225: Chapter 225 Upgrade of the Thunder and Fire Barrier

The sky. The dark clouds were shattered, and the area returned to clarity. Red light blanketed the sky and covered the earth, causing the beasts watching from afar on the ground to involuntarily prostrate themselves, their bodies trembling...

The Crimson Thunder Ray, containing immense destructive power, erupted from the Black Flood Dragon's abyss-like maw, shooting straight toward Ye Yang!

Although Ye Yang, locked onto by the crimson ray, was startled, thanks to the prior warning from his intuition, he did not panic too much.

"Thunder-Fire Barrier!"

With a thought, the Glazed Blazing Fire and lightning energy contained within his body surged, instantly forming a bright, golden-red barrier in front of him!

At the same time, the aggressive Crimson Thunder Ray reached Ye Yang, landing upon the golden-red barrier!

Boom!

With a muffled sound like thunder, glass-like cracks instantly appeared on the golden-red barrier in front of Ye Yang. Crisp shattering sounds echoed continuously, and the cracks spread rapidly...

"This won't do..."

A rare trace of anxiety appeared in Ye Yang's golden pupils.

He had observed this Crimson Thunder Ray attack from the Black Flood Dragon before and knew it possessed extreme destructive power, but only when facing it at close range could he understand how terrifying it truly was!

"If the Thunder-Fire Barrier can't hold... I'll definitely be severely injured!"

To be severely injured in front of the Black Flood Dragon would mean losing his only option to escape, plunging him into an extremely dangerous situation!

"I absolutely cannot let this attack hit my body!"

With a thought, the energy within his body instantly surged, channeling power into the Thunder-Fire Barrier before him!

In an instant, the cracks on the crimson Thunder-Fire Barrier gradually repaired and vanished, becoming stable once more.

"Dammit!"

High in the sky, the Black Flood Dragon, which had been positioned below Ye Yang, also noticed the change in the Thunder-Fire Barrier, and its angry heart was filled with shock!

Because it knew this was a precious defensive skill—a skill that even it, in its nobility, did not possess. How could it appear on a weak avian creature?!

"Could the bloodline of this ant be extraordinary!"

Once this thought emerged, its eyes revealed overflowing greed and desire!

Devouring creatures with noble bloodlines could make its evolutionary path smoother, allowing its own bloodline to be purified!

"Roar..."

With a low roar, it viciously pushed its body, squeezing the orange spirit stone within its body. A continuous flow of spiritual energy emerged, and the power of the Crimson Thunder Ray rose by a level!

"Damn it! This mixed-blood flood dragon is going all out!"

Ye Yang felt anxious. To maintain the Thunder-Fire Barrier, the energy within his body was depleting rapidly. Although spiritual energy from the surroundings was flowing into him continuously, and relying on his constantly active, perfected Thunder-Fire Breathing Technique, his efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy could even rival the Black Flood Dragon, which was two evolutionary levels higher than him.

However, compared to the consumption within his body, the replenished spiritual energy was simply not enough to make ends meet; it was like drinking poison to quench thirst.

Just as he was anxious and contemplating countermeasures, the tottering Thunder-Fire Barrier suddenly stabilized.

"This is..."

[Notification: Sensing your crisis, the operational efficiency of your skill Thunder-Fire Barrier has greatly increased, and its proficiency level has risen to Minor Accomplishment!]

His Thunder-Fire Barrier's proficiency level had previously only been proficient; he hadn't expected it to upgrade now!

This pleasantly surprised Ye Yang, because after the Thunder-Fire Barrier stabilized, not a single crack appeared, and it was completely capable of blocking the Black Flood Dragon's Crimson Thunder Ray attack!

"I almost forgot about the cheat within me, automatically upgrading..."

"Now, this mixed-blood flood dragon is in for it!"

High in the sky, the Black Flood Dragon below Ye Yang did not notice the subtle change in the Thunder-Fire Barrier at all. It firmly believed that this avian creature, with an evolutionary level lower than its own, could not block its powerful Crimson Thunder Ray, even if it possessed a rare defensive skill.

Furthermore, with its greedy covetousness toward Ye Yang, it completely ignored this slight change, instead increasing its energy output, erupting with an even more powerful Crimson Thunder Ray attack!

...

Dozens of kilometers away in the distance. There were many vehicles on the highway, and scattered helicopters and drones appeared in the sky. These were humans attracted by the momentum of the Jianghai City military's missile explosion earlier.

At this moment, everyone looked up, staring at the strange scene in the sky. In their line of sight, a crimson ray of light shot rapidly into the distance, with the beam remaining stagnant at a certain distance.

"What on earth is happening? Why is there a red light in the sky?"

"I don't know. I braved the risk of wild beasts in the wilderness to come out; if I don't find anything, it'll be a huge loss!"

"Huh, strange, why didn't we see a single beast on our way here?"

The people driving vehicles on the ground could not clearly see what was happening high in the sky; they could only see a dazzling red light piercing through the dark clouds.

After all, the battlefield between Ye Yang and the flood dragon was thousands of meters in the sky, and humans had only just begun to benefit from the evolutionary effects of spiritual energy; their eyesight had not yet evolved to that extent.

However, just because human vision could not see it did not mean they could not discover the battle in the high sky; humans were creatures capable of inventing and using tools.

In the sky, several helicopters hovered in the air with tacit understanding, keeping a large distance from the front. Because, high in the sky, they could feel a terrifying aura coming from ahead, and they had previously heard a dragon's roar, which made them even more afraid to advance lightly.

However, not advancing did not mean they could not know the situation ahead. Among them, on a specialized media agency helicopter, the photographer discovered the anomaly in the sky ahead through a high-magnification special camera...

"Holy crap! 'Dragons' actually exist!"

The exclamation that erupted drew the attention of others on the helicopter.

"Xiao Wang, you aren't seeing things, are you..."

"Holy crap! It really is a 'dragon'! Everyone, come look!"

When the few of them gathered around the camera and saw the footage of the Black Flood Dragon, they were terrified!

Their worldviews were shaken; they never expected that the mythical creature 'dragon' actually existed in this world, and it was right before their eyes!

"That dazzling red light is coming from the black dragon's mouth... It looks like something is blocking the red light..."

Even with a high-magnification camera, it was very difficult to see what was in front of the red light from the Black Flood Dragon's mouth. Because compared to the Black Flood Dragon's massive size, Ye Yang's size was not even as large as the Black Flood Dragon's head, and with the coverage of the red light, it was very difficult to spot Ye Yang's figure.

A staff member analyzed with a pale face.

"Some time ago, Jianghai City dispatched two regiments of troops to build a defensive line, but now the soldiers have all disappeared..."

"I suspect it has something to do with this black dragon creature!"

"Hmm..."

"Right now, the most important thing is to focus on the real-time information about this black dragon. This will not only bring us huge benefits, but if our team reports the news of the existence of a mythical creature, we will definitely be recorded in history..."