That was a dragon.
Although it seemed small from afar, it was in fact an enormous creature. Its form, rapidly descending, became incredibly huge in a very short amount of time.
Soon, it wasn’t just Gu Hang who noticed it.
People saw the appearance of the giant beast.
It resembled the dragons from mythological legends, but it was far more terrifying.
Its yellow-green body was covered in swellings; its rotting skin was pulsating; swarms of flies buzzed around it; those pallid, bloodless eyes, devoid of pupils, bulged out as if they would fall out at any moment.
People were dumbstruck.
Someone shouted out the name of the monster:
“It’s a Rotting Demon Dragon!”
“Divine Emperor above!”
“Why has this thing appeared?!”
“Where is Mingyan City’s air-defense firepower? The Void Shield?”
In their panic, people became incredibly frazzled because of the arrival of this demon.
Even the well-informed Galaraldo was looking solemn at this moment.
The Rotting Demon Dragon was an exceedingly difficult adversary, even when encountered during the expedition to the sun.
This was a type of enormous Dragon-shaped Demon Engine. Unlike the Purgatory Demon Dragon that was forged from steel and hellfire, the Rotting Demon Dragon seemed to be borne from some sort of Supernatural Evil Magic biotechnology, creating terrifying putrid flesh and binding a demon’s soul within it.
It had all the characteristics of ‘dragons’ that people had fantasized about, characteristics that indeed had existed on some planets, and it was deeply melded with the concept of ‘rot,’ thus forming the terrifying appearance seen now.
Its strength could overturn a Titan, and it had the ability to fly. A single breath of its corrupt exhale could turn steel, through Supernatural Evil Magic, into writhing, rotten flesh.
This was an extremely terrifying Abyssal creature. The conditions for its emergence were supposed to be stringent. Although it had not reached the status of a Great Demon, its very existence was strongly repelled by the real world. Only when the real world had been eroded to some extent by Abyssal laws could this monster be provided with the foundation to exist in the real dimension.
True, there were many Chaotic Evildoers on Korolya III, almost causing a Nest Capital to fall, but after all, the problem was still confined to one area and had not fully erupted to spread across the entire planet.
If this powerful Abyssal Demon had appeared in that fallen Nest Capital, it would have been somewhat understandable. But…
In Mingyan City?
Why?
The well-informed Galaraldo also found it unbelievable!
But what appeared before his eyes was certainly not fake.
Futhermore, this Rotting Demon Dragon not only appeared, but it also somehow bypassed the city’s air-defense detection without raising an alarm and inexplicably penetrated the immense energy barrier, appearing on the inside of the defense shield.
In an instant, Galaraldo already harbored a suspicion: this was very likely a conspiracy aimed at him. Something, or someone, had let this demon dragon in. Otherwise, how could those Chaotic Evildoers find just the right time, when all the elite powers of the Tianma Star Sector and even he, the War Apostle, were present, to launch an aerial assault?
This was a conspiracy!
He hadn’t figured out how the one wielding this conspiratorial stratagem had managed it.
But now, looking for reasons was meaningless; that was something to think about afterward.
The primary issue was first to survive.
The Rotting Demon Dragon’s pair of pale, dead eyes stared down below. Its massive maw was wide open.
Galaraldo had seen this scene before, but that time, he was watching from a distance, witnessing the Imperial army being bombarded by the dragon’s aerial attack.
Now, the corrupt exhale was aimed at him. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
Without a doubt, this blast of demon dragon breath would cause the majority of people at this outdoor banquet to die.
With no other choice, the War Apostle brought out his skills.
From the tip of the Sky Eagle Scepter in his hand emanated a golden radiance; his eyes, too, shifted from their normal state to a pure golden color. The next moment, he outpaced the dragon’s breath and unleashed three beams of golden sun rays from his eyes and scepter, directly striking the demon dragon.
The Rotting Demon Dragon was surrounded by a swarm of Gathering Filth Flies. These Deep Filth Flies, while minuscule compared to the dragon, were actually over a meter in diameter each.
These giant flies formed a defensive line around the dragon. As the beams penetrated them, the explosion of dark magic contaminated them, reducing their might. Eventually, although the beams still hit the Rotting Demon Dragon, they merely burned three unmistakable large holes into its massive body.
This damage made the dragon howl but also fueled its anger.
The dense, corrupt breath was still, inevitably, descending from the sky.
Galaraldo had confidence that he would survive such an onslaught. Although he was not a practitioner of Spiritual Energy nor did he possess the absurdly robust physique of top warriors, the blessings shared from the Sun Lord, the Divine Power of The Emperor, would protect him, rendering him immune to all evil and granting him tenacious life.
But there was no doubt that the many dignitaries here would suffer heavy casualties.
For instance…
He glanced at the crowd of people beside him, noting the solemn Gu Hang and Wang Qi, who had a look of horror on her face.