Chapter 313: The Grind Continues (3)

Chapter 313: The Grind Continues (3)

The trio reached their area of interest. It wasn't on the surface but underground where pools of lava resided. It wasn't a natural occurrence, of course, but the surrounding here was purposely oversaturated with sulfur as pools of lava were created over thousands of years and slowly integrated into nature without any issues. Any simpleton who enters this underground region without preparation would have their body poisoned by sulfur and even if someone came prepared, aside from a few odd beasts, there wasn't anything to find. Maybe some rare herbs but no immortal ones.

The trio stepped in without issues, their bodies far too resilient to be taken down by the sulfur in the air as Erlong even went ahead and took deep, filling breaths as her body seemed more excited than usual. Her martial soul was Infernal Dragon King. Pools of Lava and air of sulfur may just be the refreshing vacation Erlong needed to get that huge stick out of her butt and finally grow a little calm than her usual manic self.

Or at least, that's what Ja Sun thought.

They stood in front of the largest and central lava pond. The sound of hot bubbling lava continued to fill the area until Zi Ji scowled. She was getting impatient and found her reputation tested. She was here with the Beast God and despite the reason for their visit, such a silent mockery won't do for her! With all the bits of scales on her human body almost glowing in eldritch dark purplish neon, Zi Ji's lips parted and she bares her sharp canines before releasing an intense, primal roar that shook not only the pools of lava as the viscous bubbling material rippled, but also Erlong who bit her lower lip.

No matter what she thinks... presently, the truth was that she was weaker than Zi Ji... and if she was so much more weaker than Zi Ji... her gaze trailed the back of the youth who beat Zi Ji and thinned her lips. This wasn't exactly honorable. She wanted to best Ja Sun with her efforts alone... but screw that. Honor will only take her so far. She had a live example in front of her of how much dishonesty can achieve.

'Stronger... if not stronger than him then certainly stronger than THEM...' A few figures emerged in Erlong's mind.

"Abyss Demon Dragon... I warned you. Intrude of me next time and I shall have you skinned alive..." A somber growl was released from the central pond as a figure coated in magma soon emerged. The lava slowly dripped down, revealing its human shape but beastly countenance. Unlike Zi Ji, this beast was a humanoid, similar to Snow Empress.

And it certainly looked impressive, Ja Sun thought silently.

The lizard-like beast was a mix of primality of beasts and likeness of war similar to an ancient soldier. Its skin was bright orange but the beast itself was... armored. The armor was part of its body, flesh pressurized so much that it turned stronger than metal. In fact, Ja Sun had a synthetic arm and a piece of silver orb with shards of gold stuck in his chest, too. The lizard's head was covered in a pristine 'steel' helmet that had two horns emerging from the side of its head and another one sticking out from the base of his nose as if some sort of beetle. Not only that, metal-like armor of steel and gold covered its humanoid frame. As if his own draconic claws weren't enough, the dragon's arms had tough metal hide covering it as if bracers and had sharp metal claws sticking out of it.

Alongside the short red mane escaping the confines of his helmet from behind, a pair of metal wings hung on his back similar to an insect that when closed would form a perfect shield!

{A/N: Just a Chinese cousin of Wargreymon, lol.}

"War Dragon..." Zi Ji growled the beast's name. Well, species, to be exact but not many cared about names in the first place.

But instead of looking at Zi Ji who would prove a match to his strength, the beast that was only barely 8 meters tall gazed at the more obvious threat in the form of a curious three-eyes menace. Even War Dragon's own metal skin crawled in goosebumps and fright for the first time but... he continued to match the man's gaze.

"You... have his essence," Ja Sun suddenly chuckled. Ah, what fond memories. He once used the war god's essence to refine himself and it was already assimilated within him at this point. Similar to him, this War Dragon had a similar essence. The only reason Ja Sun could point it out was just that he was so much stronger than the opponent.

"Leave!" War Dragon growled and he was most certainly amazed. He didn't care what THIS beast god said... he was no Di Tian. But as he saw the mighty human turn, even War Dragon had to suppress its jubilation.

"Well, you asked to fight your prey, right?" He heard the man speak out loud and only then did the War Dragon notice the dark-haired woman behind him. If the beast could frown, it would, alas, his face was covered by a hardened metal skin helmet.

She intently gazed at the beast. She had six spirit skills, a tough body, and three spirit bones. Even if not a Titled Douluo, she couldn't shame herself by getting defeated easily at the very least.

'Do you think she can kill him?' Zi Ji frowned. In fact, Erlong was more effective than her in this location. First, Zi Ji couldn't enter this location with her real body and her human body could barely contend with the beast given the territorial advantage. But Erlong had the same advantage here if not more than War Dragon because of her ultimate fire...

'Why don't we bet? It could actually be a nailbiter,' Ja Sun snickered as Zi Ji looked at her Beast God suspiciously...

'I bet that she would lose,' Zi Ji opted to be a realist.

'Hmm, I hope she wins then,' And Ja Sun always was willing to represent the crazier and miraculous side.

'If I win... you shall help me with one thing,' Zi Ji looked thoughtful as Ja Sun blinked, 'I thought you would want your reverse scale back...'

'I will win it back,' Zi Ji emphasized with a snort even if the situation was bleak, and looked at Ja Sun, 'So? What do you desire in return?'

'You know what? A dare for a dare. I'll have you do something, too,' Ja Sun shrugged with an easygoing smile as Zi Ji nodded quietly.

Meanwhile, the battle over the surface of lava had already begun!

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