[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ember-dragon":3,"chapter-ember-dragon-ember-dragon-chapter-545":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},1162667,1504,"Chapter 545: Battle","ember-dragon-chapter-545",545,"\u003Cp>Chapter 545: Battle\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Cassius seized that fleeting moment of distraction, pressing the attack as he dove again in a short burst, arriving behind the abyssal dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the sound of air being torn apart, his muscular arm flexed, and his sharp claws slashed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius plunged his claws deep into the flesh on the abyssal dragon’s back, clinging to Him entirely, viciously biting into the back of His neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, dark red scales were torn away, and purple-black blood and shredded flesh splattered through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaargh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius, you foolish reptile! How dare you grapple with me in close combat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak raised his head, letting out a furious roar, His massive body writhing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep glow appeared across His body, blazing flames ignited on His form, and a torrential pressure erupted, producing a thunderous roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He released the divine power of Karrikex!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—It was the remaining power of Karrikex, which Jezal Slak originally intended to reserve for the gods. But now, under Cassius’s relentless pressure, He was forced to play His trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak panted heavily, a piercing shriek rising from deep in His throat: \"Cassius! Did you think you had already won? You’re rejoicing far too soon! This is true power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blasphemous Chapter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon’s screech filled the air, layered and overlapping like the wails of millions of vengeful souls, shaking all creation and rattling the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames infused with divine revival ignited at the abyssal dragon’s severed arm and wounds, making His regeneration terrifyingly rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few breaths, the severed arm had fully regrown, and the deep gashes on His neck healed at an astonishing speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a piercing howl, winds infused with destructive divine power buffeted the red dragon’s back, trying to tear apart the hundred-meter-long dragon body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal mortal would be instantly annihilated upon contact with these destructive gales, leaving not a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cassius existed within the Imperial Domain—on this land ruled by the red dragon, he was like a descended god!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible forces of order surrounded Cassius’s body, forcibly resisting the destructive winds’ invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius pulled out his claws embedded in the abyssal dragon’s flesh and blood, flapped his wings, and hovered above Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"True power? Heh, on this stage I poured everything into, I am the embodiment of power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius bared his fangs in a ferocious grin, his light-golden pupils glowing with starlike silver radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, under immense pressure, a force akin to the laws of the world descended slowly with his will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Imperial Domain: Seal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the winds halted, all things fell silent, even the most basic elemental particles ceased to move, and Karrikex’s divine power vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world around him fell into complete silence, and even the abyssal dragon’s blasphemous screech was extinguished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius swooped repeatedly past the abyssal dragon’s body, continuously ripping large chunks of scale-covered flesh from His enormous and sluggish frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, due to its divine essence, this body was nearly indestructible—even Cassius found it difficult to damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the Imperial Domain sealed its divine power, Karrikex’s corpse was no more than a long-dead relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaargh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deafening roar, the red figure swept past the abyssal dragon once more, his sharp claws tearing through a vast portion of wing membrane, leaving a sixty-meter-long gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon let out a pained howl, turning his head and snapping madly, yet the red dragon flapped effortlessly through the air, dodging with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Cassius hovered above the abyssal dragon’s head, looking down upon the three-hundred-meter-long, wounded titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the red dragon’s body was also stained with dark blood and broken scales—but they belonged to the abyssal dragon, not himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius took a deep breath, savoring the scent of blood in the air, a hint of satisfaction gleaming in his eyes: \"Jezal Slak... I have tasted the sweetness of revenge, do you understand? I have waited far too long for this moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak’s pupils shrank sharply as He looked up at the red dragon, surrounded by law-bound energy, a godlike figure, muttering constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This can’t be, this can’t be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For tens of thousands of years, this vengeful demon had grown accustomed to controlling everything. Every time, He found a \"lucky one\" on the material plane, turning them into fodder for His great plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even occasional \"rebels\" would fall to greed, eventually becoming extensions of the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, this red dragon who had descended only a decade or so ago had completely broken free of His control, even placing Him in grave danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jezal Slak roared at the red dragon above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\" Impossible! Cassius, you are just a lowly red dragon born barely over a decade ago!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything you possess was part of my plan from a hundred years ago. Your fate was the path I meticulously designed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, under relentless provocation, Jezal Slak tore off His mask, revealing the madness and chaos of the abyssal demon in full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon thrashed His head wildly, opening His rotten, bloody jaws to mutter in manic whispers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as I eat you, as long as I devour you, everything will end, everything will be under my control again, and the abyss’s great plan will not fail...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the fabricated \"humanity\" of the vengeful demon had been completely eroded, leaving only the purest, most chaotic will of the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, He was the abyss incarnate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice grew louder and more piercing, eventually turning into a frenzied and deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will—eat you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal dragon flailed His wings chaotically, ignoring the wounds across His body, and lifted His three-hundred-meter-long form to charge madly at the red dragon in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered like a complete beast, all reason lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Cassius’s eyes, which saw through all things, the abyssal dragon had become a mass of chaotic black mist, its soul a twisted, stitched-together aberration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hovering in midair, Cassius whispered, \"So this is the true nature of the abyssal demon? Well, that saves me the effort. Let it all end here... Jezal Slak, I grant you a grand finale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red dragon beat his wings mightily, tearing through space and soaring directly into the sky tens of thousands of meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassius looked down upon the crazed abyssal dragon, extended his neck, tucked his limbs, and spread his immense wings. Flames burst from the vents on his elbows and tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the red dragon let out a long roar and began a tremendous dive toward the abyssal dragon like a crimson meteor tearing across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar—\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1106,"2026-06-03T12:47:13.304Z","2026-06-03T12:47:20.796Z",1,"novelbin.me","6711d3fa68aff85fef10bb44e886f72877bf40b3ad4137ae73705db8ef1f9971","ember-dragon-chapter-546","ember-dragon-chapter-544",603,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fember-dragon-cover.jpg"]