"Shua——"
The red dragon turned sideways to avoid a slash of the scimitar, then reversed its direction as much as possible and struck the opponent's cheek hard with its thick long tail.
The air was torn apart again.
And Cassius's tail covered with bone spikes slapped the fire djinn's face firmly, causing the opponent's face to become distorted.
Another splatter of blood as hot as magma.
"Ah!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
With a crisp sound, the efreet flew dozens of meters backwards, letting out a painful wail.
The fire djinn was beaten and flew out of the range of the cloud, leaving only clouds of gray smoke surrounding it.
"Hoo, hoo"
Cassius was submerged in the smoke, gasping quietly, thinking in his heart: "It's a bit tricky"
Several scratches appeared on the red dragon's chest and back, dozens of extremely hard scales were broken, and even a large gap appeared on the left wing membrane.
Fire giants are worthy of being the natural rulers of the fire elemental plane.
After releasing the power given by the Great Sultan, the size of this fire giant was almost the same as him, or even better.
At the same time, the power of the fire elemental plane gave Ismail terrifying power, allowing him to gain the upper hand in the duel of strength.
Every time he came into contact with the huge body of the efreet, Cassius could always feel a repulsive force coming from the fire elemental plane.
Although he is also a true dragon who controls the essence of fire magic, he is not a native resident of the fire elemental plane.
In other words, Cassius cannot borrow much power from the environment, but the efreeti can get assistance from the plane.
Divine-like power.
He was convinced of this again.
In Erezegai, the gap between gods and mortals is unexpectedly large and almost impossible to fill. It is a generational difference in the level of life and the essence of power.
No matter how powerful mortals are, they are only individuals in the vast universe.
Gods are different. Their power has the nature of "authority". They can use their divine power to leverage power several orders of magnitude higher than that of mortals.
Although the power displayed by Ismail is far less than the real divine power, it has similar attributes.
"Is this what the great Sultan relies on?"
Cassius narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the efreeti in the distance through the smoke, his pale golden pupils flashing with interest.
"So."
"Just let me take a look——"
"How far can you fight with me!"
The red dragon raised its head and roared, then spread its wings, plunged into the billowing smoke, and disappeared.
"Go to hell! Hidden guy, I see you!"
"Whoosh——"
Ismail relied on the warrior's intuition and plane sensing to throw the short spear, but the red dragon sideways dodged it while moving at high speed.
The spear almost touched the red dragon's belly, making a crackling sound in the air.
And Cassius jumped into the air, and then hit the efreeti from behind, biting it with his bloody maw full of teeth as big as daggers.
"Pfft."
The sound of flesh being pierced.
Followed by panicked roars and painful wails.
"Ah!"
"You despicable reptile! The most shameless sneak attacker!"
Ismail almost instinctively grabbed Cassius's head, struggling constantly, trying to pull it over his shoulders.
His other hand was still holding the brass scimitar tightly and slashing backwards, but this posture was too awkward and it was difficult to exert full force.
The blade struck the hard scales, making a crisp sound of metal collision.
How could the red dragon do as he wished?
Cassius bit down with all his strength, and the sharp teeth had penetrated deeply into the flesh—some of the teeth were even broken due to the efreeti's struggle.
His two thick arms came around and strangled the fire djinn's shoulders, making his arms unable to exert force.
The red dragon's strong hind legs also kicked forward fiercely, and its sharp claws penetrated directly into the flesh of the efreeti, drawing blood from his claws.
In the past, it was difficult for Cassius to use this kind of fighting method - because he was too big.
Most of the time, he's fighting things no bigger than his claws.
But this time, facing this huge efreet that stood nearly forty meters tall, Cassius could finally enjoy the pleasure of fighting.
"Ahhhh——"
"Let me go! You damn reptile!"
Ismail struggled to free his bound arms and let out another furious roar.
But Cassius's forelimbs that had been knocked away were still clinging to the efreet's back without relaxing at all, and the bite was getting tighter and tighter.
As the "master" of the fire elemental plane, the surrounding flames poured into the efreet, allowing his injuries to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As Cassius bit inward, the flesh and blood on the efreeti's neck was recovering at the same time. This scene seemed quite strange.
But soon, the fire giant felt a biting chill coming from the back of his neck.
Ismail's heart suddenly sounded alarm, and he felt unprecedentedly nervous and uneasy.
What on earth is he going to do? !
In his previous life, Cassius often wondered why the dragon didn't spit out its breath after biting the enemy when fighting with other creatures.
Now, he was ready to try this somewhat novel method.
That's a nine-ring spell——
[Extremely cold ice waterfall technique]
Although the cold spell was severely suppressed in the fire elemental plane, Cassius did not believe that it could not work at such a close distance.
Extreme cold air spurted out, almost freezing the efreeti's back.
"No——"
"You are blaspheming Allah of Fire!"
There were sparks in Ismail's eyes, and he knew that he had to use his full strength!
Otherwise, it is likely to be frozen or even destroyed by the frost!
"Red dragon! Get out of my way!"
He roared, opened his arms, and his muscles bulged. He used all his strength to move the fine gold ring embedded in the flesh.
Invoke the gifts that come from the Great Sultan—more specifically from the essence of the elemental planes.
"Boom!"
Extremely hot flames surrounded it, and the surrounding space was constantly trembling. Red ripples flashed over and over again, penetrating the red dragon's body.
The transparent red ball enveloped the fire giant and the red dragon.
Cassius felt a powerful repulsive force, and every tooth and scale on his body was being repelled and destroyed by this force.
"This power is very dangerous. If you continue to stay in this affected space, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Ouch——"
The red dragon released its mouth and claws without hesitation, let out a low roar, suddenly flapped its wings, and soared into the sky like a ghost.
However, the efreeti turned around and glared at the red dragon in the air, with orange-red fire pillars shooting out of its eyes.
"Boom——"
The pillar of fire shot at the red dragon, and the raging tongues of fire formed a pair of big hands, rushing towards the red dragon in the air from all directions.
At this time, Cassius has not yet flown out of the range of the red ball!
The flame, which represented the essence of the elemental plane, wrapped around Cassius's body and clung to his wings, making his movements much slower.
And that was enough for Ismail.
This angry fire giant pasha let out an extremely cheerful roar, with a twisted smile on his face, as if his great revenge was about to be avenged.
"Red Dragon! I said you are powerful, but-"
"No one can defeat an efreet pasha in this plane! Your head is already mine!"
"You seem to know magic well, have you seen it?!"
The fire giant pasha couldn't wait to jump up high, holding the brass scimitar tightly in his hands, and the lines on the blade shone with dazzling light.
"Shua——"
This is Ismail's final trump card.
【Decapitating Sword】
Cassius' pupils narrowed.
The decapitating sword was also a famous weapon feature in the previous life.
As long as this characteristic is activated and the opponent has no ability to move, a weapon with this characteristic can kill the enemy with one blow.
Ismail's decapitating sword was probably given by the Great Sultan himself, and only a quasi-god with the [Immortality] attribute could withstand it.
Today's red dragon cannot break free from the shackles of the power of the plane within five seconds, and this time is enough for Ismail to chop off the red dragon's head.
But thinking of this, the corners of Cassius's mouth suddenly raised slightly, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Is this your trump card?"
The fire giant was almost in front of him, and the dazzling blade was getting closer and closer to the red dragon's head, becoming bigger and bigger in his pale golden pupils.
But Cassius stared at the other person calmly, without any hint of panic about his imminent death.
Ismail also noticed this, but he didn't think much about it and just assumed that the other party was completely desperate.
"Red dragon! Your head is about to fall!"
"Remember my name - the great efreet pasha Ismail Enver!"
"Suffer death!"
The earth-shattering shouts, the slashes that tear apart the space, the sea of fire that scorches the sky and the earth, this is a funeral that is enough to show respect for any strong man.
But he didn't notice that there was a crisp and subtle "click" mixed in with this chaotic sound.
"Shua——"
The next moment, a huge head rolled down from the sky, still maintaining an extremely excited and ecstatic expression.
But that was not the head of the red dragon, but that of the efreeti pasha who thought he was about to win.
Cassius held the precious, blood-soaked brass scimitar, playing with it with ease and pleasure in his talons.
The hot blood splashed all over the red dragon's face, almost blending with his red scales, but Cassius still grinned and showed a particularly cruel smile.
"Thank you very much, Ismail Enver Pasha. I'm just worried that I can't kill you."
Cassius had many ways to kill Ismail - Breath of Chaos was one of them.
But he chose the safest method.
The process is very simple. Use the pocket watch given by the ancient time dragon to release the nine-ring spell [Time Stop], break free from the shackles of the fire elemental plane, and take away the brass scimitar in the opponent's hand.
Then Cassius flew behind the fire djinn unhurriedly, got ready, and swung the scimitar the moment time resumed.
Behead!
The red dragon swung his sword.
This scene looks a bit weird, but the effect is not bad. It is indeed the head of the efreeti pasha.
Ismael's plane power can block most spells, including the Dragon Warlock's super magic, but it cannot block powers that also have a god-like nature - such as the runes carved by the ancient time dragon.
"Boom——"
As if feeling the death of this pasha, the fire elemental plane let out a "wail", steam clouds gradually gathered, and ashes rained down.
"Above is the Flame Allah..."
"Pasha..."
"Dead."
Only then did the elemental creatures, who were trembling with fear from the noise of the battle, poke their heads out and look up at the death of the fire giant Pasha with an expression of disbelief.
"Long live His Majesty Cassius!"
The great red dragon is invincible! ”
The soldiers of the Empire had already expected this and let out excited roars. The cheers that reached into the sky broke out in the Burning Ember Empire's position.
The huge body slowly fell. As his body fell, ashes and flames flew on it and gradually dissipated, while the body gradually turned into the purest and most essential fire element essence.
"Good stuff."
And Cassius's eyes lit up, greed revealed in his pale golden pupils. He waved his wings impatiently and rushed towards the fallen body of the efreeti Pasha.
"Cassius!"
"Cassius!"
A thunderous sound echoed across the burning plain, and there were even continuous echoes.
The voice was loud and distant, as if it was everywhere, but you could hear the anger in its tone.
"I know you!"
"How dare you - kill a pasha in my country!"
Cassius's expression gradually became serious.
He knew that the source of the voice was the true master of this country, the being who stood at the pinnacle of the elemental plane, and the king with quasi-divine power - the Great Sultan of the Fire Djinn. (End of chapter)