Free Web NovelChapter 299: Chapter 297: Flame Dragon
"ROAR..."
Following the dragon’s cry, an extremely high-pitched beastly roar echoed from the central region of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
It seemed to be a show of force against the dragon’s cry.
It was a Beast King.
After the first Beast King roared, several other Beast Kings followed suit.
Throughout Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, countless Demon Beasts shrieked and roared.
The sound shook the heavens.
Jiang Chen’s expression, in particular, grew grave.
The Celestial Brown Ridge Python trembled in fear.
"SCREE..."
Another dragon cry rang out.
Immediately, the earth began to crack open, and plants and trees tumbled into the fissures.
Before Jiang Chen’s eyes, the once relatively flat ground slowly buckled upward, forming a massive mound. freēwebnovel.com
Rocks, stones, and vegetation rumbled and slid down its sides.
From within the cracks, crimson light pulsed, radiating waves of heat.
It was as if a volcano was about to erupt.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP...
Jiang Chen retreated continuously.
The Celestial Brown Ridge Python shivered uncontrollably. In Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, a Beast King was a supreme existence.
All Demon Beasts had to submit to a Beast King.
Naturally, the Celestial Brown Ridge Python was no exception and had to show deference.
But now, following Jiang Chen, it had retreated a great distance.
If not for Jiang Chen’s presence, it would have already turned and fled.
"BOOM..."
Suddenly, with a muffled explosion, soil cascaded down as a brilliant crimson light shot out from a spot on the abruptly formed mound.
Billowing heat waves rolled out, causing nearby plants to instantly combust and turn to ash.
At the same time, within that red glow, pieces of red Scale Armor appeared.
They looked like iron plates heated until they were red-hot.
A flicker of uncertainty crossed Jiang Chen’s eyes.
He didn’t know if he should flee or not.
Although he had been nearly invincible in his past life, in this one, he was still very weak.
He had a faint idea of what was about to emerge.
’A Flame Dragon. It must be a Flame Dragon,’
Jiang Chen muttered to himself.
The Flame Dragon was a descendant of dragons.
While not a pure-blooded descendant, its bloodline contained a small amount of Divine Dragon blood.
Jiang Chen knew this well.
From the aura the Flame Dragon emanated from underground, he could tell this Demon Beast was at least in the Martial Arts Realm.
With his current strength, he would have to flee even if he encountered a Martial King Expert.
Let alone a Demon Beast with Martial Arts Cultivation, a level above the Martial King Realm.
He could only flee at the mere sight of it.
"SCREE..."
Another dragon cry.
"RUMBLE..."
The great mound finally began to collapse.
Something was about to break through the earth.
"PFFT!"
At the peak, a ferocious, blood-red head slowly emerged.
It possessed a pair of eyeballs as fiery red as the sun.
Flames flickered within its eyes from time to time.
Atop its head were two enormous Dragon Horns, reaching for the sky.
As the dirt continued to fall away, the monster finally revealed its true form.
"SHAKE..."
The monster shook its body, sending dirt flying everywhere.
Dust filled the air.
After the dust settled, Jiang Chen saw a monster that was blood-red from head to toe, its entire body wreathed in flames.
It was dozens of meters long, with four huge, sharp claws beneath it, brandished menacingly and looking utterly terrifying.
’It really is a Flame Dragon.’
Jiang Chen took a deep breath. He and the Celestial Brown Ridge Python, one man and one snake, lay hidden behind the trees, watching the Flame Dragon with trepidation.
The Flame Dragon stood on all fours, a savage glint in its eyes.
Its body, dozens of feet tall, swayed slightly as if it were stretching its muscles.
"SCREE..."
It had finally been born into the world.
It immediately let out an even longer, more ancient dragon cry that echoed across all of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
The next moment.
"ROAR..."
Countless Demon Beasts roared toward the Flame Dragon, answering the call of this new Beast King.
Even in the central area of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, the other Beast Kings roared back.
But when the Flame Dragon heard the roars of the other Beast Kings, its eyes flashed with fiery flames, its fighting spirit surging.
"I, the Flame Dragon, have arrived."
"The title of king of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain shall be mine."
He suddenly opened his mouth and spoke to the sky in a human voice.
In fact, once a Demon Beast’s cultivation reached the Martial King Realm, it could learn to speak.
They could even change their form.
Then, very quickly, the Flame Dragon’s gaze fell upon Yuan Xi’s corpse, which lay before him.
He lowered his head, moving his enormous skull closer to Yuan Xi’s body.
He swallowed him in one gulp.
"Ptooey!"
Then, he opened his mouth and spat Yuan Xi’s corpse back out.
"Disgusting."
"Damned humans. Why are they so ugly, and why does their meat taste so bad?"
He complained, seemingly angered by how awful human flesh tasted.
"SPLAT!"
Whether intentional or not, the Flame Dragon spat Yuan Xi’s corpse out, and it landed right in front of Jiang Chen.
THUMP.
In that instant, Jiang Chen’s heart hammered in his chest.
He glanced at Yuan Xi’s corpse in horror. He knew the Flame Dragon had discovered him and the Celestial Brown Ridge Python.
’It found us.’
Jiang Chen gave a bitter smile. In truth, he was well aware that with the Flame Dragon’s cultivation being at the Martial Arts Realm or higher, discovering him was as easy as flipping its hand.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the Flame Dragon.
Its fifty to sixty-meter-long body, supported by four legs as thick as pillars, towered dozens of feet high, like a small, winding mountain peak.
It was so terrifying that the very thought of resistance was extinguished.
At the same time, the Flame Dragon also widened its fiery-red eyes and stared at Jiang Chen.
His eyes were filled with mockery.
It seemed he regarded Jiang Chen as a mere toy.
Jiang Chen’s expression shifted slightly. It was too late to escape.
The Celestial Brown Ridge Python, meanwhile, remained prostrated on the ground, not daring to lift its head, not even daring to look at the Flame Dragon.
Its fear of the Flame Dragon was palpable.
The Flame Dragon stared at Jiang Chen and the Celestial Brown Ridge Python, then suddenly lifted one of his enormous, mountain-like claws.
He took a step forward.
"BOOM..."
The Flame Dragon’s claw seemed to land lightly, but the moment it touched down, it produced a deafening roar. freēwēbnovel.com
The ground itself trembled from the impact.
That claw appeared before Jiang Chen, impossibly huge.
It was covered in Scale Armor and wreathed in tendrils of flame.
The scorching temperature made Jiang Chen’s entire body ache.
’Fire Acceleration Technique.’
Suddenly, a thought struck Jiang Chen. He hurriedly executed a Cultivation Technique called the Fire Acceleration Technique to resist the intense heat from the Flame Dragon.
If he didn’t absorb this high temperature, he would be burned to a crisp by the flames on the Flame Dragon’s body.
’Duel the Flame Dragon? What a joke.’
A single swipe of its claw could kill him.
Jiang Chen could only defend passively, not daring to provoke the Flame Dragon in its current state.
"WHOOSH WHOOSH..."
Streams of heat flowed into Jiang Chen’s body, where they were absorbed by his Blazing Fire Technique and converted into Cultivation Power.
This kept him from being cooked alive.
"Heh heh, a weak little ant."
"And you dare to appear before me."
"If not for the fact that damned human flesh is so disgusting, I might have made a snack out of you."
The Flame Dragon was still fuming about how bad human meat tasted.
He was utterly dismissive of Jiang Chen.
With that, he tilted his head back, ignoring Jiang Chen completely.
He muttered to himself, "It seems that only by devouring the Black Fire this time will I be able to break through to the Martial Emperor Realm."
"How I look forward to this Black Fire."
After speaking, the Flame Dragon’s body suddenly soared into the sky, not even giving Jiang Chen a second glance.
