The terrifying creature, with an enormous body, stirred the lava into a frenzy with each attack, sending countless waves of molten lava surging, turning the entire valley into a doomsday scene, utterly horrifying.
Yet, it was also breathtakingly spectacular.
In mid-air, Ling Xiao fiercely flapped his Golden Light Dragon Wings, propelling his body forward.
There was a patch of ground ahead, far from the black lava. His Golden Light Dragon Wings were nearing their limit, and fighting in mid-air was too disadvantageous, so he needed to find a foothold, recover briefly, and then deal with this mysterious creature.
With the Golden Light Dragon Wings, Ling Xiao’s speed surged, but even so, the terrifying creature’s speed was no less than his. It pursued closely, emitting spine-chilling roars.
Ling Xiao fled without looking back.
He could feel the scorching breath behind him.
Despite its massive size, the creature moved through the lava with astonishing speed.
Moreover, it seemed to control the black lava. During the chase, it suddenly opened its mouth and spewed a stream of black lava directly at Ling Xiao’s back.
“Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, Illusion Array!”
At the critical moment, Ling Xiao elevated his Cloud Dragon Divine Movement to its second form.
His speed didn’t slow, and his movements became erratic.
His flight path abruptly shifted, and the black lava hit only his afterimage, striking a rock in the valley instead.
The rock instantly melted, becoming new black lava.
Thanks to Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, Illusion Array, Ling Xiao narrowly dodged the creature’s attack, but the situation remained perilous.
“Roar~~”
Seeing its prey escape, the mysterious creature let out an unwilling roar, tinged with rage.
It opened its mouth, sucking in a gulp from the black lava river, its belly swelling dramatically.
Then, it spewed again.
Unlike the single stream of black lava before, this time it unleashed a sky full of molten lava rain. Even with Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, Illusion Array, Ling Xiao couldn’t possibly evade such a dense attack.
It was like a net of heaven and earth.
“Can’t dodge? Then I’ll fight!”
Ling Xiao abruptly stopped fleeing, summoning the Ice Dragon Sword in mid-air and slashing out.
Snowstorm!
The Snowstorm, which once required long preparation to unleash, now flowed as effortlessly as falling snow.
The terrifying Snowstorm met the sky of black lava rain.
Ling Xiao didn’t look back, continuing his escape.
Behind him, the Snowstorm clashed with the black lava rain, holding it off briefly before being overwhelmed.
However, most of the black lava rain was shattered and frozen by the Snowstorm. The remnants posed little threat to Ling Xiao, who could easily dodge them with Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, Illusion Array.
But the danger didn’t end there.
The creature’s attacks didn’t stop.
Ling Xiao’s True Essence Sphere touched the creature, and in that instant, most of its form appeared in his mind.
He couldn’t help but gasp.
Yet, a surge of excitement followed.
This monster, lurking in the lava to ambush warriors who dared enter, was a divine dragon over a hundred metres long.
Its scales were entirely black, somewhat resembling a black dragon but far more beautiful.
Most astonishingly, a row of transparent wings lined its back.
These wings stretched from below its neck to the tip of its tail.
The wings weren’t large, resembling those of a dragonfly, but there were so many.
Each pair bore inscriptions of black light, likely one of the creature’s divine scripts.
Its eyes glowed a fierce red, like those of a crazed bull.
“What a strange creature. Could this be the legendary Primordial Hell Dragon?”
Ling Xiao marvelled inwardly.
His master, Yuan Zun, had mentioned the nine primordial dragon souls, but he had no idea what those dragons actually looked like.
In that moment of puzzlement, a strong sense of danger gripped him.
He suddenly poured a surge of True Essence into his Golden Light Dragon Wings, accelerating forward.
Though unsure of the creature’s next move, he knew the trouble ahead would likely dwarf what came before.
As he shot forward hundreds of metres, the strange creature reared its upper body.
Then, the black inscriptions on its peculiar transparent wings glowed brightly.
Dozens of dense black beams shot from the wings.
Their speed was so fast they reached Ling Xiao almost instantly.
Sizzle!
A black beam pierced Ling Xiao’s abdomen, leaving a bowl-sized wound rimmed with black, no blood flowing as the surrounding flesh was scorched dry.
The black flames continued to spread, the wound growing larger.
Splat!
Another black beam pierced his thigh.
He’d tried his hardest to dodge, evading over twenty of the thirty beams, but they were too fast and numerous. He couldn’t avoid them all, so he focused on protecting his vital areas.
As for other parts, injuries were inevitable.
With his Heavenly Dragon Golden Body, he wasn’t afraid of being unable to heal.
But these black flames were troublesome, refusing to extinguish after hitting him, spreading relentlessly. Even using True Essence, he couldn’t absorb or convert them in such a short time.
“Bloody hell, am I really going to be eliminated?”
Ling Xiao gave a bitter smile.
Was it really so tragic that he couldn’t even escape?
Just as he prepared to enter Primordial Golden Dragon Form for a final stand, he suddenly noticed the black flames being sucked into the Mountains and Rivers World.
Something within him seemed to awaken.
In the Mountains and Rivers World, a new creature’s aura had appeared.
Most shockingly, this creature wasn’t assimilated into his martial soul by the Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul!
That was a rare occurrence.
Only two possibilities could resist the assimilation of the Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul: either the creature was on the same level as the martial soul, or it was born within the Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul, naturally adapted to its environment.
Looking inward at the Mountains and Rivers World, Ling Xiao saw a vibrant butterfly had appeared.
It was this butterfly absorbing the black flames.
The butterfly wasn’t large, looking much like an ordinary one, but Ling Xiao, skilled in array inscriptions, could see the complex, beautiful divine scripts on its two pairs of colourful wings, containing terrifying power.
