Deep within the stone grotto's hall.
Luo Shu looked at the figure, similar yet different, that closely resembled him and couldn't help but frown.
Although the appearance was somewhat close and very similar at first glance, the feeling in terms of Spiritual Power and energy was completely different.
And this resemblance, for Luo Shu, besides evoking distaste, brought more of a certain premonition regarding fate.
"Although the appearance is similar to mine, the concepts filling the interior are completely different things..."
"And this familiar feeling..."
"A dragon species?"
With just a glance, Luo Shu determined the types of concepts the replica before him possessed.
It was not the calamity possessed by the Child of Apocalypse, but the dragonic nature unique to the True Dragon Sorcerer!
In other words, although the copy before him imitated his appearance and aura, its inner essence was actually a dragon—a dragon disguised as Luo Shu.
Realising this, Luo Shu vaguely thought of a possibility.
He turned his head, looked around, and found no treasure vault door or anything similar. Then, he raised his head and looked at the ceiling. Sure enough, he spotted a circular portal adorned with a true dragon pattern.
"Is this the so-called pie falling from the sky?"
With a mocking sneer, Luo Shu shook his head, then simply took off his outer coat, revealing the plain sportswear underneath.
Then, he stored the coat in the Mist Ring, narrowed his eyes, and scrutinised the copy ahead.
"Assuming my guess isn't wrong..."
"The treasure above is fake, right? Or simply a decoy."
"The so-called Class inheritance has actually always been on you, the guardian—a Demigod Rank dragon species, correct?"
The guardian opposite did not respond, maintaining an expressionless demeanour, head lowered and motionless, like a true puppet.
"Not going to answer?"
Seeing this reaction, Luo Shu wasn't surprised. He merely flexed his fingers, and as they moved, dense black-red lightning appeared, emitting a low hum:
"Then, I'll change my method of inquiry."
The moment his words fell—
Boom—!
The black-red lightning abruptly exploded, thundering through the hall.
Above the copy's head, a flesh palm entwined with black-red lightning quietly appeared, seemingly slow but actually swift, and ruthlessly descended!!
In that split second, as if something had been activated,
The grey-white copy suddenly raised its head, golden and red fiery light beginning to gleam in its eyes.
At the same time, the copy sharply bent its arm, blocking from a distance.
Boom—!!
The palm striking through the air and the blocking arm collided half a metre apart.
The black-red lightning crackled and popped in that instant, fine electric sparks instantly eroding most of the hall, leaving twisted cracks on the ground.
"You can move after all?"
Using the casually struck Concept Entanglement as a greeting, Luo Shu, who had acted thus, looked at the copy's grave expression and curled his lips into a pleased arc:
"Now, is your mind clear?"
Hearing this, the ground beneath the guardian's feet suddenly exploded, its feet sinking deep into the floor, knees bending slightly.
Clearly, someone had added some fuel to the evenly matched greeting.
Faced with such a situation, the guardian finally spoke:
"Cease, unknown Demigod."
"The True Dragon's inheritance holds no treasure you require!"
Hearing the aged voice coming from a face eighty to ninety percent similar to his own, Luo Shu found it rather amusing:
"You're right, I truly don't need the treasures here."
Hearing this statement, the guardian fell silent for a moment, then asked:
"Then why obstruct me?"
"No particular reason."
The smile on Luo Shu's face gradually faded, his ink-black eyes reflecting the guardian's solemn expression:
"I just feel that things that aren't needed would be better off not existing at all."
Hearing this, the guardian's expression darkened, his tone filled with threat as he said:
"So that's it. Your goal is to destroy the inheritance left by the True Dragon?"
"Then there's no need for further words!"
As the words fell, the guardian's figure suddenly began to swell, rapidly transforming into a greyish-white, lizard-like giant beast within microseconds.
However, unlike the previously expanded dozens-of-metres-tall giant beast, this time the dragon species the guardian transformed into was only 3 metres tall.
Streamlined yet powerful limbs, a lizard-like body, menacing fleshy wings, and a savage aura.
The dragon-human hybrid monster, after manifesting, unhesitatingly stepped forward and twisted its body, swinging the dragon tail wrapped in black and red lightning directly at Luo Shu's head.
Facing such an attack, Luo Shu remained unruffled, simply raising his hand and throwing a punch.
Fist and tail collided half a metre apart, producing an explosive roar like a missile detonation!!
...
Outside the stone grotto.
Watching the human and dragon, fist against tail, foot against claw, colliding hundreds of times per second in their high-speed offensive and defensive exchanges, every sorcerer who witnessed this scene was struck dumb with amazement.
Gazing at the hall, almost enveloped by black and red lightning, as if placed beneath a thunderstorm cloud.
Evangeline felt for the first time that she should consider leaving the British Union and finding a place to retire.
"You've got to be kidding me. That kind of attack really is just a casual strike?"
"I can't see their movements at all, or rather, the only thing visible is when they clash together..."
Krul covered her right eye, beginning to doubt the American Union's intentions.
Sending her to compete with such monsters for the True Dragon Legacy - were they deliberately sending her to her death?
At this moment, Kazuma Yagami, observing through wind elements, clicked his tongue and said:
"They've broken the sound barrier with their physical bodies. At least four times, and still increasing. Tch... Demigods really are monsters."
Jun Tao, who couldn't see the battle situation at all, felt quite frustrated, so much so that she couldn't help but glance at Ryōko Yakushiji, who also wore a numb expression:
"So, Yakushiji, can you perform that move?"
"The rolling away one..."
'Could you please not bring that up...' Ryōko Yakushiji was completely exasperated. 'I hired you, Jun Tao, as a bodyguard, not to provoke me.'
"So the dragon wasn't going all out from the start... And he could actually communicate too..."
Giada, who had already recovered her complete form, scratched her head and said somewhat gloomily:
"This feeling of weakness is really unpleasant!!"
Just as everyone was astonished by the Demigod battle.
At the centre of the battlefield.
Luo Shu, having torn off the dragon's tail, casually tossed it aside, cracked his neck, and said to the dragonified guardian opposite him:
"Shouldn't the warm-up be about over?"
"Aren't you going to show it?"
"Your ability!!"
Hearing this, the guardian fell silent for a moment, then revealed a ferocious smile:
"My thoughts exactly!!!"