Chapter 172: Guardian Elder

The appearance of the Fairy Dragon instantly caused a stalemate between the two sides.

Unlike the ordinary Dragon Clan, the body of a Fairy Dragon was not outstanding; but every one of them was a born Magician, possessing the strength of the Fifteenth Step from birth, and could transform into human form as soon as they were born. It could be said that every Fairy Dragon was a great beauty, with countless Black Dragons and Gold Dragons pursuing them from behind.

The Cultivation of a Fairy Dragon was extremely difficult, but once they advanced to the Sixteenth Step, their understanding and control of Magic would leave ordinary Demi-god Stronger far behind. Fighting in coordination with a Black Dragon, whose crotch did not fear ordinary Magic attacks and whose body was exceptionally tough, was simply a dreamlike combination, becoming a nightmare for enemies.

Arthas was confident and powerful, but looking at the Fairy Dragon with unfathomable strength, he had to be cautious, as if facing a great enemy!

“Miss Dora!”

Elder Cardino stepped forward and bowed, his old face flushed red.

Because of his negligence and lack of full preparation, the insidious and vicious Arthas had successfully launched a sneak attack. In a short moment, almost thirty Black Dragons fell in pools of blood, suffering heavy casualties. Although the Divine Court side also suffered considerable losses, with one-third of the Glory Knights and Battle Angels torn to pieces, Cardino still felt that his sins were grave.

The number of Guardian Dragon Clan was decreasing; suddenly losing over thirty Black Dragons was already an unbearable pain!

Looking at the cold-faced, insidious and despicable Arthas not far away, Cardino gnashed his teeth and glared angrily, wishing he could rush over and tear him to pieces! The Angel Squad, who in all of Dallas didn’t know them? No one expected that Arthas, the captain of the Angel Squad, would be so insidious, despicable, and break his word.

“Cardino, you were too careless!”

The Fairy Dragon named Dora had a calm face. With a gentle wave of her right hand, a silver light enveloped Cardino. Soon, the latter’s injuries rapidly healed completely.

“Yes, thank you, Miss Dora!”

Elder Cardino was respectful.

On Hei Mu Ya, he was an Elder of the Dragon Clan whose word was law, but in front of Dora, a true Guardian Elder, he dared not show the slightest disrespect. The Black Dragons on Hei Mu Ya were only responsible for patrolling and guarding the periphery of the Dragon’s Grave. When encountering real masters, or if any changes occurred inside the Dragon’s Grave, they still had to rely on Guardian Elders like Dora to take action.

“An Angel Squad squad, four Demi-god Stronger, hmm, and a Judgment Divine Official!”

The Fairy Dragon looked indifferently at the Divine Court’s troops, nodded, and continued, “Not bad, such strength is enough to walk sideways on the Wasteland. However, with just this little strength, you want to charge directly into our holy land?”

Facing the powerful Divine Court elites, the Fairy Dragon straddling the Black Dragon looked calm, seeming to have a well-thought-out plan. The Black Dragon beneath her was exceptionally powerful, with sharp giant claws almost twice the size of the claws of many Fifteenth Step Black Dragons. On its massive body were densely packed Dragon scales, shimmering with black light. Its massive body gave a sense of wild violence and streamlined grace, with astonishing power.

Sixteenth Step Black Dragon!

The combat power formed by one person and one dragon was not as simple as adding two Demi-god Stronger together, making the confident and powerful Arthas also feel as if he were facing a great enemy.

“Miss Dora, this conflict was not what we wished for!”

Arthas paused, then continued, “This time, we are under orders to hunt down the Previous Saintess Flochra who fell into darkness. She is hiding in the depths of the Dragon’s Grave to cultivate and heal, and to completely refine the terrifying Dark Heavenly Book. This does no good to either our Divine Court or your Dragon Clan. Miss Dora, we also deeply regret the Black Dragons who died in battle. If we can understand each other this time and let us go in to capture and kill that Great Demon Head Flochra, our Divine Court can give you certain compensation!”

The silent infiltration had already failed. Facing the powerful pressure of the Guardian Dragon Clan, Arthas had to change his plan.

Just Dora the Fairy Dragon and the Black Dragon beneath her were not enough to form a fatal threat; sending two Demi-god Stronger to hold them off would allow a direct charge inside. What truly worried him were the other Guardian Elders of the Dragon Clan lurking in the dark. Legend had it that there were many Guardian Elders in the Dragon’s Grave, and there were even Primordial Heavenly Dragons with lifespans of millions of years, exceeding the Demi-god Realm, sitting in charge. Alarming those legendary top Stronger would make this mission absolutely impossible to complete.

“Compensation?”

Fairy Dragon Dora smiled coldly, “My Lord, tell me, how can life be compensated, what do you have to save our dead companions?”

“In that case, you won’t give way no matter what?”

Arthas’s face turned cold, and he slowly raised the longsword in his hand.

In his dictionary, there were never the words ‘failure’. After stepping into the Demi-god Realm and becoming a captain of the Angel Squad, there were only missions he didn’t want to execute, never missions he couldn’t complete. If the Dragon Clan before him swore to defend the so-called dignity of the Dragon Clan to the death and refused to give way, he wouldn’t mind killing them all, even if it meant taking a huge risk!

Seeing that his killing intent was flourishing, many Glory Knights and Battle Angels were ready to attack. The Black Dragons blocking the way also bared their fangs and claws nervously. A great war was imminent. Facing hundreds of fierce Black Dragons, the Knights were more nervous than ever before, and cold sweat oozed from Lupus’s forehead.

Although none had broken through to the Demi-god Realm, the Fifteenth Step Black Dragons were indeed superior to the Knights at Saint Domain Peak and the Fifteenth Step Archangels!

The brief but intense collision just now let the Knights see the power of these Guardian Black Dragons. Compared to the Black Dragons, their own side was already at a disadvantage in numbers; their only reliance was the four Demi-god Stronger like Arthas and Prinhus! The Knights were all like they were facing a great enemy. Only Hu Feng, who was surrounded by them in the middle, pretended to be nervous on the surface, but secretly wished to add fuel to the fire and make the two sides fight immediately.

“What a holy and beautiful Fairy Dragon. If I could capture her and make her put on a nun’s robe and crawl at my feet…”

Hu Feng secretly observed the Fairy Dragon straddling the Black Dragon. Compared to the beauty of the ordinary Human Race, this Dragon Clan beauty had an extra unique temperament. Her face was calm, her chin pointed, carrying an innate pride. This pride came from the depths of the Soul, from the Dragon Clan blood flowing in her body.

To make such a beautiful and proud Fairy Dragon crawl humiliatedly in front of him, what kind of conquest and achievement would that be?

Lupus beside him was nervous and covered in cold sweat, but Hu Feng was leisurely letting his thoughts run wild, secretly thinking of ways to conquer this Fairy Dragon. Suddenly, the Fairy Dragon straddling the Black Dragon looked over with a cold glance, “It’s not to say there is no room at all. The Dragon’s Grave is the holy land of our Dragon Clan, and we absolutely cannot easily let outsiders set foot there. How about this? Fighting and killing is of no benefit to either of us. Since you have a holy Judgment Divine Official sitting in charge, let him play a game of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess with me. If you win, we will give way immediately and never stop you; if you lose, your Divine Court can never set foot in our holy land again!”

The powerful Fairy Dragon proposed a method, glancing intentionally or unintentionally at Hu Feng who was surrounded by many Knights, with a faint cold smile on her face.

“Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess?”

A cold light flashed in Arthas’s eyes, and his face turned cold.

At the Bright Summit, he was a peerless genius seen once in a hundred years, but he was only a genius in Cultivation. He had no interest in chess, nor did he deign to spend all day figuring out such things with others, idly passing the time. This mission allowed for no failure. As the actual commander of the operation, he absolutely could not tolerate things going beyond his control.

Deciding victory or defeat with a game of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess, and even having Hu Feng, a mere Judgment Divine Official, come forward, such a thing going beyond control was intolerable to him.

“Lord Arthas, I think this suggestion is not bad. We can let Lord Hu Feng try. Don’t forget, he is the only Divine Official on our trip, and also a Judgment Divine Official, representing the identity and will of the Divine Court!”

Just as Arthas was eager to try and preparing to order a direct attack, the silent Prinhus suddenly supported the Fairy Dragon’s suggestion. Although the many Glory Knights behind him did not speak, they nodded in unison, clearly all firmly supporting it. Turning to scan them, Arthas’s face turned iron-green, and he had to forcibly suppress the anger in his heart.

For this operation, Moss, that Great Divine Official who was neither man nor woman, on the surface appeared to support it strongly, even sending his confidant Hu Feng. But in reality, these Knights from Glory Castle would never truly obey his orders. Everything was led by the scheming Prinhus, and the other two Demi-god Stronger from Glory Castle were obviously no exception.

Without Prinhus’s support, Arthas understood that even if he led his subordinate Holy Knights to successfully break into the Dragon’s Grave, it would be difficult to complete the task of killing Saintess Flochra. His face gloomy, he turned to look at Hu Feng coldly, “Lord Hu Feng, then I’ll have to trouble you. The success of this mission to kill that evil Great Demon Head Flochra depends entirely on you!”

Arthas forced a smile on his face, but his muscles were stiff, the smile did not reach his eyes, and his words carried an obvious threat. If Hu Feng lost, he would be afraid he wouldn’t wait to return to Glory Castle to make an example of him to vent his anger!

“No, Lord Arthas, you’d better go yourself. I’m just a small Divine Official with no strength, and I don’t know how to play chess. Comparing who can recite scriptures most accurately would be about right, but for things like Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess, please find someone else!” Hu Feng shook his head.

Seeing him so sensible, Arthas also breathed a sigh of relief and selected a Glory Knight who was good at chess to represent them in the battle. Unexpectedly, he was flatly rejected by the Fairy Dragon. The reason was simple: both sides must send the person with the highest status to fight. A Judgment Divine Official, even without much real power, had an unquestionable status within the Divine Court.

“Lord Arthas, actually, I really don’t know how to play chess!”

Under the Fairy Dragon’s firm demand, Hu Feng walked out helplessly. The sentence he said before turning to leave made Arthas, who was already holding back a bellyful of anger, almost go berserk, wishing he could rush over and kill him directly. But looking at the silent Prinhus beside him, he had to suppress the anger in his heart!