The enormous dragon shadow encircled the Lizardman, its majestic eyes fixed firmly on him. Blue and white flames flickered incessantly within the dragon's eyes.
"Chitter, chitter!"
Sensing the fluctuations radiating from the dragon shadow, the Three-Star Dou Zong Lizardman's face showed a trace of almost human astonishment. Energy surged continuously from within him, and the dark red scales covering his body gradually gave off a scorching glow.
"Roar!"
The dragon shadow roared. Under Xiao Fan's control, it no longer hesitated, opening its tooth-lined maw and spewing a stream of scorching energy. The flames in its eyes erupted at the same instant. As it expelled energy, the dragon's form spun rapidly. From afar, the Lizardman was enclosed at its center, surrounded entirely by the energy the dragon spat out.
Boom!
A violent explosion thundered, and scorching energy swept outward. Most of the weaker Lizardmen nearby died beneath the rippling blast of this Dou Zong-level powerhouse's attack. Only a handful escaped by sheer luck, but even they now lay slumped in the magma, utterly motionless.
At the center, the Lizardman's figure had vanished. Xiao Fan's strike had completely cleared away the magma, creating an empty region over a hundred meters across. The surrounding magma was rolling back in, while at the very center, a scarlet Fire Bead brimming with fire-attribute energy remained.
Xiao Fan reached out and drew it toward him. The Fire Bead flew straight into his hand.
"Such dense fire-attribute energy..."
The moment the Fire Bead entered his hand, Xiao Fan sensed the rich energy within, and his eyes brightened slightly. The other Lizardmen had been too weak, the gap between them and Xiao Fan too great, so their beads had done little for him. But this Lizardman had reached Three-Star Dou Zong, not far below Xiao Fan's own realm.