Under a Sky Formed of Flames
Beneath the sky formed of flames.
The lord of the Stone City, just like the stone labyrinth domain beneath its feet, was full of scars, its body covered in fierce flames and ice.
As time passed, this elemental lord that ruled half the realm of the lava demi-plane had weakened to less than legendary. Although its body remained massive, it now exuded a sense of being outwardly strong but inwardly weak.
It was no longer viable. Despite the continuous replenishment of earth elemental energy, it could not reverse its decline. The absorption of a large amount of soil and rocks even caused the surrounding ground to sink into deep depressions.
This was not because the lord of the Stone City was too weak.
In fact, its performance had been astonishing, living up to the strength level of a legendary creature.
Under the combined assault of a legendary true dragon and the lord of the Flame Steel City, the Stone City lord withstood wave after wave of fierce attacks.
If it were another legendary elemental, it might have already been obliterated.
After all, it was fighting two against one, and neither opponent was easy.
Under such circumstances, the Stone City lord managed to hold out for several hours, entirely due to its exceptional defensive capabilities, which prevented it from quickly succumbing. However, the situation had now clearly deteriorated.
The silver dragon moved with unmatched speed, its movements so fluid it seemed to operate at a different velocity from other beings.
With a fierce flap of its wings, its speed surged, driving the howling wind with its thick wing membranes.
Garon extended his sharp dragon claws, swiftly passing by the body of the Stone City lord from the side.
The claws, sharp as knives, tightly gripped the Stone City lord's right arm, then tore it off with the force of the body's impact.
The claws and teeth are among the deadliest weapons of a dragon. The older the true dragon, the more terrifying the sharpness of its claws and teeth, capable of easily splitting mountains. Although Garon was not old, his physique meant his claws and teeth were still deadly weapons.
Boom! A massive arm broke off at the shoulder, falling to the ground and creating large cracks, emitting a dull sound.
This arm was not made of mere soil and rocks.
It was made of the elemental stone that constituted the main body of the Stone City lord.
It was an important part of its body.
In Garon's eyes, the entire body of the Stone City lord shone with elemental radiance, essentially a 25-meter tall humanoid walking gem, of the earth attribute. The real magical gems adorning its surface were of such quality that even Garon couldn't help but covet them.
High-level earth elemental beings, every part of their bodies is made of precious materials.
A legendary earth elemental like the Stone City lord was exceedingly rare.
If there were a craftsman with superb forging skills, they could use its body to create more than one legendary equipment. If someone possessed the technology to build constructs, they could even turn its body into a legendary-level construct. Although its strength wouldn't match its original, it would still be a formidable legendary force.
"The Flame Steel City lord has good stuff inside him too."
After tearing off the Stone City lord's arm, Garon dodged the earthen wave rising from the ground and glanced at the Flame Steel City lord, whose body was engulfed in flames.
In Garon's vision, fiery red elemental radiance enveloped the Flame Steel City lord.
Fire elemental beings differ from earth elementals.
They are energy beings.
Within their bodies of flame energy, there exists an elemental core that better stabilizes and confines their fiery bodies. These cores are extremely rare and valuable, usually only found in high-level fire elementals.
Next to the core of a legendary fire elemental, even the most dazzling magical gems pale in comparison.
Lava crystals are formed from the elemental core of an elite fire giant and the elemental stone of an elite earth giant.
Both elemental stones and cores are highly collectible treasures.
Garon couldn't help but lick his lips.
Meanwhile.
The Flame Steel City lord did not notice Garon's malicious gaze.
At that moment, the Flame Steel City lord, holding a sword forged of flames, had its flames wildly dancing in the wind, resembling a deity made of fire, as if it were the monarch of flames.
Just then, the arm Garon had torn off shook, about to reattach itself to the Stone City lord.
But before it could succeed, a fierce stream of flames rushed forth.
A surge of angry flames nearly obscured half the sky.
The Flame Steel City lord, wielding the towering flame sword with flames fiercely burning on it, approached swiftly as the Stone City lord was injured by Garon and hadn't had time to rebuild its defenses. The flame sword was raised high, its flames burning intensely. Close up.
A ring of bright flowing fire surrounded the Stone City lord, dense slashes passing through its body.
In that instant, the ruthless attack from the Flame Steel City lord enveloped the Stone City lord, countless flames condensing into sword lights, piercing through its body.
Already at its last strength, the Stone City lord couldn't withstand such an attack.
Its body stiffened for a moment, then flames burst out from within, its surface covered in numerous crimson cracks and sword marks, cracking sounds echoing.
"Nidam, don't be proud. Betraying the honor of the elemental lords, cooperating with flesh and blood beings, you will definitely not end well."
The Stone City lord's voice was hoarse.
In the next moment, its massive stony body exploded with a loud noise, unable to contain the flames churning within. Amidst the sky-high firelight, the Stone City lord's body, along the cracks, exploded into countless tiny stones, scattering in all directions like stars.
"Hmph, the honor of the elemental lords?"
"Can it save you in this situation?"
The Flame Steel City lord sneered, disregarding the Stone City lord's words.
Unlike the rigid Stone City lord, who had never left the lava demi-plane, the Flame Steel City lord had been summoned to the material world by a spellcaster when it was a small fire elemental and had followed that spellcaster for a long time.
In the human world, it encountered various people and learned much.
That experience greatly helped the Flame Steel City lord, marking a significant chapter in its life.
Without it, it couldn't have advanced so rapidly, eventually becoming a legendary fire elemental.
To it, the concept of honor, like light and darkness, justice and evil, was just a vague idea. In the eyes of the Flame Steel City lord, if there was any honor, it was to become the sole ruler of the lava demi-plane.
Becoming the lord of an elemental demi-plane, that was true honor.
As the wind carrying the scent of sulfur and ashes blew, countless sparkling stones trembled on the ground, showing a tendency to slowly merge back together.
Even shattered into countless pieces, becoming a dismembered form, the Stone City lord was not completely dead.
The vitality of a legendary earth elemental was incredibly tenacious.
Seeing this, the flames on the Flame Steel City lord's body surged, its voice as violent as fire, laughing loudly: "Panse, you've opposed me for so long, never thought you'd turn to ashes under my flames, did you?"
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