Chapter 577: of

While they talked, the three of them had already returned to the landing platform.

But just as Seth was about to contact Aethur, Li Ang suddenly furrowed his brow. "This is—"

Just now, he had felt a wisp of aura extremely similar to Velda's attempting to burrow into his body, but it had been blocked by 【Reverse Birth】.

Seth noticed Li Ang's abnormality at that moment and immediately stopped what he was doing to ask, "What's wrong?"

Li Ang let out a light breath, then told him what had happened to him.

After hearing his account, Seth's expression instantly grew incomparably solemn. "Velda is a green dragon; what she's best at is curses."

"How do you feel right now? If it's not working out, we'll go find Lord Randolph."

Hearing that, Li Ang shook his head slightly to indicate he was fine.

That wisp of aura just now had been extremely faint—faint enough that he had almost failed to notice it. Fortunately, 【Reverse Birth: Three Layers】 had already become a passive skill by now, which was what blocked it.

Still, a curse of that degree could not possibly have harmed him even if it had not been blocked.

But Li Ang would not think this was Velda having a sudden fit of kindness—there had to be some scheme behind it.

Just as he was pondering what the green dragon might be trying to do, Seth spoke up and asked, "What do you plan to do? Do you need me to lend a hand?"

"…No need to trouble Grandfather." Li Ang came back to his senses, then formed hand seals and split off a shadow clone. "It's rude not to reciprocate; I hope she'll like my gift."

As his words fell, 【Hirai no Hirakasa】 abruptly formed beneath the shadow clone's feet and then swallowed it whole.

After doing all this, Li Ang shrugged and said, "Let's go, Grandfather. This should teach that fellow a lesson."

Seeing that, Seth did not say anything more and began reaching out to his old friend.

……

At the same time, Velda was quietly waiting for the curse to take effect.

That curse would not actually cause any harm to its target—it was only used to monitor the target.

However, just as she was convinced her method was foolproof, a trace of surprise surfaced on her face.

"…It failed?"

The green dragon had not expected a mere Tier-5 dragon to be able to detect the curse she had placed.

Just as she was wondering how exactly Li Ang had managed it, a pitch-black rift abruptly tore open before her, and a figure slowly stepped out from within.

Looking at the figure before her—identical to that young dragon—Velda froze on the spot for a moment.

Before she could even voice a question, a mocking smile appeared on the shadow clone's face.

Art is self-destruction, nya!

Boom—!

The shadow clone, at the cost of itself, unleashed a weakened divine spell.

A miniature sun rose from the ground, its blazing flames instantly devouring heaven and earth.

That dazzling fireball swelled continuously in the air, light and heat spreading outward at an unimaginable speed.

In the blink of an eye, everything in the surroundings was ruthlessly swallowed and reduced to nothingness.

The dragons under Velda stared at the scene in the distance, momentarily at a loss.

That's… Lord Velda's residence, isn't it?!

What happened?!

A moment later, the green dragon appeared on the spot, her entire body scorched black.

She had not expected that little dragon to be only Tier 5, yet so bold.

After a while like this, a low laugh suddenly escaped Velda's lips. "Very good… this is how it should be. The more I see of you, the more I fancy you."

"Li Ang."

To say she was angry—surely she was—but compared to anger, the green dragon wanted to claim that young dragon even more.

After all, only a madman like this was worthy of her ideals.

The next instant, a roar suddenly echoed across the entire region, followed immediately by Velda's hoarse female voice.

"Go—find out what that little thing's mission was just now!"