Nightfall hung low, and the stars were hidden.
Northeast of Nuli.
A dazzling crimson streak suddenly tore through the darkness, shaking the silent, vast sky.
A mass of blazing fire hurtled down from the deep heavens.
It moved so quickly that only a crimson tail like a meteor remained before it vanished from the sight of people in the cities along its path.
A closer look revealed that it was an enormous crimson dragon.
Every scale on its body seemed forged from flame, glowing with a flowing, scorching radiance.
Its two fiery dragon eyes shone like lighthouses in the night.
Whenever it opened its great maw, the high-temperature breath it exhaled warped and expanded the surrounding air, sending wave after wave of heat outward.
Yet standing atop the back of such a terrifying creature was a black-haired figure with his arms folded across his chest, his eyes closed in repose.
It was Uchiha Kejiu and Smaug, the Fire Dragon he had subdued in Falmart World.
After the battle in Claymore World.
Having evolved his Mangekyou Sharingan, he had advanced from Jonin to Elite Jonin.
At the same time, he had become a legendary ninja renowned throughout Sea Ninja Village and the Shinobi World.
The Uchiha clan even regarded him as one of the pillars equal to their clan head, Fugaku Uchiha.
Second only to Lord Madara Uchiha, who did not think much of them.
Besides that.
After Smaug was severely injured by the Destroyer in Claymore World, it encountered an unexpected problem.
The white spikes fired by the Destroyer had actually invaded Smaug's body, causing serious effects of demonization.
This caused it immense pain.
Not only did Magic Power and Demon Power violently clash within its body, but its consciousness also suffered negative interference from the power of the Yoma.