Chapter 410: Fierce Entanglement

Lei En saw through Bo Erqi's background at a glance.

Multi‑headed dragons are a low‑probability mutation, usually stronger than normal single‑headed great dragons and also bearing certain flaws, but Bo Erqi seems not to be among them; at least Lei En has not noticed any problem with him.

Just by size, Bo Erqi is larger and more robust than other adult dragons of the same age.

From head to tail it measures nearly thirty meters, the largest dragon Lei En has ever seen, a few meters longer than a normal adult dragon; it is comparable to the legendary dragon Long Ao Xi Li Ya, even a bit stronger, giving it a greater sense of power.

However, Bo Erqi's "True Dragon Body" is only fourth‑grade, one level lower than Long Ao Xi Li Ya.

Each of his three heads contains a dragon soul, but none are complete.

Red dragon, golden dragon, black dragon—the three differently colored dragon souls each possess a distinct draconic innate ability: the red dragon's "Flame Furnace", the golden dragon's "Divine Willpower", and the black dragon's "Shadow Incarnation", all of which are supreme Elements, and their breath attacks differ as well.

Each dragon soul, besides its innate ability and breath, also carries some corresponding spells.

For example, the red dragon head's "Flame Furnace" has a simple, brutal effect, granting super fire Element affinity; when casting fire spells, the flame temperature and power double, including the red dragon's "Flaming Dragon Breath".

He also masters a series of fire spells such as Fireball, Flame Burst, Lava Claw, Fire Wall, Fire Ring Resistance, Summon Fire Element, and Flame Strike.

Although he seems to have many spells, compared with a normal red dragon he has only about one‑third as many.

The other two heads, the golden dragon and the black dragon, are the same.

Only when the three dragon heads are combined does one obtain a complete dragon soul; additionally there is eighth‑grade Strength, and dragons possess various melee Elements such as dragon roar, dragon aura, dragon claws, tail strikes, bites, Tear, and savage charges, all of high rank. In short, its power far exceeds that of same‑age dragons and is far stronger than a typical legendary Mid-stage transcendent, making it a rare opponent.

However, Bo Erqi is outwardly fierce but inwardly timid at this moment.

He threatens and intimidates, putting on a desperate front, while secretly thinking of retreating, which makes Lei En burst into a hearty laugh.

Lei En is unsure whether to praise the dragon's caution or mock its cowardice, and hesitates to act.

"What are you laughing at?"

Bo Erqi is baffled by the laughter, his momentum stalls, and he subconsciously asks.

"What do you think?" Lei En points at the dragon, his gaze sweeping the lair, and says, "Shall I find you a safe escape route, or open a portal for you to leave?"

All three of Bo Erqi's heads fill with anger and roar in unison, "Reptile! Are you humiliating me?"

Three roars overlap, deafeningly loud, shaking the vast lair; the dragon aura reaches its peak, the shockwaves surge, yet Lei En remains unmoved, the towering dragon aura feeling like a light breeze.

The creature is still bluffing, unwilling to strike, clearly having realized his own strength can already threaten him.

"Exactly! I am indeed humiliating you."

Lei En, with a provocative look, flicks his finger at Bo Erqi and taunts, "Come bite me!"

Even the most cautious dragon cannot endure such contempt; the noble pride of the dragon race forbids a mortal's insult, and Bo Erqi finally cannot restrain his fury, opening his three mouths and spewing breath.

Flaming Dragon Breath!

Holy Light Dragon Breath!

Corrosive Acid Dragon Breath!

One red, one gold, one black, the three differently colored breaths cascade over Lei En; each breath's power differs: searing high‑temperature flame that incinerates all, purifying golden light that cleanses impurity, and corrosive shadow energy that erodes body and mind, instantly sweeping the entire dragon lair without leaving a single blind spot.

Lei En's figure is engulfed by the terrifying dragon breath.

The tri‑colored breaths lasted for over ten seconds before Bo Erqi ceased, and after the lair endured the high temperature, purification and corrosion, every wall and floor, even the rocks, melted; most of the lair became a lava‑like inferno, with the remaining flames slowly fading.

A silhouette emerges from the smoke and flames—it is Lei En.

He remains stationary, the ground beneath his feet scorched away a layer by the dragon breath; his wind‑thunder wings flutter lightly behind, keeping him suspended above the magma. His black iron heavy armor vanishes, revealing a muscular body clad only in half a dragon‑skin pant and a blood‑red cloak; a few burn and scorch marks on his skin heal in an instant.

"This can't be!"

Bo Erqi shouts in disbelief, his voice tinged with panic.

He knows the power of his dragon breaths; each is equivalent to a seventh‑ring spell, and even a Holy Soul Wizard would not dare to withstand them with his body, let alone someone like Lei En unscathed.

"Who on earth are you?" Bo Erqi cried out in shock.

He has heard of Lei En's deeds—a newly risen young count, apparently just promoted to legend—so how could he possibly withstand his own tri‑colored dragon breaths?

Lei En lifts the corner of his mouth but says nothing.

In fact, he only withstood the first three seconds of the breath; his fourth‑grade steel body combined with a fifth‑grade True Dragon Body and the resistance of his blood‑red cloak, then activating a shield, could only hold for five seconds, after which he drew the Thunder God's Hammer, slipped into the ethereal plane, and returned as the breath waned, creating the illusion of enduring the entire onslaught with his body.

Sure enough, Bo Erqi, in his extreme anger, failed to notice the trick and was greatly frightened.

He has lost all will to fight; the eyes of the three heads show panic.

"Now it's my turn."

Lei En whispers, his shoulder flicks, and instantly five Mirror Image duplicates appear beside him, each gripping a war hammer, a blood‑red cloak fluttering behind, electric currents coursing through their wind‑thunder wings, indistinguishable from the original.

When Mirror Image is activated, the original can swap positions with any duplicate, confusing the enemy's perception.

It can also trigger an invisibility technique, hiding the original.

However, Lei En does not become invisible; he merely swaps with a nearby Mirror Image, each duplicate's face showing a malicious grin as they begin to attack Bo Erqi.

Three Mirror Images flash forward, each instantly selecting a dragon head as its target.

Two Mirror Images charge, circling to the dragon's flank.

Lei En's original does not engage in melee; his multi‑core crystal has long been activated, accelerating his casting, and with a raised hand he unleashes a near‑instantaneous Thunderclap Technique that detonates above Bo Erqi's head.

Boom—

The explosion reverberates through the lair, the impact power amplified, the lightning‑form Element also taking effect; the violent shockwave makes the eardrums of Bo Erqi's three heads sting, and even with True Dragon Body protection he briefly becomes dizzy.

When he regains his senses, the five Mirror Image duplicates have already surrounded him.

Each duplicate's war hammer swings with a terrifying whoosh.

Bo Erqi, horrified to the brink, launches a frantic counterattack; his dragon claws slam the ground, a ring of golden flame spreads outward as if coating the floor with gold, the blazing gold fire erupts, Lei En circles to the feet of the two side duplicates, feeling pain as if standing on molten gold, forced to leap, only to be struck by a dragon tail that slams him into the rock wall.

This is Holy Light Fire.

It can persist for a long time, its range is massive, rendering half the lair's floor unwalkable.

At the same time, the red dragon head again exhales blazing breath; its surface scales erupt in flame, and a fire‑ring resistance first detonates the Mirror Image atop his head, then turns to spew at the mirror on the golden dragon head.

The black dragon head on the other side releases a massive shadow from its eyes, wrapping the facing Mirror Image before lunging and gnawing furiously; its saliva is a highly corrosive strong acid that sticks to the duplicate but has no effect, forcing it to spit it out far away.

In just a few seconds, both sides complete the first round of clash.

I have to say, the Golden Three-Headed Dragon is very powerful, almost without a weakness; it employed all sorts of tactics and repelled the first wave of Mirror Image attacks.

But it was only a repulse; not a single Mirror Image was lost.

Moreover, Lei En, using multi‑control of Mirror Images for the first time, was still unfamiliar and did not unleash his full power.

Lei En's true form continuously emitted three rainbow light beams, shattering the golden dragon's holy light barrier and leaving three deep wounds on it.

Bo Erqi's golden dragon head turned to stare at him, recognizing it as the true form.

Boom!

The massive dragon violently shook its wings, its four claws thrusting simultaneously, its huge body sprinting wildly; midway between flying and running it launched a savage charge, crushing forward like a small mountain.

Since its breath was hard to use, it intended to tear the enemy apart in close combat.

However, just as Bo Erqi was halfway through his charge, Lei En calmly hurled a Thunder Hammer; under ten levels of power, the warhammer was faster than lightning, instantly smashing the golden dragon's head, spraying blood, shattering scales, tilting the whole head backward, forcing it to halt its charge and emit a howl.

A bolt of lightning yanked the warhammer back into Lei En's hand; he continued casting, spouting a rainbow light beam.

The Mirror Image clones, manufactured in the same way, hurled warhammers from all directions, striking the other two dragon heads; a flurry of flying hammers sent Bo Erqi rolling on the ground in pain. Two Mirror Images caught the warhammers and flashed forward again, while three others cast spells—two Thunderclap Techniques and an Electric Blast Orb.

Suddenly a layer of shadow cloaked the view, and the massive dragon vanished.

"Shadow Curtain."

Lei En, having witnessed this seven‑ring spell, knows it not only disrupts spatial magic and prevents teleportation, but also creates darkness that blocks sight, hiding his form for covert ambushes or opportunistic retreats.

This is the black dragon's ability.

Before becoming a legend, Lei En truly struggled to locate enemies; now it is much easier.

The Soul Eye plus Truth Willpower plus Key of Doors gave triple vision; the true form and Mirror Images scanned simultaneously, and in less than half a second located Bo Erqi's true body. The three Mirror Image clones that were casting spells shifted their spell targets, detonating in a space above the Dragon Nest.

A wisp of smoke‑like black shadow was blown apart, and the massive Golden Three-Headed Dragon appeared in a ragged state, falling down.

He hadn't touched the ground when several Mirror Images turned into lightning and struck him, raising warhammers to smash. The Mirror Images possessed only half the true form's strength; after two or three consecutive blows they broke the holy light barrier, then proceeded with a relentless barrage, making the dragon howl in agony.

With a thunderous boom, the Golden Three-Headed Dragon slammed into the ground, its head spinning dizzy.

He still had many spells and tactics at his disposal, but under the surrounding assault of Lei En's true form and Mirror Image clones, he had no chance to execute them; they were always interrupted.

The rainbow light beam, Electric Blast Orb, Thunderclap Technique, Lightning Arc… the spells bombarded in rotation, the warhammer swung continuously, each strike unleashing lightning, adding more wounds to the dragon's body.

Bo Erqi barely managed to repel one or two Mirror Image clones, while the others chained attacks, leaving no time to breathe, let alone escape.

He despairingly discovered that he couldn't even eliminate a single Mirror Image.

Each of these Mirror Image clones was extremely tenacious, with formidable strength, astonishing defense, and high resistance to spells; they moved fluidly in battle, unlike the rigid Mirror Images of his imagination, seeming as if each were a true form.

In fact, Lei En also found it a bit tricky.

His idea was to hammer‑daze the dragon's heads one by one, then tame it; after trying, he realized that dazing a single head was useless, the other two remained awake, and a head could only be stunned for at most half a second before recovering.

Unless all three heads are stunned simultaneously, he must use full force to smash the heads outright.

The Dragon Nest trembled incessantly, seeming on the verge of collapse.

After a fierce entanglement of seven or eight minutes, the Golden Three-Headed Dragon's injuries worsened; excessive blood loss reduced its stamina and slowed its reactions. Seizing the chance, Lei En's true form produced an Arcane Flood Staff, activating a stasis field.

This six‑ring spell had little effect on Bo Erqi, lasting at most one or two seconds.

But that was enough.

The invisible field pried open, immobilizing the Golden Three-Headed Dragon as if it were an insect trapped in amber; several Mirror Images seized the moment, leapt at the three dragon heads at top speed, and swung their hammers down with force.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three explosions nearly merged into one; the dragon's three heads were wounded simultaneously, finally stunned, its body collapsing limp on the ground, devoid of any resistance.

At that moment, all Mirror Image clones vanished as the spell's duration ended.

"Huh…"

Lei En exhaled, feeling it was truly difficult.

Bo Erqi's strength was already great; probably only a few Mid‑stage legends could match him. Capturing him alive was far harder than killing him; if a few more seconds passed and the Mirror Images vanished, he might not be able to handle it alone.

He stared at the Golden Three-Headed Dragon that resembled a mountain of gold, rubbed his hands in anticipation, and opened the Taming Title: Master.

(End of Chapter)