After arriving at the ruins of the Smoking Sea, the purple dragon Balerion was the most agitated, as this truly was its former home. Everyone had ties to Valyria, but the purple dragon was perhaps the most sensitive to the ruins of Valyria.
"Could following Balerion lead us to the former lair of the Purple Dragon King Baelarys family?" Rhaegar wondered. This was possible, provided they first killed the repulsive sea monster.
Rhaegar saw a tall, twisted monster slowly surfacing above the sea. The ocean was filled with legends of sea monsters; they summoned storms and overturned large ships. The Summer Sea, the waters near the Iron Islands, and the seas near the North were full of such tales. Even the ruling family of the Iron Islands, House Greyjoy, used a sea monster as their family sigil. What they encountered now was the real deal.
This sea monster had two red eyes and exuded an evil aura. It had a red carapace and ten long tentacles. Due to the sea monster's large size, its slender tentacles were as big as carriage wheels. The blood sea monster was tens of meters in size, with part of its body submerged beneath the waves. When Rhaegar saw the sea monster, it resembled a giant squid. The type of sea monster Crow's Eye could warg into later on should be similar to this one, but the one Crow's Eye controlled only had one eye.
The dragon group instantly became alert, leaping up from the smoking reefs and soaring into the sky. The blood sea monster's tentacles unfurled, lashing out at the dragon group like vines. It seemed the sea monster harbored an innate malice towards dragons.
"Good fellow!" Rhaegar put away Orphan-Maker and began wielding the true dragon spear! An inch longer, an inch stronger.
"Servant of the Drowned God, sea monster, let me see what you can really do!" Rhaegar rode the silver dragon, manipulating the spear, ready to slay the sea monster!
"Dracarys!" The dragon group circled in the sky, spitting fireballs at the sea monster. Bright fireballs began exploding on the sea surface, and fire rain burned—gold, silver, black, red, purple-bronze. The seawater steamed, dispersing the nearby mist, and sparks hit the blood sea monster's carapace. The sea monster roared, attempting to flee. The waves of the sea shook, and whitecaps began to roll. This Dracarys was not easily extinguished; even on the water, it continued to burn fiercely, like oil.
The three dragons once again formed a triangular formation: the silver dragon, the purple dragon, and the black dragon, all incinerating the sea monster with flames.
Surging Dracarys exploded simultaneously onto the blood sea monster. However, because the temperature of the Smoking Sea ruins itself was high, the sea monster was adapted to this life, possessing thick skin and tough flesh. It actually managed to withstand the attack, enduring immense pain to fight the dragon group. Moreover, the sea monster was extremely cunning, sometimes submerging and sometimes resurfacing. When the blood sea monster attacked, its scarlet tentacles lashed out fiercely, quick as lightning.
"Dracarys!" Rhaegar noticed that the physical attacks of the sea monster's tentacles primarily consisted of lashing and coiling, similar to a giant python. The sea monster's whipping seemed capable of collapsing mountains. It was primarily a combination of speed and strength, making it difficult for ordinary ships to escape the sea monster's hunt!
The dragons' flames completely covered the sea surface, causing the seawater to steam. The sea monster cried out in pain from this saturated fire attack and tried to dive underwater! But it wasn't that easy. The black dragon flew over fiercely and bit off a section of the sea monster's tentacle. Scarlet blood stained the seawater, and the sea monster let out a terrifying shriek. Next, the sea monster lashed out with all its tentacles, beating the water boundlessly in all directions with fury!
The blood sea monster first lashed out at the purple dragon and the black dragon. When the purple dragon unleashed a full-power attack, spewing purple-bronze flames, the blood sea monster endured the pain and darted into the water. Moments later, it surged out amidst splashes, several tentacles striking simultaneously at the silver dragon and the Dragonrider. It wanted to knock down both the silver dragon and the Dragonrider! The sea monster lacked great intelligence, but its cunning was top-notch.
"Such speed!" Rhaegar saw the scarlet tentacles smashing down with the sound of wind and thunder. The soaking wet scarlet tentacles felt like the awakening of a Deep One, capable of splitting mountains and shattering stones. But Rhaegar did not fear. Rhaegar met the sea monster's attack, and faint bronze lights suddenly illuminated, appearing on Rhaegar's body and the Silver Emperor's scales. They blocked the attack. It was the power of runes, the rune shield!
The other two dragons also seized the opportunity, recklessly throwing black-red fireballs and purple-bronze fireballs down, which exploded on the blood sea monster and the nearby sea surface. The blood sea monster was startled and found it difficult to escape the protection of the three dragons for a while, so it attacked the silver dragon even more furiously. The sea monster sensed that the silver dragon was the leader and posed the greatest danger.
"Dracarys!" Rhaegar commanded the dragon group to breathe fire, and then he rode the silver dragon, flying close to the blood sea monster. The dragon group first soared high into the sky, then dove down.
"This is the moment!" Rhaegar raised the treasure of the Baelarys family, the Valyrian steel spear, true dragon spear. The tail end of the true dragon spear was a roaring black dragon, the spear shaft was as black as smoke, and the spear blade emerged from the mouth of a purple-gold dragon, with red and black ripples on the blade. The dragon's eyes were two purple gems.
Rhaegar wielded the spear, aiming for the blood sea monster's eye. The blood sea monster was terrified but could not completely evade the fatal blow. The spear was irresistible; the sea monster let out a painful wail, having avoided the killing strike, but the area above its eye had been sliced open by the sharp blade, and blood gushed out.
The blood sea monster's mournful wail became a loud lament, audible across the entire ocean. The sea monster looked at Rhaegar venomously, then opened its mouth, and its imposing figure seemed somewhat dispirited. A gray mist spread out, representing decay, death, and despair. This was the philosophy revered by the Ironborn: slaughter, plunder, gray and white. This sea monster seemed to possess the profound blessing of the Drowned God.
Rhaegar raised the true dragon spear, and raging flames appeared on the spear, the deep blue flames condensing into a large shield. The purple dragon on the true dragon spear also seemed to come alive, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, lifelike. Rhaegar's flames and runes formed the shape of a bronze shield, and beneath the flame shield, the gray mist began to slowly dissipate!
"Does this aura represent death?" Rhaegar felt the terror of the gray mist; it could completely plunder a person's vitality, making them age rapidly or even fall into a death-like sleep. This aura was not the same as the Others from the North; this gray mist merely stole life but did not cultivate Others. It smelled of the ancient Drowned God. Perhaps all the sea monsters worldwide were under his control.
After unleashing the gray mist, the blood sea monster sensed that the tide had turned against it. It furiously thrashed its tentacles, and huge waves surprisingly rose on the sea surface, threatening to engulf the dragon group and Rhaegar. The blood sea monster intended to seize the chance to escape this dangerous battle.
"Trying to run!" Rhaegar smiled. "Water Magic, I know that too!" Rhaegar also began summoning Water Magic. While not as terrifying as the blood sea monster's, it still managed to push the blood sea monster slightly upward amidst the waves.
After spewing the gray mist and summoning the waves, the blood sea monster's aura significantly weakened; it seemed truly at the end of its rope. The dragon group swarmed over, hunting it like a pack of wolves. Dragons intensely disliked sea monsters.
The dragon group tore apart the blood sea monster's corpse together, scattering flesh and blood. They then dragged it to a nearby rocky islet, where the dragons breathed fire, slowly roasting the sea monster's meat. The dragon group was eager to share and consume this sea monster—a massive blood sea monster, making for good dragon food. Rhaegar also burned the meat with fire to ensure it was clean and safe to eat.
[Explorer: Congratulations! You have discovered a sea monster blessed by the Drowned God. Traces of magical flow still exist within the sea monster's flesh and blood!]
"Eat! Eat!" Rhaegar thought. There might indeed be traces of magical flow on the sea monster, but truthfully, the magical power carried by the sea monster was very weak. The sea monster's abilities were limited to the gray mist and summoning waves!
Being a magical creature didn't stop the dragon group from having a feast.
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