Chapter 1254: Chapter 112: The Golden Despair_3
Larthas invested his heart and soul into the Flame Dragon he had summoned, with no time to care what Ah Dai was up to. As the vortex-like Flame of Destruction continuously filled the body of the dragon, he began to chant his final spell.
"Flame—Dragon—Fourth—Turn—Earth—Shaking—Heavens—." As his deep, rhythmic voice intoned, the vortex-shaped Flame of Destruction gradually transformed, shifting from red to a deep blue color. The energy-replenishing Flame Dragon in the sky gently spun, hesitated briefly, and then its massive body spiraled in a full circle, seeming to expand even further.
"Flame—Dragon—Fifth—Turn—Extinguishing—Flame—Calamity—." The color changed again, from blue to purple, and the body of the Flame Dragon swelled to over thirty meters long. It soared and danced through the air, the surging Fire Energy devastating everything, turning Bilu Canyon into a scorched wasteland. But Larthas’s spell chanting was not yet over.
"Flame—Dragon—Sixth—Turn—Flame—Change—Birth—."
"Flame—Dragon—Seventh—Turn—Divine—Demon—Fear—."
Larthas’s voice came to an abrupt halt. With the chanting of the spell, the Flame Dragon in the sky changed from purple to black, and then from black to white. The energy accumulated by the seven-fold compressed Flame of Destruction was so immense that all the mages from both Mage Guilds felt an unprecedented pressure. Both sides had concentrated the power of hundreds of mages just to barely withstand the rampant extreme heat. Some were surprised to find that the ground inside the canyon was gradually subsiding under the scorching energy, the surface soil had turned to flying ashes, and cracks appeared on the underlying layer of earth, completely occupied by the intense heat of the flames.
Larthas took a deep breath. The seven-turn Flame Dragon was nearing the limits of what he could endure. The energy gained from merging with the Fire Spirit Pearl was rapidly depleting, and he was close to his breaking point. But, to achieve the final victory, to defend his title as the continent’s foremost Attack Mage, he resolutely chanted a spell he had never used before, howling deeply:
"Flame—Dragon—Eighth—Turn—To—Ultimate—Extreme—."
The Flame Dragon in the sky underwent a tremendous change. Its body, which had already expanded to nearly sixty meters in length, suddenly contracted sharply. The white radiance gradually crystallized into a solid Magical Energy composed of crystalline Flame Dragon. Its body shimmered with silver light and, on the surface, seemed somewhat similar to Sheng Xie. A massive roar erupted, its deep sound harmoniously mingling with Sheng Xie’s long chant. The echo reverberated continuously in the canyon, and the walls of the mountains trembled under the two vast sources of energy. The eight-turn Flame Dragon circled in the void, and the vortex energy released by Larthas dissipated completely. He fell to the ground, his overexerted Magic Power bringing him close to the brink of unconsciousness. He barely propped up his body with his arms, gazing contentedly at the gargantuan Flame Dragon he had released, breathing lightly. Having reached the pinnacle of Fire Magic, he had already become one with the fire element. Even in his extreme weakness, the rampant Fire Energy could not harm him in the slightest. The reason he overstrained himself to unleash such powerful magic was not only to win this duel but more importantly, because Ah Dai’s presence had posed a great threat. He was determined to extinguish this threat to the Tian Jing Mage Guild he had founded, while he lay cradled in its infancy. The thought of killing consumed him, and he no longer cared about the consequences, neglecting the earlier agreement to stop the duel. He sent an attack signal to the eight-turn Flame Dragon hovering in the air. It was the last of his spiritual power. As his spiritual power depleted, cold sweat dripped down Larthas’s forehead. Unwilling to faint just yet, and fueled purely by willpower, he wanted to see just how mighty the eight-turn Flame Dragon he had desperately released was. He also wanted to watch the youth who could summon dragons be devoured by his eight-turn Flame Dragon. The power of the eight-turn Flame Dragon was close to that of a Forbidden Curse.
Xuan Yue anxiously watched Ah Dai. The huge heat energy brought on by the eight-turn Flame Dragon forced her to contend with it entirely. Using her powerful spiritual power, she telepathically told Ah Dai that if he could not withstand the Flame Dragon’s attack, he should use Goris’s Wish to transport both him and Sheng Xie to her side, and she would confront the Flame Dragon herself.
Ah Dai heard Xuan Yue’s voice but no longer had the ability to use Goris’s Wish. The constant drain from Sheng Xie had nearly exhausted his True Qi, and all his spiritual power was being used to help the Golden Body in his Dantian gather energy. The glow of the Golden Body was already fading. Even if he had the strength to transport himself and Sheng Xie to Xuan Yue’s side, he wouldn’t do so. He refused to let Xuan Yue bear the brunt of such a terrible attack.
To Ah Dai’s astonishment, he discovered that energy transfer resumed between the second Golden Body and the Golden Body itself. The second Golden Body seemed to continuously transfer its energy to the depleted Golden Body, while its own size shrank at an exceedingly slow pace. Ah Dai realized in joy that if he could safely get through this crisis, his prowess would certainly take another leap forward.
As the Flame Dragon underwent the eighth transformation, Sheng Xie’s Dragon Language Spell also entered the final fusion phase. Seven solid-like golden energy spheres continuously condensed, and under Sheng Xie’s guidance, they detached from the dragon horns and floated up, merging above the largest horn at the top of Sheng Xie’s head. The massive Golden Energy gradually plummeted, like lightning diving into Sheng Xie’s body from the Golden Horn. All scales on its body stood erect, its entire frame turning golden. Opening its golden eyes, two beams of light shot out, aiming directly at the eight-turn Flame Dragon in the sky.
