Chapter 39

After smoothly resolving the matter of Sai Jia and Pana, Lai Ang also didn't ask why the two of them had been captured by the Blue Dragon Fortress.

It simply couldn't be bothered to care about such a trivial matter.

It was merely some minor squabbles; the young dragons had no mortal enmity between them.

After a brief rest, having recovered the mental and physical strength just expended, Lai Ang flew toward the Red Dragon Fortress.

Having already defeated the leader of the Blue Dragon Fortress, he might as well in one go also defeat the currently strongest young dragon, the Red Dragon leader "Sass".

Today, he would reach the pinnacle of strength.

Taking advantage of the free time during flight, Lai Ang glanced at his current panel information. -【Black Dragon】: Lai Ang·Xi Er Wa Na Si

【Dragon Race Level (Biological Level)】: Third Rank mastered class spells: Dragon's Might (First Rank 7) Acidic Dragon Breath (First Rank 6)-【Caster Level】: Second Rank mastered spells:

Second-circle spell: Water Magic Cannon (max level, 1st-level casting speed increase, 1st-level spell damage increase); First-circle spell: Water Shield (1st level), Mage's Eye (0 level), Breath Barrier (0 level); Zero-circle trick: Small Water Ball Technique (max level), Minor Power Amplification (max level).

Black Dragon Contemplation: Second Rank 1st level (6/50)-【Warrior Level】: Third Rank Black Water Battle Aura: Third Rank 1st level (72/150)-In the previous period, after Lai Ang's body length successfully broke through five meters, the Dragon Race's biological level naturally rose to Third Rank.

Moreover, in the coming few months, Lai Ang's physique will surge another notch, easily exceeding five and a half meters.

The further along, each meter of growth increases difficulty greatly compared to before, after all, the foundation of strength keeps growing larger.

Lai Ang's growth rate, even among red dragons, would be considered excellent.

Dragon's Might and Acidic Dragon Breath, due to the increase in mental power and the growth of the dragon's body, also rose several levels.

As a caster profession, the Black Dragon Contemplation had been cultivated by Lai Ang to Second Rank; in his mental world, there was a vivid black dragon spirit entity, identical in appearance to Lai Ang, except lacking the "god".

The Black Water Battle Aura, starting from Third Rank 0 level, after training rose more than one level.

Over the past year and more, the greatest improvement has been the dragon's body, followed by magic, and lastly the Black Water Battle Aura.

Closing the panel, Lai Ang slightly lowered his dragon head; he had already seen where the Red Dragon Fortress was.

The next moment, with a bang, the black dragon landed.

"'Sass, come face me!'"

At this moment, the black dragon was arrogantly unsurpassable.

After closing off and painstakingly cultivating for nearly two years, isn't it for this very moment? Defeat the strongest, become the strongest! Then obtain resources and grow stronger! Roar! A group of red dragons gathered around Red Dragon Sass as they walked out; the red dragon's neck was thick and large, slightly shorter than the black dragon's, looking even more strong and powerful.

With a body length approaching seven meters, its thick, long tail swayed like a red-hot iron whip, merely looking at it inspired dread.

However, Lai Ang merely watched the scene calmly, maximizing the accumulation of his power, and coldly glanced at the other red dragons, saying, "Now is the battle between the strongest; you weak lot, get out of my way."

Dragons have their own dragon pride; if Lai Ang were to humbly greet and invite battle, he would likely be looked down upon by the hot-tempered, proud red dragons, inevitably inviting mockery.

But if you are rough, confident, and arrogant, then it's different.

Indeed, the red dragons mocked as weaklings, though feeling unusually angry, were nevertheless blocked by a pair of broad crimson dragon wings.

The Red Dragon leader Sass stopped his subordinates with his dragon wings, his lava-like dragon eyes showing no joy or anger, "Lai Ang, only in a few years will the world be yours; for now, you are not my opponent."

Red Dragon Sass understood that this black dragon before him possessed astonishing potential; once it left the academy, perhaps in just a few years it would become an uncrowned king.

But, now, that is absolutely impossible!

This confidence stems from the power it possesses.

A sapphire-blue meteor streaked across the sky, booming toward Red Dragon Sass.

Lai Ang basically ignored the red dragon, directly demonstrating his resolve through action.

The max-level Water Magic Cannon was extremely fast; in the blink of an eye it reached Red Dragon Sass's front, and he could only just swing his most agile tail to block in front of himself.

"'Roar!' came the sound of the red dragon in pain."

Only see its dragon tail bloody, a large chunk of flesh crushed and vanished by the powerful Water Magic Cannon.

When power levels are not greatly different, water counters fire.

Therefore, this Water Magic Cannon, whose power rivals a third-circle attack spell, directly gave the careless red dragon a painful lesson.

"'Not bad, it seems I still underestimated you.' Red Dragon Sass endured the pain in his tail, his gaze wary and cold as he looked at Lai Ang."

Within it, surging battle aura like magma began to flow through the whole body, faintly making the crimson dragon scales shine three parts brighter.

Lai Ang's expression grew solemn.

Powerful mental power let it detect the anomaly; at this moment, the red dragon leader's aura surged a notch.

Battle aura.

And it had reached Third Rank battle aura!

On par with its Black Water Battle Aura. Indeed, Red Dragon Sass is ten years old; in another half year or so he will graduate from the academy's ten years of training; even though cultivating battle aura with a giant dragon's massive body takes longer to accumulate enough, if he puts in sufficient effort, raising his battle aura to Third Rank is still not difficult.

The reason few young dragons in the dragon fortress have cultivated their battle aura to Third Rank is merely that the young dragons cannot overcome their draconic laziness.

Even Lai Ang, who has a panel that clearly shows his progress, sometimes feels fatigued and wants to slack off a little.

Let alone those young dragons.

"'Lai Ang, welcome your crushing defeat!'"

The red dragon roared, spewing a mouthful of dragon flame that struck sideways across tens of meters; rolling flames scorched and twisted the air, the ground quickly blackened and began to crystallize.

The black dragon swiftly dodged the flame attack, yet some of its scales were still scorched; the scorched black scales faintly showed dryness and a hot, stinging pain.

As the chief of the chromatic dragons, the red dragon, besides possessing the strongest physique, also possesses the strongest breath—

Blazing Breath!

Fire itself is one of the elements with the greatest destructive power; for example, the second-circle spell Fireball, among second-circle attack spells its destructive power is in a class of its own—spells are like that, let alone the dragon's breath fire exhaled by a giant dragon.

Lai Ang felt it was troublesome.

But it still had confidence in victory.

In terms of bodily strength it might be weaker than the current Red Dragon Sass, but it also has its own advantages.

Water Magic Cannon! In less than a second, a sphere of astonishing power coalesced, and under Red Dragon Sass's intensely wary gaze, it plummeted rapidly toward him.

Seeing this, the red dragon could only aim its breath at the incoming Water Magic Cannon.

Just now the red dragon had personally experienced the terrifying power of this water-element spell; if allowed to strike him, a bloody hole would certainly be unavoidable.

Even if the red dragon's physique is incredibly strong, after a few more hits it also feels apprehensive.

The surging blazing dragon breath engulfed the water magic cannon, wearing down the astonishing magical power of that sphere.

A human-head-sized azure blue sphere, after enduring the brutal baptism of the blazing dragon breath, when it finally landed on the red dragon, had shrunk to less than a fist, crushing several pieces of hard dragon scale.

Water magic cannon! Lai Ang gave the red dragon no respite, condensing another azure blue sphere and firing it!

If it weren't for the water magic cannon's tremendous power, Lai Ang's current mental strength would still be insufficient for dual casting, and Red Dragon Sath would surely have been defeated by it already.

"Sath, I can still cast this spell five more times; can your blazing dragon breath hold out that long?" Lai Ang said.

"" Red Dragon Sath simply had no time to speak; once its breath stopped, it could only rely on its flesh to resist that terrifyingly powerful spell.

Because it simply couldn't dodge.

A war of attrition broke out.

One water magic cannon after another came at it, and Lai Ang didn't get close to give the red dragon a chance; by now he had positioned himself as a caster.

What reason does a caster have to engage in melee? Right?

Five, six, seven. In an instant, adding the initial two, Lai Ang had unleashed a total of seven water magic cannons.

Red Dragon Sath breathed out dragonfire until its throat was practically smoking, its vision blurred, its internal magic nearly exhausted, yet it was overjoyed.

Because this should be the limit of how many water magic cannons Lai Ang can unleash.

After all, it had just said it could only——in the next instant, the red dragon's gaze shifted from joy to despair as it saw the black dragon across from it flash an evil smile, then effortlessly release another azure blue sphere.

"You treacherous black dragon!!" Red Dragon Sath felt a surge of anger at being deceived.

But it could no longer breathe out dragonfire.

The water magic cannon slammed into it; although the red dragon deliberately avoided its weak points, a blood hole still blasted into its back, and the red dragon let out a painful howl.

Again, two more water magic cannons struck the red dragon, the two blood holes erupting in two tragic blossoms of blood; the dragon scales, hard enough that not even a fine steel sword could leave a mark, shattered like foam.

During this, Red Dragon Sath had also considered closing in on Lai Ang, but the opponent's speed was not slower than its own; as dragon blood kept dripping, in the chase Red Dragon Sath felt its body growing weaker and weaker.

"Phew, finally won."

Lai Ang felt his mental and magical reserves depleted to the point of only being able to unleash three more water magic cannons; watching the fallen, unconscious Red Dragon Sath, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the upgrade to the idle slot is a structural optimization; max-level and zero-level water magic cannons make no difference in mental and magical power consumption.

And the reason Red Dragon Sath believed Lai Ang's words wasn't that it was truly stupid; after all, a spell capable of such power would, by common sense, not consume so little.

But it never imagined that the water magic cannon's consumption really isn't high; at least, with Lai Ang's mental power, unleashing it over ten times poses no problem.

A narrow victory.

(End of chapter)