Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 497 Empire Two and Three
The sky was high and the clouds were thick, with layers of dark clouds covering the dome for hundreds of miles, blocking out the sunlight from the heavens above and preventing any rays from falling.

Beneath these layers of dark clouds stood numerous warriors of the Golden Empire, craning their necks and holding weapons, completely surrounding the massive camp.

Whenever the colossal shadows appear amidst the dark clouds and collide with each other, they elicit cheers from countless imperial warriors.

The shouts of the warriors rose and fell, and the words of His Majesty Doss, the king who controls the storm and thunder, were as swift as waves, but they were drowned out by the thunder and lightning that exploded in the dark clouds and could not reach the heavens.

Under the cover of dark clouds, a violent wind howled through the sky, tearing and slicing through layers of dark clouds with terrifying claws and wings.

The terrifying head and upper body of Doth, the blue dragon king of the empire, emerged from the clouds, with blazing lightning bolts piercing the eyes surrounding this monarch of thunder and storm.

An invisible wave emanated from its enormous horned crown, coordinating its thirty-two-meter-long body, allowing it to resonate synchronously with the magnetic field and lightning of the entire sky, and its speed was so fast that it could not be detected by the eyes of dragons.

The dragon's colossal claw, crackling with lightning, slashed down from the sky, its sharpness and force capable of splitting mountains and shattering steel. In that instant, its enormous wings transformed into two slashing blades formed from countless wing bones as hard as steel, which fiercely cleaved down.

The legendary blue dragon Watson raised his head proudly, feeling that even his dragon instincts could not fully grasp the attack launched by this young blue dragon.

If it weren't for the unique aura of the Blue Dragon Dos, which was a mixture of the extremely obvious kingly and domineering will of the Golden Empire Dragon King, along with the dragon's might, it would be as if the dragon's majesty had also given rise to its own will, making it completely different from the majesty of other dragons.

Legendary blue dragon Watson will likely once again be forced to endure the attacks of this young male dragon for no reason, just like before.

A surge of destructive power, transformed into thunder and lightning, brewed and was born between the fangs of the legendary blue dragon, but the legendary blue dragon forcefully suppressed its instinctive reaction.

Because the legendary blue dragon had already learned its lesson, the blue dragon was born with the power of lightning. Although it was not completely immune to the power of lightning, it still had a strong resistance to it.

The Blue Dragon King of the Golden Empire could no longer be described as resistant to or immune to lightning attacks; rather, he had almost complete and complete control over them.

The legendary blue dragon's advanced lightning breath, like the advanced dragon breath of the ancient red dragons, can also cause great damage to elemental beings of the same attribute, which is already considered a law-like attack.

But against the blue dragon Dos, Watson could only inflict damage with a powerful, deeply charged breath. Even in that brief moment of charging, the blue dragon, with its exceptionally keen combat instincts, would seize any opening.

"Roar!"

Watson let out a deep dragon roar, and the magic inherited from the dragon's blood was instantly unleashed under his will. Streams of lightning condensed into a giant azure net of electric light, blocking the fierce attack that was falling from the sky.

The legendary blue dragon's body suddenly sank and flipped, its huge wings flapping in the opposite direction. Using its talent for controlling elemental magic in conjunction with its wings to stabilize its body, its strong limbs lashed out, striking upwards with great force, dealing with the unpredictable attack with minimal cost.

But Blue Dragon Doss seemed to possess the power to see through the legendary blue dragon's magic. His huge claws and wing blades swept across the deadly arc, easily severing the nodes of the giant lightning net spell. The entire massive lightning net collapsed and dissipated, with tiny bolts of lightning shooting out in all directions, completely unable to hinder it.

The two dragons' giant claws and wings collided repeatedly in the air, creating a deafening roar of steel, causing the legendary blue dragon Watson's massive body to plummet towards the ground, while the blue dragon Doss swooped down.

From a distance, it looked like two eagles were fighting in a sky filled with lightning, with Watson at a disadvantage.

Watson felt that the claws of the blue dragon Doss carried an extremely subtle power, as if combined with the blue dragon's innate bloodline, and each claw strike was accompanied by fierce lightning.

These lightning bolts easily intertwined into bizarre spells under its claws. They were not simply controlled and launched by the Blue Dragon's innate power. They were enough to cause several times the power with a fraction of its strength, so that even the lightning on the legendary Blue Dragon's claws could not easily extinguish the opponent's power.

The legendary blue dragon tried several times to temporarily force back the blue dragon Doth with the magic inherited from the blue dragon's blood, but Doth always managed to break through his magic with the same magic, leaving him with no chance to turn the tide.

Even the legendary blue dragon, whose speed is terrifying in its own world and who is known as the king who controls the storm, could not escape the entanglement of the blue dragon Doth.

In battles between dragons, sometimes a single breath is enough to decide the outcome. Although Watson was not fighting a bloody battle with the blue dragon Doth, but rather engaging in a contest, he was at a disadvantage from that moment and could not reverse the situation.

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Finally, the legendary blue dragon Watson crashed to the ground.

The blue dragon lay belly up, its massive wings and claws twisting and clawing at the earth, carving deep furrows with claw marks. Finally, it crashed through the wooden fence of the huge camp and came to a stop.

The Imperial warriors, who had scattered and fled, cheered enthusiastically, raising their weapons and banging them loudly, to encourage and demonstrate for the victory of the Empire's Blue Dragon King.

The massive body of the blue dragon Doss landed amidst the billowing dust, and it did not pursue the enemy again. Its eyes, which had been flashing with electricity, also calmed down.

The fight between the two sides ended there, and the battle didn't even stir the berserker blood in Blue Dragon Dos's heart.

"What power is this?"

The legendary blue dragon Watson rolled out of the ravine and shook off the sand and dust from between its countless scales. There were no wounds on its body, only claw marks on its claws and between its wings that looked terrifying but were actually harmless to dragons.

The legendary blue dragon's wings spread across the land, its fierce head bowing slightly towards Dos, indicating that it had no intention of fighting again.

“I can sense that the power you use isn’t particularly strong, but it’s skillfully applied, using less and less power each time to dissipate my magical power,”

Watson stared at the energetic young blue dragon, whose aura was as bright as the rising sun, but he still couldn't figure it out.

In a bloody battle, the legendary blue dragon's power would surpass that of this young ancestral blue dragon. Watson was confident that he would not lose to his opponent so easily, and might even find an opportunity to severely injure or kill him.

After all, Watson is many times older, and the power he has accumulated is incomparable to that of the blue dragon Doss. The battle in the bloody war would not be as trivial as it is now.

However, the opponent's ability also instilled some fear in Watson. After all, although his overall strength was great, it seemed that this was the only advantage he had over this young male dragon.

Whether it's the exquisite application of magic or the development of the dragon bloodline, it seems that he has no chance of winning. Even Watson's usually proud and powerful body is at a disadvantage in the battle.

"This is not some special power,"

Blue Dragon Doss flicked his tail, his fangs opening and closing, revealing the ferocious smile of a dragon.

"This is the power of wisdom. The dragon race has inherited countless generations of magic, the techniques left behind by their bloodline are inexhaustible. It seems like a treasure with infinite potential, yet it has never made any progress."

"Who says that successors cannot surpass the achievements of their predecessors? The true dragons of the Golden Empire are an example of those who have followed this path."

"The empire's magicians and true dragons excavated and analyzed the spells inherited in the dragon's blood, improving and cracking them step by step, all in order to adapt to the progress of the times and surpass all previous bloodlines!"

Blue Dragon Doss raised his head high, staring into the eyes of the legendary blue dragon, and slowly said, "Spells that are stuck in their ways are full of flaws in front of the true dragons of the empire, because the true dragons of the empire control their power with reason and wisdom, not with instinct!"

"Any power needs to adapt to the changing times. Even the universe is not eternal, let alone a power that is merely born from the laws of the universe!"

"Those mages are able to grasp the truth and mystery of the universe and possess great power precisely because of this kind of thinking."

"And dragons have been stuck in their ways for far too long, so long that the decline of all dragons in this universe is simply a predetermined fate."

The legendary blue dragon Watson's azure pupils widened slightly. "With a heart of wisdom and reason, to wield all power and surpass all predecessors?"

Legendary Blue Dragon Watson had learned through his interactions over the past few days that the dragons of the Golden Empire, especially the great dragons of the Goggmora dragonflight, possessed the ability to control the deeply ingrained bloodline poison within their dragon blood at will.

This is something even the legendary Blue Dragon couldn't do, but the Blue Dragon, who was already used to it, wasn't particularly envious.

Hearing the young male dragon's ambitious words, the legendary blue dragon began to feel an unprecedented sense of awe towards the Golgmora dragonflight.

"The will of living beings is always weak. Even the most determined beings cannot remain steadfast at all times," "Just like the rising and setting of the sun and moon, willpower also rises and falls. If the will weakens even slightly, it may lead to decisions that go against one's original intentions."

Blue Dragon Doss began, "And the humanity of living beings is, at many times, very weak."

"Even those powerful legendary chosen ones, who can maintain peak power, cannot maintain an unchanging will forever,"

"The poison in the blood of dragons is many times more terrifying than the weakness of their will. Even if some dragons are not willing to do many things, the poison in their blood will still confuse their will, causing them to become like wild beasts!"

"Many of the paths and philosophies followed by the Gogmora dragons were born out of the predicament of dragons themselves,"

The young dragon king raised his claws and grasped them loosely, as if grasping the future.

"Only by initially overcoming and controlling this terrifying source of desire poison can one embark on the path of the true dragon and gain the qualification to cultivate the true dragon's proof!"

"Only by achieving some success on the path of the true dragon can one overcome material things with a steadfast heart, control reason and wisdom with a firm mind, and unite mind and body, including the instincts of the dragon, rather than resisting or abandoning them!"

Not only did the legendary blue dragon Watson's breathing become more rapid, but many blue dragons and other dragons watching the battle also became restless upon hearing Doss's words. A dense aura rose from between the scales of the surrounding dragons as if it were a tangible substance.

For most dragons who are unfamiliar with the subject, the Proof of the True Dragon is more like an unprecedentedly powerful spell created by the True Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire.

The power of this almost omnipotent magic was something that every dragon that had witnessed it coveted immensely.

That was a technique powerful enough to kill a creator in a world controlled by a legendary, divinely ordained creator.

"That's a brilliant idea,"

The legendary blue dragon Watson spewed out streaks of electricity from its nostrils, exclaiming, "Only now do I truly understand the ideals of the Golden Empire."

"The Golden Empire takes the Way of the True Dragon as its core principle, the supremacy of the True Dragon as one kind and the equality of all other kinds as its core ideology, and the eternal self-improvement, education, and reform as the root of its progress."

"This is not only about changing and reversing the order of all dragons, but also about changing the order of the world, because a civilization with such a philosophy will ultimately prevail over the rest that remain stagnant!"

The legendary blue dragon Watson raised his head, looking directly into the eyes of the young blue dragon for the first time, and slowly asked, "But why aren't you afraid that someone will surpass you and wield even greater power? This is an extremely difficult problem for dragons, and indeed for all living beings, to overcome—the very foundation of self-interest and selfishness!"

"That's something even the Dragon God couldn't overcome!"

The legendary blue dragons are not those young dragons; Watson knows more about the history of the dragon race.

The inherent flaws of the dragon race are difficult to eradicate at their very source.

The collapse of the order of the dragon race, which once ruled the universe, also originated from the bloodline of the dragon race.

Countless years ago, during the Dragon Frenzy Civil War, countless powerful dragons perished. The Iron Dragon race, which was once able to rival the Five-Colored Dragons and Metal Dragons, originally numbered twelve, but in that civil war that spread across countless planes, it was slaughtered until only the five Iron Dragon races remain today.

The dragon species created by the three-tailed dragon queen, who was devoured by Tiamat after becoming immortal, are now almost extinct.

But the cause of it all was nothing more than the continuous struggles triggered by the power of the Dragon God.

Blue Dragon Doss squatted down in front of Watson, baring his fangs and chuckling, "When I was a weak and vulnerable child, all I wanted was a life of abundance, enough meat to eat every day, and to be able to collect a little bit of treasure. That would have been my ideal life."

"Later, when the entire dragon herd was captured, all I wanted was to escape with my companions, return to my homeland, gather my followers, and build a safe dragon nest with the dragon herd. Security is what I pursue."

"As the dragon horde grew stronger, I grew alongside Charon, and my desires grew ever stronger: wealth, followers, territory, and all material desires."

"But as these needs were met step by step, I gradually realized the influence Caron had on me,"

Blue Dragon Doss's gaze was as deep and unfathomable as he slowly said, "Material desires are easy to satisfy, but spiritual pursuits are difficult to achieve."

"Without spiritual pursuits, there are no firm beliefs. Without firm beliefs, even the greatest power is nothing but a pile of loose sand. This is why many dragons, despite their unparalleled talents, have been gradually left behind by those weak humanoid races."

"So with each passing day, my admiration for Charon grows stronger. He is my beloved elder brother and the king of my clan whom I revere."

The legendary blue dragon listened quietly to the young blue dragon's story, and the dragons' usually lacking patience seemed to be stretched out at that moment.

"You're wondering why we're not afraid of newcomers surpassing us, simply because you haven't truly grasped our beliefs,"

Doss extended his dragon claw and patted the legendary blue dragon's shoulder blade, chuckling softly, "The truths of the universe are infinitely mysterious. We dragon kings, like Charon, will only rejoice in the emergence of successors, not fear or suppress them."

"After all, by then, you will all be true dragons!"

"If you are willing to take responsibility, even if it means handing over the entire empire's royal power to you, we will have no complaints, no dissatisfaction whatsoever!"

The legendary blue dragon Watson was in a state of confusion, yet also seemed to understand something. It wasn't that the blue dragon was stupid, but rather that he had never had such an experience, nor had he ever thought about such things before.

But he could sense the towering aura emanating from this young blue dragon, just as he had sensed the majesty of dragons before.

The majesty of other dragons comes from the strength of their bloodline and soul, but the majesty of these dragon kings in the Golden Empire also comes from their unwavering beliefs, which is why they are able to suppress the vast majority of dragons.

Watson felt he had countless questions to ask the young dragon king, but when he bared his fangs, he was met with rejection.

Blue Dragon Dos waved his claws and pointed to the Azure Thunder King of the Empire, Blue Dragon Akz, and his companion, Blue Dragon Kalit, who were watching from a distance.

"Go find Akiz and the others. They know more than I do. I'm still young and my understanding isn't very deep yet! You know, Watson, the older the dragons get, the more time they have to think."

Legendary Blue Dragon Watson was somewhat baffled, feeling that something was incredibly strange.

But the legendary blue dragon is not one of the dragons in the High Mora dragonflight, and no matter how hard one tries, the reason for this strange occurrence remains a mystery.

When he looked at the blue dragon Akz in the dragon pack, the other blue dragons surrounding Akz scattered in panic, as if they had seen some terrifying monster.

Even the legionary warriors surrounding these blue dragons were knocked down row after row by these scattering dragons. The legion's scribes had already noted down each of these dragons and were waiting to report them. It was unknown how many more blue dragons would be punished by military law.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast these young blue dragons reacted, they couldn't match Akz's speed.

Akz grabbed the tail of the young blue dragon Kolem with his huge claws, while the blue dragon Kalit used its claws to clamp down on Kolem's left wing.

Akiz grinned maliciously and said, "Boy, as a blue dragon, you should shoulder the responsibilities of a blue dragon. Go, obediently go over there!"

"You know I'm also responsible for sweeping through the cities in this area, I don't have the time for that!"

The other two blue dragons, Grira and Sabrina, who also hailed from the Blue Dragon Clan of the Middle-earth Desert in the world of Ekania, stopped a short distance away. Looking at their captured companion, they laughed in unison, "Haha, that idiot Corum, what a loser! This time it's finally his turn!"

(End of this chapter)