Chapter 577: [ Reset ]

“… …”

The Dragon King took a deep breath, then suddenly spat out, "Then let's give it a try!"

He took a large stride forward and quickly got beside Allen in an instant. Allen lightly chuckled as the expression in his eyes became ice-cold. He was as calm as the snow, and as silent as the glaciers. But, he moved into action the instant the Dragon King’s body showed the slightest trace of movement.

Allen’s eyes narrowed. He met the attack with his palm and pinned it at the Dragon King’s wrist, twisting and squeezing. The force in the Dragon King’s attack was immediately reduced by a good half. The Dragon King felt this and frowned, then with a low yell, his other hand turned towards Allen’s face!

Allen ducked to dodge and managed to avoid the attack but then saw the Dragon King changing his attack trajectory, shooting his leg down to smash against Allen’s chest. Allen could not avoid this, and neither did he intend to avoid it. Under everyone's shocked gaze, he lowered his shoulder in mid-air and went down on one knee, as though he were taking the kick on purpose. Surprisingly, he did not suffer any injuries. Then he straightened up and shrugged his shoulder up and returned the attack with an abrupt force!

The Dragon King’s attack was unexpectedly bounced back by the shoulder's motion and came back to bite him instead!

?!!! The Dragon King, this time, was really amazed by Allen’s Martial Arts. However, the stronger Allen was, the happier he would be!

While fighting, his lips curled up into a smile as he superbly displaying his beastly fighting combat. Sinister and ruthless moves. It was a very combat pattern to face!

However, Allen’s coping with it astonished the spectators further and further!

Allen did not make many moves, but every move he did make skillfully deflected all of the incoming attacks!

Repulse!

Deflect!

Thrust!

Push!

…and so on. He either negate the force, transform it into his own advantage or applied the force to each of his and every counterattack!

Placed in a situation where his power and level were completely inferior to his opponent, Allen still managed to fight on equal footing with the Dragon King—causing the latter to be surprised and shocked. This ability can really make one have a nightmare! If his magical power was at least comparable to Allen’s, surely by now, he would have been the one beaten black and blue! Fortunately, the density and amount were completely far apart from Allen—when his magic power was disturbed and broken, it would then immediately repaired and block the enemy’s attack.

In this battle, Allen’s mismatched fighting physique showed its true glory!

Shockwave appeared in their every blow. But, this sound hadn't even gotten the time to subside, and the two opposing figures had already become entangled.

The two individuals had become entangled so closely that they seemed inseparable. Their figures seemed to form one white image. Bang! Bang! Bang! sounds echoed everywhere. And, no one could tell how many strikes each of these two individuals had produced within this split second. This kind of close quarter hand-to-hand fight is dictated by a person's reflexes and agility. However, the fight between these two couldn't be considered one of life and death anymore. Instead, this hand-to-hand combat was only a means for these two individuals to vent their anger, power, and prestige at each other.

“You are really good…!”

“…?!!” This time, it was Allen’s turn to be shocked! Things had once again turned around and the wind changed sides!

The Dragoon King had finally seen Allen as a worthy opponent!

“… But sadly, still not enough…!”

After he heard the voice, Allen reflexively jumped towards the sky to try and dodge, but the pursuing Dragon King leaped from behind and grabbed onto his face.

"You......!"

"This is payback! It's my turn to start things!"

Swinging his sharp claws, the Dragon King P’thala slammed it hard on Allen’s abdomen. This strength of the strike was totally on a different level than those he had met before, with shockwaves spreading on Allen’s body, he was flung on a wide river beneath, where he bounced on the surface a few times before landing hard on the shore, creating a large crater of his own.

“Puu-!?” Allen spat out blood and wiped his blood, before standing up and staring at P’thala.

"......So you had something up your sleeve, that was quite effective."

"Of course. Don't think you can take me as lightly as before, Human King. Even with that armor and those strange movements, our specs still differ by much! Ka ka ka, however, better start your own gear, if it ended too easily, it will be too disappointing."

What? Allen stared at the Dragon King in surprise.

" ..!!!? "

The seeming death scythe-like claws passed by where his head had been a few millimeters away.

It was a miracle that Allen was able to avoid that, or maybe it was just his character that was usually accumulated. The pure white ferocious nails contained an immense destructive power to kill that Allen could even feel it with the naked eye. His face instantly turned pale! The remainder of the nails instantly blew away the wreckage of the trees and boulders within the battlefield, cutting into the ground.

After being cut, the cracked earth lamented, creating a cliff that can give anyone an illusion that it would lead to hell. Lava poured out of the peak and filled the cracks. It was even suitable to call the currently boiling surface the kiln of hell.

Damn, this is not the time to be seeing revolving lanterns!!

Allen cursed inwardly. The deathmatch had officially begun.

Allen clicked his tongue and used the backlash to gain some distance. Using a posture to jump strenuously, the results were that his abdomen had started bleeding and blood swarmed to his throat. The earlier attack had actually damaged him this much!? With just one attack, he was almost been crippled in this fight!

Kneeling on the ground while gazing upwards at the strongest Dragon King, Allen swallowed his breath and blood back while looking at the bone-chilling figure.

Dragon King P’thala........this is truly the strongest species.....!!!

Strongly holding his bleeding abdomen and circulating his energy to recover it in a hurry, he trembled in the presence of the enemy's strength. If it was what Allen had theorized, this enemy is truly a Dragon King that rivaled even the peak Mid Gods. Seriously… Allen smiled.

A pair of eyes, two pupils that flashed with a ferocity radiance. In a retrospect, Allen had never tried fighting with the strongest species like this before. Although there were Dakna and the others, there would be like infants in front of this monster…

For Allen, this was his first time to truly experience having a deathmatch with one of the strongest species…a Dragon King…!!

“This is a real Dragon King…!”

Laughing with a 'KaKa', P’thala forcefully swung arm sideways.

Followed by that was the ground shaking.

"Yup, that's right, this is strength earned by true dragons who were crowned as Dragon Kings.....! KaKaKa! This is very exaggerative eh, Human King! I don’t how you did it, but I can feel the Dragon slaying aura behind you, or was it my misconception? In any case, I can feel a Dragon Aura from you—so you should be a half Dragon-half human!”

“…?!”

“… I heard about Dragon Slayers in the past ancient days, but that power of yours, it can't even be compared to this! The me of now can even be compared to the ancient Dragon Kings such as Dragon King Fafnir, Níðhöggr, Typhon and the others!!"

Once again P’thala swung his left arm. It was said that the shift in the planetary crust could bring about airflow, cleaving away the river’s water, the river then flowed upwards, drowning the trees by the riverside.

This unmatched strength and Hanjin had fought in the past could be said to be very different. Comparing the Monster King of the Beast to the Monster King among Dragons, there was an overwhelming gap between both sides.

Noticing the abrupt increase in strength, Allen exposed an arrogant smile.

"......Ha! What is this! I wanted to enjoy it a little bit more, and in the end, you changed to match my preferences! Makes me really happy, right? I guess that makes soul brothers…?!”

Catching Allen with his beautiful azure colored eyes, he spread his wings and ascended further to the skies.

RoooOOOOaaaAAAArrRRRR—!!!

The cry even repelled back the approaching lava wave.

Currently facing no possibility for any chance of winning. Allen felt mortified, but his face felt no fear or regret, instead, his smile became even brighter and his eyes shine, full of excitement that cannot be concealed!

“Pfft, ahahahahahaha, I never met an oddball of a Monster King, like you, Human King—as I thought, humans are the most interesting creatures in the world!” Looking at him like this, the Dragon King, as if treating him as some sort of rare animal, carefully watching him as he laughed out loud. "Aiii......Hey, brother."

"What? Are you eager now to say your last words?"

Allen who was still thinking of a way to turn the tide responded albeit, reflexively.

"No, there is none. What should I say...Is that, I still think you should switch over to our side? The Monster King Council—you aren’t a member, right? I haven’t seen you before, you must be either new or someone coming from another world.” The Dragon King P’thala muttered in a solemn voice. “Just a while ago, I felt some kind of resonance while the World’s Law has been distorted, it meant someone, the son of the world ascended in the Celestial Realm. That should be you, right? I should not be the only one who had felt it—so let me give you an advice, if you won’t join the council, you will be targeted and be erased. Of course, joining the council won’t be so easy, still, with an invitation from a member, you will be accepted quite easily—how about it? You will definitely develop more on this side rather than going around in the world of humans, associating yourself with their troubles."

Facing this sincere face of poaching, Allen rejected after laughing out loudly. "Sorry, but I reject. Although the Monster King Council looks interesting, Still, I have other motives."

"Oh? Are you really sure?" The Dragon King felt despondent at the unexpected rejection.

“… More like, I’m pretty confident about this, all of you Monster Kings should already know about the World’s current situation, right?” Allen muttered.

“… …”

“What is your take on that? The Demon’s Invasion… what are you going to do about it…?”

P’thala’s movement suddenly stopped and his eyes stared fixedly at Allen. Then, he suddenly sighed, “…Of course, we know… but it’s not our obligation to interfere.” he said, as if feeling mortified, his voice full of helplessness.

“… …”

He sighs and then continued, “Monster King's duty is to make sure the Law of the World is properly followed. We don't care who will lead the world. We take an oath for that before we were crowned as Monster Kings… aren’t you the same…?”

Oath…?