Clash Between Progenitor Dragons

Immediately afterward, two dragon claws appeared within that savage wound, each gripping one edge.

The two massive claws pulled in opposite directions at once, their movements slow yet containing terrifying power enough to overturn heaven and earth. Great muscles bulged and tightened, producing a low rumble like muffled thunder rolling through an abyss.

"Riiip—"

The horrifying sound echoed across the sky like the wail of the world itself. Under the merciless tearing of those two claws, the crimson rift was violently twisted and ripped apart in an instant!

Space was like a heavy curtain pushed beyond its limits. Pulled in opposing directions by two brute forces, it was forcibly torn open into a huge gap, from which furnace-bright golden-red light spewed forth.

Scattered ashes swirled wildly through the air and drifted down.

"Roar!!"

A roar that shook the dimension of souls surged violently from the depths of the rift, carrying the stench of sulfur and hellfire. It was followed by a majestic figure—

It was an incomparably enormous Red Dragon, nearly eighty meters long, almost twice the size of the Primeval Green Dragon.

The first thing to emerge was its huge, savage head. Four backward-swept horns resembled an emperor's crown, while its light gold vertical pupils were like blazing balls of magma, inspiring terror in all who saw them.

Next came its thick, muscle-packed neck. Behind it rose a line of dorsal spines covered in enormous spikes, radiant in brilliant colors like a colossal sail.

But only when the Embers of the Burned Emperor's entire body was exposed within this space did its sheer immensity truly inspire despair. Every massive scale upon him resembled carefully forged hell-iron armor, dark red bordering on black, yet streaked with Molten Gold patterns through the blazing veins beneath.

His mountain-like torso, Sky-Shading wings, and