Originally quite foolish, now even more so.
He was just about to speak when suddenly his expression changed, and his dark golden vertical pupils contracted into a thin line.
Immediately, the entire lava pool began to churn as if boiling.
"Damn it, something's coming."
Before his words were finished, the center of the lava pool suddenly swelled up into a massive vortex, and a crimson behemoth emerged from the lava.
The splashing lava pounded against the rock walls like raindrops, making a hissing corrosive sound.
The creature resembled a giant turtle but had a dragon's head and snake's tail, with its back covered in sharp bone spikes, each gleaming with a chilling glow.
"Is that... a Dragon Turtle?"
Malachi Arcanus gasped, his body swaying on the withered tree, afraid of falling.
Mael Valerius's expression was extremely grim as he frowned, "No, this is an Abyssal Flame Turtle!"
