But it was too late to curse now. The Dragon Emperor had already mounted the tiger and could not get off.
Their confrontation had begun. Whoever backed down now would be admitting defeat. As a Dragon, the Dragon Emperor could never take the initiative to concede.
Especially not here, in his Dragon's Nest, before his students.
Boom!
Ripples spread through the air once more.
The pressure from both sides grew stronger and stronger. Richard's body steadily rose as he activated his bloodline, like a mountain range that kept growing. The Dragon Emperor's eyes also became increasingly radiant under the surge of his bloodline, nearly like sixteen miniature suns.
"Wooo—"
Suddenly, a low whimper shattered the silence of the reception hall.
It was Kor's pained cry.
The two Dragons, Kor and Koto, could no longer bear the pressure of the two men's confrontation.
In an instant, both sides' pressure vanished without a trace.
"Haha, Dragon bloodlines truly are formidable." Richard smiled as his body slowly shrank back to its normal size.
The Dragon Emperor likewise said with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Your Wizard bloodline is also exceptionally extraordinary."
Although this contest of pressure had not officially ended, anyone with eyes could see that Richard had undoubtedly come out ahead.
Under Richard's pressure, the Dragon Emperor's Dragon Might could only remain within less than two meters around him. It could not advance a single inch beyond that.
"Please, sit, Miracle Wizard."
The Dragon Emperor lightly tapped his tail against the ground, and two golden thrones slowly rose from the floor.
The golden patterns on the thrones were sparse. In terms of quantity, they were far inferior to the Tree Pattern Diagrams on the room's walls.
However, just as a Wizard's spell model was not necessarily better for being