Chapter 157: Fire Dragon

The night passed without incident, and everyone rested. Li Mochen, as usual, stayed awake all night. He remained in the deepest part of the cave, using the body-forging secret method of the Tai Xiao Divine Sect to refine the primal energy within him.

He had been forced to use his self-created 'Zhou Tian Xuan Ling Lei Qi Mantra,' employing the power of lightning to stimulate and strengthen his physique.

Fortunately, on the night he defeated James Lanster, a portion of Li Mochen's divine soul had been repaired, greatly enhancing his sensory abilities. Now he could barely manage it.

Thankfully, there was no essential difference in the physical structure between humans of this world and those of the Yuan Qiong Realm.

The only difference lay in the special bloodlines within this body.

But whether it was the Titan lineage, the Western Dragon lineage, or the unknown Eastern bloodline from Li Chunchu, all possessed strong resistance, greatly enhancing his body's endurance.

Thus, these bloodline inheritances were not obstacles to his 'Zhou Tian Xuan Ling Lei Qi Mantra' but rather aids.

After Li Mochen finally managed to suppress the excess primal energy accumulated in his body to a safe level, he then had to worry about his spirit pet. He spent over three hours using acupuncture, lightning-guided qi methods, and localized lightning stimulation to prevent this Dark Fire Dragon from suffering a qi-blood rampage or meridian blockage due to absorbing too much primal energy.

By the time the dragon fell into a deep sleep, it was already four in the morning. Just as Li Mochen was about to enter meditation and practice the 'Er Yuan Xuan Hua Da Fa,' he suddenly heard a loud roar from outside.

The roar was immense, coming from an unknown direction, causing the sleeping dragon to shudder and wake up abruptly, staring blankly toward the cave entrance.

Li Mochen initially thought they were unlucky to be discovered by nearby dark creatures, but then he heard two more thunderous, high-pitched sounds.

At this point, even Eliza woke up. After listening for a moment, her face turned pale: "That's a high-ranking dragon descendant!"

It was the dragon might emitted by the high-ranking dragon descendant that had awakened her and the dragon from their deep sleep.

By then, Li Mochen had already walked to the Teutonic chariot, observing the outside through the window. Beside him was Qi Tai, who had been on night watch: "To the east, at a 97-degree angle. If you look closely, you'll see some dust and flames. I guess two lord-level giant beasts are fighting over territory—"

So-called 'lord-level' giant beasts usually refer to magical creatures above level 20 with massive bodies and life energy. Their strength is a hundred times greater than 'outlaw-level' but still below legendary. In the dark world, they often establish their own territories to obtain food.

"Not quite lord-level. Within a thousand miles of Ghost City, there can't be any lord-level magical creatures. But judging by the commotion, they're probably not far from it. One of them is a high-ranking dragon descendant—"

Chu Siguo was the fourth to climb onto the chariot: "Sounds like they're evenly matched. I wonder how it will end."

Unfortunately, the view in this mountain hollow was limited. Through night-vision binoculars, they could only see dust rising in the east. Occasionally, a ball of extremely high-temperature flame shot into the sky, seemingly the dragon breath of the high-ranking dragon descendant.

After that, they stayed in the chariot, listening to the continuous loud crashes and ear-piercing roars.

The battlefield of the two giant beasts was moving closer to them, the noise growing louder, and soon the ground began to tremble incessantly.

"It should be about 23 kilometers from us—"

Chu Siguo frowned: "Set 15 kilometers as the warning line. If they enter that range, we must drive away."

Fortunately, it was already six in the morning, and the magic tide was receding. Although the wilderness of Ghost City was still dangerous, it was no longer something they couldn't handle.

They only needed to hold out until eight o'clock, when most of the dark creatures that had been active all night would find a safe place to sleep. This period was the safest in the dark world, and conditions would improve.

Qi Tai and the others were already packing up, loading all the camping gear back into the chariot. Only the magic protective array, worth sixty thousand gold shields and capable of masking their aura, could not be dismantled yet.

But by 6:30 in the morning, when the two battling giant beasts approached within 16 kilometers of them, they turned southward.

This made the six people present breathe a sigh of relief, their expressions relaxing considerably.

Half an hour later, the commotion gradually subsided. When the sounds completely disappeared, the group exchanged glances.

After about three seconds, Li Mochen made a decision: "Find a high ground nearby and see what's going on."

"Good idea!"

Eliza's eyes lit up, and she raised both hands in agreement: "I also want to see what kind of dragon descendant it is, who its opponent was, and what the outcome was."

In truth, she wanted to see if there was any advantage to be gained. She had noticed that the last beast roars carried obvious pain, and in the final stage, they were almost like wails.

Clearly, the fight had ended, with one side defeated and dead. Although dark world creatures had enormous appetites, they usually couldn't finish their food in one go.

There might be leftovers this time, and the meat of a lord-level giant beast, even just scraps, was valuable.

Their bones were also valuable magical materials.

This time, Chu Siguo took the wheel without hesitation, slowly driving away from the stone cave. His off-road driving skills in the military were rated A-grade, nearly at the level of a professional race car driver.

If any danger occurred, the one most capable of driving to escape was Chu Siguo.

Chu Siguo was clearly familiar with the terrain. Without wasting a second, in just twelve minutes, they were looking down at the battlefield from a high vantage point.

From this hill, they could see that the dense forest below had been swept as if by a scythe, carving out a huge arc.

The battle had started near a river to the northeast, then moved westward for over twenty kilometers before turning north. Along the way, all trees were broken, and raging fires were spreading outward.

At the center of the battlefield lay two giant beasts. One was a massive python, two hundred meters long and about twelve meters in diameter. The python was now lifeless, lying limp on the ground.

But its opponent was also in bad shape. It was a fiery red dragon beast with black crystal-like scales, very similar in shape to a black dragon, the only difference being that it had no wings.

Li Mochen had once read a book called 'Illustrated Guide to Higher Dark Creatures' in the school library and recognized it as a Black-Scaled Fire Dragon, a being whose bloodline was infinitely close to that of a black dragon.