The roar of battle was deafening.
Even from several hundred meters away, it remained clearly audible.
In the sky, five feathered serpents were locked in a fierce struggle with the dragons.
One of the feathered serpents had already had its wings mangled by a dragon and was falling toward the earth.
Falling with it, however, was a pitch black dragon.
The two massive creatures slammed into the ground in an instant, and at that moment, the earth trembled.
Like two primordial behemoths from a savage era, they completely abandoned what was known as magic.
Forsaking all ranged attacks, the two giants rolled across the ground, biting and clawing at each other.
The black dragon opened its maw and bit into the feathered serpent's tail, while the feathered serpent, in its agony, turned back to bite the dragon's claws.
The two monsters became a tangled mess of gnashing teeth and raking talons.
Four other dragons quickly joined the fray to assist their comrade as the black dragon was being suppressed.
These four dragons could not use any magic or Dragon Breath in such close quarters; they could only grit their teeth and dive into the brawl against the feathered serpent.
If one ignored their massive size and intimidating appearances, the sight of these six giants was like a common street brawl.
They used every means at their disposal, desperately trying to inflict damage on their opponents.
The strength of the feathered serpent tribe was beyond doubt; whether in physical prowess or elemental magic, they were stronger than a single dragon.
But at this moment... numbers eventually told.
Despite the feathered serpent's formidable body, it fell into a disadvantageous position.
Its winding form was covered in wounds as it desperately tried to coil its tail to protect its soft underbelly.
However, the five dragons gave it no opportunity. Three of them worked together to pin down the rear half of the feathered serpent.
Meanwhile, the black dragon and another slightly smaller dragon were relentlessly pummeling the feathered serpent's head.
The earth shook, and at this moment, even demon elites above level thirty could not intervene in such a massive struggle.
Forget intervening; even getting close was extremely difficult.
A single careless mistake would result in being crushed beneath the rolling behemoths, instantly turning into a pile of meat.
If this struggle had occurred within the human central command, the knight regiment would have likely collapsed by now.
But fortunately... the black dragon had intentionally or unintentionally aimed the crash site at the demon army central command.
In an instant, the ground was covered in blood and gore!
Any demons who dared to approach or were too slow to flee were crushed into paste.
A massive gap was instantly cleared within the demon central command.
The demon army fell into complete chaos.
In the sky, the Demon Emperor saw this and instinctively wanted to reinforce his ground troops.
However, before the Demon Emperor could even turn his head, a golden Dragon Breath arrived before him.
“Roar!”
Boom!
The Demon Emperor instinctively pulled the reins, and the griffin beneath him instantly retreated.
Though the Demon Emperor avoided the Dragon Breath, the blast fell directly into the demon army.
In an instant, a violent gale rose!
Boom!
The roar echoed across the plains.
The Saint's Carriage beneath her feet trembled continuously, and the eight white horses had already fallen into a panic.
Fortunately, Dominica was controlling the carriage, firmly suppressing the strength of the eight white horses.
If not for her, the Saint's Carriage might have been pulled into the air long ago.
Demon corpses blown into the sky turned into a rain of black blood and gore, splattering against the ground.
With a wet thud, a piece of flesh landed.
Luo Li lowered her eyes slightly, looking at the half-head of some unknown demon that had landed in front of the Saint's Carriage.
In the next second, a knight beside the Saint's Carriage used a skill without hesitation.
The half-head of the demon was instantly vaporized.
“This subordinate was careless and allowed such a thing to foul your sight. Please forgive me, Your Highness.”
The knight beside her had a solemn expression, kneeling before the Saint's Carriage as if he had committed a grave crime.
“It is no matter. It was not your fault.”
Luo Li waved her hand, dismissing the knight, and turned her gaze back to the battlefield.
At this moment, almost all the intelligent beings on the battlefield had forgotten the meaning of intelligence.
The knights continued to charge and slaughter the demon ground forces.
In the sky, the Dragon Knight Corps had also become entangled with the demon griffin units, with casualties on both sides.
However, it was clearly visible that the griffin units were restraining themselves.
Even in certain engagements where the griffin units held the advantage, they would quickly retreat because they did not dare to take risks.
As a result, the fearless will of the Dragon Knight Corps instantly gained the upper hand.
The Demon Emperor could only watch helplessly as the griffin units were beaten, unable to pull himself away.
Because before him... the golden dragon had transformed into a humanoid form shrouded in golden light.
He floated in mid-air, his golden vertical pupils staring straight at him with a feeling known as 'contempt'.
“The Demon Emperor, Asacreus?”
“...Heh, why does the Dragon King ask what he already knows? You should already be clear on my name.”
“I do not deign to remember mere demons, however... you alone require a different look.”
A trace of solemnity appeared on Asacreus's face. He looked up at the Dragon King, a slight smile playing on his lips.
“That is truly flattering. I wonder why? What would make the noble Dragon King remember my name?”
In the Dragon King's cold gaze, there was a hint of anger as he looked down at Asacreus with disdain.
“There is no reason. Do you think you would remember why an ant on the roadside provoked you?”
“I... simply find you unpleasant to look at.”
The Demon Emperor's brow tightened, and he looked at the Dragon King with a hollow smile.
“It seems the Dragon King does not intend to let this little ant go?”
The Demon Emperor slowly reached out, and a massive sword condensed from dark elements slowly emerged in his palm.
At the same time, the Dragon King's hand also slowly tightened, and a massive golden greatsword appeared out of thin air!
“I am not merciful enough to forgive anything because of an ant's plea!”
“Heh! As expected of the dragon race, your brain is no different from a lizard's!”
Upon hearing this, the Dragon King's golden vertical pupils twitched, and his figure instantly appeared before the Demon Emperor, raising his greatsword!
“Arrogant!”
A flash of shock crossed the Demon Emperor's eyes, but his movements did not slow down in the slightest.
He quickly raised the dark element greatsword in his hand, and the two massive blades collided.
Under the Demon Emperor's disbelieving gaze, the golden greatsword sliced through the black greatsword almost without resistance, heading straight for him.
In an instant, the Demon Emperor's figure abruptly vanished from the spot, turning into a cloud of black mist.
However, the griffin he sat upon did not have such an ability and was cleaved apart in that golden light!
Clang!
The crisp sound of metal scraping against bone rang out.
The griffin let out a tragic shriek, still trying to flap its wings to escape.
But missing half of its body, it could only plummet rapidly, eventually crashing into a pile of gore.
“Oh? You actually recognize a dragon sacred relic. It seems you are not completely stupid, a mere ant worth killing once.”
The Dragon King's gaze remained one of absolute disdain, while the Demon Emperor's expression was now extremely grave.
Facing the Dragon King, the strongest existence among the creatures of the continent.
Even if he were to face a feathered serpent alone, he would likely not fall behind.
However... the Demon Emperor's gaze slowly drifted to the Dragon King's right leg.
Although both sides were floating in mid-air, making it difficult to discern issues with the legs.
At this level of existence, even the slightest problem with the opponent's body would be instantly noticed.
Previously, he knew that a tentacle had injured the Dragon King once.
He just didn't know exactly where or how severe the injury was.
And now, though it was only a brief exchange, the Dragon King's right leg had clearly developed a problem.
Seeing this, a smile curled on the Demon Emperor's lips.
“It seems the Dragon King... is not very well-liked by that human Saintess?”
He reached out, and this time, instead of using dark elements to condense a sword, he pulled a metal greatsword from his storage space and looked toward the Dragon King.
Asfield, hearing these words, continued to stare at the Demon Emperor with an expressionless face.
“Does the Dragon King not know? That human Saintess's healing ability has already exceeded the limits of what a normal human should have. That is an ability that touches upon what you call the forbidden zone of life. Yet she did not heal your leg. Heh... it seems the so-called allied forces are not as united as they seem.”
The Demon Emperor's words were clearly a probe; he wanted to know if the Dragon King before him was at odds with that Saintess.
However, what responded to him was another strike from the Dragon King!
“Noisy!”
“It seems I've hit the mark!”
Demon Emperor Asacreus also showed no mercy, raising his sword to strike. The two greatswords collided with a boom.
A dull sound of clashing metal rang out.
Clang!
The shockwave from the collision caused a tremor in the air.
Between the two swords, a mist of white vapor instantly erupted.
That was the sonic boom shockwave created by two massive air pressures slamming together.
Clang, clang, clang...
The greatswords in their hands moved like phantoms in an instant, as neither the Dragon King nor the Demon Emperor held back.
Yet even so, the two even had the capacity to converse.
“A mere Dragon King who cannot even suppress a human Saintess... it seems the title of Dragon King has become useless.”
The Demon Emperor continued to defend against the Dragon King's attacks while simultaneously probing his thoughts.
However, Asacreus's plan did not provoke the Dragon King.
He could clearly feel that the greatsword in the Dragon King's hand did not tremble once during the exchanges.
Though it sounded somewhat mystical, fluctuations in one's mind would often manifest in subtle physical movements.
In such a high-speed clashing state, if the Dragon King's heart wavered even slightly, the force transmitted by the golden greatsword would be slightly different.
Yet Asacreus could not feel a single tremor from the Dragon King's blade.
Clearly, the Dragon King was not moved in the slightest by these words.
“As expected of the Dragon King. It seems words will not move you.”
The Demon Emperor's expression grew even darker as his gaze turned toward the ground.
Previously, he was worried whether his ground forces, lacking top-tier power, could normally resist the charge of the human knights. But now, he suddenly wasn't worried.
The original charging knights numbered at least thirty or forty thousand.
But now, the ground was covered in knight armor and bones.
Although most were horse bones with some leftover horse meat and almost no human remains could be seen.
Asacreus knew clearly that in such a large-scale battle.
It was almost impossible to limit the demons' greed for human flesh.
Seeing this, Asacreus was no longer in a hurry.
The ground forces were so dominant, and the surrounding reinforcements were at most half an hour away.
Before long, once the two wings of the army arrived, these remaining knights could only obediently become food in the mouths of the demons!
'It seems I should do my best to stall the Dragon King. As long as I can keep the dragons from supporting the ground knights, the outcome is decided!'
Thinking of this, a faint sense of unease suddenly rose in Asacreus's heart.
It felt as if he had overlooked something important.
Instinctively, his gaze turned toward the ground, in the direction of the human forces.
Toward that incredibly conspicuous Saint's Carriage.
The human Saintess, the woman he hated to the bone, the one he wished he could pin beneath him right now and make her scream—Luo Li Saint Sariel.
'Why is she still so calm? Can she not see that the battle is already decided?'
Instinctively, Asacreus's gaze began to look for what was out of place, searching for the reason this Saintess could remain so calm.
But before he could see clearly, a cold sensation suddenly flashed across his chest.
“To lose focus while fighting me... you truly have no wish to live!”
Splat!
The sound of flesh being torn rang in his ears.
The Demon Emperor instinctively looked down at his own chest.
In top-tier combat, any momentary distraction was fatal.
And he... because he was too focused on the Luo Li below, had lost his concentration on the battle.
The Dragon King instantly seized the opening, and a massive gash was opened across the Demon Emperor's chest.
If he hadn't instinctively taken a step back, that strike would have been enough to cut him in half!
“Oh... hiss... the Dragon King truly shows no mercy, does he?”
The Demon Emperor's expression darkened even further. He reached up to touch his chest. If his true form were not this physical body.
That strike alone would have likely caused him to lose most of his combat power.
For a normal creature, this strike would have torn through the chest muscles and caused them to lose most of their strength.
Fortunately, he was not a normal person!
Under Asfield's gaze, countless tiny tentacles suddenly wriggled out from the wound on Demon Emperor Asacreus's chest.
These tentacles crawled along the edges of the wound, slowly pulling the gash back together and sealing it.
And then... his wound healed just like that.
“Heh, Demon Emperor, you truly aren't human. Your true form is quite unsightly.”
The Dragon King looked at the Demon Emperor with contempt, while the Demon Emperor merely wore a smile.
“What exactly are you planning? What devious scheme has that cunning human Saintess come up with this time?”
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