Ember Dragon

"Because I can control everything I own!" The Red Dragon Emperor's roar echoed through the sky.

At this moment, although half of Kaisius's body was torn apart, he felt his fighting spirit surging, almost reaching its peak, and his dragon body was recovering at a visible speed.

Dragging his broken body, carrying towering dragon flames, he swung his dragon claws with all his might, colliding with Kazul's claws, which were far larger than his own, in mid-air, causing the sky to tremble.

"Go to hell!"

"boom!"

A deafening sonic boom echoed again high in the sky as the two powerful divine forces collided. The aftershocks instantly spread across the sky, scattering the ash and smoke within a radius of several thousand meters and causing countless cracks to appear in space.

In the short few seconds that the aftershocks spread, Kaisius's ravaged body had recovered most of its strength, growing new flesh and scales. Under the influence of the Heart of Karix, the dragon's recovery speed was terrifying.

The next moment, the two giant dragons, each the size of a mountain, clashed again, fighting relentlessly. Each physical contact resulted in the cruel destruction of their limbs, only to have them immediately regenerate.

The battle intensified as two completely different divine powers and laws clashed, causing space to tremble, the sky to shatter, the earth to hum, and all things to tremble in fear.

"boom!"

The ground shook violently, and dust flew everywhere.

Kaisius descended from the sky, using the momentum of his dive to slam Kazul heavily into the ground. The ground within a radius of tens of thousands of meters suddenly cracked, and the strata of the battlefield were broken apart by the ancient red dragon. Even the surface sank several meters, and scorching lava gushed out from the cracks in the strata.

As for the mortal soldiers who died in the aftershocks, the number was countless. At this moment, Kaisius could no longer care about his family. In such an intense battle, even he had to be fully focused and could not afford to make the slightest mistake.

Although Kazul was slammed into the ground, his internal power remained abundant, and even showed signs of becoming stronger.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two more loud bangs followed, and Kazul sent Kaisius flying with a wing, crashing into a nearby mountain peak and collapsing it. The shattered rocks and dust instantly buried the red dragon deep within the ruins.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kazul unleashed a doomsday breath that instantly obliterated the ruins formed by the collapse of distant mountains, yet this thick black light did not harm Kaisius in the slightest.

With a loud crackling sound, Kaisius transformed into a blurry figure and burst out of the smoke and dust, his ferocious head lunging straight for Kazul's neck.

"Well done!"

A ferocious grin appeared on Kazul's face, which was burned beyond recognition. He flapped his dragon wings, stirring up a black storm, and rammed into Kaisius once more.

Compared to Kaisius's 500-meter-long "demigod body," this 1,000-meter-long "Doomsday Dragon" undoubtedly possesses far greater physical strength.

"boom!"

Kazul once again sent Caesus flying, blood, scales, and broken teeth splattering through the air, and Caesus was sent flying backward again, crashing into several mountain peaks.

"Holy crap, Kai's material?"

"I am coming!"

"Never mind, charge!"

"The legendary Emperor's Greatsword, here I come!"

Upon seeing the teeth in mid-air, hundreds of players' eyes lit up, and they charged forward at the risk of their lives. They were then torn to shreds by the divine storm surrounding the battlefield, leaving not even a complete corpse behind.

"Holy crap, it's a plot-driven death!"

"The developers really don't want us to get good equipment for free!"

The players' cries of agony echoed through the sky, but they did nothing to disturb the two dragons engaged in battle. To them, the creature that had entered the battlefield was no different from a speck of dust and not worth their attention.

For some reason, as the battle progressed, Kaisius noticed that Kazul's eyes were becoming increasingly gloomy and strange, and fleshy bulges were appearing on his thick neck, making his aura increasingly powerful.

He seemed to see countless dark, illusory threads behind Kazur, pulling the ancient red dragon into an unknown space, making the dragon exceptionally strange, like a marionette.

Could it be Tiamat?

So that’s it!
A terrible thought flashed through Kessius's mind—the use of such destructive divine power comes at a price! As the Heart of Tiamat was fully activated, Kazul's soul would be gradually obliterated, just like the Seleucia King, becoming a complete puppet of Tiamat.

Kazul's figure grew larger and larger in front of him, gradually filling his entire field of vision, crashing towards him like a moving mountain.

But this time, Kaisius was fully prepared. He no longer hesitated. He took a deep breath, sucking out all the air within a radius of several thousand meters, accumulating immense energy in his mouth. Then, he rammed into the air head-on, spewing out scorching dragon flames from his mouth.

"boom--"

The flames first spewed from deep within the throat, initially only the size of the mouth, but suddenly expanded as they burst from that gaping maw, becoming extremely thick, like a crimson pillar, shooting straight toward Kazul's chest, aiming at his constantly beating heart that emanated intense pressure.

At the same time, Caesus's "Heart of Karix" was running at full power like an engine, and a vast amount of divine power surged out from the gaps in his scales, forming a raging sea of ​​fire within a radius of several thousand meters.

Dragon flames blazed fiercely, dazzlingly bright, as if they were about to incinerate the entire sky. The terrifying heat distorted the air, evaporated all the moisture on the ground, and even vaporized the hard rocks—this was Kaisius's "Demigod Realm".

"Are we going to go all out?"

Kazul was equally unyielding. The thousand-meter-long, black and red dragon on its head stretched out its mountain-like body, and ink-black ash spread out, dyeing the surrounding world gray and black, bringing endless despair.

The earth shook violently and suddenly cracked, spewing out hundreds of columns of magma, as if responding to Kazul's call.

The body of this ancient red dragon surged with dark divine light, devouring everything around it, even swallowing light itself. The divine power eventually gathered and condensed into a sphere emanating an aura of despair and destruction in Kazul's mouth.

"Then come on, Cassius! Let me see the power you're so proud of!"

The next moment, a dark, jet-black beam of light burst forth from the sphere!

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the divine power storm generated by the explosion enveloped the space within a radius of several thousand meters into a huge sphere. Under the pressure of the two terrifying divine powers, the space inside finally could not bear it and let out heavy moans.

Then, a shocking scene unfolded: the space within the sphere gradually collapsed and shattered, turning into countless fragments that formed a massive, pitch-black void, enveloping both dragons. At this moment, Kazul's form had become incredibly ferocious and twisted, the fleshy growth on its shoulder swelling even more, as if it were about to burst open.

Kaisius knew that the heads of the blue and green dragons would emerge from his shoulders, and at that time, this pitiful ancient red dragon would be completely transformed into Tiamat's incarnation, becoming a sacrifice to the five-colored dragon that descended upon the material plane.

However, the appearance of this spherical cavity seems to have temporarily isolated it from the outside world, severing the connection between Kazul and Tiamat, and causing its mutation to temporarily stop.

“Now, it’s just the two of us here, Cassius.”

Kazul's mutilated half-dragon face wore a half-smile, with blood and bits of flesh dripping from its jaw, making it appear even more ferocious and terrifying.

Within this isolated space, neither side made a move immediately. Was Kaisius unaware of the situation? And Kazul seemed to have changed his demeanor, completely lacking the fierce fighting spirit he had displayed earlier.

The tense atmosphere between the two dragons seemed to have eased somewhat.

Kaisius stared at Kazul with a wary look and said coldly, "Is it worth it? To risk everything for an impossible promise."

“It’s been over a thousand years, of course I know His tricks and His greed. After all, I am His most ‘loyal’ believer!” Kazul grinned, revealing his stark white bones at the corner of his mouth.

Kaisius frowned: "Then why are you working so hard for Him?"

"Kazul, you should have noticed by now that the Heart of Tiamat is assimilating your body. If you continue fighting me like this, you will unknowingly become the vessel for the Queen of the Five Colors."

Kazul twisted his head, the flesh on his face writhing and gradually covering the exposed bones: "That's why I created this space, which is enough to isolate Tiamat's control, in order to obtain this precious opportunity."

My relationship with that greedy emperor was nothing more than mutual exploitation. He wanted to use me as a springboard to the material world, and I, in turn, used him as nourishment for my ascension to godhood.

He raised his head and gazed meaningfully at Caesus, his dark golden vertical pupils flashing with an inexplicable light: "Caesus, the apostle chosen by the Nothingness, let's make a deal."

Kaisius was startled, his pupils suddenly shrinking to pinpoints.

He recalled the rumors of the "Dragon of Doomsday," Kazul's deliberate imitation of Karix, and Tiamat's corruption and manipulation of Kazul.

So that's what you wanted.

"What happened?"

"The space created by His Majesty Caesus' battle with that evil dragon seems to have completely transcended the realm of the material plane. No sound or image can be transmitted into it. All we can do is wait."

"His Majesty Cassius will win!"

"Gods, may the Emperor of Burning Flames be victorious."

Both the allied soldiers and the followers of the Dragon Cult stared intently at the huge, dark sphere in mid-air, seemingly trying to see what was happening inside.

But no one dared to enter it, because they knew that if they got within a hundred meters of the sphere, they would be torn apart by the surrounding divine storm.

For mortals, this level of battle is an absolute catastrophe. They have no chance to intervene or resist, and can only desperately try to avoid it, watching helplessly as the battle between demigod dragons destroys everything.

"boom!"

High above, where countless gazes were focused, the spherical void suddenly shattered, and the aftershocks of space spread at a visible speed, like ripples on a lake.

Thick smoke billowed, the space gradually stabilized, and the two giant dragons imprisoned in the alternate dimension revealed their true forms.

"This is."

"How can it be!"

"Lord Kazul is the God of Destruction, how could he have become like this!"

"As expected, the Emperor of Burning Ashes is the ultimate victor!"

"Praise be to His Majesty Caesus!"

As the thick smoke dissipated, the Balong followers let out terrified, incredulous gasps, while the allied soldiers cheered excitedly.

On the earth, Kazur's body was shattered and in a pitiful state. His broad wings were now as tattered as rags, his flesh and scales were brutally torn apart, large pieces of his white bones were exposed, his intestines were spilling out of his abdomen, and even through the hole in his chest, one could see his heart, which was beating and radiating a terrifying pressure.

Unexpectedly, even the "Heart of Tiamat" had a piece torn off, leaving it somewhat broken.

Blood gushed from Kazul's body, flowing through cracks and pits in the ground, gathering into crimson lakes, making his massive, mountain-like dragon body seem as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

Although Kaisius was also covered in wounds, with a deep gash on his chest that exposed his ribs, he was far more composed than Kazul. He was flapping his dragon wings, looking down at Kazul with a smirk on his lips and an expression that revealed undisguised contempt.

"It seems that this so-called God of Destruction is nothing special."

"hehe."

Kazul gave a bitter laugh, as if he were raising his head with all his might, and said in a hoarse voice, "Kaisius, so what if you defeat me? Can you stand against the immortal Dragon Queen?"

"so what?"

Kaisius's voice seemed to carry a hint of anger: "After you die, I will slaughter the so-called Dragon Worship Cult. The Five-Colored Dragon Queen will never be able to descend upon this world! Die with your faith!"

"Roar--"

Kaisius roared and inhaled sharply. The scorching dragon flames poured down like a waterfall, as if they would engulf the heavily wounded ancient red dragon and kill it on the battlefield.

But at that moment, Kazul raised his head, revealing a crazed and ferocious smile. His narrow, vertical pupils were filled with hatred, and he growled in the dragon language, "Your Majesty, I am willing to give everything, just to ask that you kill that damned traitor!"

A strange, hoarse female voice came from an unknown space, echoing in the broken, ashes-filled sky, its tone tinged with a hint of mockery and joy: "Kazul, my most beloved child, you've finally thought it through."

"As long as I successfully descend into this world, regardless of whether I possess this physical body, you will attain the position of a god. In this new world, you will become the new king who rules the continent!" (End of Chapter)