Chapter 459: Can You Defy Me, Who Wields the Power of the Dragon Race and the Blazing Shadows?!

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As the shadow clone exploded into white smoke and vanished, the lava space was left with only Ize alone in an instant.

He drew in a deep breath, trying to rein in his emotions, but beneath the searing heat he only grew more irritable, fury spreading through his heart like the lava flowing beside him.

"Just how many more times are you going to pull this boring trick?!"

Amid the roar, Ize struck out in fury.

An awe-inspiring aura crashed against this lava world like an invisible tsunami, and the spatial boundary that ordinary men could not touch let out an unbearable groan.

Crack—!

But unlike the previous spaces, the lava space did not shatter as easily as Ize had expected; a pale blue formation disk was holding this space together with all its might.

Seeing this, the alchemist master instantly calmed down, then quickly realized that his own mind had been influenced by that little dragon whelp through some unknown means.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Under the monarch's command, fire element was swiftly ignited, transforming into a terrifying wave of flame capable of burning all things.

Amid the earth's wailing, the long-accumulated searing lava suddenly burst through the crust's seal, transforming into hundreds of millions of fire dragons that danced wildly through the space.

The reason Li Ang had chosen to set up a trap within the lava space was, naturally, because of the 【Bronze and Fire King】.

Although, bolstered by the 【Principle of Zhou Tian's Transformations】, he could perfectly imitate the other 【Primordial Authorities】, their power was ultimately inferior to that of his own element's 【Candle Dragon】.

Moreover, this mighty authority originating from the 【Bronze and Fire King】 received yet another boost in power within the space constructed by 【Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Hi】, and the might currently displayed would be enough, if unleashed upon the outside world, to overturn a civilization that had just stepped into the stellar age.

Facing the trap Li Ang had carefully laid, Ize was caught off guard and instantly swallowed by this apocalyptic scene.

At this moment, the alchemist master felt the intense burning sensation spreading across his entire body, and his expression grew increasingly grim.

If he had not once drawn a creature resistant to flame and high temperatures, that little dragon whelp might really have gotten the better of him.

A Fifth-Tier professional who had only just been promoted had nearly injured him, a Sixth-Tier professional who was only one final step away from completing his sublimation.

If the fellows back at the corporation learned of this, he would never be able to hold his head up high again.

However, just as Ize was about to put an end to this farce, he discovered that the lava, which had been gradually subsiding, had inexplicably begun erupting once more.

In fact, even more violently than before.

Boom—!

Accompanying the roar, Ize's already sparse hair instantly turned to ash and drifted through the air.

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Before he could react, a black stone sphere, its surface covered in crimson patterns and beating like a heart, suddenly appeared before him.

This was precisely the stone sphere Iris had given Li Ang before leaving. Under the 【Da Luo Dong Guan】's probing, even without knowing this stone sphere's name, Li Ang roughly understood what it did.

【???:???'s long-accumulated reserve food stored within the body, capable of greatly strengthening 【Fire】 and 【Earth】 attribute attacks. Of course, it can also be used as a one-time firecracker.】

That's right, the food Li Ang had fed had come back to find him.

Don't underestimate the bond between a feeder and their little dog, damn it!

Seeing the black stone sphere before him stop beating, Ize's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The next moment, the stone sphere shattered with a boom under the alchemist master's gaze.

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The crimson calamity twisted and swelled like a living thing, instantly transforming into an energy torrent that devoured everything.

It expanded in silence, silently erasing everything that stood in its path.

The cracking of collapsing ley lines, the shriek of boiling energy—every sound, the instant it touched that crimson edge, fell into absolute deathly silence.

At this moment, Li Ang silently watched everything unfolding within the lava space, an indescribable expression on his face.

Calling it reserve food was one thing, but "mass destruction weapon" was actually a more apt description; he hadn't expected the little dog dragon to be able to spit out something like this.

Unfortunately, Li Ang knew in his heart that relying on this level alone to take down Ize was clearly unrealistic; fortunately, he still had a final trump card.

And the lava space, which had previously withstood Ize's destruction, was now swaying like a candle in the wind, on the verge of collapse.

As the crimson energy gradually dissipated, a bald man, his entire body scorched black, suddenly appeared at the center of the explosion.

Under the combined assault of 【Candle Dragon】 and 【Reserve Food】, the alchemist master looked utterly wretched.

However, for a Sixth-Tier professional, such injuries could only be counted as light wounds.

In the span of a single breath, Ize had already returned to his previous, perfectly intact state.

But even so, the fury in his heart had not been released in the slightest.

He naturally knew this was that little dragon whelp influencing him again, but he could no longer be bothered to care.

The alchemist master now only wanted to draw the other party in the most cruel manner upon the filthiest part of his own body.

"Very well."

Glancing at the lava space on the verge of shattering, Ize let out a cold laugh.

Since that little dragon whelp had chosen to set up an ambush here, it was clear that it wouldn't be long before he found the other party.

Thinking this, Ize no longer hesitated and immediately prepared to shatter the space before him.

But before he could act, Li Ang would do so himself.

At this moment, the massive formation disk floating in the heavens added the final straw to the lava space.

The balance between earth, water, fire, and wind had been broken the very moment 【Primordial Authority · Candle Dragon】 was unleashed.

At the cost of a world's demise, elemental turbulence swept through the void.

If the replaying of earth, water, fire, and wind was an act of creation, then the current rampage of earth, water, fire, and wind was an act of destruction.

Element crushed against element for survival space, until there was no room left to yield, and the ultimate chain reaction of alchemy descended.

Even if a single element had been completely exhausted, it would still continuously draw from its surroundings to replenish itself.

Ize had not at all expected that the previous spectacle was not yet the final stage of the trap.

【Primordial Authority · Rhine】.

This supreme Word Spirit, which in the Dragon Clan world's records had only ever been used by the Black King, was brought back into the world with the help of the Principle of Zhou Tian's Transformations.

Even if the Black King himself were present, Kongpaye Society would likely marvel at it.

Because even He, in His entire life, could only release 【Primordial Authority · Rhine】 once.

Ignoring the slight throbbing ache in his left eye, Li Ang could not help but let out a light breath.

Losing five spatial slices in succession, even the Rinne Sharingan was somewhat unable to bear it for the moment.

However, with the augmentation of 【Soul Materialization】, he only needed to spend some time to reopen those five spatial slices.

'I just don't know how much trouble it can cause that fellow.'

Although Li Ang very much hoped the other party would die right then and there under 【Rhine】, he had to admit that high-energy-level professionals were all notoriously hard to kill.

Not to mention a powerhouse like Yize, who at a glance looked extremely difficult to deal with.

Sure enough, before Li Ang had rested for long, a burst of fine, dense cracking sounds suddenly came from above the sky.

Crack—boom!

Amid the crisp sound of shattering, a somewhat hoarse furious roar descended from the heavens.

"Li Ang!"

The next moment, the bald man with a massive phantom floating behind him plummeted from the sky like a meteor.

Li Ang pressed both hands firmly before him, and the terrifying shock wave swept across the entire Initial Sphere Space in the blink of an eye.

Under the immense pressure, landmasses surged outward from where the two clashed like a tsunami.

Looking at Yize, who was covered in wounds from head to toe, Li Ang's face showed no emotion.

Just as he had anticipated, the other party, being merely a split body, had no ability to cope with the threat brought by 【Rhine】; in fact, the result was even better than he had imagined.

At this moment, Yize endured the piercing pain from his wounds, gritted his teeth, and stared fixedly at the youth before him who was locked in a contest of strength with him.

If before today someone had said he would suffer a setback at the hands of a Fifth Energy Level professional, he would have simply cracked open the other's skull to check if their brain was waterlogged.

However, after experiencing everything that had just happened, Yize no longer felt this was a joke.