Ember Dragon

The god's roar caused the sky to tremble, the earth to wail, the clouds to dissipate, and the hills to collapse and shatter.

The sky was dark, the wind was howling, and the five-colored, five-headed figure seemed to have become the only center of the world, the birthplace of doomsday.

However, facing the overwhelming and sweeping pressure, Cassius remained unmoved, still standing on the ground. He even held his head high and slowly spread his wings, as if challenging the powerful Dragon God.

Tiamat's barrier had long since dissipated, and countless people focused their eyes on the two huge figures, feeling the indescribable pressure and being shocked by it.

"That, that is. Yes, it is Majesty Tiamat!"

"Mother of Dragons! This is a miracle! It looks like this red dragon is doomed!"

"Praise the Immortal Queen!"

"Gods above, this Burning Emperor can actually face the evil god directly. I hope he can drive the Five-Colored Dragon Queen out of the material plane."

“You don’t know what’s good for you—” Under the focus of countless gazes, the five giant dragons in the sky flapped their wings and opened their bloody mouths at the same time, and a tremendous torrent of divine power poured out with an extremely shocking momentum.

The Red Dragon Emperor held his head high, opened his jaw, and a raging dragon flame gushed out from the depths of his throat. The dragon flame collided with the torrent of divine power, causing a violent explosion, and there was even a tendency for it to be suppressed.

Cassius grinned and said, "Your Majesty Tiamat, should I say that you are arrogant or - you are bluffing? You actually want to defeat me with a weak projection of divine power!"

Tiamat's voice became increasingly cold, revealing a hint of murderous intent that was difficult to conceal:
"You have only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of the power of the gods, yet you dare to be so arrogant! If I come in my true form, you and your empire will inevitably be destroyed!"

Cassius was still fearless and just sneered: "Your Majesty Tiamat, I know you too well.

If you had the ability to descend to the earth in your true form now, you would have descended from the sky when I was fighting Erebus and slapped me to death with your supreme divine power - there would be no need to wait until now."

A dazzling red light burst out from the dragon crystal on the Red Dragon Emperor's chest, and the dragon flame in his mouth became even more fierce, breaking through the torrent of divine power.
"You appeared in front of me as a projection of divine power, bluffing, intimidating and luring me. That can only mean one thing—"

In an instant, the scorching dragon flame tore through the sky, carrying an unstoppable momentum, and slammed into the five giant dragon phantoms in the sky.

"You can't stop me now!"

Before he finished speaking, the sound of air exploding resounded through the sky, and the violent dragon flames directly dispersed the five-headed dragon shadows in the sky, causing their bodies to distort.

The raging dragon flames dyed most of the sky orange-red, and thick smoke covered the sky and the sun, surging endlessly.

When the cultists saw that Tiamat was at a disadvantage, they cried out in surprise and disbelief appeared on their ugly, scaly faces.

"Is Her Majesty the Dragon Queen going to lose?"

"How is it possible! That's His Majesty Tiamat, the ancestor of all five-colored evil dragons. How could he lose to this red dragon?"

In the eyes of the lower-level cultists of the Church of the Dragon, Tiamat is an omnipotent god, a giant dragon that will soon rule the world. No one - including dragons - can rival her.

But now, looking at the five-headed dragon that was scattered by the dragon flame, the cultists were on the verge of collapse, their faith was shaky and almost collapsed.

Their omnipotent gods were actually at a disadvantage in front of the Burning Emperor and were almost defeated!

As the dragon flames continued to burn, the five-headed dragon howled to the sky, twisting its body with a ferocious expression: "Casius, don't be too happy too soon - this is just the beginning! Do you think I will never be able to descend to the material plane?"

“Of course, Your Majesty Tiamat—” The Red Dragon Emperor flapped his wings, soared into the air, and pounced towards the shadow of Tiamat in the sky.

"This will be the beginning of my complete victory over you and the destruction of the Church of the Dragon!"

For Cassius now, ordinary projections of divine power could no longer pose a threat and would only become his "tonic". The flames became more and more fierce, almost swallowing up the phantom of the five-headed dragon.

While attacking crazily, Cassius did not forget to taunt him, "Even if it is just a projection of divine power, it will consume a lot of energy to cross the world wall. Is it worth it? - Is it just to let your pathetic believers witness the destruction of their own gods?"

In the blazing fire, Tiamat's eyes became even colder. He wished that He would pay the price of His godhood to smash the Red Dragon Emperor to pieces:
"Arrogant traitor, I will soon make you understand that temporary victory or defeat means nothing to the eternal gods. Only the final winner can get everything!"

Cassius blew away Tiamat's white dragon head with a breath of air and said sarcastically: "Haha, so you admit that you lost to me this time?"

"Go away——"

Tiamat roared angrily, and the breath of divine power gushed out, but the Red Dragon Emperor easily dodged it and could not cause any damage.

He was already somewhat annoyed and angry.

"Damn alien dragons, they should be eliminated in advance."

The Five-Colored Dragon Queen felt extremely regretful that she had not suppressed or killed the red dragon before, but had allowed it to develop.

The growth rate of this red dragon is really too fast.

So fast that it's unimaginable.

A dozen years ago, it was just a nap for the long-lived dragons, and a blink of an eye for the mother of evil dragons who had lived for endless years - you have to know that Tiamat's conspiracy was measured in hundreds of years.

But in just over a decade, Cassius grew into a being more powerful than a demigod at an exaggerated speed, and the Burning Empire he ruled also expanded rapidly, becoming a behemoth that could influence the world.

He once deliberately let Cassius go and allowed him to develop freely, just because he wanted to use and harvest this red dragon after it grew to a certain size.

But things went beyond His control.

Tiamat had never expected that Cassius would grow so fast. In just over a decade, he would become a huge trouble that even she found difficult to deal with.

"Damn alien dragon!" The Five-Colored Dragon Queen cursed in her heart again, with anger burning in her eyes.

At this point, the conflict between the Dragon Worship Church and the Burning Cinders Empire has become irreconcilable. The arrogant Emperor Burning Cinders will never submit to His rule. Not only has he failed to help the Dragon Worship Church invade the world, he has also become the biggest obstacle for the Mother of Evil Dragons to come to the world.

Moreover, Tiamat could feel that countless pairs of eyes from the outer planes were closely watching everything here. ——Among them were definitely Bahamut, the god of good dragons, and the human gods who regarded him as an enemy.

If he overcomes the obstacles and attacks forcefully, consuming his own divinity and power, those gods hiding in the dark and ready to make a move will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack on his kingdom.

If Bahamut wants to protect the Red Dragon Emperor, it will be difficult to achieve his goal even if He does it personally.

This is really not worth it.

Now, if one wants to completely eradicate this red dragon, one must either consume precious divinity when the dragon is relaxed, risk the loss of divinity and bring down divine punishment to kill it in one blow; or descend to the earth through the ritual of the Dragon Worship Church and crush it with the power of his true body.

And just as Cassius said, it was meaningless for him to get entangled with him here. It would only waste his strength and damage his reputation, but he would be unable to do anything to him.

Thinking of this, Tiamat looked at Cassius with hatred and hostility, and the hazy shadow gradually dissipated and turned into countless points of light. The majestic pressure of divine power also suddenly faded away without a trace.

Finally, the mother of the evil dragon left only one sentence and disappeared from the world: "Cassius, remember what you did today. In the near future, you will pay a heavy price for it!"

Cassius simply looked towards the place where the divine power projection dissipated, and replied calmly: "I couldn't ask for more."

The Red Dragon Emperor slowly flapped his dragon wings and hovered high in the sky. In the high-intensity battle, his body was already on the verge of its limit. Like an overheated engine, high-temperature and high-pressure steam continuously gushed out from the pores and gaps between his scales.

His body was covered with scars, his scales were broken, his dragon wings were torn to pieces, and there were wounds that penetrated deep into the flesh and even exposed the bones. He looked quite miserable.

Relying on the powerful bloodline of the third generation of ancestor dragons, Cassius' injuries were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his flesh and blood were growing wildly.

But there is no doubt about it - he won.

This Red Dragon Emperor from the Far North killed Erebus, the master of the Green Dragon Cult and Lord of the Swamp, and even drove back the projection of the Mother of Evil Dragons.

Cassius looked down at the earth and saw that the ground was full of holes and devastation. There were traces of burning, freezing, corrosion and thunder everywhere. Even the mountains and hills were peeled off, exposing the dark rock layers hidden underground, as if the Creator was playing a game of destruction.

In the sky, smoke and clouds are rolling, and various colors of light are intertwined in chaos. The intense energy collision and divine power bombardment in the battle will cause permanent changes in the surrounding climate environment, which can be said to be earth-shaking.

Under the influence of Erebus, the sky in the Ash Swamp area is dark and the air is humid. It is covered by dark clouds most of the time, and rainfall is endless, forming a huge swamp muddy land, which has become a paradise for green dragons.

What is foreseeable is that after the death of the Lord of the Rotten Swamp and the impact of the dragon's breath bombardment, the climate here will become increasingly hot and the sky will always remain clear, and as time goes by, the original swamp may no longer exist.

"God."

"how is this possible?"

"Your Majesty Tiamat, He lost?"

"Impossible! This must be an illusion cast by the rebels! The great mother of evil dragons is omnipotent!"

The cultists shouted wildly, their faith suddenly collapsed, and many of them fell into madness and confusion.

The dragon beasts, on the other hand, had much simpler and more direct thinking. In the eyes of these beasts, the red dragon was bigger, stronger, and had an extremely terrifying aura, and could obviously become their new leader.

Then, the dragon beasts stretched their necks and roared, and they lowered their heads respectfully and docilely in the direction of the Red Dragon Emperor, as if they were celebrating the birth of a new king.

Suddenly, a priest from the Dragon Worship Church squeezed out from the chaotic crowd, knelt deeply on the ground, and repeatedly banged his forehead against the ground. Blood flowed from his forehead like a small snake.

He looked fanatical, and spoke in an extremely passionate tone: "You are all wrong! Do you see it? That majestic figure like a mountain, the golden eyes, the flames that burn everything - His Majesty Cassius is the dragon that saves the world in the Book of Revelation!"

This evil dragon priest is named Carlberg. He is a bishop of the Green Dragon Cult and the most crazy and radical person in the sect. He regards all mortals as worthless.

It is said that the infamous "Great Sacrifice" was first carried out by Carlberg, who captured a large number of innocent mortals into the city and threw them into the altar, starting this cruel tragedy.

"Erebus is a thing of the past. The ancient green dragon has turned to ashes—"

Carlberg raised the dragon bone scepter and shouted: "Now, we must praise the Burning Emperor, the great Lord of Calamity, the Dragon Cassius who rules the world!"

"Praise Cassius!"

"Lord of the Calamity!"

Many cultists turned against their allies and began to worship the Red Dragon Emperor, not caring that the new "god" had just been their enemy. Soon, a "Red Dragon Worship Church" with more than ten thousand members was formed.

The speed at which he turned against his allies was so fast that even the shameless players felt ashamed and marveled at it.

This group of players from the Empire had long been accustomed to their faction leader coming out to solve everything and achieve the final victory, so they just shouted happily: "Long live the Empire! Long live the Emperor!"

"Emperor Burning, invincible!"

"Emperor Kai is invincible!"

Hehehe, His Majesty Cassius is so cool! I want to touch His Majesty's tail——"

Well, there were still some strange slogans mixed in with the cheers.

In the human army's position, Earl Adrian watched all this nervously, not daring to breathe, his heart was uneasy, and his expression was extremely complicated.

He witnessed with his own eyes the might of the Burning Emperor in killing Erebus and repelling Tiamat, and knew that such a being was not something he could defeat, and even could not be stopped by mortal power.

I'm afraid only the gods can stop this terrifying dragon.

Adrian was extremely worried. He was afraid that under the fanatical following and worship of the cultists, the Burning Emperor would completely take over the Church of the Dragon and become the next Erebus, exploiting and plundering the Seleucids even more cruelly.

In the distance, Carlberg walked forward, knelt on the ground, showed a flattering smile, and spoke in a respectful and gentle tone: "Your Majesty, the powerful and honorable Cassius, we are all willing to follow you and become your most loyal believers..." (End of this chapter)