199: The Power of Zhulong
As the Worldly Flame Python had declared, the time to seize every second had come, brooks no delay!
In an instant, deafening horn blasts echoed across the entire battlefield, as if to tear the sky asunder.
At the same time, shouts and cries suddenly erupted from the towering city walls.
“The enemy is assaulting the city again! All soldiers, prepare to engage!” This sudden alarm was like a clap of thunder piercing the sky.
Upon hearing this, the Worldly Flame Python’s face instantly turned pale. It had never expected that these people’s luck would be so poor, encountering such a large-scale and fierce battle right after arriving.
It cried out anxiously:
“Everyone, quickly follow me up to the city walls! The situation is critical now, there’s no time for a moment’s delay or explanation!”
With that, it flashed and was the first to sprint towards the city wall.
As Li Wen hurriedly followed the Worldly Flame Python onto the path leading to the city wall, a strange, low sound suddenly reached his ears. It was the vast incantation formed by the countless serpent-people whispering and murmuring amongst themselves.
He heard the mysterious incantation slowly rise:
“དབུགས་ཐོབ”
Its tones rose and fell, slightly chaotic, yet amidst their resonance, they subtly emitted a hint of divine radiance that made one’s heart palpitate.
Even more astonishing was that as the incantation echoed, the originally ethereal lights began to coalesce into visible runes, which then attached themselves to the ancient stone statues standing on the city walls.
In a short while, a faint layer of divine radiance also appeared around these statues, as if they had been imbued with life.
At this moment, everyone who had successfully ascended the city wall suddenly heard a world-shaking roar from ancient times, a roar that was both illusory and incredibly real.
As this roar grew louder and clearer, the blurry phantom lingering above the battlefield also began to gradually solidify and take shape, revealing its true appearance.
From afar, the figure was immense, covered entirely in crimson scales that gleamed with a terrifying light.
Its body stretched for a thousand li, like a winding giant dragon coiled in the sky.
Upon closer inspection, it could be seen to have a human-like face, but it was a majestic and ferocious dragon’s visage.
Li Wen’s eyes widened, and an indescribable shock surged within him.
He recognized at a glance that this colossal creature before him was undoubtedly the legendary “Candle Dragon”!
This mysterious creature, existing only in myths, had now appeared truly before him.
Just then, the Candle Dragon’s originally half-closed eyes stirred slightly, as if sensing something.
Immediately after, its massive eyes snapped open, and a dazzling light shot forth from them, illuminating the entire battlefield.
The previously somewhat dim environment instantly became as bright as day.
Standing on the city walls, everyone could now clearly see all sorts of summoned beasts in the enemy’s direction.
They were utterly powerless against this sudden, heaven-shaking force. The summoned beasts transformed into wisps of smoke, dissipating into the air, their numbers reduced by more than half in an instant.
Even those who miraculously survived were mostly gravely wounded, no longer able to launch an attack.
However, such a glorious victory did not come without a price.
As the Candle Dragon illusion in the sky gradually faded, Li Wen’s gaze involuntarily settled on the Candle Dragon statue nearby.
He was surprised to find that this already somewhat decayed statue now looked even more dilapidated, with its surface stones beginning to peel off, and many fine stone fragments scattered on the ground around it.