Chapter 96: Killing the captain and the vice captain
Chapter 96: Killing the captain and the vice captain
As soon as Victor’s words fell, the entire battlefield sank into a terrifying silence.
Not a single sound could be heard.
Even the wind itself seemed to have stopped, as if the world was waiting to witness what would happen next.
The alien invaders stared at the lone human standing before them with expressions filled with confusion.
None of them understood what was happening.
Their sharp senses could clearly detect Victor’s cultivation.
He was releasing the aura of a weak Grade 7 martial cultivator while also carrying the mana fluctuations of a Grade 4 mage.
To beings like them, someone at that level was nothing more than an insignificant insect.
Yet that insignificant insect was standing directly in their path instead of fleeing and even threting them.
He was neither trembling nor begging for mercy.
Instead, he had calmly welcomed them as though they were the ones walking into a trap.
The situation was so absurd that even these battle-hardened conquerors did not know how to react.
Throughout their long military campaigns, they had destroyed countless civilizations across the universe.
Entire planets had fallen beneath their claws.
Kings had begged. Heroes had fought until their last breath.
Millions had run in despair the moment they sensed the overwhelming pressure of the Dragon Race.
Never... Not even once... had they encountered someone who welcomed them with such calm confidence.
Captain Noren slowly narrowed his crimson eyes.
His brows knitted together as he looked toward the man standing before them.
"Shiga."
"I believe that little ant just said something to us."
He turned his head slightly toward his vice captain.
"Did you hear that as well?"
Shiga wore exactly the same confused expression.
His dragon eyes remained fixed on Victor as he slowly nodded.
"I heard it as well."
For a brief moment, both commanders wondered whether they had misheard him.
One of the dragon soldiers suddenly stepped forward from behind the formation.
He looked at Victor with obvious ridicule.
"Ant."
"Did you just speak to us?"
The words had barely left his mouth.
Victor disappeared.
There was no warning. No fluctuation. No visible movement.
One moment he was standing several dozen meters away.
The next moment, a crimson arc flashed through the air like a streak of divine judgment.
Slash!
The dragon warrior froze.
A thin crimson line appeared across his body.
An instant later, his enormous figure split cleanly into two halves.
Dark black blood burst into the air like a fountain.
The corpse crashed heavily onto the ground with a thunderous impact.
Victor calmly flicked the blood off his crimson sword.
He looked at the filthy liquid staining the earth before speaking with obvious disgust.
"Even your blood looks filthy."
"What a disgusting race."
Silence returned once again.
The remaining forty nine dragons stood frozen. None of them had seen Victor move. None of them had sensed his attack.
Yet one of their comrades had died before their eyes.
He had been killed instantly, right in front of their captain and vice captain.
Captain Noren’s eyes turned blood red.
An overwhelming killing intent erupted from his body.
His face twisted with uncontrollable rage.
"No!"
His furious roar exploded across the battlefield like the cry of an ancient beast.
The surrounding air trembled violently.
Boom!
An ocean-like aura burst out of his body.
The pressure spread in every direction like a devastating tsunami.
The ground beneath his feet shattered into countless cracks.
Without wasting another second, Noren threw a full-powered punch toward Victor.
The surrounding space distorted beneath the sheer force behind it.
"Die, you insignificant ant!"
Unfortunately for him...
His fist struck nothing but empty air.
Victor had already vanished again.
He had no intention of clashing directly against these monsters.
Although his physique had become extraordinarily powerful, he knew where his greatest advantage truly lay.
He was, above all else, a mage.
A cold smile appeared on Victor’s face.
His lips moved slightly.
"Avatar."
Countless streams of brilliant blue mana gathered before him.
Within moments, they condensed into a giant humanoid figure made entirely of pure mana.
The avatar possessed no elemental characteristics.
It was neither fire nor water.
Neither wind nor earth.
It was simply condensed mana given physical form.
Victor could have shaped it into anything he desired.
A dragon.
A beast.
A giant sword.
Instead, he had deliberately chosen a humanoid warrior.
The instant the avatar fully materialized, an overwhelming aura burst outward.
Its pressure far surpassed Victor’s own.
Victor immediately sensed the terrifying mana consumption.
The amount of mana required to maintain the avatar was astonishing.
It was consuming mana at a rate comparable to continuously casting an Epic Rank spell every single second.
Shiga’s eyes widened.
"What in the world is that?"
"He is clearly a mage!"
"Then why is his physique so fucking powerful?"
Captain Noren frowned deeply.
His instincts screamed that something was terribly wrong.
"What kind of spell is this?"
"He should only be a low level mage."
"How can one of his spells release the aura of a Grade 7 powerhouse?"
Neither of them had an answer.
Victor simply smiled. His expression gradually became colder.
It was the smile of someone delivering a death sentence.
"Welcome to hell, motherfuckers."
He softly uttered a single word.
"Chaos."
The change happened instantly.
The brilliant blue mana composing the avatar began to darken.
Within moments, the entire body transformed into an endless shade of deep purple.
It was no longer a simple mana construct.
It resembled the incarnation of cosmic destruction itself.
Dark purple energy swirled endlessly around its body.
The surrounding space trembled violently.
Boom!
A horrifying pressure exploded outward.
The terrifying aura climbed higher and higher until it approached the realm of an Elemental Lord.
Victor remained perfectly calm.
After all...
The Chaos Element increased the power of spells by one hundred times.
It was the most terrifying element in existence.
Captain Noren’s face immediately turned pale.
Cold sweat covered his forehead.
"No... No..."
"What kind of monster is this? It has reached Grade 8!"
His voice trembled with panic.
"We have to kill the caster immediately!"
"If we allow that thing to keep existing..."
"We will all die here!"
Without waiting another second, every remaining dragon launched themselves toward Victor.
Boom!
Forty nine figures shot through the sky like blazing meteors.
Their speed shattered the air.
Their killing intent completely locked onto Victor.
However...
The instant they moved...
Countless thorn-covered vines burst out from Victor’s deep purple battle armor.
Like living serpents, the vines spread across the battlefield.
They wrapped around dragon after dragon with unbelievable speed.
The enormous thorny vines halted their advance.
Shiga struggled violently.
"What is this?"
His eyes widened in horror.
"A Cosmic Vine?"
"This backwater planet actually possesses a Cosmic Vine?"
Captain Noren’s fear lasted only a brief moment.
Soon, overwhelming greed replaced it. His breathing became heavier.
"If we obtain that treasure..."
His eyes burned with desire. He raised his voice.
"Dragon Transformation!"
"Everyone!"
"Now!"
The command echoed across the battlefield.
Roar!
The bodies of all forty nine dragons rapidly expanded.
Bones cracked loudly.
Muscles swelled.
Their skin became covered with thick dragon scales.
Massive wings burst from their backs.
Their faces completely transformed into ferocious dragon heads.
Within seconds, forty nine gigantic dragons floated above the battlefield.
Captain Noren had transformed into a terrifying dragon nearly three hundred meters long.
Vice Captain Shiga reached approximately two hundred and fifty meters.
The remaining dragons each measured around two hundred meters in length.
The pressure released by forty nine giant dragons shook the entire planet.
Even cities located thousands of kilometers away felt the terrifying aura.
Far away...
Inside Aurora City...
Diana was busy overseeing the integration of humanity’s remaining nations under the Human Alliance.
Suddenly, she sensed the overwhelming pressure erupting in the distance.
Her beautiful eyes instantly turned cold.
Without hesitation, she prepared to soar into the sky.
Just then, a majestic voice echoed directly inside her mind.
[Diana Morningstar should restrain herself from entering the battle.]
[Victor Walker is currently handling the threat.]
[He has instructed you to remain within Aurora City.]
Diana immediately stopped.
Surprise flashed across her face.
She could hardly believe Victor had actually used the World System itself to deliver a message.
She did not fully understand his intentions.
However, she trusted him.
She also knew that the incredible power she had recently obtained might be connected to his decision.
She slowly clenched her fists. Her eyes filled with worry.
"Victor..."
"Please come back safely."
She remained where she was.
Back on the battlefield...
Victor looked at the gigantic dragons with complete indifference.
"Oh?"
"So they have become oversized lizards."
A faint smile appeared on his lips.
"I wonder what your meat tastes like."
He glanced at the black blood staining the battlefield.
"But judging by your blood..."
"You probably taste horrible."
Captain Noren ignored the provocation.
He opened his gigantic jaws.
His throat began glowing with terrifying crimson light.
"Annihilation Ray."
The remaining dragons followed his lead.
Every dragon opened its mouth. Their throats lit up simultaneously.
Forty nine destructive beams were about to be unleashed.
Victor quietly observed the scene.
Then an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Could it really work..."
Without hesitation, he gave a mental command.
"Avatar."
"Use Time Stop."
Boom!
The avatar instantly activated the spell.
Victor immediately felt an unimaginable amount of mana rushing out of his body.
It was as though an entire sun was being born inside him.
The mana drain was beyond terrifying. His muscles trembled violently.
Veins bulged across his body.
His bones felt as though they would shatter beneath the pressure.
"Oh my God..."
"My body will crumble if this amount of mana keeps flowing every second."
Fortunately, he noticed one reassuring fact.
The spell was not consuming his lifespan.
Only his mana was being used.
Even then, his calculations told him the harsh reality.
He could only maintain Time Stop for approximately ten seconds.
"That is more than enough."
The entire battlefield became perfectly still.
Time itself froze.
The forty nine dragons remained suspended in space.
Their attacks halted midway. Their expressions froze completely.
Victor smiled. His crimson sword shone brilliantly.
He disappeared.
Within the frozen world, only he could move. He instantly appeared before Captain Noren.
"How pathetic."
Victor calmly swung his sword.
Slash!
The enormous dragon head separated cleanly from its body.
The gigantic corpse remained suspended in frozen time.
Victor did not stop.
He immediately appeared before Vice Captain Shiga.
Another slash.
Another head was separated.
Satisfied, Victor ordered the avatar to cancel the spell.
The frozen world instantly returned to normal.
Victor staggered slightly.
His entire body ached from the horrifying mana consumption.
Breathing heavily, he steadied himself.
The two strongest enemies were already dead.
Without their captain and vice captain, the remaining forty seven dragons were nothing more than leaderless beasts.
They no longer posed any real threat to him.