Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

But Nergigante completely ignored this and flew straight towards the source of the anomaly, following the direction of the underground river's flow. Along the way, it smashed all the dragon crystal pillars that blocked its path with its claws, thus directly and brutally clearing a wide passage.

"Meliuchina, let's catch up."

"Yes!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Meiru Shina followed without hesitation, leaving only the Grand Commander and Ovi standing there looking at each other.

After exchanging a final glance with Ovi, the Grand Master gritted his teeth and decided:

"Since we've come this far, let's go for it!"

……

...

After crossing the underground river, Nergigante landed on another landmass, with Fujimaru Ritsuka and Meiru Shina following closely behind.

Upon arriving here, everything visible to the naked eye—on the left and right sides of the road, overhead, and even the ground beneath her feet—was composed of highly concentrated dragon crystals. Mei Liuqina took a deep breath, and her body immediately felt a very comfortable sensation.

The road ahead was rather narrow, but Nergigante still used brute force to clear a path, carving out a wide avenue. However, soon the view opened up, and a spacious platform suddenly appeared in front of them.

At the same time, Nergigante finally stopped, looked up, and roared:

"Roar--!!!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka followed Nergigante's gaze and saw a huge glowing sphere embedded in the center of the wall made of dragon crystals. The outer shell of the sphere was different from the structure of the dragon crystals and looked more like the cocoon of some kind of creature.

"...Is that what it is? That's amazing..."

At this moment, the Grand Master and Ovi finally arrived and, upon seeing the giant glowing cocoon on the wall, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Ovie stared at it, muttering to himself:

"The abnormal energy flow we observed was all concentrated on it, but we didn't expect it to be so massive. Could it be that this thing..."

However, before he could finish speaking, the entire cave suddenly began to tremble, as if an earthquake had occurred, interrupting his speech.

Immediately afterwards, the cocoon, which had been emitting only a faint glow, suddenly became exceptionally bright, as if something was about to burst forth.

Just then, Fujimaru Ritsuka's pupils contracted, and she loudly reminded him:

"careful!"

The next moment, more than a dozen laser beams burst out from the cocoon, leaving a scorching mark on the ground they passed through. They melted the dragon crystal the instant they came into contact with it and began to shake aimlessly!

However, such an attack could not possibly hit Meliuchina. The Grand Master and Ovi, thanks to Fujimaru Ritsuka's timely reminder, skillfully dodged the laser beams that were aimed at them, and were immediately terrified.

On the other side, the Nergigante's thorns tightened, and its entire body shrank into a ball.

Its enormous size made it impossible for it to dodge in this enclosed space; it could only use its wings to shield itself.

However, at the moment the laser beam arrived, Fujimaru Ritsuka, wielding the "Small World Surrounding the Sky," stood in front of the Nergigante.

The laser beam swept across, but it was as if it had hit an invisible steel wall, stopping just a few dozen centimeters away from Fujimaru Ritsuka, unable to cause any damage.

The small world surrounding the heavens may appear to be just a small round shield, but it can reconstruct time and space within a certain range, unfolding a small world for defense. To confront this shield is like confronting the entire world.

"...?"

The expected attack and pain did not come. Nergigante spread its wings with some confusion and saw Fujimaru Ritsuka standing in front of it. Its eyes flickered slightly.

"what is that?!"

But the next moment, amidst the commander's exclamation, the unusual scene that appeared before them instantly drew everyone's attention.

After the giant glowing cocoon was ripped open by the laser, a huge body radiating light emerged like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, fell to the ground, struggled for a moment, and then slowly got up.

Only then did everyone finally see its appearance clearly—

It was a remarkably beautiful dragon, its entire body radiating a ghostly blue fluorescence, with orange eyes and two pairs of glowing organs on its horns, making it appear as if it had three pairs of eyes, giving off an invisible sense of oppression.

Its body is translucent, and you can see energy flowing within it, making it seem like a creature from another world.

More importantly, it is enormous. It is estimated to be over forty meters long and over ten meters tall. Compared to it, Nergigante's size is like that of an adult and a kindergarten child.

After standing up from the ground, it did not look at the crowd, but instead looked up at the sky and stretched its body as if celebrating its birth.

"Is this guy the culprit?"

Looking at the enormous dragon he had never seen before, the Grand Master broke out in a cold sweat. This monster was far beyond his capabilities.

Netherworld Dragon.

Feeding on the energy of dead ancient dragons, it accumulates it within its body over a long period of time until the accumulated energy reaches its peak, thus achieving the metamorphosis of emerging from its cocoon and becoming a special individual qualified to become the [King of Ancient Dragons].

This is information from Fujimaru Ritsuka's memories, but the current Xeno'jiiva is only newly born and is far from reaching its complete form.

Nevertheless, they are undoubtedly a formidable opponent.

“Ho ho ho ho ho—!!!”

The moment it saw its opponent appear, Nergigante's thorns bristled all over its body, and it immediately assumed a fighting stance, launching an attack without hesitation!

As an Elder Dragon Slayer that preys on Elder Dragons, even the King of Elder Dragons is within its hunting range!

"Bam—!"

The newly born Xeno'jiiva obviously didn't expect that Nergigante would be so unscrupulous, launching a sudden attack while it was still posing. As a result, it took a full hit from Nergigante's powerful stun attack and fell to the ground again after only a short time on its feet, causing the earth to tremble violently once more.

But Nergigante wasn't about to give up. After defeating its opponent, it pounced on it, ready to press its advantage.

Seeing that Nergigante seemed to be suppressing the opponent, the Grand Master and Ovi were immediately filled with a glimmer of hope.

however--

"Roar--!!!"

Suddenly, a huge burst of energy erupted from around the Nergigante, blasting the Nergigante on its body away. It stood up again and let out a huge roar.

The Nergigante's attack completely enraged it.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 280 Quick decision

The Netherworld Dragon's icy gaze swept over everyone in the cave, sending chills down their spines.

Immediately afterwards, its abdominal cavity suddenly lit up, and its nearly translucent body allowed one to clearly see the energy within it converging towards its throat, brewing a destructive breath.

Then, it slightly opened its mouth, aiming at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, and a dazzling light shone from its mouth—

"Don't think about it!"

But at that moment, accompanied by a delicate shout, Mei Liuqina transformed into a white meteor, instantly approaching the Netherworld Dragon and striking it hard in the chin from below!

The immense force slammed the Xeno'jiiva's mouth shut, and its head was uncontrollably thrown high into the air, forcing it to swallow back the breath it had been preparing to unleash, and it let out a painful cry.

“Ho ho ho ho ho—!”

"Pretty!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately praised it.

However, Melyuchina was not entirely satisfied with her attack; she hadn't managed to kill her opponent outright.

Is it because the blade is too short?

Although it successfully pierced the opponent's jaw, it did not cause any serious damage.

It seems I'll have to put in a bit more effort.

On the other side, the Nergigante that had been blasted away got up from the ground. Its spikes, which had been destroyed by the explosion, fell off and quickly grew new spikes in the distance.

Seeing that Xeno'jiiva had suffered another setback, Nergigante charged forward without hesitation, intending to overwhelm its opponent once again.

However, upon seeing Nergigante, Xeno'jiiva opened its mouth again and spat out balls of dark blue energy, which bombarded Nergigante's body.

"Boom boom boom!..."

The energy ball exploded the moment it made contact with Nergigante's body, and the dense explosion completely destroyed the spikes on Nergigante's front, successfully damaging its flesh.

Despite this, Nergigante charged forward despite the attack, swinging its claws with all its might and leaving a deep mark on Xeno'jiiva's neck.

"Roar--!"

The Xeno'jiiva cried out in pain, and angrily raised its hand, mimicking the attack pattern of the Nergigante. With one slap, it knocked the childlike Nergigante to the ground, and then spread its wings that blotted out the sky.

Ovi's eyes widened immediately, and he shouted:

"It's mobilizing the energy of the earth's veins!"

But the warning came too late. As soon as he finished speaking, a surge of ley line energy erupted outward from its body, seemingly about to engulf the entire cave.

The Nergigante absorbed all the attacks and was engulfed in the explosion, letting out a painful cry.

Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly rushed to the front of the Grand Master and Ovi, using [Small World Surrounding the Sky] to block this wave of attacks.

But before she could even relax, the next moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt the ground beneath her feet loosen, and the entire cave collapsed instantly. She, the Grand Master, and Ovi fell uncontrollably downwards.

However, at this critical moment, Meiliuqina arrived instantly, grabbing Fujimaru Ritsuka with one hand and pulling the Grand Master and Ovi by the collar with the other, lifting them into the air.

She led them away from that area to a safe and stable location, then set them down and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka with some concern:

"Master, are you alright?"

"I am fine."

Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head, looking at the newly formed hole ahead with some concern.

Taking advantage of the commotion, Xeno'jiiva flew away towards the hole created above, while Nergigante, without Melyuchina's help, simply fell down, and it's unknown whether it will be alright.

"Roar!"

As Fujimaru Ritsuka was thinking this, she heard a familiar voice. Then she saw Nergigante stagger out of the hole and stop in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

The attack from the Xeno'jiiva just now caused it considerable damage. Although it has an extremely fast recovery ability, it cannot recover to its original state instantly.

"Meow meow!"

However, seeing that Nergigante was not seriously injured, Fujimaru Ritsuka showed a happy expression and immediately used recovery magic to heal it.

"What's this……?"

Seeing the green light emanating from Nergigante and its injuries rapidly healing, the Grand Master and Ovi were somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Fujimaru Ritsuka answered simply: