The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

This chapter's extra release was sponsored by "Wu Ma Wei Yang" for ten thousand rewards. ———— Bang thud. The Purple Copper Dragon plunged into the sea, gulped down a few mouthfuls of salty water, and after retracting its copper-plated scales, it barely managed to struggle and fly up from the sea's surface—Before coming here to wage dragon warfare upon the sea, these dragons had all learned the basics of swimming, except for Fire Dragons like the fire elemental kind, all other dragons could roughly learn to swim. On its Dragon Tooth Platform, Duke Loyle had not been released from his copper-plated state, still enshrouded in a layer of purple-tinted metallic copper, clutching the Obsidian Dragon Spear, frozen in his final stance. He was dead. No signs of life. However, the Purple Copper Dragon had not given up on him, instead, with sorrowful eyes, it soared into the sky to reunite with the White Maw Iron Dragon Knight and let out a massive roar. "Loyle!" Prince Alex approached the Purple Copper Dragon and shouted loudly. There was no response. Prince Alex was suddenly taken aback, contemplating a very dire situation. Moreover, he had witnessed with his own eyes that dragon, transparent as crystal, thrust a Dragon Lance through Loyle's chest and withdraw it in a flash, before disappearing without a trace. "Loyle!" The second call still went unanswered. "Roar!" The Purple Copper Dragon's roar was filled with desolation, making it even clearer to Prince Alex that Loyle was dead—unbelievable but true nonetheless. "Impossible!" Prince Alex's face darkened with anger reaching its peak. He and Loyle had known each other since childhood, one a Prince of the Eagle Kingdom, the other a Duke of the Purple Copper Duchy. Both had been selected for the Eagle Kingdom's Dragon Knight candidacy program, although Loyle had inherited the dragon from the Purple Copper Family. There might have been bumps along the way, but their friendship was solid. Moreover, their countries maintained a good relationship, one the suzerain and the other a vassal, and this time they had united for the dragon-slaying campaign, having rejoiced in wine and conversation just the day before. Today they were parted by death. Suppressing his grief and rage, Prince Alex coldly commanded, "Purple Copper Dragon, follow me, avenge Loyle! After I slay that despicable beast Liszt, I will personally return Loyle's body to the Purple Copper Duchy!" "Roar!" The Purple Copper Dragon's body was covered with wounds, great and small. Its once beautiful purple-tinted metallic scales were badly damaged. Some were sliced by Dragon Breath shattering space, some scorched by high-temperature Dragon Breath, others torn by Dragon Lances, plus damage caused by magic water blades and water drills. The wounds had stopped bleeding, muscles beginning to heal, demonstrating its remarkable recovery ability. Yet its magic power was severely depleted, particularly from those special uses of Dragon's Super Magic during multiple plating processes, severely diminishing its combat effectiveness. Only its spirit was lifted, driven by vengeance for its Knight! Different from Light Green Sapphire Dragon Knight Carlo Violet, the Light Green Gemstone Dragon was one nurtured by the Eagle Royal Family, with Carlo merely selected as its knight, having no relation to the First Dragon Knight; Loyle, the Purple Copper Dragon's knight, was indeed a descendent of the First Dragon Knight, his bond with the dragon much deeper. Nevertheless. At this moment. Prince Alex and the three dragons searched far and wide, yet found no trace of Liszt. The three dragons could faintly sense the presence of the Formless Dragon, but its distance had grown too far to pinpoint a precise location. There was only a vague direction. "He went that way, towards Dodo Island... Alonso's direction, let's catch up!" Prince Alex's eyes flashed, realizing Liszt's intent. This was about hunting isolated Dragon Knights, now heading to intercept the Bronze Dragon Knight. However, Prince Alex wasn't just tense but also saw it as an opportunity handed by fate because Alonso wasn't acting alone but was accompanied by a Grey Iron Dragon. There were many types of Iron Dragons, classified into five kinds based on the iron ore they produced—White Maw Iron Dragon, Malleable Cast Iron Dragon, Grey Iron Dragon, White Heart Iron Dragon, Black Heart Iron Dragon. All formidable in battle, part of the mighty Metal Dragon lineage, especially notable for their large size, usually exceeding sixty meters. … Dodo Island was within sight. Alonso Xiankelai, to say he wasn't feeling smug, would be impossible. In his scheme, Liszt had fallen into a trap, only awaiting the seasoned hunter himself to make the capture. But soon, he realized something was amiss; according to the plan, he should be the second to arrive at Dodo Island and join the battle. Yet, there was no dragon-slaying warfare happening on Dodo Island. Everything on the island was calm, with only a group of serfs busy at work when they suddenly pointed at the sky with trembling exclamations. They saw the Bronze Dragon and the Grey Iron Dragon approaching closer, and despite having seen the Lord Landlord's Fire Dragon, the serfs still shivered in fear of these two metal dragons. He couldn't help but want to kneel down. The Metal Dragons above paid them no mind. Alonso's gaze searched continuously, confirming that there were no traces of Dragons on Dodo Island, "Liszt isn't here? Could it be that he fled upon seeing Prince Alex?" According to the plan, Prince Alex was to lead the White Maw Iron Dragon and the Silver Dragon in a sudden attack, with Alonso making his move only when the battle was at its height. When it was time for Liszt to escape, Duke Loyle would join in blocking him. Unexpectedly, it seemed something had gone awry with the plan. Just then, he suddenly received a surge of Dragon Magic Power. It was the White Maw Iron Dragon sending out a magic power fluctuation, a signal reminding him of "danger" and demanding he immediately converge in the direction of the White Maw Iron Dragon. This was a simple remote communication method among Dragon Knights. As long as one was within the range of the Dragon's senses, they could communicate in this way. "Hmm?" Alonso frowned, unable to understand why Alex would warn him of "danger," "What danger could there be in killing Liszt? Even if he has an immature Fire Dragon, an ordinary Light Green Gemstone Dragon, and a newly promoted Archmage with him, what could they possibly do!" He still felt somewhat relaxed. However, his actions were without any hesitation, as he quickly rode the Bronze Dragon toward the White Maw Iron Dragon, with the Grey Iron Dragon tightly following behind. The flight was brief. He then felt a new Dragon presence. While different from the Fire Dragon presence he had experienced in his last Dragon-slaying battle, it wasn't the Light Green Gemstone Dragon's either. But he knew, this was Liszt's arrival. "Good, you've come!" Alonso's spirits lifted, and he quickly swooped over. Their distance closed rapidly, but when the Bronze Dragon sensed the other party right in front of them, there was no trace of any Dragon in sight, even as he descended from the high clouds. There was no Fire Dragon, nor a Light Green Gemstone Dragon. Even when the Bronze Dragon continuously alerted that the other party was within one kilometer, no trace was found. "What's going on, why can't I see them?" Alonso's eyebrows rose as he faintly understood the meaning behind Alex's warning of "danger," and then it struck him, "Is it some invisibility magic concocted by the Archmage? Ridiculous, I've already locked onto your position... to the left, in front!" He shook the Dragon Lance, uniting man and Dragon, fiercely ready for combat, aiming a brutal charge at the position indicated by the Bronze Dragon's senses. The Dragon Lance, carrying the momentum of wind and lightning, emitted a piercing sonic boom as it lashed fiercely into the void. But just when he felt that he was about to strike his opponent, the Bronze Dragon suddenly sensed the presence behind him. Before he could react or prepare to dodge the sneak attack... A transparent figure, crystal-like in its appearance, suddenly became visible, charging swiftly with a lethal glow on the Dragon Lance, as if aiming to skewer the Bronze Dragon in one ferocious blow. "Roar!" "Wooh-ya!" Just as the two Dragons were about to cross paths, something unexpected happened! A violent aura rushed over from the side, forcing the Formless Dragon to change its course and abandon the chance to deal a severe blow to the Bronze Dragon. "Roar, roar, roar!" The unbridled Dragon's roar resonated thunderously between heaven and earth. It was the Grey Iron Dragon that had been closely following the Bronze Dragon, now spreading its sixty-meter wingspan in the manner of a top predator, lunging at the Formless Dragon that had just revealed itself. The airflow stirred up by the wings seemed almost visible to the naked eye. Producing wisps of mist. Even the sunlight was obscured. The fifteen-meter-wide Formless Dragon was much smaller than the thirty-meter-wide Bronze Dragon, let alone when compared to the sixty-meter wingspan of the Grey Iron Dragon. "Dammit!" Liszt, riding on the Formless Dragon Bard's back, frowned secretly under the immense pressure from the Grey Iron Dragon. Without any hesitation, he immediately chose to abandon his attempt to assassinate the Bronze Dragon Knight Alonso and darted into the boundary of matter, fleeing into the distance. Boom! Just as he entered the boundary of matter, the Grey Iron Dragon's tail, like a true Dragon Lance, stabbed at the place where the Formless Dragon had disappeared, leaving behind only air. Even such a strong attack missed its mark. But Liszt, hiding within the boundary of matter, felt a slight tingling on his scalp. He clearly sensed the tail tip of the Grey Iron Dragon lacking just a bit more force to pierce through the boundary of matter and strike both him and the Formless Dragon — that was a brute force attack that relied purely on physical strength, violently breaking through the material space. The Grey Iron Dragon, in its prime maturity, was likely as powerful as an Elemental Dragon in its adult stage. The Crystal White Trajectory opened. Looking back from afar at the Grey Iron Dragon whose magic was as solid as steel, Liszt unconsciously swallowed, "Very strong... Leo, perhaps only when you reach maturity can you fight it head-on!"