In the next moment, a swordsman appeared above the dragon, looking down at it.
Hearing the dragon’s words, Ares’ lips curled slightly, his tone tinged with curiosity, “What did you just say?”
The shadow of the Golden Dragon flickered, quickly distancing itself from the swordsman! The once arrogant Golden Dragon now faced a formidable enemy, its scales trembling with fear. The oppressive aura from this stranger was terrifying!
“When did the human race produce someone as powerful as you?” The Golden Dragon watched warily. Though it had descended in soul form on the thirty-second floor, the Golden Dragon’s strength was top-tier! Born from the purest lineage of the Upper Three Races’ dragon race, it took over ten thousand years just to hatch.
Before the Tower of Truth was built, it was an egg. After the Tower of Truth was completed, it was still an egg. Taken to the Heavenly Realm, it hatched successfully and unexpectedly returned to this world, back to the Tower of Truth.
It was the potential Supreme Being of the dragon race, accompanied by the Greed source, immensely powerful! If not for avoiding entry into the Temple of Truth, the Golden Dragon would have reached level 999 long ago, attempting to reach the Supreme position!
But the Golden Dragon never expected to encounter such a powerful human on the thirty- second floor!
“Someone as strong as me, there’s only one in the human race,” the swordsman said humbly, “There are two others slightly weaker than me.”
In Ares’ view, Morpheus and Apollo were both slightly weaker than himself. Thor was an exception; though currently at level 499, he might surpass all Supreme Beings when he reached level 1000.
Hearing the swordsman’s words, the Golden Dragon didn’t lower its guard, snorting two streams of dragon flame from its nostrils, “You’re just a projection, yet you make me feel threatened.”
The Golden Dragon treated the enemy before it with the utmost respect, imagining the enemy at its strongest, “If you were here in person, and we fought with all our might, the outcome would be fifty-fifty.”
Mike, Gabriel, Vladimir: …
Everyone present fell silent.
Ares didn’t feel offended; instead, he nodded slightly, “A new face?”
Back when he was slaying dragons, he hadn’t seen this dragon race potential Supreme Being. Facing a formidable enemy, the Golden Dragon showed enough respect, admitting, “Thirty years ago, I fell from the Heavenly Realm and came to the Tower of Truth.”
Everyone nodded, expressions of realization on their faces. No wonder it was so bold! Having arrived at the Tower of Truth thirty years ago, the Golden Dragon successfully avoided all Supreme Beings!
In these thirty years, within the dragon race’s territory, the Golden Dragon was invincible, unmatched! Of course, no dragon had informed it of history. Three incredibly powerful men had passed through, and the dragon race had faced near-extinction crises three times.
In the eyes of the older generation of dragons, such embarrassing pasts were to be sealed away. They had no history inventors, only history sealers.
The Golden Dragon was a victim of the history sealers, while Mike was a victim of the history inventors. It was a meeting of ‘victims’.
From the first glance, Mike’s eyes couldn’t leave the gleaming golden scales.
Vladimir sneered beside him. This dragon was in trouble!
“Let me introduce you; this is the human race’s potential Supreme Being, Thor.” The swordsman gestured to the young man beside him, then introduced himself, “I’m his second bro, and he has a third bro, who’s as boring as Snoozefest.”
Vladimir had already silently plugged his ears. It wasn’t the first time Ares had referred to Apollo as Snoozefest.
“I don’t care if you’re his second bro or third bro,” the Golden Dragon, having seen through Ares, regained its arrogance, “As the dragon race’s potential Supreme Being, I challenge the human race’s potential Supreme Being to a Supreme duel, a fair and square Supreme battle, how about it?”
The Golden Dragon’s words seemed arrogant but were actually cunning. It didn’t want to be enemies with the swordsman, so it specifically chose the seemingly weaker Thor. Moreover, a Supreme duel between potential Supreme Beings of different races was reasonable.
“No, that’s not fair,” Ares said seriously, “You’re only here in soul form, and Thor is all about fairness; he can’t take advantage of you like that.”
Mike’s head was filled with question marks again. Fighting a level 989 while being level 499 was one thing, but needing the opponent to be in full form to avoid taking advantage? Regardless, Ares had already thrown down the gauntlet. Mike couldn’t back down without showing some bravado.
“Indeed, it’s not fair,” Mike said, looking at the Golden Dragon, “Let’s go to your place now. Just to be clear, if I kill you, your body is mine.”
“Arrogant!” The Golden Dragon dismissed Thor’s boast. “I can’t take you through the Tower of Truth; I can take a loss.”
“No, you can’t,” Ares insisted, “Since a full Supreme duel isn’t possible, how about a wager?” The Golden Dragon was intrigued, “Let’s hear it.” After all, it couldn’t lose.
Ares proposed, “Thor will take your full-strength attack. If he survives, I’ll slash you once.” The Golden Dragon sneered, “What if I refuse?”
Ares’ response was simple and domineering, “Then I’ll slash you once right now.”
The Golden Dragon realized today’s events wouldn’t end well. Not wanting to expend its strength here, it nodded in agreement. “If I win, let me leave this floor directly!”
“No problem.” After convincing the Golden Dragon, Ares turned to Mike, offering a single sentence to bolster his resolve, “What are you afraid of? You have Fate’s Reversal.”
Mike nodded confidently. Indeed, with Fate’s Reversal, his survival ability was unmatched!
“Ready when you are,” Ares said, and the Golden Dragon launched a shameless sneak attack, “Greed’s Desire!” A black light shot toward Thor at incredible speed, striking him hard! “Thor, you’ve lost!” The Golden Dragon roared triumphantly, “Hit by Greed’s Desire, you’ll be dominated by Greed, become Greed’s puppet, and ultimately meet your demise!” “No matter what life-saving…” Listening to the Golden Dragon’s taunts, Mike raised his hand in confusion, interrupting the victory declaration, “Is that it?”
Mike thought the opponent had charged up a spirit bomb, but it didn’t even cause 1 point of damage! Though unsure what happened, Mike knew it was time to humiliate the opponent
thoroughly!
“Really? Since when does an ultimate move have no effect at all?”
“Better get a DNA test to see if you really have dragon blood.”
The Golden Dragon was stunned by the scene before it. What… was going on?
An infallible ultimate move, even using the Greed source, had failed.
Why did it fail?! Was it cheating? Unfair!
The Golden Dragon was dumbfounded! It never expected its carefully chosen ultimate move,
an attack from the accompanying source, to fail!
Could it be that Thor was even greedier than it was?
The Golden Dragon fell silent. It really didn’t know what to say in this situation. Should it
hand over the Greed source, place it on Thor’s head, and praise, ‘You are the greediest
existence!’?
That was just too awful!
Even more terrifying was… the wager! The Golden Dragon looked at the swordsman, extremely wary, its slit pupils narrowing, filled with various emotions.
Fear, tension, dread…
According to the wager, after Thor took its full-strength attack, it would have to take a slash
from Ares!
As the dragon race’s potential Supreme Being, it took ten thousand years just to hatch; how could its wisdom be low? Before the wager began, the Golden Dragon had considered the worst-case scenario! For this, it had prepared a backup plan early on!
“The dragon race, as the leader of the Upper Three Races, is the most honest race under the heavens.” The Golden Dragon spoke proudly, its voice resonating through the world. “Even though the previous wager wasn’t sworn by soul, I am still willing to fulfill my promise.” Hearing the Golden Dragon’s words, Gabriel and Vladimir both showed disdain. Clearly, they were unimpressed by the Golden Dragon’s speech.
On the contrary, Ares nodded slowly, agreeing with the Golden Dragon’s statement, “Indeed, the dragons I’ve encountered have always kept their promises.”
After taking a hit from ‘Greed’s Desire,’ Mike was unharmed, feeling warm and in a much better mood. However, Mike inexplicably thought of Maxen.
Mike pondered, “After today’s challenge, I’ll go to Wolf’s Den and have Maxen buy me a drink.” It had been a while since he’d seen Maxen; it was time to catch up.
“As I said before, I am willing to honor this wager.” The Golden Dragon spoke sincerely,
“Since you want to slash me once, I will face it with my strongest defense, as the greatest respect for this slash!”
Before the words were finished, a sly glint flashed in its golden eyes. The Golden Dragon thought it was hiding well, but to everyone else, it was as transparent as a child.
Vladimir shook his head, “You’re dumber than Dracula.”
“Dracula’s still alive?!” Gabriel’s tone was slightly surprised, not expecting to hear such an
ancient name here.
“Don’t worry, when you get to the sheepfold, you’ll have plenty of time to catch up.” Vladimir didn’t continue the topic, instead focusing back on the battlefield.
Facing the Golden Dragon’s request, Ares was naturally willing to agree.
Even Mike understood one thing. In the face of absolute strength, clever tricks were useless.
Mike stood aside, waiting to see how this farce would end.
“Take out the staff.” Ares suddenly spoke, and Mike’s eyes lit up, immediately responding by placing the Force of Nature in front of him!
The Golden Dragon was in phantom form, and Ares was about to slash it… The Force of Nature
was about to gain a spirit!
The SSS-grade equipment Force of Nature, aside from the Thunderclap Hammer, was the
most presentable equipment Mike currently had. To upgrade the Force of Nature to SSS- grade, Mike had spent hundreds of thousands of Lord merits, nearly bankrupting himself. As an offensive weapon, the selection of a spirit had to be rigorous. The dragon race’s potential Supreme Being, though not seeming too bright, was barely acceptable. Mainly, he liked those shiny golden scales! Moreover, he was interested in the accompanying Greed
source.
The more Mike looked at the Golden Dragon, the more he liked it.
Mike had the ability to defeat it, he could even kill it before it escaped! This dragon couldn’t
withstand his lightning attacks.
However, to use ‘Thunderclap Fate’ to forcibly seal the Golden Dragon in the Force of
Nature… That was tricky. But Ares could do it!
Ares conjured a sword in his hand, looking at the Golden Dragon with interest, “Ready?”
“Ready…” The Golden Dragon dragged out the word, suddenly erupting with rune light under its feet! In front of it, a teleportation channel appeared!
The Golden Dragon was about to return to its body, leaving the thirty-second floor! Once this
teleportation channel opened, it would be invincible! The channel could only be closed by the caster or the dragon elders on the other end.
The Golden Dragon wanted to escape, so it wouldn’t close the channel itself. The dragon elders wouldn’t either! It was the dragon race’s potential Supreme Being, the pride of the dragon race, the only one in ten thousand years with the hope of becoming a dragon god! Its
status was incredibly precious.
At the moment of success, the Golden Dragon burst into wild laughter, immensely proud. “Hahaha, I only promised to let you slash me once, but I didn’t say when!”
The Golden Dragon’s massive mouth grinned, boasting, “If you have the ability, come to the 82nd floor; I’ll be waiting in the dragon race’s forbidden land!”
As long as it could return to the 82nd floor and merge with its body, what was there to fear?!
In the Golden Dragon’s view, it had a good chance of winning!
In a life-and-death battle, it had at least a 70% chance of victory! The Golden Dragon
believed its plan had succeeded, laughing triumphantly.
Ares, on the other hand, stood still, making no move, a meaningful smile on his face. The
teleportation channel opened further, and a majestic voice came from the other side.
“It’s our race’s potential Supreme Being calling for help!”
“Save the dragon!”
“To those on the other side of the channel, any harm to the dragon race’s potential Supreme
Being is an act against the entire dragon race!”
Voices came one after another, carrying dragon might, making the Golden Dragon feel
incredibly warm. Then, the teleportation channel opened a bit more, and the Golden Dragon began to transmit, about to leave the thirty-second floor.
At this moment, the dragon elders on the other side of the channel also saw the enemy the
Golden Dragon faced. They saw… that swordsman!
“It’s you!” The dragon elders guarding the channel were instantly stunned. That man was
back! How was he still alive?!
“Boom-“The strongest elder reacted the fastest! He punched the Golden Dragon in the face, sending it back while closing the teleportation channel as quickly as possible!
The channel slowly closed, and the Golden Dragon was sent back to the thirty-second floor.
The continuously rolling Golden Dragon was dazed, still unclear about what had happened. In the sky, the roar of the dragon elder echoed. Not only were the words clear, but they also
deliberately used the human language instead of dragon language. “Damn it! You’re expelled from the dragon race, effective immediately!” The dragon elder calmed himself, adding, “Any actions of the Greed’s Golden Snake are snake actions, not to be attributed to the dragon race!”