Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

"Boom!"

The colossal dragon, as large as a mountain, folded its wings and landed heavily on the ground.

The vast stone statue plaza shook violently, an invisible pressure spread out, and waves of air surged forth.

Everything seemed to have ended.

The fleeing ants were crushed to death by the higher-dimensional dragon, their flesh and bones reduced to dust and vanished into nothingness.

The dark silver dragon, which had no tail, narrowed its eyes slightly, a satisfied glint rolling in its dark yellow vertical pupils.

Although it took some effort, the result was as expected.

It didn't rush to move its foot. As a terrifying creature that had lived for countless years, it had controlled the power of its attack with exquisite precision.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be just enough to crush that tiny human insect without completely destroying the "shell container" it needs.

"Bahafus".

The tailless, dark silver dragon uttered a low, slippery sound, carrying a hint of evil and greed.

It raised its head high, gazing up at the enormous, silent, and majestic dragon statue not far away.

"This was an opportunity you gave up yourself, don't say I stole it from you..."

"I'm utterly fed up with being trapped in this godforsaken place, forgotten by the rules, for countless millennia."

The dark silver dragon's eyes swept over the remaining ancient stone statues in the arena, a mocking smile curling at the corner of its mouth.

"You can stay here and wait to slowly decay and die under the erosion of time."

The dark silver dragon let out a low roar, as if making a triumphant announcement. The surrounding stone statues remained silent, and none of them responded.

It didn't care, it just kept talking to itself, releasing all the resentment and bitterness that had been suppressed for who knows how many years at this moment.

However, before it could finish its long and rambling accusations, it seemed to suddenly sense some unusual energy fluctuation, and its deep dragon voice abruptly stopped.

The dark silver dragon lowered its head, its expression indifferent as it tentatively pressed down lightly with its claws that were already on the ground.

But soon, its thorn-covered brow furrowed again, and it instinctively increased the force of its claws.

However, after half a breath, the indifference on the dark silver dragon's face completely relaxed, and a trace of extremely human-like surprise appeared in its eyes.

Then, the surprise gradually turned into a horrifying shock, and finally even into disbelief as if they had seen a ghost!

It watched helplessly as its heavy claws, capable of crushing steel, seemed to be held aloft by an inexplicable, violent force.

It's rising upwards, little by little, uncontrollably!

"This is impossible...you lowly ant!"

"Lie down properly!"

The dark silver dragon let out a furious growl, as if its authority had been subjected to some intolerable provocation.

Its wings suddenly spread out, and the magnificent dark silver scales on the huge dragon's body rippled like waves. It was about to raise its claws and unleash its high-dimensional power to strike down hard.

This action, however, completely released the power that had been compressed to the extreme under his palm.

"Boom!"

It was as if ten thousand miniature volcanoes erupted simultaneously beneath his claws, and an incomparably terrifying recoil force rose up, directly flipping the dark silver dragon over!

"call--"

A fierce wind suddenly arose in the vast stone statue square.

An immense pressure, beyond the measure of common sense, rose up like billowing smoke.

black.

A thick, black fog drifted out and instantly spread across the square.

The fog was deep and gloomy, like an infinite, tranquil sea that swallowed all light.

"Waaah—"

In a daze, it seemed as if deep-sea tides were lapping against the coast of the plane, and the eerie wailing of countless conches echoed from the depths of the black mist.

The next moment, the billowing black mist parted strangely to both sides, revealing a figure that looked like a demon god.

The figure crouched on the ground in a half-kneeling position, with its arms wrapped around its chest like steel walls, and its head bowed.

Even under such an absolute disadvantage, he acted like a precise instrument, firmly protecting the Evaqui Soul Disc behind him and preventing it from being disturbed by any aftershocks.

His long hair, darker and thicker than the night, cascaded down his back like a waterfall.

At the tip of each strand of hair, tiny black flames flickered and burned, devouring free elements.

"Click click click—"

Amidst the dense, bone-crunching sounds, like ancient mechanical gears turning anew, the black-haired figure slowly rose from the ground.

The wizard's body, shrouded in thick black mist, was now fully revealed before the dragon.

This is a magnificent and demonic body that cannot be described in mortal terms.

Its enormous size, standing over three meters tall, completely exceeded the muscle limits of ordinary humanoid races. Every muscle seemed to have been forged from magic iron salvaged from the deep sea through countless hammerings.

Ink-black sorcery runes danced and traced across his body, like flames or wildly growing vines.

In the center of the chest, dense muscle fibers twist and turn, forming a deep, swirling spiral.

"Oh--"

Dago exhaled gently, spewing out visible, intensely hot white vapor, like the long breath of an ancient cosmic beast.

Thick black mist swirled around him, carrying a terrifying power that even high-level creatures would find chilling.

At this moment, in Dago's absolutely rational eyes, there was no anger, only a pure thirst for knowledge. He felt that he was now more like a true dragon at the top of the food chain than the dark silver dragon before him.

【A Single Layer of the Conch Palace】!

As it turns out, Dago's experiment of pushing his own body to the limit was incredibly successful.

At this moment, the energy sphere within his body was being continuously injected into the "Blue Conch" inside him in an extremely efficient manner.

Countless transparent energy tubes extend from the "Blue Snail," precisely connecting to every cell and corner of its body.

The massive life energy, after complex compression, is delivered forcefully yet precisely to every part of the body.

Thus, the transformation effect, which is like the descent of an ancient god, was achieved!

After undergoing structural enhancement through the First Layer of the Spiral Palace, the Blue Demon Body finally experienced a qualitative leap.

The power of the [Cold Element] physical runes, which had transformed to the "Advanced" level, was finally perfectly controlled by his immense mental strength.

This power was so mysterious and profound that he couldn't describe it with his limited vocabulary, but it was definitely beyond his original understanding of the data model.

"Given my current state, defining it as 'complete despair' wouldn't be entirely accurate..."

"Why don't we just call it that?"

Dago's mental processing power raced, and he casually came up with a code name: "【Ancient Blue Demon Body】".

This corresponds perfectly to the underlying logic of the [Cold Element] and the [First Layer of the Spiral Palace].

After naming the data, Dago took a step forward, carefully protecting Evaque's Soul Disc in a blind spot behind him.

Then, he looked up at the dark silver dragon not far in front of him, whose eyes were gloomy and suspicious. He twisted his neck and produced a crisp, bone-crackling sound that tore through the air.

"Perfect."

Dago grinned, revealing a set of sharp, white teeth.

He stared intently at the dark silver tailless dragon with the gaze of a wizard eyeing a rare living specimen on an autopsy table, his eyes blazing with an intense, strange light of power and truth.

"Use your legendary dragon to conduct an extreme damage-bearing test on my new body!"

Done.

Dago nervously licked his lips. The next millisecond, his figure vanished from the spot without leaving a trace.

When he reappeared, he had already defied gravity and leaped high into the air.

With his shoulders and arms outstretched like a fully drawn bow, he stood tall and imposing, aiming a powerful punch at the head of the dark silver tailless dragon!

In an instant, the black flames wrapped around his body all erupted violently.

The billowing black mist surrounding him converged wildly towards his fist like rivers flowing into the sea.

The strange roar of waves crashing against the rocks echoed across the square. The magical flames and black vines attached to Dago's body grew wildly as if they were alive, as if they were about to break free from his flesh and jump out at any moment.

Centered on Dago's fist, countless black spatial ripples and folds suddenly appeared in the void.

Countless black arcs of destruction intertwined, condensing into a massive, axe-shaped bolt of lightning.

The forbidden aura belonging to ancient wizards poured out like a torrent!

"roar!"

A deep dragon roar shook the surrounding space. Faced with Dago's unreasonable and explosive attack, the dark silver tailless dragon raised its head in fury and raised its giant claws, which were capable of tearing mountains apart.

The man and the dragon clashed without any fancy moves, their fists as small as grains of sand and their massive silver dragon claws.

"Thump!"

The entire void seemed to transform into a taut, enormous drumhead, as if it had been struck hard.

"Boom!"

A terrifying energy pressure, formed by the collision of pure physical power, suddenly erupted, and the tranquility of this ancient square was finally shattered beneath the towering white waves that followed.