[System Notification: Phase 3 of the Initiation Trial has commenced.] [Objective: Survive the assault of the Fire Dragon Emperor’s avatar for ten minutes.] The system’s cold voice had barely faded when the leaden gray sky was completely consumed by churning, fiery clouds, transforming into a dazzling crimson.
The concentration of the fire element in the air soared at an alarming rate.
Every breath felt like inhaling scalding sand that actively blistered the throat.
Boom!
A deep, rumbling tremor, resembling the roar of the planet’s core, vibrated from deep underground.
The iron-hard black rock surface fractured open like a fragile eggshell.
Hot, viscous, dark red magma, reeking of pungent sulfur, erupted violently from countless fissures like a raging fire suppressed for millennia.
Columns of molten lava shot into the sky and exploded in mid-air, transforming into a torrential rain of fire that turned the vast wasteland into a scorching inferno.
Flames, extreme temperatures, and rivers of magma instantly transformed the entire instance into a volcanic nightmare.
And this was merely the prelude.
Roar!
A terrifying, indescribable dragon roar erupted from the deepest, widest crevice in the earth.
The sound wave was not merely a physical auditory force; it contained the furious weight of immense pressure and ancient elemental power.
Wherever the shockwave passed, the gushing magma was forcefully shaken back, leaving visible, distorted ripples in the warped air.
A second later, deep within the abyss, two dazzling orbs of flame ignited like miniature suns.
Those were the dragon’s eyes.
Immediately following, a colossal dragon claw composed entirely of the purest, most violent flames gripped the edge of the chasm.
The iron-hard obsidian was easily crushed like tofu under its weightless grip.
Boom!
The earth shattered completely.
A colossal creature broke free from the abyss of flame and soared into the sky.
It was a dragon.
It was a pure elemental giant dragon with a body length exceeding one hundred meters and a wingspan that completely blotted out the heavens.
Its body was not made of flesh and blood, but of flowing, liquid orange-red flames.
Its surface was covered in layers of dense, burning flame crystals that resembled the scales of a living dragon.
Its enormous wings were composed of a blazing skeletal structure and raw energy membranes.
Each heavy flap of its wings stirred up a raging gale and massive waves of fire.
The dragon’s long tail, resembling a whip of pure flame, left a lingering trail of fire as it swung lazily through the air.
On the dragon’s ferocious head, two curved, fiery horns pointed straight toward the sky.
Sparks and high-temperature jets of gaseous smoke constantly spewed from its jaws as the massive mouth snapped closed.
Monster: Fire Dragon Emperor Avatar (Boss) Level: Level 18 HP: 60,000 / 60,000 Strength: 3,000 Defense: 2,500 Spirit: 3,500 Agility: 3,000 Trait: Advanced Elementalization (Immune to most physical attacks and elemental attacks of the same or lower tier.
When taking damage, it prioritizes consuming energy or stamina to maintain its elemental form.
Health remains unaffected until its energy and stamina pools are completely depleted.) Skills: Dragon’s Breath, Lava Eruption, Fire Domain, Elemental Manipulation Combat Power: 95,000 A combat power assessment of nearly one hundred thousand.
The presence of the Advanced Elementalization trait instantly changed the atmosphere of the livestream channel from awe to deep worry.
“An elemental creature!
Elementalization is the single most troublesome ability on the Endless Continent!” “Holy crap, an elemental giant dragon with 95,000 combat power!
Even a single stray spark falling from its body could kill me instantly.” “To deal with an elementalized creature, you can’t harm its physical health at all unless its stamina or energy is completely drained first.” “It seems impossible for God Lin to achieve another perfect rating by instantly killing the boss like the previous two waves.” “What a pity!
I heard that if you secure three consecutive perfect ratings in an initiation trial, the endgame reward is an extremely rare item.” Worried comments flooded the running feed.
The vast majority of the viewers no longer believed that Leon could replicate his miraculous instant-kills.
Faced with the seemingly invincible nature of an elemental entity, even the highest physical attack power appeared completely useless.
Roar!
The Fire Dragon Emperor’s avatar seemed to pay special attention to the tiny skeleton on the platform, which exuded a deeply unpleasant aura.
Its enormous dragon eyes, resembling lakes of boiling lava, locked onto Zoro.
The dragon’s jaws opened wide, and a blindingly bright white light ignited deep within its throat.
The surrounding fire elements converged frantically into its mouth.
The air was rapidly vacuumed away, forming a terrifying vortex.
It took only two seconds to charge.
Boom!
A torrent of pure white flames, over ten meters in diameter and condensed to a near-solid state, erupted from the dragon’s mouth.
Wherever the dragon’s breath passed, space distorted.
The hard bedrock below melted instantly, carving a bottomless lava trench into the ground.
The devastating heat and shockwave arrived before the blast itself, melting and shearing away the rocks at the edge of the platform.
This was a terrifying breath capable of incinerating entire cities.
Faced with this destructive torrent, Zoro, who stood less than two meters tall, appeared as insignificant as a speck of dust about to be swallowed by an inferno.
The hearts of all the spectators leaped into their throats.
Logically, the summon should have dodged immediately, using its high agility to maneuver and wear down its opponent’s energy reserves.
However, Zoro did not move.
He didn’t even look up at the devastating torrent of incoming dragon fire.
He merely bent his knees slightly.
He drew Sandai Kitetsu from his sash with his left hand, gripped Enma tightly with his right hand, and bit down hard on Wado Ichimonji.
Inside his empty eye sockets, the two points of red soul fire remained unusually calm.
Crackle!
A violent, dark red energy, like tangible lightning, erupted once more from his skeletal framework without warning.
It was even more concentrated and ferocious than during his fight with the Werewolf Cavalry.
Conqueror’s Haki wrapped tightly around his blades, pushing his power to its absolute maximum potential.
The black rock beneath his feet was silently reduced to fine dust by the sudden explosion of his spiritual pressure, forming a deeper pit.
Red and black arcs of electricity leaped wildly, while a green aura rose like flames from the three long katanas.
The space surrounding the blades visibly distorted under the terrifying infusion of energy.
Then came another sonic boom.
But this time, the sound was shorter and sharper.
Zoro’s figure transformed into a meteor burning with a green aura, completely wreathed in red and black lightning.
He can actually charge straight upstream, directly into the path of the devastating dragon’s breath that was powerful enough to melt steel and evaporate stone.
He wasn’t dodging; he was executing a frontal breakthrough.