Chapter Twenty-Three: The Fires of Ice and the Spark of Arrogance: Humans and Dignity Under the Moon - Part Two

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Fires of Ice and the Spark of Arrogance: Humans and Dignity Under the Moon - Part Two

At this moment, I decided to test the cold flame.

The icy winds began to gather around me, and frost started forming beneath my feet. But they did not move. Even that arrogant one inside the carriage, despite his pride, froze for a moment.

"I thought you had courage, but it seems all you brought with you is fear."

I spread my wings fully and lifted my head toward the silver moon hanging in the sky.

I felt the ancient power of ice flowing within me, spreading through my wings, filling the air with a deadly chill. Under the moonlight, my shimmering red scales reflected a brilliance akin to burning stars.

A brief moment of silence…

Then, I let out an icy roar, covering the place with deadly snow, extinguishing the raging flames. This is the Flame of Cold Origin.

All the soldiers standing before me at this moment had no hope of resisting this attack.

They are all in the Energy Awakening stage.

As for me, I am in the Young Dragon stage, which is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage in the human training system. However, my physical strength, I expect, has already surpassed the first stage of the Soul Birth stage thanks to the enhancement I received from the cold flame and my bloodline advancement.

The human training system in this world consists of the following stages:

1.The Dead Body Stage.

2.The Energy Awakening Stage.

3.The Foundation Establishment Stage.

4.The Soul Formation Stage.

5.The Soul Birth Stage.

Each stage is divided into five sub-stages.

All the soldiers here are only at the Energy Awakening stage.

This means they are asking for death by facing me.

I am in the Young Dragon stage, which is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Especially after using the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Body Strengthening Pill, my strength has reached the early stage of the Soul Birth stage in the human training system.

This means that unless one of them is at the late stage of Soul Birth or the mid-stage of Soul Birth…

A young man stepped out of the carriage and slowly approached me.

He looked at me as if I were nothing more than his pet.

And that angered me.

Animals will die for their food, while dragons will die for their pride.

Through the inherited memories of my bloodline, I had seen many cases where dragons gave up their lives for their pride alone.

At this moment, I wanted to engage in a life-or-death battle with this person.

The sound of clapping.

This person clapped his hands.

Prince Jing said, "Well done, dragon. It seems your large body means you are in good health, hahaha. I see you have extraordinary talent, dragon. I will give you a chance—become my familiar, and I will allow you to live."

This person said he wanted me—the one who was reborn as a proud red dragon—to become his familiar. He wants my life so easily! This is someone who is tired of living.

Become a human's familiar?

That sentence was a great insult to any dragon.

You want to die.

This person is clearly stronger than the previous soldiers.

Well, he is at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, yet he wants to make me his familiar.

Prince Jing said, "You can speak. It seems the ancient records did not lie. In the old records, it was mentioned that the dragon race was a very peculiar race. The intelligence of an adult dragon was similar to that of a human, but the unique trait of the dragon race was that their knowledge of magic and all types of energy was far deeper. Moreover, the dragon race did not need to learn at all. Their inherited memories provided them with everything they needed to know. Furthermore, due to their pride, they chose not to speak any language other than their mysterious one. You will become my familiar, and you have no choice but to accept."

I could no longer tolerate this person's nonsense. I struck him with my tail, sending him flying backward, crashing into some trees before he lost consciousness.

I was ready to sever his neck, yet I was stopped by an old man whose aura made my scales tremble.

This person is no ordinary man—he is stronger than me.

He is at least at the Soul Birth stage.

However, he is not using spiritual energy.

He is a mana user—this person is a mage.

The old man said, "This child is a prince of the Green Empire. I cannot allow you to kill him. So surrender and become my familiar instead, and I will let you keep your life."

I am a dragon, not an animal.

Animals will die for their food, while dragons will die for their pride.

Do you understand that?

The old man said, "That is unfortunate, but your body is considered a treasure. Then you may die, little dragon. Do you realize how lucky you are that I care so much about you?"

You know that I am a young dragon?

The old man said, "That's right. It was mentioned in the old books, and now I am certain. It was written in ancient texts that an adult dragon possesses power equivalent to the Soul Birth stage. Your aura is far weaker than mine, which means you are a young dragon. Am I correct?"

Well, you are not wrong. And although I am not alone, I want to know what you will do when you face two dragons.

Mia, come out. Help me kill this old man who knows nothing.

At that moment, the entire battlefield in front of the cave was extremely quiet, except for the sound of two footsteps moving inside the cave.

It didn't take long before Mia stood beside me, looking at the old man with a smile.

Mia said in the language of dragons: "Brother, will we be able to defeat him? He is strong."

Don't worry, we will be able to defeat him.

The old man said: "You vile dragon, I will make you realize the foolish decision you have made. I will kill one of you, and the other I will use his body for experiments."

Stop your chatter, let's start the battle.

As he spoke, all kinds of complex patterns began to glow.

He is using a magic circle.

This man is using level 5 magic, which is equivalent to the mid-level of Soul Awakening.

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