Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 267: Open a Skylight

Chapter 267: Chapter 267: Open a Skylight

Leading the team, Elder Li Yan and the Black Giant Dragon fought fiercely.

The glorious magic burst again and again upon the giant dragon’s body but, like a basin of clear water over the black scales, the spells left not a single mark on the Black Giant Dragon.

The more they attacked, the more the young ones accompanying him felt despair; some even started to hesitate whether to continue wasting their magic power on attacks.

As the battle dragged on, their confidence plummeted like a cliff.

"We can’t drag this out any longer, we must act quickly."

Li Yan, holding nothing back, decisively opted to unleash his ultimate move.

Trembling slightly, he stood up from his book, the dragon horns hidden within his white hair emitted a crimson glow, suddenly elongating a few inches. The dragon’s eyes burst forth with unprecedented determination while his magic power caused his aged white hair to dance wildly in the air, each movement reminiscent of a living dragon.

Without any chanting, Li Yan simply expelled the vast magic power accumulated in his body in the most straightforward and brutal way—from his mouth spewed scorching dragon breath.

The crimson flames, like a spear, pierced the sky, striking directly at the weak wings of the Light of God Destruction, instantly shredding one of its wings to pieces.

Enduring Li Yan’s attack, the Light of God Destruction carelessly fluttered its remaining wing, continuing to soar through the skies. Its huge body streaked across the sky, generating a hurricane that enveloped the torn wing back into black energy, mending the wound.

Taking out a silver-white magic wand, Tico seized the opportunity while the Light of God Destruction had not fully recovered, launching a powerful magic distant bombardment.

The damaged wing did not affect the speed of the Light of God Destruction, which rolled in the air, effortlessly dodging Tico’s attack, allowing the shattered wing to reshape under the repair of the black energy, and then swung its claws towards other Library members flying in the air.

The accompanying magicians, unable to continue weaving their magic for a follow-up attack, hurriedly opened magic shields for defense.

The Light of God Destruction grabbed several magicians using shields and harshly threw them towards the ground.

Despite the magicians in the shields somewhat being prepared mentally, the actual impact against the flower field jostled them heavily, nearly causing them to lose consciousness, unable to recover their original strength for a while.

The strength of their own forces shrunk once more, and a severe expression appeared on Li Yan’s face that had not been seen for a long time.

"Tougher than imagined. Who would have thought that such a creature lay beneath the Library, have the fairies always been battling this monster?

We humans have not realized the true crisis, always debating whether to fully assist the fairies, thus allowing it to grow to this extent."

The shattered wings fully recovered, the Light of God Destruction fluttered both wings, opened its colossal maw, and dove towards Li Yan.

With a gesture, an indestructible shield appeared in front of Li Yan and Tico, keeping the Light of God Destruction at bay.

Regardless of what attack the Light of God Destruction employed, it couldn’t shake the shield.

"Tico, this might not be an opponent we can handle. If we can’t find a winning strategy soon, I will hold it off while you lead everyone else to escape."

Tico’s eyes widened in disbelief, unable to believe her master would say such a thing,

"Master, are you saying this because your strength is being suppressed?

If we were to fight it squarely and properly on the outside, this Black Dragon definitely wouldn’t be a match for you."

"I am glad you believe in my strength, but just as our power is suppressed, I fear this Black Dragon’s power is equally limited. Going outside, we might as well end up with the same result."

Saying this, Li Yan smiled warmly, his eyes revealing a kindness as he looked at Tico,

"Tico, you are my most outstanding disciple, and you will definitely become an even greater magician than I. In one’s life, there are inevitably sad events too grievous to accept; if one lingers in sorrow forever, one never grows. Remember this."

Hearing Li Yan’s words, Tico felt uneasy, vaguely perceiving his true intention.

Such immense darkness, Elder Li Yan would never allow it to wreak havoc outside the Library, either completely annihilate it here, or completely seal it here, never to recover.

Due to the limitations of the Guardian Barrier, Elder Li Yan could not exert his full strength.

Facing a rapidly recovering Black Dragon, the people who had come here could not achieve firepower suppression and could not annihilate the Black Dragon.

Being drawn into a sustained battle, their stamina would only be consumed by the Black Dragon, ultimately leading to their self-destruction.

Elder Li Yan had somewhat anticipated this situation early on.

Due to the special nature of the Fairy Guardian Barrier, the Special Measures Committee was inevitably unable to dispatch sufficient firepower.

When facing an unknown formidable enemy, establishing a seal was the best choice.

However, establishing a seal required time.

Since the opponent had turned into a giant dragon, it also meant it was prepared to break through.

Someone must enter the Fairy’s Guardian Barrier and fight it to buy time.

Elder Li Yan did not look back.

As the saying goes, "If I don’t enter Hell, who will?" He was already old bones; it didn’t matter if he was gone.

But, all hope must be left to the young, to the younger generation of the Library.

After several engagements, Elder Li Yan realized that the strength of the Black Giant Dragon was still escalating, making him feel helpless.

The terrifying recovery ability of the Light of God Destruction had already given him a headache for a while.

What was more frightening was that the recovery of the Light of God Destruction was not affected by any other effects.

This meant that it was impossible to use healing reduction methods to stop the recovery of the Light of God Destruction.

The more he fought, the more Elder Li Yan felt their chances of victory were bleak.

The huge shield disappeared, and the hunched figure of Elder Li Yan used magic to rise into the air, the massive Magic Book slowly closing and entering the Magic Array behind him.

Magic Power flowed through the long Dragon Horns into Elder Li Yan’s body, a fierce flame ignited along his withered palms, gathering at the center.

"Tico, remember what I taught you."

With one last reminder, Elder Li Yan transformed into a short, stout bomb and hurled towards the Black Giant Dragon.

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Inside the Light of God Destruction, a black core appeared with cracks, like a chick pecking through its shell, a small hole emerged on the bluish outer shell.

Yang Yu widened the small hole with his hands, opening a large skylight.

Black Energy filled Yang Yu’s sight, in the vast darkness, the only identifiable thing was the glowing corrupted core.

Yang Yu remembered every black creature he had encountered.

So far, black creatures with a single core had higher levels, stronger strength, and larger sizes; those with multiple cores could break this limitation, the more cores, the stronger their power became.