Heat waves surged!
The ancient red dragon's massive form enveloped Minori, bringing with it a heavy sense of oppression, its body covered in crimson scales the size of washbasins.
Illuminated by the red glow emanating from the lava sea behind, the ancient red dragon looked like a red sun, its entire body radiating a metallic sheen.
The terrifying aura solidified the air.
A precious magical artifact? What is it?
Minori's expression was grave and unsightly, his left foot instinctively stepping back.
This place, close to the lava sea, was the territory of the Lava Dominator, and the sudden appearance of the ancient red dragon was completely unexpected. What was going on?
Could it be that he had attracted it while continuously releasing fifth-tier magic earlier?
Minori could only curse his bad luck inwardly. He had no idea what the so-called precious magical artifact was, and this was not the time to care about that question.
He quickly scanned his surroundings.
The terrain in this area was not complex, but it was almost impossible to break through quickly.
What was blocking him was a dragon!
Minori had thought that he would meet the true dragons of this world sooner or later, but that would be when his own strength was sufficient. He never expected it to be so soon.
The Lava Dominator was around level 47, and the ancient red dragon in front of him would only be higher, not lower, especially since it was from the strongest race, the Dragon race.
Even at the same level, they possessed the highest basic attributes!
"This is really a headache!"
Minori's body tensed, cursing inwardly.
His magic power was already exhausted, and he couldn't use any magic at all. Even if he used the "Flight" spell to quickly ascend, it would be like courting death in front of a dragon who was also skilled at flying.
"Huff—"
The ancient red dragon exhaled a wave of heat from its nostrils, looked at the guy who was standing still, seemingly frightened, and coldly raised its head, looking down at the lowly creature:
"Inferior species, to be able to witness my great figure is already your honor. I do not like to repeat myself a second time."
"Considering your ignorance as a lower species, as long as you offer the magical artifact on your body to me, you can leave here alive."
The arrogant and deep voice, filled with invisible majesty, echoed among the surrounding mountain walls.
After saying these two sentences.
A trace of impatience had already appeared in the depths of the ancient red dragon's fierce crimson eyes.
Each and every mere inferior human was not worthy of it speaking. If it were at any other time, it would have already taken action to snatch it.
However!
The faint magical power on this human's body did indeed surprise it somewhat.
If it weren't for its innate keen sense of magic power, it probably wouldn't have been able to detect the faint magical fluctuations on the other party's body.
The aura of the human in front of him should belong to the strong among those low-level races, but in front of the great true dragon, he was just a small character that could be easily dealt with.
Although the faint magical fluctuations didn't feel dangerous in its perception, it chose to communicate with the inferior creature in front of it out of caution brought about by its long lifespan.
Hearing the ancient red dragon's words.
Minori's eyelids drooped slightly, knowing that it was impossible for him to retreat safely.
As an arrogant dragon, how could it easily let him, an ant-like existence, go?
If he was an ant… then he could only fight!
Several thoughts flashed through Minori's mind quickly.
The two negative states of "Dark Wave" should have no effect on the Dragon race, which naturally possessed extremely high resistance, so the damage effect could not be triggered.
Since that's the case!
Swish.
Minori didn't hesitate at all, his legs pressed down fiercely, and the magic greatsword appeared in his hand.
At the moment the weapon appeared in Minori's hand.
The ancient red dragon's arrogant and impatient crimson pupils suddenly contracted. At this moment, it actually felt a hint of danger from the inferior creature in front of it.
It seemed as if a chill suddenly rose from the back of its neck.
Bang!
Minori's figure moved at this moment, his feet stomping hard on the ground and disappearing from the spot, turning into a black afterimage and rushing towards the ancient red dragon.
"Vile human, how dare you defy the great true dragon!"
The ancient red dragon was both shocked and angry, its slender neck tilted back, and then it realized something, a burst of shame and anger filled its heart, and it let out an almost roaring roar.
It had actually felt a moment of fear just now!
I would actually be afraid of a lower creature—how is that possible!
The ancient red dragon glared with fierce crimson eyes, not believing that it would actually have fear.
But the strong sense of threat that suddenly emerged from the inferior human in front of it forced it to respond as soon as possible.
The speed of this human was not considered fast.
So the ancient red dragon directly opened its mouth, and a violent crimson light gathered from its mouth, and then turned into a sea of fire, spewing out from its mouth.
"Flame Breath!"
Boom!
An odor of sulfur and pumice instantly filled the area, and the scorching flames released an astonishing high temperature, covering the sky and covering Minori.
Faced with this fan-shaped, large-scale dragon breath attack!
Minori, who was about to rush to the ancient red dragon, knew that he couldn't avoid it at all.
With Minori's current defense level, he couldn't resist this level of attack, not to mention that he didn't have fire attribute resistance.
But that doesn't mean he can't block it!
"Holy Impact Shield!" Minori glared and let out a violent shout.
Boom!
Crimson energy centered on Minori, turning into an unstoppable shock wave and spreading around, instantly colliding with the flame breath.
At the moment when the two forces came into contact, there was no imagined energy collision and fierce roar!
Like snowflakes melting, the powerful flame breath quickly disappeared and dissipated!
"What is this—"
The ancient red dragon looked at this scene in disbelief.
Whoosh!
At this time, Minori had rushed to the ancient red dragon, his legs pressed down, and he jumped up, reaching a height of seven or eight meters in front of the ancient red dragon's chest.
Clatter!!
The ancient red dragon had a hint of panic on its face, flapping its wings and trying to get up.
A gust of wind swept through.
Minori saw that he could only jump to the chest of the old red dragon after it stood up with his full strength, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes, followed by a cold light.
"Die!"
"Quick Slash!"
Minori held the magic greatsword in both hands, and a black curse power covered the blade, and he slashed down hard.
This is not the time to feel sorry for the magic greatsword being destroyed by the power of the curse.
The blade erupted with terrifying power, directly shattering the air in front of it, and heavily slashing on the ancient red dragon's chest, the metal-like, hard and thick red scales.
"Aura of Courage" triggered - Melee contact, the first damage must be a critical strike! (PS: Critical strike 1.5)
"Weapon Additional Specialization" triggered - Slash damage · 110%, Area damage · 50%.
"Quick Slash" skill damage · 10%
The superposition of the triple effect allowed Minori to instantly burst out more than three times the basic attack value, which was a level of power beyond ordinary people's comprehension.
Pfft!
The hard red scales on the ancient red dragon's chest were like fragile paper, easily shattered by the magic greatsword, and cut into the opponent's body.
[TL: Seems to easy for being a dragon but whatever]
Minori held the hilt of the sword in both hands, and as his body fell from the air, he wanted to completely cut open the ancient fire dragon's chest like an autopsy.
"Roar! Get out of here, human!"
The ancient fire dragon let out a painful howl, its huge red wings flapping rapidly. While taking off, the strong and powerful red dragon claws on its chest slammed down hard.
The sound of breaking through the air came from overhead!
Minori's face changed, and he had to quickly pull the magic greatsword out of the ancient red dragon's chest and block it above his head.
Compared to the burst of attack power, his own defensive ability was much worse.
Heavy force came along his arms.
Bang!
Minori only felt his arms go numb, and like a shooting star, his body uncontrollably slammed heavily on the ground.
The scalding mountain wall ground vibrated, and a human-shaped pit appeared on the ground.
"Pfft!"
Minori climbed out of the pit in a mess, spitting out a mouthful of blood, which sprinkled on the ground and quickly evaporated by the high temperature of the ground.
His trembling and numb arms couldn't even hold the magic greatsword firmly.
Crack!
A fine cracking sound came from the magic greatsword, and a conspicuous crack appeared on the magic greatsword.
"Not only is it the influence of the power of the curse, but I'm afraid that the power that burst out just now has also made this magic greatsword a little unbearable."
Minori coughed, raised his arm, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked up at the sky with cold eyes.
"Roar!!"
In mid-air, the ancient red dragon's painful roar came, and a huge wound several meters long kept spraying blood like a fountain.
"You inferior vile species!"
"Damn ant!!"
The ancient red dragon's angry dragon roar resounded through the sky, but the voice revealed an undisguised weakness, and even the flying posture was obviously a little unstable.
It was obviously severely damaged!
"Cough, cough."
Minori completely stabilized his body, and couldn't help spitting out another mouthful of blood, and grinned: "As expected of the Dragon race, it can withstand that attack with more than three times the damage."
"Roar…"
The ancient red dragon, which could barely support itself in mid-air, suddenly let out a wail, and its body fell uncontrollably towards the ground.
Minori's eyes narrowed, and the "instant death" attack contained in the power of the curse should have taken effect.
However, with the Dragon race's natural excellent resistance, it might be able to withstand it, but it was no problem to make its body weak.
Minori endured the pain and numbness from his arms, grabbed the magic greatsword that had already cracked again, and wanted to give the ancient red dragon the final blow after it fell to the ground.
However!
During the falling process, the ancient red dragon still weakly flapped its wings, causing its falling direction to tilt and fall towards the lava sea.
As the red streamer fell, a towering lava wave was set off in the lava sea!
Minori stopped his action of trying to make up for the knife, looked at the lava sea with amazing high temperature in the distance, and his eyelids twitched.
"This damned red dragon doesn't even plan to die in front of me. No, for the red dragon, the high temperature of the lava is nothing."
"But shouldn't that be the territory of the Lava Dominator?"
Minori's eyes flickered, and finally he didn't hesitate anymore, covered his chest and quickly turned to leave.
He couldn't get close to the lava sea, and there was no chance to make up for the knife, so he could only wait for the next time!
Minori didn't forget the threat from the Slane Theocracy. No one could be sure when the other party could get here.
Now his magic power was exhausted, and his body was also seriously injured, so he had to leave this dangerous area as soon as possible.
Boom!
Suddenly, a violent suction force suddenly appeared in the sky above the lava sea, and then, a resentful dragon roar came from the lava sea.
"Go to hell, human!"
Before Minori had time to react, he was uncontrollably pulled away from the ground by this powerful suction force in an instant, and flew towards the direction of the lava sea.
Before approaching the central area.
The scorching high temperature had already begun to burn Minori's body, and large areas of burns began to appear on his skin.
"Damn it!!"
A painful look appeared on Minori's face, and he shouted loudly:
"Holy Impact Shield!"
The crimson-black shock wave spread, forcibly offsetting this terrifying suction force.
"Holy Throwing Spear!"
But at this moment, Minori had been forcibly pulled to an area close to the lava sea, and his whole body was scalded blood red by the scorching steam. Enduring the severe pain, he waved his hand and threw out a Holy Throwing Spear.
Minori turned around and quickly retreated to the periphery.
Plop!
The huge figure of Lava Dominator jumped out of the lava sea, staring at Minori's direction with eyes like red liquid, and huge tentacles like palms and lanterns shot out.
The scorching air was blown away!
Minori heard the movement behind him, looked behind him, and his face changed drastically.
If he only faced the ancient red dragon or the Lava Dominator alone, Minori was not afraid. The environment of the lava area did have too much influence on him.
"Damn it, the Holy Impact Shield is used up!"
He had just used up all two chances, and now he could no longer use it if he wanted to avoid the Lava Dominator's attack.
"Heroic Spirit Soul!"
Minori roared.
Whoosh!
A milky white figure gushed out of Minori's body and stood in front of him.
The next moment!
He was caught by the Lava Dominator's tentacles and pulled into the lava. In the lava-like water splashed by the impact, a fist-sized, small red fish-like monster similar to the Lava Dominator appeared.
This small fish monster should have been brought out of the lava by the Lava Dominator's tentacles.
There are actually other fish monsters in the lava?
The thought flashed through Minori's mind, and he quickly retreated.
Boom!
"Die! Die!" The ancient red dragon's weak scream came from the depths of the lava.
A powerful suction force appeared again.
This time, Minori was unable to resist the suction. Feeling his body being pulled off the ground once more, a look of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
Reaching out, he grabbed the small, Lava Dominator-like creature radiating ultra-high temperatures in his hand.