Beneath the Red Dragon

It was like the mixture of golden and brown liquid softened in a blacksmith’s forge, dripping and flowing into the seawater.

"Such a laughable dragon, the price of arrogance is death," the female Golden Dragon Naloya used the power of magic to bind the body of the Ancestral Golden Dragon Erikson within her embrace.

The Ancestral Golden Dragon Erikson, wounded internally by the Shadow Dragon, wasn’t gravely injured, but the intense humiliation rendered this Golden Dragon’s spirit nearly lifeless, with none of its former majesty remaining.

Even the loss of his dragon horns, the most important aesthetic for a male dragon, couldn’t stir any reaction from him.

"Wake up, pull yourself together, Erikson, that arrogant dragon has been defeated, your revenge has been taken," the female Golden Dragon Naloya showed compassion on her face, glaring hatefully at that massive passage several times.

"Keep those three dragons there, I will return the humiliation I suffered back to them," the golden eyes of the Ancestral Golden Dragon Erikson finally lit up.

He looked over to see the Adult Silver Dragon Chris and Gross, the three dragons were being encircled by his loyal lackeys – the Cloud Giants.

"Very good," the Ancestral Golden Dragon Erikson bared his sharp white fangs in a sinister grin and said, "I will show them the true meaning of humiliation!"

"Leave here, Erikson," the Legendary Golden Dragon Nasuye descended, standing beside his son, and the Storm Titan Dalia also arrived, her expression serious as she warned, "He is not dead, look!"

The Storm Titan Dalia pointed to a hill, unremarkable, with no residual power, and no trace of the Shadow Dragon to be seen.

But a cold chill rapidly spread from the spines of these dragons to the top of their skulls.

Because this teetering hill, under the moonlight’s illumination, cast no shadow of its own.

A foreboding feeling loomed over the hearts of these creatures.

Especially as the cavalier laughter began to echo when the night wind blew.

"You all, truly disappoint me greatly!"

The ground was smooth, but shadows began to gather, like a dark tide starting to flow across the earth, coalescing into a mass.

The dragon’s head first emerged from the shadow, then its body, its wings, its tail, and finally its four claws.

Buzz,

Two crimson glows rekindled in the hollow eye sockets of this Shadow Dragon, representing shadow and darkness, once again cloaking the earth.

The Legendary Mature Golden Dragon Nasuye’s golden eyes were resplendent, dazzling, as the deep sound of Dragon Language echoed, laden with his deep confusion and bewilderment, "What kind of power is this? Even a legendary being should not survive such an attack!"

The Shadow Dragon folded its enormous wings, appearing as if a person stood with hands clasped behind their back, it raised its head, four pairs of dragon horns twisting as if alive.

"Matter does not perish, only shatters; energy does not perish, only transfers,"

"Karon Gogomola may have grasped this concept, but limited by his material body, he could only master the conservation of energy, but I am different,"

The Shadow Dragon laughed wildly, "The wisdom he left behind is my wisdom, I simultaneously mastered the conservation of matter and energy, you cannot defeat me with mere brute force."

"The scale of your power is much more vast than the newborn me, but unfortunately, I am a product of the rules, as long as shadows exist, I exist,"

The Shadow Dragon raised its claw, making a motion as if lightly grasping something, reaching toward the Storm Titan.

"Roar,"

The Legendary Golden Dragon Nasuye opened its jaws, brilliant electricity and fire coexisting, transforming into an unparalleled Dragon Breath bursting forth.

But the Dragon Breath of the Legendary Golden Dragon existed in the Material Plane, while the claw of the Shadow Dragon traversed and leaped through the Shadow Plane which did not intersect, at that moment reaching into the chest of the Legendary Golden Dragon Nasuye.

Pop,

With a light sound, the expression of the Legendary Golden Dragon Nasuye suddenly faltered, a fierce and strong Golden Dragon at this moment could no longer rely on itself to remain suspended in the air, falling directly to the ground.

Luckily, the Storm Titan Dalia caught her partner in time, but a chill had already enveloped her.

For a golden-red dazzling heart was beating rhythmically in the hand of the Shadow Dragon.

Thump, thump, thump.

This golden-red heart quickly turned black by the claw of the Shadow Dragon, finally extinguishing in its grasp.

"You have more potential than your dame, this is just a lesson for you, Nasuye, in the future, your title should be changed, what Golden Monarch, I am not as generous as Karon Gogomola,"

The Shadow Dragon laughed madly, spreading its claws once again toward the Storm Titan whose blood was nearly frozen solid, cold Dragon Language blossomed from its mouth: "Ten Thousand Chaos Destruction!"

The whole world turned dark, the white clouds in the sky returned to a color full of dark clouds, as if the Shadow Dragon had reclaimed all the darkness and shadow of this world.

But beneath this multitude of shadows twisted densely packed, vine-like magic runes, each rune akin to the existence of shadows, continuous, traversing the void, descending upon the Storm Titan Dalia.

The glossy light of the golden armor on the Storm Titan Dalia’s body could not block the pervasive shadows from all directions, and the raging thunderbolts also passed through these shadows as if they were just air.