Coiling Dragon

by welyjesch

  In a patch of grass, Linley and Bebe were hiding.

  “What bad luck.” Bebe twisted his lips. “Boss, you alright?”

  “I’m fine. Just four material attacks landed on me, along with one soul attack. There wasn’t much of an impact.” Linley felt they were unlucky as well. The Stellar River was a million kilometers long. They had randomly chosen a place to come over, but who would have imagined that the opposite side would have a camp?

  Linley then laughed. “Still, we at least made it safely to the enemy side.”

  “Right.” Bebe’s eyes lit up. “Boss, are we going to search for our target now?”

  “Let’s start to set up camp. I imagine on this side, things will be much better than at our side.”

  Linley and Bebe set up the same camping strategy they had on the other side. They dug a fairly shallow hole into the ground, then calmly began to train in the hole. At the same time, they each controlled a Deathgod Golem, which began to sneak around, with the goal of attracting nearby commanders.

  A muscular man dressed in short sleeves and long trousers who was three meters tall was currently stealthily moving forward. He had a head of golden, lion-like hair, an upwards hooked nose, and a large mouth. His golden eyes paid constant attention to the surrounding areas, searching for a target.

  “Oh?”

  The golden-haired man’s eyes lit up. He saw that in the distance, there was a figure that was stealthily advancing. He couldn’t help but let a huge smile appear on his face. “I didn’t expect I’d actually encounter one. Right. No badge aura. An enemy!” The golden-haired man immediately shot forward as though he were a bolt of lightning.

  Right at this moment, that figure just so happened to turn, spying the golden-haired man charging at him.

  “Swoosh!” Not hesitating at all, the figure immediately fled.

  “Fleeing? But your speed is inferior to mine!” The golden-haired man’s eyes lit up.

  In the underground cave, Linley and Bebe were quietly seated in the meditative posture.

  “Boss, we have a target. He’s chasing after the Deathgod Golem I am controlling.” Bebe suddenly opened his eyes.

  Linley, excited, opened his eyes as well. “The encounter rate is much higher on the enemy side. This is only the seventh day, but we’ve found someone.”

  “Let’s hurry up and move out.”

  Linley and Bebe didn’t hesitate at all, immediately moving out from underground. If the enemy discovered the ‘target’ was just a Deathgod Golem, he would definitely know that it was just bait, making the chances of their ambush being successful much lower.

  Linley and Bebe had been controlling the Deathgod Golems at a close distance. Because they were keeping them close, that made it easier to control them, and it was currently fleeing towards the two of them.

  Within the grass.

  Linley and Bebe laid there in wait, staring at the two distant, running figures. The Deathgod Golem was a Highgod artifact level Deathgod Golem, and it was still quite fast. However, normally speaking, a commander level expert should be far faster than this Deathgod Golem.

  “This golden-haired fellow isn’t that fast.” Linley immediately came to this judgment.

  “Boss, I don’t sense any aura from his badge. He should be an enemy.” Bebe said, delighted.

  Linley’s eyes lit up as well.

  Good heavens! They had lain in wait for half a year on their own side without anything to show for it, but after having waited here for just seven days, they had encountered an enemy. The efficiency rate here really was much higher.

  “Bebe, prepare to act.” Linley sent mentally.

  “Don’t worry, Boss.” Bebe grew excited as well.

  Linley and Bebe just watched as the golden-haired man continued to chase after the Deathgod Golem. Finally…the golden-haired man caught up to it. The muscular man, his head wreathed in large amounts of golden hair, let out a large howl as he swept forward with his right palm. With that blow, space itself rippled as though spacetime was water.

  “So powerful.” The faces of Linley and Bebe changed. The stability of the Planar Battlefield was far greater than even the Higher Planes.

  The Deathgod Golem struck back as well. Their fists met!

  “BANG!”

  The Deathgod Golem’s right arm immediately transformed into shattered pieces, while the entire body then began to tremble before immediately collapsing.

  This scene badly startled Linley and Bebe. To break through a Highgod artifact sword with a punch wasn’t frightening; however, when this golden-haired man had broken the Deathgod Golem’s arm, then somehow caused a powerful vibration that made the entire Deathgod Golem collapse. This sort of attack was simply too awe-inspiring.

  “Eh?” The golden-haired man stared. There was no divine spark on the ground, nor any badge.

  “Not good!” The golden-haired man suddenly raised his head.

  HE saw that a hundred meters away, an enormous Godeater Rat phantom had suddenly appered in midair. A youth was staring at him coldly. “Rumble…” A strange ripple instantly spread out. The golden-haired man wasn’t able to dodge at all, and was immediately struck by it. A strange energy pressed down on his mind…

  Innate divine ability – Godeater!

  “Rumble…” An earthen yellow light instantly vibrated outwards, pressing down on the golden-haired man.

  “Swish!” An azure-golden blur shot forward as well.

  Based on Linley and Bebe’s plans, regardless of whether or not Bebe’s technique succeeded, Linley would still use his most powerful sword attack in that moment. Someone capable of blocking ‘Godeater’ wouldn’t necessarily be able to block Linley’s sword.

  “Raaaaaaaaawr!” The golden-haired man let out an angry roar.

  “He’s actually still alive.” Bebe couldn’t help but curse to himself. The enemy was either a Highgod Paragon or possessed a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. The enemy camp they had encountered when they had just arrived had been a thorny problem, and now here came another one. What horrible luck.

  “Swish…”

  The invisible godspark sword, Mirage, shot out…Firmament Splitter!

  This most powerful technique was executed through the invisible ‘Mirage’ sword, and the sword pierced straight towards the man’s forehead.

  “Bastard!” The golden-haired man sensed the sharp aura and hurriedly moved his head aside to dodge.

  “Slash!”

  Mirage stabbed directly into the right side of the golden-haired man’s face, but as it stabbed down, with a ‘crackle’ sound, Mirage just barely managed to cut through the golden-haired man’s face, and it was unable to go any further.

  “What sort of defense is this!” Linley was stupefied.

  Aside from Bebe and Beirut, Linley had never before encountered such powerful, terrifying defense. Most likely, even Patriarch Gislason of the Azure Dragon clan was far inferior. His most powerful sword attack was aimed at the enemy’s face, not the enemy’s fist. He had only been able to cut slightly into the skin of the face. This was too ridiculous.

  “Die!” The golden-haired man let out a bellow, smashing out at Linley with an angry fist.

  Linley, terrified, retreated with explosive speed.

  That attack just now had been launched from just half a meter away from Linley. However, just as Linley thought he had dodged it, a golden yellow light suddenly shot out from the golden-haired man’s fist. As it shot out, it actually caused space itself to tremble.

  There was no way to dodge!

  “BOOM!”

  The golden light struck Linley on his chest, and with a ‘boom’ sound, it shot straight through Linley’s chest, creating a large, fist-sized hole within it.

  Book 19, Metamorphosis – Chapter 17, Hemmers

  “His material attack is actually this powerful!” Linley felt stunned in his heart. “Even the former Redcliff Lord’s material attack wasn’t as monstrous as this. An attack passing through empty
space is actually able to penetrate my body.” Linley was very confident in the defense of his Dragonform, but today, this punch had stunned him!

  That man’s eyes were filled with rage, and his messy golden hair began to tremble.

  “You dare to injure me, Hemmers? Die!” A deep voice echoed in Linley’s mind, and the golden-haired man’s right leg lashed out…

  That thick right leg was flowing with a golden yellow light. As it lashed out, it created ripples in space, as though it were moving through water. The power of this kick was so great that even before it reached Linley, Linley already had a bad feeling. “Given the power of that fist, which didn’t even directly hit me, just passed through the air…if I’m hit by this kick…”

  Linley didn’t dare to hesitate.

  “Blackstone Space – Repulsive Force!” Linley willed it, and a powerful repulsive force was applied to the terrifyingly powerful body of that ‘Hemmers’.

  At the same time, with a ‘whap!’ sound, Linley’s whip-like draconic tail slapped the ground hard, borrowing the counterforce to retreat hurriedly!

  “Bang!” This kick of Hemmers missed.

  “BOOM!” Although it missed, a surge of golden ripples still shot out from his leg, shooting towards Linley. This material attack was simply too fast! It wasn’t bound by the Blackstone Space, and its speed vastly outstripped Linley’s fleeing speed. However, live and learn; after having suffered last time, Linley was prepared this time.

  Linley’s godspark sword, ‘Mirage’, unhurriedly swung out to meet it.

  It seemed to move slowly but was actually fast. The flat of Mirage struck directly against the golden yellow ripple.

  “BANG!” A powerful collision. Mirage was knocked backwards, slapping against Linley’s body, while Linley’s sword-wielding right arm actually had its draconic scales shatter and blood leak through.

  “Swoosh!”

  Linley once more borrowed the counterforce to retreat.

  “What a monster!” Linley cursed in his heart. “The power of kick, when passing through a godspark weapon, is capable of shattering my draconic scales. So in the planes of the universe, there is someone besides Beirut who is so monstrous!” Previously, Linley had seen Beirut use his bare hands to stop a Sovereign artifact.

  One could imagine how much strength that took. But it seemed as though this golden-haired man was about the same.

  The distant Bebe’s eyes instantly grew wide and round. Not hesitating at all, he transformed into a blur, shooting towards the golden-haired warrior while sending mentally in a frantic voice, “Boss, hurry and flee, I’ll block him!”

  “Bebe, don’t waste time, let’s hurry up and leave! You won’t be able to block him.” Linley hurriedly sent back.

  At the same time, Linley increased his fleeing speed. Bebe had no choice but to follow Linley in fleeing.

  “You want to escape?!”

  The golden-haired man stared furiously at the two fleeing figures, then violently stomped forward. “BANG!” “BANG!” Every single step was like a meteor striking the ground, and the golden-haired man’s speed thus reached his limit as he pursued and attacked towards the fleeing Linley and Bebe.

  “Boss, that big fellow is in pursuit!” Bebe called out in alarm.

  “He’s actually this fast.” Linley glanced backwards. Originally, when the golden-haired man had been in pursuit of the Deathgod Golem, he hadn’t been this fast. Clearly…this person called ‘Hemmers’ was utterly enraged now.

  “It’s fine. Once he enters my Blackstone Space, he won’t be able to catch up to us.” Linley said with certainty.

  Indeed!

  As soon as the golden-haired man entered the ‘Blackstone Space’ region, he sensed a powerful repulsive force. Speed was never his forte to begin with, and although when going all out, he could compare to Linley and Bebe, as soon as he entered the Blackstone Space region, he became vastly inferior to Linley and Bebe.

  Linley and Bebe were fleeing in front, hurriedly pulling away.

  This caused the golden-haired man to once more escape the ‘Blackstone Space’, and as soon as he did, his speed increased again, allowing him to close in on them once more.

  In short…the two sides maintained a distance of roughly five hundred meters.

  “Boss, that big fellow keeps chasing us. What should we do?” Bebe said frantically. “Can it be that we will have to use Sovereign’s Might?”

  “Not for now.”

  Linley didn’t want to waste a drop of Sovereign’s Might. The situation wasn’t critical yet.

  “Bebe, within a few hundred meters, this Hemmers is able to clearly see us. How about this. We will immediately enter the ground and tunnel downwards. He won’t be able to see us, and will probably find it hard to find us.” Linley sent mentally. Unless the situation was life-threatening, Linley wouldn’t easily use up his Sovereign’s Might.

  “Enter the ground? Fine.” Bebe agreed.

  “The two of you, don’t even think of escaping!” The angry bellows continued to echo and shake the world.

  “This big idiot. Isn’t he afraid of attracting attention, by bellowing like this?” Bebe couldn’t help but sent angrily.

  “Bebe, I imagine this Hemmers really isn’t afraid of others coming. He didn’t even fear your ‘Godeater’ ability. He should have a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. And look at his material defense! This is absolutely an opponent who has no weaknesses. His only weakness, actually, is that he has no long distance attacks and no soul attacks. Enough, let’s go underground!”

  Linley and Bebe, in virtually the same instant, with a ‘swoosh’ dove underground.

  “Hmph, fleeing underground?” The yellow-haired man let out a cold laugh.

  And then…

  The yellow-haired man lifted up his thick leg, viciously stamping on the ground. With a thunderous sound, the ground trembled and a ray of golden light rippled out from his leg and entered the ground, spreading outwards in every direction.

  “Over there!” The burly golden-haired man’s eyes lit up.

  He moved towards the left in hot pursuit, then lifted his feet up once again and viciously stomped on the ground. That golden light once more entered the ground and rippled out.

  Although by fleeing underground, one couldn’t be seen, in terms of fleeing speed, the blocking dirt naturally made it slower than fleeing aboveground.

  “What sort of weird technique is this?” Bebe could clearly sense how the golden energy ripples were like ripples of water, with each ripple landing on himself and Linley. However, the energy of these ripples didn’t possess much power to harm.

  “BANG!”

  A violent tremor came from above.

  “This fellow knows where we are.” Linley said frantically. “There’s no way to escape his pursuit from underground.”

  “Boss, what should we do?” Bebe said frantically.

  “There’s one final option! If this method doesn’t work, then we’ll just have to use up our Sovereign’s Might.”

  Right at this moment, a powerful golden ripple shot downwards, charging straight through the obstructing dirt.

  “Not good.” Linley’s face changed.

  “BANG!” Bebe viciously threw a punch straight towards it.

  “Bebe, are you alright?” Linley was rather nervous.

  “I’m fine. This attack was pretty strong though; my fist feels numb. But I’m not injured.” Bebe sent back. Linley, hearing this, let out a sigh of relief, and then a sigh of praise; Bebe’s defense really was terrifying, comparable to or exceeding the hardness of a godspark weapon.

  Bebe, upon reaching the Highgod level, had only been injured by the Abyssal Fruit Tree Sovereign. Others weren’t even able to scratch Bebe’s skin.

  Unfortunately, Bebe’s attack power was too weak, inferior to even Linley’s. It was only because of his innate divine ability that he was able to threaten commander-level experts.

  “Bebe…let’s go aboveground together!” Linl
ey said hurriedly.

  That expert named Hemmers clearly had a method to determine where they were. If they were underground, they would be moving slowly and would be beaten around like punching bags. Linley and Bebe immediately transformed into rays of light, quickly emerging from underground.

  “Haha, you finally came out.”

  Loud laughter rang out, and the golden-haired man drew closer.

  “So close!” Upon leaving the ground, Linley and Bebe discovered that this golden haired man was less than a hundred meters away now. Linley was so startled, he immediately set up his Blackstone Space, once more repulsing the golden-haired man. By relying on his speed, he was once more able to pull away.

  “Bastard! This damn thing again. Just like Reisgem…how damn annoying!” The golden-haired man howled furiously.

  He was currently filled with rage.

  In the Blackstone Space, he wasn’t able to draw near Linley at all.

  Right at this moment…

  “Eh?” The golden-haired man stared.

  Linley, while running at full speed, suddenly turned to stare at him. At the same time, an enormous, sinuous, coiled illusion of an Azure Dragon suddenly appeared behind Linley. The Azure Dragon Phantom’s golden eyes were staring coldly at the muscular ‘Hemmers’, while at the same time, the sound of a dragon’s roar began to ring out in Hemmers’ mind.

  Innate divine ability – Dragon Roar!

  Time drastically slowed down in the region Hemmers’ soul was in.

  “Uh…” Hemmers was stunned. Within his field of vision, he watched as Linley and Bebe seemed to suddenly move tens of time faster, and with a ‘swish’ disappeared from his field of vision. But of course, it wasn’t that Linley and Bebe actually moved faster; it was that Hemmers himself had slowed down by tens of times.

  The effect of the Dragon Roar had finally brought an end to this pursuit.

  “Dragon Roar? The Dragon Roar of the Azure Dragon clan? What terrible luck.” Hemmers rubbed his big nose. “Still, I really am too slow. Given the repulsive force of the Gravitational Space of that kid of the Azure Dragon clan, even if I used Sovereign’s Might, I would only be able to barely maintain parity with him while under the effects of that repulsive force.”