Tale of the Red Dragon Without Dragon’s Might
Chapter 472 - 464 You Can’t Leave

Chapter 472: Chapter 464 You Can’t Leave

Mastered the profound arts of the Eight-Nine Mysteries, traversing the world unhindered, the Eight-Nine Mysteries are not only a path to immortality but also encompass endless arts of transmutation and transformation.

The Eight-Nine Mysteries is not a single spell, nor a single divine power, but includes various divine spells like the Heavenly Eye Technique, Pot Heaven Skill, Primordial Spirit Emergence, Five Elements Escape Technique, Cloud Riding, and more. Furthermore, once mastered, it can cultivate an Indestructible Golden Body, allowing infinite resurrection as long as the Primordial Spirit within the Mud Ball Palace remains intact.

Leon had long mastered the Vajra Body, and now he commands the Eight-Nine Mysteries. The former is Sun Wukong’s specialty, invincible in physical defense, but not perfect in magical defense, while the Eight-Nine Mysteries focus on cultivating the Primordial Spirit, posing no conflict but rather complementing each other.

The setting book describes Tiamat as having staggering immunity: damage immunities to strong acid, freezing, flame, lightning, poison, and physical damage from non-magic weapons; status immunities to blindness, deafness, charm, panic, daze, and poison. Except voluntarily, it is immune to spells of level 6 or below and has an advantage on all magic effect saves.

Leon can be certain that now, in the context of the setting book, his immunity surpasses even Tiamat’s, and this is without expending mana to activate the Vajra Body, running on the power of the Eight-Nine Mysteries.

Meanwhile, besides the Vajra Body, Leon originally also mastered spells like the Heavenly Eye Technique, immobilization spell, Hand Palm Bomb, 72 Transformations through the Golden Finger, and all these spells are included within the Eight-Nine Mysteries package, seemingly redundant but actually not.

Leon doesn’t know why, but somehow they fused together. In simpler terms, the basic spells have become upgraded spells.

His immobilization spell is now more powerful, with longer duration; the Heavenly Eye Technique became constant, with broader viewing range and added functions like X-ray vision; simultaneously, the power of the Hand Palm Bomb has also increased, capable of being compared to the Five Thunders Technique, and the 72 Transformations are even more versatile.

Previously, Leon was most concerned that his mastery of spells was actually not very extensive. Fighting was not an issue, but he was lacking in functionality, unable to perform telepathy, communicate with animals, or dominate humans, beasts, monsters...

As things stand now, with the mastery of the Eight-Nine Mysteries, Leon now possesses a wide array of spells like Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission, Blinding Technique, Mind Reading Technique, Dispel Rain Technique, Wall-penetrating Skill, Possession, Divination... These divine spells may not be powerful, but the fear is not having them when needed, making him truly a deity.

"These are the true means of a deity."

"I lack nothing now."

Leon looked down at his palm, dispersing the Dharma Body of Fatian Xiangdi with a thought, reverting to Dragon Form, invoking Cloud Riding, and emerged from the clouds with a fierce and menacing head and claws extended, hovering without needing to flap his wings.

The Ocean Goddess watched as Leon reverted to his original form, feeling inexplicably that the aura of the Red Dragon had completely changed.

She wished to leave, but it wasn’t for her to come and go as she pleased.

"Come when you want, leave when you wish, do you think this is a public restroom?"

Leon spoke, drawing the Divine Sword once again, raising it high. A massive golden sword’s shadow appeared over the Divine Sword, carrying the momentum of creation, cleaving down at the Ocean Goddess, cutting her in two, followed by an endless array of spells—Sanmei Divine Wind, Samadhi True Fire, Downy Hairs....

Anyway, with Nine Breath Qi, Leon was not afraid of mana depletion.

The Ocean Goddess let Leon attack, laughed bitterly yet laughed heartily: "You won, but if I want to leave, you can’t hold me back."

"Are you sure I can’t hold you back?" Leon retorted.

He certainly could use the Soul Hooking Techniques, Soul Capturing Techniques, Soul Locking Techniques mastered through the Eight-Nine Mysteries to retain the Ocean Goddess—who was not her true form, but her Saint Avatar as a Spiritual Body—but now there’s a spell more suitable than those, ensuring foolproof prevention.

Leon enjoys using the Sleeve of the Universe as a Dimension Bag, but that does not mean the Sleeve of the Universe as a high-level reward only has one use.

The Sleeve of the Universe is the specialty of Immortal Zhenyuan, lord of the Earth Immortals, capable of storing everything under the heavens and earth. The Sleeve of the Universe is even more formidable than the Vajra Body, Samadhi True Fire, or Sanmei Divine Wind.

Deities typically do not appear in their true form on the Material Plane or leave their Divine Country because they too can die and fear death, instead roaming around as Saint Avatars. Even if they accidentally die casually, they merely lose some divine power, and the Deep Sea Goddess is naturally not exempt.

All along, it was the Saint Avatar of the Ocean Goddess that fought Leon, fundamentally composed of divine power, with a touch of divinity added; otherwise, it would be a mortal creature.

Leon previously was not strong enough to use the Sleeve of the Universe to collect anything significant, but now as circumstances have changed, he has no difficulty capturing a heavily weakened and uninterested Saint Avatar of the Ocean Goddess while incapable of capturing the true form of the Ocean Goddess.

"What spell is this?" the Ocean Goddess screamed.

"Never seen it, right?" Leon sneered.

The Astral Giant Ship Beast does not have an esophagus or digestive system; everything it swallows is stored in a unique demi-plane and can only leave using teleportation spells. Leon’s Sleeve of the Universe prevents escape, regardless of whether you use Star Realm Projection or Otherworldly Transmission.

"No!"

The scream came from the sea, from the true form of the Ocean Goddess within her Divine Country because Leon had already used his Sleeve of the Universe to capture the Saint Avatar of the Ocean Goddess.

"I told you, you can’t just leave as you wish." Leon looked down at the sea. "Or you can continue sending Saint Avatars, or come here yourself, allowing us a three hundred-round battle, fighting for three days and nights."

The sea suddenly fell silent.

Leon waited for a long time, yet the Ocean Goddess did not send out another Saint Avatar or descend herself.

Honestly, if the true form of the Ocean Goddess appeared, it would still be uncertain who would win between Leon and the Ocean Goddess—a deity is not easily dealt with.

As for assaulting the opponent’s Divine Country, Leon dared not even think about it now. In the Ocean Goddess’s Divine Country, she could recklessly squander countless years of accumulated divine power, while his Nine Breath Qi would not function well there.

"So even gods can be afraid." Leon mocked.

The Ocean Goddess remained silent.

She was truly scared, knowing her Saint Avatar could definitely not defeat that Red Dragon; if her true form descended, not only would her enemies likely grow restless, but who knows if behind that rapidly rising Red Dragon... no, even now by his side, Tiamat and Bahamut might be standing. Losing face is better than losing life.

The Ocean Goddess remembered once hearing a rumor, that the Red Dragon once claimed to be the Ruby Dragon, leading many to suspect he was the reincarnation of the fallen Gem Dragon God, Sadivo. Otherwise, why would he grow so rapidly... Heh, Sadivo wouldn’t have such abilities.

Leon waited and waited, but the Ocean Goddess probably would not appear, leaving him somewhat regretful.

Leon thought about how he had just defeated the Ocean Goddess, receiving a Golden Finger reward. The Eight-Nine Mysteries advanced him further, now making him undoubtedly deified. Using the Sleeve of the Universe to capture the Ocean Goddess’s avatar, extracting divinity, he felt thrilled.