Chapter 16: Law‑Image Heaven and Earth

Level 2 Alert: All professions in Black Stone City, attention, a Catastrophe‑grade dungeon monster has appeared in the "Mist Forest"!

Notice: All professions evacuate quickly and return inside the city! Those of second‑stage or higher must gather immediately on the city walls!

Fan Qingli had already reported the news of the "Roaming Catastrophe‑grade dungeon monster"; Black Stone City held an emergency meeting last night specifically to discuss how to deal with this Catastrophe‑grade monster and to strengthen patrols of dungeons everywhere.

Who would have thought that before a concrete plan was even discussed, the creature actually showed up.

Its massive, terrifying form resembled a black storm that seemed to devour everything; without doubt, this was the Catastrophe‑grade monster, now indeed rampaging in a higher‑level dungeon, consuming dungeon monsters to raise its level.

Black Stone City immediately sounded the alarm and summoned a large number of experts to gather on the city walls.

As a third‑stage war‑ready city, the patrol envoys are all third‑stage or higher, i. e., over level 100; including the city lord, three warriors in their hundred‑plus levels stood solemnly on the wall, staring at the distant black silhouette, unable to decide for a moment.

"It has already reached level 33, and its level is rising rapidly; if we act, we must do so quickly. A Catastrophe‑grade monster in its thirties, even the three of us together might not be able to slay it, let alone it also possesses Void‑Stealth ability!"

The left patrol envoy of Black Stone City, the level‑128 third‑stage strongman Luo Zhenyang, spoke.

The right patrol envoy, the level‑134 third‑stage Archmage Wang Qiuyue, also looked at city lord Lei Hong and said:

"Make a decision quickly! Otherwise we truly have no right to choose!"

Lei Hong glanced at the professions scrambling to flee into the city, sighed, and said, "We cannot provoke it; we must request aid, immediately request aid! We have no chance of taking it down. Send rescue quickly, let a fourth‑stage or even fifth‑stage strongman handle it, otherwise if anything goes wrong, Black Stone City will be destroyed by our own hands!"

After deciding, Lei Hong immediately returned to report the news, leaving the two patrol envoys to continue garrisoning the walls with their troops.

The Mist Forest was indeed teeming with monsters; although it could only absorb eighty percent of experience, Taotie's level still surged rapidly, and when it completely devoured all the forest's monsters, its level had already spiked to 36.

Seeing this level, Lu Zheng was not satisfied and immediately led it to a slightly weaker dungeon, the Raging Swamp, nearby.

Here the monsters range from level 30 to 40; although not as numerous as in the Mist Forest, it still provides experience. The black storm reappeared, and the entire Raging Swamp's monsters were devoured completely.

At this point, Taotie's level barely entered 38.

Lu Zheng glanced at Taotie's basic attributes, felt they were far off, and thought he had to test it—first see how powerful that Dark Demon Dragon really is, what the gap is; at worst he could just dismiss the pet and run.

The next moment, they entered the Ridge Mountain dungeon.

Sure enough, the monsters here were all high‑quality; any one of them was a Dragon‑blood elite above level 50, with no ordinary monsters at all.

Taotie descended, its size ballooned to thirty‑six meters; with a massive gape, even Dragon‑blood elites were ripped and sucked in, and these high‑quality monsters caused Taotie's level to surge again.

In the blink of an eye it broke past level 40! Moments later, all the wild beasts of Ridge Mountain were devoured, and Taotie's level surged to 44.

While Lu Zheng outside the mountain was pondering how to start the quest, the entire Ridge Mountain suddenly trembled violently; in an instant a massive fissure opened, followed by a dragon roar! Western dragons and Eastern dragons differ: Western dragons roar, Eastern dragons chant.

Undoubtedly, a Western Giant Dragon had awakened inside!

After the mountain split, demonic aura seeped out, massive black dragon claws protruded from the fissure, followed by a huge dragon head; suddenly it transformed into a black beam that shot into the air, and a dark dragon with a fifty‑meter wingspan appeared over Ridge Mountain.

Lu Zheng quickly used the True Eye to look; he thought he might not see anything, but the information was fully revealed.

Monster: Vix

Species: Dark Demon Dragon

Quality: Overlord‑grade

Level: LV. 200 (Severely Injured)

Level: LV. 60 (True)

HP: 2,000,000/2,000,000 | MP: 80,000/80,000

Strength: 12,500

Agility: 11,000

Spirit: 13,200

Constitution: 14,000

Skills: Dark Rage, Dragon Breath, Black Flame Meteor, Demon Spirit Shield, Fire Rain Demon Flame

So that's it, Lu Zheng suddenly understood.

This dragon, in its severely injured state, is only level 60, so Lu Zheng can see its stats; judging by those, there seems to be a chance of victory! After all, a level‑44 Taotie is no pushover.

Summoned Beast: Unnamed

Species: Taotie

Quality: Five‑Star Legendary Divine Pet

Level: LV. 44 (0.1%)

HP: 440,000/440,000

MP: 40,000/40,000

Strength: 4,800

Agility: 3,600

Spirit: 2,500

Constitution: 6,000

Skills: Black Hole Devour, Law-Image Heaven and Earth, Dark Claw, Ruthless Mist, Fierce God's Might (Passive), Mana Annihilation (Passive)

Looking only at base stats, Taotie is completely suppressed, but in fact it already holds the advantage! Under the passive effect of the skill "Fierce God's Might," the level‑60 Dark Demon Dragon Vix has its spirit defense reduced by 50% and its movement speed reduced by 50%. Moreover, the dragon's skill attacks are clearly magical; the vast majority of those attacks are nullified by Taotie's other passive skill "Mana Annihilation," not only dealing no damage but also restoring mana to Taotie.

Excluding magical damage, it comes down to melee.

Although in every attribute Taotie is suppressed by the Dark Demon Dragon, Taotie possesses a melee‑invincible skill: Law-Image Heaven and Earth!

Facing the terrifying Dark Demon Dragon, Taotie shows no fear; instead it flashes a greedy gaze, as if eyeing a sumptuous feast. That look provokes Vix to roar again, unleashing Dark Rage—a fierce black beam shoots up from the ground like a towering pillar, seemingly trying to pierce Taotie through the top.

Skill: Dark Rage

Effect: Harnesses underground dark energy, forming an impact beam that strikes from below, dealing continuous damage; each impact deals at least 10,000 damage, with ongoing damage of 5,000 per second.

In other words, this skill is extremely lethal to others—impact breaks defense, continuous damage; one use can instantly kill the opponent!

Yet under the passive Mana Annihilation, this skill simply becomes a way for Taotie to continuously restore mana.

Not only does it cause no damage, but within the black beam Taotie looks even more radiant!

But that moment just incited it.

Dharma Aspect Heaven Earth released! All attributes amplified, doubled, doubled again! Thanks for the support! (End of chapter)