The starry sky is quiet and silent.
The shattered meteorite belt spread into a slowly rotating dust ring, and the broken rock blocks floated silently in the vacuum. Occasionally they collided and emitted a few weak sparks, which were extinguished in the deep darkness in an instant.
Red Iron Dragon is suspended in the center of it all.
His chest was rising and falling violently, Shining Form was gradually fading away, and the dazzling light on his body dimmed little by little.
Overlord Form's tight scales are also slowly shrinking, returning to their original hematite color.
At the same time.
On his body, the black lines that looked like stitches were also disappearing.
They were once wrapped around the part of his body that was cut by Judgment Sword, as if someone had used black silk thread to sew Shatter's body back together. But now, they are fading away one by one, from thick to thin, from deep to light, and finally disappearing completely between the gaps in the scales.
This means that he resisted death and came back from it.
Even for Garos, this battle is quite dangerous.
The difference between victory and defeat and life and death is only a matter of seconds.
Bronze Dragon King's Judgment Divine Power has sealed his two characteristics, Battle Dragon and Undying Life, which is tantamount to cutting off Garos's right-hand man and banning his two most powerful supports at the same time.
Over the years, he has rarely been forced into this situation.
When facing Judgment Sword, the situation is even more sinister.
Judgment Sword cannot dodge or defend.
When facing Judgment Sword, Garos walked between life and death almost every second.
A little negligence can lead to complete death.
One wrong judgment and one half-slow reaction may allow Judgment Sword to find a fatal landing point.
At this time, all Garos can rely on is the combat experience he has accumulated so far, and the precise control of his body that he has repeatedly honed over countless days and nights.
With these, he minimized the damage to Judgment Sword as much as possible.
And all the hard work was rewarded at this time.
Even if the two major features were forcibly banned, Garos did not fall directly to the bottom.
He withstood Bronze Dragon King's most ferocious offensive, and gradually adapted to Judgment Seal's rhythm.
When the effect of the seal began to fade and the two major characteristics were unsealed, he truly gained the upper hand and finally won the battle.
If you can't make it through.
So the wreckage suspended here at the moment is Garos.
"The last time it was so dangerous was when we faced Bronze Dragon."
Garos thought silently in his heart.
He remembered that time when he was completely swallowed up by anger, his reason was completely overwhelmed, and all his actions were driven by instinct.
But this time it's different.
Even at the most dangerous moment, with Judgment Sword almost touching his neck scales, he still remained focused and calm.
At the same time.
After the battle, the fatigue and injuries that had been forcibly suppressed finally began to fight back.
However, Garos ignored these.
He just looked at the dragon body floating in front of him quietly.
Bronze Dragon King is suspended in the deep space, maintaining the same posture as when it struck the last blow.
His left paw still maintained the grasping position, as if the Judgment Sword was still held in his palm and could be swung down again at any time.
But his rugged body had completely lost its warmth, and his scales were as dull as dead leaves in late autumn.
His eyes are still open.
The dragon pupils that were so sharp before that they could pierce through everything have now become dilated. The pupils have dilated and lost all focus, reflecting the faint light of a certain Star in the distance.
But Garos can still see something in these eyes.
Stubborn.
Something that stubbornly remains in the body even after death, an absolute and unquestionable persistence in a certain belief.
Frankly speaking, Garos has never had a good impression of this Bronze Dragon King.
From the beginning, Sheffield regarded him as an enemy. No matter the reason or the facts, he was labeled as evil just because of his bloodline. He never wavered.
This brought him a lot of trouble, and this battle was extremely dangerous.
But one code equals one code.
Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, the so-called righteousness in his heart is so strong that even Garos is amazed by it.
What Chromatic Dragon Queen Tiamat did to Bronze Dragon King, Garos doesn't know the specific details.
This evil god's methods have always been secretive and insidious. He can penetrate into the spiritual world of a living being through any small gap, find that tiny bit of undetectable wavering, and then amplify it infinitely.
He could imagine that Tiamat must have been fully prepared.
She must have prepared enough means and bargaining chips to suppress Immortal Realm's will, thinking she could capture him easily.
However, she probably didn't expect that Bronze Dragon King could persist to this extent.
Bronze Dragon King is not at all tempted by her.
Even though his situation was extremely bad and Tiamat's will was trying to disintegrate his spirit from the inside, his spiritual will still did not waver at all, and he forcefully snatched control of his body from this evil god.
Not everyone can have this kind of will.
Tiamat was never able to get what he wanted. Until the last moment, it was Sheffield himself who dominated, not Tiamat's will.
Garos is not a murderous character either.
He never liked senseless killing.
For those enemies whom he defeated on the battlefield, if there was a possibility of surrender, he would usually keep a line.
If given the chance, he would actually prefer to make this Bronze Dragon King change his mind and stand in the same camp as himself.
But unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.
The charm that allows Destiny Dragon to listen and reflect from the heart is completely ineffective here at Bronze Dragon King, and there is not even a single echo.
"This guy is not only stubborn and stubborn to the extreme, but he also has his own logic."
"This set of logic is quite self-consistent and does not listen to other opinions and ideas at all."
Garos thought silently.
Until the end, just a few seconds before Bronze Dragon King died, he still completely believed that his judgment was correct.
Combined with his past and final performance.
Garos can roughly guess what he was thinking.
In the eyes of Sheffield, as long as there is evil blood in the body, it is an evil creature that must be eradicated.
This is his first premise.
No argument is required and no refutation is accepted.
He has a strict classification of what kind of blood represents justice and what kind of blood represents evil, and he himself is the executor of this classification.
He can definitely see that Garos is not doing any evil.
Sheffield is neither blind nor an idiot.
He must be able to tell whether a dragon is doing evil or not.
It is impossible for him to completely ignore the empire established by Garos, the order promoted, and the integration promoted within Dragon Race.
At least, Garos's behavior style is obviously different from other evil beings who burn, kill, loot and have no bottom line.
This is why Bronze Dragon King did not attack him immediately after he was freed.
But he was absolutely certain that this was only temporary.
Sheffield would think so.
A creature with evil blood can follow order for a certain period of time, behave harmlessly, and even fight for justice, to defend peace and life, and everything it does comes completely from the heart.
He can govern the empire, make laws, and protect weak races from Abyss Demon.
He can do a lot of righteous things, even better than some Metal Dragon.
But that doesn't matter.
Because in his logic, in the end, this creature will inevitably turn evil.
The nature in the blood is like a seed buried deep in the soil. Maybe it has not sprouted for the time being and has been suppressed by the environment and will for many years, but it is always there.
One day, when conditions are right, this seed will break out of the ground.
He eradicated it not only to punish the crimes that had already occurred, but also to prevent this from happening in the future.
Based on this idea, Bronze Dragon King's belief has never wavered.
From the first meeting to the last breath.
There was no change in his attitude.
"Could it be that I will really lead to chaos and evil in the end?"
Because Bronze Dragon King was too determined, at a certain moment, Garos even had a little doubt about himself.
However, this self-doubt did not affect him at all.
It was just a momentary thought, and was quickly suppressed.
Because, Garos actually doesn't care about justice and evil, order and chaos.
In Garos's view, the concepts that Bronze Dragon King adheres to and the moral principles for which he is willing to die are just some subjective divisions.
His idea is simple and direct.
"Whoever wins is justice."
"The dividing line between justice and evil is drawn by the strong and the winner.
Bronze Dragon King If he wins, then he is just.
He can nail himself into the evil camp, destroy his entire empire in the name of justice, and turn everything he holds dear to ashes.
How will history be written by then?
History will write that the righteous Dragon King eradicated the evil dragon, and all death and destruction will have a just reason.
But now, I have won.
Then, Bronze Dragon King is evil.
Garos As long as you are willing.
After returning to Bernardo, the scholars and propagandists under him could work out a whole set of narratives overnight to make Sheffield bear the reputation of chaotic evil and list him with thousands of crimes.
Bronze Dragon King will be spurned by countless of his own kind, including Metal Dragons.
But he wasn't prepared to do that.
It doesn't make any sense.
You can neither strengthen yourself nor weaken your enemy.
Sheffield is dead, and most of his followers have surrendered. Even a few die-hards cannot make any waves.
Wasting time and resources trying to discredit a dead body?
Apart from satisfying some low-level revenge mentality, it has no actual value.
This is just a waste of time.
At the same time, Garos still had a question in his mind that he had not yet figured out.
"Tiamat has been causing trouble again and again, stirring up troubles. Previously, he bewitched Lamorien and turned him into an apostle puppet. This time, he also implemented the conspiracy through Sheffield."
"The things she did became more and more extreme each time."
"Lamorien was okay that time, he was originally Blue Dragon, but Sheffield is different, he is a Immortal Realm, standing at the top of Material Plane, and he is still Metal Dragon."
"Platinum Dragon God will just let Tiamat cause trouble?"
Bronze Dragon King is a bit Evil Dragon Bloodline, not completely pure Metal Dragon, but Platinum Dragon God Bahamut won't stop paying attention to him at all, right?
Such a Immortal Dragon should attract much attention from any race.
From any angle, he is the one Bahamut should pay attention to.
But Garos couldn't figure out why.
Except for Tiamat who likes to cause trouble, most of the other Dragon God don't like to show up in public. They exist silently like the background board.
What are Platinum Dragon God thinking and what are your plans?
I'm afraid only he himself knows these issues.
Garos shook his head and collected these messy thoughts.
You can think about these questions later, there are more important things to do now.
He stretched his tired body and switched to Ashen Annihilation Form.
Immediately, all kinds of starry sky energy seemed to be summoned and gathered from all directions.
These energies are invisible to the naked eye.
But there will be weak refraction in the space they pass through, like the air above the heat wave trembling slightly.
Then when they fall on Red Iron Dragon's body, they will change gradually, showing bright purple and red colors, just like Nebula slowly rotating on the surface of his scales.
The almost exhausted body began to be moisturized.
Garos turned his head, looked at Bronze Dragon King's body, and then stretched out his claws.
Life Drain, Life Reaping.
The sight when these abilities are activated is never pretty.
One after another, the blood-colored life essence was peeled off from Bronze Dragon King's body, showing a deep dark red color, converging into slender streams in the vacuum, and gathering towards Garos's body.
This scene looks like it could easily be mistaken for an evil dragon.
Garos can even imagine what kind of eyes Sheffield would look at him if he were still alive to see this scene.
However, he inherited Iron Dragon Clan's pragmatism.
Pay more attention to the actual value rather than what others will think when they see this scene.
In this battle with Bronze Dragon King, he fought from the deep water to the sky, and then from the sky into the stars. He was very exhausted.
There are still enemies watching in the dark. If he doesn't recover as soon as possible, if he encounters any danger, he will have no choice but to choose Ascension to Godhood.
Ascension to Godhood The price to pay is too heavy.
It is as violent as a flood, and there is no certainty of adaptation.
Unless absolutely necessary, Garos would not choose Ascension to Godhood.
Time passes minute by minute in a vacuum.
With the double supplement of starry sky energy and Bronze Dragon King life essence, Red Iron Dragon's bad state was gradually alleviated.
Soon after, the last ray of life essence was absorbed by Garos.
Bronze Dragon King's rugged body also disintegrated.
Scales, bones, fascia, all the materials that once made up Sheffield's body were turned into fine sand inch by inch, as if they were crushed and obliterated by time itself. Tens of millions of years have passed.
They yearn to spread and merge into the dust rings of the meteorite belt.
Eventually, everything dissipates.
This body was almost burned out in the battle, and with the addition of Garos's Life Drain and Life Reaping, the remaining life essence was completely drained.
Nothing is left.
No, there is something left.
Where Bronze Dragon once floated, a crystal floated quietly.
It floats quietly, without any halo around it, nor does it emit any breath. It is like an ordinary stone left on the beach, inconspicuous.
But when Garos's self-light fell on him, his eyes narrowed and he stopped breathing.
Its shape is a sword.
The sword body is straight without a trace of curvature, showing perfect symmetry from the sword grid to the sword tip. Every ridge is polished sharp and clean, without any unnecessary decoration, and without any compromise for the sake of beauty.
The entire sword exhibits a pale blue crystal texture.
This is exactly the same scale color as Bronze Dragon King.
"This is----Destiny Core that Immortal Realm exists?"
Garos looked at it carefully.
He had gotten something similar once.
Tear of Immortality contains the prototype of Divine Power, which is something that can only be produced after the death of the powerful Destiny Rank Legendary.
Tear of Immortality is also the prototype of Destiny Core, and Destiny Core is its complete body.
If Tear of Immortality is compared to a seed, then the crystal in front of you is a grown tree.
"Destiny Core, which contains Judgment Divine Power, has the exact same shape as Judgment Sword, which was finally condensed from Sheffield."
"It's a pity, Judgment Divine Power and I are not suitable.
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Garos shook his head slightly.
Immortal Path, is an extremely cruel road.
If Immortal Life wants to perfect its own Divine Power, the most efficient and fastest way is to hunt down the owners of similar Divine Power.
Destiny Core crystals are the best trophies, and they are priceless to the right person.
But it is not that important to Garos.
Destiny Core is not like Tear of Immortality.
It is highly specialized and is the product of a specific belief, a specific will, and a specific Divine Power condensed in a certain living body. It is not something that can be digested and absorbed casually.
For example, this Judgment Destiny Core.
Only beings with the same belief as Sheffield, those who regard justice as absolute, order as iron law, Judgment as mission, and have the same kind of Divine Power direction, can absorb it without any obstacles.
Garos is not such a dragon.
The direction of his path is far from that of Judgment, and his beliefs are also completely opposite to those of Sheffield.
If you forcibly swallow this Destiny Core, not only will you not get Judgment Divine Power, but you will suffer severe backlash, ranging from schizophrenia to direct death.
At this moment, Judgment Destiny Core seemed to feel something.
It shook slightly, changed direction, pointed the sword tip straight towards Red Iron Dragon, and then stabbed him.
Not fast, but with a stubborn and unwilling to give up energy.
It is exactly the same as Sheffield's posture when swinging the sword.
Garos:----
"Even if they are dead, the Destiny Core left behind will still attack me."
"Sheffield, how much hatred do we have between us? When you are alive, you want to chop me, and when you die, you turn into Destiny Core and poke me."
He stretched out his paw.
The hook toes clamped the sword blade firmly, fixing the small sword-shaped crystal between the fingers.
Judgment Destiny Core struggled continuously for a while, and then gradually subsided.
Garos stared at it and began to think about the actual value of this Destiny Core.
It was vaguely mentioned in his inheritance that this kind of Destiny Core can be forged into magical weapons, so as to exert the Divine Power contained in it to a certain extent.
But how exactly is it cast, what materials are needed, and who does it?
There is absolutely no relevant knowledge in the inheritance.
"I can also use it as a bargaining chip to exchange for what I need. Or, use it as a condition to ask Immortal One who needs it to do something for me----"
Garos thought.
Although he himself cannot use it currently, to some suitable beings, this Judgment Destiny Core is of immeasurable value.
Just as Garos was thinking deeply, ripples appeared in front of him.
Then Moon Dragon Lionel walked out of the ripples and appeared in front of Garos.
"I feel your fight with Bronze Dragon King."
"Unfortunately, it may have been avoidable, but due to misunderstandings and differences in ideas, sparks were destined to collide.
Moon Dragon whispered.
He has been watching Bernardo Planet through the starry sky all year round, so he naturally knows the existence of Bronze Dragon King and is also aware of his behavior.
Red Iron Dragon is currently observing Judgment Destiny Core in his hand.
He raised his head and asked, "Lionel, do you know how to cast Destiny Core into a weapon?"
Lionel looked thoughtful and said, "I don't know the specific forging method, but I know some relevant clues."
Huh?
Garos looked at Moon Dragon, slightly surprised.
He originally just asked casually, not expecting Moon Dragon to really know anything.
This involves areas above Immortal Realm. It is normal that there is no record in Dragonkin's natural inheritance. I didn't expect Moon Dragon to know some clues.
"What clue?"
Garos asked.
Lionel thoughtfully replied, "My inheritance mentioned that Sun Dragons master powerful forging secrets, including the art of casting Immortal One's Destiny Core into weapons."
Sun Dragon----
In the inheritance of Garos, there are very few records about Sun Dragon, only a few words of summary.
He only knows that Sun Dragon will use Star as its nest, and is naturally immune to the high temperature and deadly environment on the surface of Star.
Sun Dragon is not a loner like Moon Dragon. He often gathers together as a family unit and lives together around the same Star. His alignment tendency is lawful good.
"I can't be sure of the accuracy of this clue, but my inheritance does say so."
Lionel added another sentence.
Garos nodded and said, "Whether it is true or false, this is still a clue."
Just as Chromatic Dragon and Metal Dragon have a lot of information about each other in their inheritance, Sun Dragon and Moon Dragon are not compatible by nature, and they must know each other better than other Dragonkin.
However, Space Dragon itself is very rare.
In this vast starry sky, where can I find Sun Dragon's confirmation?
Garos shook his head slightly, put Judgment Destiny Core away properly, and didn't think about it anymore.
His body still needed time to recover at the moment, and his condition was still not perfect, so he didn't chat much with Moon Dragon. After briefly exchanging a few words about the current situation, he turned around and headed back in the direction of Bernardo.
News of the battle between Red Emperor Pale Star and Bronze Dragon King was like a storm, quickly sweeping across all continents.
At first, there were many different versions circulating amid the confusion.
All kinds of rumors are flying everywhere, and it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false.
But in the end, one piece of news gradually gained widespread recognition and was included in Aura Chronicles.
New Calendar Seventy-six years.
Bronze Dragon King, who was lost in Abyss, returned as Immortal Realm, was bewitched by the evil god, and launched an attack on Lord of Sacred Aura.
But at the most dangerous moment, Bronze Dragon King and Lord of Sacred Aura expelled the evil god's will.
Before dying, Bronze Dragon King suddenly woke up.
He admitted that his path had deviated, repented from the bottom of his heart, and believed that Purification Faction's thoughts were completely wrong. In the end, he implored the great Lord of Sacred Aura, hoping that he could lead Dragon Race to continue on the path to a more glorious future.