Ember Dragon

Chapter 804: The Ancient Dragon's Sorrow

Under the fierce collision, the explosion spread wildly, various energies intertwined, collided, and converged with each other, making a series of muffled thunder-like explosions.

The range of the shock wave expanded at an unimaginable speed, and the overflowing flames almost broke the entire Tiamat barrier.

Even the surrounding space was covered with spider-web-like cracks, as if it was about to be torn apart by the horrific aftermath.

"God."

"Tiamat is above!"

"Oh, great Lord of Eternal Glory!"

Outside of the pitch-black barrier, no one could see the situation clearly. Both the Seleucid soldiers and the cultists of the Dragon Worship Church were nervously awaiting the outcome of this war.

Only the players looked relaxed, with expressions as if they were enjoying a good show. They wished they could get in and watch the fight themselves. They also took advantage of the stalemate between the two sides to steal and kill many lone cultists.

Earl Adrian looked at the barrier in the distance, feeling the powerful aftermath, frowned, and thought silently in his heart:
"Lord Franz, was it right or wrong for me to allow the Burning Empire to participate in this war?"

There was no other reason. The power of the Burning Emperor was too terrifying and difficult to control, which made him feel terrified. Cooperating with him was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.

Would they really have autonomy if they became allies with such a being? Would they become a puppet regime like the Seleucid royal family?
Despite his mixed feelings, Adrian hoped that the Burning Emperor would win - preferably a tragic and pyrrhic victory.

After all, their soldiers were simply unable to fight against the Lord of the Swamp. If the ancient green dragon won, he and his soldiers would surely die and become sacrifices to Tiamat.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a dazzling spot of light burst out from the pitch-black barrier, and even Tiamat's divine power could not conceal it.

"boom--"

Accompanied by dull roars and explosions, the column of fire spewed out by Cassius was like a sharp scarlet cone, piercing through the barrier of the five-colored light column from the center, and then tearing through the light beam, breaking through the thick smoke, and bombarding the ancient green dragon in the distance.

"How can this be?"

Erebus' pupils suddenly shrank into pinholes, his deep eyes were full of disbelief, and the unparalleled arrogance in his heart seemed to suddenly shatter.

He is the chosen one of God who possesses the "Eye of Tiamat", one of the spokespersons of the Mother of Evil Dragons in the world, and the five-colored dragon who is highly expected to become the next Dragon God.

——How could he be defeated by this lowly and lowly alien dragon in front of him that hadn’t even set foot on the path to becoming a demigod?
"Impossible! Alien Dragon! I have been dormant for more than 1,600 years and sacrificed tens of thousands of mortals. How could I lose to a bastard like you?"

Erebus roared in rage, raised the dragonbone scepter high, and a terrifying glow of divine power burst out from his eyes.

The five-headed phantom that was entrenched on the earth and occupied half of the sky blocked his way, opened its bloody mouth, and let out an angry roar from the depths of its throat.

"Roar--"

In the eyes of the dragons of various colors, the divine light shone brightly, forming a torrent that solidified the space, and countless illusory five-colored dragons were dancing in it.

The Kingdom of Tiamat!
In this kingdom of God that descended upon the earth, Cassius's movements were infinitely slowed down, and the column of fire spewing from his mouth also became extremely slow, spreading as slowly as a turtle.

Those five-colored dragon phantoms roared and pounced on Cassius, clinging to the huge body of the Red Dragon Emperor, gnawing, tearing, and scratching almost frantically, like a group of piranhas that smelled blood, causing scales and flesh to fly everywhere.

"In the name of Tiamat - grant you the most painful end!"

Erebus also waved his dragon wings, soared into the air, raised the dragon bone scepter, and prepared to give Cassius the final blow.

But at this moment, cracks appeared in the solidified space. The phantom of the five-colored dragon let out a wail and was engulfed by the flames gushing from the red dragon, turning into countless points of light.

Cassius, with his unmatched strong and muscular body, forcibly shook the blockade of divine power and broke through the so-called "Kingdom of Tiamat".

"boom!!!"

With a roar that tore through the heavens and the earth, this solidified world began to move again. The raging dragon flames burned the phantoms of the five-headed dragons to ashes, directly dispersing them, and then slammed into the mountainous body of the ancient green dragon.

"Do not--"

Erebus roared in pain, with tremendous divine power bursting out of his eyes, but he still couldn't stop the dragon's breath that was bombarding him head-on.

The thick pillar of fire hit its chest fiercely, instantly melting through the thick scales, then burning all the dirty flesh and blood, and even piercing the heart that had devoured countless innocent souls.

The dragon flames continued to rage in the body of the ancient green dragon, madly burning everything inside and turning the filthy flesh and blood into ashes.

Just like that, a huge, charred hole appeared on the chest of the ancient green dragon. Its wings drooped, and its body, which was almost burned into a hollow shell by the dragon flame, fell powerlessly to the ground and hit the ground heavily, causing the earth to roar and creating a huge pit.

But even so, Erebus did not die.

As a demigod dragon, he possesses the quality of immortality. Not to mention suffering fatal injuries, even if he is shattered into pieces and burned to ashes, he will gradually gather in a corner of the multiverse after countless years and eventually be reborn.

Erebus screamed miserably, "Damned alien dragon - how dare you, a five-colored dragon, kill your own kind! Majesty Tiamat will not let you go!"

"Even so, those hypocritical gods and the metal dragon clan will never truly accept you! If you betray the five-colored dragon clan, you will become the enemy of this world!!"

Cassius roared and sneered, "So what? The Empire will not submit to any god!"

The Red Dragon Emperor flapped his dragon wings, turned into a red afterimage, and pounced towards the seriously injured ancient green dragon with dragon flames that scorched the sky and melted the earth.

The muscles in Cassius' arms bulged and veins popped out. He suddenly stretched out his dragon claws and grabbed Erebus' head. Flames burned in those huge claws, and they tore through the void with terrifying power and came roaring towards him.

This is not a claw attack in the ordinary sense, but a fatal blow carrying the flame of order, the fire of chaos and the flame of sunlight!
"You--" Erebus showed astonishment, his pupils suddenly shrank, reflecting the brilliant flames in them.

"Shh-"

At this moment, the crisp sound of flesh being torn and burned resounded through the sky, followed by an extremely shrill and painful howl.

Blood and flesh were splattered everywhere, and the light of divine power intersected in the air. Erebus's "Eyes of Tiamat" were actually gouged out by the Red Dragon Emperor.

The ancient green dragon that lost its eyes became a horrible sight. Only two bloody eye sockets were left where its original eyes were, and even its white skull was exposed. Its appearance was extremely hideous and terrifying, like a rotting dragon corpse.

The moment the eyes left the body, blood spurted out, the endless supply of divine power in the ancient green dragon's body was cut off, and his immortality was cruelly deprived. The hundreds of meters long body shrank in an instant, the flesh and blood condensed by the divine power completely dissipated, and the majestic pressure also disappeared, leaving only the original 40-meter-long, skinny dragon body.

"Do not--"

The blind ancient green dragon lowered its head, dragged its broken body, and fluttered around like a headless fly, muttering: "This is mine! This is the power bestowed on me by Majesty Tiamat!"

"Impossible, you are just a lowly mortal, you can't take it away"

Erebus' voice grew weaker and weaker. He fell in a pool of blood, dying. He used up almost his last bit of strength to raise his head and let out a roar of incomparable resentment.

"Arrogant alien dragon. Do you think you won?"

"if not?"

Cassius glanced at the green dragon coldly. He grasped the pair of "Eyes of Tiamat" with his right claw, and swung his left claw in the air, hitting the green dragon's head hard, pressing it to the ground.

The sound of bones breaking was heard. Under the Red Dragon Emperor's unparalleled strength, the green dragon's head was first twisted and deformed, and then ruthlessly crushed. Bone fragments flew everywhere, and white and red brain matter splattered all over the ground.

But even with only half of his head left, Erebus's upper and lower jaws were still opening and closing slightly, murmuring in a voice that sounded like the whistling wind:
"Cassius, I curse you! This is the beginning of your decay. You will be entangled in poison and filth for the rest of your life. Every breath you take will be for me to reunite in the form of revenge!

One day——

My poisonous child will be born from your body!"

Before he finished his words, the ancient green dragon's body suddenly disintegrated and exploded, turning into omnipresent poisonous dust that seeped into the red dragon's wounds, quickly dyeing the exposed flesh and blood purple-black. Moss and thorns also grew in the muscle fibers, which was extremely weird.

This is the "Curse of Erebus". As a demigod, his body turns into poisonous powder and spores that can parasitize other organisms. As time accumulates, the toxins will kill the host.

This ancient green dragon will be reborn in the form of an embryo in the host's body, eat up the internal organs and flesh, and eventually tear apart the host's skin and reappear in the world.

At the same time, countless wronged souls wailed and screamed, pouring out madly from the place where the green dragon originally existed, wandering on the earth, cursing the land with vicious howls.

Facing this strange scene, Cassius was not afraid at all. He just sneered: "Curse? Interesting. This method is somewhat similar to that of the green-skinned orcs."

"It's just that - you couldn't do anything to me when you were alive, and you want to drag me down with you after you die? This is ridiculous!"

Cassius suddenly clenched his left claw, and raging dragon flames gushed out of his body. The extremely hot sun fire was enough to burn everything, instantly burning all the toxins that invaded the body and turning them into bursts of black smoke.

The Red Dragon Emperor snapped his fingers, and a scorching storm swept across the land, sweeping away all the wandering souls.

This evil dragon that could stop children from crying at night, the ancient green dragon called "Lord of the Swamp", "Green Scale Poisonous Miasma" and "Bloody Storm" by bards, and the ambitious demigod dragon - Erebus, all died in this way.

As a demigod, Erebus still possesses a bit of his own immortal essence, and those fragments that have been burned into fine dust and ashes may be reunited at some point.

But Cassius was very confident that even if that time really came, Erebus would never think of resisting.

Cassius stretched out his right claw, and the dragon's eye with blood dripping from it lay quietly in his palm. A faint light flickered in its narrow vertical pupil, changing into various colors such as gold, white, and blue, emitting a tremendous power that made him salivate.

It was as if a hoarse female voice was lingering in the ears of the Red Dragon Emperor: "Casius, do you see it? The supreme power you desire and pursue is right in front of you, so simple, so easy.
Come, let these great eyes of God replace yours!"

The voice became passionate and inspiring. If an ordinary mortal heard such whispers, he would be immersed in it and would do anything for it.

“From now on, wherever your anger shines, everything will burn and turn into ashes. Even the gods will wail in the flames that end everything!
Come, Cassius, let it become your eyes, and you will gain enough power to destroy the world. You will become the most powerful dragon in the world! You will be crowned at the top of the world! "

"Sounds good." Cassius nodded slightly, seeming to be quite satisfied with the pair of divine dragon eyes.

"You agree?"

There was a hint of surprise in the voice, as if it didn't expect the Red Dragon Emperor to be so easily hooked.

"But, I refuse."

Cassius shook his head and said, his voice was particularly firm, sonorous and powerful, without a trace of hesitation.

"Tsk tsk, it's a great trick to turn a cunning and greedy ancient green dragon into a devout believer who is willing to die for God. Erebus probably couldn't resist the temptation of power and got these eyes."

"If I accept this so-called 'Eye of God', I'm afraid your consciousness will descend into the material plane and occupy my body in the next moment."

Cassius paused, then suddenly raised his head, looked at the empty sky with a vigilant look, and said in a deep voice: "My guess is correct, Your Majesty Tiamat."

"Shh-"

A tremendous amount of divine power burst out from the pair of "Eyes of Tiamat", condensing into a huge five-headed dragon phantom in mid-air, releasing unprecedented pressure.

The moment the phantom appeared, the world seemed to be shrouded in haze and trembling. Within a hundred miles, all things were in extreme fear, which came from the oppression of the soul.

The source of that pressure was none other than the Queen of Five-Colored Dragons, the enemy of the gods, the mother of evil dragons—Tiamat!
"Casius"

Tiamat looked down at the Red Dragon Emperor, her five pairs of narrow vertical pupils revealing an indescribable coldness that made people feel as if they were falling into an icy cave.

"This is the last chance I give you to reform. With this pair of divine eyes, everything in the past can be wiped out.

I will not pursue your faults any further. As the best of the five-colored dragons, you still have a chance to rule the world with me."

His tone was grim, revealing undisguised threats and malice.

Cassius sneered, confronted him fearlessly, and asked sharply, "What if I say no?"

"That means you choose to betray me and become an enemy of the Dragon Worship Church, a traitor to the Five-Colored Dragon Clan!"

Tiamat suddenly raised her voice, and the five hideous heads opened their bloody mouths at the same time, letting out a soul-shaking roar:

"Traitor, I will bury you with those lowly, lowly humans—"

(End of this chapter)