Chapter 1038 - 507: The Hidden Instigator

Chapter 1038: Chapter 507: The Hidden Instigator

A series of hexagonal emerald crystals were arranged in a honeycomb pattern, extending upward. Each crystal contained an abundant amount of magic power. The light they emitted could dissolve surrounding matter, a process much like the corrosive effect of a Poison Dragon, somewhat akin to the toxic flame radiation of Fafnir.

This suddenly appeared realm, its underground master seemed to command an infinite surge of magic power, instantly erecting hexagonal crystal walls, pushing the Earth Dragon Realm upward.

The Cloudwalkers Guild members knew that the Earth Dragon Realm was the key to the situation at the moment, and immediately shook off the Poison Dragons nearby, heading towards the Destiny Cold Wave for support.

The emerald gemstone light enveloped A Xiang, and they knew that at this time, it was the optimal choice for the guild leader to activate their realm to help counter this gemstone domain.

However, A Xiang did not respond.

The toxic swamp began to flow again around them, with some otherwise immobile Poison Dragons starting to run rampant.

"Leader?!"

The members of Cloudwalkers attempted to navigate to the position where the hexagonal crystals appeared to search for A Xiang, yet the central magic power formed hexagonal gemstone walls, generating a reverse thrust that temporarily barred their entry.

Li Ang also noticed this strange occurrence from high above.

The counterattacking Poison Dragons forced two of the three Sky Cavalry groups to retreat directly. Serving as regular adventurers, they ignored the battle, fleeing back to their Flying Airship.

"I’ll do my best to maintain the domain—"

"I’ll find out that thing’s core."

Just after Li Ang uttered the first half of the sentence, Elaphia understood his intention, and Li Ang immediately bestowed spiritual activation upon his companions, entering the Dragon Transformation Promotion state himself.

The light of six elements refracted on the silver scales and dragon horns born from the Dragon man Transformation stance, Li Ang’s spirituality skyrocketed. The surrounding earth elements were further bound by him, and the Orichalcum Staff pressed downward. In the middle of the Earth Domain, a rock mountain slowly formed, serving as the core of the earth elements, carrying a sandstorm downward to suppress, firmly resisting the rise of the gemstone walls.

The sky knights who had fled to the Flying Airship did not expect the battle situation to persist, and they hesitantly peeked out over the edge of the ship.

Elaphia, through spiritual activation, nearly exterminated the nearby Wyrm Dragons with her flying blades, after which she raised her small hand to wield the shape-liberated Flame Demon Flame Blade Claw. They had already transformed into slender scorching chains, dancing in the air at her will.

The chains plunged into the silt from various angles, firmly wrapping around the gigantic enemy lurking below.

"Ooo—!"

A piercing sound like the collision of glass shards echoed from underground, changing Farlonio’s expression dramatically.

As the roar transmitted from underground to the surface, the magic power in the gemstone domain refracted through the honeycomb crystals, forming a sky-covering toxic light, engulfing the Flying Airship in the sky, coating their hull with a layer of corrosive armor crystals, commencing to erode their armor.

On the other side, several bright-colored Wyrm Dragons, no, those were special Flying Dragons, emerged from the Dragon Nest formed by the Dwarf Treasure Vault. They were elongated, but the surface was covered in neat gemstone-like scales, though wingless, they bore wings on their back, somewhere between Flying Dragons and Wyrm Dragons.

These were evidently the Jade Dragons that had only come to light recently.

They seemed to be in their element within the Emerald Realm, spraying corrosive rays frequently.

The two Flying Airships in the sky promptly altered their course, fleeing in the direction away from the battlefield.

Li Ang called upon the spirits surrounding him in his heart, especially the Earth Spirit summoned through the domain and the Earth Dragon Wing Claw, these spirits quickly gathered to him, crashing into his body, fusing with his spirituality, briefly ascending to a new stance.

The shaman’s Excellence Realm skill—Elemental Promotion!

Instantly, molten blood spurted out from between the cracking scales, the scorching earth core blackened the silver scales, Li Ang himself underwent a drastic transformation, his incomplete skin and facial features replaced by surging earth elements.

He experienced explosive pain, but fortunately, this condition was reversible. This skill, unless granted by the system, was extremely hard for regular cultivators to master, yet compared to the power it provided, such pain was hardly a trade-off.

Looking from the outside, Li Ang had transformed into an "Earth Dragon", the power of the Earth Elemental Promotion on top of the Dragon Transformation Promotion reconstructed his body, a pair of horns stretching into robust rocky spikes, with agitated earth elemental brilliance encircling the tips, the right arm’s Dragon Claw entwined by erupting earth core lava, while the left limb prosthetized by surging Earth Rock formed into a massive arm hammer.

The Dragon Claw extended, continuing to contribute to the power output toward the Earth Dragon Realm. In mid-air, a small island plummeted downward, and Elaphia used the chains to drag the underground entity upward.

A dragon’s head was pulled out from the mud, its body elongated, covered in emerald-like scales. Li Ang immediately recognized that it was an enlarged version of the green little dragon on Falo’s shoulder earlier.

It was none other than "Dragon Lord" Valarg.

With half of the Wyrm Dragon bloodline, it shared the same malicious dual eyes as Fafnir, glaring fiercely at Li Ang and Elaphia before being struck by the Island Toss head-on.

The small island shattered amidst the dust, the sheer material impact breaking the dragon scales on Valarg’s head, also smashing it onto the reconstructed ground.

The Dragon Lord shook its head dizzily, finally emerging from the silt.

["Dragon Lord" Valarg]