Ember Dragon

Chapter 844 Crimson Eyes
【Crimson Eye - Grimagos】

Challenge Level: 21
"As you can see, a legendary boss."

Singo lowered his voice and replied mysteriously, "I've been tracking him for a long time. According to Qiu Yu's observation, every time this guy changes his position, the magic network of the entire forbidden zone is affected and changes. He is like the eye of a storm, always in the center of the magical current."

Xia Ye Qiuyu said, "Based on my speculation, he is very likely the 'Crimson Embers' Kazul's chosen one mentioned in the mission."

"Looks like this is the real problem."

Steel Frenzy's eyes lit up instantly, as if what lay in the distance was not a boss, but a mountain of gold, priceless magical equipment, and bloodline potions.

Singo glanced at him and added, "If the four of us weren't so weak, I would have soloed this boss long ago. How could it have been your turn?"

"You're still arguing and bickering over a single head? Let me tell you, you should be grateful for such a great opportunity."

Hearing this, Steel Frenzy was annoyed, but he didn't want to lash out at the moment, so he could only mutter, "Stop talking nonsense and let's quickly discuss the battle plan. This is a legendary boss."

Mantou's lips twitched slightly, feeling quite speechless. He was clearly doing something despicable like stealing kills, but it was being treated as perfectly normal by him.

Shamelessness knows no bounds!

Fortunately, most of the Dragonscale cultivators were from the main force of the Mechanical God Cult, and the four of them, including Singo, were three and a half top professional players—well, Mantou was at most half.

Their tactical skills and discipline were quite high. Before long, they came up with a strategy to deal with the half-red dragon warlock and made all the necessary preparations.

The steel frenzy was even more intense, with the classic assertion that "25 against 1, the advantage is in our hands."

Lava surged beneath my feet, its deep, muffled sound like the breath of an ancient behemoth.

Scorching air gushed from the cracks in the ground, swirling up thick sulfurous smoke and distorting the already dim light deep inside the cave.

The air was so thick it felt like swallowing scalding sand with every breath.

"Whoosh—" In the heart of this boiling hell, on the throne built of solidified magma and bones, a massive silhouette slowly rose.

He was Grimagos, the Chosen One of Kazul, the Scourge sustainer of this vast land, from whom tens of thousands of Seleucia perished in the flames and lava he unleashed.

Grimagos spread his dragon wings, his nearly ten-meter-tall body brimming with pure destructive power.

The humanoid skeleton was brutally twisted and covered by dragon-like features, with a thick dragon tail trailing behind it, each swing whipping the scalding air and producing a dull thud.

Its head was ferocious, retaining the outline of human facial features, but elongated and covered with fine dragon scales. A pair of vertical pupils, like molten gold, slowly opened, its gaze sweeping over the tiny figures in the distance with contempt and mockery, as if looking down at ants that had strayed into a furnace.

His hoarse voice echoed through the lava cave, sending chills down everyone's spines.

"Pathetic humans"

"His Majesty Kazul is about to become a true god, and I will ascend with him to become a being beyond mortals!"

"At such a critical juncture, how dare you show yourselves in front of me?"

Steel Frenzy's expression changed slightly, and he muttered, "How did he find us? I clearly equipped everyone with a full set of invisibility and breath-holding spells."

Singo simply said in a deep voice, "It seems the ambush plan is going to fail. Prepare for a defensive counterattack! Heavy Shield Squad, take over!"

"They're really courting death—"

Grimagoth's furious roar came from hundreds of meters away. The energy that had been accumulating for a long time was compressed and ignited in its chest cavity, and finally turned into a destructive torrent that burst out from its open maw, dazzling to the eye.

Seven dragon-scale cultivators, each wielding a battle shield, stood at the forefront. The shields were equipped with small defensive energy field generators, capable of forming a destructive energy field on the shield's surface to defend against incoming attacks.

"Hold on"

The roar of the dragonscale monk Amon was drowned out by the roar of the flames. His raised shield flashed with holy runes, connecting with the shields of the warriors on both sides to form an unbreakable dam.

These heavily armored dragon-scale cultivators have not only undergone modifications, but are also mostly high-level holy warrior professionals, possessing numerous holy oath spells and divine holy light, making them extremely powerful meat shields.

Summer Night Autumn Rain appeared behind them, waving her slender hand to cast several layers of protective magic on them.

But Grimagos's dragon breath was far more terrifying than they had imagined. As the crimson torrent swept through, the energy fields and shields shattered and vanished silently like fragile glass.

The dragon-scale cultivators felt an irresistible force, powerful enough to melt through mountains, crash heavily onto the heavy shield.

The heavy shield, crafted from superalloy and enhanced by enchantment, emitted a dull hum and glowed red. The Empire on its surface was burned away, and the metal at its edges melted and dripped like wax, sizzling on the scorching ground.

Amon, behind the shield, was forcefully pushed backward by the dragon's breath. His heavy boots plowed deep furrows in the hard rocky ground. The armor on his left arm, which was gripping the heavy shield, turned red and hot. The smell of burning flesh filled his nostrils, and the intense pain in his arm made him grit his teeth.

To ensure more accurate senses and faster reactions, these professional gamers typically enable pain synchronization at over 70%.

"Don't give him a chance to continue firing! Suppress him with ranged fire!" Steel Frenzy shouted the order.

In an instant, the streaks of elemental arrows, the whistling arcane missiles, and the bullets tearing through the air intertwined into a net, raining down on Grimagos' massive body like a storm.

"Clang! Clang!" Most of the attacks landed on its body, which was covered with thick, dark red scales, only splashing up a few insignificant sparks and leaving shallow white marks, like raindrops hitting rocks.

A few cunning arrows or arcane energies attempted to find gaps in the scales, but were blocked and deflected by a faint, distorting field of scorching heat.

Grimagos didn't even move. Its molten gold vertical pupils swept over the futile attackers, and a deep, sulfurous chuckle escaped its throat: "What a pathetic offensive."

However, at that moment, an arrow suddenly exploded, and the thick smoke enveloped the half-dragon warlock.

It turned out that the previous attacks were just to lower Grimagos's guard. The dragonscale monks loaded dragon-hunting bullets engraved with inscriptions and fired them directly at the half-dragon warlock's head, heart and other vital parts.

"boom!"

"Bang! Bang!" Gunfire roared as countless bullets pierced the air, actually breaking through the scorching aura and shattering Grimagos's scales, creating large and small bloody holes in his body.

Grimagos's face was contorted with rage as he roared to the sky, his body trembling violently with extreme fury.

"You lowly mortal! You're asking for death!"

Amidst the billowing smoke, a massive dragon claw covered in dark red scales suddenly rose and clenched fiercely into the void.

It was not the force of physics, but space itself that was groaning under the unbearable weight of its own distorted will.

The raging fire elemental energy in the cave was instantly drained and condensed, rapidly swirling and collapsing in front of it before finally bursting apart!
Six blazing white, violent, and purely destructive humanoid silhouettes roared as they leaped out of the cracks.

They have no faces, only constantly churning and exploding cores of flame, and wherever they pass, the rocks beneath their feet hiss and melt into dark red footprints.

The fire elementals roared furiously as they appeared, their fury burning everything in their path. They split up and charged towards different directions of the player formation, aiming directly at the more vulnerable spellcasters and ranged soldiers in the rear!

"Protect the back row!" Amon roared, enduring the searing pain in his left arm, but another raging fire spirit, carrying a wave of heat, smashed through the warriors who tried to block it and rushed straight at Xia Ye Qiuyu, who was channeling a powerful spell.

Xia Ye Qiuyu was forced to interrupt her spellcasting and awkwardly dodged to the side and behind her. A scorching stream of flame grazed her robe, instantly charring and curling the fabric.

Although she also possesses the blood of a red dragon, the fire elementals released by Grimagos contain a trace of Kazul's power, which has a destructive nature that makes them difficult for her to stop.

Chaos! Deadly chaos spread like a plague across the player lines.

The carefully organized formation was completely torn apart by the six ferocious fire elemental monsters. Roars, cries of pain, the sizzling sound of flames burning flesh, and the explosive sounds of weapons clashing with fire spirits mingled together.

Amon struggled to block the fire elemental monster's giant fist. Each collision of holy light and flames made his arms go numb, and the smell of burning flesh seeped out from the gaps in his armor.

He glanced towards the throne out of the corner of his eye, his heart sank, and he shouted, "Watch out! He's coming!"

Grimagos moved.

His massive body displayed a terrifying speed disproportionate to his size. His powerful hind limbs unleashed terrifying force, propelling him forward like a battering ram, his target the very center of the formation!
The enormous, dark red scale-covered membrane wings suddenly opened, not to fly, but to slam down on the several players gathered in the center with a shrill whistle that tore through the air and a scorching wave of air!

In an instant, the two dragon-scale cultivators standing at the front were caught off guard and slammed into the ground by the enormous force, their shields crushed into scrap metal.

"It's now!"

Amon burned with life force, his body radiating light, releasing a holy light barrier that imprisoned everything, and roared for everyone to focus their fire.

Two blazing lights flashed in Xia Ye Qiu Yu's eyes, the space suddenly froze, and an eerie purplish-red force field sealed off the space where Grimagos was located, rendering him unable to move.

"it's time!"

Singo, equally excited, dripped a drop of scalding dragon blood onto the crimson dragon scales. Suddenly, countless complex and rough runes lit up the ground—a massive dragon-trapping array was hidden here, capable of imprisoning all dragon-like creatures.

At this moment, the players used every means at their disposal, and Grimagos was finally imprisoned in mid-air, maintaining his ferocious expression and flapping dragon wings, unable to move for a time.

"Gather the fire!"

"Kill him instantly!"

The dragon-scale cultivators had long prepared their most terrifying and powerful weapons—laser destroyers, cataclysmic launchers, hunter missiles, and thermoelectric explosive guns.
A dazzling array of lights crisscrossed as missiles rained down, their explosions engulfing Grimagos in flames. The annihilating shockwave nearly swept away everyone nearby, causing the entire cave to shake violently and vibrate, with countless rocks falling from the cave ceiling.

If an ordinary creature were to be targeted by weapons of this caliber, it would probably have been reduced to ashes long ago. Yet, amidst the flames and thick smoke, the menacing black shadow remained motionless, maintaining its original posture.

"He's not dead yet!"

"Attack with all your might! At any cost!"

In an instant, these professional players, giving it their all and disregarding everything, swarmed toward Grimagos.

"Today is the day you die!"

The innate war madman, his eyes bloodshot, roared and activated the Hell Pact, unfurling his broad and powerful bat wings, transforming into a deep hell fiend, wielding a burning infernal longsword, and slashing towards Grimagos's head.

Burning his blood on the banks of the vodka river, he leaped twenty meters high, descending from the sky. The power spear in his hand emitted a destructive energy field, like lightning piercing the sky, carrying a terrifying momentum as it stabbed towards Grimagos's chest.

Iron Frenzy was enveloped in scorching steam, his pupils flashing with ferocity. The chainsaw sword in his hand spun rapidly, tearing through the air as he slashed toward Grimagos's most vulnerable neck.

Summer Night Autumn Rain's golden eyes surged with fire. She clasped her hands together, and a surge of immense energy flowed from her fair, slender arms to her fingertips, coalescing into a blazing white pillar of fire that burned everything in its path. With a deafening roar, it blasted towards Grimagos's chest.

Singo drew his Starfall Longbow to its fullest extent, his body imbued with various buffs and enhancements. After a brief aim, he calmly released the bowstring, and the thick dragon-hunting arrow, trailing dazzling starlight and lightning, tore through the air like a meteor, hurtling towards Grimagos's brow.

"boom!"

"Thorn-"

Burning blades shatter scales, sharp spears pierce flesh, high-speed spinning chainsaws tear skin, scorching pillars of fire pierce chests, and whistling arrows penetrate skulls—faced with such a fierce attack, even a mighty dragon would likely fall from the sky.

Under the combined attack of several top professional players, Grimagos seemed to be doomed, with no chance of survival.

But at that moment, Grimagos's eyes suddenly changed. Not only the pupils, but even the eyeballs were dyed a blood-red color, emitting a strange and eerie light that illuminated the entire cave in red.

"Click——"

The spatial confinement suddenly shattered, and the chains binding him were forcibly torn off.

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, the enraged Grimagos broke free of his restraints and suddenly spread his wings. A blood-red storm spread out from him, instantly blasting away close-combat players such as Natural War Berserker, Riverside Vodka, and Iron Tide.

"The boss has entered the second phase!" someone shouted.

(End of this chapter)