"Three methods of planar traversal all require crossing the crystal barrier."
Garon caressed the crystal barrier enveloping the world, pondering in his heart.
The footsteps of true dragons are not limited to a single prime material world or a mere prime material plane; legends and deeds of true dragons are found everywhere.
The planar information recorded in the Dragon Heritage speaks of world traversing, the methods of planar traversal.
The most common, of course, are teleportation portals and teleportation circles, which allow crossing without touching the crystal barrier, directly reaching the world on the other side of the crystal barrier without physical contact with the barrier itself.
Some gem teleportation spells, planar teleportation spells, are similar magics, achievable with seventh-level spells.
Another method distinctly different from teleportation portals is the phase door.
Phase doors make part of the crystal barrier intangible, losing its natural blocking effect.
Those who use phase doors are generally moving large numbers through the crystal barrier, requiring magical ships and other items to cross the sea of essence flames between crystal barriers; many inter-planar wars between worlds are initiated through phase doors.
Besides, there are occasionally natural weak spots on the crystal barrier that, if found, can also be crossed through.
The principle of the phase door originates from this, actively creating holes in the crystal barrier with the power of spells.
Garon, arriving at the boundary of this plane, touches and observes the crystal barrier up close, not just to satisfy his curiosity about the crystal barrier.
He is learning the art of planar teleportation.
This seventh-level spell is already a high-level magic, and Garon does not find it difficult to learn, but mastering it as easily as he would other spells is impossible.
Krichten cannot phase teleport.
He himself is proficient in two types of teleportation, sapphire teleportation, and standard planar teleportation.
Upon learning of Garon's interest, he taught him meticulously.
However, Garon did not learn it in a short time.
He does not wish to rely on teleportation stone gates to enter and exit the magma demi-plane; after all, it's a magical item that could fail at any moment, leaving him cut off from two planes. This is something Garon cannot tolerate.
Thus, Garon plans to leave the magma demi-plane only after mastering teleportation.
On Krichten's advice, he came to the plane's boundary.
Closely observing the crystal barrier helps him understand the planar teleportation spell, as the mysteries of teleportation are contained within the patterns and circuits on the crystal barrier.
The silver dragon gently caresses the crystal barrier, eyes slightly closed, memorizing all his sensations.
Amidst the endless flames, Garon hovers motionless, only his dragon tail gently swaying.
As time passes, after two hours, he gradually opens his eyes, revealing bright platinum dragon eyes, filled with a hint of excitement.
"It won't be long before I can master planar teleportation."
The insights gained from the crystal barrier will allow him to learn planar teleportation quickly.
Shifting his gaze, Garon looks towards the River of Time.
He notices the illusory yet real River of Time, treating the crystal barrier as nonexistent, maintaining its steady flow, unhurriedly passing through the crystal barrier, or rather, as the crystal barrier also exists within the River of Time, naturally unable to affect it.
"Once I master planar teleportation, able to come and go between the Noah continent and the magma demi-plane without relying on the stone gate, it will be time to return."
Garon's face shows a thoughtful expression.
Not long after he first arrived at the magma demi-plane, there was a disturbance at the Black Sun sculpture.
Now, continuing to sense the time mark, it still obediently stays beneath the great rift.
But Garon always feels uneasy, unable to calm his mind without going back to check.
At this moment, as Garon ponders, he suddenly feels something wrong; the surrounding flames seem to tremble lightly, and a sensation of being watched emerges.
"Hmm?"
Garon's expression remains unchanged, but his heart becomes alert.
He suddenly turns his head, looking around, his dragon eyes swirling with the glow of spells, looking towards the endless fire.
However, besides the surging flames, Garon sees nothing, as if the momentary feeling of being watched was just his imagination.
"It might really just be an illusion."
Garon shakes his head, then retracts his dragon claw from the intangible crystal barrier.
The silver dragon does not linger, flapping its wings, stirring up gusts of wind that push away the flames, flying away from the plane's boundary, disappearing into the waterfall-like layers of flames in the blink of an eye.
After Garon leaves, in just a short while, a huge figure gradually appears from nothing, slowly revealing itself from the flames.
A pair of curious eyes look in the direction Garon left.
"Hmm, why would a legendary true dragon come here? He looks quite handsome."
"Though quite vigilant, he didn't notice me anyway, never mind, back to sleep."
The huge figure speaks in Draconic, its voice like the tinkling of gemstones falling on the ground, crisp and pleasant.
After muttering softly, it shakes its body, intending to fly down along the crystal barrier.
However, at that moment, it catches a glimpse of a streak of silver light from the corner of its eye, fast and fleeting.
By the time it comes to its senses, the silver dragon reappears in the same place, quietly looking at it.
Garon's gaze sharpens, closely examining the creature before him.
Dragon horns, dragon wings, dragon scales, dragon majesty. The creature secretly observing him is undoubtedly a true dragon.
Moreover, it's a 34-meter-long female giant true dragon.
Its body is covered in scales that shine like tiny diamonds, emitting light of the same color as the surrounding flames, perfectly reflecting light. If not for focused observation, its presence would be almost invisible.
"What a beautiful dragon."
Garon blinks.
From his aesthetic point of view, she is the most beautiful dragon he has seen, even surpassing Luna.
Normally, female silver dragons are considered beautiful dragons in draconic aesthetics, but now she is surpassed.
Especially those finely detailed scales, resembling countless tiny, faceted diamonds combined together, emitting a captivating luster. In draconic aesthetics, the color and pattern of dragon scales play a significant role. These diamond-like beautiful scales are incredibly charming in the eyes of all true dragons.
Besides, with her neatly white dragon teeth, pale purple dragon eyes, the long, curving line of her dragon spine, her slender, well-proportioned dragon tail, and the perfect length of her neck... Garon blinks, calming his emotions, and asks in a deep voice, "What kind of dragon are you? Why spy on me secretly?"
However, the unknown true dragon glances at Garon without responding.
The light from the fire passes through its scales, making its body gradually transparent, about to disappear from the spot.
Seeing this, Garon's ring of black scales emits a faint light, causing ripples in the River of Time, and slow magic is immediately cast on the target in his sight.
On the other hand, sensing something amiss, the other party attempts to retreat invisibly but immediately counterattacks.
In an instant, a layer of deflection field on Garon's body activates, compressing inward, tightening Garon's body.
This deflection field was maintained by Garon to keep his dragon scales clean.
He did not expect to be manipulated by the other party at this moment.
Simultaneously, Garon's body feels heavy as if a mountain were pressing on his back, and invisible giant hands pull him from below, dragging his body downward.
Garon's breathing pauses, and he casts several levitation spells on himself, maintaining his flight in the air, preventing himself from being pulled down.
"This sensation, is it force?"
After regaining his senses, his gaze becomes solemn, and he has a guess.
The appearance and ability of the other party, if not unexpected, are of the same legendary dragon kind as him.
Not legendary in strength, but a legendary dragon species.
Legendary dragon species, Force Dragon.
"To think I would encounter a Force Dragon here."
Force Dragons prefer to nest and live in remote, civilization-distant places. The environment here suits their needs, a plane boundary burning with endless flames, where basically no living being approaches, not even fire elemental beings.
Its appearance, those diamond-like refractive scales, also matches the description. Garon narrows his eyes, wishing to witness the strength of a Force Dragon of the same legendary dragon species.
Accelerating to the limit, Garon disappears from his spot in an instant.
When he reappears, he has already brought the Force Dragon within a few hundred meters of close range.
Garon's sudden speed startles the Force Dragon, which hastily constructs an invisible force wall between itself and Garon.
The force wall is inherently invisible.
But upon its successful construction, it pushes away the flames filled in the air, forming a visible transparent wall.
Although the distance is already close, Garon does not use time stop.
He stretches out his dragon claw, tearing at the force wall.
Boom! The huge recoil makes Garon's claw tremble as if it hit an indestructible metallic entity. Although many cracks form under Garon's great strength, it does not break immediately.
"Such a hard wall of force."
Garon's eyelids twitch.
Because in just a breath's time, the beautiful Force Dragon constructs layers upon layers of force walls, enclosing him like a prison.
Besides, he can clearly see a thicker, harder defensive force field attached to the Force Dragon's scales.
Just this simple use of a force wall and defensive force field is enough to give most legends a headache.
Simultaneously, Garon's eyes shine with a spiritual light, looking at the Force Dragon.
Creature level: Twenty.
He senses something.
Garon just used a creature level detection spell, learned from the Alpha Tribe, an ancient spell without a spell level, but very useful.
This spell can detect creatures weaker than oneself, and those not too far beyond one's level, integrating physical, magical, spiritual strengths, and the influence on surrounding space energy to make a judgment.
Garon's creature level is currently twenty-five.
The threshold for legends is twenty.
"To have this creature level at seventeen years old, definitely a juvenile Force Dragon."
Although both are legendary dragon species, only time dragons reach legendary status during their hatchling stage, while Force Dragons and rainbow dragons must be juveniles to become legends.
Through his connection with time, Garon sees through the other's age, further confirming its identity.
Aside from legendary dragon species and some rare mutant dragons, no true dragon can become a legendary creature during its juvenile stage.
Meanwhile, after trapping Garon with layers of hard force walls, the Force Dragon shows a smile, then its body continues to become transparent, disappearing in an instant, clearly not intending to entangle with Garon.
"It seems it didn't realize I'm a Time Dragon."
It's said that Force Dragons pride themselves on their status, usually disdainful of conversing with ordinary beings.
True or not, it indeed ignored Garon.
Garon also smiles, hesitating not a bit to use time stop.
In an instant, the omnipresent flames cease, and the Force Dragon, blending with the fire's glow, becoming nearly invisible, also freezes, still wearing that smile.
Opening his mouth, the power of time transforms into dragon breath, rolling between his dragon teeth.
Garon exhales the Banishing Chrono Breath.
The layered force walls in front of him disappear under the Banishing Chrono Breath, as if they never existed.
The silver dragon's figure flashes, leaving through the gap in the force wall, appearing in front of the Force Dragon.
Upon close inspection, the opponent's diamond-like radiant scales are even more enchanting, and Garon must admit, such dragon scales are indeed too enticing, almost irresistible to any treasure-loving true dragon.
Serpent dragons can.
Therefore, although they possess dragon majesty, dragon heritage, and true dragon powers, they are not considered true dragons.
"Though both are legendary dragon species, my time powers are clearly not on the same level as its force."
"This fellow is thirteen years older than me, but utterly defenseless against my time stop, and its creature level is also lower than mine."
Garon's evaluation is that the Force Dragon, as a legendary dragon species, is indeed remarkable, but compared to him, it lacks significance. The yet unseen rainbow dragon is probably the same.
He feels he should be categorized separately from the legendary dragon species.
Time dragons could be called Mythical Dragon Species, fitting for the power wielded by the Dragon of Time, as time dragons are much stronger than the other two legendary dragon species, or the title of legendary dragon remains unchanged, referring to Force Dragons and rainbow dragons as Sub-Legendary Dragon Species, which seems more appropriate.
The time-stopped juvenile Force Dragon still smiles, utterly unaware it has become a lamb.
After observing the Force Dragon up close for a while, Garon cancels the time stop.
Suddenly, flames continue to roll and surge.
The Force Dragon only feels a blur, its constructed force walls vanishing into thin air, and the well-built silver giant dragon appears nearby, almost teleporting close.
At this moment, the Force Dragon realizes something is wrong; it seems not to be a match for the silver dragon.
It completely missed how the other moved or broke through its force walls.
Could it be an ancient dragon?
It speculates, not connecting Garon with a Time Dragon.
Startled, the Force Dragon immediately distances itself, looking at Garon with a wary eye.
"You passed through my territory; I merely glanced at you a few times, with no ill intentions."
Knowing the other is not easy to deal with, the Force Dragon finally speaks, explaining its previous behavior.
Garon nods, looking at the Force Dragon without speaking.
Because it's his first encounter with a legendary dragon species, Garon is somewhat excited and curious, hence his prolonged gaze at the Force Dragon.
Although it's not as strong as him, it's still a legend, closer in level to other true dragons.
On the other hand, without receiving a response from Garon, the Force Dragon remains somewhat uneasy and guarded, seriously saying, "I advise you not to harbor ill thoughts towards me. I may not defeat you, but if you intend to harm me, my dragon clan elders will not stand by."
Hearing the Force Dragon's words, Garon can't help but laugh.
Actually, not only Time Dragons have the ability to intimidate.
All legendary dragon species are quite adept at intimidation.
However, Garon intimidates with his future strength, while juvenile Force Dragons and rainbow dragons, if harmed, would have extremely protective ancient dragons crossing planes to come to their aid in minutes.
As for ancient dragon level legends, aside from deities and demigod forces, there are no entities capable of provoking them.
The Force Dragon, though wary and guarded, shows no sign of nervousness on its face.
After thinking, Garon looks directly into those pale purple dragon eyes, his voice low, "As a legendary dragon species, can't you recognize the power of time?"
As he speaks, force walls return from the banished time flow, standing amidst the flames.
Noticing the suddenly disappearing and reappearing force walls, the Force Dragon blinks in surprise.
It vaguely senses an unusual power; its force walls were affected by that mysterious power, causing them to disappear and reappear.
Immediately, the Force Dragon calms down, looking at Garon again.
Reflecting the firelight, silver scales, three mysterious rings of black scales. Appearance aside, ability is the most essential symbol. After Garon's hint, the Force Dragon vaguely understands the power he just used.
That was the power of time.
"Was that time stop?"
"Are you a Time Dragon?"
The Force Dragon relaxes its guard a bit, blinking, its voice surprised and curious.
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