Chapter 17: The Battle Between Strong Ones (Seeking Votes and Bookmarks)

  "Is this a dragon?" Li Junshan thought that compared to the Huaxia dragons from his original world, the black dragon looked much uglier. However, this didn't make him look down on the black dragon; just by looking at its body, Li Junshan had no doubt that it could tear apart any living being that blocked its path.

  The black dragon lay on the ground, a puddle of dark liquid seeping out from under its belly, staining a large area of the green stone floor beneath it black. A hundred meters away, a middle-aged magician with white robes and golden hair stood quietly on the back of a level-nine magical beast, the Golden-Eyed Demon Eagle. The eagle's left wing hung limply to the ground, dripping fresh blood, clearly also injured.

  On the left side of the black dragon, an old man in a grey robe stood, with disheveled hair and a face full of swagger, wearing a broadsword at his waist.

  "Xikui, the Black Dragon was discovered by me first. If you leave now, I guarantee not to harm you." The white-robed magician said in a cold voice without even lifting his head, and it wasn't clear how he did it, but his voice echoed through the mountains like thunder.

  "Fart." The old man in gray robes cursed as soon as he opened his mouth: "Laurate, why don't you go die? Aren't you afraid that the strong wind will cut off your tongue? You're just a saint of law, do I have to be afraid of you?" His voice was not smaller than the magician's.

  That magician named Lauraute sneered a few times and said, "Hikori, since you won't leave, I'm not to blame." The golden-eyed demon bird under him felt its master's anger, opened its mouth and let out a clear cry, spewing out clusters of black smoke that were emitting sparks.

  "Hmph." Hickory snorted a few times, raised an eyebrow and shouted loudly: "I'd like to see that, it's been over a decade since we last met, just how powerful is your magic now, Hickory?"

  "You will see." Laura raised her head, her eyes flashing with electricity as she gazed at the giants and dwarves, saying: "Just wait until I get rid of these despicable, ugly, inferior races, and you will definitely see."

  The Golden-eyed Devil Eagle turned its massive body, stretched out its neck and let out a loud angry cry. Immediately, a flame-like tongue shot out from its sharp beak, sweeping back and forth among the trembling giants and dwarves who were huddled together in fear. The valley was filled with the stench of burning flesh as the eerie cries continued to echo through the mountains.

  Those giants and dwarves who were crowded together scattered in all directions, and under the scorching flames that shot out, hundreds of them turned into moving fireballs in an instant. Just like the incendiary bombs exploding in the movie Li Junshan had seen in his past life, the flames spewed out by the Golden-eyed Demon Eagle engulfed those people as soon as they came into contact with even a thread of it, and no matter how hard they rolled around on the ground, they couldn't escape the raging inferno.

  At first, there were still people resisting. Those giants threw the thick stone pillars and tree trunks in their hands towards the Golden Eye Demon Carving. Unexpectedly, when they were thrown to about ten meters in front of it, they were blocked by an invisible transparent light wall. In an instant, more than 400 people were left with less than 100. The lucky ones who escaped the flames were in a mess, desperately running towards the outside of the mountain.

  "Want to run?" Magician Lauraute snorted, and he silently chanted a spell. A black cloud condensed in the air above the mountain pass, and with a lift of Lauraute's hand, dozens of lightning bolts as thick as an arm descended from the dark clouds, crackling incessantly like a waterfall, pouring down to devastate the valley entrance.

  Dozens of people running in the front were suddenly struck by lightning and turned into charcoal, others fled in all directions, lost their way, and ran towards Hei Long.

  Starting from the golden eyes of the beast, a stream of fire shot out, and then lightning magic was cast at the back. The black dragon's huge eyes seemed to be open but not quite, lying on the ground without moving. Seeing the panicked giants and dwarves running towards it, the black dragon opened its mouth and sprayed out a cloud of black mist, instantly enveloping those people within. When the black mist dispersed, there was only pus and blood on the ground, with no bones left intact.

  At this time, in the mountain valley, except for a field of charred corpses and a large pool of pus blood, there were only the magician, the war saint, and that black dragon.

  From head to toe, the war saint Hiko stood with a cold smile and his arms crossed on one side. Only when Laura cast her lightning magic and the black dragon sprayed out toxic fog did his expression change slightly, becoming solemn.

  Li Junshan was stunned, he only felt a cool air circulating from the tailbone to the back of his head, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat.

  Is this the magician? Law Saint!

  From his chanting of the magic spell to the release of those dozens of lightning bolts, Li Junshan estimated that it was less than thirty seconds. In such a short time, he could release such a terrifying lightning magic, not to mention the golden-eyed demon carving on his body that was comparable to a giant flamethrower.

  Next to him was a tiger-eyed Shikori, a war saint who looked utterly unafraid of the magician.

  But that black dragon was even more terrifying, casually spewing out a cloud of black mist, and in an instant it turned hundreds of giants and dwarves into a puddle of rotten blood. The corrosive power of the alien's blood was like the difference between a water gun and an AK compared to it.

  Li Junshan regretted it, a mess of regret, none of the three masters could handle him. The cat waist was about to climb onto the alien's body, suddenly, Li Junshan felt his whole body cold, as if he had been drenched in ice water from head to toe. Li Junshan turned around and saw that Laura's eyes were looking over at him.

  "Uh......" Certain that he couldn't see himself clearly in the thicket, Li Junshan quickly thought of a plan and imitated the dwarf's voice to groan.

  Perhaps he really believed that Li Junshan was a wounded dwarf who crawled to the valley, or perhaps the proud magician didn't care about his existence. Laurate withdrew her gaze and stared at Xikori.

  Li Junshan called out in pain, but didn't dare to move randomly. He hummed a few times with his mouth, and the strange creature retracted its four limbs, lying down beside him like a dog.

  "You can still leave now." Laura's voice was devoid of any emotional tone, slowly saying: "I won't pursue your irrationality and arrogance."

  "Just fight, why so much nonsense." Hickory's temper was obviously very explosive. As soon as his voice fell, Li Junshan didn't see him make any moves, but the broadsword appeared in Hickory's hand. With a swing of the broadsword, a yellow sword aura over half a meter wide and more than ten meters long slashed through the air, bringing with it scorching flames that dug a deep trench on the ground, shooting straight at Lauraite.

  Laura didn't dodge or evade, her eyes coldly staring at the huge sword tip, her mouth quietly chanting a magical spell.

  *silence*

  A loud crash, the sword's blade struck the magical shield outside Laura's body, the transparent magical shield and the sword's blade collided with each other, suddenly emitting a dazzling light.

  Heh…… The Golden-eyed Devil Eagle didn't idle around either, opening its beak to spew out a stream of flames that instantly reached Shikor's body. Shikori's body suddenly lit up with a dazzling yellow glow, as if he was wrapped in an eggshell, and the Golden-eyed Devil Eagle's flames didn't harm him at all.

  "I'll see how long your magic shield can last." Chikori shouted, and another fire-type Dou Qi sword slash went forward, making a piercing sound that cut through the air.

  Li Junshan's eyes were blazing with excitement, but suddenly he felt a darkness in his eyes. Before he knew it, a large patch of dark clouds had appeared above the mountain valley, and lightning was crackling within them.

  Rumble...

  A deafening thunderclap shook the heavens, and a bolt of lightning, more massive than the black dragon's body, tore through the sky and struck down.

  Xikeli didn't dodge, and with a clear shout, he raised the broadsword in his hand high into the air, striking out a sword aura to meet the thick lightning bolt. With a loud crash, the lightning disappeared, and Xikeli's body swayed slightly.

  Dark clouds began to flash with electricity again, Laura muttered to herself, brewing her next attack.

  It was clear that both sides' attacks were now aimed at breaking through each other's magical and Qi shields. The yellow sword edge, accompanied by flames, slashed horizontally and vertically, while lightning and tongues of fire alternated in a dazzling display, making Li Junshan's eyes spin with dizziness.

  "Calm down, calm down." Li Junshan's heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he told himself in his mind: "Calm down! Be low-key, I must be low-key from now on. This time was really too impulsive."

  Before long, Laura's magic shield could no longer withstand it, and controlling the powerful lightning magic attack while maintaining the magic shield, his magical power was clearly not inexhaustible. Along with Hikoro's next sword attack, the magic shield exploded with a loud noise, creating a visible wave of fluctuations that disappeared instantly.

  Xiqi was overjoyed and pounced into the air, his broadsword emitting a dazzling yellow light, like the sun stabbing towards Lautre.

  Laura's face didn't show any surprise, instead, her eyes seemed to hold a hint of mockery. Shikori, who was suspended in mid-air, felt a sense of unease rising up in his heart as he looked at her.

  Crack...

  In the dark clouds in the sky, countless fine lightning bolts like long arrows suddenly drilled out, thousands of them, slanting down to the middle of the air and hitting Xikou. Those small electric arrows gathered together in mid-air as if they were attracting each other, suddenly forming a thick and large electric arrow that struck straight down.

  "Eight-level magic, Lightning Arrow! Isn't he always casting Heavenly Thunder? Can he even instant-cast eighth-level magic now?" Shikori's heart skipped a beat in mid-air, and with a stiff movement, he halted his advance. He raised the broadsword in his hand, and its dazzling yellow blade edge swept through the air, meeting the astonishingly powerful Lightning Arrow head-on.

  Rumble...

  A loud voice echoed through the valley, and Chikori's body shook violently. The yellow aura surrounding his body was instantly dispersed by the lightning arrow. "Pffft!" Chikori spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

  "Bad luck." Laura thought calmly, but her mind was thinking: "The black dragon had a few exchanges with the golden-eyed demon eagle, consuming a lot of magic power and injuring the golden-eyed demon eagle. The black dragon is still watching from the side, can't keep wasting time like this with Shikori."

  "Kneel." Laura took advantage of Laura's injury, coldly shouting: "You are no match for me. I warn you for the last time, it's still possible to leave now."

  Laurate's complexion wasn't much better, the mage's contemplation had taken its toll on him, his naturally pale skin now a sickly white.

  "Fart." Xikeli's aura floated in mid-air, staring fiercely at Lauraite and said loudly: "Do you think you're fine? It's too early to say who wins or loses now."

  "This is the real fight between the strong in this world!" Li Junshan quietly hid in the dense thicket, a sigh of emotion.

  The battle is not over yet.

  As the Golden-eyed Devil Bird let out a clear cry and spat out a tongue of flame, Xikori also moved, holding up his broadsword to avoid the flames, then pounced towards the Lauter on the Golden-eyed Devil Bird's back.

  Laura darted to the side, hiding behind the golden-eyed eagle's raised wings, and loudly chanted obscure magical incantations.

  Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew through the valley, and the black dragon, which had been lying weakly as if on the verge of death, suddenly moved.

  The black dragon doesn't move, but once it does, it's earth-shattering!