The Dragon Core of Marutian emitted earth-shaking energy, making everyone involved in the battle against this low-grade "Ten Thousand Dragon Prison" feel an oppressive force. Within the entire world, no sunlight could be seen, as if Marutian had single-handedly covered the sky.
With each successive impact, our ability to suppress was still insufficient. The mistake lay in my delay in using the sacred object.
"Elena, I need to go in. Let me through!"
"Impossible. Even if you go in, can you come out again? If you go in, you will be trapped with Marutian. " Elena's expression and actions clearly showed her strong disagreement.
"As long as he holds the Dragon Core, 'Ten Thousand Dragon Prison' is never the final solution. Inside, I may have a chance without needing dragon transformation. If I miss this opportunity, I won't have another chance once he comes out. This is the last card I can think of. The sacred object is no longer an option. If I complete the dragon transformation, he will surely find a way to reclaim his body. By then, you will have to find someone else to replace your husband!"
"Remember we have a contract! We haven't had a formal wedding yet. You must save this world, but I only want to save you." While everyone was struggling to maintain the magic, Elena's heart was different. If I were in danger, she would immediately abandon the magic array to protect me. But seeing the tears in her eyes, I felt the urge to tell Elena that as long as we have this world, we can both be saved.
"I owe you, Elena, the Dragon Lady, and the guardian dragon of the sacred object more than just a wedding. We can change everything when we seize the opportunity..."
Elena suddenly silenced me with a kiss. I could feel her affection and sadness, turning what used to be sweet kisses into a bitter moment. Can time please stop moving forward now? Every minute and second is now extremely difficult. This is the toughest choice, but there is no turning back. Moving forward is our only hope.
"I'll go with you! If you die in battle, I couldn't live anyway. If we get trapped inside, I'll stay with you."
"Or should I go in too?" Geirerofi, completely misreading the atmosphere, suggested.
"Fatty, you better not go in. The core of 'Ten Thousand Dragon Prison' belongs to the Dragon Emperor, and the other ten thousand dragons only provide dragon's blood power. If both of us go in, you have to stay outside and keep things together."
Looking at the situation inside the magic array, Geirerofi realized things weren't looking good. Just then, Marutian was about to use dragon language magic.
Elena and I had to go in at this moment to take advantage of the temporary upper hand.
"Elena, pay attention to the cracks on Marutian's Dragon Core. It's the scar left from a previous injury on the dragon bone. It hasn't had time to fully heal due to the short time. That should be its only weakness."
Elena also noticed the incongruous light on Marutian's transparent Dragon Core, indicating the location of the scar.
I held Elena's hand and entered the magic array, while Marutian was in the midst of chanting his magic. However, his gaze told us that he anticipated our entry, knowing that trapping him inside without us would be meaningless.
Without hesitation, Elena and I transformed into half-dragons and directly snatched the Dragon Core from Marutian's hand. Anticipating our move, Marutian chose to dodge and continue his magic, which sounded somewhat chilling to me. Essentially, he was summoning a colossal beast of extinction, a powerful species wandering through the cracks of the world, perhaps a beast from another world to rival the dragon race, or perhaps not even a living creature. Either way, they roamed the cracks, adhering to a brutal rule of survival, without attachment to any world.
With the "Dragon's Prison" inscription attached to him, lowering Marutian's sensitivity and magic operation rate, the cooperation between Elena and me became more suppressive. At the same time, Marutian also realized that we were targeting the crack on his dragon core.
"Infinite Behemoth - Devourer descends!" After Marutian's Dragon Language Magic was completed, he suddenly launched a fierce counterattack. Elena used the power of a sacred object to guard the dragon and defended against the blow for me.
"Devourer descends? What is that?" In our ancient knowledge, there was no creature that matched that description. However, we could soon see a Magic crack with a diameter of over a kilometer appearing in the original demonic gate, emitting an unprecedented oppressive sensation. Fragments of the gate floated upward slowly, revealing a pair of disgusting hands, belonging to a creature we had never encountered before.
"Monagose, how many times do you need to destroy before it’s enough, even though I am willing to help you." Emerging from the Magic crack was a blue and robust figure, accompanied by countless monstrous beings that devour anything touched by their tentacles.
"Enjoy your liking, and there's no need to care about how many times you've caused destruction. My devourer friend." Marutian flew over to the devourer's side, and the familiarity between the two was quite unsettling.
"What kind of disgusting creature is this?" Elena disliked those oily-looking creatures the most, especially those wriggling tentacles.
"Ah, her soul looks familiar, right? The 'Dragon Guardian' from the last destruction?" The devourer's voice sounded somewhat comical, but he conversed with us in the language of dragons and knew Elena, indicating that he had assisted Marutian in the previous two world destructions.
"This time is a bit more troublesome, as my preparations are not yet complete, but we are ahead of schedule." "Troublesome equals interesting," remarked the devourer as all his tentacles spread out behind him, releasing a force of consumption that tore through the realms.
"No, he is promoting the destruction of the realms, depleting the magical elements of the three realms!" My flickering figure approached the devourer, only to realize that he kept shifting between the realms since this was the central location of the three realms, making it easy for those wandering through the temporal rifts.
"Last time there were dragons planning to stop us, so I was prepared. However, in the face of the Dragon Emperor before me, I am just doing the preliminary cleanup. From destruction to reconstruction, that's Monagose's job. I am merely an onlooker." The devourer's voice was truly unpleasant, as his tone was intentionally mimicking a dragon's, as his physical structure couldn't produce dragon language naturally.
"If the magical elements are gone, those outside with dragon lineage and magic will likely struggle to maintain themselves." Marutian knew this; those with dragon lineage and magic outside did not have enough inherent magical power.
"Monagose, where's that golden artifact of yours?" Being Marutian's partner, the devourer understood the whole process, thinking that it was now time for the timeline to take the stage.
"That's the tricky part because that thing is with him," Marutian pointed at me.
"Oh? Then we can only proceed with the world's end, what a pity."
"Can't your rusty timeline fulfill your purpose? Without my timeline, you can't extract enough power from the world." Marutian spoke frankly, "Don't think about threatening me. Reisgolo's world-reset has already begun. As the magic of the three realms is drained, the three worlds will merge completely, and the spiral of the three realms will return to unity amidst the collision. However, this collision leads to destruction. So, if you don't plan to transform into a dragon, then I can also wait. Wait until the three realms naturally heal themselves or find another world."
Although I knew he was forcing me to undergo dragonification, I still found it very difficult to accept. Will Marutian really wait? No way!
At this moment, countless dragon chants came from outside the Magic formation. A miracle happened - the "Prison of Ten Thousand Dragons" triggered the dragon blood in the dragon people, pushing them to the critical point of evolving into half-dragons.
"Sometimes when the environment is too harsh, humans evolve. Can we dragons still evolve?" Marutian suddenly asked me. He had never shown fear, still contemplating various things at this moment.
"Didn't you say that the evolution of our dragon race is already the pinnacle of this world? We should hope for the evolution of the world."
"Since you understand, let's continue then." Marutian, his whole body half-dragonized, prepared to assimilate the dragon core. I raised a dragon bone greatsword in my hand, and golden flames ignited fiercely on the blade, but the tentacles of the Devourer blocked my attack.
Damn Devourer, weren't you supposed to be just observing? After a few rounds back and forth, it was still the Devourer hindering us. It seemed that he needed to be dealt with.
"Elena!"
Elena cast "Unyielding Guardian" on me, using the power of the "Holy Relic Guardian Dragon" to resist the tentacles. At the same time, her five floating objects quickly transformed into sealing chains to interrupt his movements between the three realms. Seizing the opportunity, I swung the blade, cutting down numerous tentacles on the way to the Devourer.
"Dragon bone weapon!" The Devourer noticed that the weapon in my hand was made of dragon bone, and he emitted an unsettled sound, indicating that the dragon bone weapon was a formidable adversary.
Just as I thought I could pierce his body with one sword, the Devourer's body expanded into a liquid state. I realized that this was not his true form, just a deceptive appearance. Attacking this seemingly robust body was futile. I needed to change my target immediately and it had to be an effective one.
Quickly realizing my plan, I grabbed one of the Devourer's tentacles with my half-dragonized hand. The tentacle must be a part of his true form. Even though it wasn't in a fatal location, the tentacle he captured tried to devour me but was blocked by the magical power I played with. He could only devour my magical power, which as a dragon, was infinite. With a mighty pull, in the midst of the crack in Magic, there was something else, with more disgusting tentacles wrapping around me to gain more counterforce. I struggled to pull the Devourer out of the crack. In reality, the Devourer was just a giant beast, covered in greasy, oily flesh all over.
"Qin Yang, the 'Prison of Ten Thousand Dragons' is dimming!" Elena reminded me. If the behemoth continued absorbing elements, the power of Magic would soon weaken.
Without hesitation, I shot out the golden flames outside the huge sword like a projectile, breaking open the soft body of the behemoth. However, since I didn't strike any vital spots, the soft body quickly merged back again. While tearing open the behemoth's body, I discovered a faint red light deep inside, connecting to the tentacle like a lifeline.
Elena sensed it too. Under her magical force, the floating objects instantaneously increased, nailing at the closing gap of the behemoth, using all her strength to control them and preventing the closing.
With a knowing look in our eyes, I charged into the behemoth's body, clearing a path with the giant sword. As I dragged out a longer gap in his body, near the source of the red light, more and stronger tentacles emerged from within the behemoth's body.
Inside there was the core of the behemoth, the critical point. Devourer wasn't foolish; countless tentacles resisted the might of my sword with the strongest force, preventing the sword from reaching the core. A sudden inspiration struck me, and I summoned the Black Dragon God Devourer with my other hand, successfully striking the critical point. Utilizing the devouring power of God Devourer, I began absorbing his power in reverse. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of vengeful spirits released from the sword wreaked havoc from within, causing destruction from the inside out. Instantly, I felt the behemoth releasing a powerful defensive force in pain, pushing me forcefully out from the core.
"Crack!" As I came to my senses, "Dragon's Captivity" began to shatter!
