Giant Dragon Lord: Starting from Daily Intelligence

Chapter 539: Chapter 414: The "Blazing Phoenix" Lurking Behind

The dark figure unfurled a pair of enormous, fleshy wings with a wingspan of over one hundred meters. It circled once in the sky before flying straight toward Raylo’s camp.

As it drew closer, Raylo finally got a clear look at its appearance.

It was a menacing creature that looked like a bat magnified countless times over. Its body wasn’t covered in fur, but in a layer of smooth, dark-blue scales that resembled obsidian.

Its head resembled that of a menacing dragon, its mouth filled with sharp fangs. In the dark of the night, its blood-red eyes glowed with a cruel and bloodthirsty light.

But what was most striking was the layer of eerie, phantom-blue flames burning across its body.

Blue Flame Bat Dragon!

The name of this legendary Magical Beast, said to exist only in ancient texts, instantly flashed through Raylo’s mind.

This was a powerful, Domain Level Magical Beast that controlled the Netherworld Fire.

"ROAR!"

Sun, who was lying next to Raylo, also spotted the uninvited guest.

It shot to its feet and unleashed a draconic roar, full of warning, at the Blue Flame Bat Dragon in the sky.

Two powerful, Domain Level auras of might clashed violently in the night sky.

One was Sun’s Dragon Mighty—unmatched and domineering, filled with scorching heat and Light.

The other was the sinister and eerie pressure emanating from the Blue Flame Bat Dragon.

The Blue Flame Bat Dragon hovered in mid-air, its blood-red eyes locked on Sun below, its gaze filled with wariness.

It could sense that the golden Giant Dragon below was no weaker than itself; in fact, it might even be a notch stronger.

It was originally the Guardian of this volcano, or rather, the Guardian of the Sun Crown Stone.

It had slumbered here for several hundred years, waiting for the day the Sun Crown Stone would fully reawaken.

Then, it would devour that wondrous stone containing immense energy and complete its final transformation.

But now, a group of uninvited guests had interrupted its plan.

It felt threatened.

The standoff continued for nearly ten minutes.

In the end, it was the Blue Flame Bat Dragon that chose to retreat.

It let out a sharp, resentful screech, then folded its wings and dove, disappearing once more into the pitch-black Stone Forest at the base of the volcano.

Watching it disappear, Raylo frowned slightly.

He knew this Blue Flame Bat Dragon had not truly left.

It was just temporarily lurking, waiting for a chance to deliver a fatal blow.

And that chance would be tomorrow, the moment the Sun Crown Stone emerged.

「The fifth day.」

At the first light of dawn, the entire land was already shrouded in a suffocating, oppressive atmosphere.

The black volcano had become even more restless than the day before.

Thick smoke spewing from the crater obscured almost half the sky, blocking out the rising sun.

"RUMBLE..."

Dull, thunderous rumbles echoed continuously from deep within the volcano.

The entire ground trembled, shaking with a faint, constant vibration.

The air was filled with an increasingly thick smell of sulfur, pungent and scorching.

Everyone’s hearts were in their throats.

The final moment was about to arrive.

Time passed, second by second.

Finally, at Noon, when the sun reached its zenith.

"BOOM!"

A deafening explosion erupted from the volcano’s peak.

The entire volcano trembled violently.

Immediately following that, a torrent of dark red, viscous lava gushed from the crater like a bursting flood.

The volcano had erupted.

The scorching lava flowed down the steep mountain slopes in every direction, carrying with it an aura of utter destruction.

All rock in its path was melted away.

The entire world seemed to have fallen into an apocalyptic scene.

And this was just the beginning.

After the first wave of lava, an even more furious energy erupted from the depths of the volcano.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"

Thick pillars of dark-red lava shot up from the crater like furious fire dragons, rocketing toward the heavens.

They soared several thousand meters into the air before transforming into a rain of fire that showered down across the land.

The sun-blotting volcanic ash dyed the entire sky a dim, hopeless shade of gray-black.

It was as if the entire world had been dragged into a Purgatory of flame and destruction.

Just then...

"SCREEE!"

The piercing shriek sounded once again.

The Blue Flame Bat Dragon that had retreated last night once again shot out from the Stone Forest below the volcano.

It unfurled its massive, fleshy wings, ignoring the rain of fire and volcanic ash, and flew straight toward the furiously erupting crater.

Its blood-red eyes were filled with greed and fervor.

It knew that the Sun Crown Stone was about to emerge.

"ROAR!"

On the ground, Sun roared in fury upon seeing the creature’s silhouette.

It abruptly spread its golden Dragon Wings, about to launch into the sky to battle the fiend who dared covet its Treasure.

"Sun, wait!"

Raylo’s voice echoed in its mind just in time.

Sun froze, glancing back at Raylo in confusion.

"Don’t be rash."

Raylo’s gaze was calm.