A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 389 Is Weakness the Original Sin? The Pompeii Clan Head's Crime Is Unforgivable
Pompeii, who verbally said that he should have thought of the Church of the Old, was actually extremely surprised. From the moment he was attacked, Pompeii had always thought that it was the White King who was behind the attack. He never imagined that it was the Church of the Old who was behind the attack.

It wasn't until she saw the familiar moonlight, and now she saw Nuwa and Chu Zihang facing her, that she realized she had been making things up in her head the whole time!
Pompeii, who had seen through the truth, was extremely embarrassed at this moment. A feeling of social death welled up in his heart, forcing him to slightly tighten his toes and grip the soles of his shoes, almost digging a Valhalla into them.

The extreme embarrassment made Pompeii so indifferent to Herzog and the White King that he was only enraged and wanted to kill all the members of the old church to wash away the shame of the moment.

The elements sensed the Dragon King's wrath and spontaneously converged under his anger. The spiraling clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, and the atmosphere began to echo with tiny but dense 'buzzing' electrical sounds.

Every now and then, one could see countless arcs of electricity piercing the air, leaping back and forth around Pompeii. Without Pompeii making a move, with just a thought, the atmosphere exploded into a thunderstorm, and countless silver lightning bolts blasted towards Chu Zihang, Nuwa, and Aso Shin in the sky.

"Boom!" The lightning gathered in the sky was used by Fingel and Erii to strike down two more thick bolts of lightning, which neutralized Pompeii's lightning.

It looked like two towering trees of thunder, blocking the thousands of silver snakes!
Needless to say, this is Fingel's secret technique. Erii, who has also advanced to the Traveler level, can also record demigod-level abilities.

"How dare you..." Pompeii's face grew increasingly grim, and his gradually lowered voice suddenly rose: "Resist the radiant thunder bestowed by the king?!"

"Those who have disobeyed the king shall be judged by the king and shall perish!" With this roar, the power of words nurtured deep within Pompeii's spirit was released.

The earth cracked in all directions, and countless underground waters tore apart the mountain surface, swirling into the sky and rapidly melting into ice!
From afar, it looked like thousands of water columns rising into the air, the lower half being water, and the upper half converging into a nine-headed ice dragon. Nuwa recognized this particularly familiar Word of Power at a glance: "Nine Infants, he is releasing the Word of Power: Nine Infants!"

Is this the Dragon King?! The Nine-Headed Serpent that Nuwa released using the Dragon-Slaying Platform is worlds apart from the Nine-Headed Serpent that Pompeii is releasing now!
Fingel's eyes immediately flashed with barely suppressed rage: "Pompeii Gattuso! It was you who released the Nine-Headed Serpent to ambush our diving team in the Greenland ice sea back then!"

"Hmph." Pompeii snorted lightly, completely unconcerned about Fingel's surging hatred, and even looked down on the Kassel diving team from back then: "If you weren't so weak, would I have needed to take action myself?"

"If your diving team could kill my brother, kill that king of the ocean and water, why would I release the Nine-Headed Serpent to you?"

"If you have someone to blame, blame your own weakness! In this world, weakness is the original sin!"

"The Old Church? Destroy it!" As he roared the word "destroy," the Word of Power, Nine-Headed Serpent, was unleashed. The water everywhere began to freeze, about to explode in the next instant—

A mocking voice came from behind Pompeii. Xu Lie, who had somehow crossed the dense network of electric arcs in the air, arrived behind Pompeii: "Oh? Interesting, you want to destroy the Old Church?"

"!" Pompeii was terrified. Cold sweat, which he hadn't felt in thousands of years, suddenly broke out. Who was it? When did they get behind him?!
How can this be? !
It's no wonder Pompeii was so horrified. As the king of the sky and the wind, Pompeii was proud of his speed, believing himself to be the fastest in the world. He was always the one who sneaked up behind the enemy. For example, in the case of the Great Temple of the Old Age, Pompeii hid behind the king and was not discovered by him.

Now, someone has actually managed to sneak up behind Pompeii without anyone noticing. How could this not make the King of Wind tremble with fear?

Furthermore, Pompeii had a similar habit to his son Caesar: he would always summon the Kamaitachi in battle. Moreover, the Kamaitachi that Pompeii released had a range and accuracy that were more than a hundred times greater than Caesar's. It was almost impossible for anyone to sneak up behind Pompeii without being detected, as they would inevitably be tracked down by the Kamaitachi.

But now the Kamaitachi is malfunctioning? It can't hear the mysterious person's movements?
With a mind racing, amidst contemplation and fear, Pompeii detonated the Nine-Headed Serpent, attempting to kill Xu Lie while enduring its explosive force.

Pompeii's idea was good, and his response was timely. Just as the Nine-Headed Serpent, which was covered in solid ice, was about to turn into fire and many ice crystals had already appeared with dazzling flames, it unexpectedly disappeared.

Yes, the enormous nine-headed dragon of water, ice, and fire simply vanished into thin air!

The Pompeii man was stunned. He could clearly feel that his control over the Word of Power, Nine-Headed Serpent, had suddenly changed hands, and he could no longer control Nine-Headed Serpent! It was as if it had been stolen!
Damn it! The old church can even steal the Words of Power? They can even steal the Words of Power of this Dragon King? Is there no reasoning with them? This is ridiculous!

Pompeii didn't have time to think about how the Nine-Headed Serpent was stolen or how to get it back. Right now, Pompeii just wanted to distance himself from the dangerous Xu Lie as soon as possible. The pressure that Xu Lie, who was standing behind him, put on him was many times greater than the pressure that Chu Zihang or Aso Makoto put on him.

Pompeii quickly leaped to the side, simultaneously activating Time Zero. In an instant, he unleashed a barrage of wind-based speed-enhancing spells, attempting to amplify his own speed and unleash the ultimate speed of the Sky King and the Wind King…

Pompeii was devastated to discover that he could no longer use any of these once-obedient speed-enhancing spells! They were all like the Nine-Headed Serpent, silent and unresponsive to his calls, no matter how hard he, the king of the sky and wind, tried to command them.

Not only Time Zero and Moment, but even the Kamaitachi, which was constantly activated and brought back information to Pompeii, gradually dissipated and no longer belonged to him.

The unexpected silence of the Words of Power caused reality to differ greatly from Pompeii's expectations. Pompeii had originally planned to use the acceleration from numerous Words of Power to easily create distance, and he didn't even need to jump much, only leaping a few dozen meters away before landing in front of Fingel, Erii, and Chen Motong. Behind him was Xu Lie, to his left were Chu Zihang and Nuwa, and in the sky was Asou Makoto, who silently flew to the right, blocking all of Pompeii's paths. Pompeii had somehow managed to jump into the encirclement.

The electric currents that were still crackling in the atmosphere wouldn't normally affect Pompeii, but he inexplicably felt them gliding over his scalp, numbing it.

After all, he was the Dragon King who controlled the wind element and represented extreme speed, but now he only had this one speed. You can imagine how embarrassed Pompeii felt.

Although Chen Motong didn't know exactly what Xu Lie had done, just by looking at Pompeii's appearance, she knew that he must have been tricked by Xu Lie. She felt a surge of pleasure, thinking that she had indeed made the right choice in clinging to Mr. Wrong's coattails: "Pompeii, you are the weak one now."

A hint of pleasure flickered across Fingel's face: "Weakness is the original sin? Then, esteemed head of the Pompeii Gattuso family, you are now beyond redemption."

"!" Pompeii's face flushed slightly, angered by Chen Motong and Fingel. The one who put pressure on him and stole his Word of Power was clearly Xu Lie. What did Chen Motong and Fingel have to do with it? What right did these two half-bloods have to ridicule him, the Dragon King?

Let's have a one-on-one fight!

Pompeii clenched his right fist, only to find it empty. His heart sank. He hadn't clenched his fist out of anger, but rather because he intended to use the Conceptual Armament, one of the Seven Kingdoms of Alchemy, to materialize his divine spear, Gungnir.

If the power of words cannot be used, Pompeii still has his most confident skill: alchemy.

In ancient times, when all the dragons believed that the King of Bronze and Fire was the strongest alchemist in the dragon race, second only to the Black King, only Pompeii knew that he was the most secretive among his brothers and sisters, and that his alchemical skills far surpassed those of Norton and Constantine.

As a result, even the concept of alchemy became unusable, and like many other incantations, it fell into a state of dormancy!
It’s not over yet!

Pompeii turned around fiercely, trying to glare at Xu Lie, but before he could see the smile on Xu Lie's face, Pompeii had already taken a punch from Chu Zihang!
The opportunity was right in front of Chu Zihang. Because Pompey turned around, his left side was completely exposed to Chu Zihang's punching path. It was like a top-of-the-line fully automatic punching bag, automatically adjusting to the most suitable angle. If Chu Zihang didn't throw a punch, he would feel that this angle was a waste.

Weakness detection: the head is a occult weakness; the power of 'harvesting' begins to fill Chu Zihang's fists—

"Bang!" Pompeii's head was even more numb than before, and his facial muscles were deformed wildly. His left cheek was like a lump of dough that had been smashed flat by a naughty child, instantly sinking in. His right cheek was squeezed and pulled, and the corner of his mouth flew uncontrollably toward his ear.

You could even see a few drops of water splashing from the corners of his mouth.

Immediately following was the cracking sound of Pompeii's facial bones shattering, and finally, he was thrown into the air, spinning and tumbling as he flew backward toward Aso Makoto.

After the Kamaitachi was stolen, Pompeii lost its peak perception and was even unable to detect Chu Zihang's sneak attack.

Unfortunately, although Xu Lie stole many of his alchemical techniques and incantations, Pompeii was still the undisputed high-ranking dragon king, not to mention his powerful physical abilities.

Even if Pompeii's head, a mysterious weakness, was hit by Chu Zihang's 'Harvest,' it wouldn't be an instant kill. It would only inflict moderate damage, weakening Pompeii somewhat.

In the instant after being thrown backward, Pompeii snapped out of his daze. How could he be distracted in the heat of battle? How could he turn around and look at Xu Lie?

Pompeii quickly adjusted his posture, and a pair of dragon wings, nearly three meters long in total, burst out from his back through his clothes. His body was covered in scales. With a flap of his wings, he flew upwards and soared to the top of a tree, dodging Aso Makoto's moonlight magic.

Pompeii, perched atop a treetop, looked at the crowd with extreme apprehension.

Pompeii was initially confused and had many doubts, but after personally experiencing Xu Lie's mysterious methods, he vaguely guessed the truth: "Whether it's the White King or Herzog..."

"They were probably all killed by your old church, weren't they?"

"What a brilliant tactic, members of the Old Church!"

(End of this chapter)