Chapter 922 - 454: The Power of Short-lived Races

Facing the Green Dragon Queen Aiselas’s contemptuous sneer, Erich Xavier’s face remained impassive.

Compared to the regret of the past hundred years, this verbal attack was insignificant.

He had long envisioned this moment in his mind.

Fortunately, while his body could still maintain its peak functions, the opponent gave him this opportunity.

No, it should be said that it was a gift from the heavens.

In the last war, Weaver Erich Xavier was a soldier, adventurer, and a civilian of Cold Jade Province, but today, he acted solely on his will.

He came today only to kill the evil dragon that took his loved ones, willing to sacrifice his life, regardless of success or failure.

Aiselas seemed to sense the resolve beneath his calm demeanor, and her expression slowly faded.

She was proud, but she could also discern which enemies were the most terrifying.

Her earlier words were merely to provoke him, reminding Erich Xavier of his painfully deceased family, hoping that his fluctuating emotions in the ensuing battle might lead to irrational actions.

But she miscalculated; from the start, apart from the complex emotions he showed upon seeing her, Erich Xavier displayed no other feelings.

He was like a ghost lingering in the world for over a hundred years, holding onto a single obsession, refusing to dissipate.

Though she was on high alert, it wasn’t as if being targeted by such a foe made the Green Dragon Queen truly panic.

She was no longer at her century-old strength; she had broken through to a new stage.

Furthermore, at the end of the war over a hundred years ago, when one man and one dragon faced off, she had the upper hand back then.

Only because he utilized the advantage of his family’s inherited artifact could he contend with her, and after the artifact’s destruction later, she gravely injured him on the spot. If it weren’t for human epic-level powerhouses coming to his aid from other Borderlands, Erich Xavier might have long perished.

He was merely a defeated opponent.

The Green Dragon Queen was confident; since she could suppress him a century ago, the power gap now, over a hundred years later, would only grow.

After all, few races could match the innate talents and long lifespan of a Giant Dragon over such a time span.

In the last war, Weaver Erich Xavier was at his peak. Injured in battle by her, with the poison deep in his bones, scraping by until now was a miracle.

As for maintaining his peak strength, even advancing like her, that was impossible.

Her eyelids narrowed slightly, even from a great distance, she could sense the curse she left on Erich Xavier a century ago.

It proved that her curse had tormented him for over a hundred years.

After all, the curse targeted his Professional Path itself.

Unless he was willing to abandon his strength, the curse couldn’t be driven away.

That curse cost her some of her Original Dragon Power, and also delayed the Green Dragon Queen Aiselas’s progression by ten years.

Otherwise, her advancement to the current level would have been earlier.

Aiselas did not regret this; ten years of dormancy was short for a true dragon and allowed her to accept more bloodline heritage.

"Since it’s so, let me reunite you with your wife and child."

Aiselas’s wings flared, then a sky full of eerie green clouds surged forth.

A majestic power emanated from her massive form.

Behind her, a Dragon Race phantom spanning thousands of meters was slowly forming.

This was the Green Dragon Queen Aiselas’s Epic Domain, the [Jade Realm]; over a hundred years ago, its range was within a three-thousand-meter radius, and now it has expanded to a radius of five thousand meters, several times larger.

A nerve-wracking poison swiftly spread from her as the starting point.

"Boom!"

Within kilometers, any creature suddenly burst, blossoming into a blood mist in the air.

Even outside the domain’s range, some demons and humans nearby instinctively clutched their chests.

An oppressive feeling of suffocation gripped their hearts.

Luckily, after gasping for air, they barely regained composure from the scare.

The weak are powerless before the strong. Even if the latter hasn’t made a formal move, the oppressive aura outside the attack range was enough to leave ordinary creatures in awe.

This was also why Barry didn’t stockpile soldiers and adventurers in one location, as the Green Dragon Queen and her capable subordinates could easily decimate them.

Of course, the same applied to the Green Dragon Army; they also feared the human Magic Cannon and professional powerhouses.

It was akin to a strategic deterrence, forcing large armies to adjust, either dispersing troops or consolidating the power of their forces.

In the sky, Weaver Erich Xavier stood within the Green Dragon’s Epic Domain, unfazed.

He, too, was an epic-level Caster and couldn’t be taken down by the passive damage of the Green Dragon.

The domain’s effects were comprehensive; when used to crush lower-level targets, it had a swift clearing effect, killing or incapacitating them, leaving only those with enough resistance.

But against opponents of similar strength, it was a contest of each domain’s amplification effects.

Different domains varied in their exact focus, some involving special rules, some were enhancement-type, boosting abilities or physical form, while others were elemental, curse-based, etc...