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Chapter 479 The matter of the Red Mirror Dragon is over

The Red Mirror Dragon spewed out two mouthfuls of flame, turning the entire valley into a sea of ​​fire.

But not long after the second burst of flames was released, the Red Mirror Dragon's mouth was struck hard by a sword.

That sword strike was so vicious that it cracked its teeth, and naturally, it couldn't spew out any flames anymore.

The flames didn't extinguish themselves; they flared back up inside the Red Mirror Dragon's throat, burning its fire-breathing organs.

At this moment, the Red Mirror Dragon's neck had healed itself. It brandished its claws, tail, and wings, attacking Xia Zuo frantically, and tried to fly away using its ability to escape.

After several months of contact, the Red Mirror Dragon was very familiar with Xia Zuo, but Xia Zuo was obviously more familiar with it.

Before the red dragon could even spread its wings, Xia Zuo had already unleashed a chilling sword aura.

The silver sword energy struck the base of the wing just as it opened, severing the tendons of the dragon wing while the muscles were relaxed.

The sudden rupture of the tendon caused the muscles to snap back instantly, causing the Red Mirror Dragon's chest to bulge violently, and then it could never shrink back down.

It screamed in agony, but its screams were unusually hoarse.

Because the Red Mirror Dragon's throat has not yet healed itself, and the injury to the magical dragonfire-spraying organ is far less easy to recover than the bone.

Injuries caused by tendon rupture are also difficult to heal on their own.

Skeletal muscles cannot relax on their own; they require the corresponding skeletal muscles to exert force in order for them to relax.

The Red Mirror Dragon first transforms skeletal muscles into peristaltic circular muscles, connects the tendons to complete the healing, and then reverts the muscle type back to its original state.

In the heat of battle, how could Xia Zuo allow it to perform such obvious self-healing?

Not only was it not allowed, but it also took the opportunity to unleash its sword energy, severing more tendons and putting the Red Mirror Dragon in an even more passive position, forcing it to mobilize its magic power to control its body and fight against Xia Zuo instead of its muscles.

At this point, the Red Mirror Dragon's magical combat abilities were completely destroyed, turning it into a purely melee monster.

Seeing that the time was right, Celia shouted, "Go!"

She and Frilian charged toward the Red Mirror Dragon amidst a hail of potion arrows.

Celia's magic power and magical skills far surpassed Frilian's. With just a simple trick of compressing and releasing magic power, she tore a huge gash in the Red Mirror Dragon's tail.

Moreover, before tearing the wound open, she cut off the flow of magic from the Red Mirror Dragon, causing its tail to escape its control and obediently fall to the ground.

Frillie dared not delay, using magic to control the medicinal arrows, quickly pouring them into the wound, and then casting [Red Mirror Dragon Weakening]

[Guardian Magic]: A single unit of magical power amplifies the potion's magical effects a hundredfold.

In an instant, bacteria constructed purely of magic penetrated deep into the Red Mirror Dragon's body, triggering a conflict between its demonic and dragon immune systems.

Seria tested the effect and nodded, saying, "It works! But time is limited, let's speed things up!"

Frillie's face flushed with excitement as she happily replied, "Yes! Grandmaster Celia!"

So the two elves worked together and, in just 20 minutes, opened 15 wounds on the Red Mirror Dragon's tail, injected large amounts of magical potions into each wound, and used the [Red Mirror Dragon's Germ-Weakening Magic] to create an invasion of magical bacteria.

As magical bacteria continued to invade, the Red Mirror Dragon's complex immune system became overwhelmed, managing to eliminate only the bacteria from the first wound.

Frilian was overjoyed: "Grandmaster, the effect is even better than we expected. We only need to treat the first five wounds once, and then we can transfer to the dragon's body."

Seria nodded, then shook her head: "Adding five more is no problem, but we can't go straight to the dragon's body. After we've dealt with the tail, we'll start with the limbs and finish with the dragon's body."

As she spoke, she took action, severing the magical connection between the Red Mirror Dragon's left hind leg and its body, rendering it a paralyzed, useless leg.

As Celia reopened her wound, Frillian injected the medicinal arrow into the Red Mirror Dragon's body, immediately activating the [Red Mirror Dragon Weakening Germ Magic].

Seria and Frilian worked together and completed the bacterial injection into the left hind leg in just ten minutes.

Then they repaired the wound on their tails, allowing another bacterial invasion.

Next, we moved on to the right hind leg, then the left front leg, and then replenished the bacteria to the left hind leg.

Under Xia Zuo's attack, the Red Mirror Dragon was unable to mount any effective resistance and could not interfere with the work of the two elven mages.

However, this repeated process still consumed a lot of time, and it wasn't until two hours later that they were finally able to work on the dragon's body.

At this point, the Red Mirror Dragon's immune system was already overwhelmed, causing the dragon monster's body temperature to rise sharply. Its scales stood up to enhance its heat dissipation ability.

This allows the two elves to avoid tearing open their wounds before launching an attack.

They used [Arrow Control Magic] to manipulate the potion arrows, shooting them directly into the skin beneath the scales and into the Red Mirror Dragon's body.

The explosion of body temperature and loss of control made the Red Mirror Dragon feel the threat of death for the first time. It completely lost its remaining rationality and became a purely instinctive creature.

The Red Mirror Dragon was paralyzed, its bones were broken, and its throat was even cut off by Xia Zuo, leaving it without any means of attack.

Who would have thought that it would use itself as a crossbow and its blood as arrows, unleashing magical power in a way that went beyond self-harm, launching its blood to attack the two elven mages.

This is a classic case of first inflicting 10,000 damage on oneself, and then pursuing the goal of inflicting 800 damage on the enemy.

No rational or intelligent creature would ever do that, nor would any animal that truly survives by instinct.

This is the self-destructive tendency unique to monsters; all their actions prioritize killing the enemy rather than their own survival.

However, it must be said that Red Mirror Dragon's actions, though accidental, were the most correct course of action.

The loss of a large amount of blood actually reduced the concentration of magical bacteria in the Red Mirror Dragon's body, lowered its blood pressure, and slowed down the outbreak of its immune system.

Surprisingly, after the outburst, the Crimson Mirror Dragon recovered a great deal of power, and even regained some of its thinking ability.

But Shazo didn't panic, nor did Celie and Frilian.

Although no one expected the Red Mirror Dragon to retaliate in this way, they had anticipated potential problems and had already made sufficient preparations.

Frilian felt a pity at the large amount of potions mixed in with the dragon blood, but Shazo and Celia were overjoyed.

They both shouted at the same time, "Frilian, follow me/Seria and attack the bleeding point!"

Yes, the Red Mirror Dragon's counterattack released a large amount of potion, but at the same time, it actively opened its body's channels, exposing its entire body to the attack.

Seria and Frillie joined forces and launched the remaining potion arrows at both sides of the Red Mirror Dragon's body, piercing directly through the bleeding holes and injecting them into its body.

This time, the magic potions that the magic guild had painstakingly crafted over several months were all used up.

Celia spread her arms wide, mobilized all her magic power, and used the [Red Mirror Dragon Weakening Germ Magic] with all her might to attack the Red Mirror Dragon's head.

Of all pathogens and viruses, those that directly attack the head and brain are the most vicious, such as rabies.

Seria's magic was extremely powerful, directly penetrating the Red Mirror Dragon's magic resistance and magic defense, creating a brain herniation in the dragon's head, plunging its mind into absolute chaos, and even causing it to lose its instincts.

Although Celia's magic only lasted for a dozen seconds before being interrupted due to insufficient magic power, her goal had been perfectly achieved.

"All done!" Celia shouted with a grin, "Run!"

She hugged her grand-disciple, cast an Agility Enhancement spell on them, and slipped away as fast as she could.

Xia Zuo did not run away immediately, but continued to suppress the increasingly violent Red Mirror Dragon. His control was gradually becoming unsustainable.

"We can't let it explode, we absolutely can't let it explode. If we accidentally shatter the Red Mirror Dragon, it might completely get rid of the [Red Mirror Dragon Weakening Virus Magic], and we'll have to do it all over again."

Once Celie and Frillie had run far enough away, Shazo released the Red Mirror Dragon.

At this moment, the Red Mirror Dragon, whose body had basically healed itself, aimed at Xia Zuo, opened its mouth, and spat out a ball of flame with maximum power.

Because the magic was compressed to its limit, the flames took on a blue-white hue, indicating that the temperature had reached an astonishing level.

Xia Zuo, who had intended to leave, was drawn by the flames and couldn't help but stop, raising his broad, blunt heavy sword with an irresistible urge.

Xia Zuo seemingly casually swung his greatsword, extinguishing the oncoming flames with the wind of his sword. Then, his immense magical power revealed the terrifying sword energy.

This sword energy was similar to the Five Elements and its scale was quite ordinary. However, it was Xia Zuo's real way of killing people. It was completely different from the skillful sword energy used to open the sky with a sword. Fortunately, Xia Zuo had not lost his mind. At the last moment, he slightly deflected the sword energy, which flew past the Red Mirror Dragon's body and cut a huge crack in the mountain behind it.

Rumble

The continuous tremors indicated that the sword energy had not stopped after splitting the mountain peak, but continued forward, cutting through countless mountain ranges.

Such an attack would be enough to slice the Red Mirror Dragon in two, or even shred it into mincemeat, but still not enough to kill it.

It is the most bizarre combination of dragons and demons; its flesh and blood wriggle and fuse like a slime.

No matter how you hack and burn it, you can't kill the Red Mirror Dragon completely. It will only keep reviving and become more and more difficult to kill with each resurrection.

"Hmph, once you completely lose this bug-like self-healing ability, I'll definitely come and chop you into mincemeat!"

Having vented his fighting spirit with this sword strike, Xia Zuo reluctantly sheathed his bladeless greatsword and turned to chase after Seria and Frillie.

Two days later, after repeated verification, Frilian and Celia finally confirmed that the Red Mirror Dragon was unable to expel the magical bacteria from its body.

Even the dual-race immune system quieted down, clearly having given up on eliminating the bacteria and instead choosing to coexist peacefully with the magical bacteria.

The magical bacteria's erosion of the Red Mirror Dragon has already begun. Although nothing can be seen in the last hundred years, Celia is very certain that once the incubation period of a hundred years passes, a huge change will occur.

Celia breathed a long sigh of relief, and the last bit of obsession in her heart dissipated.

She smiled and praised Frilian, "Well done! Frilian, you've helped me out of a worry."

"No, this is a source of worry for both Xia Zuo and me."

"The Red Mirror Dragon once attacked the elven village, killing many elves and even eating quite a few."

"But we were unable to kill it, and we could only let it roam freely in the Likel Canyon in the middle of the continent, which makes us feel uneasy every time we think about it."

Frillie blushed and said, "No, you're welcome. It's what I should do. I'm an elf too."

Xia Zuo also reached out and patted her head: "Like Celia, I also have to say thank you, little Frillian."

Celia said leisurely, "I'm really curious now. What changes will occur to the Crimson Mirror Dragon after the magical bacteria outbreak?"

Xia Zuo recalled the Red Mirror Dragon from his memory, comparing it to the enormous monster of today, and said, "When the magical bacteria erupt, the Red Mirror Dragon's scales will lose their smoothness, become blurry, and their hardness will greatly decrease, making them easy to cleave with a single sword strike."

"Its size will continue to shrink, perhaps to only a quarter of its current size, or even smaller."

"Most importantly, the Red Mirror Dragon will lose its immortality and become a powerful but ordinary monster that can be killed."

"The only problem is that its magic resistance might become stronger, and if you want to solve it, you'll need to find a..."

A powerful enough warrior will deliver the final blow.

Celia laughed and said, "Are you planning to volunteer yourself?"

Xia Zuo shook his head and said, "I have already seen the final fate of the Red Mirror Dragon, so I don't have any thoughts about it anymore."

"Let future soldiers handle it."

Celia said with a sense of empathy, "Hey, you know what, I also feel that after the obsession in my heart disappeared, I no longer have the slightest desire to kill it."

She looked at her grand-disciple: "Frilian, how about I entrust the task of taking down this silly dragon to you?"

Frillie, who was basking in the glory of her success, was taken aback upon hearing this: "Me?"

Celia confirmed, "Yes, it's you. When you remember it in the future, just kill it while you're at it."

Frillie agreed: "Oh, okay, I'll remember that."

In fact, under Xia Zuo's guidance, the little elf had already discovered, through self-reflection, that he did not like killing.

Aside from the demons who represent absolute evil, she harbors no hostility towards any living being.

The Red Mirror Dragon attracted Frillie's attention not primarily because it was a half-demon, but because of its immortality.

Now that this problem has been solved, Frilian's interest in the Red Mirror Dragon has greatly diminished.

However, as Grandmaster Celie said, this giant dragon monster is also a monster, and it keeps attacking elves and humans, so it is indeed a damned monster.

So Frilian agreed and decided to deal with it a thousand years later.