CH : 228 The Sea Overlords
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And it was not just any demonic dragon—it was an exceptionally powerful one. Though it had not reached the legendary rank and did not wield the original power of legends, its exaggerated physique, immense dragon body, and overwhelming abyss energy allowed it to compensate with sheer quantity, making it vastly different from ordinary creatures.
If he had not mastered legendary power—one of the fundamental aspects of wind—and far surpassed the demonic dragon in speed, ensuring it could never touch him in battle while allowing his attacks to land, things might have gone differently.
A newly promoted legendary powerhouse whose abilities leaned toward physical strength would likely find it incredibly difficult to deal with such a demonic dragon.
In the end, the outcome of such a battle would still be uncertain.
"But in another year and a half, when I have successfully mastered the legendary combat skills, then... hum!" An indifferent arc appeared at the corner of Mohandersen's mouth, with murderous intent and confidence in his eyes.
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On the other side, Diaharut finally fell into the territory of the Nest of Darkness to recuperate from his injuries after escaping for hundreds of kilometers.
In the Blue Dragon Castle, Lyanna sensed the familiar aura coming into her territory. She snorted coldly, then ignored it and continued to practice psychic abilities.
In the past half month, the demon dragon came here to rest after every fight with the Centaur King, Mohandersen.
At first, Lyanna had a fight with the opponent, but the result was undoubtedly a disastrous defeat.
Although Lyanna's psionic profession broke through to level 17 a few days ago, combined with the biological order of the 16th order, the two combined barely reached the threshold of pseudo-legend (it can only last for a short time, and after the psionic energy is consumed, the strength will be reduced a lot), but the gap between this level of strength and Diaharut is still very large.
Pseudo-legends can barely compete with the weakest level of legendary powerhouses, and depending on the situation, they can save their lives from them—that's all.
Before Diaharut obtained the Blood Essence Contract of the Black Dragon Lord a few years ago, he was one of the stronger pseudo-legends. Now, several years later, his overall strength has improved a lot, and in terms of strength, he is as good as a true legend. He has truly entered the realm of legendary combat power.
Lyanna couldn't defeat the opponent, so she could only swallow her anger and let him come and go freely in her territory.
And Diaharut didn't do anything too extreme.
Because he felt the master's aura from Lyanna and the monsters under her command.
Or, to be more precise, the female black dragon's aura was close to his master's, and there should be a blood connection with the master, while those monster relatives were cannon fodder contaminated by the power of the master's bloodline.
It is precisely in view of this that Diaharut chose this place as his temporary habitat because, in his natural understanding, this area must be one of the master's territories.
If this were not the case, Diaharut would not have simply taught the female black dragon a lesson. He would have directly killed her and then occupied the territory. That was the greatest possibility.
There is no prohibition against killing between demonic dragons and true dragons.
On the contrary, the demon dragon lord and the dragon god of the abyss demon dragon clan encouraged the demon dragon cubs under their command to hunt true dragon species.
This involves the long-standing grievances between the dragon gods of the demon dragon clan and the dragon gods of the true dragon clan.
The former were born in the abyss and are a species of dragon native to the abyss. As the abyss expands, they continue to invade the material plane.
The latter were created by the Dragon God and scattered across the endless material planes of the star world, multiplying, developing and evolving. They are also one of the biggest obstacles to the invasion and a major reason for the failures in countless invasions of material planes.
Therefore, the two sides have conflicts at their root.
"Huh?" The Abyss Demonic Dragon, which had been closing his eyes to recover from his injuries, suddenly opened his eyes—his master summoned him.
In front of the demon dragon, a hundred-meter-wide any door appeared.
"Er..." Diaharut looked at the any door in front of him, curled his lips, and finally walked in.
As soon as his vision changed, Diaharut found himself in the center of the dragon pond. He raised his head slightly and looked at the increasingly terrifying black dragon, with a flash of awe and desire in his eyes.
For the demon dragon, who pursues power, the ability given by the Black Dragon Lord to quickly increase his strength without paying any price was a great opportunity.
For this reason, if all he had to do was offer mere loyalty, so what?
In the abyss, power is supreme, and everything else takes a back seat!
"Master, what is the mission for which you summoned me?" Diaharut asked cautiously.
The reason he was cautious was that he felt the task assigned to him by his master last time was not completed perfectly, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
"Diaharut, have you forgotten? The monthly time is almost here." The Black Dragon Lord shrugged and said calmly.
After being reminded, Diaharut immediately remembered.
Every month, the master would demand the flesh and blood of a large number of high-order and above creatures. Sometimes, if the master was bored, he would enter the abyss and hunt with him. Other times, if the master was too lazy to go, then Diaharut needed to hunt alone, collect the required share, and then enter the Dalton City Castle to have the two demons guarding the teleportation altar handle transportation to the master.
"Master, I understand. I'm going now!"
Diaharut nodded humbly and then dove into the any door opened by the Black Dragon Lord, leading to the deserted island in the sea where the teleportation altar was placed.
After the Abyss Demon Dragon left, the Black Dragon Lord secretly sighed.
"This guy's character is really not stable at all. He went to provoke the centaurs without my order."
But soon, the Black Dragon Lord laughed and shook his head.
The Abyss Demonic Dragon—the word "Abyss" in its name already represents chaos. Diaharut's behavior now is actually very restrained. He is probably feeling a little aggrieved himself. It's impossible to expect him to be steady.
But having said that, the Centaur King breaking through to the level of legend was unexpected. He had really been patient. If Diaharut hadn't acted randomly, who knows how long it would have taken to discover this?
The Black Dragon Lord pondered for a moment, thinking that maybe he could gain the spical ability of alienation by devouring legendary creatures. The idea suddenly moved him.
"I wonder if I can get the spical alienation talent by swallowing the Centaur King? If I could, what type of alienation talent would it be? Something to do with wind?"
"It's better to be patient. The Centaur King is too fast; if he really wanted to escape..."
The Black Dragon Lord recalled the strength and explosive speed of the Centaur King, Mohandersen, that he had just seen through Diaharut's perspective. He shook his head, feeling unsure about being able to keep him.
In direct combat, the Black Dragon Lord, who had now reached the mid-order biological order of the seventeenth tier, was fully confident of defeating the opponent. After all, at the primary level of the sixteenth order, with spiritual power and magic power, he had already been able to defeat the Abyss Demonic Dragon, which was barely at the legendary combat power level.
But if he wanted to capture the Centaur King, that was another matter. Though his speed was not slow, his opponent's was much faster and more elusive. The Black Dragon Lord had not yet expanded enough to surpass him in speed.
That was the original power that belonged to the legendary level.
Through continuous practice and mastery, this kind of original power could even reach a god-like level—though the difficulty was maximum of extreme.
Besides not being sure if he could capture the Centaur King, the Black Dragon Lord was also still a little uncomfortable with eating humanoid creatures.
By the way, sahuagin are not humanoid creatures. Although their structure is very close, they are actually classified as intelligent aquatic monsters—fish monsters.
People along the coast sometimes treat them as fish, grilling or boiling them.
Sahuagin have fish heads. Though their bodies resemble humans, they still have fish tails and fins, and their internal organs are not much different from those of fish beasts.
Recognized humanoid creatures include goblins, centaurs, and green-skinned orcs.
There are also demi-human creatures, such as the Aegean orcs in Black Castle, the wolf werewolf Tina, Shea, Winnie, and the Moshao clam Rouyu.
The difference between demi-human creatures and humanoid creatures lies mostly in appearance and aesthetic acceptance—there is no clear boundary.
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Time passed gradually.
During this period, Diaharut went to the abyss for a feast and soon returned to the Tal plane with the food his master needed, then stayed there.
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I didn't chase it away. After all, I was no longer too lazy to hunt in the Abyss. Diaharut needed to hunt and transport blood food back and forth every month. In addition, the current situation was turbulent. Once something happened, Skye and the others would be without the ability to deal with it. Diaharut could also replace me in putting out fires everywhere so that the latter could safely stay in Castle Black to practice and become stronger.
Diaharut was also very happy about this. Coming to the material plane for the first time, the environment and food here were completely fresh.
The Abyssal Lava Wasteland plane where it stayed was always the same—nothing but barren land consisting of lava volcanoes and magma rivers. The only variation came from the scattered Abyssal cities, each with different environmental features.
However, the Abyss Demonic Dragon could not transform and could only shrink in size. Because of this, the Abyss Demonic Dragon clan was often reluctant to enter the Abyss City.
There were two reasons for this. First, after shrinking, they lost much of their majesty, which was very embarrassing.
Second, in the Abyss, the Abyss Demonic Dragon was considered one of the best mount options in the eyes of many strong individuals. If they were too high-profile, they would soon be targeted, forced to sign a contract, and become a mount.
Of course, in this process, many strong men were eaten by the dragons, so it was a mutual risk.
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A month later, in the western sea, the three-million-strong murloc army led by Fitz, along with the void dragon beast army and the idle dragon Diaharut, directly defeated a large sea people tribe near the deep sea. They were forced to declare their surrender.
Sea people, humanoid creatures, were 90% similar in appearance to humans. The biggest difference was their blue skin and their ability to breathe freely underwater.
In terms of strength, adult sea people were not much different from ordinary humans. Like humans, they relied on acquired practice to improve their strength.
In addition, because they lived in the deep sea, sea people, mermaids, and naga all liked to keep large sea beasts in captivity for fighting and hunting.
After I learned about this, I summoned the leader of the large sea tribe to Castle Black and signed a family contract with him.
The leader of the sea people was not weak in strength. He practiced the water-attribute warrior profession and had reached the peak of the 19th level.
It was precisely because of the strong strength of the sea people's leader that he was able to withstand the attacks of six 15th-order void dragons. Oh, no—it was five 15th-order and one 16th-order. The mutated gold dragon Gonzalo had successfully broken through not long ago.
Originally, the battle had been at a stalemate. Although the Black Nest side would definitely win in the end, the losses would have been considerable. Later, Diaharut got bored and tried to get rid of the 19th-level peak sea people leader with a single breath of dragon breath, severely wounding him.
If the fishman leader Fitz hadn't stepped forward to stop him, the sea people's leader would have been swallowed by the Abyssal dragon.
The reason Fitz stopped him was simple. The sea people were relatively united, and their leader was often the most prestigious figure in the tribe, deeply loved by his people. If the leader of the sea people were killed, hundreds of thousands of sea people would riot. Black Wing Lair would not only suffer greater losses but would also lose the chance to gain a powerful dependent race.
Although Diaharut was a little dissatisfied—after all, eating the leader of the sea people would increase his strength somewhat—he considered that his master had previously assigned him a task, and if he failed to complete it properly this time…
So, in the end, Diaharut held back.
However, although the sea people's leader survived, the sea beasts in that area soon suffered a disaster. A huge Abyss dragon went on a hunting spree, causing turmoil everywhere.
This incident made Fitz a little worried, so he secretly reported it to the Black Dragon Lord.
In Fitz's eyes, the deep sea was a terrifying place, filled with ancient legendary overlords and immensely powerful sea races that were not to be trifled with. If Diaharut's actions accidentally provoked powerful enemies into targeting Black Wing Lair…
In response, the Black Dragon Lord assured Fitz that he need not worry—Diaharut had his own sense of proportion.
After receiving this response, Fitz had no choice but to leave, though he remained uneasy.
Only creatures living in the sea could truly understand the terror of the deep-sea races and overlords.
Were the sahuagin not already quite strong? Just the branch led by Babakar could bring down a declining kingdom.
And yet, even so, Babakar did not dare to lead his tribe into the deep sea for development. Instead, he preferred to invade land, an environment that was far less suitable for sahuagin fighting and survival.
From this, one could see how terrifying the deep sea truly was.
The sahuagin clan could display some power in coastal waters, but in the deep sea, they were nothing more than slaves and cannon fodder for the true overlords of the ocean. It was precisely because of this deep understanding that Fitz remained concerned.
Even if the Abyss dragon had strength comparable to that of a legendary being, it was not enough to put Fitz at ease.
However, thinking of his master—the mysterious and powerful Black Dragon Lord—Fitz's worries eased somewhat.
"Perhaps this was intentional by the master?" Fitz secretly guessed in his heart.
Fitz was actually right.
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He deliberately allowed Diaharut to act this way.
Ever since I learned that devouring legendary creatures could lead to guarantee special alienation talent—and that it was a 100% certainty—I had been itching to test it out.
There were only so many legends on the mainland, and many of them were high-ranking officials of powerful forces. If one of them was attacked, several others would retaliate together. Because of this, I could only turn my attention to the deep sea for now.
The ocean was vast, teeming with countless lives. There were definitely more legendary beings in the sea than on the mainland, and many of them lived in solitude. Additionally, deep-sea overlords were often enormous. At the same level, devouring a legendary sea monster overlord would yield far better results than eating a smaller legendary creature.
With all these factors considered, I had no reason to refuse.
Diaharut was the fishhook in my hand. I just didn't know when the big fish would take the bait. But I was looking forward to it.
However, for the sake of caution, I instructed Diaharut not to venture too deep into the sea and to avoid getting too close to the territories of intelligent sea races. The first was to prevent provoking ancient and terrifying legendary creatures. The second was because intelligent races were too small, had too many tricks, and, being humanoid, tasted unpleasant. Even if they were caught, eating them wouldn't be enjoyable.
As I practiced and waited for the big fish to take the bait, time gradually passed.
However, what caught me off guard was that before the deep-sea 'big fish' could be caught, the mainland fell into complete turmoil.
The Crimson Nest, a pan-continental race alliance uniting humans, dwarves, elves, giants, orcs, and other races, erupted into a grand war—one that could be called the largest in thousands of years.
More than a dozen races participated in this battle, and the total scale exceeded 10 million!
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