"Arrogance!"
The Knight said furiously, the Ancestral Red Dragon before him seemed to completely look down on him, causing the battle-hardened Blue Dragon Demon to erupt in rage.
"The Dragons that have died by my sword are countless. How dare a Dragon that doesn't even dare to step out of the Material Plane disregard my existence?"
The Knight bellowed, "My sword has drunk its fill of dragon blood. Today, it will taste all the dragon blood in your body. Ancestral Dragon blood is worthy of this divine sword of mine."
"The trial the Dragons God has given you means you only have one path: defeat!"
But the Ancestral Red Dragon merely sneered, turning its head, its indifferent gaze sweeping towards the battle-ready Blue Dragon Demon, causing an instinctive tremor in the Blue Dragon Demon's heart.
That gaze completely ignored his fury, as if it were the playful teasing before a beast stalks and murders its prey.
Like some wild beasts that enjoy toying with their prey: wolves on the plains, cats in the forest, tigers in the mountains.
The Blue Dragon Demon had heard his sovereign, the supreme Dragons Goddess Tiamat, speak of this Ancestral Dragon, who was dedicated to managing the Ekania World and had refused the Dragons God's proposal.
Although his Dragons God had once praised the Red Dragon's talent, the Blue Dragon Demon, who had hunted countless Dragons with his companions, had never truly taken the Ancestral Red Dragon seriously.
He had grown for countless years, faced thousands of battles in various Dragon Nests, and his Great Serpent Sword had been bathed in dragon blood hundreds and thousands of times, long ago gaining a special mind-shattering effect on Dragons. Even Ancient Dragons would be troubled by it.
Ordinary Young Dragonss didn't even dare to speak loudly in front of his longsword, and even Adult Dragonss, facing his oppression, could only grumble in their throats.
Although the Great Serpent Sword wasn't as powerful and prominent as a Dragon-Slaying Sword, a specialized weapon against Dragonss, it was clear that the Ancestral Red Dragonbefore him was almost unaffected.
Moreover, the Ancestral Red Dragon was not, as he had thought, just an ordinary Dragonsimmersed in a peaceful life on the Material Plane; it was proficient in close-quarters combat, with strength and reactions both above his estimated level.
This raised the Blue Dragon Demon's guard to its highest point, and he began to regard the Ancestral Red Dragon as an opponent of the same caliber as himself.
But what the Blue Dragon Demon didn't know was that if detection spells and perception abilities targeting life levels were used, the Ancestral Red Dragon's comprehensive strength would indeed appear similar to his own, but the shadow hidden behind the Red Dragon was far more terrifying than what he saw.
"Ridiculous fool," the Ancestral Red Dragon laughed, "You can't even tell who the Dragons God in front of you is, yet you dare to bark like a wild dog in front of me."
He tilted his head and looked towards the sky, saying indifferently, "If you remain silent, I'll take that as your assent."
Kalon stood still, spreading his wings to his side, and said indifferently to the Blue Dragon Demon, "Come on, your opportunities are few. A quarter of an hour is already too long for me."
The Blue Dragon Demon's expression twisted. He had never felt his fury burn so fiercely as it did today. He had lived in the world for countless years and had never seen a Dragons as pretentious as the Ancestral Red Dragon, even among Dragonss.
The Knight's fangs almost tore through his mouth. "Dragons's Might!"
His brass ring, at this moment, released a second enchantment spell, a favorite of close-combat mages who loved close-quarters fighting, imbuing himself with the strength of a Dragons.
And the Knight's second head was chanting a self-buffing incantation. He was not only an excellent warrior but also a formidable spellcaster.
At the same time, the Knight's Great Serpent Sword hissed, directly shattering the ground beneath his feet. Fiery currents disappeared with his figure from the spot, like lightning passing through clouds, going all out, his longsword striking.
The moment the opponent's figure disappeared, Kalon's limbs heavily sank, cracking the ground for dozens of meters around. Deep fissures slightly obstructed the Blue Dragon Demon's movements, allowing Kalon's sharp eyes and perception to capture the Blue Dragon Demon's figure.
The electric light was fleeting. Claws gathered power for a pounce. The Blue Dragon Demon, appearing from the lightning, thrust straight forward. The Great Serpent Sword, swift as thunder, was blocked by Kalon's Dragons claws.
The greatsword and Dragons claws collided. Both sides' immense power was fully unleashed at this moment, imbued into their weapons and Dragons claws. The two intertwined and collided dozens of times in a short instant, emitting a continuous clang of steel.
Although the Blue Dragon Demon's strength was formidable, the Ancestral Red Dragon stood on the earth, in its True Dragon form, with the support of the earth, allowing it to freely borrow and disperse force, not fearing the Blue Dragon Demon's formidable power in the slightest.
The Great Serpent Sword in the Blue Dragon Demon's hand was unpredictable. At the moment of impact, a furious azure lightning bolt broke through the Red Dragon's psionic defense, and the greatsword would animate, transforming into a venomous snake, attempting to bite through the scales on the back of the Ancestral Red Dragon's claw and inject its potent venom.
And the Blue Dragon Demon's two heads, simultaneously facing the Ancestral Red Dragon, spat out lightning and thunder, striking directly at its face.
In humanoid form, this Blue Dragon Demon's tactics were remarkably diverse, making him more troublesome than an ordinary Dragons.
But the Ancestral Red Dragon's body control was flexible and fluid. The immense force borne by its Dragons claws was transmitted to the ground beneath its feet, creating cracks with its movements, but the blades on its wings simultaneously swept horizontally, aiming to cleave the Blue Dragon Demon in two.
And from its mouth, a high-temperature pillar of fire erupted the moment its psionic defense was shattered by the lightning breath, pushing back the lightning.
"Damn it,"
This fatal blow was easily parried. The Blue Dragon Demon shattered the ground with its feet, turning into an electric flash and disappearing, only to reappear in mid-air above the Red Dragon's massive body. The Great Serpent Sword in his hand glowed with a power that shook Dragonss, cleaving straight down.
Although the True Dragon form was formidable, when fighting against flexible and small enemies, a massive body could sometimes become a weakness.
The Blue Dragon Demon, having experienced countless battles, naturally knew how to hunt a Dragons.
This seemingly ordinary move, when wielded by the Blue Dragon Demon, carried the might of a divine mountain pressing down, cleaving straight down. Furious, blazing azure lightning currents entwined around the Great Serpent Sword. Even a body forged from refined iron would be cut open by the greatsword.
But then the Blue Dragon Demon's pupils suddenly dilated. Such a ferocious strike, no matter how fast, would be difficult for the massive Red Dragon to escape; it could only endure it head-on.
But the whistling blade, striking down from the air, directly hit the ground. The sword plunged into the earth, raising a wave of soil, and a gully dozens of meters long and over ten meters deep appeared beneath the blade.
Azure lightning currents surged forth, releasing immense power along the gully, tearing hundreds of charred, small cracks outwards, but the Red Dragon's body had already vanished.
In Kalon's vertical pupils, information about the Knight's combat skills flowed rapidly. His sub-brain instantly collected and recorded the Knight's techniques, but his body appeared behind the Blue Dragon Demon, materializing from a flame.
His pale fangs and magnificent head also transformed from ethereal to tangible, real existence at this moment.
Elementalization, while somewhat similar to the abilities used in the Demon Dragons sworld, was actually different.
This ability was a favorite combat technique of high-ranking lords in the Abyssal Hells, the Barlog. The Ancestral Red Dragon, through 'humble inquiry' and understanding of fire, easily mastered this method and technique, though it rarely needed to use it.
But the Blue Dragon Demon before him was indeed a highly experienced Dragons-Hunting Knight. Even if Kalon's speed was enough to evade the Knight's attacks, it was difficult to shake off the Blue Dragon Demon's lock-on, forcing him into passive counterattacks, which led the Red Dragon to subtly expose another ability.
Kalon's head emerged from the ethereal, opening its mouth. Long fangs revealed a chilling gleam. The fatal Red Dragon bite had already arrived.
In this flash of lightning, the Blue Dragon Demon could no longer evade the Ancestral Red Dragon's attack. He could only roar, actively offering his second head into the Red Dragon's mouth, allowing the Ancestral Red Dragon's fangs to pierce through his neck.
The Great Serpent Sword in his hand was gripped through his gauntlet. Azure lightning surged over it, stabbing towards the Ancestral Red Dragon's lower jaw, its weak point, the location of its dropped reverse scale, now its most vulnerable spot.
Pfft.
The Great Serpent Sword, carrying unparalleled electric light, directly pierced the Ancestral Red Dragon's lower jaw skin, but before the Blue Dragon Demon could feel joy, the unparalleled lightning was instantly unleashed, striking the air. The Red Dragon's figure turned ethereal again, disappearing from above his head.
The Blue Dragon Demon's attack left only a single drop of scorching Ancestral Red Dragonblood, but his own head was directly torn off by the Ancestral Red Dragon, and the Dragonsscale chainmail on his shoulder was ripped open, a large piece of flesh from his shoulder bitten off.
After several consecutive exchanges, the arrogant Blue Dragon Demon gained no advantage, causing the Blue Dragon Demon's vertical pupils to become bloodshot, driving him into a frenzy.
Violent lightning swirled around him. He stood in place, opened his mouth, held the Great Serpent Sword inverted, and inserted it into his mouth, devouring it.
But the Ancestral Red Dragon's body now appeared, its claw descending from above the Blue Dragon Demon's head. This was the Red Dragon's favorite attack method. He liked to trample on the enemy's dignity, grinding both their physical body and spirit into the ground.
Boom! The Ancestral Red Dragon's claw strike landed, directly smashing through the ground, accompanied by a loud roar and a massive cloud of dust. But this powerful blow had also missed its target.
"Just a little more. Although I can't elementalize, I also possess a speed you don't."
The Blue Dragon Demon's voice came from not far away. Kalon looked up, narrowing his eyes.
The currents on the Blue Dragon Demon's body had completely receded at this moment, but his true body was now released.
This was a strange Blue Dragon, twenty-three meters long, with the body and horns of a Blue Dragon, but its head was somewhat similar to a gargoyle.
It had bat-like wings, but its Dragons tail was like a whip, with a curled tail hook at the end, like a combination or hybrid of a gargoyle and a Blue Dragon.
"A first-generation Abishai Dragons Demon?"
Kalon stood still, frowning.
"Your knowledge is not as short-sighted as ordinary Dragonss, Red Dragon. You are worthy of dying by my hand," the first-generation Abishai Blue Dragon Demon, once a Dragon-Hunting Knight, sneered, parting its ferocious mouth.
Abishai Dragons Demons were the most cruel torturers and wardens of the Nine Hells. They were loyal to Tiamat.
It was rumored that Tiamat's non-Dragons worshipers would appear in the Immortal Dragons Queen's divine realm as winding, crawling souls.
And those souls she deemed particularly valuable would undergo an indescribable torment, becoming the lowest-tier White Abishai Dragons Demons, while the rest of the souls would be sold by her to hungry devil buyers in exchange for gold and jewels.
Because this female Dragons's activities spanned many cosmic realms, she possessed far more Abishai Dragons Demons than she needed. Thus, she signed contracts with various Greater Devils, selling hordes of Abishai Dragons Demons to them in exchange for the rewards she desired.
Furthermore, Tiamat even actively sold the Greater Devils the physiological secrets of the Abishai Dragons Demons, so that devils could promote and elevate the Abishai Dragons Demons serving them based on merit.
This practice was also the reason why Tiamat, this evil old female Dragons, had fewer and fewer non-Dragons worshipers.
But some ancient True Dragons knew that the Abishai Dragons Demons were precisely the product Tiamat the Chromatic Dragon Goddess, initially created by fusing Dragonss with the souls of worshipers.
The Dragons, or rather creature, before him was Tiamat's first-generation product after her template: the Blue Abishai Dragons Demon.
The Ancestral Red Dragon's bloodline, however, spontaneously rejected and loathed the creature before him at this moment—a monster that was both Dragons and not Dragons. Even Dragons-Dragons hybrids were despised by pureblood True Dragons, let alone these bastard monsters.
So Kalon sneered. He held his head high and scoffed, "Why do you think I played with you for so long? Because I thought you were still a Dragons."
"But now, your ugly face disgusts me. Be careful, because my killing intent is spreading."
"Damn it,"
The Blue Abishai Dragons Demon roared, "I've seen arrogant Dragonss, but I've never seen one as pretentious as you! Damn it, I'll crush you and use your head as my chamber pot, Red Dragon! You've enraged me!"
The Blue Dragon Demon glowed with blazing lightning all over its body, spreading its wings, and with an imposing presence, directly charged at the Ancestral Red Dragon head-on.
The twenty-three-meter-long Blue Dragon Demon had a suppressive advantage in strength over the Red Dragon. At this moment, fueled by rage, the Blue Dragon Demon's power gained terrifying might.
Rolling thunder encircled the Dragons Demon, like a lightning prison, pressing down on the Ancestral Red Dragon, intending to trap the Red Dragon's elemental body, leaving it nowhere to escape.
Thunder rumbled, and purple lightning swirled and struck from the clouds, accompanying the Dragons Demon's assault, striking around the Ancestral Red Dragon's body.
Kalon laughed, a wild laugh that was almost a roar. He raised his claws and slammed them into the earth. The Ancestral Red Dragon's innate might finally erupted at this moment.
His entire body's magic power boiled, and the depleted magic power, after a brief rest and recovery, surged through his body once more.
The earth began to tremble. The earth began to shake.
The power of the earth was condensed within the Ancestral Red Dragon's body. He charged out, with broad, sweeping movements, fierce and formidable.
Rumble!
The Ancestral Red Dragon's twenty-meter-long body, with flames steaming from its scales, carrying a ferocious momentum, directly collided with the Blue Dragon Demon, who had come with its raging thunder and azure prison.
On the Red Dragon's six horns, the marks of steel and ash shimmered, directly knocking down the resentful Blue Dragon Demon. The two Dragonss rolled backward in dust and dirt. The Blue Dragon Demon's body rolled far behind, its four claws digging out four long furrows as it scrambled to get up.
Meanwhile, the Ancestral Red Dragon folded its wings, its massive body sliding backward on the ground with a violent rumble, then halted its retreat, shaking its head slightly to alleviate the slight dizziness from the impact.
The Blue Dragon Demon, however, scrambled to its feet from the ground. Several bloodline-derived spells instantly activated. From its body as the center, twisting, leaping lightning spread in all directions, like a winding, chaotic spiderweb, expanding the Blue Dragon Demon's power.
Crack!
The Blue Dragon Demon roared, countless lightning bolts surging forth. Its enormous body at this moment weaved through the lightning, arriving simultaneously with countless electric currents, aiming to shatter the Ancestral Red Dragon's scales and bones.
But the Ancestral Red Dragon, at this moment, facing the Blue Dragon Demon's figure, spread its wings. Its four limbs tore the ground, and it laughed wildly, "One last strike! If you can take it, I'll offer my head!"
Rumble, rumble!
From the cracks torn in the earth, pillars of fire finally shot up. Eight pillars of fire twisted and coiled amidst the Red Dragon's wild laughter, transforming into elemental bodies, and from elemental bodies into true, tangible bodies.
Amidst the arrogant laughter, eight Ancestral Red Dragons, encompassing the heavens, earth, and four directions, the eight spatial directions of the universe, struck together. Massive Dragonsclaws simultaneously descended upon the Blue Dragon Demon.
Roar!
The Blue Dragon Demon's eyes were bloodshot. It unleashed all its strength. Dazzling lightning burst forth completely at this moment, illuminating the entire daytime grassland.
All around it, it couldn't distinguish which was the real Ancestral Red Dragon and which was the Red Dragon's elemental illusion. It could only unleash all its strength and sweep through the surrounding space.
Boom!
One by one, the elemental flame bodies exploded around the Blue Dragon Demon, exhausting all the lightning and thunder around the Blue Dragon Demon. But the Blue Dragon Demon had guessed wrong, because none of them were real.
Pfft!
The eight flame illusionary bodies dissipated. The Blue Dragon Demon's old strength was gone, and new strength had not yet been born. At this moment, the Ancestral Red Dragon brought down its massive steel claw, directly piercing through the Blue Dragon Demon's spine, gripping the Blue Dragon Demon's spinal column, and its entire body's power erupted with a roar.
Bang!
The Blue Dragon Demon fell from mid-air, blood overflowing from its mouth and nose, twitching like a long snake.