novelraw Chapter 60: Crimson Dragon Breath
Chapter 60: Crimson Dragon Breath
Lu Caiyi gazed deeply into Lin Xun’s eyes—it was clear she understood his intent.
As Talros began casting his ability again, not only did she refuse to back down, but she charged forward, fists swinging.
She would use her own body to take the brunt of the enemy’s attack—to buy Lin Xun the precious seconds he needed to unleash his trump card!
The soul talent Endless Strength surged through her. The massive lion-headed gauntlets on her hands compressed the air itself, their impact howling with wind and thunder.
Boom!
Her iron fist landed squarely on the enemy, blasting him backward.
But what followed was an overwhelming tide of explosive flames.
Lu Caiyi took the full brunt of Talros’s powerful ability. The blast nearly tore her apart, leaving her with devastating injuries.
She could no longer maintain her manifested shell—her warrior body faded away, and the collapsed figure reverted back to the frail girl in white.
“As an Apostle of the Armed Division… maybe death in battle is my true fate.I just… couldn’t protect him…”
Lin Xun saw her recklessly throw herself into danger to shield him, saw her punch the enemy through sheer willpower.
Talros, knocked away by the blow, staggered to his feet. No longer calm and composed—he limped and wobbled, glaring at Lin Xun with fury.
There was no time to hesitate. Lin Xun gritted his teeth, summoning a sticky, half-solid, half-liquid mass of crimson blood—boiling, bubbling, and emanating a terrifying aura.
Within that blood, it was as though a dreadful beast’s soul had been sealed.
Just looking at it made his ears ring with the echoes of a furious dragon’s roar.
[Boiling Subspecies Dragon Blood Essence (Item): The subspecies dragon blood bubbles and churns, containing the core of draconic breath. Using this item will unleash a devastating crimson dragon breath at the cost of your Shell’s death.]
[If a game Shell “dies” as in real life, the cost to reshape it temporarily increases by 1 soul strength point (can be paid in installments), and it becomes unusable for 24 hours.]
Lin Xun took a deep breath.
[You have manifested the Shell: Blood Sun Paladin of Discipline.]
The Engineer shell vanished…
In its place appeared a towering, grotesque figure nearly two and a half meters tall. Its flesh squirmed with pulsating tumors, its body bulging with swollen muscles.
Veins twisted like black cords across its arms, overflowing with explosive power.
It was a fallen knight corrupted by the Corrupted Blood Sun—a terrifying monster bound to depraved laws.
Lin Xun threw his head back and chugged the bubbling dragon blood.
In that instant, it felt like drinking molten lava.
The essence seared through his mouth and throat, blazing a trail down to his gut.
Scorching crimson fumes billowed from the corners of his mouth.
Lin Xun inhaled sharply—his already massive chest expanded grotesquely, like a furnace primed to explode.
Within his maw, crimson light began to condense—a force of annihilation primed to erupt.
Talros, limping toward him, froze.
His eyes widened in disbelief.
The Engineer had changed Shells?!
How was that possible?!
That abominable body couldn’t possibly belong to any ordinary Apostle!
He wasn’t the Engineer…
Talros watched in horror as the monster raised its arm and summoned a sphere of red light—its aura smothering and terrifying.
A power of this level would cost the user dearly…
And destroy everything in its path.
“GRAAHHH!” Talros shrieked and turned to flee.
But behind him, the roar of a colossal beast split the heavens—a sound unmistakably belonging to a dragon!
Talros saw the last light of his life.
A torrent of crimson dragon breath filled his entire vision.
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Four off-road vehicles had already arrived near the battlefield—but were blocked by a squad of black-robed defenders.
After a fierce fight, the joint forces of the Armed and Intelligence Divisions finally eliminated the enemies.
As the convoy neared the compound, Team Leader Wang Zong peered through the windshield.
The once-familiar bungalow was now rubble. Flames blazed among shattered bricks and tiles.
His precious girl, Lu Caiyi, lay collapsed nearby. She looked drained but alive.
“Damn it, that pretty boy… Why didn’t he just give them the Source? If anything happened to Yiyi—just watch me beat him senseless!”
Despite his grumbling, Wang Zong exhaled in relief.
By the ruins, a burning figure staggered to a halt—as if paralyzed by some nameless fear. He shrieked and turned to run.
Behind him stood a towering humanoid form.
With a dragon’s roar that shook the skies, it unleashed a crimson blaze capable of incinerating the world.
Above the city, the night sky turned a vivid, demonic red.
Li Xingyue watched in stunned silence.
To her, all things lost color—save for the overwhelming brilliance of that crimson dragon breath.
Time passed.
The red light finally faded, revealing a massive chasm stretching for miles.
Within the rift, red heat still boiled like magma. Even distant hills had failed to stop the dragon’s fury.
Everything touched by the breath had been reduced to smoldering ash.
At the very origin of the blast…
A devastatingly handsome man in a T-shirt and jeans lay slumped on the ground.
Wang Zong stared in disbelief, rubbing his eyes.
‘That guy… didn’t he look just like that pretty boy?’
‘No… No way someone this strong could be just a pretty boy!’
‘He must be… must be Yiyi’s man!’
‘Yes! He must be the Armed Division’s future son-in-law!’