My Living Shadow System Devours To Make Me Stronger Chapter 971 - 972: Anti-Dragon Magic
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A burning fire consumed his very heart.
It was a raging inferno, threatening to tear his soul apart from the inside out.
All of this existed because of one wretched human.
Damon.
Yet...
The one engulfed by this overwhelming fury was not the colossal dragon that blotted out the heavens, a creature whose shadow swallowed the entire world.
No.
It was the tiny, insignificant speck standing before it.
The elf it desperately sought to crush.
Kadelas.
Kadelas gritted his teeth as the fabric of space surrounding him shattered like fragile crystal. Jagged cracks tore through reality, spewing fire and molten lava into the void before the world fought to mend itself, desperately stitching existence back together against the immense pressure of the dragon’s claws.
His mind seethed with a singular, driving thought.
Damon.
He could picture it perfectly.
That scoundrel had gone to great lengths to locate a dragon... just to set it upon him.
Kadelas had been among the council members who voted to force Damon into that secret expedition to the Demon Continent. The risk of death had been exceptionally high.
Even so, his wife had issued a warning.
Despite her formidable oracle powers, she had foreseen grave danger.
But not this.
Not a dragon.
Never this.
A torrent of molten lava cascaded from the clouds above, blanketing the sky like a cataclysmic, burning storm. The sheer magnitude of the destruction radiated across the horizon, visible for leagues.
Good.
Let them witness it.
Let them feel the terror.
The sovereigns of the neighboring glades would surely sense this disturbance.
Reinforcements would be dispatched.
The nearest among them...
The Silver Glades.
"I possess no son!" Kadelas bellowed, his voice piercing through the cacophony. "Compose yourself! We are both being manipulated!"
Silvery moonlight coalesced within his clenched fist.
It was pure, radiant light.
The energy surged outward, fracturing into a multitude of luminous figures that charged toward the dragon like a celestial legion.
Rexagon’s wrath only intensified.
His immense form trembled with pure, unadulterated fury, his scales radiating waves of scorching heat.
"Perish, little vermin..."
His voice rumbled like the herald of the end of days.
A vortex of pure destruction coalesced within his jaws.
Mist and fire entwined, compressing into a single focal point before erupting in a devastating blast.
For a fleeting second...
Kadelas reached an inevitable realization.
There was no evading this.
No hope of escape.
He lifted his blade.
Pointing it toward the oncoming storm.
Magic surged violently, condensing at the sword's tip into a blinding mote of light.
Then—
He committed to the strike.
A streak of white light darted forward, carving a path directly into the heart of the inferno.
The heat was agonizing.
Reality warped around his body, buckling under the crushing pressure of the flames. Only his incredible velocity kept him among the living.
And just barely.
In the next heartbeat, Kadelas tore through the torrent of fire.
His armor had been scorched, glowing with a dull red heat. Burns covered his flesh, his breath coming in ragged gasps.
Yet, he refused to falter.
With every ounce of power remaining in his Dantian—
He swung.
The blade struck home.
A deafening collision resonated like the grinding of worlds. Sparks exploded in every direction as cold steel met dragon scale.
Rexagon’s massive cranium jerked violently to the side.
Clouds and fog were scattered by the sheer force of the impact. The very fabric of space buckled, shards of reality fracturing and tumbling like broken glass.
And then—
Total silence.
On the dragon’s massive jawline...
A single scratch.
Small.
Trivial.
Or so it appeared.
In reality, the wound was nearly a kilometer in length and equally deep.
But against the gargantuan scale of the dragon...
It was nothing.
Utterly insignificant.
A single droplet of draconic blood fell.
It descended into the sea of blue lava beneath them and vanished instantly, incinerated by the ferocious heat.
Kadelas narrowed his eyes.
The wound was already knitting itself shut.
Healing.
Of course it was.
Without a moment of hesitation, he released his footing and surrendered himself to gravity.
He plummeted just as a massive, obsidian claw shredded the air where he had been hovering only moments before.
The situation had become dire.
Even if Rexagon suffered from wounds, he was certainly not an enemy Kadelas could slay alone.
'Fine... if that is the way it must be, I shall resort to more extreme measures. I have no choice but to deploy a domain to conclude this battle swiftly.'
A domain.
It was his most viable tactical option.
Within the confines of his own field, he could suppress the collateral damage to the surrounding regions and potentially repel Rexagon.
However, the risk was significant.
Should Rexagon shatter his domain, the resulting backlash would leave him grievously wounded.
Shattering a domain was an arduous feat...
Yet it was not impossible.
Dragons had achieved such a victory in the past.
There was more than enough historical precedent.
Furthermore, Kadelas was desperate to avoid a direct domain confrontation.
If Rexagon unleashed his own domain...
An equal match would be an optimistic outcome.
Disaster was more likely.
'Let me attempt to reason with him once more.'
Kadelas inhaled deeply and shouted into the heavens.
"Rexagon, cease this madness! We are both being deceived!"
The reply arrived like thunder crashing through the sky.
"Deceived?" Rexagon’s voice bellowed. "The only deceiver I perceive is you... and your spawn."
"I have no deceitful spawn!" Kadelas retorted, fury igniting within his chest. "That wretch is not my son. I have only a daughter!"
"All you mortals are merely lice to me..."
Rexagon’s tone rumbled with infinite malice.
"I lack the patience to squander on you, annoying, winged mouse. I shall annihilate all that you guard... and feast upon the remains."
He turned away.
His colossal head shifted his gaze toward the capital of the Moonglades.
Then—
His wings unfurled.
With a singular, thunderous flap, the atmosphere ruptured as he surged forward, crossing dozens of kilometers in the span of a single breath.
Kadelas’s expression grew grim.
He lunged forward immediately, desperate to intercept him.
He could already envision the scene.
The city.
Engulfed in flames.
Reduced to ash.
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Upon the battlements of the capital, protective magic formations flared into existence.
Ancient, glowing runes illuminated the stone walls, humming with power as a massive shadow blanketed the horizon.
The Elf Queen stood at the vanguard, her complexion deathly pale, her jaw set in determination.
'How... how could I fail to foresee this?'
As an oracle, it was an utter disgrace.
For a catastrophe of such immense proportions to occur...
And for her to remain blind.
She raised her hand with sudden conviction and pointed toward the horizon.
"Open fire!"
A thunderous roar answered her command.
Massive beams of pure light pierced the firmament, streaking toward the encroaching dragon.
Siege magic.
Artillery spells specifically engineered for the crucible of war.
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