Chapter 95: Dragon Fire

The silver light of judgment has already shone, while the opponent before him is a patch of vivid red.

Upon the holy sword swung once more, silver light and faint flames shimmered; the radiance of the paladin is inherently a power of dual attributes, light and fire, perfectly gathered in Li En's hands.

"Break Evil."

Unlike in the past, this time, after Li En swung his sword with full force, he even felt a trace of weakness.

The fact that holy power is no longer infinite also means Li En's Break Evil slash must change from a basic attack into a ultimate move.

"Boom!"

But while this sword was still being swung in the air, the faint sound of thunderous explosions already echoed through the air.

His opponent could even faintly hear a roar resembling a dragon's bellow.

Li En, in his fury, to ensure his power, directly poured overflowing Dragon Fire into the sword!

The stubborn gray dwarf warrior raised his shield to block; with his shield paired with weight and heavy armor, he was confident he could block the great warrior's strike!

And if only given a little time for his comrades, a squad's poisoned arrows and shadow spells would take the life of this blocking knight!

"Whoosh."

When the blade collided with the shield, both sides of the battle revealed expressions of surprise.

"The feel is wrong," Li En frowned; he felt no force feedback.

"The feel is wrong, I felt no collision," while the gray dwarf warrior's face was full of shock; the opponent did not seem weak, so how could there be no strength?

Of course it was wrong, because the expected collision between sword and shield did not happen!

"Crash!"

Under the incredulous gaze of onlookers, the blade, turned completely red, completed a supremely smooth two-part cut like a silver knife slicing through butter!

A scorching blade mark, still capable of distorting the air, burned in the atmosphere; this was the trace left by the sword's passage.

The shield and armor that blocked this mark had already become scrap iron.

That stubborn dwarf warrior was even split into upper and lower halves, dying with his eyes unsealed.

"How is this possible!" The dark elf captain could not dare to imagine; one of his squad's warriors was gone in a single slash?

Yet the great enemy before them was reality; the holy sword was still gripped in the knight's hand, faintly emitting light and flame.

Those eyes, like an angry dragon, were firmly locked onto this underground squad.

"Korch!" The dwarf healer, who had a closer relationship with the warrior, let out a scream; he could not understand at all what had happened.

The equipment of gray dwarf craftsmen was no worse than that of shield dwarfs; why did the shield shatter and armor vanish in a single glance?

Why did the dwarves, renowned for their tenacious vitality, completely turn into two pieces with just a single sword strike, and now their remaining bodies were burning?

What kind of knight is this?! A Red Dragon Knight?!

The dark elf opponent attempted to communicate, but Li En was never too lazy to waste words on villains.

The deep breath had ended; Li En, having recovered his breath, raised the holy sword once more. This time, the light and flame upon it flared up again!

"Break Evil!"

"Run, run quickly!"

The formidable dark elf captain gritted his teeth and blocked the attack himself.

He knew his squad was doomed this time; they had encountered a monster. At least let those who could not be of use escape.

But did his interception have any meaning? His opponent was one who never followed the usual path.

He only saw the young knight before him suddenly speak to himself, emitting sounds from his mouth that were impossible to understand.

"ELDER (Forge Fire)!"

In the next instant, everything before his eyes turned into flames.

"Boom!"

The arsonist met a fire tribulation; a ring of flames descended from the sky, and the scorching fire ring instantly refined the fleshly villains before him.

Flee? Not a single one shall escape!

"Voom!" The true dragon's flames, as if bound within that narrow ring of the world, consecutively triggered a second and third detonation.

The intense heat and vacuum created instantly formed a furnace within the ring, burning everything inside.

The entire squad, from the healer to the spellcasters, and even including the thief who forcibly entered the shadows, were all swallowed by the flames and refined together.

The earth turned to scorched soil; the battlefield resembled a red dragon's breath, with black shadows that were once corpses imprinted upon the scorched earth.

Li En, taking a deep breath, felt weakness once more.

And the opponents before him, not even scorched corpses could be found; only fine weapons and armor were still struggling to hold on amidst the gradually extinguishing flames.

Perhaps they would save the effort of being returned to the furnace for remelting.

Li En's gaze turned to the surrounding area of firelight; there seemed to be more attackers and villains there.

"Huff, the consumption is a bit high." Although the battle time was short and the victory relatively easy, Li En would likely need some time to recover his breath before acting again.

This time, there was no Heroic Soul to pay the bill; Kuku's Heroic Souls could boost base attributes, but could not provide mana like a paladin's oath cheat; every ounce of power Li En used belonged to himself.

However, having so easily destroyed a squad, the one most surprised was actually Li En himself.

The opponents were not weak; Li En could even feel that the leading opponent was at least a Silver Life of around the third tier.

Li En naturally acted with full force; he actually underestimated the power of Dragon Fire plus Break Evil Slash, and even more so, he underestimated the legacy of Su Er's Soul.

【Soul: Su Er's Wall-Breaker (Raw Stone): Your blade edge is unbreakable!】

The full-force strike of the first sword was even somewhat wasteful; those arcane knights trained to a high level merely attached elemental power of "cantrip" grade to their blade edges, having already become true magic knights; one plus one was far greater than three.

But Li En combined Break Evil Slash + Wall-Breaker (Armor-Piercing) + Su Er's Sword Art Secret + Dragon Fire (True Dragon Enhancement); especially since he carelessly attached full-force Dragon Fire, this full-force swung Break Evil Dragon Sword should have been enjoyed by a true great warrior, not these unlucky second-tier and third-tier aliens.

The subsequent Dragon Speech was also clearly overpowered, using all his mana.

Acting with full force caused him to naturally fall into a brief weakness; if at this time

"Aaaah!"

Suddenly, a unlucky assassin was blasted out from the shadows, writhing in pain on the ground.

Judging by the spot where he was thrown, it seemed he had intended to backstab Li En, this knight in a weakened state?

"How can there be such a powerful Holy Fire Halo?"

The Holy Fire Halo is the most useless halo ability of a Paladin; its damage output efficiency is truly too low, but for "catching thieves," the auto-activating Holy Fire often works wonders.

Going all out has its benefits; at least, if one activates a Holy Fire Halo whenever battle starts, it can truly catch thieves.

What the Shadow Assassin could not understand was why the Holy Fire's power was so strong; he had prepared himself to endure the flames while backstabbing, yet he was directly scalded by the Holy Fire into writhing on the ground.

The unextinguishable Dragon Flame burned quietly on the assassin's body; the assassin, trying to extinguish it by rolling, gained nothing.

But the next moment, he would not need to think any further.

Shadow covered him; he instinctively looked up, only to see the figure of a knight holding the Flame Sword right before his eyes.

Those vertical dragon pupils, glowing with a mesmerizing yellow light even under the moonlight, revealed everything.

"Dragon." This was his final words before his head was separated from his body.

And this time, Li En had at least left a corpse that could be pieced back together.

Leaning on his sword, Li En breathed heavily again to recover his energy, realizing that without his infinite Holy Power reserve, he was indeed not as durable in prolonged battles as before.

He must adjust his output intensity; if he continues to treat the output required for an opponent of "Saintess" level as his normal sword-swinging intensity, he fears he will fall before his opponent.

But, right now, it is already enough.

The Holy Fire Halo did not find a next target; Li En turned his gaze toward another warehouse, where faint sounds of battle and roars were coming from.

Li En had already guessed what these alien races intended to do; they wanted to destroy the entire warehouse district and the granaries.

"They absolutely cannot succeed; otherwise, the number of dead will be a hundred times, a thousand times that of tonight."

——

Talia saw Li En at a police station in the South Gate District.

She had not rested last night either; having just received the notification, she hurried across districts, entering this branch police station with the dawn sunlight.

She truly did not expect to have to go to the police station to pick up Li En again so soon.

"Looks like your condition is still okay."

Seeing Li En eating noodles among a pile of desks, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yo, you're here." Li En greeted with interest, then continued eating his noodles.

Having killed all night long, he was truly exhausted.

These Dark Elves and Gray Dwarves had probably been lying in wait for a long time; suddenly, many squads arrived, causing destruction everywhere, and Li En simply could not kill them all.

This time, there was no mix-up where Li En was detained; instead, he was here making a statement, recounting the situation from last night, while also being asked to help guard the excessive number of alien prisoners.

Li En's efforts throughout the night bore fruit; he had at least slain over twenty attackers from four squads, but...

"The warehouse district is at least half gone; vast amounts of grain and supplies are lost. I fear this city will have to endure hard times for a while."

(End of Chapter)