Chapter 365 – You Call This Holding Off the Enemy?

“A radius of 2,200 meters. Not bad. We can take him!”

Tianyuan Territory had Legends, and even more Domain wielders.

The military commanders naturally knew how to observe and judge the size and scale of a Legendary Domain.

For the most part, the combat strength of a Legend was directly linked to the size of their Domain. Those below a thousand meters were newly advanced Legends, those from one thousand to three thousand meters were ordinary Legends, and those above three thousand meters were veteran Legends.

And once a Legend’s Domain radius expanded beyond 5,000 meters, a Legendary Heaven-Earth Realm expert would be qualified to attempt a Breakthrough to the next major stage: the Legendary Soul Realm.

The most basic qualification.

Most of the time, there was still a “slight” gap between being qualified and being able to break through.

If the enemy were a veteran Legend with a radius exceeding three thousand meters, their speed in controlling the power of heaven and earth would be much faster, and they would likely have more trump cards up their sleeves. The trio’s chances of defeating and hunting them would be slim to none.

They would have to switch tactics.

But now, they could give it a try. It was worth a try!

War was inherently a life-and-death struggle. If they could slay a Legend at this moment, the pressure on their home territory would lessen later. The sacrifices might be greatly reduced as a result.

The several monster Legends who had previously fallen before Tianyuan City had done so for two reasons. First, these monster Legends were in a hurry and had to take risks. Second, there was no monster tide to coordinate with them.

If they had the cover of a tide, the strategic value these monster Legends could bring to bear would be entirely different.

They had to seize every opportunity to slay a monster Legend.

In the Lord’s words, they were not yet in the Legendary Realm, so they wouldn’t arouse the enemy’s vigilance. The probability of them heavily wounding or slaying an enemy was, paradoxically, higher than that of an ordinary, powerful Legend.

“Besides, one of these two monster Legends is a Dragonkin Legend. I can already smell the thick scent of dragon blood and dragon soul on him.”

Xiliu licked her lips.

Seeing this, Sickle Moon couldn’t help but lick her lips as well.

Red Robe thought, How did I become the odd one out?

In mid-air, the Elven Legend Mirena stood with her sword, watching the two Legends closing in on her from the left and right.

She knew very well that she had to seize any chance to kill a powerful foe; such opportunities were rare. If she had a few more minutes, she was confident she could kill the Serpentfolk Legend, even if it meant taking some minor injuries.

Her Domain radius wasn’t much larger than the Serpentfolk Legend’s, but she had this confidence.

She had, after all, used some of her foundational Treasures and had been investigating and fighting her way through the Wilderness since the Third Order. She was a Legend forged in battle.

But if it was one against two, with one of them being the even stronger Dragonkin Legend… she had no confidence she could kill the Serpentfolk Legend while fending off the Dragonkin Legend’s pincer attack.

Both her intuition and experience told her it was impossible, that she shouldn’t even try.

Once injured, she would be more likely to get entangled, trapped, and killed, her life ending in the Wilderness.

The two hegemons, Jackal Fang and Blood Serpent Embrace, had far more than just these few Legends. At this very moment, more monster Legends were surely on their way.

But then, three figures suddenly tore through the monster tide and arrived on the Battlefield.

Reinforcements? Yes!

However, they were only Fourth Order commanders.

No matter how powerful a Fourth Order commander was, they were still mortals standing on the ground, while Legends stood in the sky.

“Tianyuan Territory’s elite squad. Why are they coming here? Did they lose their way while retreating?”

Mirena didn’t think so.

Given the caliber of Tianyuan’s experts, it was unlikely they would lose their way even in a desperate retreat. The aura and Domain of a Legend were quite conspicuous during battle.

Were they coming specifically for them, aiming straight for a Legend?

This deduction was too outrageous, but it seemed to be the only truth left.

Just then, the red-robed woman on the back of the moon-silver wolf spoke, her voice reaching Mirena’s ears with perfect clarity. “We’ll hold off this Dragonkin Legend. Young Miss Mirena, try to slay the Serpentfolk Legend quickly. Can you do it?”

Mirena looked toward the three of them.

The giant wolf trod on moonlight, majestic and imposing, while the dragon-girl spread her wings, breathing out blazing flames.

She knew of this dragon-girl. She was one of the top-ranking experts in Tianyuan Territory and had achieved a spectacular record in the Hall of Knowledge. She possessed a remarkably pure dragon bloodline, was suspected to have an Epic-grade status, and was among the strongest experts below the Legendary Realm.

Although, the gap between such an expert and a Legend was still immense.

Mirena hesitated for 0.2 seconds, then made up her mind. “Fight!” If even the young Fourth Order experts of Tianyuan Territory dared to risk their lives for a chance, how could she back down?

She had to fight, and she had to end it quickly.

A few minutes was too long. No matter how strong Tianyuan City’s commanders were, they couldn’t possibly hold off a Legend for that long.

She… had to risk her life.

Mirena reversed her sword’s edge, and her entire Domain rumbled as she charged toward the Serpentfolk Legend, bringing her Domain with her.

At the same time, on the other side of the sky.

The Dragonkin Legend who had come as reinforcements glanced left and right. Seeing the Elven Legend advance instead of retreat, he gave a savage grin and shifted his gaze to the three figures who had just torn through the monster tide and entered the Battlefield.

He had already sensed the thick scent of dragon blood on one of the humans.

It was even thicker than the dragon blood in his own body!

If he absorbed this human’s dragon blood, he could advance further, perhaps even ascending to an Epic-grade status. His future would be boundless.

He licked his lips, flapped his wings, and flew forward. His vast Domain, two thousand two hundred meters in diameter, descended with the divine might of heaven and earth.

In an instant, flames descended from all directions, and the temperature rose sharply, as if they were at the mouth of a volcano. Pillars of magma and fire came rolling in, accompanied by an immense, unreasonable suppressive force that enveloped them.

Sickle Moon, treading on moonlight, stumbled and nearly fell to the ground, into the pool of lava.

She quickly steadied herself and continued to leap and run, dodging the erupting pillars of flame, but her speed had clearly dropped by two notches, and the bright moonlight surrounding her had dimmed considerably.

This was the might of a Domain. A slightly weaker Fourth Order expert couldn’t even cross the Domain’s barrier, let alone face a Legend directly.

However, all three of them had undergone Domain Resistance Training and were already well aware of a Domain’s power. The suppressive force of the Dragonkin Legend’s Domain was, at most, a bit stronger. It was no big deal.

Among the three, Red Robe and Xiliu both possessed Domains, but even if they opened them, they wouldn’t last more than a few seconds inside the Dragonkin Legend’s massive Domain.

It wasn’t that their Domains were unusable, but they only had one chance. It had to be used at the most opportune moment.

Sickle Moon dodged left and right while Xiliu shattered the surrounding monsters and fiery pillars that flew at them.

Bit by bit, the three of them advanced toward the Dragonkin Legend at the very center of the Domain.

The distance of 2,200 meters to the radius seemed exceptionally far within the Domain, a result of both the constant dangers within and the Domain’s spatial interference.

It would take a great deal of effort for them to reach this monster Legend.

The Dragonkin Legend was slightly surprised. “To be able to hold on for so long. No wonder you have the courage to face me directly.”

He walked step by step toward the silver-white giant wolf, even waving away the monsters swarming in from outside, merely having them surround the perimeter of his Domain to block the three humans’ escape route.

He spread his arms, and the vast power of heaven and earth gathered before him. As he opened his savage, bloody maw, it transformed into a pillar of fiery Dragon Breath twenty to thirty meters thick, blasting toward them with overwhelming force.

The moon cannons Sickle Moon spat out and the moon blades she slashed with her claws were like single drops of water falling into a great river. She was a mayfly trying to shake a great tree!

“I’ll block it!”

Xiliu leaped forward off Sickle Moon’s head. A crimson light flared in mid-air, and she transformed into a scarlet dragon several times larger than the silver-white giant wolf.

The dragon stared with blazing golden eyes, treating the surrounding Domain’s flames as nothing. A crimson-gold flame ignited on her noble and magnificent scales, forming a suit of sunfire armor that enveloped her entire body. The armor absorbed the surrounding flames, growing ever more solid.

Boom—

A violent burst of Qi erupted within the Domain. Despite her massive size, the dragon-formed Xiliu was sent flying, only to be caught by Sickle Moon, who braced against her from behind.

At this moment, Xiliu’s sunfire armor was mostly cracked, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. She hadn’t been able to completely block the attack and had suffered some minor injuries.

She gathered her strength for another half-second, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of crimson blood, smearing it on her body and face. She looked as if she were seriously injured, and her aura began to wane.

The Dragonkin Legend let out a sound of surprise. “It actually blocked my attack.”

He had to admit that such an expert was extremely rare below the Legendary Realm; he had never seen one like her.

This human’s bloodline must be of an extremely high grade, perhaps her dragon bloodline had already been purified to the Epic level.

He grew even more excited.

He glanced into the distance. The useless Serpentfolk Legend was already in full retreat under the Elven Legend’s fierce assault, covered in wounds. He couldn’t afford to play around any longer.

“The battle should be over.”

The Dragonkin Legend no longer simply manipulated the power of heaven and earth. He flew forward, and the power of heaven and earth swarmed to wrap around his claws.

He suddenly accelerated, appearing a hundred meters away from Xiliu as if he had teleported. His sharp Dragon Claws tore down, seemingly freezing and ripping space itself.

Locked by the terrifying aura, Xiliu seemed to have lost all possibility of evasion. Her vision was filled with nothing but the sky-blotting slash of light.

An opportunity!

In their Mental Link, the minds of the three merged, as if on the same frequency.

“Awooo~!”

Behind the scarlet dragon.

Sickle Moon howled. Her giant wolf form suddenly swelled by two or three times, and a brilliant silver moonlight burst from her body. At this moment, she had truly entered her “Moon Coronet Giant Wolf” mode; before, it had just been an ordinary silver moon giant wolf transformation.

The surging moon-silver radiance crashed like a tide against the surrounding waves of flame, actually forcing back the red that filled their vision.

Within the flame Domain… within the flame Domain that the Dragonkin Legend had absolute control over, a bright, clear moon appeared, hanging high in the sky.

The Moon Coronet Giant Wolf howled, and her figure vanished.

She didn’t face the sudden tearing claw attack with Xiliu. Instead, she took advantage of the moment the enemy used his Move, and the extremely close distance, to circle around from the side, treading on light.

Her speed was extreme, so fast that only a streak of moon-silver light remained.

This speed…

It was even faster than his own, by a considerable margin!

The Dragonkin Legend’s guard shot up. He had just unleashed an attack with nearly his full power and didn’t have time to gather a large amount of heaven-and-earth power again.

He didn’t think a few Peak Fourth Order experts could threaten him, but if he were injured, injured at the hands of Fourth Order ants, he would become a laughingstock.

He thought for a moment and prepared to take a defensive stance.

But in that split second of hesitation, Xiliu, who was facing the sky-rending claw attack head-on, let out a Dragon Roar.

A world-shaking Dragon Roar!

On Xiliu’s body, the faint shadow of a great dragon emerged, vaguely resembling a Red Dragon. Immediately after, another giant shadow appeared, this one resembling a steel-forged dragon.

Then came a third, a fourth… a twelfth giant dragon shadow, appearing one after another and merging into Xiliu’s body.

Epic Talent: Dragon Feaster!

At the same time, by frequently consuming the Flesh of Epic-grade dragons, one had a chance to obtain a dragon’s soul.

Even if it was just a Remnant Soul, when the dragon soul manifested, its divine might was still indescribable.

The Dragon Roar resounded through heaven and earth, and the Dragon’s Divine Might swept out in all directions.

In the distance, the swarming flying monsters froze like puppets and plummeted from the sky.

The Dragonkin Legend sneered.

He was a Dragonkin, possessing a dragon bloodline. Even if his bloodline was inferior to this human’s, it was more than enough to be completely immune to the effects of a dragon’s might.

What kind of Advanced Dragonkin would be frightened by a dragon’s might?

That was what he thought, but the world-shaking Dragon Roar echoed in his ears like a demonic sound, layer upon layer. His figure suddenly became incredibly small, surrounded by darkness, while a giant Red Dragon shadow grew continuously before him.

Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.

The god-like, colossal Red Dragon stared down with a pair of eyes like great suns, looking down upon the tiny ant before it.

Fear…

Fear rose from the deepest part of his soul.

The Dragonkin Legend’s very soul trembled. He was like prey, shivering before a top predator.

His mind buzzed, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

He couldn’t understand it at all, but warning bells screamed in his mind. He crushed a prop and desperately tried to ignite the light of his will.

He was gradually regaining his senses.

The effect of Xiliu’s “Dragon Feaster: Dragon Soul Manifestation: Dragon Roar” was certainly good, but there was and only would be this one chance for it to work.

The silver Moon Coronet Giant Wolf had already appeared at the Dragonkin Legend’s side.

She let out another long howl, and the power of moonlight gathered ceaselessly on her moon-white claws. The bright moon hanging high in the sky also continuously sent down its clear, bright moonlight.

The claws, wreathed in moonlight, struck out.

There didn’t seem to be any overly flashy special effects.

At the same instant, Red Robe, who had been clinging to the wolf’s fur with little presence, suddenly opened her eyes.

Epic Talent: Seemingly Illusory Yet Not.

“From real… to void!”

Legendary Realm existences had all lit their Willpower Light; her Illusion abilities were difficult to use against them.

But, she could turn illusions into reality, and she could also erase reality into falsehood. The latter consumed an enormous amount of energy.

Within the unmanifested Netherworld Market, ghost after ghost shrieked, their bodies shriveling before the naked eye.

At the same time, Red Robe unfurled her Netherworld Domain.

It was extremely difficult to open one’s own Domain within the Domain of an enemy, especially a Legendary one.

She couldn’t hold it for long, nor could she open it more than a few meters wide.

But a few meters was enough.

The two Domains clashed and resisted each other. And at that moment, the moon-silver claws passed through the golden light armor formed by the precious prop and then through the Dragonkin Legend’s protective flames, as if passing through ripples in water.

Puchi—

The claws tore through the Dragonkin’s hard scales, paused for a moment, and then, with the force of splitting bamboo, ripped the entire section of scales open.

It tore open with a rustling sound, like ripping cardboard.

Swoosh—

A streak of moon-silver light shot through, appearing over a hundred meters away.

From the moon-white claws, red blood dripped, drop by drop, until they were spotlessly clean.

And behind, nearly half of the Dragonkin Legend’s body had been torn apart, slowly dissipating under the brilliant and holy moonlight.

Only the upper half of his mangled corpse, eyes wide with disbelief, remained as it fell from the sky.

The flame Domain that covered the heavens and the earth began to dissipate like a piece of burning paper, first developing holes, then spreading, and soon vanishing completely.

In the distance, the Elven Legend Mirena was chasing and hacking at the Serpentfolk Legend with an extremely aggressive fighting style.

She had some injuries, and a poisonous mark was spreading on her arm.

The Serpentfolk Legend’s injuries were even more severe; they were already struggling to hold on.

“Not enough, still not enough. I need to be faster.”

“I have to burn my blood.”

She thought.

Out of habit, she connected to her Falcon Spirit’s vision and glanced into the distance. That one glance nearly made her freeze in shock.

The lifeless, Domain-less remains of the Dragonkin Legend were falling from the sky.

And in the distance, a silver giant wolf stood proudly in mid-air, while a scarlet dragon climbed up from the ground.

The Elven Legend Mirena: “???”

This is how you held off the Dragonkin Legend?

(End of Chapter)