Chapter 923: The Green Dragon King

Kill!

Kaimanshi roared loudly, his voice bearing an awe‑inspiring, unmatched draconic might; the great sword in his hand ignited with blazing fire, its blade formed as if of molten lava.

He swung a single sword, and the sword light surged to dozens of meters in length.

Boom!

The massive sword light struck the bridge of the ship, emitting a earth‑shaking blast.

An invisible, transparent force field materialized, appearing fragile as a sheet of paper that could be pierced at a glance; however, all the power unleashed by Kaimanshi's sword slammed into the field, denting it two to three meters and causing wave‑like tremors.

But that was all.

The blade, flame, and shockwave—all lethal effects—were repelled or deflected by the field, unable to advance another step, still half a distance from the Star Destroyer's armor.

The ripples on the force field subsided instantly, the dent rose again, and the Star Destroyer remained intact.

The people on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief.

They were not worried about their own safety; there were three Holy Soul Wizards and two Extreme Warriors clad in powered armor, so Kaimanshi's intrusion was certainly fatal. Their concern was that the bridge might be destroyed, causing the newly‑built Star Destroyer to crash.

Kaimanshi froze, unable to believe that his strongest strike—capable of slaying a Saint Rank master with a single blow—failed to breach the metal fortress's protection.

The eyes beneath the dragon priest mask stared through the deflected force field and glass wall at the people inside the bridge.

Then, he saw the enemy's form clearly.

Empire man!

Holy Soul Wizard! This is a Fu Kong Cheng!

In the past two years the Empire has massively invaded the Seian Plateau, clearly preparing to unify it. As the plateau's overlord, Kaimanshi naturally refused to surrender and had made extensive resistance preparations, secretly gathering intelligence, learning that the mastermind behind it was the Empire Consul Ryan Augustus and the Makurag people who follow Lei En, those powerful Extreme Warriors.

When the Star Destroyer first appeared, Kaimanshi guessed they might be Empire troops.

Now it is finally confirmed.

At a glance he recognized the young human seated on the central metal chair as the Empire Consul Ryan Augustus.

Beside Lei En, the two unusually striking old Wizards were also recognized by Kaimanshi.

Character: Anxiwodasi (pinyin: Anxiwodasi) and Oluoin!

The Empire Consul not only piloted the Fu Kong Cheng to personally assault the Mataqi Tribe, but also brought the two most powerful Holy Soul Wizards and a multitude of Extreme Warriors!

"Mataqi Tribe is finished."

"Run quickly!"

That was the first thought in Kaimanshi's mind.

Centuries of chieftain status and the dignity of a strong one would not let him bow to a human and become a vassal, yet he also refused to perish with his tribe, having long prepared an escape route to abandon them.

But just as the idea of fleeing arose, the roar of lightning filled his ears, and his vision was flooded with countless electric lights, obscuring everything.

The Star Destroyer's counterattack arrived simultaneously.

Boom—boom—...

The eight twin‑linked Electric Light Cannons mounted on the upper armor of the Star Destroyer swiftly rotated, adjusted their angles, locked onto the target, and opened fire as Kaimanshi approached the bridge.

Four cannons fired eight thick laser beams, while the other four entered a rapid‑fire mode, blasting lightning bolts from various angles at a frequency far beyond human brain limits, pelting Kaimanshi's body like a deluge; countless electric lights engulfed him.

Kaimanshi was blown into the air, his body losing control.

No matter which direction he veered, the Electric Light Cannon fire shadowed him, always firmly locked on target, missing no attack.

Amid a series of explosions, the dragon‑shaped armor held for less than three seconds before collapsing.

Kaimanshi's body was exposed; red dragon scales surfaced on his skin, but they lasted only a breath before being shattered, flesh splattering, then instantly vaporized by the intense electric light, quickly revealing his skeletal bones and organs.

"Ah..."

Kaimanshi let out a wail, but could do nothing.

The Star Destroyer's firepower was too fierce.

Each laser equated to a seven‑ to eight‑Ring Spell, each lightning bolt matched a Five‑Ring Spell, and dozens of attack bursts occurred every second—an attack rate far beyond human limits, impossible for ordinary means to withstand.

Such terrifying fire suppression left no escape method viable; he could only become a living target.

Kaimanshi is a barbarian Sword Saint, knowing no spells.

The dragon priest mask granted him a fragment of ancient red dragon's innate ability, but he is not a true caster; struck by the Electric Light Cannon, his mind went blank, leaving only the instinct to scream.

In less than ten seconds of ship cannon fire, Kaimanshi was blown far from the bridge, entering the side‑cannon attack angle of the Star Destroyer.

The nearest four twin‑linked Electric Light Cannons had just finished charging and also locked onto the target.

Lei En, seated on the bridge, lightly tapped the screen.

In an instant, eight Electric Light Cannon projectiles struck Kaimanshi simultaneously.

Boom!

The barbarian chieftain exploded in midair, turning into a sky of flesh fragments, then swept by countless erupting lightning bolts; the flesh turned to ash, leaving no trace of his existence.

Silence fell over the bridge.

Marius watched Lei En, who remained motionless in his chair, feeling both awe at the Star Destroyer's firepower and a complex emotion. For centuries, Kaimanshi had been a mountain pressing on the hearts of all barbarians, including himself; they could only look up to Kaimanshi.

Today, such a mighty Kaimanshi died, and died so miserably!

From start to finish, Lei En merely sat in his chair and snapped his fingers a few times, as if he hadn't slain a Saint Rank master who had roamed the plateau for years, but rather killed a chicken with ease.

"Star Destroyer!"

"This is the Star Destroyer!"

Not only Marius, but Kestajin, Maigaona and Boorqi, as well as over six thousand dwarves and barbarians in the hangar, saw the outside battle through a massive projection on the hangar wall after the fight began.

Everyone was shocked by the Star Destroyer's overwhelming firepower and Kaimanshi's manner of death, which struck their souls; the bridge and the four hangars were silent.

It was only after a few seconds that cheers erupted, but most remained dazed.

"Impressive!"

The two Holy Soul Wizards exchanged a glance.

They hadn't forgotten; the Star Destroyer's main cannon hadn't fired yet, but even the power displayed by its secondary cannon alone was enough to rival Fu Kong Cheng.

Lei En suddenly raised his hand, reached into a briefly opened small portal, and when he pulled it back, he was holding a fiery red mask.

"Dragon Priest Mask!" Bo Erqi's eyes lit up.

Kaimanshi, though he died a gruesome death and had no chance to fight back, could still see the mask's greatness: its primary material was the dragon soul of an ancient red dragon, and the mask emerged from the bombardment unharmed, surely a Legend Grade magical artifact.

The Dragon Priest Mask is a holy relic of the Dragon Worship Sect; each one is at least Epic Grade and possesses a portion of the dragon's former abilities, including spells.

Legend Grade Dragon Priest Masks are even rarer.

Lei En glanced twice and then tossed the red dragon mask into the Nebula Ring.

The Star Destroyer continued toward Bakhahalu, slowing its speed; soon the entire city fell within range, hovering in the sky about three thousand meters from the city gate. The barbarians in Bakhahalu saw their chieftain blown apart, and the city was now in chaos, people scrambling and covering their heads.

Bakhahalu lies between six peaks, with its sole city gate on the east, where massive stones form a towering wall a kilometer long.

Below the wall stretches a mountain slope thousands of meters high, layered with defensive works; hundreds of bunkers, towers, and crossbow cannons occupy the high ground, arranged logically and supported by tens of thousands of adult barbarian warriors of the tribe, making it impregnable.

The Mataqi tribe also domesticated venomous flying dragons to fend off aerial foes.

If an attack were launched from the ground against Bakhahalu, the attackers would inevitably pay a huge price.

But all of that is meaningless before the Star Destroyer.

The Mataqi also knew this; on the wall only a few barbarians hid behind the ramparts, peeking at the massive skyward creature, while the outer defenses had been abandoned, empty.

Behind the city gate, barbarians crowded, shouting for the guards to open the gate, trying to flee Bakhahalu.

Yet, for some reason, the gate remained shut.

What was once a protective wall for the tribe has become a roadblock for the Mataqi, trapping over two hundred thousand barbarians inside to await death.

The Star Destroyer hovered in the sky, not launching an immediate attack.

Lei En looked down at the barbarians running around the city like headless flies, scanned the scene, then asked, "Malius, didn't you say the Mataqi tribe has two Saint Rank strongmen? Where is the other one?"

"Sir, besides Kaimanshi, the Mataqi also have a High Priest."

Malius replied, "That High Priest holds a very high position, but his identity is mysterious; he is rarely within the tribe, perhaps he is absent today."

"Perhaps he fled," Kestajin interjected.

That speculation was met with everyone's agreement.

Even Kaimanshi, as strong as he was, was blown to death by the Star Destroyer; that High Priest, seeing the unfavorable situation, would not dare to appear before the Star Destroyer unless he were utterly complacent.

Malius added, "The High Priest also has another role: she is Kaimanshi's spouse."

"A female barbarian?" Bo Erqi exclaimed in surprise, "What is her profession?"

Barbarians, regardless of gender, are innately brave and martial; below the Legendary level, men and women have similar strength, but beyond Legendary the gap widens, with stronger individuals being increasingly male. Most barbarians who ascend to Saint Rank are male; females are exceedingly rare.

"I don't know either," Malius shook his head, his expression odd, and said, "But one thing is certain: the Mataqi High Priest possesses spellcasting ability."

That startled everyone.

Barbarians are naturally brave and strong; once adult they equal a human Level‑1 Transcendent, but this comes from spellcasting. Every barbarian is born without elemental affinity; even those who become casters do so through later circumstances, and their spellcraft is weak.

Extreme Warriors inherited from Lei En an affinity for lightning elements; Lei En tried teaching them meditation, but the results were poor.

Even the Extreme Warrior with the best magical talent is only at the level of a senior Wizard.

A barbarian Saint Rank caster is unheard of!

Everyone immediately thought that the Mataqi High Priest is not a barbarian but a shapeshifted member of another race.

"That's impossible!"

Bo Erqi shouted at once, "She definitely isn't a barbarian." His eyes flicked, and he guessed, "She is likely a giant dragon."

"You guessed it," Lei En replied suddenly.

His gaze settled on a large stone house not far from the city gate.

It must be a small Mataqi shrine, housing a statue of Mother of Evil Dragons Tiyaxisi, depicted as a massive dragon with five heads of different colors—red, green, blue, black, and white.

But Lei En's attention wasn't on the dragon‑mother statue; the All‑Seeing Eye pierced the walls and slabs, revealing a spacious basement beneath the shrine.

A tall female barbarian stood within a rune sigil, cradling a massive orb in both hands, chanting loudly; the orb emitted a misty glow, the sigil beneath her trembled, intricate runes lit up, channeling vast energy into the void, sending it far away.

Lei En instantly recognized that she was not human, but a female ancient green dragon!

Because the distance was great and thick rock and soil separated them, only faint dragon syllables could be heard: "Great... Agniss to you... calls here, requesting... Mataqi... sky enemies..."

Lei En was not proficient in dragon language and could not make out the words.

He immediately commanded the Star Destroyer to fire, intending to blast the green dragon through the ground, but after careful observation he hesitated and shut down the already‑activated Electric Light Cannon.

The dragon‑mother statue in the shrine remained motionless; examining the runes beneath the green dragon revealed a long‑range teleportation array, indicating she was summoning not a saintly avatar of Mother of Evil Dragons Tiyaxisi, but another powerful entity.

Green dragon, Dragon Worship Sect, Mataqi tribe bordering the Death Forest Sea…

Her summoned target was about to emerge—

Green Dragon King Zhanqing!

This green dragon, notorious since the previous era, once destroyed an Elf Kingdom; having lived into this era, it is now an ancient dragon, the most powerful Chosen One of Tiyaxisi on earth, and one of the world's most famous evil dragons.

For over a thousand years, Zhanqing has hidden in the Death Forest Sea, covertly steering the Dragon Worship Sect, stirring trouble across many nations of the Old Continent, plotting various conspiracies.

Back then in Thus: Thus: Shengangcheng, he himself was assassinated by members of the Dragon Worship Sect.

Lei En hummed to himself, this grudge should be avenged today, and said, "Teacher, Master, Zhanqing is coming."

The two Holy Soul Wizards nodded gravely.

"Green Dragon King!"

Bo Erqi let out a scream, instinctively pulling his neck back; the others were startled, but seeing Lei En and the two Holy Soul Wizards present, they felt somewhat reassured.

Lei En stared at the rune sigil beneath the shrine, gauging the summoning progress; after a few seconds he tapped the screen lightly, and the Star Destroyer's front armor plates slid open layer by layer, revealing a massive black cannon barrel over ten meters in caliber, etched with countless Titan runes, aimed at the city gate.

The Titan Furnace at the rear ran at full power, spewing massive energy.

The Star Destroyer's main cannon activated instantly, its barrel runes lighting up.

Ten seconds, fifteen seconds, twenty seconds…

Terrifying energy converged, emitting a thunder‑like howl; terrifying bolts of electricity leapt through the air, the sky suddenly darkened, and in everyone's view only a blinding sphere of light remained, growing larger and brighter. Even from far away or from the bridge, people's hair stood on end, a tingling feeling like countless ants crawling on their skin.

The sky anomaly caused the barbarians in Bakhahalu City to panic and flee, believing the enemy intended to kill everyone in the city.

After the main cannon charged for twenty seconds, a portal opened in the underground chamber of the Dragon Mother Temple.

Two massive deep‑green dragon claws reached out, raking the portal's edge, instantly expanding the portal dozens of times.

Then an enormous dragon head protruded.

Its eyes were brown‑yellow, the vertical pupils as large as a room, looking down at the female barbarian and saying in a deep voice, "Agnes, what do you summon me for?"

"Great Green Dragon King!"

Agnes shouted fervently, "Enemies have invaded Bakhahalu, killed Kaimanshi, and aim to destroy the Mataji tribe. We are all children of Tiyaxisi; the death of any follower is a loss. We must not let the enemy succeed, Father!"

"Oh?"

Zhanqing's dragon face showed a human‑like angry expression, and he roared loudly, "Who dares to attack my territory? Is it the Aorui En?"

The dragon's might in the roar swept across the city, and countless barbarians rolled their eyes and fell to the ground.

The massive body of the Green Dragon King squeezed out of the portal, lifting its head to break through the mud‑earth layer as if an earthquake had struck; the Dragon Mother Temple collapsed, the ground split open a huge fissure, and the sky‑blocking dragon body rose from the fissure, climbed the city wall, planted its claws on the gate, and looked up at the sky, its dragon face full of ferocity.

A massive laser beam shot straight at them.

Zhanqing hadn't even discerned the enemy in the sky when his view was filled with endless flashes of electricity.

A deafening blast followed, along with pain!

"#@%&, Agnes, you fool… &@%#…," a mist‑like illusion spread over Zhanqing's dragon body, shielding it from the Star Destroyer's main cannon barrage, while he continued to curse, a string of filthy dragon‑tongue insults echoing across the heavens.

(End of chapter)