Watching the Flame Demon Dragon's tail whip toward him, Hephaestus stomped fiercely through the void.
A phantom volcano appeared beneath Hephaestus's feet. Though illusory, it supported the deity.
What was earthfire?
Earthfire usually referred to flames beneath the ground.
And what could display the might of earthfire better than a volcano?
At the same time.
"Roar! Gah! Ah!..."
These were syllables no human could produce.
Dragon Language Magic!
As the volcano became real and erupted.
Hephaestus's strength and speed resonated with the volcano, becoming far greater than before.
His blade slashed out. Bang! A massive tail fell onto the phantom volcano.
The Life True Fire spilling from the Flame Demon Dragon like blood turned from golden flames to black flames under the power of Dragon Language Magic.
They formed nine long, slender streaks of black flowing light, each tipped with a savage Dragon Head.
Boom! Boom! Every Dragon Flame attack was as violent as thunder. In place of Life True Fire's corrosive power came an even more tyrannical destructive force.
After the Dragon Flame ceased.
The volcano, which had become real, had been forcibly blasted down.
Hephaestus dusted the black soot from himself, showing no sign of injury. "The prophecy was indeed true. If you and that other mage continued to grow, you might truly become a threat to me."
"But now, can the warm-up end?"
Canglang Edu nodded at the deity's assessment of their battle as a warm-up. "The warm-up should indeed end."
Canglang Edu snapped his fingers.
The gravely wounded Flame Demon Dragon, seemingly on the verge of death, turned into Life True Fire, then flew out from the other end of the flames in perfect condition.
All its injuries vanished without a trace.
Canglang Edu had once told his disciple Wu Manningzhi that burning was a bridge,