1319 Cooperate 1 (1/2)

Time flew as the days passed…

A week had passed in the blink of an eye while Garen was hiding in the cave.

He had never imagined that the potential aura of the Despair Head would actually require a longer absorption time than anticipated. Nonetheless, he managed to fully absorb more than two thousand points of its potential aura as he had expected.

This was an extremely large number.

Moreover, the evolution of his body had reached a crucial moment. The forces of his body's aura became unusually unstable.

He curled his body up inside the cave. His entire dragon's body was wrapped in a thick Ice Armor which made him resemble a perfect, snowy-white ice sculpture that did not move at all.

Pfoo…

A gust of white mist sprayed out of his nostrils slowly after a long time.

Bang…

Bang… Bang… Bang...

A series of heavy footsteps echoed from afar gradually.

The walls inside the cave started to tremble slightly, as the faint, powdery soil fell from the cave walls.

The sound of the footsteps moving toward the entrance outside the cave slowed down before stopping after that.

”Outsider…” A deep Abyssal voice echoed from the outside. ”Are you not planning to come out and meet me?”

Garen opened his eyes slowly. Hints of grey-black membranes were already covering his eyes now, as though an additional layer of something was stuck to the surface of his eyeballs.

An unknown powerful being had come to visit him during this important evolution period now. It was extremely obvious that the other party had purposely chosen this time to arrive, right when he was in a vulnerable state. He was clearly harboring evil intentions.

”Who?” he opened his mouth and asked calmly.

”I was merely teleported here randomly. Please forgive me if I've offended you. I'll leave this place quickly…”

The outside of the cave was silent for some time as if he was determining and considering whether to make a move or not.

Garen waited for a confirmation from the other side as well. Whether he was a friend or a foe depended on the other party's intentions. His own attitude was revealed in its entirety already.

After some time had passed, more noises echoed into the cave from the outside again.

”I'm Kratos, the master of this domain. Ignorant dragon, it would be best if you left my territory immediately.”

”Forgive me, but I'm currently undergoing an important period,” Garen answered indifferently.

”That's truly regrettable…” The outside of the cave turned silent instantly.

Boom!!

There was a thunderous noise before a gigantic dragon head that was burning with flames entered forcefully, trying to use its mouth to bite Garen's body.

The size of this dragon's head was almost similar to Garen's entire physical state when he was enlarged. It was also extraordinarily ferocious. Intense flames poured into the cave and melted the frost that was covering it before large amounts of white mist rose.

Garen's entire body turned sideways while his tail whipped over violently.

His tail coincidentally collided against the tip of the nose of the other dragon's head.

Bang!!

After a dull noise rang out, the dragon's head and Garen were apparently fine. Both of them merely fell backward because of the reacting force. They continued charging toward each other again.

”Level Nine!” Garen's heart trembled. For some reason, he would always encounter such powerful opponents wherever he went.

When he collided against the enormous beast the second time, he took the opportunity to push himself upward. He sprang his entire body out of the cave and broke through the surface of the ground before flying into mid-air.

The sky was currently blood-red while it seemed like the surroundings of the sun were tied with a black chain; the earth was completely grey-black.

Garen could only see a full view of the entire enormous beast clearly when he flew up.

This was truly a colossal monster with the upper body of a dragon and a lower half of a spider. Intense red flames were even burning on the back of this enormous beast, resembling an abnormally-magnificent mane.

The enormous beast raised his head before a ball of orange light lit up in his mouth when he saw Garen flying.

Shh!

An intense ray of red light rushed toward Garen immediately.

A popping noise could be heard when the red light beam struck his scales, yet only a faint white dot was left behind. Level Nine immunity against spells was not a joke.

Garen was completely unconcerned because his body had expanded back into its full state and he had instantly become a few times more muscular. Next, he flew up high before rushing downward ferociously.

Whizz.

His intense dive created ear-piercing, whistling noises while his tail whipped up dense white blasts.

On the ground below, numerous imposing Rock Giants stood up on the ground. They followed the enormous beast's will and charged toward Garen to seize him.

The enormous beast moved speedily on its eight limbs while an abundance of intense, fiery whips shot out from its back. More than ten red whips covered the sky and earth while moving toward Garen to bind him.

Garen dodged from left to right. He went as far as to pass through the crack before colliding brutally against the enormous beast again.

A layer of multicolored light exploded in front of the enormous beast's body suddenly, blinding Garen's vision. This was a high-level, multicolored spurt. Aside from causing blindness, it also had vertigo-like effects. However, Garen was naturally immune to these effects that caused dizziness because they were considered as Spellcrafting effects.