Chapter 450 – The Tianyuan Generals Have Never Fought Alone

The marshlands were shrouded in swirling dust and flying debris.

Puddles of mud had been incinerated by the crimson light pillars, causing the earth to collapse. The yellowish mist hovering over the marshes was mostly burned away, yet the wispy strands of Crimson Mist seemed to exist in a different dimension, completely unaffected.

At the center of the Crimson Mist Domain, the brownish-red crystal pillar stood undamaged.

It appeared suspended in mid-air, with the ground beneath it having crumbled away. Thin red filaments could be seen extending from its base like spiderwebs, burrowing deep into the earth.

“Whoosh!”

A fierce gust swept through the dust clouds as a massive crimson figure emerged. Bulging protrusions formed on both sides of its neck, from which two ferocious dragon heads sprouted left and right.

Roaring, the creature gazed down at Xie Yi and the others with three pairs of golden-red eyes.

It dove forward, its Domain expanding simultaneously. In the blink of an eye, it stretched to a radius of 5,500 meters, resonating with heaven and earth. This was unmistakably a Peak Heaven-Earth Realm expert—and an Epic-ranked one at that!

Five other figures swiftly followed from the dust clouds, each unleashing their own Domains, fully displaying the imposing aura of Peak Heaven-Earth Realm cultivators.

Moreover, these core Legendary Realm experts from Dragon’s Slumber Valley all possessed true Dragon forms.

They were Epic-ranked Peak Heaven-Earth Realm beings.

“Any one of them is no less powerful than the Sand Elemental Lord who appeared at Ironstone Mountain a month ago,” Xie Yi thought to himself.

Having personally confronted the Sand Elemental Lord back then, he knew exactly how terrifying beings of this caliber could be.

But now, he was no longer the same person he was a month ago—even though only a short month had passed.

…

In the distance, six massive crimson dragons approached like six streaks of blood-red light at terrifying speeds.

The sky darkened as thunder rumbled, the wind and clouds shifting under the approaching, dreadful pressure.

The Domains that had been spreading out from the six Peak Dragons began to contract—a sophisticated application of Domain control.

“When dealing with ants below the Legendary Realm, expanding the Domain range increases clearing efficiency. But against Legendary Realm experts, especially in battles involving multiple Legendary Realm combatants, compressing the Domain allows for more flexible tactical maneuvering. Building on this…”

“Dragon’s Slumber Valley truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier overlord force. Their methods and techniques are far beyond what organizations like Jackal Fang or Black Crow Clan can match,” Lu Liu murmured.

He glanced back at his companions. “Prepare to engage. The corps will be commanded by Deputy Corps Commander Niu.”

No sooner had he spoken than he slightly bent his knees, leaning forward, his eyes flashing with brilliant, sun-like golden radiance beneath his visor.

The next instant, the ground shattered as Lu Liu’s iron-tower-like body shot forth like a cannonball.

He raced across the land, scaling steep cliff faces, skimming across turbulent lake surfaces, leaping between crashing waves and tumbling boulders.

Gradually, the three-headed crimson dragon filled Lu Liu’s entire field of vision.

The dragon roared.

As he soared through the air, Lu Liu stomped violently once more. With a sonic boom and visible shockwaves, his body surged upward again.

Now he was level with the crimson dragon.

The massive beast and the seemingly insignificant human stood on the same horizontal plane. Cloud vortices swirled around them as the distant mountains and forests blurred into obscurity.Behind the minuscule human, a colossal, majestic, and resplendent golden giant shadow emerged. As the human swung down, the heavy spear descended as if cleaving heaven and earth. The tiny human brandishing a saber toward the behemoth now loomed a million times grander, resembling a towering mountain deity overlooking all living beings.

The great and the small had reversed!

“Boom—”

Golden light pierced through heaven and earth, dispersing the clouds and mist.

The crimson dragon plunged into the vast lake, stirring up towering waves that surged hundreds of meters high, seemingly enough to obscure the distant mountains.

Two dragon silhouettes—one crimson, one deep blue—skimmed across the lake’s surface, racing into the distance like blades slicing through the colossal waves.

The two figures tangled and collided, their massive impacts echoing over the great lake.

Around the deep-blue dragon, a Domain resembling a pale-black sphere encasing its body cracked and fissured, but Sario paid it no mind.

For a Legendary Realm combatant fighting above their weight, the strategy was to use their Domain to briefly withstand the opponent’s influence, close in for melee combat, and tear the stronger enemy apart through the most perilous and direct means.

And when it came to close-quarters combat…

“This master’s physique surpasses yours!”

Frost mist spread like a pair of giant hands, dragging into the crimson dragon’s Domain in the distance. Seizing the opportunity, Sario closed in, his massive form spanning the sky, casting a shadow that enveloped the crimson dragon’s entire body.

One hundred meters against seventy—the advantage was with Lord Sa!

His Super Frost Dragon body was also tough enough to terrify even himself.

The Frost Dragon gnawed at the crimson dragon’s flesh. His strength was greater, his scales harder, with frost and decay forces imbued within. Yet the crimson dragon refused to yield. Its entire Domain hummed, and the torn wounds writhed continuously, from which eerie arms stretched out, grasping toward the Frost Dragon.

The bizarre blood-hands left bloody marks on Sario’s draconic body, with power continuously seeping in.

The crimson dragon ceaselessly absorbed the elements of heaven and earth, its body beginning to swell.

After all, Sario was merely a novice Legendary Realm, facing a great enemy who had already reached the Peak of the First Realm. He felt immense pressure. But he would not lose. He would make his legendary debut here, ensuring the name of Frost Dragon Sario resounded far and wide.

“Boom—”

A thick crimson beam tore through the heavens, instantly dyeing the entire world red.

Sario, who had been biting and clawing at his enemy, was sent tumbling away. The scales on his back and his sturdy bones shattered piece by piece, countless fragments raining down from the sky and pounding into the lake, sending up columns of water.

“Your grandfather’s!”

Sario spotted the ambusher—another crimson dragon.

In the distance, a third Flesh Dragon abruptly changed direction, charging toward him.

Sario: “Your grandfather’s!”

Out of the six Peak Heaven-Earth Realm flesh-aberration dragons, one had been smashed down by Lu Liu and was now scrambling to emerge from the water.

Two were heading toward the distant Tianyuan City’s defensive position, aiming to silence Xie Yi and Seventeen’s artillery fire.

Which meant half the enemies were targeting him?

Who had he offended?

The Flesh Dragons’ eyes gleamed ominously, scanning Sario’s body from top to bottom as if appraising a precious gem.

They pounced.

…

Before Tianyuan City’s defensive position, the sound of projectiles cutting through the air was incessant.

Facing the two dragons that had entered firing range, the elite troops opened fire in succession.

Starlight arrows shot forth, bone spears tore through the air.

“Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—”Xie Yi held a six-barreled machine gun emitting an eerie blue flame, his right eye displaying a crosshair as the muzzle tracked the Flesh Dragon. His bullets continuously tore through the dragon’s scales and flesh, and even as the creature regenerated, its healing speed couldn’t keep up with the relentless barrage.

However, a few kilometers meant nothing to a Peak Heaven-Earth Realm expert—it was crossed in an instant.

Xie Yi clearly felt the savage golden-red dragon eyes locking onto him. Glancing around, he broke into a sprint, harnessing the power of heaven and earth to soar toward a distant uninhabited mountain peak.

A Space Black Box materialized. Xie Yi stowed the machine gun inside and withdrew a fully sealed black container.

The box began to click and transform, mechanical components spreading across his body.

In the blink of an eye, Xie Yi was encased in heavy armor, with two dark cannon barrels mounted on his shoulders aimed at the rapidly approaching dragon.

Around him, red dots of light flickered—one after another, hovering cannons revealed their menacing forms.

“Enjoy the artillery fire!”

…

“Damn it all!”

Sario’s booming roar echoed over the lake as his massive form skimmed the water’s surface, churning up two towering waves.

Behind him, three Flesh Dragons pursued with blazing eyes, closing in relentlessly.

Sario tucked his tail tight.

A streak of starlight pierced the sky.

One Flesh Dragon abruptly halted and retracted its head, but the arrow—swift as lightning—still aligned perfectly with its pupil.

“Boom!”

A portion of the crimson dragon’s skull shattered.

Though it had no conventional weak points, flesh buds sprouted and rapidly regenerated the damaged area, its missing eye slowly reforming.

Yet this only fueled the dragon’s irritation and rage.

It glared at the distant Frost Dragon, unwilling to abandon such a vessel of limitless potential, but…

Its gaze shifted to the human formation, where a female archer bathed in starlight stood.

“Hahaha! Bet you didn’t see this coming! It’s my turn to strike back! I’ve never fought alone!”

The Frost Dragon ceased its flight and instead locked jaws with one of the dragons from Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

They battled from the heavens into the depths, shattering clouds and waves, staining the great lake with blood.

Meanwhile, another dragon hovered mid-air, its vertical pupils fixed intently on a comparatively tiny human figure.

A human clad in orange-red dragon-shaped battle armor.

For some reason, the Flesh Dragon felt a tremor—a shudder from its very Soul and Bloodline.

Dragons were apex predators atop the food chain, yet this human woman seemed…

To feast on dragons!

The wounded Flesh Dragon hesitated briefly. As it roared, preparing to charge the human lines, the sky darkened abruptly. Countless black feathers drifted down, and the Heaven-Earth Realm filled with an eerie aura.

In the darkness, Sophia transformed into a Black Crow. “I’m not much of a fighter, but I can at least… delay an enemy or two.”

She wasn’t fighting alone. Her role was to stall, to create openings for others—that was enough.

…

Before the Tianyuan City army formation, the combat reached its fiercest.

Two Flesh Dragons charged straight for the defenses—the top two among the six great foes. Their Domains stretched vast, and their roars dyed the world crimson.”Boom!” “Boom! Boom!”

Xie Yi discarded the firearms in his hands, but before he could switch to new weapons, the constantly writhing flesh dragon nearby lunged at him like a phantom, its massive shadow descending upon him.

He swiftly retreated, yet was still half a beat too slow. The armor on his chest was torn apart with a crackling sound, as if it were cardboard.

The dragon’s breath washed over his face.

“Damn it, this thing is just… cough… too damn tough!”

Xie Yi had lost count of how much ammunition he had poured into the flesh dragon. He had already shattered its scales, blasted and incinerated its body. Yet, this flesh dragon seemed to possess an endless regenerative power—no matter how severe its injuries, even if its head was destroyed, it could still recover.

This was a terrifying amalgamation of flesh—undying, indestructible!

“Perhaps only an overwhelmingly powerful attack, capable of obliterating the flesh dragon’s body in an instant, could truly kill it, but…”

“Cough… cough…”

“My weapons haven’t been upgraded in time. Besides, as a Master Gunsmith cornered by a dragon and completely enveloped by the enemy’s Domain, how much firing power can I possibly retain?”

“Cough… cough…”

Xie Yi couldn’t help but wonder: if he hadn’t pledged allegiance to the Tianyuan City Lord, would this day have never come?

Nonsense!

The choice was his own, and he would not regret it!

The Lord treated him with sincerity, and he would repay it with battle.

He was still a Master Gunsmith. Only those who stand firm on the battlefield, ceaselessly unleashing artillery fire to blast and incinerate monsters, deserve the title of Master Gunsmith.

At least today, he was one.

It’s just that… he still couldn’t defeat this dragon.

“Can you hold on for thirty more seconds?”

A voice echoed in his heart.

Xie Yi was taken aback.

The voice spoke again, “You must trust your comrades. Hold the dragon off for thirty seconds, and your comrades will handle the rest.”

Holding it off for thirty seconds wasn’t difficult.

After all, he was Xie Yi—Master Gunsmith Xie Yi, who had wandered the Wilderness alone for decades and achieved a breakthrough into the Legendary Realm entirely through his own strength.

“Damn it!”

“The Lord is right—I’m not alone anymore. How could I forget something so important? Damn it!”

Xie Yi continued to fend off the flesh dragon’s relentless assaults.

Blood spurted from his body.

His Domain was on the verge of collapse, completely enveloped by the flesh dragon’s Domain.

Above and below, everything was bathed in crimson.

He no longer had the capacity to observe his surroundings, nor did he know where his reinforcements were.

But, as the Lord had said, he had comrades. He could trust his comrades.

Over ten kilometers away, at the Tianyuan City defensive line.

Bone Four commanded half of the elite forces of the Skeleton Legion, encircling a flesh dragon.

Niu Si directed the elite human troops to provide support and cover for General Seventeen, creating an optimal firing environment.

Within the formation, Seventeen had already drawn her bowstring.

There was no arrow on the bow. Seventeen, maintaining the full-draw posture, closed her eyes.

Her heartstrings trembled.

Starlight swirled around her body.

She was free from distractions, free from thoughts, free from desires, free from attachments—she had only one ultimate arrow.

The “Thoughtless Arrow”!

Seventeen raised her bow and suddenly released the string. An arrow materialized on the bowstring.

In the sky, the stars opened their eyes. A massive nebular rift, seemingly slow but actually swift, tore open and stretched across the heavens.

Within the crimson Domain, starlight suddenly poured down.

Xie Yi looked up.

The bloody sky had split open.

And the thirty seconds seemed to have… elapsed?The Dragon trembled slightly, and a star-blue beam tore through the Domain, piercing downward.

The mountain peak disintegrated.

A Great Hollow appeared on the Dragon’s body, covering most of its form. The bloody Flesh dissipated in the starlight, leaving the remaining broken fragments of its body dull and lifeless.

The wind swept by, and the Flesh of the broken body scattered like dust, drifting away and vanishing.

“Damn it all…”

Xie Yi gazed at the heavenly light pouring down and retrieved his backup weapon.

The battle was not over yet. Now, it was his turn to provide support.

(End of Chapter)