Ch 147: Black Dragon Bloodline
“Everyone, prepare yourselves! The gate is about to open!”
Listening to the God of Faith’s warning, everyone held their breath, and after witnessing his displayed power, no one dared to question his judgment.
Xia Yida and Zhou Mi quickly hid behind Song Ci. Ji Chuan had previously instructed that protecting Zhou Mi was the top priority; even if others died, they could be resurrected through Sleep Retrospection.
The gate in the air was being violently struck. The gate was beginning to tremble; the gap seemed to be loosening, showing slight displacement. Everyone held their breath, staring intently.
With a loud bang, the gate instantly sprung open. Inside, it was like a calm, deep pool, yet the water concealed terrifying danger.
A gigantic claw emerged from the gate, which resembled a surface of water; it appeared to connect to another dimension. Black scales on the claw glittered menacingly; its hard texture seemed impenetrable by ordinary weapons.
Then, the dragon’s enormous head squeezed through. It opened its bloody maw and roared, the sound deafening. A powerful gust of air rushed towards everyone.
“It’s a dragon of the Dragon Clan, possessing Black Dragon bloodline!”
The moment the gate opened, Ji Chuan released Xiao Hui. Hearing Xiao Hui’s description, he confirmed that the world beyond the gate was Xiao Hui’s world.
Everyone, neglecting to question what kind of Kobold this talking one was, immediately launched an attack on the Black Dragon.
While a large part of its body was still in the gate, this was the time to seize the advantage.
Zheng Chen in the air emitted a golden glow. A magnificent, enormous bow formed in his hands. Without hesitation, he rapidly shot an Elven Arrow towards the Black Dragon’s head.
Jiang Hao raised his hand, a sword’s phantom appearing. The crescent-shaped sword energy rapidly expanded during its flight. By the time it neared the Black Dragon, the energy was as wide as a ship—a technique capable of annihilating large numbers of enemies.
Yet, the attacks of both men only produced a few sharp sounds upon hitting the Black Dragon, failing to even pierce its scales.
“How…?”
This was the first time Jiang Hao doubted himself. He was Yilin City’s Genius Captain, using the Crescent Slash to eliminate large numbers of Zombies from a distance, single-handedly completing 60% of the Zombie extermination task.
Yet, his full-powered strike hadn’t even broken the Black Dragon’s skin!
Seemingly enraged, the Black Dragon rapidly gathered a black fireball in its mouth. In a moment, it swung its head, unleashing a horizontal sweep of black flames across the battlefield.
Song Ci immediately grabbed Zhou Mi and Xia Yida, leaping backward. His reaction was swift; had they been a moment later, they would have been roasted. Luo Jiayou took the opportunity to hide within Song Ci’s body.
However, the other teams’ ordinary members weren’t so lucky. The battlefield echoed with agonizing screams; the black flames inflicted unbearable pain!
“Captain Wan, the Healing Spell isn’t working!”
“Aaah!! It hurts so much! End it quickly, just end it quickly!”
Wan Qiluo was shocked to discover that the wounds inflicted by the flames couldn’t be healed, even by Advanced Healing Ability. This strange flame seemed to devour human souls once it made contact, making it impossible to escape.
Wan Qiluo steeled her heart, delivering a swift blow to release her former teammate. She leaped quickly to evade the spreading black flames.
“Everyone, retreat!”
She had already realized that Jiang Hao and Zheng Chen’s attacks were ineffective against the Black Dragon; their remaining there was a meaningless sacrifice.
Those without Flight Ability were extremely vulnerable. Forget attacking; even evading was difficult. The strange flames seemed unwilling to extinguish until they completely consumed life.
Ji Chuan was observing the battlefield. This was the most powerful enemy he had ever encountered. He had seen Yu Yin use Instant Death on the Black Dragon, but it had no effect.
“Xiao Hui, do you know this Black Dragon’s weakness?”
“Master, in our world, Dragon Clan members are also very rare, and they are incredibly powerful. The Progenitor Black Dragon Scar is a legendary god who commands darkness. I haven’t seen a living dragon before, so I don’t know their weaknesses… Master, be careful!”
Another burst of Black Flame erupted. Ji Chuan easily dodged; he had already sensed the Black Flame’s energy contained fire and death attributes.
Xiao Hui agilely leaped towards the Black Dragon’s head, repeatedly attacking its eyes with its claws. The Black Dragon roared in pain, swinging its claws at Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui continuously evaded, buying time for everyone.
Ji Chuan landed on the ground. He cautiously reached out towards the black flames. If it were the energy he sensed, his God of Elements could immunize him against fire attacks, and the God of Death would immunize him against death-type attacks, so would this Black Flame harm him?
If anything unexpected happened, he could just sever his hand and regenerate it quickly.
The black flame left no mark on Ji Chuan’s hand. Ji Chuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He hadn’t acted until now, firstly, to observe the powerful opponent’s abilities. If there were any damage reflections or unknown magic, others could attack first to draw its hatred.
After confirming there was no danger, he would act. Although he was with Zhou Mi, he wanted to return to the past only when the information was clear, thus increasing his chances of success.
Secondly, he hoped more people would die. The Crystal Cores were quite good, but Leng Yue, whom Ji Chuan had his eye on, had immediately escaped with Chu Tiankuo, which disappointed him.
After Xu Xiao used her Special Ability to clear the surrounding Black Flames, she formed a triangle with her hands and directed the maximum energy towards the Black Dragon’s head, unleashing 【Wu】.
The nature of her Special Ability remains unknown. It’s an ability to make anything disappear. Enemies could instantly lose limbs, torsos, or even heads; it even affects objects.
With a single strike, it could almost instantly kill the target.
But the Black Dragon’s head didn’t disappear, though several scales on its head were shattered!
Xu Xiao didn’t know whether to be happy or sad. Her ability hadn’t instantly killed the Black Dragon, but she was currently the only one to inflict any damage!
The Black Dragon’s huge eyes noticed Xu Xiao in the distance. Ignoring Xiao Hui, it forcefully squeezed towards the outside, a pair of wings appearing within everyone’s sight.
With a flap of its wings, numerous black Light Orbs appeared in the air, instantly shooting towards Xu Xiao!
Opponents who had engaged her before had no chance to counterattack. Now, she found herself only able to flee, but her running speed wasn’t fast enough for the approaching Light Orbs.
The Light Orbs bombarded the ground like hail. The expected pain didn’t come; she found Ji Chuan had embraced her, lifting her into the air and placing her far away, near Song Ci.
“Just pledged allegiance and you’re rushing to your death? Don’t want to be a man anymore?”
Xu Xiao felt embarrassed. Before she could say thank you, Ji Chuan flew away.
Xia Yida stared at Xu Xiao, warily pondering the meaning of Ji Chuan’s words. What was going on here?!
The battlefield resembled Purgatory; the ground was ablaze. Wan Qiluo was still desperately dodging. She never expected that her trip to Shannan City would involve such an enemy.
Those without Flight Ability would die quickly against this dragon. Even with Flight Ability, its black Light Orbs unleashed by flapping its wings were incredibly difficult to evade.
Zheng Chen had already severed his left arm. He found that the area hit by the Light Orbs was losing vitality, rapidly shrinking and spreading to his body.
All the attacks from everyone present were like an itch to the Black Dragon. However, its attacks, if not immediately severed, meant certain death.
As despair enveloped everyone, Ji Chuan flew before the Black Dragon.
