976 Encounter Between Ancient Dragons
The extreme north, known as the Eternal Winter Continents, not only has hundreds of species of rare herbs but also has a million mysteries with countless threats. Several mysterious beasts inhabited there, but their numbers were far too few.
While Elysia’s group explored the region of eternal winter, a creature stuck out from the wall of an ice chamber with little difficulty.
*Thud*
The white fluffy little one fell to the floor, but it immediately flew to a place in a bit of panic and rush.
“That, can’t be, right?” The white fluffy little one stared into the empty room as if he couldn’t believe it.
*Swoosh*
His treasure room was utterly empty. A few minutes ago, a group of entities came in here, and he was trying as fast as he could to get out of his deep meditation. Yet, it was only a few minutes, and everything was gone without a single chip left.
*Splurt*
The white fluffy little one spat out a mouthful of blue blood and fell backward. He collected his treasures for thousands of years, all stolen because of thieves.
A few minutes later, the fluffy white little one opened its blazing blue eyes and immediately flew to his ice garden. Yet, he suddenly fainted when he found that all the priceless herbs he had planted had also been stolen.
He was an Emperor-level ancient beast who had almost reached divinity, possessing immense wealth. Yet, he fell into poverty in just an instant.
“Not even a single piece of gold was left behind!? How could they enter this seat’s deepest lair!? The defense mechanisms weren’t activated or they were too powerful? That’s impossible, right? Even an Emperor-level beast would die if they entered this deepest dungeon without my permission.” The white fluffy little one growled in annoyance and rage. That place was in the extreme north where not just any creature could come and go as they pleased!
However, his senses were still there, and he had second thoughts about the loss he had just suffered. Since thieves could enter and leave quickly, they were by all means not simple. Either they were much more potent than him and could soon get past all obstacles, or they were a bunch of Emperor-level ghosts.
He noticed the intruders when they entered his territory, but the thieves’ movements were too fast and unpredictable. They arrived at the deepest dungeon and plundered everything in just a few minutes. By the time he emerged from his deep meditation, those thieves had already fled with all the valuables.
Unfortunately, there was absolutely no sign of destruction or violence. It was complicated to understand, considering that the dungeon was protected by hundreds of traps and defense systems that could kill dozens of Emperor-level beasts.
“That can’t be a bunch of Gods, right? Since when did divine beings become everywhere and grow like cabbage? They were probably a bunch of Ghost Emperors who had their eyes on my treasures tens of thousands of years ago.” The white fluffy little one laughed dryly to comfort himself.
However, his expression suddenly became solemn. It was a severe problem, and he had to settle the account immediately. His loss was too significant for him to suffer, after all.
The white fluffy little one immediately flapped its wings toward the surface. He checked his traps and defense mechanisms, but they were still functioning correctly.
His fur even burned a little while testing one of the traps because he didn’t quite remember everything well after tens of thousands of years of absence from worldly affairs.
*Boom!* *Swoosh!*
The white fluffy little one transformed into a colossal white dragon. He came out of the snow mountain with a massive explosion, and a violent blizzard suddenly broke out because of his violent rage.
“Who dare to trespass the boundaries and infiltrate this seat’s abode!?” The white dragon roared loudly, echoing far into the snow mountain region and almost covering the entire area of eternal winter.
“!?” The blue eyes white dragon suddenly sensed the familiar dragon’s breath. His ancient dragon kindred was nearby and might know something.
*Fwoosh!*
The angry ice dragon flapped its wings and flew towards the familiar breath at high speed. He smashed several snow mountains and created destruction on his way, but he didn’t care about that.
“Hmm?” Gio looked south. He discovered that a vicious blizzard was approaching so fast. However, he felt a familiar breath from within the blizzard, and he knew it wasn’t pleasant.
“A violent blizzard is coming, and it’s not a natural occurrence. There’s a calamity beast approaching here.” Elysia put on her ski goggles and put on a thicker snow jacket.
Everyone is also aware of the approaching danger, but they confront it more confidently than anything else.
*Swoosh!*
A white dragon flapped its wings right above the group of people who happened to be on the top of an iceberg. He cleared the blizzard around them because he needed to interrogate them.
“Humans? What are you doing in the extreme north? With your puny strength, you will die without burial before achieve anything noteworthy.” The white dragon killed everyone below, then focused on the little earth dragon.
“…” Gio snorted in contempt as he discovered who had come. It was just an ignorant young dragon. He turned around and was stunned to find that the flowers and herbs he had just picked had disappeared without a trace.
He collected them with difficulty. Whether it was digging through the cold snow or smashing through a hard wall of ice. He was about to present them to his master then he would receive many compliments. And yet, all that was lost to the fierce blizzard that ignorant young dragon brought!
“Little one. This seat can feel a familiar breath from you. Are you an Emperor-level earth dragon? I’m looking for a group of thieves in the Ghost Emperor class. Have you seen them around here?” The white dragon lowered his arrogance in asking, as he wasn’t stupid enough to challenge the unknown for no reason. What was more, the other party was his kin.
“Roar!” Gio roared in annoyance and spat a ball of energy into the sky. It instantly exploded and shattered the surrounding blizzard into chaos and vanished.
“This seat asked you nicely, and this is your response? The young one truly has no respect for their ancestor. This seat shall teach you a lesson, then!” The white dragon released a rain of super sharp hail toward the little earth dragon.
“Roar! (Get down!)” Gio stomped his foot, flattening the iceberg below into pieces and releasing tremendous gravity pressure that dragged the snow dragon down to ground level.
“This seat has been absent from the mortal world for so long, and a young Emperor dares to challenge the ancient one? Let me show the difference between us.” The white dragon released super ice dragon’s breath towards the little earth dragon. He would freeze the young one first, then they could talk.
*Boom!*
Gio countered by releasing the dragon’s breath as well. Their attacks collided and created a ferocious supersonic explosion that destroyed several mountains of snow and ice.
“Roar!” Gio transformed into a colossal tyrannical earth dragon and roared into the sky.
His earth element was at a disadvantage in the domain battle. The enemy had the upper hand because it flew freely in the sky. He could fly too, but that would keep him from using his full potential.
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The earth dragon’s brown body slowly turned blue-white, following the changes in the natural elements he absorbed to strengthen himself. His tree-like tail also turned into ice spikes.
“You, you, you are an ancient calamity-class earth dragon!? But, why can you absorb water and ice elements!?” The white dragon widened in shock. That little earth dragon had already become the colossal one. It was not a young Emperor-level dragon as he had expected.
“Roar!” Cherub roared in annoyance too, but that was actually to represent his masters. The Goddesses were buried in the thick snow and became like snowmen. Luckily, he quickly picked everyone up to the sky before the iceberg collapsed.
“Well, isn’t it getting so lively? We found a native in this extreme north, Eternal Winter Continents.” Elysia swept the snow from her body and everyone with magic.
“Another ancient dragon!?” The white dragon widened in surprise when he found another strong dragon there. That four-winged black dragon was challenging to identify, but this one was no less weak than him nor the earth dragon below.
However, the surprise didn’t end there. He wondered why the exalted Emperor-level ancient dragon would be willing to become a lowly mount. They were both ancient ones who had almost reached divinity, yet that black dragon chose to serve a bunch of weak human girls!?
Gio saw his master and co was safe in the sky. Thus, he could be serious about bringing down that presumptuous dragon. He knew his master needed a guide in this vast eternal winter region, and that white dragon would be helpful.
*Swiss!*
Gio unleashed a combined ice elemental attack, but the white dragon was also a calamity beast that wasn’t simple. The white dragon also released another dragon breath of high-level destruction.
A clash occurred, causing a loud explosion. However, no sound could be heard other than a gust of wind.
The ice and snow mountains within a five-kilometer radius vanished, leaving two half-frozen dragons facing each other as if neither would budge.
“Hmm.” Gio smirked in contempt when he found the white dragon was injured.
“Grrr…” The white dragon growled in annoyance. He didn’t expect that he could lose in his domain and by the ice element.
The white dragon thought for a moment. Running away was not an option, and fighting all out was a stupid decision with no gains. Regardless, he came here to ask about the thieves, but why had it suddenly become a fierce battle?
*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Bam* *Bam*
Two complex objects shot out like bullets, hitting the heads of the two dragons clashing with each other.
“Grr!?” Gio flinched a little, but he was only confused for a moment. His impenetrable defense made him feel only a slight mental shock, but his master was telling him to stop and calm down?
“Ghak!?” The white dragon gasped and fell to the ground like a bird that had been electrocuted half to death. His consciousness was shaken violently just because of that one attack. He wondered what kind of holy weapon had attacked him, but he was wide-eyed to find it was just a slipper.
The poor white dragon fainted because he couldn’t believe he was brought down just by a slap from an ordinary slipper.