Chapter 381: The name ChaosDragon was not for show

Caelus stared at his allies trapped inside cages like animals.

Freya’s body flickered with unstable golden light, her transformation clearly interrupted by the suppression device. Ayame’s cold eyes burned with barely contained fury as she watched the nobles gathered around them.

Seraphin Lin lay unconscious inside another cage, her breathing weak and shallow. Meanwhile, Candy continued chewing her bubblegum with an unbothered expression, though her eyes carefully tracked every enemy in the courtyard.

Caelus slowly turned toward the nobles gathered throughout the estate.

His expression became cold as all warmth drained from his eyes.

The temperature in the courtyard seemed to drop several degrees.

The nobles who had been laughing only moments ago suddenly fell silent sensing this and looks at him. They could all feel that something was wrong.

"Hey, the fuck are you looking at, lowly Player. Do you want to be next?"

But no reply came from Caelus.

The player standing before them doesn’t seem afraid of the situation at hand.

He wasn’t even begging like other players begged them normally.

Instead, he was looking at them as though they were already dead.

"Who is this fool?" one of the nobles sneered nervously. "Another player coming to rescue his friends?"

Caelus didn’t respond.

His gaze slowly swept across the courtyard as he counted the enemies and assessed every possible threat. Then, his Chaos Perception Eyes locked onto one particular figure standing among the nobles.

A tall man dressed in ornate black armor stood at the center of the group.

His aura radiated an overwhelming pressure that immediately separated him from everyone else.

[Lord Alaric - Combat Score: 7,156]

Close to his own level.

This was clearly the strongest opponent here.

Caelus looked toward Sylvia standing beside him.

"Deal with the others."

Then, his gaze returned to Lord Alaric.

"I’ll deal with him."

Sylvia nodded immediately without any hesitation or argument.

Immediately after, Sylvia charged toward the rest of the enemies as blood energy swirled around her body.

[Skill Activated: Crimson Eclipse!]

A massive dome of darkness expanded from Sylvia’s body and instantly consumed a group of nobles.

Their screams filled the air as their life force was rapidly drained away.

[Skill Activated: Hemotoxin Synthesis!]

Countless acidic blood projectiles launched in every direction, melting through armor and flesh.

"AAAARGH! What is this?!"

"She’s a monster!"

"Kill her! Kill her now!"

Hearing the panicked screams of their companions, more nobles rushed toward Sylvia from every direction.

However, she moved through their ranks like a crimson phantom.

[Skill Activated: Blood Seal!]

Every enemy Sylvia touched immediately lost access to their skills.

[Skill Activated: Sanguine Genesis!]

Massive blood serpents formed around her before tearing through the enemy lines.

The inheritance had made Sylvia far stronger than before.

Her movements were faster, her constructs were deadlier, and her aura had become far more oppressive.

She wasn’t merely fighting anymore.

She was completely dominating the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Caelus slowly walked toward Lord Alaric with deliberate steps.

Lord Alaric watched him approach with an amused smile.

"Just a player from a Tier 1 world thinks he can win against me?"

Caelus didn’t respond.

He simply continued walking forward.

Lord Alaric’s smile gradually faltered.

"Not even going to beg for your life? How foolish."

[Skill Activated: Shadow Emperor’s Descent!]

Black energy erupted from Lord Alaric’s body and surged toward Caelus like a massive tidal wave.

"Shadow? Are you part of the Raven Clan?" Caelus asked while raising an eyebrow. That Lady Morwen he dealt with also had similar shadow related ability.

"The Raven Clan is just a subsidiary clan of mine." Alaric said with a cold smile.

Hearing this, Caelus said no more and instead replied with the unleash of his Chaos Axiom Energy.

[Skill Activated: Chaos Ring!]

The attack slammed into Caelus’s barrier made out of Chaos Energy with tremendous force and actually pushed him backward.

His feet carved deep trenches across the stone floor.

Caelus steadied himself and looked toward his opponent.

"Not bad."

"Not bad?!" Lord Alaric laughed. "I’ll show you true power!"

[Skill Activated: Shadow Blade!]

A massive sword made entirely of pure darkness materialized in his hands.

Then, Lord Alaric swung it toward Caelus with devastating force.

[Skill Activated: Star King’s Sword Vault!]

Golden swords materialized around Caelus and rushed forward to block the incoming attack.

However, the moment the black blade collided with them, the swords shattered into countless fragments.

Caelus was immediately forced to dodge.

The massive blade struck the ground where he had been standing, carving a deep gash through the stone.

"You’re fast," Lord Alaric observed. "But speed won’t save you."

[Skill Activated: Shadow Emperor’s Domain!]

Darkness immediately expanded from Lord Alaric’s body and covered the entire courtyard.

Caelus instantly felt his movements becoming slower.

The shadows seemed to grab onto his limbs with every step.

[Skill Activated: Chaos Bolt!]

Caelus fired a beam of Chaos energy directly toward Lord Alaric.

[Skill Activated: Shadow Emperor’s Domain!]

A wall of darkness appeared before Lord Alaric as he converted the domain to protect him and absorbed the attack completely.

"Pathetic!"

Lord Alaric immediately charged forward with his blade raised.

The exchange that followed was brutal and fast.

Caelus blocked, dodged, and countered, but Lord Alaric matched him at every turn. For every attack Caelus launched, Lord Alaric had an answer.

And for every defense Caelus raised, Lord Alaric found a way through it.

This opponent was genuinely powerful.

He was completely different from everyone else Caelus had faced until now.

Caelus found himself being pushed backward step by step.

At the edge of the estate, BigDaddyOrc, Gorn and his group arrived just in time to witness the battle.

StarforgeEmpress, Valerica’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Caelus.

"Is that... ChaosDragon?!"

VoidWalker777, Lucian, stared at the intense clash between Caelus and Lord Alaric.

"The guy who took over Vanswara Stronghold is him?"

Gorn, was completely stunned.

"This is the same kid with a single-digit combat score from a few weeks ago?!"

CrystalWarden looked toward the others in confusion.

"Isn’t this the lad from Earth who only recently joined the Space League?"

None of them could answer.

They were all shocked beyond words.

Back in the battle, Caelus blocked another devastating slash from Lord Alaric.

The impact sent powerful shockwaves through the entire courtyard.

"You’re strong for a player," Lord Alaric admitted. "But you’ve reached your limit."

[Skill Activated: Shadow Emperor’s Execution!]

His most powerful attack yet surged toward Caelus.

Caelus couldn’t block it and if he got engulfed by this, he will probably get sneak attacked in the moment of impact.

He couldn’t dodge it in time.

But that was fine.

He will just get bigger than the attack itself.

For a brief moment, Caelus closed his eyes.

Then, he stopped holding back.

BOOM!

[Transformation Activated: Half-Dragon Transformation!]

His body immediately began to change.

Dark scales rippled across his skin like waves on water as his frame rapidly expanded.

His muscles bulged and his bones cracked as they reformed into something far more powerful.

Then, massive wings burst from his back and unfurled with a thunderous crack.

His face elongated into a draconic snout filled with countless razor-sharp teeth. Horns sprouted from his skull and curved backward like a crown of bone.

His eyes transformed into vertical slits that burned with pure Chaos axiom energy.

Immediately after, his draconic aura exploded outward like a nuclear detonation.

The ground beneath him shattered into countless pieces.

Lord Alaric’s Shadow Emperor’s Domain was instantly torn apart by the sheer power of Caelus’s scales.

Everyone nearby was forced to retreat.

Lord Alaric stumbled backward with wide eyes.

"What... what is this?!"

A massive Chaos Dragon now stood where Caelus had once been.

His body towered over the estate and cast a shadow that seemed to blot out the sky itself.

Raw power radiated from every scale covering his body.

One of the nobles were actually streaming this incident and seeing this the chat immediately exploded.

[WHAT?!]

[HE’S A DRAGON?!]

[IMPOSSIBLE!]

[He’s actually fighting toe-to-toe with someone above 7,000 combat score?!]

[How is a player from a Tier 1 world this strong?!]

[This has to be fake!]

[THE RECORDING IS LIVE! IT’S REAL! trust me!]

At the same time, Gorn and other’s jaw hung open.

"The dragon in his name... wasn’t just for show, it seems."