Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei finds a Freylian

A faint light, almost blending into the darkness, appeared on the ground beneath her feet. The light formed a circular array about two meters in diameter, emitting a faint spatial fluctuation.

"A magic circle?" Frilian's pupils contracted. She reacted quickly and immediately tried to retreat and warn the others.

But it was too late. The magic circle was triggered without warning, and its activation speed was terrifying.

Just as Lu Mingfei cried out in surprise and leaned forward, the "space" beneath his feet suddenly twisted and collapsed.

It wasn't a pit, but a literal spatial fold; he was as if he had been swallowed up by an invisible maw and vanished from his spot in an instant.

Frillie was too close to him. Although she tried to back away, the range of the magic circle expanded slightly the moment she moved. Before her toes had even completely left the circle of light, the powerful spatial distortion force seized her.

"Lu Mingfei! Everyone should be careful!" She only managed to utter half a warning before her figure blurred and rippled in place, disappearing in a flash like a poorly received television image.

From the moment Lu Mingfei stepped into the trap to the moment the two disappeared, the entire process took less than a second, so fast that even Chu Zihang in front of him didn't have time to turn around completely.

"What's going on?!" Fingel turned around abruptly, his powerful flashlight sweeping across the spot where the two had just been standing.

There were only cold, damp rails and the ground, completely empty, as if no one had ever stood there. After the eerie magic circle completed the teleportation, its light completely disappeared, leaving no trace.

"Lu Mingfei! Frilian!" Chu Zihang shouted sharply. Murasame was already drawn, his golden eyes sharp as a hawk's, staring intently at the empty area. But in his perception, the two people's auras had completely disappeared. They were not dead, but forcibly moved to some unknown distance!

“A spatial teleportation array.” Master Zhu’s expression was solemn. He swept his whisk and sensed the extremely subtle fluctuations remaining in the air. “An extremely sophisticated and ancient technique. Combined with the evil energy of the dragon vein here, it can be activated swiftly and silently, making it difficult to detect.”

The compass needle in Lingdang's hand spun wildly before finally falling limply: "The breath has been completely cut off; I can't find my way."

Chu Zihang's face was terribly grim. Right before his eyes, two living, breathing people had simply vanished! This completely out-of-control situation filled him with extreme anger and anxiety.

Although Lu Mingfei is an S-rank and has the Word of Power: Time Zero, he still doesn't have much experience. Plus, there's Frilian who plays a support role. Can they handle the unknown dangers?

"Let's split up and search!" Chu Zihang made a quick decision, suppressing his anxiety. "Fingal, you and I are in one group! Daoist Master, your junior sister is in another group! Keep communication going! Watch your step!"

The team was forced to split up and began anxiously searching for their missing companions in this eerie underground labyrinth.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei and Frilian were experiencing an indescribable feeling of weightlessness and dizziness.

It was as if I had been stuffed into a high-speed spinning drum, surrounded by distorted and broken light and shadow and deafening screams from the void.

Lu Mingfei felt as if his internal organs were about to shift.

I don't know how much time passed; it might have been a moment, or it might have been eternity.

boom!boom!

Two muffled thuds, accompanied by Lu Mingfei's painful groan and Frilian's suppressed moan, marked the moment when the two fell from mid-air and crashed solidly onto the hard, cold ground.

"Ugh." Lu Mingfei felt dizzy and his stomach churned; he almost threw up.

He lay on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.

Although Frilian also suffered a severe fall, as an experienced mage, she was more adaptable.

She quickly propped herself up, her emerald eyes scanning her surroundings warily. The staff was already in her hand, radiating a soft light.

"Lu Mingfei, are you alright?" she asked in a low voice, while sensing her surroundings.

"I'm... I'm still alive." Lu Mingfei struggled to his feet, rubbing his sore arms and buttocks, and grimaced as he looked around. "Where... where am I?"

They seemed to have been transported to a much larger, more spacious underground cavern.

The dome was so high that it seemed to disappear into the deep darkness. All around was utter silence, so quiet that you could hear your own heart pounding wildly.

Then, they heard another sound.

A voice that is extremely out of place and can be described as absurd.

"I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!"

It was a vibrant, high-pitched, cartoonish voice, accompanied by cheerful and comical background music.

Lu Mingfei and Frilian were both stunned, looking incredulously toward the source of the sound.

In one corner of the cave, there was a pile of huge, seemingly naturally formed rock "furniture".

There, surprisingly, was an old-fashioned television set with a convex cathode ray tube screen—the kind of "big-button" television they had seen in the office!

The television screen flickered with a slightly glaring light, playing a brightly colored animated cartoon—SpongeBob SquarePants!

On the screen, the yellow square sponge is wearing a comical white sailor hat, waving its hands and shouting its classic lines.

Chapter 178 Fenrir Invites You to Watch TV

What made Lu Mingfei and Frilian's scalps tingle and their blood almost freeze was that, in front of the television, lay a creature that was beyond description, enormous beyond imagination!

It lay there, like a small, dark blue mountain.

Thick, rock-like scales covered its entire body, gleaming with a cold, hard sheen under the light of the television screen. Its limbs were as thick as the pillars supporting a temple, and its sharp claws rested casually on the ground, each one comparable to a battering ram. A long tail lazily coiled behind it, gently sweeping and making a teeth-grinding rustling sound as it scraped against the ground.

dragon!

A real, living, and enormous dragon!

Lu Mingfei's legs went weak instantly, his mind went blank, and all that remained was instinctive, extreme fear. He couldn't even scream out loud.

Frillie gasped, gripping her staff tightly, her body tense to the extreme. She could clearly feel the oppressive aura emanating from that colossal creature, as heavy as the earth and as terrifying as an abyss.

This is nothing like the Deadpool we encountered before! This is a being on par with the Dragon King?!

However, what happened next completely shattered their understanding, making their fear seem somewhat distorted and comical.

The enormous head of the terrifying dragon rested on its folded forepaws, its huge, molten gold eyes, like those of a small lake, staring intently at the small television screen, completely absorbed in its gaze.

It even used the tip of its forepaw, which was covered with terrifying scales and claws and was comparable to the arm of a giant crane, to carefully and almost clumsily pick up a bag of family-sized potato chips from a huge pile of snacks that looked like it had been moved from a supermarket, with a movement that was completely inconsistent with its huge body and terrifying power.

Then, with its claws sharp enough to easily tear through tank armor, it carefully sliced ​​a small hole in the potato chip bag, its movements as gentle as if it were opening a letter for a lover. Next, it lowered its head, brought the bag's opening to its enormous mouth, and gave it a gentle shake.

"crash"

A huge pile of potato chips was poured into its mouth, which could swallow a small car, like sand.

It closed its mouth, making a very slight, satisfied "click-clack" sound, its molten gold eyes narrowed happily, and the tip of its tail swayed slightly with pleasure.

(⊙_⊙)？ Lu Mingfei's expression froze completely.

(°ー°〃)Frilian also fell into a daze.

The Dragon King, who's supposed to destroy the world, is watching SpongeBob SquarePants and eating potato chips?! And those chips look absolutely delicious?!

Is there something seriously wrong with this world?!

Just as the two were frozen in place, their brains unable to process this surreal scene, an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants finished playing on the TV and the end credits rolled.

Fenrir, still wanting more, stretched out its paw and skillfully pressed the play button on an old VCR next to the television. It wasn't watching a live broadcast, but a videotape.

But after pressing the button, its enormous head suddenly moved, and its molten gold pupils turned slightly, finally noticing the two stiff little figures not far away, who looked like background figures.

"Hmm?" It let out a low, muffled hum, tinged with a hint of doubt and curiosity.

The enormous head slowly turned around, and its golden, searchlight-like eyes focused on Lu Mingfei and Frilian.

Staring directly at by such a terrifying being, Lu Mingfei nearly suffered a cardiac arrest on the spot. Frilian also instantly raised her magic to its limit, preparing for a desperate fight!

However, the expected attack did not come.

Fenrir tilted its enormous head, its eyes showing no violence or killing intent, only a simple, almost adorable curiosity.

It looked at them, then at the television, and then back at them.

Then, it did something that nearly made Lu Mingfei and Frillie's jaws drop to the floor.

It tapped a flat rock in front of it very, very lightly with its huge, terrifying claws, making a soft "thump, thump" sound. At the same time, its deep voice sounded again, slow and indistinct, as if it were struggling to organize its thoughts:

"...TV...is...good..."

"...To...watch...it...together?"

It even pushed the huge bag of potato chips forward with its paw, seemingly indicating that it was sharing?

Lu Mingfei: "???"

Frilian: "???"

Is there something wrong with me or with you? A long string of question marks appeared on Lu Mingfei's forehead.

The Dragon King, are you inviting us to watch SpongeBob SquarePants together? And share potato chips?

Lu Mingfei and Frilian looked at each other, both seeing absurdity and disbelief in each other's eyes.

Refusing a well-intentioned invitation from someone who is suspected to be the Dragon King could have serious consequences.

To accept watching cartoons with a dragon is an experience that is far too surreal.

Frilian carefully sensed Fenrir's emotions and was surprised to find that the behemoth's mental fluctuations were unusually pure, even childlike. They were filled with simple curiosity and a lonely longing, without any apparent malice.

She took a deep breath, nodded slightly to Lu Mingfei, and gestured with her eyes: there is no immediate danger, act according to the situation.

Lu Mingfei swallowed hard, his legs still trembling, but his survival instinct forced him to force a smile that looked more like a grimace. He stammered, "Uh, okay, okay. Thank you, brother?"

Frillie nodded slightly and said in a calm tone, "Thank you for your invitation."

Thus, in the vast, silent, and deep underground lair of the dragon king, a scene unfolded that would shatter the worldview of any hybrid:

A giant dragon, as large as a mountain range, coiled in the center. An old television set flickered with cartoon light, playing the next episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. The dragon watched with great interest, occasionally clumsily and carefully picking up a bag of potato chips and pouring it into its mouth.

Beside the dragon's forepaws, a tiny human and an elf sat upright, their expressions stiff and their eyes vacant as they watched the yellow sponge living in the pineapple house and its pink starfish friend's various nonsensical adventures on the screen.

"...Who lives in the giant pineapple in the deep sea?" the TV sang.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself: "Anyway, it wasn't me."

Frillie's inner monologue: "The entertainment in this world is truly unique; SpongeBob and Starfish are friends."

"Crunch, crunch," Fenrir ate his potato chips.

Silence, an eerily quiet silence, permeated the cave. Only SpongeBob's cheerful chatter and the crackling of potato chips echoed through the air.

Lu Mingfei and Frilian inexplicably found themselves watching cartoons with Fenrir, the King of the Earth and Mountains.

Chapter 179 The Restless Kamaitachi

Night fell like thick ink, spilling across the vast metropolis of Beijing. The city's neon lights couldn't completely dispel the darkness in the corners, especially those spaces that connected to the underground, bearing witness to countless hurried footsteps and hidden legends.

At the end of the subway network, the entrance to a long-abandoned tunnel, like a silent, gaping maw, lies hidden in the shadow of prosperity.

Chen Motong, or rather Nuonuo, stood in front of this giant maw.