"Whoosh!"
High in the sky, the golden dragon Elton split off Light and Shadow Doppelgangers again and again. Whenever he struck, the terrifying light energy pouring down carved a deep ravine into the canyon below.
"Boom!"
The nimble Shelley dodged the golden dragon Elton's attack once more. This strike missed again, blasting a huge crater into the canyon wall with another thunderous crash.
Both the Human Race and the Dragon Race strained their eyes wide, watching the spectacular contest of speed between the two.
Even among Saint-level experts, clashes of speed at this ultimate level were rare.
Moreover, for the battle to reach its current deadlock, the gap between their speeds could not be too great. It was only because Elton's comprehension of the Laws had advanced considerably that Shelley found him somewhat troublesome.
"Bang!"
Besides his claws, the golden dragon Elton's wings and tail were lethal weapons as he soared through the air. At that moment, he lashed his tail viciously at Shelley like a whip.
"Hiss!" As expected, this attack once again passed straight through Shelley's "body." The afterimage she had left behind vanished, and the blow struck a massive rock, instantly covering the solid rock face in cracks.
The next instant, Shelley and Elton vanished simultaneously once more.
"Hiss!" "Hiss!"...
Their contest of speed was truly breathtaking. Never mind the experts below Saint-level who had followed them here-even among the Saint-level experts, scarcely any could keep up with the two through their perception. As for matching their speed, not a single one could.
The battle lasted from sunrise to sunset, almost an entire day, before Shelley finally managed to slowly beat Elton into submission.
There was no helping it, though. Elton was also an expert in the Laws of Light, with astonishing powers of recovery. His speed made him extremely difficult even for Shelley to handle, and he was far more troublesome than the tyrannosaurus Whitehead before him.
"She finally made that golden dragon feel some pain. But after two battles in succession, Miss Shelley must be nearing her limit." Wayne, who looked like a red-armored general, was already itching to take the field.
"Human, your strength deserves our respect. But after fighting two battles in succession, you must have reached your limit." At that moment, a frost dragon with white, fleshy wings suddenly stepped out from among the dragons.
Faced with the frost dragon's words, Shelley stood motionless high in the sky, saying nothing.
Under normal circumstances, Saint-level experts were essentially never short of Battle-qi or magic power, but intense battles like these were another matter.
When it came to endurance, dragons were indeed far superior to the Human Race.
"I concede this round." Shelley did not continue pushing herself and flew straight back.
"A water-attribute expert? Mr. Lawson, leave this fellow to me." Faced with Wayne's volunteering, Lawson simply gave his tacit consent.
Among them, three were strongest in the Elemental Laws of Fire. Aside from the unfathomable Luo Ao and himself, Wayne was the strongest of their group.
"Don't be careless." Luo Ao looked at the frost dragon. He instinctively sensed something amiss, so he made a point of warning Wayne.
"Don't worry. I have some confidence in dealing with this big fellow." Clad in crimson armor, Wayne cut a valiant figure. His long, fiery-red hair streamed in the wind, and his weapon was a crimson spear that looked anything but ordinary.
"I am Valko, a frost dragon." Taking the field for the first time, the frost dragon volunteered his name.
"Remember, the man who defeats you is called Wayne Hausmann!" Looking utterly confident, Wayne stood high in the sky, facing off against the frost dragon.
Ordinary members of the frost dragon race were only Level Nine Magical Beasts. Those who broke through to Saint-level could be considered kings of their race. However, their innate abilities were nowhere near as terrifying as those of the previous two types of dragons, which was why Wayne was so confident.
With his comprehension of the Laws approaching Peak Saint-level, defeating a frost dragon would not be particularly difficult.
"Take this! Momentum of Raging Fire!" Facing the powerful aura of the frost dragon Valko, Wayne chose to strike first. Searing red flames blazed along his spear, and he looked like a fiery monster himself as he transformed into a mass of explosive flames and charged straight at the frost dragon.
"This Wayne..." Watching him advance so recklessly, Luo Ao frowned, but there was little he could say.
"The Elemental Laws of Fire? Your profound mysteries of the Elemental Laws of Fire still have a long way to go!" The frost dragon Valko made no unnecessary movements, merely unleashing a simple Dragon's Breath, a basic skill that ordinary dragons all possessed.
Yet the Dragon's Breath Valko exhaled was anything but simple. The moment it touched the air, it carried an utterly frigid power that seemed capable of freezing space and everything within it.
Watching the human Saint-level expert hurtling toward him, a cold glint of disdain flashed through the frost dragon Valko's eyes.
"Crack, crack-"
Sure enough, before he could even approach the frost dragon Valko's head, Wayne froze in midair. His entire body was encased in ice, turning him into a lifelike ice sculpture.
"What... what power is this? Absolute Zero?" Wayne also knew that Water Element magic included an extremely terrifying forbidden spell called Absolute Zero.
If this forbidden Water Element spell, Absolute Zero, were unleashed in a human kingdom, hundreds of thousands of people would instantly freeze to death. Even Saint-level experts would be greatly affected.
The frost dragon Valko's move did indeed contain the profound mysteries of ice within Absolute Zero.
Once he unleashed this move, its terrifyingly low temperature alone could instantly freeze and shatter an opponent into countless fragments. Even the opponent's soul could be frozen and shattered.
"This is bad!" Seeing that Wayne was completely unable to break free of the Ice Seal restraining him through Absolute Zero for the time being, Lawson and Luo Ao instantly sensed that something was wrong.
Completely encased in ice, Wayne did not even have the chance to concede. If Valko struck ruthlessly again...
Just as Luo Ao thought this, he saw Valko actually extend a dragon claw toward Wayne.
"Stop!"
Seeing events take the worst possible turn, neither Lawson nor Luo Ao could remain idle. But just as they prepared to rescue him, an irresistible, peculiar influence appeared. They stood rooted to the spot, utterly motionless, frozen just like that.
At that moment, it was as though time had stopped in the space around Luo Ao and Lawson. Neither people nor objects could move.
It was not just them. The many other Human Race Saint-level experts, Shelley included, were also completely motionless.
Silence!
Oppressive, terrifying silence.
Unprecedented horror filled many of their eyes.
What terrifying, mighty power was this? It actually left them unable to move at all?
Only Luo Ao, Lawson, and Shelley felt their hearts sink. Inwardly, all three voiced the same answer-God's Domain!
"Bang!" Just then, a crisp sound like shattering glass rang out high in the sky.
Wayne, already encased in ice like an insect trapped in amber, was smashed to pieces by a single swipe of the frost dragon Valko's claw. Shards of ice scattered through the air. Where was Wayne now?
This Betty! Seeing a friend they had known for years die before their eyes, Lawson and the others glared in fury. Even Luo Ao, who had only known Wayne a short time, felt irrepressible anger rise within him.
It was one thing for the rules to favor the dragons, but they were not even allowed to save him? Could Miss Betty not see that Wayne had already lost?
"Hehe, don't look at me like that. The path of the strong is inherently this cruel. Once you reach the Divine Planes and Higher Planes, things a hundred times crueler than this happen all the time." Perhaps noticing Lawson and the others' discontent, Betty's flippant voice rang out at just that moment.
"Besides, if you want to compete for the treasures I've offered, you must be prepared to die and have your soul annihilated!" Betty's tone suddenly turned icy. Her gaze, imposing without anger, swept over everyone once more. This time, even Lawson, whose fury soared to the heavens, could only lower his head in bitter helplessness.
The weak have no right to speak of "fairness." For some reason, these words flashed through Luo Ao's mind. Only at this moment did he truly grasp their meaning.