In their own words, the Dragons' leveling up was an improvement in their natural talents brought about by natural selection. In the eyes of mages, it was a type of specific evolution that started from within their genes … Perhaps a more crude way of describing it would be the most practical.
"Go back to your mother's womb and reconstruct yourself."
This was a type of choice. Naturally, there would be an improvement, as well as a regression.
After leveling up, the Dragons would fight as if they were a completely different dragon. However, most situations were still predictable.
The great majority of leveling up would strengthen their strengths and make up for their weaknesses. And for Dragons, who had no weaknesses to begin with, strengthening their strengths would be the most obvious.
"What type of leveling up will Little Red choose?"
Even if I didn't ask her, I could faintly guess that this was directly related to her personal talent.
Dragons' physical combat and magical abilities would improve as they grew older. This unique advantage of their species also made them lack the motivation to work hard at cultivation.
"I've spent more than one hundred years painstakingly studying magic, but the amount of magical knowledge I've obtained is less than two hundred years worth of mana just by taking a nap and sleeping. Why am I working so hard?"
The world had always been unfair. Some races had individuals that were born weak and had short lifespans. They needed to pass down their legacies and cultivate to become stronger. Some races were born at the top of the food chain, but they naturally lost the spirit to improve.
However, Little Red was somewhat different.
Ein Mezus, Veron's Destroyer, Immemorial Red Dragon, Dragon Queen, and Wind and Fire Dual Element Grandmaster. She seemed to be well-versed in both the pen and the sword, but it was actually quite obvious that she was a Dragon.
The Dragons' martial arts techniques … Wing Sweep, Tail Sweep, Sharp Fangs and Claws, and at worst, Vicious Dog Pounce and Lazy Donkey Roll. Calling them martial arts techniques would probably make other species' warriors want to cry.
But with their species' natural talents of great physical strength, even other species' Sword Saints might not be able to defeat them. After all, martial arts techniques were essentially techniques that used the physical body. If the difference in physical strength was too great for martial arts techniques to make up for, then no amount of training would be of any use.
Techniques needed to be inherited and practiced in actual combat. Dragons' martial arts techniques relied more on their natural talents, which naturally wouldn't be enough to satisfy Little Red, who desperately needed power to complete her revenge.
Little Red was able to defeat Molly, who was much older than her, in melee combat due to her rogue-like equipment and the advantages of being young and energetic. But looking at it from a melee combat standpoint, Little Red was no different from other dragons who relied on their natural talents. Even though Red Dragons were considered combat experts among dragons, there was still no foundational difference between Little Red and Molly. The only difference was that Red Dragons had faster reactions, sharper claws, and thicker skin.
This was also the foundational reason why giants of the same power level would always be able to defeat dragons. Since there was not much of a difference in physical conditions, humanoid creatures that used tools, techniques, and brains to fight had an obvious advantage over beasts that relied on their instincts.
Of course, as the Dragons grew older, these small problems would no longer be a problem. Moreover, the advancement of the Dragons would also make their already ridiculous bodies even more ridiculous, which could be considered as forcefully making up for their flaws.
Little Red had never had the habit of sleeping in and waiting to become stronger. She spent all her time and energy on wind and fire magic.
Fire magic was the foundational magic of red dragons. Red dragons were born as the strongest fire-type creatures in all of Eich's mortal planes. Red dragons were also capable of increasing their magic power in their sleep. However, not only did red dragons have no advantage when it came to wind-type magic, their powerful fire-type magic would also affect their control over wind-type magic. It was likely that red dragons would have to spend several times more effort to reach the standard of other species.
Very few people knew that Little Red's fire magic had faintly reached the level of Myth-ranked human mages. Not only that, her wind magic was even higher than that. In the Mage Country, Little Red would also be able to reach the level of a Truth Symposium mage with the advantage of dual cultivation. Plus, Little Red's mana reserves far surpassed that of ordinary human mages by several dozen times.
Out of the four elements, one plus one would be greater than three when used together. Wind and fire magic were both experts in arson. If Little Red used a forbidden spell with both elements, it would basically be an unsalvageable super forbidden spell.
I thought that Little Red didn't have many opportunities to cast spells because her dual cultivation magic was far too destructive. If she wasn't careful, then Sulfur Mountain City would be burned down. At the very least, when we were adventuring, we often had to run away in the middle of the night because of the fires she caused.
During our adventuring, Little Red's area-of-effect attack power far surpassed everyone else's. She was a true large-scale killing machine … and she also helped me and Adam a lot. There was no helping it, as we were supposed to be meat shields. In real life, there was no such thing as "teammate protection". The frontliners would always be the ones taking fire from both sides.
The seemingly young Fire Dragon opened her mouth and spat out a dark-red fireball with a hint of gold. This round fireball seemed to be physical, and it seemed like a rolling red bead as it flew through the air.
Although it seemed small and exquisite, the energy contained within it far surpassed that of any mortal mage's highest-level ninth-circle spell.
* Shing! *
The twisted cursed creature acted as a expendable meat shield in front of the fireball. However, the fireball silently pierced through it. The equally powerful twisted creature didn't even get a chance to scream before it was directly pierced through.
This seemingly cute and harmless fireball didn't seem to receive any resistance at all. It continued to approach Lasnina at a seemingly slow speed.
Blood-red liquid dripped down from Lasnina's eyes. Lasnina raised her head and opened her eyes, which had now become two empty sockets. She opened her mouth and screamed soundlessly.
The next instant, the entire world began to shake as if countless banshees were singing death cries right next to my ears.
Numerous cursed creatures jumped out of dimensional cracks. These disgusting and smelly creatures piled up into a disgusting mountain of flesh.
"If one isn't enough, then let's use even more."
Although this was quite a simple way of thinking, it was quite effective most of the time. Using cannon fodder to exhaust the enemy's magic was already a common tactic. As long as there was enough cannon fodder, even the strongest incantation or magic would be exhausted.
As expected, the round fireball pierced through another cursed creature, then two … and finally shattered when it reached the seventh cursed creature. And then …
* Boom! *
After a thunderous explosion, it was as if a volcano was erupting.
Sparks flew several hundred meters high and were quite eye-catching. However, the thunderstorm and chain lightning mixed within were even more fatal and dangerous.
Large numbers of cursed creatures were either roasted into black ash or electrocuted to death. They all died in large numbers.
This seemingly simple fireball was actually a composite forbidden spell that had been repeatedly compressed and accumulated. Judging from the power of this attack alone, Little Red hadn't failed in her attempt to level up!
However, Lasnina smiled cruelly. No matter how powerful this attack was, even if more than half of her summoned creatures had been sacrificed, it had at least managed to stop her.
The next instant, however, her smile froze over …
The little red dragon opened its mouth and spat out a small fireball that was exactly the same as the previous one …
Before Lasnina could summon another meat shield, Little Red took another deep breath and spat out another fireball, two fireballs, three fireballs … ten fireballs, one hundred fireballs …
By the time Little Red finally stopped with smoke coming out of her mouth, there were already several thousand fireballs in the sky! Just like a swarm of bees, the fireballs seemed slow but were actually quite fast as they chased after Lasnina.
And then … there was no "and then" … Lasnina was completely unable to use teleportation magic to escape due to the restrictions of Harloys' Dimensional Anchor spell. When the swarm of fireballs caught up to Lasnina's target, countless explosions filled Lasnina's eyes of despair.
If Lasnina's earlier curse had been shaking the world, then Little Red's chain of fireballs would have been destroying the world. Moments later, when the smoke and thunder dissipated, only a pitch-black spatial crack remained. The scene outside the crack was nothing but endless darkness and nothingness.
Even the Chaos Abyss, which was famed for its sturdiness, was unable to withstand such a furious bombardment.
Even if Conservation had revealed information about me, it would be impossible for her to have information about Harloys and the newly evolved Little Red.
"Where's Lasnina? Did she go back and revive already? "
The next instant, a snake blade extended from the spatial crack and answered my question.
* Clang! *
A sneak attack would be meaningless against me. After our swords clashed, I discovered to my delight that my opponent was weakened.
I let go of my right hand and grabbed my sword with my left hand. I pulled and pulled, and a black item was pulled out. The Devil Lord that had been hiding in the darkness was pulled out as if she was fishing a fish.
Her current appearance was quite unsightly. Only half of her body remained, and more than half of her head remained. She had lost both hands, and her snake blade was only wrapped around her arm.
But at this moment, those empty eye sockets were still glaring at me. The hatred and hatred in them were endless.
Kill me, and then I'll come back for revenge … This was a resolute will that didn't need to be doubted. It was also the most disgusting part about devils and demons.
"What are you looking at? If you keep looking, keep looking, and I'll drink you up."
But how could I possibly give such a difficult opponent a second chance?
Perhaps I was only a low-level mage, but I had a very, very high-level magic that I was probably the best at in the world. And, this magic was the natural enemy of all existences that were indestructible.
"Seal of the Four Elements …"
The mana in my right hand was pure Ice Elemental Power. However, after some adjustments, it transformed into the Elemental Power of Water.
Little Red Dragon opened her mouth wide. The crimson magic array and the cyan magic array brought about the Elemental Power of Wind and Elemental Power of Fire.
As for the final Elemental Power of Earth, Harloys, who was an all-element mage, would provide me with that.
Naturally, there was a huge difference in difficulty between a single boss and a group boss.
"… Sleep for me until the next, the next, and the next century."
The four Elemental Power's Elemental Power was connected to each other. Thousands of mana threads connected to each other, and the balance of the elements reached a state of harmony.
Lasnina had an expression of disbelief as the four Elemental Powers devoured her, and the dimensional crack in the world began to close.
The Seal of the Four Elements, which had been improved over and over again, had already surpassed the Creator Goddess' original version. It was likely that even until the next century, the Devil Lord's throne would still be empty.
The next second, all the Devil Lords were either astonished or terrified. They instinctively sensed that the Lord of Curses' throne would be empty for an extended period of time.
"Lasnina? She disappeared? "
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