Chapter 1 The Forbidden Gate Opens

As the forbidden gate in the cave slowly opened, it only opened halfway before a chilling voice suddenly echoed from within, sending a shiver down the spines of everyone present, including Shi Feng and the awakened Golden Dragon whelp.

"A little Golden Lizard, a chosen one, no, you're not of this world. How interesting, truly fascinating! The Book of Darkness is damaged? Excellent! Simply excellent!"

The demonic words resonated directly in everyone's minds.

Although the voice was cold and indifferent, the oppressive aura emanating from the gate rendered everyone present immobile, even the Golden Dragon whelp stared intently at the gate, its eyes filled with fear.

"A Tier 5 Demon King?" Shi Feng muttered in disbelief, feeling the terrifying pressure from within.

In his expectations, summoning a Demon Lord would have been good enough, since the Book of Darkness was incomplete. But the entity about to emerge from the Demon Gate was far more powerful than a Demon Lord.

He had never felt such terrifying power, even from Tier 5 creatures.

"This book isn't suited for a little thing like you. Hand it over! Only in my hands can I truly descend upon this land and transform it into a haven for my kind!"

With those words, Shi Feng felt the Book of Darkness in his hand begin to go out of control, faintly starting to fly toward the gate.

Shi Feng was shocked at the Book of Darkness trying to escape his grasp. He never expected that a demon could openly defy the power of the Book of Darkness, even going so far as to control it. He hastily used all his strength to maintain his hold on the book.

"Don't bother struggling, little one. I'll take this damaged Book of Darkness. When my kind fully descends upon this world, I might even spare you!"

As the voice faded, Shi Feng felt the Book of Darkness struggle even more fiercely, severing his connection completely, leaving him to rely on brute strength to hold on.

"Damn humans, you dared summon even him!" The Golden Dragon whelp, clearly recognizing the entity within the gate, roared in fury, "Die! I won't let you succeed!"

With a dragon's cry, the Golden Dragon whelp opened its mouth wide, and a triple magic array formed before it.

"Not good! Dragon Breath! Everyone, get out of the way!" Shi Feng shouted in alarm.

A demon of unknown origin was already trying to control the Book of Darkness. Now the Golden Dragon whelp was using its trump card, Dragon Breath.

The power of a Tier 4 Dragon Breath was at least on par with a mid-level Tier 5 spell. Tier 3 players would die instantly, and even Tier 4 players would fall. The only option was to dodge!

But the Golden Dragon whelp was too fast. Before anyone could react, the triple Dragon Breath magic array was complete. A beam of destructive light, like the wrath of the heavens, rushed toward them, impossible to evade or dodge. They could only watch helplessly as the Dragon Breath approached.

Everything in the Dragon Breath's path was reduced to nothingness. It was simply beyond the power of Tier 4 players to resist.

"It's over…" Lionheart Blood watched the Tier 4 Dragon Breath and closed his eyes.

The others wore expressions of despair and bitterness. They had initially thought there might be a chance to fight, but the sight of the all-encompassing Dragon Breath and its devastating power made any thought of resistance a joke. All they could do was wait for death.

Just as the Dragon Breath was about to engulf Shi Feng and the others, a cold shout echoed from within the half-open Demon Gate.

"A little lizard dares to try and stop my descent!"

Suddenly, a gigantic hand emerged from the void before Shi Feng and the others, seizing the sphere of destructive energy released by the Dragon Breath, stopping it in its tracks.

Then, with a squeeze, the hand crushed the Dragon Breath's destructive energy sphere, scattering it into countless stars that faded into the air…

"How is that possible!"

Everyone present was stunned by the sight.

The earth-shattering Dragon Breath had been stopped so easily. It was unimaginable how strong the demon within the gate truly was.

However, Shi Feng's expression did not improve. Instead, his face grew even more grim.

To casually block a Dragon Breath with the power of a mid-level Tier 5 attack while only being able to summon half of his power meant that this entity possessed strength at the peak of Tier 5. The entity within the gate was no ordinary Tier 5 Demon King.

It was a Great Demon King, one who stood at the pinnacle of God's Domain!

If a Tier 5 Great Demon King were to descend upon God's Domain, it would be a catastrophe of immense proportions, even in the ancient times.

Before Shi Feng and the others could recover from their shock, the Golden Dragon whelp appeared above them, its body covered in golden runes. Its aura was significantly stronger than before.

"It can still get stronger?" Shi Feng stared at the Golden Dragon whelp in the sky, shocked for the first time.

The current Golden Dragon whelp was far stronger than he had imagined. Calling it comparable to Tier 5 was a joke. The power and aura it was now displaying had more than doubled. Even if he activated his Burst Mode, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand a single blow…

"Base demon, you can't exert your full strength on the other side of the gate! And I know you can't use your power many times inside the gate. I don't believe you can keep defending! Once your summoner dies, you'll be trapped in that endless abyss forever!"

The Golden Dragon whelp stared intently at the massive stone gate, its eyes filled with disdain and mockery. It then opened its mouth wide again, unleashing another Dragon Breath.

This Dragon Breath was even more terrifying than the previous one. Just from the Golden Dragon whelp taking a breath, Shi Feng and the others felt the mana in the cave vanish…

The Tier 3 players felt a wave of discomfort as the mana in their bodies rapidly dissipated. The Tier 4 players, like Shi Feng, fared slightly better, but they experienced great difficulty in mobilizing their mana, limiting their combat power to less than half.

"Is this the Golden Dragon whelp's true power?" Blood Blade Unsheathed stared at the gigantic figure in the sky, a sense of despair washing over him.

Challenging a Tier 4 Dragon whelp was nothing but a joke.

The gap between them was far greater than anything they had witnessed. It was simply not an existence that a Tier 4 player could challenge.

At this point, Shi Feng understood why this quest was ranked as a Sub-Mythic, and why God's Domain revered those who could slay dragons.

It would be a miracle if anyone of the same tier could even fight a dragon to a standstill, let alone kill one. Especially dragons that had reached Tier 4. Calling them legendary myths was not an exaggeration.

Roar!

With a dragon's cry, a world-destroying beam of light descended from the sky.

"Little lizard, you've truly angered me!"

The Great Demon King within the gate was enraged by the Golden Dragon whelp's attempt to prevent his descent.

Suddenly, endless dark energy surged out of the massive stone gate, and a gigantic hand emerged from the earth. It was four or five times larger than the previous hand, large enough to hold a Tier 4 Dragon whelp in its palm like a toy.

Boom!

The gigantic hand shattered the Dragon Breath with ease and grabbed the entire Golden Dragon whelp, causing it to struggle and roar desperately.

However, the hand showed no reaction and slammed the Golden Dragon whelp violently into the ground.

Boom!

In an instant, the ground of the entire cave transformed into a crater with a radius of a thousand yards and a depth of a hundred meters. The terrifying impact instantly claimed the lives of everyone present, except for the healers who had used Steel Potions at the first moment and the Tier 4 players like Shi Feng.

Even those like Shi Feng who survived lost more than two-thirds of their health. The surviving healers had their health reduced to the red line, on the verge of death…

As the dust settled in the vast cave, the previous gigantic arm vanished, and a Golden Dragon whelp with broken wings and blood flowing all over its body struggled to stand. Its life aura had clearly weakened, and its health had dropped to 63%.

The terrifying attack from the Great Demon King had clearly inflicted severe injuries, putting it in a critical state.

"So strong! Is this the power of a Tier 5 Great Demon King?" Shi Feng muttered, stunned.

The Golden Dragon whelp's desperate attack just now was definitely at a high-level Tier 5 standard, but it had been beaten into a pulp. The difference in power was simply worlds apart.

If the Demon Gate hadn't severely weakened the Great Demon King's power, the Golden Dragon whelp might have died.

However, after using that attack, the Great Demon King's control over the Book of Darkness had clearly weakened, allowing Shi Feng to regain some connection to the book, ending the disconnected state.

Seeing this, Shi Feng hastily forced the summoning to stop.

He couldn't stop it before because the connection had been severed, but now that the connection to the Book of Darkness had recovered slightly, it was enough for him to interrupt the summoning. He didn't care about the cost of weakness that would come with forcibly interrupting the summoning.

If the Tier 5 Great Demon King descended, he would definitely die. This death wasn't just a matter of losing a level or two. He might become a puppet of the Tier 5 Great Demon King forever, forced to start over from scratch. So, he absolutely couldn't let the Tier 5 Great Demon King out.

"Damn chosen one! Next time, I'll make you pay dearly!"

The Great Demon King roared in anger as he watched the gate slowly close, slamming against the door, causing the massive stone gate to tremble. Fortunately, the forbidden power on the massive stone gate was strong enough, and no matter how the Great Demon King slammed against it, the massive stone gate continued to close slowly.

Finally, after less than twenty seconds, the Demon Gate completely disappeared from this space, leaving behind only the heavily injured Golden Dragon whelp and Shi Feng's group.

"Brother Black Flame, what do we do now?" Lionheart Blood asked, looking at the vanished Demon Gate, unsure of what to do.

Should they flee, or take advantage of the Golden Dragon whelp's critical state and end its life? After all, the current Golden Dragon whelp was much weaker than before. But even in its weakened state, it was still far stronger than most Superior Legendary monsters of the same tier.

"Is that even a question?" Shi Feng replied, looking at the Golden Dragon whelp, which was struggling to stand, a hint of determination in his eyes, "The only chance we have to deal with this Tier 4 Golden Dragon whelp is now. Otherwise, with our strength, there's no way we could deal with a normal Tier 4 Dragon whelp. Could it be that Guild Leader Lionheart is willing to miss this opportunity?"

Jing Wuming and Lone Nine Extremes nodded in agreement with Shi Feng's words.

If the Golden Dragon whelp hadn't been critically injured, they probably wouldn't have had a chance to kill a Tier 4 Dragon whelp in their lives. A Tier 4 Dragon whelp in normal condition was simply not an existence that Tier 4 players could contend with. Only Tier 5 players could truly fight one.

"That's right," Lionheart Blood looked at the Tier 4 Golden Dragon whelp, a hint of determination appearing in his eyes. He then said, "In that case, let's act quickly before it recovers!"

With that, Lionheart Blood charged forward with his shield, followed closely by the others.