Ember Dragon

The fireball, brighter than the sun, was spreading and expanding wildly, reaching a diameter of over a thousand meters in an instant. Even a nearby mountain peak was instantly melted and disappeared, not to mention the fragile mortal objects.

Soon, Kaisius realized that something was wrong.

Such destructive power was already beyond his control. The ground had shattered, and the cracks on the earth were like giant pythons meandering and moving. The aftershocks of the impact were still spreading wildly underground, and it would probably reach the city of August in no time.

Before unleashing his "divine body," Kaisius had never possessed such power before.

Only now did Kesius realize for the first time just how terrifying and astonishing the power he now possessed was—his battle with Tiamat could very well destroy half of the continent of Feanso!
It's worth noting that the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth was only a dozen kilometers in diameter.

These two terrifying divine dragons are each thousands of meters long, and their bodies are even harder than meteorites, constantly releasing immense energy and force fields.

The destructive power of such a colossal object crashing into the ground is unimaginable; it would likely be considered a catastrophe for the entire continent.

If this aftershock is allowed to continue spreading, then the entire city of Augusta—no, the entire Thrace Viceroyalty—will be destroyed by it!
Kaisius's expression immediately turned ferocious and terrifying, his eyes blazing with fury as he roared inwardly.

"So this was Tiamat's last struggle!"

"He wants to use our battle to turn all of Thrace, and even the entire empire, into ruins of divine war!"

It turns out that the previous two "massacres" were just simple tests, a disguise by Tiamat to make Cassius lower his guard.

As a deity, how could Tiamat not know what kind of power they possess?
Tens of thousands of years ago, it was that terrifying war of gods that destroyed the ancient continent, causing the laws of the multiverse to take the form of a "supreme god" who banished the gods from the material plane.

And now, He is going so far as to disturb the laws of the plane to destroy the empire ruled by Caesus, wanting to drag this Burning Emperor down with him! Even at the risk of being banished, He is determined to expel this extremely threatening enemy from the material plane.

If he were to reach the outer planes, without the protection of the Imperial domain, Cassius would truly be at the mercy of others, unable to contend with Tiamat, who is a true god.

Within that scorching fireball, Tiamat's entire body was ablaze, revealing her stark white bones, yet her face wore an unprecedentedly maniacal smile:
"Hahahaha! Cassius, you are still too young. I told you long ago that even if you stole my divinity, you still cannot comprehend the power of the gods!"

"Our power is sufficient to destroy the material plane! These lowly mortals, these laughable creatures, are nothing but dust to us gods!"

Gazing at the slightly flustered face of the Burning Emperor, Tiamat grew even more arrogant: "Cassius, relinquish your divinity and hand over your secrets! I will allow you to remain in the material plane! Otherwise—"

"Roar--"

"Tiamat, you're celebrating too soon!"

Kaisius roared like thunder, his body shimmering with golden light, and endless power of law spread from him, like an invisible giant hand that enveloped the surrounding space.

[Imperial Territory: Shaping the Terrain]

A ring-shaped mountain range rose from the ground with a thunderous roar, like an enormous dragon claw bursting forth from the earth, with countless pebbles falling from the sky.

boom! boom! boom!
The earth was as if gripped by a dragon's claw, and the extremely strong seismic waves were contained within twenty miles, unable to spread outwards even slightly.

But the ground tremors were like giant waves at sea, and Caesus had to do everything in his power to maintain this "interception" and continue to reinforce the barrier beneath the earth.

At the same time, he raised his head high, and his huge dragon horns emitted a dazzling light, dispersing the thick smoke in the sky and controlling the flow of air and flames.

[Imperial Territory: Climate Control]

The rapidly spreading fireball in the sky seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant claw, trembling constantly, its flames shooting out in all directions, but it temporarily stopped spreading.

Kaisius was enveloped in golden light, his scales shimmering with complex runes, white smoke billowing from the gaps, and his eyes radiating a profound aura of law, clearly indicating that he had pushed the Imperial Domain to its limit.

Kaisius knew that if he didn't intervene, August City would be reduced to ruins in just a few minutes, and even the Tower of the Eternal Sun God would likely be affected and collapse.

That was one of the paths to godhood for Cassius, and he could not stand by and watch Tiamat's plan succeed.

Maintaining both "climate control" and "terrain shaping" requires a great deal of effort, which gives Tiamat an opportunity to retaliate.

After all, they were now within the Burning Empire, where Tiamat was free to do as she pleased, while Cassius had to constantly worry about the aftermath of the battle.

Roar--

With a deafening roar, the three-headed dragon, its tattered wings flapping, crawled out of the crater created by the impact and pounced on the Burning Emperor once more.

"As expected, you're still protecting those lowly ants! Hahaha, what makes you think you can fight me?"

His arm swung through the air, tearing the sky with his dragon claws, leaving five hideous scratches. A terrifying, eerie green light shimmered on the sharp tips of his claws—the power of the green dragon race.

Venomous Claws!

stab-

Caught off guard, the dragon claw tore through the scales on Kaisius's shoulder and pierced deep into his flesh, the poison spreading wildly at an unimaginable speed.

In just a few breaths, half of Kaisius's shoulder turned blackish-purple, rotting and decaying. The flesh turned into thick pus, emitting a foul stench. The white bones of his shoulder were exposed, a horrifying sight.

Those toxins even forcibly invaded his blood vessels, spreading throughout his body with the circulation of elemental energy, constantly corroding his divine body.

Poisonous smoke billowed across the sky, surging like ocean waves, relentlessly washing over Caesus's divine body.

Fortunately, Kaisius used the power of the Imperial Domain to continuously repair his body. If an ordinary ancient dragon had come into contact with this toxin, it would probably have been reduced to a skeleton and pus in no time.

"Tiamat!"

Kaisius roared and spat out an incredibly dazzling golden beam of light, illuminating the entire sky.

[Imperial Territory: Purification]

In an instant, the dazzling light dispelled the thick, poisonous smoke, and the beam of light broke through all obstacles, slamming into the chest of the three-headed dragon.

boom!
The thick scales on the chest of the three-headed dragon were melted through, its flesh was charred, and the entire dragon was blasted away, crashing into several hills behind it and turning them into ruins.

Tiamat's eyes flashed with ferocity as she crawled up from the pile of rocks and lunged at Cassius's side, her three heads snapping at his most vulnerable neck.

Kaisius clenched his fist, golden-red flames burning on his dragon claws, and with the blessing of the power law, he punched Tiamat's red dragon head's chin.

boom!
Under this immense force, Tiamat's jawbone was shattered, and her bloodied teeth flew through the air. Her entire dragon was swept backward by this force.

"Enough, you should die!" Kaisius pressed his advantage, taking a deep breath. The dragon crystal on his chest shone, and a red and white aura of predation surged from the depths of his throat, piercing directly through Tiamat's already shattered chest.

"Are you stealing my divinity?"

Tiamat was filled with shock and rage, letting out a piercing shriek as her tattered dragon wings flapped wildly, unleashing an unprecedented storm of divine power.

Even so, He still could not break free from Kaisius's restraints. At this moment, His chest was burning with raging flames, as if a vortex of flames had appeared, swallowing everything inside His body.

boom! boom! boom!
One after another, golden giant stakes, each thousands of meters long, descended from the sky, piercing Tiamat's wings, shoulders, limbs, and tail, pinning the three-headed dragon firmly to the ground.

The plundering continued. Kaisius felt the divinity within Tiamat flowing into his mouth through his breath. His eyes were filled with greed, his expression grew increasingly crazed, and he even relaxed his guard somewhat.

Taking advantage of this brief moment of relaxation, Tiamat suddenly flapped her wings, and a magnificent five-headed dragon phantom appeared behind her, bursting forth with beams of five colors.

In an instant, the golden giant pillars suddenly shattered, turning into countless tiny specks of light, and Tiamat broke free of her restraints, flying desperately towards August, almost without regard for anything else.

"Cassius! Even if this body dies, I will drag your empire down with me!!"

Tiamat raised her head and roared, letting out a heart-wrenching howl. Her divinity burned wildly within her, and her entire body was engulfed in flames, like a bundle of firewood.

High in the sky, five pairs of pupils looked down, casting incomparably cold and murderous gazes. Five-colored beams of light descended from the sky, sweeping across the earth, leaving nothing but barren land in their wake.

August's barrier shattered almost instantly, and the swept-through area in the north of the city was also completely destroyed, leaving only charred ruins.

"It's over, everything's over! This city is about to be destroyed!"

"I'm not willing to give in."

"We have given it our all. Is this... the power of the gods?"

Gazing at the five-colored pillar of light that destroyed everything, the residents of Auguste City had fallen into utter despair. In the face of divine punishment, their resistance was so pale and powerless, like a joke.

Just then, a scorching wind swept in, stinging people's faces, and a powerful roar came from afar, shaking everyone's hearts.

"Tiamat!"

"Go back to hell!"

With a roar, Kaisius suddenly raised his head and spewed out a pillar of fire nearly a hundred meters in diameter, as hot as the sun, which collided with Tiamat's five-colored dragon breath in mid-air.

The Emperor of the Burning Flames spread his wings and stood above the city of August, casting a huge shadow and preventing the city's destruction, leaving only an incomparably majestic and glorious silhouette for the imperial people within the city.

"That's His Majesty Cassius! It was His Majesty who protected us!"

"Praise the Emperor!"

boom--

The sky wailed, and the aftershocks of the explosion spread out in concentric circles like ripples on water, sweeping across the sky and the earth.

Kaisius soared into the air, his thousand-meter-long divine body bursting into flames, as if he were pouring all the power within him into this breath.

To unleash a breath powerful enough to rival Tiamat, the energy required is naturally terrifying, consuming astronomical amounts of divine power for every second it lasts.

Behind him, countless forces of faith converged and surged into his body, continuously replenishing the divine power within Kasius.

Soon, the sky was disrupted by the explosions from the two breaths. Huge fireballs blotted out the sun, like a magnificent celestial body, emitting flames of interwoven gold, white, and red, and were also wrapped in dazzling lightning.

The sky was dyed with a riot of colors by the firelight, a sight even more magnificent than the rising sun.

Moreover, this was not just a clash of divine power; the powerful laws of both sides were also colliding with each other, scattering the surrounding material space into pieces and making it teeter on the brink of collapse.

In the firelight, Tiamat's face became even more ferocious and terrifying, revealing undisguised greed, excitement, and agitation.

"If I kill you—all of this will be mine!"

boom--

The tri-colored beam of light in the sky expanded several times, becoming even more destructive and suppressing Kaisius's dragon breath.

"You're crazy."

Kaisius gritted his teeth and did his best to withstand the opponent's bombardment.

He never expected that Tiamat would remotely extract the essence of his own divine kingdom, disregarding the safety of her own body, in order to completely kill the Burning Emperor in front of her.

He was able to do something like that.

Under these circumstances, Tiamat's divine status could very well drop to that of a minor divine power.

Could it be that this cheap mother goddess has come to hate me to the point of no return?
"Kasius, you are not worthy of such power as a mere mortal. I will devour your soul, seize the secrets within your mind, and establish an earthly divine kingdom belonging to dragons!"

"At that time, even the gods will tremble beneath my wings!"

Tiamat's roar was so frenzied that it caused a violent wind to rage across the sky; its blasphemous sound was enough to drive anyone mad on the spot.

Under the all-out attack of this five-colored dragon, even Kesius was finding it difficult to cope, and he could feel that the divine power he could use was becoming less and less.

Confronting a true god-level opponent like Tiamat requires consuming a massive amount of divine power every second, not to mention he also has to prevent the aftershocks from spreading to the city of August.

Given Kaisius's current empire, he can only hold on for a few more minutes before his divine power is completely exhausted.

By then, things will be beyond repair.

"The gods."

Cassius gritted his teeth, roaring inwardly, "Why don't you make your move already!" (End of Chapter)