Chapter 116: Chaos Era Demon Star

Behind the great gate lies a vast, awe‑inspiring space that seems boundless; pure darkness in the distance blocks the eye, preventing any view of the edge beyond the gloom.

In the hall's center is a black pool; though the dark water does not appear deep, it churns and roars. Around the pool are platforms cast 10 feet wide and 2 feet long. Above the water, five feet up at the pool's center, a black egg floats.

At the pool's edge stands a floating wooden rack holding several items that emit strong magical fluctuations.

Beyond that, piles upon piles of magical gems are arranged around the pool!

"What is that?" Naimi Xisi furrowed his brow, staring at the black egg above the pool.

The smooth, ink‑colored stone egg stands about two meters tall, with a circumference of roughly one meter; its dark interior bears faint crimson veins that pulse like a heart.

Each beat radiates an immensely evil, massive magical force outward.

"You may call it—'Chaos Era Demon Star.'" Rafael said, gazing entranced at the black egg.

"It is forged from the dragon soul of an ancient Hellfire Dragon, combined with the divine power that former First‑Layer Hell Lord Zariel stole from the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen."

Naimi Xisi's pupils darkened at this, horrified by the black egg's origin.

An ancient Hellfire Dragon? Hellfire Dragons are not pure‑blood True Dragons, yet they are pseudo‑dragons stronger than Red Dragons.

In ancient times, Hell harbored a native True Dragon called the 'Ruthless Dragon,' but the devils of Hell, to prevent this True Dragon from usurping their hereditary Hell authority and to obtain a powerful troop type, acted.

The devils altered all Ruthless Dragons, turning them into pseudo‑dragons that grow like True Dragons but lack the dragon lineage.

Hellfire Dragons possess a devil‑like array of potent spell‑like abilities, can continue growing, and have a dragon breath.

However, they lack inherited memory and the Sorcerer bloodline of True Dragons, though they do not need it.

A Hellfire Dragon's exhalation is a terrifying Hellfire flame, and it wields spell‑like powers that, like a devil's, have no usage limit and can be employed at will.

Even the Red Dragon, chief of evil dragons, is trampled by a Hellfire Dragon.

An ancient‑level Hellfire Dragon? Aside from encountering a deity, it could stride across the Multiverse.

Unfortunately, True Dragons wield great power in Hell, for the God of Evil Dragons, the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen—Tiamat's divine realm resides on Hell's First Layer.

The subjects of the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen loathe such pseudo‑dragons as Hellfire Dragons, launching fanatical, organized hunts against them throughout Hell.

Consequently, Hellfire Dragon numbers sharply declined after the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen took residence in Hell, becoming almost a rare species.

Several layers of Hell lords have complained to Asmontis about the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen's subjects' arrogance, yet the trend persists.

Thus, almost no one has ever seen an ancient Hellfire Dragon.

Even if an ancient Hellfire Dragon were alive, it would dare not frolic in Hell for fear of being casually crushed by the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen.

Under these circumstances, the material of this black egg becomes exceedingly precious—rarer than an ancient Red Dragon; indeed, the whole Frelen likely cannot find a single ancient Red Dragon! Moreover, this black egg also fuses the Five‑Colored Dragon Queen's divine power with that of Hell's lords, no wonder it is a high‑grade Artifact.

"Ah, Hell has kept this black egg here for thirty thousand years; I've always been curious about its ultimate destination," Rafael said, scanning Juan Ce Long. "Now I understand, ha— the Artifact's final host must indeed be a great dragon, fitting Hell's twisted taste, hahahaha," Rafael laughed until he could no longer stand upright.

Naimi Xisi furrowed his brow, unsure why the other was laughing; he wondered if they thought he harbored reservations about using a great dragon as material for the Artifact.

He does have an extremely flexible moral line.

Rafael quickly ceased his smile, a grin still at his lips, and said, "Go then, Hell has already granted its permission; you need not spend fifteen years synchronizing it, it is already yours."

"And I shall claim my loot as well," he said, his gaze fixed on the rack, eyes blazing with fervor.

Naimi Xisi raised his hand toward the black egg; the egg floated swiftly to his face, shrinking to a few centimeters before he swallowed it whole.

Soon, the high‑grade Artifact's data was fed back via the Magic Net, and a subtle glint appeared in Naimi Xisi's eyes.

"So that's it. This is the devil's true twisted taste," he sighed.

Chaos Era Demon Star Grade: High‑grade Artifact

Effect One: The holder of the Chaos Era Demon Star may freely perform Summoning of Blood Claw; the Blood Claw works as follows.

(Blood Claw: The Blood Claw is a short staff whose tip is carved with a red dragon's claw. If it contacts the corpse of a dragon‑type creature that died within two minutes, it can siphon the creature's soul, functioning like a spell that binds the soul; the Blood Claw itself counts as a container.) Effect Two: For each Adult Stage dragon absorbed, or two Young Dragon Stage dragons, or three adolescent dragons, or four juvenile dragons, or five hatchlings, the Chaos Era Demon Star enters a one‑month gestation, after which it births a fully obedient adult Hellfire Dragon for its holder.

Effect Three: For every five Adult Stage dragon souls added, the gestating Hellfire Dragon's age tier rises by one level.

Effect Four: If the holder fails to absorb any dragon soul within a year, they are cursed with a twisted will, gradually descending into madness; no mind‑protecting spell can ward off this curse.

"Hmm," Naimi Xisi said, unusually silent.

The power of the Chaos Era Demon Star is undeniably formidable; it can create adult—or even more powerful—Hellfire Dragons using merely low‑tier dragons as material, essentially disregarding the law of energy conservation.

Yet each of its effects brazenly encases the creator's malicious scheme: exterminating all great dragons.

Consider this: if the holder wishes to forge an adult Hellfire Dragon, would they hunt a single adult great dragon or five hatchlings?

The difficulty gap between the two is astronomical.

For great dragons, hatchlings are everything, as their reproduction rate is extremely low and survivable hatchlings are exceedingly rare.

In most cases, hatchlings hold no hunting value; their scales are immature, Combat Power is weak, and the time required to raise them to Adult Stage would exhaust two generations of humans.

Thus, few Dragon Slayer would attempt to capture hatchlings for trade.

Raising dragons is merely a fictional fantasy; nurturing a single great dragon to adulthood would cost enough time and resources to kill any non‑royal noble.

Yet this high‑grade Artifact offers immense incentive to capture, slaughter, and eradicate hatchlings en masse.

In return, they will reap pseudo‑dragons stronger than True Dragons—adult Hellfire Dragons! (End of Chapter)