"Bai Xia!!"
Sir Xia Na had just dispelled the magic shield, which had been enhanced by three layers, when she saw the Black Dragon, now a size smaller, move as if teleporting directly beneath Ellie.
It was obvious that the Black Dragon was not the same as it had been just now; it was clearly a lot smaller.
Originally, the Black Dragon's body had been much larger than the Bone Dragon she had summoned earlier, but now the Black Dragon that had snuck over was even smaller than the Bone Dragon.
However, that was no longer Sir Xia Na's concern. She just wanted to quickly tell Ellie, who was still smiling at her gauntlet, to look down at her feet... but Ellie didn't even react and was directly swallowed whole by the Black Dragon ambushing beneath her feet.
The Black Dragon, whose body had shrunk, was incredibly fast, completely different from the clumsy impression it had given when entangled with the Bone Dragon earlier.
After swallowing Bai Xia, the Black Dragon spread its wings in mid-air and roared loudly.
Then, black debris began to gather on the Black Dragon from the forest below, which had been blackened by Bai Xia's magic.
The Black Dragon's body gradually grew larger again. Was this... scales?
That wasn't all... The Black Dragon had suffered quite severe damage from Bai Xia's Explosion Magic, yet as the scales gathered on its body, those wounds also began to regenerate. The sight before Sir Xia Na made her lose her composure.
It really won't work... Ugh... Forced calm... Although the Dragons encountered previously were very weak, this so-called Dragon King was not an opponent Bai Xia and she could defeat.
However, given this situation, even if everyone were present, they might not be able to defeat this Black Dragon.
While controlling the Bone Dragon to fight the Black Dragon, Sir Xia Na also discovered that this Black Dragon's physical resistance was abnormally high.
No matter what attack the Bone Dragon launched, hitting the Black Dragon had absolutely no effect on it.
Even applying a negative energy strike status to the Bone Dragon, which could penetrate armor defense and directly damage HP, had no effect whatsoever.
After seeing Bai Xia's magic blast the Black Dragon away, she had indeed let down her guard slightly.
Otherwise... Bai Xia, completely unprepared, wouldn't have been ambushed!
But now was not the time for sadness. Fortunately, her main body had been under the influence of the Aura Concealment barrier the entire time, so the Black Dragon should not have noticed her.
She had to rush back and inform the remaining people to transfer quickly, Sir Xia Na thought.
Though she thought that, could tens of thousands of people transfer just like that?
Even if she used a teleportation gate to send those people away, it would take a long time, definitely enough for this Black Dragon to turn the entire area upside down.
"Seven-Colored! Decaying Coffin! Azure Sky! Dragon Emperor! You despicable and shameless fellows, get out here for this King! I didn't expect you bastards to even create something like this just to get rid of me! If you have the guts to ambush this King! Do you trash not have the guts to come out and duel this King honorably?!" The Black Dragon, now fully regenerated, roared loudly in mid-air.
What was "this thing"? Although Sir Xia Na was somewhat bewildered by the Black Dragon's angry roar, what did "even create something like this" refer to? But the most urgent task was to leave quietly.
"Hey! Stinky Lizard! What do you mean by 'this thing'?!" Bai Xia's voice came from somewhere, but her figure was nowhere to be seen.
And her voice was very strange; the sound of that last sentence was as if it had been muffled, spoken from some narrow cave.
"Ugh!! You're... still... alive!" The Black Dragon suddenly clutched its own neck with both hands. This unconscious action let Sir Xia Na know Bai Xia's current location.
"Za Warudo!" Upon seeing the Destruction Dragon King, who had somehow appeared at her feet and was opening its gaping maw to swallow her whole, Ellie immediately activated Self-Time Acceleration, and the entire world instantly lost its color.
When did this guy get under her feet? Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough, or she would have been ambushed by him.
So now, she just needed to easily change her position.
Hmm? Why did this Destruction Dragon King look completely different from before?
At this moment, Ellie noticed the problem. The Destruction Dragon King from before was very massive, but looking at the one at her feet, except for its head proportions still being that large, its body had clearly shrunk a size.
And... looking at the Destruction Dragon King's body, she felt... was something missing?
Ah! Scales!
Ellie immediately noticed that what the Destruction Dragon King lacked were the black scales that had previously shone with a black luster like obsidian under the sunlight...
Although the Destruction Dragon King's dragon hide was still black without its scales, it completely lacked the smooth feeling it had before.
Uh... it seems that this guy's super physical and magical resistance problem should have been due to his scales. Did her Explosion Magic directly blast all his scales off? Like a cicada shedding its shell?
No... should it be like the explosive reactive armor mounted on modern Tanks? Does it shed them directly when it takes severe damage?
No... that's not right, Ellie, with her excellent eyesight, noticed it in this colorless, Self-Time Acceleration space.
Scattered across the forest, which had been burned to charcoal by Explosion Magic, was a large patch of shimmering scales.
Although there was no color... although the scales were small, it was broad daylight, under the illumination of such a large sun overhead.
The light reflected by those smooth scales was easily distinguishable from the charred trees, and more importantly... scales that reflected light spread over such a large area would be hard not to notice!
Seeing that those scales were all intact, it meant that... these scales were actually completely unafraid of Explosion Magic.
But why did this guy scatter all his scales?
Uh... Oh! Ellie immediately thought of a possibility... the purpose of scattering the scales was for heat dissipation, right?
Although these scales could resist the direct attack of Explosion Magic, they could not counteract the high temperature produced by Explosion Magic.
Indeed, when she kicked it earlier, kicking its scales felt like kicking metal.
However, were this guy's scales actually a type of metal? And combining that with his method of shedding scales...
It could basically be concluded that while this guy's scales had high resistance to physical and magical attacks, they were also highly thermally conductive.
Under that high temperature just now, if he hadn't shed the scales on his body, that Black Lizard would probably have been roasted whole!
Moreover, after shedding its scales, the Destruction Dragon King's speed was greatly increased, so right after the explosion ended...
Did this guy use the smoke and dust from the explosion to hide under her feet?
Uh... this was also her fault for underestimating him.
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