened several extraplanar portals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden dragons, brass dragons, astral envoys, balisse angels, antlered archons, exalted guardians—beings of heavenly good poured out to charge the abyssal tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still more portals opened as dimensional ripples shimmered—this time from the Material Plane itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Emperor Cassius!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long live the Ember Empire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Aid His Majesty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the largest portal emerged Grand Ogre Mage Langpu, Hobgoblin Marshal Dolo, Oathbreaker Medrolash, Crimson Scaled Conqueror Alger, Dragonfire Maiden Misha, and Wyvern Chief Smaug—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All familiar names in the Empire, their eyes fixed on the battlefield where dragon and demon clashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Langpu gripped his staff tightly, muttering as he gazed at the mountain-sized dark red dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A 200-meter dragon...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a mage, he understood what it meant. Under the gods’ old order, such dragons were extinct in the Material Plane—only found in the Astral Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dragon this size meant it was at least quasi-divine, perhaps even a legendary—Dragon God.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Langpu felt no fear. His heart pounded, and a heroic melody played in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master will win, as always. And when this epic ends, He’ll become the true supreme being.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Ogre Mage silently vowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, tens of thousands of players poured from the portals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most were level 8, some over 10—true transcendents, pillars of the Ember Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mantou flew in on a wyvern, stunned by the battlefield’s scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this is the real final boss fight? That Balrog was nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other players were just as awestruck, voices erupting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is epic! I’m fired up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erezaghe rocks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor Cassius is invincible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of thousands of winged demons filled the sky, like a black sea, like the night itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the red dragon—the mighty Ember Emperor—roared and turned the skies into flame, blackened corpses raining down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The land was in ruins—lava flowed, rocks shattered, mountains crumbled. The 200-meter abyssal dragon loomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, Imelda spread her silver wings, raised her silver staff, and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone—for the glory and order of Feanso! For peace and stability—drive the demons from the Material Plane!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, golden celestials, metal dragons, and winged angels charged Anstica, attacking the demon tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Empire’s side, Langpu shouted, \"For His Majesty Cassius! For the Ember Empire’s great vision—wipe out the last of the demons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-year monster hunter veteran reporting for duty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going for the big boss, boys—it’s foot-slaying time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon Pact Sorcerer, Dragon-Oath Paladins, Crimson Scaled Conquerors, the Ember Wyvern Legion—all the Empire’s elite charged the demon tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light, arrows, dragonflame, and spells crisscrossed the sky. A gap opened in the demon horde’s left flank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the demons could reach the red dragon, beams of holy light blasted them from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empire loyalists, celestials, and metallic dragons launched a full assault. Players even blasted their battle soundtracks.\u003C\u002Fp>",1644,"2026-06-03T12:47:13.304Z","2026-06-03T12:47:20.796Z",1,"novelbin.me","428484d1131b818ded5027d74bcc607c9b71f5f9805294d737e973d43cbfa99c","ember-dragon-chapter-540","ember-dragon-chapter-538",603,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fember-dragon-cover.jpg"]