The next day at noon, Dilu reported that the block armor's arm joints sometimes got stuck. Li Fan sat on a log bench at the camp and began to re-polish them.
After smoothing the parts that would touch each other, Li Fan tried the arm joints by hand.
Creak~ Creak~...
"Good, it's very smooth now, it won't get stuck anymore."
Satisfied, he put down the arm joint and picked up another one to continue adjusting.
At this time, the sky over the Everfrost Tundra was clear, and the air was dry and cold.
A herd of snow deer passed in front of the camp. Seeing Li Fan tilting his head to adjust the arm joint, they stopped curiously to watch.
"Stop looking. Monsters will come back later, and you'll all be eaten."
Li Fan saw many young ones among the snow deer and gave them a warning.
The snow deer paid no attention. Losing interest, they began to run and play by the camp.
Before long, a giant dragon-shaped shadow enveloped them. Startled, the snow deer scattered.
Roar~
Xiao Ming let out an eager growl before even landing.
"Through resonance with the Dragon Vein, you sense that a monster is destroying the Dragon Vein Land..."
As Li Fan muttered, and before he could think of a plan, Xiao Ming flapped his wings and turned towards the direction of the Dragon Vein Land, clearly intending to return and eliminate the threat.
"We can't go."
Li Fan stopped him.
The last time Xiao Ming was almost beaten to death, it was because the Safi'jiiva didn't arrive in time.
Roar~
"That is this king's territory. I cannot stand by and do nothing."
To achieve efficient communication, the eager Xiao Ming directly initiated a mental exchange.
Li Fan was also in a difficult position. If the Dragon Vein Land was completely destroyed, even a victory would be a pyrrhic one.
After a moment of thought, he laid out his plan.
"Then how about this, Your Majesty? You broadcast a challenge to the Black Dragon mentally, luring it to the Everfrost Tundra. I will gather the team now, and we will fight it to the death."
Broadcasting a challenge to the Black Dragon simultaneously was equivalent to conveying it to Safi'jiiva, and Xiao Ming was about to face battle.
If Meowmeow could understand, it would also serve as a guide to participate.
Roar! Roar!
"This method, this king likes it! I've endured for so long, and this is the moment I've been waiting for!"
Roar! Roar! Roar!....
"Black Dragon! Now bow before this king's majesty, and this king can grant you a more dignified death."
"The Everfrost Tundra will be your burial ground!"
"You dim, lusterless star, prepare to receive the king's judgment."
....
Xiao Ming raised his neck to the sky and opened his mouth.
Buzz~ Boom!
A massive energy blast shot straight into the sky, exploding into a blue cross-shaped starburst.
Its brilliance was so intense that it could be seen clearly even from the Dragon Vein Land.
Li Fan's side had already completed their battle deployment, and all the monster team members understood the importance of this battle, so the team assembled very quickly.
Cheche and Yaya, reluctantly bidding farewell to Yuanjiao and Leige, then went to the underground ice cave to take shelter.
Piaopiao and Bingbingzi exchanged a glance, then flapped their wings and took flight, beginning to escape the snow-covered continent.
Inside the camp tent, Li Fan, crouching down, helped Dilu put on the block armor, and then attached the Poké Ball strap to her.
....Yudora checked her equipment and supplies, then began to warm up by moving her joints.
As the team fully entered the battle-ready state, Xiao Ming's challenge continued. However, judging by his increasingly agitated words, the other party seemed not to have fallen for the trap.
Roar! Roar!....
"Black Dragon! Have you surrendered to this king? Otherwise, why don't you dare to face me!"
"Hmm... it hasn't responded at all?"
Li Fan asked mentally.
Roar~ Roar~
Xiao Ming confirmed that it seemed to be completely ignoring his mental broadcast.
"If this doesn't work... then we'll have to change the style."
Li Fan offered a solution.
Roar?
"What style?"
Xiao Ming hadn't realized that challenges had styles.
"The 'hardcore' style."
Li Fan informed him.
Roar~ Roar?
"Even the king's challenge couldn't make the other party come to battle. Can your method really achieve it? This is the king's declaration. If you speak carelessly, it might damage this king's majesty."
Xiao Ming said with some concern.
So you do know not to speak carelessly...
Li Fan, speechless, gently touched his forehead and explained, "The majesty of the king's challenge is indeed incomparable to other styles, but in terms of attracting aggro, it's just a little bit short."
Roar~ Roar?
"I see. What is the 'hardcore' style of challenge like? Is it like singing, capable of evoking strong emotional resonance?"
To protect the Dragon Vein Land, Xiao Ming felt it was worth trying.
"Sort of. Both are related to songstresses. However, there isn't enough time to deeply understand the 'hardcore' style now. Just do as I say. Don't rush to spread it out yet. Once you've memorized it well, then deliver it to the other party in one go for the best effect."
After Li Fan finished speaking, he immediately conveyed the content of the "hardcore" style challenge to Xiao Ming.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Ming's mental broadcast rang out again.
Roar~ Roar~...
"Black Dragon, look at those monsters from Gu Long Du Pai, and you, neither human nor ghost. You still want to catch me? Don't let me see you in the Everfrost Tundra. If I see you, I'll pull off your piercing horns and slap your face."
Roar~ Roar~
"Let me tell you, Black Dragon, if you come to the Everfrost Tundra, you'll definitely have a hard time. Remember that."
Yudora, Dilu, and the monsters who could receive the broadcast all looked at Li Fan after a moment of愣.
"Why are you all looking at me? We have to find a way to lure the Black Dragon over."
Li Fan said with a helpless expression.
Roar! Roar!
"Li Fan! It's stopped attacking the Dragon Vein Land! The 'hardcore' style worked!"
Xiao Ming appeared very surprised.
"That's good... Your Majesty, are you ready for battle?"
Li Fan asked solemnly.
Roar~ Roar~
"Of course. If it hadn't tried to destroy the Dragon Vein Land, this king might have had room for consideration. But now, this king will end it all with you."
Li Fan was surprised that the seemingly not-so-bright and extremely stubborn Xiao Ming had seen something from the act of destroying the Dragon Vein Land.
.... "Alright... remember to enter the ball if you can't hold on."
Li Fan reminded him.
Roar~ Roar~...
"Li Fan, meeting you is the happiest thing since this king was born. If I fall in this battle, please bury my body in the royal palace. Also, be sure to tell Qingtian that this king did not break his promise, but merely died ahead of time to uphold the king's way."
"Okay... you can sense the Black Dragon's power?"
Li Fan probed.
Roar~
"I sensed it from the destroyed Dragon Vein."
At the same time, in the Coral Plateau, the Zorah Magdaros reappeared from a crack in the ground.
Xiao Ming's nonsensical broadcast miraculously restored its sanity.
Looking at the accumulated yellow mist, the Zorah Magdaros let out a mournful sigh.
Even you have given up on me... Yes, I should have given up long ago.
It slowly flapped its wings and took to the sky. Ascending to the cliff top and breaking through the surface, a terrifying sight appeared before its eyes.
All the coral had disappeared, replaced by scorched mountain ranges with extremely steep drops.
The Zorah Magdaros began to search. Upon seeing a source of water that was flowing upstream, it hurried to investigate.
Seeing a giant black bat-like wing lying quietly on the rock formation, the Zorah Magdaros became tense.
It peered in and saw that the body was no longer able to draw in the upstream flowing water. The Zorah Magdaros froze in mid-air.
Roar~
It will never rain again...
The Zorah Magdaros muttered with a low growl, glanced at the red and black light still flashing on the surrounding rock formations, then turned its gaze to the distance.
Whoosh~
Carrying a massive amount of miasma, it set off in pursuit.
Time ticked by, and the team waited from day to night.
During this time, Huihui confirmed that the Black Dragon was moving towards the Everfrost Tundra.
Around three in the morning, a fiery red sphere appeared on the distant horizon.
Before long, Huihui, who was in the air, returned and reported that the other party was approaching and about to land.
Huihui then stopped tracking and monitoring, and joined the team to prepare for battle.
Fire element team: Little Foolish, Naughty, Yuanjiao.
Thunder element: Xixi, Ice element: Bingbingzi, Water element: Puff, Dragon element: Leige.
Three main combatants: Huihui, Shanshan, Xiao Ming.
Li Fan glanced back at the monster lineup he had assembled and sighed, "Below the forbidden level, this lineup is invincible against anyone, but our opponent is precisely the forbidden."
"Is that the divine realm... it feels so dim."
Yudora said, looking up.
She had expected something earth-shattering, but at first glance, it was just a dim sphere.
"The observation reports from the volcanic region mentioned that the appearance of the divine realm changes depending on the external environment and the type of elemental turbulence. It's night now, and it's releasing fire elemental turbulence, so a dim, deep red appearance is normal."
Li Fan explained.
"So that's how it is... I never thought you'd even researched the appearance of the divine realm."
"There's no other choice. Only research reports of this nature can be successfully preserved."
"Looking at it this way, humans in the past were truly afraid of the forbidden... Oh, I'm one of them."
"Meow, me too."
"It's not too late to be scared now."
....Li Fan reminded them as the dim red sphere of light, under their gaze, landed on the frozen ice layer of the coast and spread across the snowfield.
"When I was little, an annoying uncle often sang songs with forbidden content to scare me. After this battle, if I ever have the chance to meet him again, I'll tell him that not only is his singing terrible, but his song lyrics need to be rewritten too."
Yudora said with determined eyes and unfurled the Huihui outfit, draping it over herself.
Li Fan tightened the hood of the Huihui outfit, did one last check of Dilu's block armor, and facing the descending divine realm, announced, "Chief Hunter team! Monster team! Deploy!"
The two humans and one cat walked hand in hand into the divine realm. Their tiny figures were soon swallowed by the swirling dark red turbulence.
Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss...
The sound of elemental turbulence scraping and eroding echoed in their ears.
Vision, hearing, and perception seemed to have failed at this moment.
Li Fan, pulling the person and the cat with his hands, ran in one direction.
After running for about two minutes, the swirling dark red turbulence in front of them suddenly disappeared.
The team entered a vast space with a dark red arched dome above.
Flames from the turbulence drifted down from the sky.
But even when they fell into puddles formed by melted snow, there was no sign of them extinguishing.
Each flame was like a candle.
Combined with the dark red background, it gave the illusion of being in an evil sacrificial site.
Seeing this, the team knew they had successfully broken through the elemental turbulence of the divine realm and reached the core area where the Black Dragon resided.
Below the center of the dark red dome, a figure with spread wings appeared above the ground.
All the scales and carapaces on this figure grew facing the sky in an inverted posture.
Between the layered, curled carapaces, an intermittent orange light flickered.
Hiss~
As a foreclaw scraped the ground, the Black Dragon turned its head and looked towards the team's location.
Its slender eyes under the piercing horns stared for a moment, then quickly retracted, turning to gaze at the dark red divine realm directly ahead.
The Black Dragon suddenly propped itself up on its claws and opened its mouth, which had a sharp beak.
Buzz!
At the same moment, a circular hole exploded in the divine realm, and a stream of azure energy poured in.
Sizzle~
Red and black lightning condensed in the Black Dragon's mouth.
Boom! An extremely pure dragon-elemental breath was spat out.
The moment the energy blast and the breath met, it dissolved and dispersed.
Xiao Ming, outside the divine realm, immediately stopped breathing and dodged.
Sizzle~ Boom!
The edge of the wing membrane that was grazed by the dragon-elemental breath turned into black dust and dissipated in the wind.
Xiao Ming, who had leaped to evade, looked at the damage with disbelief.
"The energy blast was instantly defeated..."
Yudora said incredulously.
She had fought with Xiao Ming before and had a direct sense of how powerful the energy blast was, especially when Xiao Ming was still an infant.
"It's alright, at least it was cautious in its response."
Li Fan, however, saw something different.
No matter how powerful the opponent was, as long as he sensed that the attack wasn't to the point of being ignored, it meant they had hope.
Rumble~ Rumble~ Rumble~...
Sensing the ground shaking more intensely, the Black Dragon glanced down.
Bang!
The giant snake ruin leaped out from behind it.
When the Black Dragon turned around, the giant snake ruin had already retracted.
"Shanshan! Dig a hole here!"
Li Fan pointed to the area in front of him.
A large pit could not only dodge attacks but also serve as a transfer tunnel, making it an excellent defensive fortification.
Bang! The rock layer quickly exploded, and as the giant snake ruin retreated, the team jumped into it.
"How's the Huihui outfit's wear and tear?"
As the earth slid down to the bottom, Li Fan asked.
"No problem."
"Mine is fine too, just a little heavy, meow."
"That's good. Once Shanshan deploys enough tunnels within the divine realm, we'll start the elemental attacks. Don't push yourselves then."
"No problem."
"Leave it to me, meow."
Yudora and Dilu agreed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!...
Seeing the large pits erupting on the surface of the divine realm.
The Black Dragon's aggression seemed to be gradually decreasing.
As if it didn't believe such tricks could pose any threat.
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