Long Ling looked at Huo Mie Tian on the city wall and said, "What's wrong? Don't you dare? Come up here!"
Huo Mie Tian was angered by Long Ling's words. As beings of the same tier, what was there to fear?
With a bang, the city wall exploded, and a figure shot up into the sky towards Long Ling.
Long Ling looked at Huo Mie Tian before him and his lips curved upwards, "I hope you can entertain me."
Huo Mie Tian looked at Long Ling and said, "I don't care what race you are, but if you dare to be an enemy of my Fire Spirit race, I will show you what cruelty is."
Rumbling, terrifying blue-red flames appeared in Huo Mie Tian's hand. At the same time, Long Ling's body glowed with a faint black light. The light was so faint that Huo Mie Tian didn't notice it at all.
Then, Long Ling stepped forward and instantly moved towards Huo Mie Tian. Huo Mie Tian clenched his fists, flames surging into his palms, and stepped forward. Swoosh.
The collision of two streaks of light was like the clash of blades and swords, echoing throughout the sky.
Both their speeds were at the afterimage level. One was a blue-red afterimage, and the other was a black afterimage. Long Ling was now fighting Huo Mie Tian.
Within the afterimages, Huo Mie Tian's fist, carrying terrifying power, lunged towards Long Ling. But Long Ling dodged by arching his head backward. However, Huo Mie Tian's left leg swept out.
Long Ling's hands formed claws and grasped Huo Mie Tian's left leg. Huo Mie Tian twisted his body and instantly broke free. Seeing this, Long Ling crossed his arms. When Huo Mie Tian's fists came at him, they landed directly on his crossed arms.
Long Ling's figure retreated a step, just one step. Then, Long Ling's fighting spirit surged, and his body erupted with even more terrifying power as he lunged towards Huo Mie Tian.
His fearsome claws descended, but Huo Mie Tian didn't choose to meet them head-on. Instead, he dodged to the left, narrowly avoiding the attack.
But Long Ling's attack wasn't over. As Huo Mie Tian dodged, Long Ling's legs swept out in a horizontal spin.
He instantly kicked towards Huo Mie Tian's waist. But Huo Mie Tian's awareness was not to be underestimated. He reacted instantly, crossing his arms to defend his waist. The horizontal sweep was blocked. At the same time, he extended his arms, and his hands went for Long Ling's legs. But would Long Ling not know his intentions?
Then, in a move like an inverted hook kick, his legs swung past Huo Mie Tian's head, though they didn't connect. Long Ling's figure then retreated.
Huo Mie Tian praised, "Good reaction. If I had caught you just now, you would have been severely injured."
"If it were a bit stronger, your legs might not have been usable!"
In response to Huo Mie Tian's praise, Long Ling shook his head, "Not necessarily, but I would have sustained minor injuries."
He chuckled. He was a son of the Flood Dragon clan, possessing the powerful defense of the dragon race. A mere elf, even with Spiritual Grade Divine Fire, what was there to fear?
Huo Mie Tian was stunned. When the other party spoke, there was genuine disdain in his eyes, as if his attack had indeed landed and would have had the effect Long Ling described.
This was because a person's eyes could not lie. People could deceive, but their eyes could not. Eyes were the window to a person's soul. Since the other party's gaze was dismissive, it meant he truly looked down on Huo Mie Tian from the bottom of his heart.
How could one deceive someone they looked down upon?
Thus, Huo Mie Tian believed what Long Ling had said, because while everything else could deceive, eyes never would.
Eyes were like the window to the human soul. A pure soul reflected in pure eyes, a defiled soul in defiled eyes. No matter how they were masked, they would be revealed.
Of course, judging a person wasn't just about their eyes; one also had to consider their character, heart, and thoughts.
Humans were multifaceted, influenced by various emotions, and one never knew what they might become.
But it was precisely for this reason that living was the most meaningful thing.
Huo Mie Tian could see that the other party was telling the truth. His eyes had not deceived him.
So, Huo Mie Tian let out a breath of turbid air, and streams of blue-red flames appeared on his fists.
Divine Fire: Azure Consecration Divine Fire!
It was a Spiritual Grade Divine Fire, its abilities and characteristics were among the most powerful of Divine Fires. Facing Long Ling, Huo Mie Tian directly unleashed his Divine Fire.
Long Ling watched as Huo Mie Tian released his Divine Fire and said, "Now this is interesting?"
Then, he immediately entered his Dragonoid form. In human form, Long Ling's strength was suppressed. In Dragonoid form, his strength recovered to seventy percent of his full power.
As a dragon, he naturally possessed dragon-like combat methods. Human hands were simply not to his liking.
His arms were covered in black scales, and his hands transformed into dragon claws. Dragon wings unfurled, and two dragon horns grew from his head, making him appear like a demon king descended, soaring through the sky.
"Dragon race? How is this possible? How can there be dragons in this world!"
Huo Mie Tian was astonished. He had never expected the other party to be a dragon!
Moreover, dragons shouldn't exist in this world. Why? Where had something gone wrong?
(Explanation: The world spoken of by the beings in each layer refers to the world they inhabit, not the entire game world.)
And dragons shouldn't exist in this world at all. Why was the other party helping the Water Spirit race? What was their purpose?
He had some understanding of dragons. They were clearly a race that existed in higher worlds. How could a dragon be willing to serve him and appear in a world that didn't even have a classification below the lowest tier?
But Huo Mie Tian felt no fear. So what if the other party was a dragon? They were of similar tiers, and was essentially a branch of the dragon race, not a true dragon. There was nothing to be afraid of.
Long Ling saw the expression on Huo Mie Tian's face and his lips curved upwards. Then, with a flap of his dragon wings, he instantly transformed into countless afterimages. The two clashed once more.
Huo Mie Tian's legs were covered in Divine Fire and he stepped forward. Afterimages flashed, and sounds of impact echoed constantly above the city.
Long Ling's claws lunged towards Huo Mie Tian's face. Huo Mie Tian reacted, slashing with his arms and blocking Long Ling's dragon claws. Then, he extended his claws and lunged directly at Long Ling's head.
Long Ling raised his left leg and delivered a horizontal kick to Huo Mie Tian's arm. But Huo Mie Tian's other fist came charging forward.
He shot out his dragon claws, instantly grasping Huo Mie Tian's arm, and then his other dragon claw lunged. But Huo Mie Tian was agile and reacted quickly. Their combat experience was almost equal.
Seeing the claws coming towards him, he arched his body backward and pushed off with his legs, kicking towards Long Ling. Long Ling exerted force with his arm, flinging Huo Mie Tian's fist away. He then clenched his claws, forming a fist with his dragon claws, and struck out.
Waves of energy continuously spread out, rippling outwards.
Then, both figures retreated two steps. Long Ling looked at his hand. Zizzing air currents appeared on his arm. That was the result of his dragon scales being burned.
Although Huo Mie Tian's Divine Fire hadn't damaged his dragon scales, the Divine Fire had the ability to spread.
With its spreading ability, even a spark could ignite and slowly burn the entire arm once it touched the body.
If Long Ling hadn't noticed it early, his arm would have been emitting the smell of burnt dragon scales by now.
But he had to admit, while his dragon scales could resist the Divine Fire, he couldn't withstand sustained burning.
No matter how strong the defense, it had a limit. Once that limit was reached, the defense would shatter.
Long Ling's dragon scale armor also had a critical point. If Huo Mie Tian's Divine Fire burned him continuously, he would be helpless.
Moreover, he was only a branch, not a true dragon. He lacked the ancestral dragon's ability to strengthen dragon scales, which meant his dragon scale defense was fixed.
The defense of an ancestral dragon was infinite, depending entirely on the ancestral dragon's will.
Long Ling waved his arm, and the smell and air currents on it dissipated. Huo Mie Tian said faintly, "A branch of the Flood Dragon clan? Unfortunately, you haven't even passed the juvenile stage. If you were in the growth stage, I might have been finished."
"But you are merely a juvenile Flood Dragon. Killing you is like killing a chicken!"
"Arrogant! Are all elves this haughty? Today, I will show you the power of my dragon race!"
As their voices slowly faded, Huo Mie Tian's entire body was engulfed in terrifying blue-red flames, while dragon scales appeared on Long Ling's body.
Instantly, their auras surged. Long Ling and Huo Mie Tian met eyes, and a great battle was about to commence!
Meanwhile, far away in the eight cities surrounding the Fire Spirit City's main city, Chen Tian was also moving at high speed.
"According to the time, they must have already reached the Fire Spirit City's main city. I'll just head directly to the Summer Kingdom."
Chen Tian flew in a direction, and a warning voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
Chen Tian helplessly landed on the ground, then opened his map and said, "My constitution is about to run out and I need to sleep. I wonder if there's a place to rest in the Fire Ke City ahead."
Then, Chen Tian's figure headed towards the city marked on the map. His constitution was depleted and he needed to rest.
Once a player's constitution reached zero, they would die. Chen Tian hadn't rested or eaten for several days. It was already remarkable that his constitution could last this long.
Normally, a player's constitution reaching zero and dying would have no penalty, but Chen Tian did!
No matter how he died, he would lose one-third of his experience, and his experience could even be deducted. Chen Tian did not want to die.
The "Cold Observer" mode had many privileges, but also many drawbacks, as it needed to maintain balance within the game.